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

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

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

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

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

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