Nakamaru Shinsho

Nakamaru Shinsho is a Japanese actor.

His daughter was actress Nakamaru Shion who passed away on July 11, 2022.

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Name Nakamaru Shinsho

Nationality Japanese

Gender Male

Born April 25, 1949

Age 73

Type Japanese

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Popularity #2

Movie

In ancient China during the Warring States Period, a nameless prefect of a small jurisdiction arrives at the Qin state's capital city to meet the king of Qin. The king has just survived an attempt on his life by three feared assassins (Long Sky, Flying Snow and Broken Sword) and has taken precaution...

Suyama, an assistant director for a television news show, travels to Nishinari to search for a friend who has gone missing. He joins forces with a schizophrenic man named Motoyama he meets there and begins to shoot footage of the young people of Nishinari in the hope of turning it into a program......

Yan Zhi and her father live together. One day Yan Zhi meets the handsome E Qiu Zhun and is attracted to him. Her friend Madam Wong teases her by saying that she could act as her matchmaker. When this is revealed to Madam Wong's lover Su Jie, he masquerades as E Qiu Zhun and steals into Yan Zhi's hou...

A nonlinear study of a marriage, only one year old, beginning to crumble. Kusaka Goro is married to Fukiko but is in love with Yayoi. (Source: MUBI)

Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the...

Kuryu Kohei is an unconventional prosecutor at the Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. One day Kuryu is asked to take on a case which his colleague, Shibayama, prosecuted. The case looks simple with a confession by the accused, but the accused changes his plea at the first...

The background of "Her Story" is set in 2020: a sudden disaster that disrupted everyone's lives. When society face unemployment when families fall apart, when lovers are separated, when death is approaching quietly, and when a peaceful life suddenly undergoes unexpected changes, how will women respo...

The memorial hall's interpreter Airplane (played by Wang Zirui) and security captain Haozi (played by Sun Hao), the night before the academy's curation, suddenly encountered a thief from Jiangyang who came to steal the treasure of the town courtyard "High Mountains and Flowing Water". In the battle...

Sim-dan gets bullied everyday in his school, becomes a vampire after an unexpected accident. After accepting this change, he saves a blind person who fell down on a subway track, thanks to his power. His story goes on air on TV news all over the nation, and many people start to call him a 'Hero'. On...

A gangster thriller from director Lo Mar. (Source: Letterboxd)

Joji, a well-educated Japanese man who is an electrical engineer, wishes to break away from his traditional Japanese culture, and becomes immersed in the strange new Westernized culture. The physical representation of everything Western is embodied in a young girl named Naomi. He sees her for the fi...

An Jung Geun is a fighter for the Korean independence movement. Seol Hee used to be a court lady for Queen Myeongseong, but, after Queen Myseongseong was assassinated by the Japanese, Seol Hee takes part in Korean independence activity. She becomes a geisha and gains the favor Ito Hirobumi, who is t...

Chizuko and Mika are sisters who get along very well and have a good relationship, but one day Chizuko dies unexpectedly in an accident. Mika always feels undermined for not living up to her sister's achievements until one day, the ghost of her sister appears again. And by the encouragement of Chizu...

Chan Chen Pang, better known as the "12th Young Master", was a fashionable playboy who frequented the opium dens prevalent in Hong Kong in 1934, where he met the high-class and much sought-after courtesan Fleur. They began a passionate love affair, something frowned upon by the family of 12th Master...

Jae Sup, a thirty-two-year-old man who teaches Korean at a night school, refuses to communicate with anyone other than a hooker he meets on the street. He goes to a college reunion when he hears that his old flame and alumna Hye Kyung is getting married but gets mad at himself for not being as socia...

Mutsuki Kishida and Shoko are in a marriage of convenience. Their arranged marriage was largely to satisfy their parental wishes and the general Japanese society at large. Mitsuki is a well respected doctor, while Shoko does translation work. What most people don't know is that Mitsuki is gay and ev...

Seven child martial arts experts - Small Pepper, Bill Sh*t, Rocky, Hairy, Two Feet, Mut Head and Fatty - try to return a stolen diamond to its rightful owner.

Ma Wing Jing and his older brother Ma Tai Chueng arrive in Shanghai to make their fortune at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Be-friending a powerful mobster Wing Jing is given his nightclub in return for saving Tam Sei's life. Unfortunately, another Gangster wants the territory a well. Corruption and vi...

He remembers his father and feels sadness over his loss...!

"Oyaji (Father)," of which J.J. Sonny Chiba is both the director and star, seems to be one of those twilight-year projects former tough-guy stars use to keep the flame flickering. Chiba plays not a cop, gangster or other standard-issue macho man, but a ghost, Ryudo Numata, who appears to his dysfun...

