Masanobu Katsumura
Acting
Biography
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Born: July 21, 1963
Place of Birth: Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Legal Enforcement With Dogs
Yoshino Hikari is a young woman with a bright and friendly personality. She quits her job working at a credit association in her hometown in order to move to Tokyo and work at a pet salon. Unfortunately, the salon she works for goes bankrupt and she loses her job, but somehow she manages to impress Bailiff Obara Itsuki who is the one carrying out the work. Obara Itsuki is not comfortable being around dogs, but the animals all seem to like Hikari. Obara sees this “gift” as an opportunity, and as a result, Hikari forms an uneven partnership with Obara and begins a new career path as a bailiff assistant.
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.
Hiroshige Blue
Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print. However, it is lesser known that Hiroshige was also a firefighter while he painted. This drama depicts the untold story of Hiroshige and his wife, Kayo.
Double Cheat: Itsuwari no Keikan
A crime entertainment drama produced by TV Tokyo and WOWOW, which deals with various scams that have increased in recent years with the spread of the Internet.
広重ぶるう
Ruri's Island
Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.
New Abarenbō Shōgun
The eighth shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, fights against evil rampant in Edo while blending in with the common people as Tokuda Shinnosuke, the third son of a poor samurai retainer, commonly known as "Shin-san". The story depicts Yoshimune, who is shaken by the issue of succession, the drama within Edo Castle, and a difficult case involving a conspiracy that occurs in the castle town, with the addition of new characters and a sense of the era.
The Hotel Venus
In a strange alienated world there is a secret hotel in a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harboring some unusual people where compelling secrets lie in each resident's heart. Torturing secrets that have broken their emotional boundaries in the past. In this bittersweet, heart-wrenching story, there lives a man by the name of Chonan (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) who lives in the attic and works as a waiter or handyman at the hotel. Room 1 is shared by two residents; an incapable alcoholic and an illegal doctor named Doctor (Teruyuki Kagawa) and Wife (Miki Nakatani) who used to be a nurse but now works as a hostess living in the hopes of Doctor's recuperation. In Room 3 lives a bubbly girl by the name of Soda (Jo Eun Ji), who came from a deserted town where no one flowers flourished and has a dream to open her own flower shop. Finally, Room 4, occupied by a challenging young boy by the name of Boy (Lee Joon Gi), who carries around a gun longing to become a strong man and wishes to some day.
A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–
Tōko Kisaragi is a detective in the Investigation 1 Section 11 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Her senior, Detective Hideaki Takano, has decided to move to the Public Security Bureau. Hideaki Takano's transfer will be carried out in one week. During this time, a murder takes place. A wealthy man is found dead in his home. His throat has been cut and a blue flower placed within the wound. Also, the victim's wife, Mayumi, is missing. A newspaper then receives an email from Kurasuta 16, professing themselves as the murderer. The email also implies the location of Mayumi. Since Detective Hideaki Takano is soon to transfer to the Public Security Bureau, Tōko Kisaragi feels more pressure and responsibility to solve the crime.
The Private Detective Mike
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
Filmography
as Satojiro Katsuragi
as Tachibana Makio
as Tadasuke Ooka
as Yoshihiro Kita
as Hiroyuki Shikano
as Hatsuda Yutaka
as Makimura Takumi
as Saito Toshimitsu
as Endo Tamotsu
as Nishigakami
as Hino Junji
as Jingo Sakaki
as Hiroshi Odagiri
as Shuji Misumi
as Takeyuki Tanaka
as Yukieda Kazuki
as Hiroaki Mitsuoka
as Satoru Abe
as Masaaki Sono
as Taeko
as Koshigaya Shinjirou
as Takumi Makimura
as Teshirogi Yukio
as Keitaro Tsutsumi
as Takashi Otaka
as Kengo Inou · Kamen Rider Blood
as Ishii
as Chief Inspector Karaki
as Kenzō Omata
as Makoto Saijo
as Kabayama Rikimaru
as Kabayama Rikimaru
as Akihiko Ibuki
as Hideki Kaji
as Kotaro Oyomi
as Ryuhei
as Tsuneo Arisugawa
as Kouji Kobayashi
as Isao Ninomiya
as Sakakibara Iori
as Hideki Kaji
as Koki Kiyosue
as Ryoji Mizuhara
as Oshita
as Omukai Toru
as Shihachi Hino
as Sawako's Father
as Goro Asakura
as Yokota
as Kashiwagi Keisuke
as Morimoto Tadashi
as Tatsuo Egami / 江上達夫
as Toshikatsu Sako
as Kajiro
as Kazuo Sasakawa
as Tatsuo Egami / 江上达夫
as Hiroaki Sakaki
as 原田 正五
as Mitsuya Takigawa
as Kazuo Sasakawa（笹川 和夫）
as Matsukuma Koji
as Fuminari Sasaoka
as Makimura
as Noguchi Takuro
as Jin Kitamura
as Taku Umayadani
as Ozono Takafumi
as Otomo
as Tatsuo Egami / 江上达夫
as Toyotsugu Saita
as Sunaoka
as Masakazu Tanaka
as Yoichi Nishikawa
as 長坂伸三
as Ryoji
as Ikemoto
as Kenji Okkotsu