Nenji Kobayashi
Acting
Biography
Toshiji Kobayashi (小林 稔侍, Kobayashi Toshiji, born on February 7, 1941), known by his stage name, Nenji Kobayashi (alternative reading of 稔侍), is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Poppoya.
Born: February 7, 1941
Place of Birth: Katsuragi, Wakayama, Japan
Known For
Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
Toire no kamisama
Kana Uemura's song "Toilet no Kamisama" turned into a 2-hour drama special on TBS. The song, which is nearly 10 minutes in length, tells of Uemura's relationship with her grandmother, from her childhood to her grandmother's death.
SMAP×SMAP
SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games. These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking. Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.
Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
Taka and Yuji are searching for a mercenary for the international terrorist organization "The Network" when the head of its branch arrives in Yokohama to carry out Operation Heat Storm.
Giwaku
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.
The Armed Organization
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san’s nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry. The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora-san’s family ran in Shibamata, also return. Catching up with old friends, it is always their dearest memories of Tora-san which everyone shares on such occasions…
Hanekonma
Rin Tachibana, nicknamed Hanekonma, grew up in Soma, Fukushima. Together with her parents, her sister and brother, and her grandparents, the story revolves around the Tachibana family and Rin's life throughout many years.
His Motorbike, Her Island
Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.
Filmography
as Kizuma
as Hiroshi Torimori
as Yusaku Shimada
as Ginnpei Maruta
as Numata
as Kyosuke Tanigawa
as Kenkichi Isomura
as Gunji Arai
as Taizou
as Tomoyasu
as Numata
as Tsuyosi Teshigawara（勅使河原 毅）
as Sosuke Ohara
as Shohei Tanno
as Fukutaro Shirakawa
as Kurofuji
as Sakunosuke Higuchi
as Kuhei Sagihara
as Narumi Toshiro
as Mutuo Toura
as Kôda
as Yoko's Father
as Daigoro Konari
as Oda Tsunemi
as Choubei Kusaka
as Hideo
as Shunsuke Koba
as Senji Sugiura
as Hirate Masahide
as Tsunetaro Baba
as Matahachiro Aoe
as Skit Guest
as Yuzo Rinbara
as Masayuki Yamauchi
as Mochida Kenichi
as Ryosuke Okada (Episode 1)
as Noboru Takahashi (Episode 4)
as Mizuki
as Yoshio
as Giichi Tsubosaka
as Shinji
as Fukuoka
as Sano
as News Reporter
as Kojiro Tachibana
as Moritani
as Coffee shop owner
as Toshio
as Douryou Inoue
as Sushi chef
as Yoshimi Aoyama
as Yamawaki
as Kirihara
as Yoshikazu Honjô
as Kozeki
as Ichitarô Ogawa
as Customer at 'Hero'
as Tsune
as Mariko's Former Husband
as Eiichi Nishimura
as Shôji Sonoda
as Detective Akutsu
as Prosecutor Munakata
as Farmer
as Ryoji Kimoto
as Detective Tatsumi
as Kawamura
as Ken Kakurai - Handsome Homosexual
as 木戸吾郎
as Chota
as Matakichi
as Masanobu Ômichi
as Detective
as Doctor's Assistant #2
as Tsuyoshi
as Sergeant Harada
as Takenosuke Shiga
as Kiichiro Hanai
as Officer Fox
as Scarred Ronin
as Bunkichi
as Katsuo Kōyama
as Akira Kitajima
as Goro Higashida
as Morimoto
as Hiroshi Taniguchi
as The Young Man
as Tetsuo
as Shimizu
as Yamano Saburo
as Hamanaka-gumi Member
as Shunji
as Thug A
as Honma
as Joe, Space Alien
as Tiger
as Cook