Kanji Furutachi

AKA: ふるたちかんじ, 후루타치 칸지, Kanji Furutachi

1.9105

1968-03-23

Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Kanji Furutachi (Japanese: 古舘寛治 Hepburn: Furutachi Kanji, born 23 March 1968 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese actor.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {98}

2020-12-04 7.4

My Sweet Grappa Remedies

Yasuko Matsuyuki heads the cast of this drama about a 40-something woman who is happy with her single life but nevertheless starts dating a man who is 24 years her junior. ...

Genre :Drama

Minami's stepfather

2021-08-20 7.333

One Summer Story

Between competitive swim team practice and cramming for classes the anime Buffalo Kotek is Minami’s only respit from her hectic life. So it feels a lot like kismet when she discovers that her classmat ...

Genre :Drama

2016-10-22 0

The Sowing Traveller 3

Acclaimed director of Summer of Chirusoku, Half a Confession and Yunagi City, Sakura Country Kiyoshi Sasabe casts Rin Takanashi and Takumi Saitoh as members of the farming industry. The Sowing Travell ...

Genre :

Kagawa

2011-04-23 6.1

Hospitalité

In this black comedy the lives of a timid small-time printer and his young wife are turned inside out by the arrival of a stranger who moves in and takes over their world. Set in a village-like outpos ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

2005-02-05 3.7

Dead Waves

When a television producer visits the home of a brother and sister to interview them for his series on paranormal phenomena, what first appears to be a simple case of psychopathology turns into a full ...

Genre :Horror

Yoshinori Higashiyama

2012-09-08 7.1

Dreams for Sale

After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild their shattered finances: marrying the husband off to a series of lonely women and defrauding them. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Teacher

2012-10-22 4.143

GFP BUNNY

A troubled teenager only lives through her camera and the Internet. Fascinated by science, she experiments on various animals, and her own mother, poisoning her with thallium and documenting the resul ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Kanji Hanada

2021-10-16 7

The Pretenders

It depicts two high school girls trying to change the atmosphere of the world with their ideas by setting up a camera in the town and transmitting the footage via SNS. ...

Genre :Drama

Jiro

2023-08-05 0

Raised in Water

On a sinking island in Manila Bay, an aging Japanese man searches for the daughter he abandoned as a child. ...

Genre :

2021-01-02 7.083

The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special

Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One day, Mikuri learns that she is pregnant. They decide to marry, but they soon face problems. Mikuri suffe ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, TV Movie

Koshigaya

2022-05-20 6.4

Anime Supremacy!

Hitomi Saito has been climbing the ranks for years and is set to direct an anime series for the first time, while brilliant director Chiharu Oji is about to make his big comeback after nearly a decade ...

Genre :Drama

Matsuuchi Norizo

2023-08-14 0

The War of Announcers

Dramatization of The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and its announcers activities to support the Japanese military's fight during the war. Based on the facts, depicts the hidden relationship bet ...

Genre :Drama, War

Takehiro Nakahira

2011-05-28 5.1

My Back Page

In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later, Sawada interviews activist Umeyama with senior reporter ...

Genre :Drama

Narration

2022-08-20 7

Momo and the Seven Papagenos

Twenty-five-year-old Momo has friends. Her parents live some distance away, but they sometimes get together to dine out. She dates an acceptable guy, and they share drinks at home. She apologizes to u ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

2022-05-03 0

just another summer day

It was "just" a summer day spent with someone she didn't know, who was drunk and had lost her memory. ...

Genre :Drama

Matsuura

2016-06-25 6.414

Too Young To Die!

After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world. ...

Genre :Romance, Fantasy, Music, Horror, Comedy

2003-12-06 0

Saru

Five young men participate in an experiment drug test, which is known as a short-term, high-paying part-time job. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, Horror

2023-03-17 10

Grandson of a Monster

The late Shinzo Abe was the longest-serving prime minister of all time, holding office for 2,822 consecutive days. While his hawkish foreign policy and "Abenomics" economic policies won him support, h ...

Genre :Documentary

2013-12-07 4.9

Passion

A singular deadpan comedy, The Passion tells a story of a young woman raised in a convent named Frances-ko (Mayuko Iwasa), after Saint Francesco. Distressed by not knowing about love and sex, she call ...

Genre :Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

2012-11-03 5.8

Be My Slave

Dan Mitsu stars as Kana, a female employee at a publishing company who strikes up a sexual relationship with a younger co-worker. He soon discovers that Kana's fetishes extend to sadomasochistic tende ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, Comedy

Himself

2012-11-21 6

Theatre 2

Oriza Hirata is Japan's leading playwright and director, who runs his own theatrical company, Seinendan. Theatre 2 (Observational Film Series #4) examines the dynamic relationship between theatre and ...

Genre :Documentary

2012-08-25 6.8

Ushijima the Loan Shark

Mirai Suzuki (Yuko Oshima) becomes responsible for her mother's debt which is owed to loan shark Kaoru Ushijima (Takayuki Yamada). To begin paying off her mother's debt, Mirai begins working at a dati ...

Genre :Drama

Kentaro Akutsu

2015-01-31 6.4

Maestro!

Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who have not yet been rehired, gather for the orchestra ...

Genre :Drama

2012-12-22 5.7

Odayaka

Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, who is in a divorce, is worried that her daughter is e ...

Genre :Drama

Yoshizaki

2013-07-20 5.5

Flower of Shanidar

A strange phenomenon takes place. A beautiful flower blooms on a selected woman's body and that flower is called the "Shanidar". When the Shanidar is in full bloom, the flower produces a substance whi ...

Genre :Drama, Science Fiction

Pastor

2009-08-08 6.948

The Chef of South Polar

When eight men are assigned to live 14,000 kilometers from home in inhumanly cold conditions, food becomes their new existence. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Torii

2012-02-11 6

The Woodsman and the Rain

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

2006-10-14 0

Ryoichi & Kiyoshi

High school student, Ryoichi, hasn't gone to school since he injured a classmate. He kills time playing videogames alone everyday. One day, Uncle Kiyoshi comes to the house to recover after having tri ...

Genre :

2010-10-02 6.6

Heaven's Story

A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can ...

Genre :Drama

2015-08-08 0

Drawing Days

A strange life together of a man and a woman united by paintings. A film starring Yuya Ozeki, shot in honor of his 20th birthday! ...

Genre :Drama

2006-10-21 0

Have a Nice Day

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Mas ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, Comedy

[veterinarian]

2022-03-22 7

I Got Hooked on My Pet and Quit the Company

Satomi leaves her job after a bad break up and on the way home she she falls in love with a Shiba Inu puppy, Ku-chan. She stay at home for a bit but when she tries to return to work, the puppy cries a ...

Genre :TV Movie

Shigeru Kuroda

2009-10-10 5.8

The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio

Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kameha ...

Genre :Comedy

Kan'ichi Tanabe

2022-08-15 0

I Was a Female Student During the War

A modern-day actress reincarnates during the Pacific War, but with a smartphone in her hand. A series that conveys everyday life during the war through Instagram. ...

Genre :TV Movie, War

CEO of Somen Factory

2017-12-16 7.4

The 8-Year Engagement

Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her heart stops momentarily, and she falls into a deep ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Teacher Takizawa

2012-12-22 5

Joker Game

All seniors at a high school stay together at a camp, including student Chinatsu. On their first day, the home room teacher announces that all the students must play the card game "Old Maid". In order ...

Genre :Thriller, Horror

Narrator

2021-07-30 10

Tasting the Pancakes for Poison

Genre :Documentary

Usagikichi

2013-10-19 6.6

Au revoir l'été

After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to know the people of the town, including Takashi, a s ...

Genre :Drama

Mabuchi

2016-03-05 6

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

Izumi Hoshi is senior in high school, but she led a small yakuza group in her past. After killing her uncle's murderer with a machine gun, her yakuza group disbanded. Izumi now lives an ordinary life ...

Genre :Action, Romance

Toshio Suzuoka

2016-10-08 6.6

Harmonium

Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life. ...

Genre :Drama

2025-03-15 7

Escape

In 2024, Kirishima Satoshi, a wanted member of the East Asian Anti-Japan Armed Front, passed away after he gave his own name at a hospital. ...

Genre :Drama

Kano

2016-04-02 6.1

Lowlife Love

Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Tetsuya

2023-09-08 7.045

Fly On

Watako has just lost her lover, Kimura, in a traffic accident in Tokyo. She decides to bury the trauma of this tragedy and carries on with her life with her husband. Although she puts on a facade for ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

2012-06-23 0

Balloon Relay

A middle school student named Kozue finds a red balloon with an SD card attached to it. On the SD card is an invitation to the wedding of two complete strangers. In order to escape her daily doldrums, ...

Genre :Drama

Yajima

2017-06-24 0

Marriage

Urumi Kenji is a scoundrel who tricks women with his handsome looks and charm into a marriage yarn and swindles them out of their money. He is not a one-man show however. He works with Sengoku Ruriko. ...

Genre :

Editor-in-Chief Sudo

2018-05-25 7.2

My Friend "A"

Masuda, an aspiring journalist, plans to write an article in order to expose his co-worker Suzuki, who is a psychopathic murderer according to Masuda. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Suzuki

2018-10-06 0

The Chaplain

Saeki works with death-row convicts as a prison chaplain. He tries to instill the prisoners with a sense of morality and help them become a better person. He is a good communicator with the death-row ...

