Takashi Matsuyama

Takashi Matsuyama (松山 鷹志)  is a Japanese actor and voice actor.

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Ghost in the Shell (1995)

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In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Atsuko Tanaka  •  Iemasa Kayumi  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Koichi Yamadera

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Atsuko Tanaka  •  Iemasa Kayumi  •  Akio Otsuka  •  Koichi Yamadera

Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Takako Fuji  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Yuko Daike

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Takako Fuji  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Yuko Daike

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

Volunteer home-care worker Rika is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Misaki Itō  •  Kanji Tsuda

Volunteer home-care worker Rika is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Megumi Okina  •  Yui Ichikawa  •  Misaki Itō  •  Kanji Tsuda

The Grudge (2004)

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Sarah Michelle Gellar  •  Jason Behr  •  William Mapother  •  Clea DuVall

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Sarah Michelle Gellar  •  Jason Behr  •  William Mapother  •  Clea DuVall

The Grudge 2 (2006)

A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Sarah Michelle Gellar  •  Amber Tamblyn  •  Edison Chen  •  Arielle Kebbel

A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Sarah Michelle Gellar  •  Amber Tamblyn  •  Edison Chen  •  Arielle Kebbel

Talking Head (1992)

It's nearly time for the debut of the most anticipated anime movie of the year, Talking Head. There's just a few minor problems: the director has disappeared and the movie isn't even started! Desperate to meet their deadline, the studio hires a "migrant technical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Yoshikazu Fujiki  •  Keishi Hunt  •  Mako Hyodo

It's nearly time for the debut of the most anticipated anime movie of the year, Talking Head. There's just a few minor problems: the director has disappeared and the movie isn't even started! Desperate to meet their deadline, the studio hires a "migrant technical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Yoshikazu Fujiki  •  Keishi Hunt  •  Mako Hyodo

Dangan Runner (1996)

An unemployed man trying to steal from a convenience store, and the store clerk catches him in the act. the thief runs away with the store-clerk right after him. All the while, the store clerk is in trouble with a low-rank yakuza. Along the chase for the thief, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  SABU  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Diamond Yukai  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi

An unemployed man trying to steal from a convenience store, and the store clerk catches him in the act. the thief runs away with the store-clerk right after him. All the while, the store clerk is in trouble with a low-rank yakuza. Along the chase for the thief, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  SABU  •  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Diamond Yukai  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi

The Wolverine (2013)

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Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Mangold
CAST:  Hugh Jackman  •  Tao Okamoto  •  Rila Fukushima  •  Hiroyuki Sanada

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Mangold
CAST:  Hugh Jackman  •  Tao Okamoto  •  Rila Fukushima  •  Hiroyuki Sanada

Nobody (1994)

Three elite salarymen find themselves in a bar fight with a group of threatening but mysterious men. When the mystery men come looking for revenge, the salarymen find themselves embroiled in a deadly game...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimichi Ohkawa
CAST:  Masaya Kato  •  Hideo Nakano  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Riki Takeuchi

Three elite salarymen find themselves in a bar fight with a group of threatening but mysterious men. When the mystery men come looking for revenge, the salarymen find themselves embroiled in a deadly game...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimichi Ohkawa
CAST:  Masaya Kato  •  Hideo Nakano  •  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Riki Takeuchi

Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991)

Detective Kouichi Todome head of the elite Kerberos police squad escapes after the unit is marked for destruction by the government. Three years later, Inui, a member of the squad, is released from prison with one goal: to find his former master. But the trail to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Eaching Sue  •  Yoshikatsu Fujiki

Detective Kouichi Todome head of the elite Kerberos police squad escapes after the unit is marked for destruction by the government. Three years later, Inui, a member of the squad, is released from prison with one goal: to find his former master. But the trail to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Oshii
CAST:  Shigeru Chiba  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Eaching Sue  •  Yoshikatsu Fujiki

Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

In a jealous rage, a man kills his wife and son in their home, and everyone who visits falls prey to a terrible curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Yue  •  Ryôta Koyama  •  Yumi Yoshiyuki

In a jealous rage, a man kills his wife and son in their home, and everyone who visits falls prey to a terrible curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Yue  •  Ryôta Koyama  •  Yumi Yoshiyuki

The Grudge 3 (2009)

Jake Kimble, the sole survivor of the Chicago massacre, is killed while in solitary confinement. His doctor begins investigating the claims he made about a long-haired woman in white, as a mysterious Japanese woman arrives at his old apartment building to help them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toby Wilkins
CAST:  Johanna Braddy  •  Gil McKinney  •  Emi Ikehata  •  Jadie-Rose Hobson

Jake Kimble, the sole survivor of the Chicago massacre, is killed while in solitary confinement. His doctor begins investigating the claims he made about a long-haired woman in white, as a mysterious Japanese woman arrives at his old apartment building to help them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toby Wilkins
CAST:  Johanna Braddy  •  Gil McKinney  •  Emi Ikehata  •  Jadie-Rose Hobson

Nintama Rantarou Movie: Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudou! no Dan (2011)

A young boy named Rentaro and other ninja apprentices attend Ninjutsu Gakuen - a top ninja academy. Rentaro is determined to become an elite ninja!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaya Fujimori
CAST:  Teiyu Ichiryusai  •  Minami Takayama  •  Mayumi Tanaka  •  Toshihiko Nakajima

