Cast: Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ken'ichi Matsuyama. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
1 Litre of Tears (TV Series)
2005 · Series · 45 min. · Japan
Direction Shosuke Murakami · Takao Kinoshita
Cast Erika Sawajiri · Ryô Nishikido · Hiroko Yakushimaru · Riko Narumi
Plot The story of a family whose 15-year old eldest daughter comes down with an incurable disease (Spinocerebellar Degeneration) but puts up a fierce battle to live while bearing up under...
7.9
159 votes
7.9
159 votes
Usagi Drop
2011 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan
Direction SABU
Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Karina · Mana Ashida · Mirei Kiritani
Plot Movie adaptation of the manga "Usagi Doroppu". Daikichi (Matsuyama) a 27 year-old working man returns home to attend his grandfather's funeral. There, he meets his grandfather illegitimate daughter Rin (Ashida)...
6.5
89 votes
6.5
89 votes
Yamato
2005 · Movie · 145 min. · Japan
Direction Junya Sato
Cast Takashi Sorimachi · Shido Nakamura · Tatsuya Nakadai · Ken'ichi Matsuyama
6.5
181 votes
6.5
181 votes
Nana
2005 · Movie · 113 min. · Japan
Direction Kentarô Ôtani
Cast Mika Nakashima · Aoi Miyazaki · Hiroki Narimiya · Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Plot A chance encounter between two girls of the same name, "Nana," triggers a series of events and relationships.
6.4
421 votes
6.4
421 votes
Bright Future
2003 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast Jô Odagiri · Tadanobu Asano · Tatsuya Fuji · Takashi Sasano
Plot Enigmatic Mamoru lives alone with his poisonous but hauntingly luminous jellyfish. These attractive loners sting whoever gets too close. Yuji, an emotionally unstable young man working at the same factory,...
6.3
235 votes
6.3
235 votes
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
2009 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan
Direction Tôya Satô
Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Tatsuya Fujiwara · Yûki Amami · Teruyuki Kagawa
6.2
174 votes
6.2
174 votes
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea
2007 · Movie · 136 min. · Japan
Direction Shinichirô Sawai
Cast Takashi Sorimachi · Rei Kikukawa · Mayumi Wakamura · Eugene Nomura
Plot A look at Genghis Khan's life, from his birth to conquests in Asia.
6.2
51 votes
6.2
51 votes
Death Note: The Last Name
2006 · Movie · 141 min. · Japan
Direction Shusuke Kaneko
Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara · Takeshi Kaga · Shido Nakamura · Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Plot Shinigami own notebooks called "Death Notes" which are used as killing devices. Whoever's name they write down in a death note will die within 40 seconds. Shinigami Ryuku accidentally dropped...
6.0
3K votes
6.0
3K votes
Yurigokoro
2017 · Movie · 128 min. · Japan
Direction Naoto Kumazawa
Cast Yuriko Yoshitaka · Tae Kimura · Kaya Kiyohara · Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Plot Adapted from a 2011 novel by author Mahokaru Numata, Yurigokoro has Ryosuke's father, who is stricken with advanced cancer, as a man with a diary. When the family discovers the...
5.8
26 votes
5.8
26 votes
Gantz: Part 1
2010 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan
Direction Shinsuke Sato
Cast Kazunari Ninomiya · Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Yuriko Yoshitaka · Kanata Hongô
5.8
2K votes
5.8
2K votes
Detroit Metal City
2008 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan
Direction Toshio Lee
Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Yoshihiko Hosoda · Ryûji Akiyama · Rosa Kato
Plot Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or...
5.7
285 votes
5.7
285 votes
Death Note
2006 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan
Direction Shusuke Kaneko
Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara · Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Shigeki Hosokawa · Erika Toda
Plot Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective,...
5.7
4K votes
5.7
4K votes
Bare Essence of Life
2009 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Satoko Yokohama
Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Kumiko Aso · Seiji Nozoe · Arata Iura
5.6
21 votes
5.6
21 votes
Norwegian Wood
2010 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan
Direction Tran Anh Hung
Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Rinko Kikuchi · Tetsuji Tamayama · Kiko Mizuhara
Plot Upon hearing the song "Norwegian Wood," Toru (Matsuyama) remembers back to his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend....
5.4
3K votes
5.4
3K votes
Gantz: Perfect Answer (Gantz: Part 2)
2011 · Movie · 141 min. · Japan
Direction Shinsuke Sato
Cast Kazunari Ninomiya · Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Yuriko Yoshitaka · Kanata Hongô
5.4
1K votes
5.4
1K votes
Rage
2016 · Movie · 142 min. · Japan
Direction Lee Sang-il
Cast Ken Watanabe · Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Satoshi Tsumabuki · Takahiro Miura
Plot A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.
5.4
178 votes
5.4
178 votes
L: Change the World
2008 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan
Direction Hideo Nakata
Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Shunji Fujimura · Mayuko Fukuda · Sei Hiraizumi
Plot A spin-out sequel to the popular Japanese thriller. This time it focuses on the character "L."
5.2
704 votes
5.2
704 votes
Kamui
2009 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Yoichi Sai
Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Koyuki · Suzuka Ohgo · Ekin Cheng
Plot An adaptation of manga series The Legend of Kamui (1964-71). An orphan cast out of his village, Kamui (Matsuyama Kenichi, Death Note) joined a ninja clan at a young age...
5.2
69 votes
5.2
69 votes
Death Note: Light Up the New World
2016 · Movie · 135 min. · Japan
Direction Shinsuke Sato
Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara · Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Sôsuke Ikematsu · Noémie Nakai
Plot An update to the "Death Note" series in which a mysterious notebook contains deadly powers.
5.1
605 votes
5.1
605 votes
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
2010 · Movie · 123 min. · Japan
Direction Hans Canosa
Cast Maki Horikita · Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Yuya Tegoshi · Anton Yelchin
Plot Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must remember...
5.1
30 votes
5.1
30 votes