Sarutoki Minagawa

Sarutoki Minagawa (Japanese: 皆川 猿時 Hepburn: Minagawa Sarutoki, born 1 February 1971 in Fukushima Prefecture) is a Japanese film, theater, and television actor. He is a member of Suzuki Matsuo's theater troupe Otona Keikaku. Minagawa generally plays boisterous and loud comedic roles, often highlighted by his large frame and obvious mutton chop sideburns. He is 170cm tall.

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GO (2001)

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Yukisada
CAST:  Yosuke Kubozuka  •  Ko Shibasaki  •  Taro Yamamoto  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki

Climber's High (2008)

On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Harada
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Masato Sakai  •  Machiko Ono  •  Masahiro Takashima

On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Harada
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Masato Sakai  •  Machiko Ono  •  Masahiro Takashima

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)

Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Riisa Naka  •  Takayuki Yamada

Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Riisa Naka  •  Takayuki Yamada

Maruyama, The Middle Schooler (2013)

Katsuya Maruyama (Hiraoka Takuma) is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  YOU  •  Takuma Hiraoka  •  Kenji Endo  •  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Katsuya Maruyama (Hiraoka Takuma) is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  YOU  •  Takuma Hiraoka  •  Kenji Endo  •  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Afro Tanaka (2012)

Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daigo Matsui
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Kaname Endo  •  Ryusuke Komakine

Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daigo Matsui
CAST:  Shota Matsuda  •  Nozomi Sasaki  •  Kaname Endo  •  Ryusuke Komakine

Lala Pipo: A Lot of People (2009)

Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. There’s a chubby freelance writer who’s so obsessed with masturbating to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Miyano
CAST:  Yuri Nakamura  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Saori Hara  •  Sayuki Matsumoto

Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. There’s a chubby freelance writer who’s so obsessed with masturbating to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Miyano
CAST:  Yuri Nakamura  •  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Saori Hara  •  Sayuki Matsumoto

Kanikôsen (2009)

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Kengo Kora  •  Hirofumi Arai

On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  SABU
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Hidetoshi Nishijima  •  Kengo Kora  •  Hirofumi Arai

Ashura (2005)

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yojiro Takita
CAST:  Rie Miyazawa  •  Matsumoto Kōshirō X  •  Kanako Higuchi  •  Atsuro Watabe

Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yojiro Takita
CAST:  Rie Miyazawa  •  Matsumoto Kōshirō X  •  Kanako Higuchi  •  Atsuro Watabe

The Last Princess (2008)

After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Daisuke Miyagawa  •  Hiroshi Abe

After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Higuchi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Daisuke Miyagawa  •  Hiroshi Abe

Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005)

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  Tomoya Nagase  •  Shichinosuke Nakamura  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  Tomoya Nagase  •  Shichinosuke Nakamura  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Yoshiyoshi Arakawa

Jossy's (2014)

To battle a malicious monster, five women are gathered in front of Commander Charles against their will. The five women are selected because they each have a family name that represents a color. The five women are filled with doubts about what they are able to do ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Mirei Kiritani  •  Mitsuki Takahata  •  Mizuki Yamamoto  •  Mina Fujii

To battle a malicious monster, five women are gathered in front of Commander Charles against their will. The five women are selected because they each have a family name that represents a color. The five women are filled with doubts about what they are able to do ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Mirei Kiritani  •  Mitsuki Takahata  •  Mizuki Yamamoto  •  Mina Fujii

HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis (2016)

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Osamu Adachi

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Fukuda
CAST:  Ryohei Suzuki  •  Yoshiko Sengen  •  Tsuyoshi Muro  •  Osamu Adachi

Too Young To Die! (2016)

After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Tomoya Nagase  •  Aoi Morikawa  •  Nana Seino

After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kankuro Kudo
CAST:  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Tomoya Nagase  •  Aoi Morikawa  •  Nana Seino

Bakuman (2015)

Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Kenta Kiritani

Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi One
CAST:  Takeru Satoh  •  Ryunosuke Kamiki  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Kenta Kiritani

A Farewell to Jinu (2015)

Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Takako Matsu  •  Fumi Nikaido

Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Sadawo Abe  •  Takako Matsu  •  Fumi Nikaido

Otakus in Love (2004)

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Wakana Sakai  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hijiri Kojima

Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Suzuki Matsuo
CAST:  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Wakana Sakai  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Hijiri Kojima

Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy (2004)

Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Masahiro Koumoto

Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Masahiro Koumoto

The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016)

As undercover cop Reiji takes on a new mission to takedown the Chinese mafia, elite police officer Shinya moves to arrest Reiji.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Riisa Naka  •  Tsubasa Honda

As undercover cop Reiji takes on a new mission to takedown the Chinese mafia, elite police officer Shinya moves to arrest Reiji.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Toma Ikuta  •  Eita Nagayama  •  Riisa Naka  •  Tsubasa Honda

Fukushima 50 (2020)

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Koichi Sato  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Narumi Yasuda

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Koichi Sato  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Narumi Yasuda

Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess (1999)

Saeko Machida is a high school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attention and win his affections, but there's no such luck. One day, she meets a strange man at a flea-market who gives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fuminori Kaneko  •  Natsuki Imai
CAST:  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Erina Asai  •  Hisoka Yamamoto  •  Shin Yazawa

Saeko Machida is a high school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attention and win his affections, but there's no such luck. One day, she meets a strange man at a flea-market who gives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fuminori Kaneko  •  Natsuki Imai
CAST:  Chiaki Kuriyama  •  Erina Asai  •  Hisoka Yamamoto  •  Shin Yazawa
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