Drama

Shochikubai Miroku is the son of a police commissioner (father) and also a traveller (mother). Miroku has lots of connections and is a very good fighter. His interest is his motorcycle. Kikumasamune Seishiro is the rich son of a large hospital. He also fights as well as Miroku. He is a good fighter...

Yamaneko is an eccentric and mysterious 'Phantom Thief' who steals from the corrupted rich and while exposing their misdeeds. Along for the ride is Katsumura Hideo, a magazine reporter who, at Yamaneko's request, is writing a feature on the 'Phantom Thief', and Takasugi Mao, a bullied schoolgirl who...

Ryuzaki Shinji, who has a "hand of God", the power to heal wounds and diseases just by touching the patient, is in fact a dark introvert that does not reveal his true personality to others. Aoi Ryosuke, who owns the "Demon's Hand", the power to kill a person just by touching it, is as kind and pure...

Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first-round KO. He is talented, but he has no guts. His uncontrollable appetite is an even bigger problem. He can't put himself in the right weight class, he runs out of energy because of hunger, and...

7 detectives, each with their own unique style in problem solving, work at the same detective agency. Each detective is in charge of their own case file until one day, the cases somehow seem to tangle up together into one big mystery. Inevitably, the detectives are left with no choice but to team up...

Although 23-year-old Yamada Naoko is a talented illusionist, she is continuously fired from jobs and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. She refuses to give up her unusual vocation as she wants to follow in the footsteps of her famous magician father who died when she was a c...

Enomoto Kei is an employee of a large security company who solves the cases behind locked doors.He is described as having a calm and cold behavior but has an eccentric obsession for locks and keys.Rather than solving the cases, he is more interested in piercing the puzzle of the sealed parts.~~ Adap...

Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but he is unable to make money. He pursues the truth for the 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, Hiroto is scouted by Haruhiko Madarame. Haruhiko Madarame is the head of Madarame Law Firm which is one of the biggest law firm...

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the...

Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile offender who dropped out of college and obtained a high school equivalency diploma. After taking the legal counsel's exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. He is not a typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes he wears, Kuryu has a quick instinct and...

Yuka Misaki, whose parents run a flower shop, began by chance to associate with student Akio Asami, and then fell under her charm. But as a result of an accident, the two men lost contact.One year after the accident, the two suddenly ended up. Yuka still works in her father Shigeo's flower shop, and...

The story of great Korean reporters and ordinary citizens fighting against the abuse of power of the elite of society.Working as a reporter for a raced tabloid called Monday Seoul, Jin Do Hyuk uses all the means necessary to get a scoop. One day, he will interview Jo Yong Deok, the boss of the Axe g...

Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is hard to say how this can be a happy occasion, and watch over...

The show focuses on a man named Kenji and his younger sister Yasuko, whose parents died in an accident 10 years earlier. Kenji was once the leader of a gang, but in order to support him and his sister, he began making a living as a shojo mangaka. His character normally wears glasses and appears to b...

Four young people have been arrested for crimes they did not commit. One of them is Katsuragi Ataru (Ichihara Hayato) who has been wrongly accused of murder and put behind bars in a Kita Kyushu jail. However, when he learns that his daughter with Sasaoka Yuki (Fukuda Saki) is in a critical condition...

Manabu Yukawa, the prodigious physicist is without a single flaw. He is handsome and excels in sports with a sharp mind and an impeccable character. On the other hand, he hates children and can often be unreasonable, referred to as "the eccentric Galileo" by his acquaintances. How will brainy Galile...

Natsumi loves lunch. By chance she starts working for "Kitchen Macaroni", posing as the fiance of the owner's eldest son, Kenichiro. Kenichiro's father Kenzo and his three younger brothers - Yujiro, Junzaburo, and Koshiro - run the restaurant, famous for its omelet. Also working at the restaurant ar...

The rich daughter of a hotel chain magnate meets a poor widower father of three children. Despite their very different values and beliefs, will their fortuitous encounter turn into something more?

Kurata Kenta lives with his father, Taichi, his mother, Keiko, and his younger sister, Nana in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kurata Kenta possesses a timid personality, which he picked up from his father. Kenta doesn't like his father. One day, while...

Story is based on life, relationship and conflict of two, real historical figures - Nagasaki Bugyo (長崎奉行), who was a distant magistrates of the Edo Shogunate, and his son Kagemoto Toyama (遠山景元) , known also by name Kinshiro (金四郎), who was fifth-ranked lieutenant Saemonnojo. (Source:...

