Seiyo Uchino

Born 1968 in Kanagawa, Japan, Seiyo Uchino is a Japanese actor. Before taking his current stage name Seiyo Uchino in July 2013, he was known by his birth name Masaaki Uchino (both spelled 内野聖陽 in Japanese). He has received numerous awards, including the 39th Japan Academy Film Prize as Excellent Actor for his performance in the Japanese-Turkish co-production 125 Years Memory. He was married to actress Maki Ichiro from 2006 to 2011.

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The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio (2009)

Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daihachi Yoshida
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Yuko Nakamura

Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daihachi Yoshida
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Yasuko Matsuyuki  •  Hikari Mitsushima  •  Yuko Nakamura

Homeland (2014)

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Before long, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nao Kubota
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Seiyo Uchino  •  Yûko Tanaka  •  Sakura Ando

Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Before long, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nao Kubota
CAST:  Kenichi Matsuyama  •  Seiyo Uchino  •  Yûko Tanaka  •  Sakura Ando

Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013)

Conan Edogawa sets out to apprehend Lupin the Third, the suspect of stealing a jewel called Cherry Sapphire. (A sequel to the TV special Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan, 2009.)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Kamegaki
CAST:  Kanichi Kurita  •  Minami Takayama  •  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Wakana Yamazaki

Conan Edogawa sets out to apprehend Lupin the Third, the suspect of stealing a jewel called Cherry Sapphire. (A sequel to the TV special Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan, 2009.)  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Kamegaki
CAST:  Kanichi Kurita  •  Minami Takayama  •  Kappei Yamaguchi  •  Wakana Yamazaki

Elevator Trap (2009)

Japanese film directed by Keisuke Horibe. Three seemingly unacquainted men and a woman find themselves trapped in an elevator. As the hours pass and the level of anxiety rise, we realize the elevator trap is in fact a trap, but hatched by which of the parties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Horibe
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Sei Ashina  •  Aimi Satsukawa  •  Fuyuki Moto

Japanese film directed by Keisuke Horibe. Three seemingly unacquainted men and a woman find themselves trapped in an elevator. As the hours pass and the level of anxiety rise, we realize the elevator trap is in fact a trap, but hatched by which of the parties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Horibe
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Sei Ashina  •  Aimi Satsukawa  •  Fuyuki Moto

The Black House (1999)

A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she's planning to commit suicide and wants to know if her policy will pay out. Concerned about her safety, the agent visits her house only to find that her young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Daikichi Sugawara  •  Katsunobu Ito  •  Kenichi Katsura  •  Masahiko Nishimura

A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she's planning to commit suicide and wants to know if her policy will pay out. Concerned about her safety, the agent visits her house only to find that her young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Daikichi Sugawara  •  Katsunobu Ito  •  Kenichi Katsura  •  Masahiko Nishimura

252: Signal of Life (2008)

At some point in the distant future, a massive, catastrophic earthquake strikes Tokyo, causing the temperature of the Pacific Ocean to rise meteorically and the largest typhoon in recorded Japanese history to sweep toward the city and inundate it with water. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Hideaki Ito  •  Yuu Kashii

At some point in the distant future, a massive, catastrophic earthquake strikes Tokyo, causing the temperature of the Pacific Ocean to rise meteorically and the largest typhoon in recorded Japanese history to sweep toward the city and inundate it with water. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Hideaki Ito  •  Yuu Kashii

Haru (1996)

A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Seiyo Uchino  •  Sei Hiraizumi  •  Noriko Kojima

A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Eri Fukatsu  •  Seiyo Uchino  •  Sei Hiraizumi  •  Noriko Kojima

13 Assassins (2010)

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Goro Inagaki

A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Takayuki Yamada  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Goro Inagaki

A Last Note (1995)

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaneto Shindō
CAST:  Haruko Sugimura  •  Nobuko Otowa  •  Hideo Kanze  •  Kyōko Asagiri

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaneto Shindō
CAST:  Haruko Sugimura  •  Nobuko Otowa  •  Hideo Kanze  •  Kyōko Asagiri

