Cast: Toru Minegishi
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Toru Minegishi. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 46
Departures
2008 · Movie · 131 min. · Japan
Direction Yōjirō Takita
Cast Masahiro Motoki · Tsutomu Yamazaki · Ryoko Hirosue · Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Synopsis Daigo Kobayashi is a young married cellist who played in an orchestra that has just been disbanded. Suddenly on the street without a job and no hope for a career, Daigo decides to move back to his hometown with his...
7.6
11K votes
7.6
11K votes
His Motorbike, Her Island
1986 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Cast Kiwako Harada · Riki Takeuchi · Noriko Watanabe · Tomokazu Miura
Synopsis After being threatened by his girlfriend’s brother, Ko (Riki Takeuchi) goes on a trip on his Kawasaki to contemplate his options. He meets Miiyo (Kiwako Harada) by chance, and the two stay in touch. He later receives an invitation to...
7.4
27 votes
7.4
27 votes
Fudoh: The New Generation
1996 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Miike
Cast Shosuke Tanihara · Kenji Takano · Marie Jinno · Tamaki Kenmochi
Synopsis Hailed by TIME magazine as one of the ten best of 1997, FUDOH is a stylized Yakuza film about Riki Fudoh, a high school student whose Yakuza kingpin father murdered his other son, Riki's brother, in order to settle a...
6.4
304 votes
6.4
304 votes
School in the Crosshairs
1981 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Ryôichi Takayanagi · Miyoko Akaza · Fumi Dan
Synopsis Mitamura Yuka is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show his skills, by stealing the student government election, Yuka and her friends vow to stop him. The...
6.1
30 votes
6.1
30 votes
The Black Swindler (Kurosagi: The Movie)
2008 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuharu Ishii
Cast Yamashita Tomohisa · Sho Aikawa · Maki Horikita · Mao Daichi
6.0
55 votes
6.0
55 votes
Shinjuku Incident
2009 · Movie · 119 min. · Hong Kong
Direction Derek Yee
Cast Jackie Chan · Naoto Takenaka · Daniel Wu · Xu Jinglei
Synopsis In the early 1990s, a tractor mechanic from a northen countryside in China nicknamed Steelhead (Jackie Chan), enters Japan illegally in search of his girlfriend Xiu Xiu (Xu Jinglei). Steelhead and his friend, Jie (Daniel Wu) meet in the busy...
5.6
808 votes
5.6
808 votes
Gojira vs. Biorante
1989 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuki Omori
Cast Kunihiko Mitamura · Yoshiko Tanaka · Masanobu Takashima · Koji Takahashi
Synopsis A scientist combines the cells of a rose with those of Godzilla to create a biological creature more horrifying than any seen before. The two do battle after a destructive tour of Japan by Godzilla. A newly released version includes...
5.0
206 votes
5.0
206 votes
Kamigata Kugaizoshi
1991 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Tetsutaro Murano
Cast Reiko Oimori · Reiko Hayama · Mayumi Ogawa · Hisashi Igawa
Synopsis Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their harsh father, including a daughter who plays the three-corded shamisen for pilgrims visiting the sacred chapel of Ise.
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Lovely Devil (TV)
1982 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Cast Miyoko Akaza · Kumiko Akiyoshi · Toru Minegishi · Hiroyuki Watanabe
Synopsis When Ryoko was in Europa to study music, her lover died in traffic accident. Ryoko believed that she had psychic power that killed her boyfriend. Ryoko returned to Japan, and was sent to a mental hospital. When she recovered, her...
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Beyond the Shining Sea
1986 · Movie · 128 min. · Japan
Direction Toshiya Fujita
Cast Keiko Matsuzaka · Shinobu Otake · Tsunehiko Watase · Rentarô Mikuni
Synopsis WOMAN’S KARMA—LIKE THE OCEAN, CALM BUT SUDDENLY WILD AND ANGRY. Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin.
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Haruka, nosutarujii
1993 · Movie · 165 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Cast Hiroshi Katsuno · Hikari Ishida · Yôji Matsuda · Toshinori Omi
Synopsis Ayase Shinsuke (Hiroshi Katsuno), a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author’s real name.
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Tokyo Noir
2004 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan
Direction Masato Ishioka · Naoto Kumazawa
Cast Bengaru · Ken'ichi Endô · Fumina Hara · Toru Minegishi
Synopsis In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning tricks at night; a sex worker is taken by surprise when her ex drops by; and a sex blogger finds strange kinship with a loner.
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Song of Goodbye
2006 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Cast Toshio Kakei · Misa Shimizu · Seina Suzuki · Mirei Nakamura
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Goodbye for Tomorrow
1995 · Movie · 141 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Cast Miki Fujitani · Tomorô Taguchi · Miyoko Akaza · Hitoshi Ômae
Synopsis People from all walks of life (a high-school student, a middle-aged businessman, a yakuza chief, etc.) all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to go to a small...
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High School Teacher
1993 · Series · 50 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Yoshida
Cast Hiroyuki Sanada · Sachiko Sakurai · Maki Mochida · Masaki Kyômoto
Synopsis A high school teacher with a series of misfortunes has his life doomed by falling in love with his troubled student.
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Legend of the Cat Monster (TV)
1983 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Cast Saburô Bôya · Akira Emoto · Jun Fubuki · Akihiko Hirata
Synopsis A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which leads the two to live under the same roof.
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The Discarnates
1988 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Cast Morio Kazama · Tsurutaro Kataoka · Kumiko Akiyoshi · Yûko Natori
Synopsis Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to...
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Door II: Tokyo Diary
1991 · Movie · 82 min. · Japan
Direction Banmei Takahashi
Cast Chikako Aoyama · Joe Yamanaka · Shingo Kazami · Chiharu Iwamoto
Synopsis Ai is a call girl and makes 20,000 Yen per hour. But her job involves a lot of risks.
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Capone Cries a Lot
1985 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan
Direction Seijun Suzuki
Cast Kenichi Hagiwara · Yûko Tanaka · Kenji Sawada · Akira Emoto
Synopsis It stars Kenichi Hagiwara as a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
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Minami e hashire, umi no michi o!
1986 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan
Direction Akiyoshi Kimata
Cast Kôichi Iwaki · Kenichi Hagiwara · Narumi Yasuda · Toru Minegishi
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