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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Black School Rules (2019)

Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is an unpredictable character that often surprises those around him. Sōra and Chūya both have feelings for the same classmate, Kio Machida. The Machida girl refuses to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintaro Sugawara
CAST:  Shori Sato  •  Kaito Takahashi  •  Juri Tanaka  •  Yumena Yanai

Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is an unpredictable character that often surprises those around him. Sōra and Chūya both have feelings for the same classmate, Kio Machida. The Machida girl refuses to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintaro Sugawara
CAST:  Shori Sato  •  Kaito Takahashi  •  Juri Tanaka  •  Yumena Yanai

Not Quite Dead Yet (2020)

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Hamasaki
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Ryo Yoshizawa  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Lily Franky

After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Hamasaki
CAST:  Suzu Hirose  •  Ryo Yoshizawa  •  Shinichi Tsutsumi  •  Lily Franky

Stardust Over The Town (2020)

Story of the struggling chorus group "Yamada Osamu and the Hello Nights", who gain an unexpected new member in the young Ai, who pursues her dream of becoming a singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taiichi Sugiyama
CAST:  Non  •  Saburô Taihei  •  Tetsu Watanabe  •  Yoshiki Arizono

Story of the struggling chorus group "Yamada Osamu and the Hello Nights", who gain an unexpected new member in the young Ai, who pursues her dream of becoming a singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taiichi Sugiyama
CAST:  Non  •  Saburô Taihei  •  Tetsu Watanabe  •  Yoshiki Arizono

Inukai san chi no inu (2011)

Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. Mr. Inukai has a strong dislike for dogs, but while he is working on the island his family takes in a Samoyed dog to fill in the father's absence, the family decides to raise the dog. At ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Kamei
CAST:  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Chiharu  •  Haruka Kinami  •  Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. Mr. Inukai has a strong dislike for dogs, but while he is working on the island his family takes in a Samoyed dog to fill in the father's absence, the family decides to raise the dog. At ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Kamei
CAST:  Fumiyo Kohinata  •  Chiharu  •  Haruka Kinami  •  Tetsuhiro Ikeda

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai (2000)

A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Watanabe  •  Kazuki Ōmori  •  Yasushi Saisyu  •  Takehiko Nakajima
CAST:  Tetsuya Takeda  •  Riho Makise  •  Yoshiko Tokoshima  •  Lisa Gotô

A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kensaku Watanabe  •  Kazuki Ōmori  •  Yasushi Saisyu  •  Takehiko Nakajima
CAST:  Tetsuya Takeda  •  Riho Makise  •  Yoshiko Tokoshima  •  Lisa Gotô

Dots and Lines (2007)

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kan Ishibashi
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Ken Utsui  •  Kirin Kiki

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kan Ishibashi
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Katsunori Takahashi  •  Ken Utsui  •  Kirin Kiki

Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni (1991)

An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love.  (more)

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CAST:  Yasuko Tomita  •  Naho Toda  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Takako Tokiwa

An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love.  (more)

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CAST:  Yasuko Tomita  •  Naho Toda  •  Mikihisa Azuma  •  Takako Tokiwa

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DIRECTION:  Manabu Asô
CAST:  Nanako Matsushima  •  Ryuhei Maruyama  •  Tetta Sugimoto  •  Norito Yashima

The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)

In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daigo Matsui
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Yutaka Matsushige  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Kenichi Endo

In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daigo Matsui
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Yutaka Matsushige  •  Ken Mitsuishi  •  Kenichi Endo

歓喜の歌 (2008)

Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's Eve. Although they talk to each other, neither of them gives up a step and develops into a big problem. Iizuka, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jōji Matsuoka
CAST:  Kaoru Kobayashi  •  Narumi Yasuda  •  Atsushi Ito  •  Yuki Saori

Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's Eve. Although they talk to each other, neither of them gives up a step and develops into a big problem. Iizuka, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jōji Matsuoka
CAST:  Kaoru Kobayashi  •  Narumi Yasuda  •  Atsushi Ito  •  Yuki Saori

The Hitman Blood Smells Like Rose (1991)

A woman is being attacked by the yakuza of the Mitsuyoshi group ... A man with a pistol appears dashingly and shoots the yakuza without question now the yakuza want him dead  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Hideki Saijo  •  Natsumi Nanase  •  Madoka Mayuzumi  •  Tetsurō Tamba

