Sei Matobu

Sei Matobu is a Japanese actress who is a former Hanagumi Top Star of the Takarazuka Revue. In addition to her stage roles, she has acted for television, feature films, radio and advertisements. She is represented by Watanabe Entertainment. Born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, she is nicknamed "Yuu".

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The Apology King (2013)

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masaki Okada  •  Katsumi Takahashi

Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Mao Inoue  •  Masaki Okada  •  Katsumi Takahashi

AIBOU: The Movie III (2014)

A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding the incident are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Koji Ishizaka  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa

A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding the incident are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiji Izumi
CAST:  Hiroki Narimiya  •  Tsuyoshi Ihara  •  Koji Ishizaka  •  Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Snow on The Blades (2014)

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Kichiemon Nakamura II  •  Ryoko Hirosue

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Kiichi Nakai  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Kichiemon Nakamura II  •  Ryoko Hirosue

Blade of the Immortal (2017)

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Takuya Kimura  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Sota Fukushi  •  Hayato Ichihara

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Takuya Kimura  •  Hana Sugisaki  •  Sota Fukushi  •  Hayato Ichihara

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final (2016)

A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masatoshi Yamaguchi
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Go Ayano  •  Hiromi Sakimoto  •  Kyosuke Yabe

A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masatoshi Yamaguchi
CAST:  Takayuki Yamada  •  Go Ayano  •  Hiromi Sakimoto  •  Kyosuke Yabe

Call Boy (2018)

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miura
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Sei Matobu  •  Ami Tomite  •  Kenta Izuka

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisuke Miura
CAST:  Tori Matsuzaka  •  Sei Matobu  •  Ami Tomite  •  Kenta Izuka

Designated Lawyer (2018)

Suspicions fall on politician Tagane Seizo over the sale of nationally owned land to a social welfare service corporation back in 2010. Seizo Tagane is then given immunity for his testimony, but people become furious that he was not going to be prosecuted. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Takezono
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Enari Kazuki  •  Sei Matobu

Suspicions fall on politician Tagane Seizo over the sale of nationally owned land to a social welfare service corporation back in 2010. Seizo Tagane is then given immunity for his testimony, but people become furious that he was not going to be prosecuted. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hajime Takezono
CAST:  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Enari Kazuki  •  Sei Matobu

The Forest of Love (2019)

A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Kippei Shiina  •  Shinnosuke Mitsushima  •  Kyoko Hinami  •  Eri Kamataki

A con man and a would-be filmmaking crew force themselves into the lives of two grief-scarred young women. But nothing is as it seems.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Kippei Shiina  •  Shinnosuke Mitsushima  •  Kyoko Hinami  •  Eri Kamataki

Run! T High School Basketball Club (2018)

Yoichi plays basketball at his junior high and is capable. He is granted a scholarship and attends a high school with a superlative basket team. Instead of welcoming the boy the students there decide to bully and harass the new player leading Yoichi to a new high ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Furusawa
CAST:  Jun Shison  •  Hayato Sano  •  Akari Hayami  •  Junki Tozuka

Yoichi plays basketball at his junior high and is capable. He is granted a scholarship and attends a high school with a superlative basket team. Instead of welcoming the boy the students there decide to bully and harass the new player leading Yoichi to a new high ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Furusawa
CAST:  Jun Shison  •  Hayato Sano  •  Akari Hayami  •  Junki Tozuka

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DIRECTION:  Kazuo Ikehiro
CAST:  Tsurutaro Kataoka  •  Sei Matobu  •  Gamon Kaai  •  Koen Kondo

Midnight Swan (2020)

Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother Saori. From living in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Misaki Hattori  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother Saori. From living in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Kusanagi  •  Misaki Hattori  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

Akiko's Piano (2020)

1940, Kawamoto Akiko lives in Hiroshima with her father and mother, Genkichi and Shizuko, as well as her two younger brothers. Akiko loves playing her favourite piano. As the war situation worsens, she is busy helping out the war efforts. On the morning of August 6 ...  (more)

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CAST:  Kyoko Yoshine  •  Tetsushi Tanaka  •  Keita Machida  •  Sei Matobu

1940, Kawamoto Akiko lives in Hiroshima with her father and mother, Genkichi and Shizuko, as well as her two younger brothers. Akiko loves playing her favourite piano. As the war situation worsens, she is busy helping out the war efforts. On the morning of August 6 ...  (more)

