Hajime Inoue

Hajime Inoue (井上 肇, Inōe Hajime, March 29, 1961) is a Japanese actor born in Shinjuku, Tokyo. He belongs to Y.K OFFICE.

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Eureka (2000)

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aoyama
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Masaru Miyazaki  •  Yoichiro Saito  •  Sayuri Kokusho

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aoyama
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Masaru Miyazaki  •  Yoichiro Saito  •  Sayuri Kokusho

The Blue Bird (2008)

Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been bullied, attempted suicide last term. On the first day of the new term, a substitute teacher arrives to take the second year class. When the teacher, Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hajime Inoue  •  Yuko Araki

Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been bullied, attempted suicide last term. On the first day of the new term, a substitute teacher arrives to take the second year class. When the teacher, Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe), ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Nakanishi
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Ayumi Ito  •  Hajime Inoue  •  Yuko Araki

The Land of Hope (2012)

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Naoko Ohtani  •  Jun Murakami  •  Megumi Kagurazaka

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Naoko Ohtani  •  Jun Murakami  •  Megumi Kagurazaka

Cult (2013)

Three female idols appear on a television show to investigate an exorcism. An exorcist with psychic powers named Unsui claims that the show’s subjects, the Kaneda family, are cursed by a demon that’s too powerful for him to banish on his own, so he calls in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Shiraishi
CAST:  Yû Abiru  •  Mari Iriki  •  Mayuko Iwasa  •  Ryosuke Miura

Three female idols appear on a television show to investigate an exorcism. An exorcist with psychic powers named Unsui claims that the show’s subjects, the Kaneda family, are cursed by a demon that’s too powerful for him to banish on his own, so he calls in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Shiraishi
CAST:  Yû Abiru  •  Mari Iriki  •  Mayuko Iwasa  •  Ryosuke Miura

A Boy Called H (2013)

Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Tatsuki Yoshioka  •  Ran Ito  •  Yurine Hanada

Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Yutaka Mizutani  •  Tatsuki Yoshioka  •  Ran Ito  •  Yurine Hanada

Wolf Children (2012)

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Hosoda
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Takao Osawa  •  Haru Kuroki

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the son and daughter that she had with him. However, their inheritance of their father's traits prove to be a challenge for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Hosoda
CAST:  Kumiko Aso  •  Aoi Miyazaki  •  Takao Osawa  •  Haru Kuroki

License to Live (1998)

Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Shun Sugata  •  Lily  •  Kumiko Aso

Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Shun Sugata  •  Lily  •  Kumiko Aso

Walking My Life (2007)

A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met for years, to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Isaka
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Miki Imai  •  Shun Shioya  •  Nao Minamisawa

A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met for years, to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoshi Isaka
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Miki Imai  •  Shun Shioya  •  Nao Minamisawa

Miracle in Four Days (2005)

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Yuriko Ishida  •  Ayako Kobayashi

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Yuriko Ishida  •  Ayako Kobayashi

Séance (2000)

A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. But instead of informing the police, they hatch a scheme to get famous by working with the police as a psychic consultant to "find" the girl. And then, things start to go terribly wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Hikari Ishida

A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. But instead of informing the police, they hatch a scheme to get famous by working with the police as a psychic consultant to "find" the girl. And then, things start to go terribly wrong.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Hikari Ishida

Alien vs. Ninja (2010)

A comet crashes into a Japanese forest and a group of mighty ninjas must fight a group of killer Aliens before they reach their village and kill everyone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Chiba
CAST:  Mika Hijii  •  Ben Hiura  •  Shuji Kashiwabara  •  Masanori Mimoto

A comet crashes into a Japanese forest and a group of mighty ninjas must fight a group of killer Aliens before they reach their village and kill everyone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Chiba
CAST:  Mika Hijii  •  Ben Hiura  •  Shuji Kashiwabara  •  Masanori Mimoto

Tokyo Sonata (2008)

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Yū Koyanagi  •  Kai Inowaki

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Yū Koyanagi  •  Kai Inowaki

Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)

A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi  •  Cellin Gluck
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Toshiro Yanagiba

A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi  •  Cellin Gluck
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Toshiro Yanagiba

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suō
CAST:  Ryo Kase  •  Asaka Seto  •  Koji Yakusho  •  Koji Yamamoto

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suō
CAST:  Ryo Kase  •  Asaka Seto  •  Koji Yakusho  •  Koji Yamamoto

Doppelganger (2003)

Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His doppelgänger appears to help him out of the rut he has created for himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Masahiro Toda

Hayasaki is an inventor working on an Artificial Body. It is not going well and he is stressed out and on the verge of being fired from the research division of his company. His doppelgänger appears to help him out of the rut he has created for himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiromi Nagasaku  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Masahiro Toda

Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005)

An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Tezuka
CAST:  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Daisuke Shima  •  Haruka Ayase

An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaaki Tezuka
CAST:  Yosuke Eguchi  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Daisuke Shima  •  Haruka Ayase

Retribution (2006)

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Manami Konishi  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same method, but as the evidence points toward the detective as the prime suspect, a ghost in red follows him, and he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Manami Konishi  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

What's Going On With My Sister (2014)

Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes possessed by the spirit of Hiyori. Hiyori likes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Aoyama  •  Iggy Coen
CAST:  Tenka Hashimoto  •  Yūkichi Kobayashi  •  Mayu Mitsui  •  Kazue Akita

Mitsuki and Yuya become stepsister and stepbrother because of their parents' marriage. Mitsuki can't get along with her new family and Yuya doesn't know how to approach his new stepsister. One day, Mitsuki becomes possessed by the spirit of Hiyori. Hiyori likes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Aoyama  •  Iggy Coen
CAST:  Tenka Hashimoto  •  Yūkichi Kobayashi  •  Mayu Mitsui  •  Kazue Akita

Female Teacher Hunting (1982)

A moonlight skinny-dipping session between two carefree high schoolers leads to a young boy being accused of a violent assault on his female classmate. After throwing a teacher to the ground, he stomps out of the school gates and spends his summer break roaming a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Suzuki
CAST:  Yuki Kazamatsuri  •  Yōko Azusa  •  Kyoko Ito  •  Hajime Ishigami

A moonlight skinny-dipping session between two carefree high schoolers leads to a young boy being accused of a violent assault on his female classmate. After throwing a teacher to the ground, he stomps out of the school gates and spends his summer break roaming a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junichi Suzuki
CAST:  Yuki Kazamatsuri  •  Yōko Azusa  •  Kyoko Ito  •  Hajime Ishigami

Time Trip App (2014)

In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy to Takamori Saigō, but Katsu Kaishu is unable to get a response from Takamori Saigō. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Lee
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Haruna Kawaguchi

In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy to Takamori Saigō, but Katsu Kaishu is unable to get a response from Takamori Saigō. One day, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Lee
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Satomi Ishihara  •  Tokio Emoto  •  Haruna Kawaguchi
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