The Last Message (2012)

Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill indiscriminately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Yuki Matsushita  •  Dai Watanabe  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill indiscriminately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Yuki Matsushita  •  Dai Watanabe  •  Hiroyuki Hirayama

Happy Together –All About My Dog– (2011)

A series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichi Nagasaki
CAST:  Kie Kitano  •  Yuki Amami  •  Tae Kimura  •  Ryuta Sato

A series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunichi Nagasaki
CAST:  Kie Kitano  •  Yuki Amami  •  Tae Kimura  •  Ryuta Sato

Crime's Blank (2015)

Ando can't accept this his daughter Kana committed suicide. Kana fell from the ledge of a school building and died. Ando attempts to find out the truth behind his daughter's death. He becomes suspicious of his daughter's former classmate, Saki. Saki isn't a typical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Otsuka
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Miyu Yoshimoto  •  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Masaya Kato

Ando can't accept this his daughter Kana committed suicide. Kana fell from the ledge of a school building and died. Ando attempts to find out the truth behind his daughter's death. He becomes suspicious of his daughter's former classmate, Saki. Saki isn't a typical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuki Otsuka
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Miyu Yoshimoto  •  Mitsuki Tanimura  •  Masaya Kato

The Driver (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Ryosuke Kanezaki
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Takashi Tsukamoto  •  Mayumi Wakamura  •  Nao Minamisawa

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DIRECTION:  Ryosuke Kanezaki
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Takashi Tsukamoto  •  Mayumi Wakamura  •  Nao Minamisawa

Jikan no Shûzoku (2014)

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DIRECTION:  Michio Mitsuno
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Ryo Tamura  •  Masaya Kato

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DIRECTION:  Michio Mitsuno
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Ryo Tamura  •  Masaya Kato

The Road to Sirius (2008)

Tatsumura Yusuke, Toho Advertising's deputy sales manager was a childhood friend of Akiko and Katsuya. In fact, there is a secret that cannot be divulged about the relationship between Akiko and her father and the truth behind his death between these three people. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kan Ishibashi
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Susumu Terajima  •  Nene Otsuka  •  Chiaki Kuriyama

Tatsumura Yusuke, Toho Advertising's deputy sales manager was a childhood friend of Akiko and Katsuya. In fact, there is a secret that cannot be divulged about the relationship between Akiko and her father and the truth behind his death between these three people. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kan Ishibashi
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Susumu Terajima  •  Nene Otsuka  •  Chiaki Kuriyama

125 Years Memory (2015)

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsutoshi Tanaka
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Kenan Ece  •  Shioli Kutsuna  •  Mert Aygün

Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsutoshi Tanaka
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Kenan Ece  •  Shioli Kutsuna  •  Mert Aygün

Room Leader (2017)

Detective Nobuhiko Kamamoto is a detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, armed with keen interviewing skills and the ability to read people's personalities. But his personal life is in shambles and he must find a way to juggle problems at home ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Rina Takeda  •  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Detective Nobuhiko Kamamoto is a detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, armed with keen interviewing skills and the ability to read people's personalities. But his personal life is in shambles and he must find a way to juggle problems at home ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Rina Takeda  •  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Mitsuru Fukikoshi

First Love (2019)

A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Sakurako Konishi  •  Becky  •  Masataka Kubota

A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Shota Sometani  •  Sakurako Konishi  •  Becky  •  Masataka Kubota

Kohaku no yume (2018)

a TV drama special based on the life of SUNTORY's founder Shinjiro Torii  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidekazu Matsuda
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Rei Dan  •  Namase Katsuhisa  •  Shunsuke Daitoh

a TV drama special based on the life of SUNTORY's founder Shinjiro Torii  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidekazu Matsuda
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Rei Dan  •  Namase Katsuhisa  •  Shunsuke Daitoh

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky (2007)

A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Hamamoto
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Baijaku Nakamura  •  Masanobu Katsumura

A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaki Hamamoto
CAST:  Seiyo Uchino  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Baijaku Nakamura  •  Masanobu Katsumura
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