A young boy named Rentaro and other ninja apprentices attend Ninjutsu Gakuen - a top ninja academy. Rentaro is determined to become an elite ninja!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaya Fujimori
CAST:  Teiyu Ichiryusai  •  Minami Takayama  •  Mayumi Tanaka  •  Toshihiko Nakajima

Asylum Session (2009)

Hiyoko wants to become an artist like her mother, but her father would prefer that she took a different career path. Enraged when she notices that he took all paintings done by her mother from the house, she decides to run away. Unable to find a place to sleep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tact Aoki
CAST:  Masakazu Nemoto  •  Aya Hirano  •  Aiko Aihashi  •  Takehiro Hasu

Hiyoko wants to become an artist like her mother, but her father would prefer that she took a different career path. Enraged when she notices that he took all paintings done by her mother from the house, she decides to run away. Unable to find a place to sleep ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tact Aoki
CAST:  Masakazu Nemoto  •  Aya Hirano  •  Aiko Aihashi  •  Takehiro Hasu

Crayon Shin-chan: Invoke a Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb (2007)

When an alien bomb powerful enough to destroy the entire planet sticks to the buttocks of Shin-chan's pet dog Shiro, a race to save the world begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Muto
CAST:  Akiko Yajima  •  Miki Narahashi  •  Keiji Fujiwara  •  Satomi Korogi

When an alien bomb powerful enough to destroy the entire planet sticks to the buttocks of Shin-chan's pet dog Shiro, a race to save the world begins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuji Muto
CAST:  Akiko Yajima  •  Miki Narahashi  •  Keiji Fujiwara  •  Satomi Korogi

Peacemaker Kurogane: Belief (2018)

Although traumatized by witnessing the murder of his parents by one of the Choushuu, Ichimura Tetsunosuke's thirst for revenge leads him to desire strength. At the age of 15, Tetsunosuke approached the Shinsengumi, wanting to become one of its members. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeru Kimiya
CAST:  Jouji Nakata  •  Yuji Ueda  •  Mitsuki Saiga  •  Takahiro Sakurai

Although traumatized by witnessing the murder of his parents by one of the Choushuu, Ichimura Tetsunosuke's thirst for revenge leads him to desire strength. At the age of 15, Tetsunosuke approached the Shinsengumi, wanting to become one of its members. However, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeru Kimiya
CAST:  Jouji Nakata  •  Yuji Ueda  •  Mitsuki Saiga  •  Takahiro Sakurai

Natsume's Book of Friends: Ephemeral Bond (2018)

The movie of Natsume's Book of Friends series. Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Omori  •  Hideki Ito
CAST:  Hiroshi Kamiya  •  Kazuhiko Inoue  •  Kazuma Horie  •  Ryohei Kimura

The movie of Natsume's Book of Friends series. Natsume has been busy, navigating between humans and Yokai when he coincidentally reunites with an old classmate, Yuki. It brings back painful memories of a certain Yokai. Meanwhile, Natsume also became acquainted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Omori  •  Hideki Ito
CAST:  Hiroshi Kamiya  •  Kazuhiko Inoue  •  Kazuma Horie  •  Ryohei Kimura

Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)

Earth is peaceful following the Tournament of Power. Realizing that the universes still hold many more strong people yet to see, Goku spends all his days training to reach even greater heights. Then one day, Goku and Vegeta are faced by a Saiyan called 'Broly' who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Nagamine
CAST:  Masako Nozawa  •  Ryo Horikawa  •  Bin Shimada  •  Ryusei Nakao

Earth is peaceful following the Tournament of Power. Realizing that the universes still hold many more strong people yet to see, Goku spends all his days training to reach even greater heights. Then one day, Goku and Vegeta are faced by a Saiyan called 'Broly' who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsuya Nagamine
CAST:  Masako Nozawa  •  Ryo Horikawa  •  Bin Shimada  •  Ryusei Nakao

Blowback: Love & Death (1991)

A betrayed gangster seeks to avenge his dead partner, with the help of a beautiful restaurant owner and a mysterious bounty hunter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Muroga
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Shun Sugata  •  Mie Yoshida  •  Keishi Hunt

A betrayed gangster seeks to avenge his dead partner, with the help of a beautiful restaurant owner and a mysterious bounty hunter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Muroga
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Shun Sugata  •  Mie Yoshida  •  Keishi Hunt

Sunny Gets Blue (1993)

Rubber Jack, a Big Apple-based Japanese thief in debt to mobsters, robs a convenience store and winds up with money from a major bank heist. With the help of bartender Cash, a mercenary buddy who first betrays him and then saves his neck, he tracks the source of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimichi Ohkawa
CAST:  Natsumi Nanase  •  Keishi Hunt  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Mie Yoshida

Rubber Jack, a Big Apple-based Japanese thief in debt to mobsters, robs a convenience store and winds up with money from a major bank heist. With the help of bartender Cash, a mercenary buddy who first betrays him and then saves his neck, he tracks the source of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshimichi Ohkawa
CAST:  Natsumi Nanase  •  Keishi Hunt  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Mie Yoshida
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