Katsunori Takahashi

Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan With Love (2008)

Tadano is assigned by the chairman Kurokawa to protect and check the personal affairs of a young idol, Sylvia , who is the main character at the "Flower Earth Festival 2008" organized by Denodo. Sylvia has been threatened by someone to resign from the main ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Ueda
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Atsuko Sakurai  •  Masaru Nagai  •  Yuri Ebihara

Tadano is assigned by the chairman Kurokawa to protect and check the personal affairs of a young idol, Sylvia , who is the main character at the "Flower Earth Festival 2008" organized by Denodo. Sylvia has been threatened by someone to resign from the main ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Ueda
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Atsuko Sakurai  •  Masaru Nagai  •  Yuri Ebihara

Birthday Present (1995)

Japanese film directed by Michio Mitsuno.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Mitsuno
CAST:  Goro Kishitani  •  Emi Wakui  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Naoko Iijima

Japanese film directed by Michio Mitsuno.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Mitsuno
CAST:  Goro Kishitani  •  Emi Wakui  •  Eri Fukatsu  •  Naoko Iijima

Worst by Chance (2003)

He can't control himself inside of him. Hidenori, a Japanese-Korean, hasn't seen his family in a few years. He doesn't want to go to school but just wander the streets. He always grins at a trifle. When he is caught stealing and he feels pain as his finger is cut ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Mika Nakashima  •  Shin Yazawa  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

He can't control himself inside of him. Hidenori, a Japanese-Korean, hasn't seen his family in a few years. He doesn't want to go to school but just wander the streets. He always grins at a trifle. When he is caught stealing and he feels pain as his finger is cut ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Su-yeon Gu
CAST:  Hayato Ichihara  •  Mika Nakashima  •  Shin Yazawa  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Ghost Shout (2004)

Yoko Sakaki: 24 years old. Occupation: Ghost Negotiator. With her tomboyish attitude and severely bad mouth, she helps ghosts leave this world by shouting at them. But, that work is almost done - she and her boyfriend Toshio are about to get married, and their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renpei Tsukamoto
CAST:  Saori Takizawa  •  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Masaru Nagai

Yoko Sakaki: 24 years old. Occupation: Ghost Negotiator. With her tomboyish attitude and severely bad mouth, she helps ghosts leave this world by shouting at them. But, that work is almost done - she and her boyfriend Toshio are about to get married, and their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renpei Tsukamoto
CAST:  Saori Takizawa  •  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Masaru Nagai

White-Collar Worker Kintaro (1999)

Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferred to a tiny countryside branch, where he butts heads with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Yudai Ishiyama

Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferred to a tiny countryside branch, where he butts heads with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Yudai Ishiyama

Beyond Outrage (2012)

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Ryo Kase  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Shun Sugata

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Ryo Kase  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Toshiyuki Nishida  •  Shun Sugata

Ring (1995)

In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chisui Takigawa
CAST:  Ayane Miura  •  Maha Hamada  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Mai Tachihara

In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chisui Takigawa
CAST:  Ayane Miura  •  Maha Hamada  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Mai Tachihara

Accidental Kidnapper (2010)

Yuukai Rhapsody follows a man who is stuck in a rut, no personal life and no cash lead him to the drastic decision of kidnapping a rich boy, unbeknownst to him the boy's father is a yakuza boss! With the yakuza and the police hot on his tail he is forced to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Sakaki
CAST:  Roi Hayashi  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Show Aikawa  •  Eiichiro Funakoshi

Yuukai Rhapsody follows a man who is stuck in a rut, no personal life and no cash lead him to the drastic decision of kidnapping a rich boy, unbeknownst to him the boy's father is a yakuza boss! With the yakuza and the police hot on his tail he is forced to take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Sakaki
CAST:  Roi Hayashi  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Show Aikawa  •  Eiichiro Funakoshi

What the War Meant (2008)

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin'ichi Kamoshita
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Yuichiro Yamaguchi  •  Masatô Ibu

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin'ichi Kamoshita
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Yuichiro Yamaguchi  •  Masatô Ibu