This drama is set in the late 1960s decade of Japan and depicts the rivalry between Manpyo Daisuke, a powerful banker, and his eldest son, Manpyo Teppei, the executive managing director of a steel firm. For reasons not yet entirely clear, Daisuke seems to dislike his own son and when Teppei finds ou...

Habu Seiichi is a member of the mysterious outlaw group Avalanche. The group exists at a time when moral hazards run rampant among politicians, bureaucrats, businesses and even among ordinary people. (Source: AsianWiki)

Toyama Kinshiro is a 30-year-old police chief recently appointed to the Kitamachi Police Station. He firmly believes that his mission as a police officer is to listen to every voice of innocent citizens and to protect peace in the community. At first, it seems remote and a little eccentric, but in f...

Seductive Kishi Keiichitaro is the only pathologist at Sobokai First General Hospital. Described as intensely eccentric and with a very sharp tongue, he is an outstanding doctor. He opposes the other party, no matter who it is, in the name of medical justice and patient life. He is considered a nuis...

Tokino Mitani runs a watch shop, located on a street far from the downtown area. She is 20-years-old and inherited the watch shop from her grandfather. Unknown to most, she is also an excellent private detective and offers an alibi cracking service. She can crack someone's false alibi by using logic...

This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47...

Located in the near future, the country of South Korea has gone bankrupt. In the fictitious town of Mooyung, irregularities and corruption are now commonplace. By chance, Kim Heug Cheol (Yang Dong Keun) receives superhuman strength and he fights corruption that gangrene the city of Mooyoung.

The drama tells the story of Liang Jiyao, the heroic protagonist, who has gradually grown into a hero of the Second Sino-Japanese War during the many changes and experiences of national feud and family hatred.

An extraordinary teacher Toudou Naomi is hired by a school undergoing reforms to be the teacher-in-charge of a problematic class. Her very unusual way of teaching changed her students and influenced her colleagues, including the other 2 Naomis: Kai Naomi and Yashiro Naomi.

Sakaki Mariko, a member of the Kyoto Prefectural Police Crime Lab, meets her greatest enemy, Ochiai Sakiko. Nicknamed the “queen of firearms and drugs”, Sakiko is an outstanding female detective who has transferred to the Organised Crime Special Division, a department recently established by the top...

Sakaki Mariko attends an annual concert organized by the Kyoto Prefecture Police Orchestra. At that time, Mariko learns from Domon Kaoru that a woman's body is found under a cliff. The victim is Konno Megumi, and she was murdered. Katsumata Toru's fingerprint is found on the guitar that belonged to...

The new season begins with a special case that leads the duo to the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong. It’s the first time for ‘Aibou’ to expand its setting to a foreign location since they went to London in the second season. Mizutani commented that it perfectly suits inspector Sugishita Ukyo...

As criminals become more sophisticated and crimes more complex, the police must turn to speedier and more scientific means of weeding through clues and narrowing down suspects. That's where the forensics labs come into play. Sakaki Mariko is a highly talented forensics scientist who must dodge stere...

Lawyer Sawara works as a public defender. Sawara continues to fight for the truth, no matter what the money. He defends the weak without worrying about his own security. Junko Tanaka is the younger sister of Sawara's deceased wife. She supports Sawara and her daughter financially and emotionally. Sa...

The Special Mission Task Team is not considered as important as it might sound. It's positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and headed by Ukyo Sugishita. Together with his partner, Kaoru Kameyama, this team is Japan’s version of The Odd Couple, solving clueless cases...

Sugishita Ukyo's partner, Kai Toru, was arrested and Sugishita was suspended indefinitely. He temporarily moved into the "old" section of special missions that had lost his head. Kaburagi Wataru is a career bureaucrat who wants a detachment from the Ministry of Justice in the Tokyo Metropolitan Poli...

The Japanese government is conducting a secret project that involves the collection of all personal information about its citizens. The data are then analyzed to determine who is likely to commit serious crimes in the future and also to discover the details of their future crimes. The detectives inf...

Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the United States and the Japanese government. It is known as a legend of crisis management and nicknamed "the God of risk". To deal with the many problems and scandals, Sunrise, the largest general trading company, hires him. Dur...

Called the “graveyard of detectives”, the Twelfth Section is ridiculed as the “banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent”. Amagi Yu’s (Higashiyama Noriyuki) transfer to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s mobile investigation unit; Katagiri Masatoshi’s (Yoshida Ko...

Kakizaki Shinichi is a lawyer specializing in inheritance law. With debts, he jumps on every opportunity to mingle in inheritance cases that could bring him money. He is accompanied in his quests by his girlfriend Miki, greedy but adorable, by his assistant Hana, even more greedy but so funny, and b...

