Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Etsushi Toyokawa. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


7.0

28 votes

Love Letter

1995 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Shunji Iwai

Cast Miho Nakayama · Etsushi Toyokawa · Miki Sakai

Synopsis Hiroko Watanabe's fiancé Itsuki died two years earlier in a mountain climbing accident. While looking through his high school yearbook, Hiroko in a fit of grief decides to write a letter to him using his old school address. Surprisingly she...

7.0

457 votes

7.0

457 votes

Postcard

2010 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan

Direction Kaneto Shindô

Cast Etsushi Toyokawa · Akira Emoto · Shinobu Otake · Naomasa Musaka

Synopsis Towards the end of the war, one hundred middle-aged soldiers were sent to the frontline according to lots drawn by their superior officer. On the night of the lottery, a soldier, expecting to be killed in action, leaves a postcard...

6.7

39 votes

6.7

39 votes

It's Only Talk

2005 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan

Direction Ryuichi Hiroki

Cast Shinobu Terajima · Etsushi Toyokawa · Akira Emoto · Matsuoka Shunsuke

Synopsis Yuko is 35 years old, single, out of work, and on medication from her psychiatrist to combat her manic depression. Living in Kamata Town, Yuko divides her time between a variety of men friends, each with his own peculiarities. Her...

6.6

51 votes

6.6

51 votes

10 Promises to My Dog

2008 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhide Motoki

Cast Rena Tanaka · Ryo Kase · Etsushi Toyokawa · Mayuko Fukuda

Synopsis It tells the story of a 14-year-old Akari who finds a Golden Retriever puppy in her backyard. Her mother approves of her keeping the puppy on the condition that she never forgets 'The 10 Promises' of dog ownership. Slowly, the...

6.5

75 votes

6.5

75 votes

Tokyo Swindlers

2024 · Series · 54 min. · Japan

Direction Hitoshi One

Cast Gou Ayano · Etsushi Toyokawa · Kazuki Kitamura · Eiko Koike

Synopsis The story unveils a series of unprecedented crimes committed by a cunning group of land scammers who use real estate sales as bait to steal large sums of money.

6.3

137 votes

6.3

137 votes

Ito

2021 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

Direction Satoko Yokohama

Cast Ren Komai · Daimaô Kosaka · Mei Kurokawa · Ayumu Nakajima

Synopsis SOMA Ito (KOMAI Ren) is a high school student in Hirosaki City, Aomori. Her hobby is playing the Tsugaru shamisen, a three-string instrument that is popular in her home prefecture. She picked up the skill from her late mother, a...

6.3

47 votes

6.3

47 votes

20th Century Boys

2008 · Movie · 142 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Toshiaki Karasawa · Etsushi Toyokawa · Takako Tokiwa · Teruyuki Kagawa

Synopsis 20th Century Boys centers around normal, average guy Kenji [Casshern’s Toshiaki Karasawa], who has turned into a mere shadow of his rebellious, determined childhood self. He runs a failing convenience Store [the backbone of Japanese Society surely] with his battleaxe...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Undo

1994 · Movie · 47 min. · Japan

Direction Shunji Iwai

Cast Etsushi Toyokawa · Tomoko Yamaguchi · Tomorô Taguchi

Synopsis Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels neglected and desired a dog or a cat, but neither is allowed in...

6.2

50 votes

6.2

50 votes

Dead Run

2005 · Movie · 124 min. · Japan

Direction SABU

Cast Yuya Tegoshi · Hanae Kan · Miki Nakatani · Etsushi Toyokawa

Synopsis Shuji is struggling to grow up in a small seaside town that is being redeveloped to become a major resort. He starts going to church with his cynical older brother and there he meets the orphan girl Eri, who is...

6.1

26 votes

6.1

26 votes

Samurai Marathon

2019 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan

Direction Bernard Rose

Cast Takeru Satō · Nana Komatsu · Mirai Moriyama · Shôta Sometani

Synopsis The American imperialists are at the door and intruding on Japan. To assess and train his troops the lord of the land announces a marathon through the land crisscrossing shores, forests and the mountain. The shogunate in Edo was not...

6.1

71 votes

6.1

71 votes

Hula Girls

2006 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan

Direction Lee Sang-il

Cast Yasuko Matsuyuki · Etsushi Toyokawa · Yû Aoi · Shizuyo Yamazaki

Synopsis In 1965 the planned closing of a coal mine in Iwaki (northeastern Japan) will put 2,000 people out of work with devastating effects on the community. The mining company plans to build the Hawaiian Center to promote tourism, but the...

5.7

414 votes

5.7

414 votes

Angel Dust

1994 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Sogo Ishii

Cast Kaho Minami · Takeshi Wakamatsu · Etsushi Toyokawa · Jin Akiyama

Synopsis Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who Setsuko used to date....

5.7

39 votes

5.7

39 votes

The Great Yokai War

2005 · Movie · 124 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Ryunosuke Kamiki · Chiaki Kuriyama · Etsushi Toyokawa · Hiroyuki Miyasako

Synopsis A young boy becomes an unlikely hero when he is chosen as the “Kirin Rider" and must lead Japan’s ancient Yokai spirits in their war against the evil monsters. Remake of the 1968 film “Yokai Daisenso". It’s tough being ten...

5.6

596 votes

5.6

596 votes

The Sinking of Japan

2006 · Movie · 135 min. · Japan

Direction Shinji Higuchi

Cast Tsuyoshi Kusanagi · Kou Shibasaki · Etsushi Toyokawa · Mao Daichi

Synopsis In the aftermath of a major earthquake under Suraga Bay, Misaki (a young girl) and Toshiro (a pilot of a deep sea submarine) are rescued from a ruined city street just as leaking gasoline ignites. Reiko Abe arrives just in...

4.8

447 votes

4.8

447 votes

No Way Back

1995 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Frank Cappello

Cast Russell Crowe · Helen Slater · Etsushi Toyokawa · Michael Lerner

Synopsis When F.B.I. Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafiaso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only sons death in the same operation and kidnaps Zacks son to...

4.1

111 votes

4.1

111 votes

Loft

2005 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Cast Miki Nakatani · Etsushi Toyokawa · Hidetoshi Nishijima · Yumi Adachi

Synopsis A prize-winning writer, Leiko (Miki Nakatani), moves to a quiet sub-urban house to finish up her new novel with a help from the editor. That night while sleeping, she sees a man in a storage room transporting an object wrapped...

3.7

413 votes

3.7

413 votes

The Goofball

1998 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated