Masashi Tashiro

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Takezo

Nishimaru Nao (Saito Yuki) lives temporarily at the home of Hoshino (Hayashi Ryuzo), a university professor who is an old acquaintance of her mother (Aki Yoko) after the dormitory she was living in burns down and is being rebuilt. However, Hoshino's wife has already passed away, and the family has four sons, the eldest Hoshino Kyohei (Nukukawa Toshikazu), the second son Shinpei (Sawamuki Youji), the third son Yohei (Osawa Hidetaka), and the fourth son Junpei (Nakajima Daisuke), so that they do not make any mistakes and do not see Nao as a member of the opposite sex, Nao enters into a fake marriage and lives in the house as the wife of the family. However, the four brothers are curious about their new mother, Nao, and soon a love affair begins...

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Ryuichi Sawazaki, a cleaner and former employee of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, happens to bump into his former colleague, Masahiko Yoshioka. Sawazaki is disheartened when he compares himself to Yoshioka, who has risen to become a senior official at the Defence Agency, but one day, Yoshioka finds himself on the run from the police on suspicion of bribery…

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

1972. Kenji Ebisawa, a martial arts boy who wished to become stronger, could not enter the runaway tribe. However, following a certain incident, Kenji transforms and becomes part of the runaway tribe. A lot of friends gather around him and the tribe starts to get stronger, his name starts to be heard in the city.

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Based on the story of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin. Ran as a double feature with Chibusa (1993).