Cast: Kiyotaka Nanbara

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


L: Change the World

2008 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan

Direction Hideo Nakata

Cast Ken'ichi Matsuyama · Shunji Fujimura · Mayuko Fukuda · Sei Hiraizumi

Synopsis A spin-out sequel to the popular Japanese thriller. This time it focuses on the character "L."

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The Trap

1996 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

Direction Kaizô Hayashi

Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Yui Natsukawa · Tomoko Yamaguchi · Kiyotaka Nanbara

Synopsis Japan's favorite hard-boiled detective Maiku Hama (Masatoshi Nagase) returns for the third time in this crime drama. A crazed killer has been poisoning women around the city and planting Hama's fingerprints on the bodies. Hama must leave his cozy office...

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The Most Terrible Time in My Life

1994 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Direction Kaizô Hayashi

Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Shiro Sano · Kiyotaka Nanbara · Yang Haiping

Synopsis Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of double-crosses Hama gets embroiled in a gang war...

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Sono hi no mae ni

2008 · Movie · 140 min. · Japan

Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Cast Kiyotaka Nanbara · Hiromi Nagasaku · Toshio Kakei · Fumiyo Kohinata

Synopsis Toshiko does not have long to live. She wants to make the most of her time while she can and takes a sojourn to where her true hometown for which she has so much nostalgia and admiration. With her husband...

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Shichi-nin no otaku: Cult seven

1992 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

Direction Daiki Yamada

Cast Kiyotaka Nanbara · Teruyoshi Uchimura · Yôsuke Eguchi · Tomoko Yamaguchi

Synopsis Several otaku band together to save the baby of a Filipina mother.

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Hanagatami

2017 · Movie · 168 min. · Japan

Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Cast Shunsuke Kubozuka · Shinnosuke Mitsushima · Keishi Nagatsuka · Tokio Emoto

Synopsis Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature "Hanagatami" delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.

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The Private Detective Mike (TV Series)

2002 · Series · 54 min. · Japan

Direction Kenji Aoki · Shinji Aoyama · Alex Cox · Koji Hagiuda

Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Sadao Abe · Robert Baldwin · Pâko Hayashiya

Synopsis Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike’s so down on his luck he’ll take any case, from...

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Monkey Magic

2007 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

Direction Sawada Kensaku

Cast Shingo Katori · Teruyoshi Uchimura · Atsushi Ito · Eri Fukatsu

Synopsis On the way to India to get some holy scrolls, priest Tripitaka and his followers are led by Monkey and implored by a princess to protect her people from a warlord and his brother. They've taken control of the palace...

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