Denden

Denden (でんでん Denden, born Yoshihiro Ogata (緒方 義博); 23 January 1950) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1981.

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Ju-on: The Curse 2 (2000)

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Takako Fuji  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Yuko Daike

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Takako Fuji  •  Takashi Matsuyama  •  Yuko Daike

Uzumaki (2000)

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Fhi Fan  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Shin Eun-kyung

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akihiro Higuchi
CAST:  Eriko Hatsune  •  Fhi Fan  •  Hinako Saeki  •  Shin Eun-kyung

Eureka (2000)

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aoyama
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Masaru Miyazaki  •  Yoichiro Saito  •  Sayuri Kokusho

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aoyama
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Masaru Miyazaki  •  Yoichiro Saito  •  Sayuri Kokusho

Cure (1997)

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Tsuyoshi Ujiki  •  Anna Nakagawa

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Masato Hagiwara  •  Tsuyoshi Ujiki  •  Anna Nakagawa

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire (2004)

Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Song Hae-sung
CAST:  Sol Kyung-gu  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Tatsuya Fuji  •  Masato Hagiwara

Story of Rikidozan, a sumo wrestler who can only achieve limited success in Japan because he's half Korean. But when Rikidozan goes to the United States and discovers professional wrestling, he becomes a hero back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Song Hae-sung
CAST:  Sol Kyung-gu  •  Miki Nakatani  •  Tatsuya Fuji  •  Masato Hagiwara

Climber's High (2008)

On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Harada
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Masato Sakai  •  Machiko Ono  •  Masahiro Takashima

On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Harada
CAST:  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Masato Sakai  •  Machiko Ono  •  Masahiro Takashima

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

Something Like It (1981)

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Katsunobu Ito  •  Kumiko Akiyoshi  •  Isao Bitō  •  Masahiro Kobayashi

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshimitsu Morita
CAST:  Katsunobu Ito  •  Kumiko Akiyoshi  •  Isao Bitō  •  Masahiro Kobayashi

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

The Land of Hope (2012)

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Naoko Ohtani  •  Jun Murakami  •  Megumi Kagurazaka

An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sion Sono
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Naoko Ohtani  •  Jun Murakami  •  Megumi Kagurazaka

Killers (2014)

A psychotic executive triggers a journalist's dark side, and they begin to form a strange bond through the internet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimo Stamboel  •  Timo Tjahjanto
CAST:  Rin Takanashi  •  Ray Sahetapy  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Luna Maya

A psychotic executive triggers a journalist's dark side, and they begin to form a strange bond through the internet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kimo Stamboel  •  Timo Tjahjanto
CAST:  Rin Takanashi  •  Ray Sahetapy  •  Kazuki Kitamura  •  Luna Maya

Memory Sculptor (2013)

The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that the young lover will stop at nothing to keep the man's love for her alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Denden  •  Seiichirō Kameishi  •  Kyo Kasumi

The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that the young lover will stop at nothing to keep the man's love for her alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Ochiai
CAST:  Shunsuke Daitoh  •  Denden  •  Seiichirō Kameishi  •  Kyo Kasumi

Judge! (2014)

A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Nagai
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Lily Franky  •  Kyoka Suzuki

A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Nagai
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Keiko Kitagawa  •  Lily Franky  •  Kyoka Suzuki

Gu Gu, the Cat (2008)

Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Saba, which kept her company for over 15 years, as her assistant Naomi watches on with concern. Naomi is a young woman in her early twenties, who has her set of worries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isshin Inudo
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Juri Ueno  •  Ryo Kase  •  Naojiro Hayashi

Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Saba, which kept her company for over 15 years, as her assistant Naomi watches on with concern. Naomi is a young woman in her early twenties, who has her set of worries ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isshin Inudo
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Juri Ueno  •  Ryo Kase  •  Naojiro Hayashi

The Serialist (2013)

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Takaya Kamikawa  •  Shinji Takeda  •  Nana Katase  •  Aya Hirayama

Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuaki Izaki
CAST:  Takaya Kamikawa  •  Shinji Takeda  •  Nana Katase  •  Aya Hirayama

Suzuki Sensei (2013)

Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki method". The new semester begins. His homeroom 2-A class is about to have a student council election and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hayato Kawai
CAST:  Hiroki Hasegawa  •  Asami Usuda  •  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Honoka Yahagi

Teacher Akira Suzuki breaks away from long-held customs and norms at his school. He tries hard to have the ideal classroom by using his own "Suzuki method". The new semester begins. His homeroom 2-A class is about to have a student council election and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hayato Kawai
CAST:  Hiroki Hasegawa  •  Asami Usuda  •  Tao Tsuchiya  •  Honoka Yahagi

Love Tomato (2006)

Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao meets Liberty (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino woman working in Japan. When they decide to get married, Masao borrows money ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nanbu
CAST:  Yasuo Daichi  •  Alice Dixson  •  Denden  •  Izumi Imamura

Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao meets Liberty (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino woman working in Japan. When they decide to get married, Masao borrows money ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nanbu
CAST:  Yasuo Daichi  •  Alice Dixson  •  Denden  •  Izumi Imamura

MARKS (1995)

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Masato Furuoya  •  Masato Hagiwara

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Masato Furuoya  •  Masato Hagiwara

The Incredible Truth (2013)

An artist named Jiajia promised to show her girl friend Wei Ling around in Japan but eventually fails to show up for no reason. After Wei Ling goes and gets accommodated in a family-run hot spring hotel of Shimizu, Jiajia's Japanese boyfriend, she begins her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Leong Tak-Sam
CAST:  Christy Chung Lai-Tai  •  Denden  •  Ikki Funaki  •  Tony Ho

An artist named Jiajia promised to show her girl friend Wei Ling around in Japan but eventually fails to show up for no reason. After Wei Ling goes and gets accommodated in a family-run hot spring hotel of Shimizu, Jiajia's Japanese boyfriend, she begins her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Leong Tak-Sam
CAST:  Christy Chung Lai-Tai  •  Denden  •  Ikki Funaki  •  Tony Ho

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip (2011)

Although Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship still lacks spark. Things start to change as they meet a weird fortune-teller who also happens to operate tours to hell. Without further ado the young couple books a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryūichi Honda
CAST:  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Kirin Kiki

Although Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship still lacks spark. Things start to change as they meet a weird fortune-teller who also happens to operate tours to hell. Without further ado the young couple books a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ryūichi Honda
CAST:  Yutaka Takenouchi  •  Asami Mizukawa  •  Ai Hashimoto  •  Kirin Kiki
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