Leonard Kuma

Japanese comedian and actor.

Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Chishū Ryū  •  Keiko Takeshita

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Chishū Ryū  •  Keiko Takeshita

The Catch (1983)

A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend's father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the father to teach him the trade's secrets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Sōmai
CAST:  Ken Ogata  •  Masako Natsume  •  Koichi Sato  •  Yukiyo Toake

A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend's father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the father to teach him the trade's secrets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Sōmai
CAST:  Ken Ogata  •  Masako Natsume  •  Koichi Sato  •  Yukiyo Toake

Luminous Woman (1987)

A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes involved with a faded opera singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Sōmai
CAST:  Michiru Akiyoshi  •  Takeiji Muto  •  Narumi Yasuda  •  Hide Demon

A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes involved with a faded opera singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Sōmai
CAST:  Michiru Akiyoshi  •  Takeiji Muto  •  Narumi Yasuda  •  Hide Demon

Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion (1985)

A young girl gets adopted by a family that holds her like a slave and is later freed by a young man working for the family's company. 10 years later, she gets involved in the murder of one of her step-sisters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Sōmai
CAST:  Yuki Saito  •  Takaaki Enoki  •  Mai Okamoto  •  Leonard Kuma

A young girl gets adopted by a family that holds her like a slave and is later freed by a young man working for the family's company. 10 years later, she gets involved in the murder of one of her step-sisters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Sōmai
CAST:  Yuki Saito  •  Takaaki Enoki  •  Mai Okamoto  •  Leonard Kuma

One Bowl of Kakesoba (1992)

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsumi Nishikawa
CAST:  Pinko Izumi  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Masaya Obi  •  Hidetsugu Takiguchi

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsumi Nishikawa
CAST:  Pinko Izumi  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Masaya Obi  •  Hidetsugu Takiguchi

I Go to Tokyo (1985)

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomio Kuriyama
CAST:  Eisaku Shindô  •  Yoshie Kashiwabara  •  Ikuzo Yoshi  •  Koji Moritsugu

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomio Kuriyama
CAST:  Eisaku Shindô  •  Yoshie Kashiwabara  •  Ikuzo Yoshi  •  Koji Moritsugu

Nezumi Kozō kaitō den (1984)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitaro Nomura
CAST:  Masatoshi Nakamura  •  Kiyoshi Nakajo  •  Hikaru Kurosaki  •  Leonard Kuma

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshitaro Nomura
CAST:  Masatoshi Nakamura  •  Kiyoshi Nakajo  •  Hikaru Kurosaki  •  Leonard Kuma

I Am Sukeban (1992)

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DIRECTION:  Teruyoshi Ishii
CAST:  Shinji Takeda  •  Reiko Oimori  •  Go Nagai  •  Shingo Kazami

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DIRECTION:  Teruyoshi Ishii
CAST:  Shinji Takeda  •  Reiko Oimori  •  Go Nagai  •  Shingo Kazami

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DIRECTION:  Masahisa Sadanaga
CAST:  Shigeru Amachi  •  Hisako Manda  •  Leonard Kuma  •  Tetsuo Hasegawa

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DIRECTION:  Yoshitaka Asama
CAST:  Yasuko Tomita  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Yasuomi Itô