The job of a medical jurisprudence involves a lot of complicated crimes such as murder and accidents. Hikaru is a graduate of a medical university, also focused her discipline on neurology. One night during a student reunion, a dead body was found in the kitchen. Hikaru, who is a little regretting t...

Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who leaves her job in a prestigious law firm and creates her own office. She started with confidence in the creation of her business, but quickly, her former firm opposed obstacles and interfered with her business, so Takako's employees and clients moved away. She eventuall...

In 1994, a human skeleton is found in the mountain of Saitama. A shogi game piece is found with the skeleton. The shogi piece was made by a master craftsman. Veteran detective Takeshi and rookie detective Naoya begin to investigate the owner of the shogi piece. Keisuke is a genius professional shog...

"100 Tales of Horror" is the follow-up to "Onmyoji Abe no Seimei" in the Tuesday night "Super Jidaigeki" time slot. Computer graphics and special effects bring a new face to these stories of horror that have been told for many years.

Zenigata Ai is an ultra-smart detective who is only 17 years old.

The body of a young woman, who had been fatally stabbed in an alley of Yokohama's shopping and entertainment district, is discovered. Four detectives from the fourth section of the criminal affairs division of the Minato-cho police station "Togashi Masayoshi, Iinuma Reiko, Shibata Yasuharu and Yamas...

Yoshinaga Seiichi is a detective of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division. He believes “there is no case that cannot be solved” and he never gives up on an investigation. His partner is Kagami Kiichi whose father Takashi was the prefectural police’s legendary detective. Kujo...

Iki Tadashi is a military leader who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of work in a hard prison camp in Siberia. After 11 years in prison, he was released. He returned to Japan and began to adapt to civilian life, refusing his...

Tokura Takashi (Oda Yuji) is a talented and somewhat arrogant surgeon who is recruited to work for a private hospital run by the secretive Izumida family. Through an odd series of events, he finds himself in the company of Misuzawa Yukiko, a detective, who has some issues of her own. As the story un...

After an ownership change, a local newspaper changes names to the Kyoto Times and its policy also undergoes a change to focus on increasing readership. Kurogane Shinobu is a roving reporter for the Local News Section of the Kyoto Times. In the past, she wrote several in-depth investigative articles...

Follow up the story of 52 years and covers three editions of 1912 Stockholm Olympics, 1936 Berlin Olympics and 1964 Tokyo Olympics where it features the two lead characters Kanakuri Shisou as the first Japanese man to participate in the Stockholm Olympics' and achieved a world record and Tabata Masa...

He's the ultimate in cantankerous dads! Internist Kanzaki Kanichi, father of three, is a meddlesome know-it-all. He lectures not only his family and patients, but even strangers' children, and young lovers kissing on the street. His kids are on the verge of rebellion, but fortunately, their mother M...

Oh Gyu Tae was once an amateur boxer until high school, he gave up on pursuing a sports career after his older brother’s mysterious suicide. He studied ardently, graduating top of his class at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He subsequently became a promising prosecutor in an investiga...

Saito Eijiro is a graduate of the prestigious Eidai Medical School and is sent to Eidai Hospital as a trainee doctor. There, under the supervision of Dr. Shiratori at the surgery department, Eijiro trains hard with Dekune and Munekata. But all they seem to do is take care of menial work for low hour...

A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden => such people are known as "satorare" and their well-being come under special government protection. As all the young doctor's thoughts/feelings are always heard by hospital colleagues, this...

With recent shrinkage of pediatric care, pediatrician Aoyama Sora decides to stand up to the hospital management and reestablish the specialty.

Stories of doctors working in a hotel clinic, who have to deal with eccentric guests and hotel staff, who don't make their work easier. (Source: MyDramaList)

Monster parents-a neologism that denotes parents who repeatedly make unreasonable demands to their children's school and prevent it from functioning normally. Takamura Itsuki is the ace lawyer of a major law firm. One day, she is assigned on a case requested by a school board, and learns of the exis...

Natsuko became a single mother nine years ago when she eloped due to opposition from her parents. She returns to her parents' house with her daughter for the first time in nine years, and refreshingly depicts her growing up toward her ideals as a mother and doctor. [Source:TBS]

After their much awaited honeymoon, Izumi Asakura and Kentaro Takasugi return home. It's been seven years since Izumi started nursing, so she feels like she's a veteran. Unfortunately for her though, there is a new nurse on the block, and she's really good at what she does!

Kano, the leader of a yakuza group, has the courage and spirit of a yakuza to be unfazed even if he is held at gun point. He has authority over those around him and plays tough. Recently, however, he for some reason or other gets unnerved when he sees sharp-pointed objects, and suffers from symptoms...