Genre :Drama

2009-08-08 7

Virgin Wandering

Jun Kanai is a lecturer at the University of Tokyo who despite being in his thirties is still a virgin. One day he reunites with an old student of his and decides that she will be the one to take his ...

Genre :

斉藤拓三

2015-11-21 0

Before a Falling Star Fades Away

A 21-year-old university student lost her boyfriend in a sudden accident and she can't get over him, but she begins to change thanks to her family and her friend Takumi, who shares a very similar past ...

Genre :Drama

Uncle Fishing

2017-12-23 7.1

Tremble All You Want

Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming fixation has prevented her from even considering another ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Miyoshi

2016-05-21 7.193

After the Storm

Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mot ...

Genre :Drama

Kentaro's boss

2013-06-08 6

Blindly in Love

Kentaro is an unsocial 35-year-old who lives with his parents and has never dated a woman. When Kentaro’s parents set up an arranged marriage interview with a girl named Nahoko and her parents, he fal ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

2011-12-17 0

Being Mitsuko

Two sisters live in the suburbs of Tokyo and one of them is having an affair with her boss. The other sister is then stalked. The sisters try to live their lives and be content, but after their father ...

Genre :Drama

Man on the Train

2018-01-26 3

Terminal place

There were man and women who were supposed to think each other from a place far away. On a winter day, they got on the train to meet. On the journey, he unexpectedly received a E-mail from her, and sh ...

Genre :Drama

2023-10-18 5.2

Human Comedy in Tokyo

'Human Comedy in Tokyo', describes ordinary everyday lives without any significant incidents. Various dialogues are elaborately woven to bring tiny splits in human relationships to light, and through ...

Genre :Drama

Shozo Okazaki

2019-09-27 6.269

From Miyamoto to You

Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced man comes across a woman during his working day and ...

Genre :Romance, Drama

Himself

2012-11-21 5

Theatre 1

Theatre 1 (Observational Film Series #3) is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts the world of Oriza Hirata, Japan's leading playwright and director, and his theatrical company, Seinenda ...

Genre :Documentary

Yuuji Tanaka

0

The Deadline

Led by the country's first ever female, non-Caucasian president, the United States of America launches a Green Card video contest to attract new immigrants. Four applicants, from Japan, China and the ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Doctor

2020-02-07 7.5

It Stopped Raining

A young bioarchaeologist Yukisuke is attracted to a girl Koyomi, who runs a small stand of taiyaki pastry that he often buys. Koyomi is hospitalized, however, by a car accident on a rainy day after th ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Keiichi (Hinako's father)

2020-06-09 4.5

Tamaran Hill

Hinako comes across the novel “Tamaran Hill” and immediately starts reading it with delight, as “tamaran” (intolerable) happens to be her father’s favorite swear word. She soon imagines herself inside ...

Genre :Drama

Man in Bar

2017-09-01 3.863

Temple

Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare. ...

Genre :History, Horror

Masao Torii

2020-10-30 7

The Voice of Sin

Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago. The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tap ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery

Tadashi (Jun's father)

2020-07-31 7.3

My Name Is Yours

At midnight, in a residential area of Osaka, a middle aged man is murdered. The person who killed the man is a high school student. En is a 2nd grade high school student. She spends her boring days ...

Genre :Drama

Police Officer (uncredited)

2014-07-04 6.443

The World of Kanako

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kana ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Soichi Ikuta

2016-04-23 8

The Sun

The story is set in the early 21st century with the population decimated by bio terror. Two kinds of humans now exist. One is the Nokusu who were infected with a virus but survived and consequently th ...

Genre :Science Fiction

Doctor

2021-07-07 6.71

Annette

The story of Henry, a stand-up comedian with a fierce sense of humour and Ann, a singer of international renown. In the spotlight, they are the perfect couple, healthy, happy, and glamourous. The birt ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Doctor Mizutani

2015-06-06 6.925

Pieta in the Toilet

Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Sukezõ Fukase

2024-10-25 0

Ravens

Enigmatic, rejected, heartbroken. Masahisa Fukase must rebuild his life, overcome tradition, his inner demons and the pain of a broken marriage. The fascinating love story of the iconic Japanese photo ...

Genre :Drama

Sukezo Fukase

2024-10-25 0

Ravens

Genre :Drama

Master Tani

2025-01-02 6.667

Slow Train

Set in Kamakura and Busan. The Shibuyas who live in Kamakura lost their grandmother and parents in an accident. On the 23rd anniversary of the death, Tsuko suddenly reveals her plan of moving to Busan ...