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CAST:  Kyoko Yoshine  •  Tetsushi Tanaka  •  Keita Machida  •  Sei Matobu

Air Girl (2021)

Komari Sano's parents ran a small Tokyo factory that manufactured aircraft parts. With her parents' influence, Komari Sano dreamed of becoming a pilot. During World War II, her older brother died as a kamikaze pilot and her parents died during the bombing of Tokyo. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi  •  Hirona Yamazaki  •  Ryoko Fujino

Komari Sano's parents ran a small Tokyo factory that manufactured aircraft parts. With her parents' influence, Komari Sano dreamed of becoming a pilot. During World War II, her older brother died as a kamikaze pilot and her parents died during the bombing of Tokyo. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Meiji Fujita
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Kentaro Sakaguchi  •  Hirona Yamazaki  •  Ryoko Fujino

Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021)

Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin?"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriyoshi Sakuma
CAST:  Tomoyo Harada  •  Kei Tanaka  •  Nanase Nishino  •  Ryusei Yokohama

Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin?"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noriyoshi Sakuma
CAST:  Tomoyo Harada  •  Kei Tanaka  •  Nanase Nishino  •  Ryusei Yokohama

Love Symphony II (2008)

Delight, encounters, passion... A revue composed the different forms love takes, and the emotions of love. Unfolding from a brilliant opening, through passionate dance scenes set to Latin music, and the bright world of jazz. Every genre of the music world is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nakamura Kazunori
CAST:  Sei Matobu  •  Sakurano Ayane  •  So Kazuho

Delight, encounters, passion... A revue composed the different forms love takes, and the emotions of love. Unfolding from a brilliant opening, through passionate dance scenes set to Latin music, and the bright world of jazz. Every genre of the music world is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nakamura Kazunori
CAST:  Sei Matobu  •  Sakurano Ayane  •  So Kazuho

Mélancolique Gigolo (2008)

Daniel a peniless gigolo and his friend Stan concort a plan to get rich by posing as the heir of the Norbert family. However when Norbert's daughter comes looking for her missing brother things get more complicated...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masatsuka Haruhiko
CAST:  Sei Matobu  •  Sakurano Ayane  •  So Kazuho

Daniel a peniless gigolo and his friend Stan concort a plan to get rich by posing as the heir of the Norbert family. However when Norbert's daughter comes looking for her missing brother things get more complicated...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masatsuka Haruhiko
CAST:  Sei Matobu  •  Sakurano Ayane  •  So Kazuho

Tuxedo Jazz (2007)

A revue focused on America from the 1920s to the 1950s - good old Broadway, magnificent Follies, glorious jazz and the glimmer of Manhattan. It combines a mature flair with a fresh, vigorous spirit, and is based on the theme of America at a time when the myth of ...  (more)

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CAST:  Sumire Haruno  •  Sei Matobu  •  Sakurano Ayane  •  So Kazuho

A revue focused on America from the 1920s to the 1950s - good old Broadway, magnificent Follies, glorious jazz and the glimmer of Manhattan. It combines a mature flair with a fresh, vigorous spirit, and is based on the theme of America at a time when the myth of ...  (more)

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CAST:  Sumire Haruno  •  Sei Matobu  •  Sakurano Ayane  •  So Kazuho

Appartement Cinéma (2006)

There is a certain hotel which caters to people who have lost their way. People trying to get their lives back on track, or simply trying to find out where they went wrong. One of the people staying at this hotel is Wolf, who playfully follows the self-absorbed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Inaba Daichi
CAST:  Sumire Haruno  •  Sakurano Ayane  •  Ayabuki Mao  •  Sei Matobu

There is a certain hotel which caters to people who have lost their way. People trying to get their lives back on track, or simply trying to find out where they went wrong. One of the people staying at this hotel is Wolf, who playfully follows the self-absorbed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Inaba Daichi
CAST:  Sumire Haruno  •  Sakurano Ayane  •  Ayabuki Mao  •  Sei Matobu

Matobu Sei Dinner Show "Sky Blue" (2005)

Matobu Sei's first dinner show held in 2005.  (more)

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CAST:  Sei Matobu

Matobu Sei's first dinner show held in 2005.  (more)

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CAST:  Sei Matobu

続 遙かなる山の呼び声 (2022)

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CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Takashi Fujii  •  Sei Matobu

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DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Hiroshi Abe  •  Takako Tokiwa  •  Takashi Fujii  •  Sei Matobu
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