It was after Ozu passed 50, that he met his first major challenge in life. While working as the branch manager of his bank in New York, Ozu was given an order to do some deals that went over and above the law. He was later caught for being involved in those dealings and was arrested. After being rel...

Kintaro's popular TV series based on the former gang leader turned salary-man is back again. In this series, Kintaro's construction company merges with another, but the two staffs still compete against each other. Kintaro is assigned to work in the president's office and must help to confront the co...

Akiba used to be a successful businessman. Now he spends his days working on developing mobile apps. He settles down at Koshiro’s office. Koshiro runs a temp agency, which is experiencing financial distress. Koshiro dreams of becoming a successful businessman. One day, Akiba and Koshiro meet Eri as...

In 1999, a general trading company in Tokyo celebrates because Shinkansen of Japan wins priority negotiating rights for the Taiwan High-Speed Rail. Tada Haruka has been working at the general trading company for 4 years and she is sent to Taiwan for work. When Tada Haruka was a university student, s...

Matsuura Natsuki works at apparel company Avril and dreams to be a world-class fashion director. One day, Natsuki reunites with former classmate Miura Motoya and they spend the night together. Natsuki finds herself pregnant a few months later. Can Natsuki overcome her pregnancy, marriage, childbirth...

Todo Maki, a rookie lawyer, joins a law office run by seven female attorneys who work to help women who have become victims of crime. Todo eagerly goes to work, but when her boss Sugimura Misako assigns her to a case, she discovers there is still much to learn about practicing law. Under the guidanc...

Can a coward commit suicide? Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend's death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 11 days away. The number 11 has been quite significant throughout his life: he was born on November 11th; his roll call number at school was #11; and 1...

Matsudaira Matsuko is a tax investigator from the countryside who is suddenly called to work at the Tokyo Tax Investigation Bureau. Her rather unorthodox methods of investigating tax evaders shocks the rest of the staff, despite being rather efficient.

Since his mother died, Minowa (Matsu) left his hometown because of his father's irresponsible ways. 10 years later, he hears that his father has died. He goes back to his hometown as 30-year-old man who doesn't have a regular job. Minowa then learns that he has younger step-sister named Kana. He wan...

Veteran actress Yuko Natori stars as a lady prosecutor who solves crimes with a housewife's intuitive good sense.

A series of stories, loosely adapted from local ghost stories and paranormal events. In each episode, we get to know one of the urban legends, adapted by various directors and screenwriter. The second season of three. After the broadcast, the serie was adapted to a manga, book and festival movie ver...

A high school teacher marries a popular idol despite the disapproval of his three children and the idol's management. (Source: IMDb)

Tomikawa Yosuke is married to Mizuki. They have a daughter, Shiori, and a son, Ko. Yosuke works as the general manager in the personnel department at a large company, while his wife works as a teacher at a private middle school. Their daughter works as a jewelry maker and their son is looking for a...

Mr. and Mrs. Yamaguchi are an old-fashioned middle-aged couple with two children about to become independent. As they prepare for the daughter's upcoming wedding to Mr. Yamaguchi's work underling, they find that the love they themselves experienced at the time of their marriage isn't really there an...

Daisuke Manpyo is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyo is in for difficult...

Drama focuses on a pregnancy, prenatal care, and gynecological clinic, that tries to help its patients. In the episodes, divided into 8 separate stories, we learn not only about the dilemmas of future mothers and their families, but also the facility itself. ~Adapted from novel "Tenshi no Dairinin...

Naoko finds her life at cross-roads, as her career unravels after an unsuccessful project results in her demotion from marketing to data management, and her lover-cum-boss, Yanagiba Toshiro has left her to move to New York. When her life feels like it is at its lowest point, she meets Uchimura, a bu...

Xia Bing is a 26-year old woman whose motto is "No marriage or kids until the age of 30." Life takes an unexpected turn when she becomes pregnant and must face the possibility of becoming a mother and marriage with her boyfriend. (Source: TMDb)

At the Playboys Private Detective Agency, all the members are men older than 55, each of them have varied backgrounds like a former taxi driver, physician and ex-Olympic athlete, only the director is a former detective.

~~Adapted from Miri Yu novel, with the same title. Risa Tanigawa, who is busy with job hunting before graduating from a vocational school, goes to a job interview, to a cosmetics company. Unfortunately, due to the fact that she showed up at the interview without makeup, she was immediately reject...

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A story about a wife who supported her husband after his body was paralyzed in an accident right after they got married. (Source: DramaWiki)

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