Ryosei Tayama

Ryôsei Tayama (田山 涼成, Tayama Ryōsei, August 9, 1951) is a Japanese actor and talent born in Midori Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. His real name and old stage name is 高山 良一. He is represented by SIS Company.

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A Scene at the Sea (1991)

The lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Claude Maki  •  Hiroko Oshima  •  Sabu Kawahara  •  Toshizo Fujiwara

The lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Claude Maki  •  Hiroko Oshima  •  Sabu Kawahara  •  Toshizo Fujiwara

Rain Fall (2009)

A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Mannix
CAST:  Kippei Shiina  •  Gary Oldman  •  Kyoko Hasegawa  •  Misa Shimizu

A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Mannix
CAST:  Kippei Shiina  •  Gary Oldman  •  Kyoko Hasegawa  •  Misa Shimizu

Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)

Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or "Madonna".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or "Madonna".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoji Yamada
CAST:  Kiyoshi Atsumi  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Jun Fubuki  •  Masatoshi Nagase

Mr. Tadano's Secret Mission: From Japan With Love (2008)

Tadano is assigned by the chairman Kurokawa to protect and check the personal affairs of a young idol, Sylvia , who is the main character at the "Flower Earth Festival 2008" organized by Denodo. Sylvia has been threatened by someone to resign from the main ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Ueda
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Atsuko Sakurai  •  Masaru Nagai  •  Yuri Ebihara

Tadano is assigned by the chairman Kurokawa to protect and check the personal affairs of a young idol, Sylvia , who is the main character at the "Flower Earth Festival 2008" organized by Denodo. Sylvia has been threatened by someone to resign from the main ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Ueda
CAST:  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Atsuko Sakurai  •  Masaru Nagai  •  Yuri Ebihara

High School Teacher (1993)

The Story of Untouchable Passion In a rugby match, disaster strikes as player kazuki causes serious injury to his friend Takeshi, and as a result he is left as a vegetable. Kazuki is so plugged with guilt that he quits the team and settles in a remote kamakura ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Yoshida
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Kyooko Tooyama  •  Anju Suzuki  •  Keiko Oginome

The Story of Untouchable Passion In a rugby match, disaster strikes as player kazuki causes serious injury to his friend Takeshi, and as a result he is left as a vegetable. Kazuki is so plugged with guilt that he quits the team and settles in a remote kamakura ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Yoshida
CAST:  Toshiaki Karasawa  •  Kyooko Tooyama  •  Anju Suzuki  •  Keiko Oginome

Sadako 3D 2 (2013)

Five years have passed since the events of Sadako 3D. Akane is pregnant with a child with her boyfriend Takenori. However, Akane dies after giving birth to her daughter. When Takenori's sister Fuko takes up the task of caring for Akane's daughter, the infamous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Hanabusa
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Miori Takimoto  •  Yusuke Yamamoto  •  Itsumi Ōsawa

Five years have passed since the events of Sadako 3D. Akane is pregnant with a child with her boyfriend Takenori. However, Akane dies after giving birth to her daughter. When Takenori's sister Fuko takes up the task of caring for Akane's daughter, the infamous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Hanabusa
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Miori Takimoto  •  Yusuke Yamamoto  •  Itsumi Ōsawa

Beyond the Memories (2013)

Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiko Shinjo
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Masaki Okada  •  Haru  •  Kengo Kora

Kanna Seto lost her childhood friend Haruta in a car accident when she was a freshman in high school. Carrying the emotional pain from that incident throughout her life, Kanna is still wounded as an adult. Kanna then meets Roku Akazawa, who also carries a painful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiko Shinjo
CAST:  Masami Nagasawa  •  Masaki Okada  •  Haru  •  Kengo Kora

Ranma ½ (2011)

Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for martial arts. Akane hopes to carry on her father's dojo into the distant future. Meanwhile, Akane has been selected to marry Ranma, the son of her father's long time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryo Nishimura
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Kento Kaku  •  Natsuna Watanabe  •  Kento Nagayama

Akane is the youngest of three daughters for Soun Tendo. Her father Soun Tendo runs a dojo for martial arts. Akane hopes to carry on her father's dojo into the distant future. Meanwhile, Akane has been selected to marry Ranma, the son of her father's long time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryo Nishimura
CAST:  Yui Aragaki  •  Kento Kaku  •  Natsuna Watanabe  •  Kento Nagayama

Eight Ranger (2012)

Set within the devastated city of Eight City, the Eight Rangers protect the city and go against the evil Dark Kuruseido.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Becky  •  Noriyuki Higashiyama  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Ryuhei Maruyama