Genre :TV Movie

岡崎部長

2018-04-07 6

From Miyamoto To You

The story follows an amateur salaryman named Hiroshi Miyamoto, who works at a stationary company and pushes forward despite his frustration with his own insignificance. ...

Genre :

Shinichi Nishitani

2021-02-08 7

Haruka no Hikari

Haruka is a fisherman's daughter, who lost her home and many friends in the Tohoku earthquake. After a year living in a temporary housing, she did not want to return back to her hometown and went to T ...

Genre :Drama

2021-04-24 5

How to be Likable in a Crisis

Makoto Kanzaki is a PR man at a university. He is swept up in a series of scandals and is driven into a corner as he tries to make temporary solutions. A satirical comedy about modern society depictin ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Mano Kanji

2021-05-15 6.7

The Hovering Blade

Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the pe ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Hajime Akamatsu

2013-07-12 0

Taberudake

Based on the manga by Sanko Takada ...

Genre :Comedy

Mitsuharu Kusakabe

2006-01-13 6.7

Time Limit Investigator

Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, bec ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

Maizen Shin

2016-08-30 0

Like a Girl Playing House

Onchi Eiko, the proprietress of a bar, is trapped in a sad, hidden past. One day, an old friend Shigeko shows up with her 5-year-old son Daiji in tow. Shigeko entrusts him to Eiko and disappears after ...

Genre :Drama, Family

Sotaro Tanaka

2014-04-02 0

Botanical Life of Varendar

Genre :

Jo Nikaido

2023-05-14 8.5

I Didn't Love You Because I Was a Family, But I Loved You as a Family

Follow the daily lives of the Kishimoto family. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

2020-05-19 9

We Married as a Job: New Year's Special

Genre :Drama

Master Yama

2016-10-11 7.849

The Full-Time Wife Escapist

A series of events leads single, 25-year-old Mikuri Moriyama and 36-year-old Hiramasa Tsuzaki to marry as a cover. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

バーのマスター

2022-04-05 8

Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks and continue to be read today. His stories often fe ...

Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

2022-07-06 8.3

I Lived in Kyoto for a While

After a new job and a month-long business trip to Osaka, Kana is back in Kyoto for a short stay! "What is the feeling of 'loneliness' when living in the crowded crowd in Tokyo?" Kana visited her uncle ...

Genre :Drama, Documentary

Takanashi Shintaro

2017-01-23 7.8

Everyone's Getting Married

Asuka Takanashi is a twenty-something woman who works for a megabank and holds various professional qualifications in finance. Despite her successful career, she is extremely eager to get married and ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

磯貝邦光

2012-04-17 8.471

Legal High

A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

2019-04-08 8

Yasuragi no Toki: Michi

Genre :Drama

2022-04-05 8

Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama

Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery

Watanabe

2024-04-16 7

Seven Orifices

Seven huge holes appear in Japan — could they really be gods? Eight people and their teacher share their stories and secrets before entering the unknown. ...

Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

2011-10-22 7

Humanoid Monster Bem

Bem, Bela, and Belo are not "monsters," nor "humans," but "humanoid monsters." They usually disguise themselves as a human family living together, but their appearances transform into ugly monsters wh ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy

速川觉

2017-09-23 6.3

Ashi Girl

Hayakawa Yui is a young girl whose biggest quality is to be a fast runner. She accidentally travels through time up to the Sengoku Era and falls in love. ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Junichiro Oomori

2014-10-04 0

Tamagawa Ward Office of the Dead

Set in a place where zombie's existence are commonplace. Shinsuke Akaba (Kento Hayashi) works in the special welfare division at the Tamagawa City Office. His job is to deal with zombies and catch zom ...

Genre :Drama

Professor Kajitani

2017-07-14 6.6

Hello, Detective Hedgehog

Detective Goro Nanase and his colleagues of "Akatsuka Detective Office" are based in Shimo-Akazuka of Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. The detectives take on a string of challenging cases that no one else wants to ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Kanjiro Furutachi

2023-01-12 7.8

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof. ...

Genre :Drama

可儿德

2019-01-06 7.8

Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story

Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Kaneda

2020-04-09 7.5

Rent a Person Who Does Nothing

The main character provides a highly unusual service by offering his companionship in exchange for the humble fee of covered transportation costs and payment of his food and beverage tab. Joining othe ...

Genre :Drama

Ichiro Kotaki

2020-01-11 8.75

Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku

A slice of life comedy where Furutachi Kanji and Takito Kenichi play poor brothers Ichiro and Jiro respectively. Older one (Ichiro) is very serious while the younger one (Jiro) is trying to start rent ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Train Conductor

2024-11-14 7.7

Beyond Goodbye

After losing her fiancé in an accident, Saeko feels an inexplicable connection to a stranger — who, by a twist of fate, received his heart and memories. ...