Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa (香川 照之, Kagawa Teruyuki, born December 7, 1965) is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and boxing commentator. Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Yuko Hama. His grandmother is the film actress Sanae Takasugi. In the Kabuki world, it is usual for the son of an actor to follow the father's footsteps since very early ages, but his parents divorced in 1968 and his mother was given the custody of him. After that event, he never saw his father again, and his mother refused to give him any training on the Kabuki art and he grew believing that it was "something that must not be watched". However he tried several times to meet his biological father. When he was 20, he went to one of his performances and asked if he could see him, stating that he was Ennosuke's son, but when his father's assistants reported to him the situation he refused, stating that he didn't have any son. He graduated in social psychology at the University of Tokyo and decided to start a career in cinema. He has twice been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the Japanese Academy Awards, once for Warau Iemon and once for Kita no zeronen. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize for Mt. Tsurugidake.

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Tales from Earthsea (2006)

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Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goro Miyazaki
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Aoi Teshima  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Yûko Tanaka

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goro Miyazaki
CAST:  Junichi Okada  •  Aoi Teshima  •  Bunta Sugawara  •  Yûko Tanaka

Heaven's Bookstore (2004)

Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Tetsuji Tamayama  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Karina

Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tetsuo Shinohara
CAST:  Yûko Takeuchi  •  Tetsuji Tamayama  •  Hirofumi Arai  •  Karina

Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2004)

A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Kaoru Kobayashi  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Kazu Matsuda  •  Yukika Sakuratani

A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Kaoru Kobayashi  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Kazu Matsuda  •  Yukika Sakuratani

Devils on the Doorstep (2000)

During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiang Wen
CAST:  Jiang Wen  •  Hongbo Jiang  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  David Wu

During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant's home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New Year, at which time they will be collected. The village leaders convene to interrogate the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jiang Wen
CAST:  Jiang Wen  •  Hongbo Jiang  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  David Wu

Bashing (2005)

Yuko is a Japanese girl who was taken hostage in Iraq while volunteering there as an aid worker. Finally released and back in her hometown, Yuko finds herself ostracized as a national disgrace by society that sees her helping a country other than Japan, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Fusako Urabe  •  Nene Otsuka  •  Kikujirō Honda  •  Teruyuki Kagawa

Yuko is a Japanese girl who was taken hostage in Iraq while volunteering there as an aid worker. Finally released and back in her hometown, Yuko finds herself ostracized as a national disgrace by society that sees her helping a country other than Japan, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Fusako Urabe  •  Nene Otsuka  •  Kikujirō Honda  •  Teruyuki Kagawa

Dark Tales of Japan (2004)

Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yoshihiro Nakamura  •  Koji Shiraishi  •  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Kayoko Shiraishi  •  Shôzô Endô  •  Yoshinori Okada  •  Kanako Fukaura

Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yoshihiro Nakamura  •  Koji Shiraishi  •  Masayuki Ochiai
CAST:  Kayoko Shiraishi  •  Shôzô Endô  •  Yoshinori Okada  •  Kanako Fukaura

Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Takuya Kimura  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Toshiro Yanagiba

In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Yamazaki
CAST:  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Takuya Kimura  •  Meisa Kuroki  •  Toshiro Yanagiba

Dear Doctor (2009)

Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medical intern, Keisuke Soma. But, Soma and the villagers reconsider their opinion when they learn about a shameful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miwa Nishikawa
CAST:  Eita Nagayama  •  Tsurube Shofukutei  •  Kaoru Yachigusa  •  Kimiko Yo

Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medical intern, Keisuke Soma. But, Soma and the villagers reconsider their opinion when they learn about a shameful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miwa Nishikawa
CAST:  Eita Nagayama  •  Tsurube Shofukutei  •  Kaoru Yachigusa  •  Kimiko Yo

The Mystery of Rampo (1995)

Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Okuyama
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Michiko Hada  •  Teruyuki Kagawa

Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Okuyama
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Michiko Hada  •  Teruyuki Kagawa

The Unbroken (2009)

Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for National Air Line. He is ordered to return to head office after ten years, and continues to struggle. When a National Air Line plane is involved in the worst air disaster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Takashi Kashiwabara

Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for National Air Line. He is ordered to return to head office after ten years, and continues to struggle. When a National Air Line plane is involved in the worst air disaster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Setsurô Wakamatsu
CAST:  Ken Watanabe  •  Kyoka Suzuki  •  Mitsuko Kusabue  •  Takashi Kashiwabara

Kisaragi (2007)

The fanclub of a deceased Japanese idol gather together for the one year anniversary of her death. By combining forces they try to unearth the true circumstances surrounding her supposed suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Tsukaji Muga

The fanclub of a deceased Japanese idol gather together for the one year anniversary of her death. By combining forces they try to unearth the true circumstances surrounding her supposed suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yuichi Satoh
CAST:  Shun Oguri  •  Yusuke Santamaria  •  Keisuke Koide  •  Tsukaji Muga

Golden Slumber (2010)

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Gekidan Hitori  •  Gaku Hamada

When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nakamura
CAST:  Masato Sakai  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka  •  Gekidan Hitori  •  Gaku Hamada

The Milkwoman (2005)

Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Ogata
CAST:  Yûko Tanaka  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Akiko Nishina  •  Koichi Ueda

Minako (TANAKA Yuko), begins her day running up and down the hills of her hometown delivering milk door to door. When that's done, she heads to her day job as a supermarket cashier. Minako is 50 and single. In one of the houses to which she delivers milk is a man ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Ogata
CAST:  Yûko Tanaka  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Akiko Nishina  •  Koichi Ueda

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisaku Kimura
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa  •  Hisashi Igawa

In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daisaku Kimura
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Yukiyoshi Ozawa  •  Hisashi Igawa

Haru's Journey (2010)

Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Eri Tokunaga  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Hideji Ōtaki  •  Kin Sugai

Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Kobayashi
CAST:  Eri Tokunaga  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Hideji Ōtaki  •  Kin Sugai

What the Snow Brings (2005)

Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a draft-horse race held in his childhood home of Obihiro on the island of Hokkaido.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kichitaro Negishi
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Koichi Sato  •  Yûsuke Iseya

Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a draft-horse race held in his childhood home of Obihiro on the island of Hokkaido.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kichitaro Negishi
CAST:  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Koichi Sato  •  Yûsuke Iseya

KT (2002)

This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politician, Kim Dae-Jung.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Kim Kap-soo  •  Choi Il-hwa  •  Koichi Sato  •  Akira Emoto

This movie is a political/espionage thriller, based on a real kidnapping incident of Korean politician, Kim Dae-Jung.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Sakamoto
CAST:  Kim Kap-soo  •  Choi Il-hwa  •  Koichi Sato  •  Akira Emoto

The Haunted Samurai (2007)

A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and separated ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Hidekazu Akai  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Yûko Fueki

A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and separated ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Hidekazu Akai  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Yûko Fueki

Serpent's Path (1998)

Miyashita, a former low-level yakuza member, has tracked down and kidnapped his daughter's murderer with help of his friend Nijima. But others are soon implicated in the death, leading the pair further down a violent path of revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kaei Okina  •  Yûrei Yanagi

Miyashita, a former low-level yakuza member, has tracked down and kidnapped his daughter's murderer with help of his friend Nijima. But others are soon implicated in the death, leading the pair further down a violent path of revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Kaei Okina  •  Yûrei Yanagi

Akai Tsuki (2004)

Namiko Morita, who lived in Otaru, moved to this area with her husband, Yutaro, and opened the brewery "Morita Brewery". Eventually, they succeeded in this business and lived happily while raising three children. However, in August 1945, the situation changed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Takako Tokiwa  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Tomoyasu Hotei

Namiko Morita, who lived in Otaru, moved to this area with her husband, Yutaro, and opened the brewery "Morita Brewery". Eventually, they succeeded in this business and lived happily while raising three children. However, in August 1945, the situation changed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Takako Tokiwa  •  Yûsuke Iseya  •  Teruyuki Kagawa  •  Tomoyasu Hotei
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