Masahiro Komoto
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 26, 1965
Place of Birth: Okayama, Okayama, Japan
Known For
With All Our Might
Tamiko (Ayumi Ito) lives happily with her husband Hideaki (Sho Aoyagi) and step-daughter Kotoyo (Hazuki Inoue). Tamiko married her deceased friend Mari's (Mami Nakamura) husband. Tamiko gets along well with her step-daughter Kotoyo, but Kotoyo still doesn't call her mother. There is a traditional sumo game held to celebrate the moving of Mizuwakasu's shrine. The traditional sumo game is important to Tamiko who grew up on the island, while her husband Hideaki's reputation is not so good on the island because he broke off his engagement to a woman his parents set him up with. In order to marry his first wife Mari, he ran away from the island. Since then, his parents disowned him. Nevertheless, Hideaki and his first wife Mari still liked the island and went back to live there. Hideaki began sum wrestling then.
Koukaku Fudou Senki Robo-san
There was once a high-tech robot which saved the earth from aliens. People have long forgotten how to operate this giant machine and it has been placed in an isolated ghost town. Professor Tachibana believes in the mobility of this machine and won't give up in finding a suitable pilot for the robot. However, one day, he finds out that the robot became the gathering space for eight middle school girls!
Byplayers: 100 Days in the Forest of Supporting Actors
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at once in this remote studio. It is a drama full of battles for ratings between studios, clashes between young, mid-career, and big names, and a heartwarming story of friendship and bonding. Also, the self-deprecation and parodies are enhanced by the fact that the actors play a role of themselves.
The Snitch's Serenade: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Case File
After a junior detective dies in the line of duty during an active investigation, Detective Masaki Sara of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police First Investigation Division is transferred to Section 1 of the Personnel Division, the internal affairs unit that investigates officers suspected of misconduct. Still traumatized by his past, Masaki is forced to carry out his duties as a lonely outcast as his colleagues shun him as a snitch. One day, a message arrives. It's a tipoff that Saiko Minaguchi, Masaki's former colleague in the First Investigation Division, is leaking confidential information. Although Masaki is reluctant to investigate someone he used to work with, he obeys his boss and starts looking into Saiko. He soon discovers a link to an unresolved murder and some buried facts about the death of his junior detective Saito. What shocking truth awaits Masaki beyond his suspicions and inner conflict?
The Wall of the Eye
In 1990, Hagizaki Tatsuo, the accounting department chief of Ukishima Electric Works, was busy negotiating on getting a loan together with Sekino, the company's general manager. However, just as they were about to get the funds, Sekino was involved in a 200 million yen fraud and he later disappeared with the loan. The company decides to cover up the incident to protect its image, but Hagizaki wants to get to the bottom of the matter with the help of his newspaper reporter friend, Muraki. Hagizaki later notices that the case becomes darker and darker as he continues to investigate. He then meets a beautiful woman, Uezaki Etsuko, whom he believes hold the key to the entire incident.
Kumokiri Nizaemon
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
The series depicts "Kyoto as Kyoto people love it" in dramas and documentaries.
A Sinner's Lie
Serious legal thriller starring Hideaki Ito which depicts the glory and the darkness of an infamous and highly paid lawyer.
Carnation
Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is based on the life of the fashion designer Ayako Koshino in Kishiwada, Osaka. Ayako was the mother of the internationally famous designers Hiroko Koshino, Junko Koshino, and Michiko Koshino.
Midnight Diner
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.
Filmography
as Hideji Masaoka
as Masaya Noumi
as Asano Hideo
as Bar Owner
as Fumio Mikura
as Natsume Hirotsugu
as Ryohei Imanari
as Tokuichiro Sekino
as Masayuki Ushijima
as Tamotsu Ari
as Sadao Okamoto
as Takeharu Kajiwara
as Higashira Nobuhiro [Ayaka's father]
as Takatoshi Kozuka
as Saito Manabu
as Yasuoka Shuhei
as Kazuo Iwata
as Makioka Tatsuo
as Yasuke
as Manabu Yasui
as Manabu Yasui
as Takayuki Fujimiya
as Hida
as Hisashi Igarashi
as Maehata Shoji
as Kuroki Yasunari
as Shinichi Morishige
as Keisuke Endo
as Yamazaki Jiro
as Hiroshi Kurumizawa
as Professor Tachibana
as [Doctor]
as Satoru Kimura
as Naoki Kodama
as Junichi Matsushige
as 三沢逸郎
as Kunihiro Shimomoto
as laughing man
as Kiyokazu Yamamoto
as Kaoru Ogata
as Yukinari Fujiwara
as Eisaku Kinomoto
as Shigeru Muraki
as Tatsuya
as Dr. Yamada
as Inoue Toshiyuki
as Kaoru Ogata
as Saisuke Katagiri
as Panther
as Nagai
as Suzuma Seiji
as Prosecutor Kitagawa
as Masashi Yunoki
as Takemiya Toshihisa
as Kazuyoshi Ueda
as Satoru Misawa
as Gamagori
as Ota
as Takuo - 2007
as Sahara (voice)
as Kazuo Nagazaki
as 刑事
as Takahashi
as Man with Stand on School Trip
as Wada-san
as Factory Officer
as Koyama sensei
as Melissa
as Kenji Natsuhara
as Kaoru Ogata
as Kenji Nakashima（中嶋 健二）
as Kohei Iwamoto
as Seiichi Tomoda (segment "Chess")
as Takahiro Shimizu
as Subordinate
as Tooru Yuge
as 救急隊員