Yûki Meguro

Yuki Meguro is an actor, singer and host in Japan. From an early age, he appeared as a child actor in films for various companies, but after starring in the first part of Toei's first TV drama, "風小僧" he devoted himself to his studies and entered Doshisha Junior High School, only to drop out in order to study abroad. He studied at high schools in Hawaii, St. Louis, and later Boston University's Department of Drama and the University of Southern California, but he also ended up dropping out. After returning to Japan, he starred in the movie "Murder in the Deep" (1969) and began his career as an actor in earnest. He has appeared in countless films and television dramas, both period and contemporary, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film "Shōgun" (1980, USA). In addition to showing off his singing ability, which has led to records in musicals , he also hosts information programs.

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Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Hiroko Yakushimaru  •  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Mari Natsuki

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Hiroko Yakushimaru  •  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Mari Natsuki

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974)

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countless assassins are sent to kill him on sight and kidnap his girl Fujiko! Can Lupin get the loot before the Maccherone ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Tsuboshima
CAST:  Yûki Meguro  •  Eiko Ezaki  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Shirō Itō

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countless assassins are sent to kill him on sight and kidnap his girl Fujiko! Can Lupin get the loot before the Maccherone ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Tsuboshima
CAST:  Yûki Meguro  •  Eiko Ezaki  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Shirō Itō

The Family (1974)

Adaptation of the novel by Toyoko Yamasaki.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Shin Saburi  •  Yumeji Tsukioka  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yōko Yamamoto

Adaptation of the novel by Toyoko Yamasaki.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Shin Saburi  •  Yumeji Tsukioka  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Yōko Yamamoto

Bushido (2013)

1732, in the era of Yoshimune Tokugawa. West Japan suffers from a severe famine. Three years after wards, it appeared as though calm had been restored to the domain, but there is word that Jyuzo Matsumiya, the sword fighting instructor sent by the shogunate, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Mikami
CAST:  Takeo Nakahara  •  Takehiro Hira  •  Go Wakabayashi  •  Yûki Meguro

1732, in the era of Yoshimune Tokugawa. West Japan suffers from a severe famine. Three years after wards, it appeared as though calm had been restored to the domain, but there is word that Jyuzo Matsumiya, the sword fighting instructor sent by the shogunate, is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Mikami
CAST:  Takeo Nakahara  •  Takehiro Hira  •  Go Wakabayashi  •  Yûki Meguro

Operation Plazma in Osaka (1976)

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Akira Kobayashi

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Tatsuo Umemiya  •  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Akira Kobayashi

Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (1970)

Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin. Three of them band together to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Ichimura
CAST:  Yûki Meguro  •  Yōko Matsuyama  •  Hitoshi Ōmae  •  Jun Tazaki

Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin. Three of them band together to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Ichimura
CAST:  Yûki Meguro  •  Yōko Matsuyama  •  Hitoshi Ōmae  •  Jun Tazaki

The Book Peddler (2016)

Suzume Akamatsu works at a library in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. She delivers books by riding a bicycle. Through her work, Suzume grows as a person.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Ohmori
CAST:  Rina Takeda  •  Yutaka Kobayashi  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Takashi Naito

Suzume Akamatsu works at a library in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. She delivers books by riding a bicycle. Through her work, Suzume grows as a person.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Ohmori
CAST:  Rina Takeda  •  Yutaka Kobayashi  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Takashi Naito

Yassadaru Man (2018)

Kisaragi Hazime and Akahata Satomi, workers of Mihara City Hall in Hiroshima prefecture will try to recover the lost popularity of their official city mascot : Yassadaru Man and boost its image again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Ohmori
CAST:  Hisanori Sato  •  Maasa Sudô  •  Ayana Taketatsu  •  Ichirôta Miyakawa

Kisaragi Hazime and Akahata Satomi, workers of Mihara City Hall in Hiroshima prefecture will try to recover the lost popularity of their official city mascot : Yassadaru Man and boost its image again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken'ichi Ohmori
CAST:  Hisanori Sato  •  Maasa Sudô  •  Ayana Taketatsu  •  Ichirôta Miyakawa

Musashi (2019)

Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original period drama based on the historical facts of the life and travels of the famous Miyamoto Musashi we find an apprentice, an instructor and the account of a famous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Mikami
CAST:  Kumiko Endo  •  Yoshihiko Hosoda  •  Ken Matsudaira  •  Yûki Meguro

Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original period drama based on the historical facts of the life and travels of the famous Miyamoto Musashi we find an apprentice, an instructor and the account of a famous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Mikami
CAST:  Kumiko Endo  •  Yoshihiko Hosoda  •  Ken Matsudaira  •  Yûki Meguro

