Yutaka Takenouchi
Acting
Biography
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Born: January 2, 1971
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Known For
Shooting Star
Takenouchi plays an aquarium employee named Kengo, who seems ordinary at first glance but actually possesses a secret that he would sacrifice everything in order to protect. Meanwhile, Ueto plays Risa, a young woman working in the sex trade in order to pay off her brother's debt, though her situation has led her to contemplate suicide. These two characters, both full of despair, meet each other and end up entering a contract marriage purely for its benefits. However, as they overcome various troubles, their relationship begins turning into true love.
YUKIKAZE
Just 80 years ago, the peaceful sea was a battlefield. Soldiers continued to fight, dreaming of returning home, and their families continued to pray and wait for their safety. What stories were there in each of their lives, and what were they each thinking?
Ice World
Investigations on a mysterious woman Toko started when Sonoe, a teacher and Toko's fellow faculty member, was found dead as a result of what seemed to be an unfortunate accident. Eiki, an insurance investigator, and Takeshi, an ambitious police detective, find links between this case and the deaths of Toko's 3 fiances, and are determined to uncover the truth.
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.
The Last Song
Just when about to commit suicide after being deserted by his bride-to-be during the wedding, a man meets a university professor who is also at the point of killing himself. A woman nearby intervenes, one thing leads to another, and the three lost souls move in together. Each episode is a distinct story about the sometimes painful, sometimes warm romances between them and the people they meet while sharing an apartment.
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.
Long Vacation
Minami who is dumped by her ex-boyfriend, Asakura, on their wedding day. She later meets Sena, Asakura's ex-roommate and a pianist, and lives with him as she has no other place to stay. What will happen to her during this long vacation?
Great Selection Taxi
Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life’s choice.
Anpan
In wartime Japan, spirited Nobu transforms from a militarist schoolgirl into Kochi’s first female reporter, as she and childhood friend Takashi endure personal loss and struggle to find their own truths amid the upheaval of the Showa era.
The Hovering Blade
Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the perpetrators and the police.
Filmography
as Hiroshi Yanai
as Hayato Nobusawa
as Tobei Tachibana
as Mamoru Iyoda
as Kayajima Moriichiro
as Masaya
as Maekawa
as Tobei Tachibana
as Iruma Michio
as Michio Iruma
as Government Personnel
as Nagamine Shigeki
as Iruma Michio
as Tadayoshi Kimura
as 大森兵藏
as Ryoichi Miyamoto
as Kosuke Nozaki
as Taizo Miyake
as Shunichi Kurosaki
as Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
as Kento Sakisaka
as Yuma Nakahara
as Kazuhiko Moriyama
as Edawakare
as Yukihiko Nishino
as Masanomi Minoa
as Miyamoto Haru
as Nobuyoshi Oki
as Captain Oba
as Kengo Okada
as Shinichiro Hyodo
as Takashi Oribe
as Shinjiro Nodate
as Moriyama Kohei
as Masato Fukazawa
as Narrator (voice)
as Sho Nishijima
as Tatsuya Kawashima / Makoto Takahara
as Yoshiyuki Hirosawa
as Fuketsu Aishinkakura
as Shinya Yoshimori
as Kyosuke Kai
as Yoshiyuki Sawaki (Ryosuke)
as Agata Junsei
as Ryunosuke Hirao
as Kinoshita Ryou
as Hirokawa Eiki
as Wataru Noa
as Takashi Hasegawa
as Kaito Suzuki
as Kaito Suzuki
as Tsutomu Otaki
as Shinji Hayama
as Takumi Nagai
as Kôichi Asakura