Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 18, 1974
Place of Birth: Ogi, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Known For
Parco Fiction
Witness a bizarre job interview and a dotty grandma in these five short surreal stories revolving around legendary Japanese department store Parco.
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.
Amachan
Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.
A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
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 honeymoon trip which takes them to the most bizarre, colorful and fun vision of hell you could ever dream of.
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.
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...
A Town Without Seasons
It follows a group of people who are still living in temporary housing 12 years after a natural disaster called "Nani" destroyed their town.
School Teachers
Sentaro Sakuragi (Tsuyoshi Domoto) moves to Tokyo from Osaka. He works now as an substitute elementary school teacher, in place of another teacher on maternity leave. Sentaro hopes to turn his class into the best class in all of Japan. Meanwhile, Sentaro lives in a ramen shop owned by Choichiro Asakura (Chosuke Ikariya). Choichiro is a conservative person but kind. One day Choichiro's second daughter Motoko (Yuko Takeuchi) rides the subway and notices a rude female high school student. The girl sits near a pregnant and doesn't offer to give her seat to her. Motoko then asks the female student to her seat to the pregnant woman...
Chef: Three Star School Lunch
Hoshino Mitsuko is the talented three-star chef of famous French restaurant, La Cuisine de La reine, in Ginza, Tokyo. She has drawn attention not just from Japan but also the world for the new recipes she continuously conceives with her delicate palate and unrivalled creativity. Gourmands around the world visit the restaurant for her cuisine and there is a three-year wait for reservations. One day, trouble occurs between Mitsuko and the restaurant owner Shinoda Shogo and she is fired. She has difficulty finding a new restaurant due to Shinoda’s interference and her over-inflated pride, and ends up creating school lunches for a popular variety programme by a hotshot producer. It was believed to be something easy for Mitsuko, but she meets many obstacles and keeps failing. Moreover, this is aired on TV and made known to the world. Even so, Mitsuko does not give up and starts to create school lunches in order to hear children say her food is delicious and also regain her lost stars.
Sleepeeer Hit!
Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she had to give up on her dream due to an injury. In the end, she ends up working at weekly manga magazine "Vibes." The publishing industry is going through a turbulent time due to ebooks. Members of the editorial department struggle to come up with ways to sell more manga books. She learns about editing from her senior editors and becomes fascinated with the edition world, interacting with manga writers, and discovering new manga artists. But what surprises her the most is that in a competitive world such as manga publishing, not all dreams come true, and even when they do, they come with a price...
Filmography
as Takimoto
as Yashiba Toru
as Shimizu Muneharu
as Kawaguchi Hatsutaro
as Gashuin Manabu
as Ken Mikurube
as Ikezawa Eisuke
as Yoshimi Tadahiko
as Tsuyoshi Miyauchi（宮内 剛）
as Ryoichi Suehiro
as Yasuo Odajima
as Fish shop owner
as Yasubei Horibe
as Tatara Banpei
as Ushiyama
as Yuichi Baba
as Master
as Banpei Tatara
as Tatsuki Gohara
as Kazuki Joshima
as Banpei Tatara
as Minoru Komatsu
as Hotoke
as Heita Mibu
as Koguma Isamu
as Metabo / Shinichi Terahara
as Tadaomi Ano
as Aoki
as Shimacchi (Takuro Shimaki)
as Carlos
as Akira Hiuchi
as Gosaku Wada
as 吉田正义
as Maeda Ippei
as Junichi Kudo
as New fake Ikkyu
as Hayashi Samao
as Sugiyama Kaoru
as Voice of Koro
as Masuteo
as Masaru Saeki
as Jiro Nishida
as Makoto Sugawara
as Private Takita
as Pizza Delivery Girl's Neighbor (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
as Takuya
as Teruo Toyama
as Takano Akinori
as Yuichi Nishida
as Gun Seller
as Taiko
as Kenji Shimazu
as 海野家康
as Eijiro
as Kazutora
as Yukio Awashima
as Spirit of the Dead
as Koro (voice)
as Killer's Translator
as Saieunji Teruo
as Grocery Store Manager
as Shinji
as Bookstore Clerk
as Gohara
as Fumio Nishio
as Kanzo Osu
as Ota
as Saburo
as Taxi Driver
as Survivor