Zero (1984)

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Masuda
CAST:  Jun Hashizume  •  Yu Hayami  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Tetsurō Tamba

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshio Masuda
CAST:  Jun Hashizume  •  Yu Hayami  •  Yūzō Kayama  •  Tetsurō Tamba

Deluxe Salon Car Engagement Tour Murders (1987)

Fukami, a secretary engaged to company president Kaido, her employer, is invited by his close friends, the Nogis, to a three-day-two-night tour. The tour group is traveling in a luxurious coach to Lake Megami in the Tateshina Plains. On the way, they are disturbed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Matsushima
CAST:  Wakiko Kano  •  Yûki Meguro  •  Rumi Matsumoto  •  Yasuhiro Arai

Fukami, a secretary engaged to company president Kaido, her employer, is invited by his close friends, the Nogis, to a three-day-two-night tour. The tour group is traveling in a luxurious coach to Lake Megami in the Tateshina Plains. On the way, they are disturbed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Matsushima
CAST:  Wakiko Kano  •  Yûki Meguro  •  Rumi Matsumoto  •  Yasuhiro Arai

Magistrate Mayuzumi (1995)

During the latter days of the Tokugawa Era, the tensions rise between the 'royalists' and those struggling to uphold the Shogunate. The most modern 'Gatling Gun' has been stolen from its warehouse in Edo Castle by burglars targeting the very Shogun himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taiji Inoue
CAST:  Hideki Takahashi  •  Yûki Meguro  •  Nagisa Katahira  •  Tetsurō Sagawa

During the latter days of the Tokugawa Era, the tensions rise between the 'royalists' and those struggling to uphold the Shogunate. The most modern 'Gatling Gun' has been stolen from its warehouse in Edo Castle by burglars targeting the very Shogun himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taiji Inoue
CAST:  Hideki Takahashi  •  Yûki Meguro  •  Nagisa Katahira  •  Tetsurō Sagawa

What the War Meant (2008)

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin'ichi Kamoshita
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Yuichiro Yamaguchi  •  Masatô Ibu

The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shin'ichi Kamoshita
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Takeshi Kitano  •  Yuichiro Yamaguchi  •  Masatô Ibu

The Black Hooded Man (1955)

A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Maguna no Hitomi.”  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Saeki
CAST:  Ryutaro Otomo  •  Chizuru Kitagawa  •  Kunio Kaga  •  Kenji Susukida

A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Maguna no Hitomi.”  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Saeki
CAST:  Ryutaro Otomo  •  Chizuru Kitagawa  •  Kunio Kaga  •  Kenji Susukida

Murder in the Deep (1969)

Contemporary drama of action-oriented photographer who scuba-dives. He witnesses an accident that appears to be a homicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umetsugu Inoue
CAST:  Yûki Meguro  •  Yoshiko Kayama  •  Kikko Matsuoka  •  Mikki Yasukawa

Contemporary drama of action-oriented photographer who scuba-dives. He witnesses an accident that appears to be a homicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umetsugu Inoue
CAST:  Yûki Meguro  •  Yoshiko Kayama  •  Kikko Matsuoka  •  Mikki Yasukawa

Fight for the Glory (1969)

Coming of age/high school sports drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Ichimura
CAST:  Kensaku Morita  •  Yûki Meguro  •  Etsuko Ikuta  •  Miyoko Akaza

Coming of age/high school sports drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirokazu Ichimura
CAST:  Kensaku Morita  •  Yûki Meguro  •  Etsuko Ikuta  •  Miyoko Akaza

Human Target (1971)

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umetsugu Inoue
CAST:  Go Wakabayashi  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Yoshiko Kayama  •  Nana Ozaki

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Umetsugu Inoue
CAST:  Go Wakabayashi  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Yoshiko Kayama  •  Nana Ozaki

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DIRECTION:  Toshikazu Kono
CAST:  Utaemon Ichikawa  •  Kogiku Hanayagi  •  Yūji Hori  •  Chiyonosuke Azuma

Meiso chizu (1983)

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DIRECTION:  Akira Sakazaki
CAST:  Ayako Wakao  •  Takero Morimoto  •  Asao Uchida  •  Narimi Arimori

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DIRECTION:  Akira Sakazaki
CAST:  Ayako Wakao  •  Takero Morimoto  •  Asao Uchida  •  Narimi Arimori

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DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Akabane
CAST:  Rin Kijima  •  Rina Sakuragi  •  Mariya Suzuki  •  Kiyo Hasegawa
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