Set within the devastated city of Eight City, the Eight Rangers protect the city and go against the evil Dark Kuruseido.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Becky  •  Noriyuki Higashiyama  •  Renji Ishibashi  •  Ryuhei Maruyama

Sadako 3D (2012)

Akane is a high school teacher who hears a rumor from her students that there is actual footage on the Internet of someone's suicide. The footage is said to drive anyone who sees it to also commit suicide. Akane does not believe the rumor at first, but when one of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Hanabusa
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Koji Seto  •  Yusuke Yamamoto

Akane is a high school teacher who hears a rumor from her students that there is actual footage on the Internet of someone's suicide. The footage is said to drive anyone who sees it to also commit suicide. Akane does not believe the rumor at first, but when one of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tsutomu Hanabusa
CAST:  Satomi Ishihara  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Koji Seto  •  Yusuke Yamamoto

Deadball (2011)

Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yudai Yamaguchi
CAST:  Mickey Curtis  •  Koichi Yamadera  •  Takamasa Suga  •  Miho Harita

Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yudai Yamaguchi
CAST:  Mickey Curtis  •  Koichi Yamadera  •  Takamasa Suga  •  Miho Harita

Randebû! (2010)

Meguru, a young woman, comes to the big city in pursuit of her acting dreams. On her way to an audition, she stumbles on a ringing cell phone lying in the street. She picks up the phone. There's a young man in the other end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaya Ozaki
CAST:  Misako Uno  •  Naoki Kawano  •  Sho Oyamada  •  Ryosei Tayama

Meguru, a young woman, comes to the big city in pursuit of her acting dreams. On her way to an audition, she stumbles on a ringing cell phone lying in the street. She picks up the phone. There's a young man in the other end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaya Ozaki
CAST:  Misako Uno  •  Naoki Kawano  •  Sho Oyamada  •  Ryosei Tayama

Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy (2002)

"Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex. Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wild life in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen surprises.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Satoshi Ohno

"Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex. Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wild life in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen surprises.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yukihiko Tsutsumi
CAST:  Jun Matsumoto  •  Masaki Aiba  •  Kazunari Ninomiya  •  Satoshi Ohno

Female Prisoner: Caged! (1983)

A young woman who escaped from prison is eventually captured and brought back. The evil warden decides to make her a pet project and tries to break her down with torture, gang rape and by turning her friends against her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaru Konuma
CAST:  Mina Asami  •  Ryōko Watanabe  •  Nami Matsukawa  •  Shigeru Muroi

A young woman who escaped from prison is eventually captured and brought back. The evil warden decides to make her a pet project and tries to break her down with torture, gang rape and by turning her friends against her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaru Konuma
CAST:  Mina Asami  •  Ryōko Watanabe  •  Nami Matsukawa  •  Shigeru Muroi

Happy Flight (2008)

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Shinobu Terajima

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinobu Yaguchi
CAST:  Seiichi Tanabe  •  Haruka Ayase  •  Kazue Fukiishi  •  Shinobu Terajima

Rope and Breasts (1983)

Disturbing

Sayo is running a travelling BDSM show with her husband, where she plays the bottom, and gets increasingly bored with her life. During their tour in Kyoto, they are arranged by a well-off couple who ask for a private show, without knowing that they will eventually ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaru Konuma
CAST:  Nami Matsukawa  •  Ryosei Tayama  •  Kazuyuki Senba  •  Izumi Shima

Sayo is running a travelling BDSM show with her husband, where she plays the bottom, and gets increasingly bored with her life. During their tour in Kyoto, they are arranged by a well-off couple who ask for a private show, without knowing that they will eventually ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaru Konuma
CAST:  Nami Matsukawa  •  Ryosei Tayama  •  Kazuyuki Senba  •  Izumi Shima

Half a Confession (2004)

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Kyôhei Shibata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Sasabe
CAST:  Akira Terao  •  Kyôhei Shibata  •  Mieko Harada  •  Hidetaka Yoshioka

I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suō
CAST:  Ryo Kase  •  Asaka Seto  •  Koji Yakusho  •  Koji Yamamoto

A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suō
CAST:  Ryo Kase  •  Asaka Seto  •  Koji Yakusho  •  Koji Yamamoto

Gray Sunset (1985)

Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his affliction serves to deepen family ties. Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Yukiyo Toake  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Teruhiko Saigō  •  Yumiko Nogawa

Grandfather Fuyukichi Takano, a former university professor, gets fired from his museum job when he is affected by Alzheimer's disease, but his affliction serves to deepen family ties. Japan's submission to the 58th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Yukiyo Toake  •  Minoru Chiaki  •  Teruhiko Saigō  •  Yumiko Nogawa

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DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Ishii
CAST:  Tomohisa Yamashita  •  Maki Horikita  •  Show Aikawa  •  Mao Daichi
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