A woman is being attacked by the yakuza of the Mitsuyoshi group ... A man with a pistol appears dashingly and shoots the yakuza without question now the yakuza want him dead  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Hideki Saijo  •  Natsumi Nanase  •  Madoka Mayuzumi  •  Tetsurō Tamba

A Man (2022)

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Ishikawa
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Sakura Ando  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Nana Seino

Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kei Ishikawa
CAST:  Satoshi Tsumabuki  •  Sakura Ando  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Nana Seino

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DIRECTION:  Takashi Igawa
CAST:  Yutaka Matsushige  •  Osamu Mukai  •  Ikkei Watanabe  •  Denden

Denden Interview (2011)

Interview with actor Denden on Himizu  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuru Funaki
CAST:  Denden

Interview with actor Denden on Himizu  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuru Funaki
CAST:  Denden

I Am Makimoto (2022)

Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone and bury them at a cemetery. Makimoto doesn't like to socialise with his colleagues or listen to them. By doing his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Denden  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Suzuki Matsuo

Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone and bury them at a cemetery. Makimoto doesn't like to socialise with his colleagues or listen to them. By doing his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nobuo Mizuta
CAST:  Sadawo Abe  •  Denden  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Suzuki Matsuo

Ten: Akagi Shigeru Funeral Arc (2019)

Three years after Tozai Ikusa (mahjong tournament), Hiroyuki Igawa receives a letter that Shigeru Akagi’s funeral ceremony will be held. Hiroyuki Igawa attends the funeral, but he is surprised when Shigeru Akagi appears at his own funeral ceremony. Shigeru Akagi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ninomiya Takashi
CAST:  Goro Kishitani  •  Yuki Furukawa  •  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Yoji Tanaka

Three years after Tozai Ikusa (mahjong tournament), Hiroyuki Igawa receives a letter that Shigeru Akagi’s funeral ceremony will be held. Hiroyuki Igawa attends the funeral, but he is surprised when Shigeru Akagi appears at his own funeral ceremony. Shigeru Akagi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ninomiya Takashi
CAST:  Goro Kishitani  •  Yuki Furukawa  •  Eisaku Yoshida  •  Yoji Tanaka

Mugonkan (2022)

A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring artworks by students before they were sent to fight in WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gekidan Hitori
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Akira Terao  •  Rikako Yagi  •  Yasuo Daichi

A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring artworks by students before they were sent to fight in WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gekidan Hitori
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Akira Terao  •  Rikako Yagi  •  Yasuo Daichi

A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribs (2022)

Based on Satoshi Kawasaki's encyclopedia which illustrates what it would be like if the human body acquired the bodily mechanics of various animals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masa Mori
CAST:  Hayato Isomura  •  Hiroya Shimizu  •  Denden  •  Moe Kamikokuryo

Based on Satoshi Kawasaki's encyclopedia which illustrates what it would be like if the human body acquired the bodily mechanics of various animals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masa Mori
CAST:  Hayato Isomura  •  Hiroya Shimizu  •  Denden  •  Moe Kamikokuryo

Insomniacs After School (2023)

Two sleepless teenagers find kinship as they escape to their school's astronomy observatory. Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chihiro Ikeda
CAST:  Nana Mori  •  Daiken Okudaira  •  Yuki Sakurai  •  Minori Hagiwara

Two sleepless teenagers find kinship as they escape to their school's astronomy observatory. Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chihiro Ikeda
CAST:  Nana Mori  •  Daiken Okudaira  •  Yuki Sakurai  •  Minori Hagiwara

Kazoku gokko (2015)

Different people and five different families are acting out various scenarios, scripts and what-ifs. First there is the four Suzuki family members, who are not, sitting around a table in isolation. Then there is the unveiling of a will and what happens when it is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida  •  Hanta Kinoshita
CAST:  Yuko Araki  •  Ai Bito  •  Denden  •  Tokio Emoto

Different people and five different families are acting out various scenarios, scripts and what-ifs. First there is the four Suzuki family members, who are not, sitting around a table in isolation. Then there is the unveiling of a will and what happens when it is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Uchida  •  Hanta Kinoshita
CAST:  Yuko Araki  •  Ai Bito  •  Denden  •  Tokio Emoto
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