IMAT ~Crime Scene Medics~ (2013)

IMAT (Incident Medical Assistance Team) is an emergency medical team formed to treat patients who are injured on crime scenes. The doctors on this team are often sent to dangerous destinations. The protagonist, Akira, lost his father in a terrorist bomb explosion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hoshino Kazunari
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Kei Tanaka  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Maki Mizuno

IMAT (Incident Medical Assistance Team) is an emergency medical team formed to treat patients who are injured on crime scenes. The doctors on this team are often sent to dangerous destinations. The protagonist, Akira, lost his father in a terrorist bomb explosion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hoshino Kazunari
CAST:  Hiroshi Tamaki  •  Kei Tanaka  •  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Maki Mizuno

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DIRECTION:  Yasushi Ueda
CAST:  Tamori  •  Fuku Suzuki  •  Rie Tomosaka  •  Daijiro Kawaoka

Dots and Lines (2007)

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kan Ishibashi
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Ken Utsui  •  Kirin Kiki

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kan Ishibashi
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Ken Utsui  •  Kirin Kiki

Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003)

Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Nenji Kobayashi  •  Renji Ishibashi

Katsunori Takahashi and Ken Watanabe star in a modern yakuza tale in the classic Japanese film series, Battles Without Honor and Humanity, directed by Hajime Hashimoto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Nenji Kobayashi  •  Renji Ishibashi

Kouiki Keisatsu 10 (2021)

Police investigators of cases involving two or more prefectures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Masanobu Katsumura  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Akiko Yada

Police investigators of cases involving two or more prefectures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Masanobu Katsumura  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Akiko Yada

20-Year-Old Soul (2022)

A young music lover named Asano Daiyoshi died at the young age of 20. In that fact, there is a feeling that a miracle that cannot be imagined overflows the bonds of many people. Feel the brilliance of life that you can live powerfully even if it is short. It's a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Akiyama
CAST:  Fuju Kamio  •  Koichi Sato  •  Machiko Ono  •  Riko Fukumoto

A young music lover named Asano Daiyoshi died at the young age of 20. In that fact, there is a feeling that a miracle that cannot be imagined overflows the bonds of many people. Feel the brilliance of life that you can live powerfully even if it is short. It's a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Akiyama
CAST:  Fuju Kamio  •  Koichi Sato  •  Machiko Ono  •  Riko Fukumoto

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DIRECTION:  Kosuke Suzuki
CAST:  Takanori Iwata  •  Atsushi Ito  •  Takaaki Enoki  •  Ayano Kudo

The Violence Action (2022)

Kei Kikuno attends a vocational school as a student. For her part-time job, she works as a contract killer. She is excellent at her job and never gets scared by anyone. One day, she receives the most challenging request.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toichiro Ruto
CAST:  Kanna Hashimoto  •  Fumika Baba  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Win Morisaki

Kei Kikuno attends a vocational school as a student. For her part-time job, she works as a contract killer. She is excellent at her job and never gets scared by anyone. One day, she receives the most challenging request.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toichiro Ruto
CAST:  Kanna Hashimoto  •  Fumika Baba  •  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Win Morisaki

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DIRECTION:  Kosuke Suzuki
CAST:  Takanori Iwata  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Mikako Yoshida  •  Takaaki Enoki

From the End of the World (2023)

Hana is a normal high school student, unsatisfied in her daily life. One day she had a dream and met a 10-year-old girl living in Sengoku Era. The girl lives hard with poverty and misfortune in that world and the two are going to have a sisterhood friendship. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuaki Kiriya
CAST:  Aoi Ito  •  Katsuya Maiguma  •  Aya Asahina  •  Shunji Iwai

Hana is a normal high school student, unsatisfied in her daily life. One day she had a dream and met a 10-year-old girl living in Sengoku Era. The girl lives hard with poverty and misfortune in that world and the two are going to have a sisterhood friendship. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuaki Kiriya
CAST:  Aoi Ito  •  Katsuya Maiguma  •  Aya Asahina  •  Shunji Iwai