Shinji Hiwatashi
Known For & Full Filmography12 Titles
Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Yuka Osada's father
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Sakuji Hanada
Kaoru Mitazono (Masahiro Matsuoka) is a talented housekeeper with an usual secret. Kaoru is actually a guy! Besides cooking, cleaning and babysitting Kaoru Mitazono has the unusual habit of discovering secrets held within the family of her employers.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Toyoichirō Wakabayashi
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Murase Gang Member (uncredited)
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Mano Reiji, a man who experienced a gruesome incident, is a forensic researcher at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Investigative Science Research Institute. Under the belief that "appraisal will result in the truth" and with his vast knowledge, Mano approaches cases from a view point that differs from others. On the other hand, Sawaguchi Nonna (Araki Yuko) is a rookie forensic researcher that begins working with the no nonsense Mano. They are forced to work together on a murder case.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Kamoshita
The body of a person who died an unnatural death is discovered encased in mortar like concrete in the basement of an abandoned building. Why was the person murdered this way? The next day, the investigation task force receives a phone call from the criminal who calls himself Tremi during a meeting to discuss the investigation of the case. Then, in a short time after her transfer to the First Investigative Division, Kisaragi Toko becomes the negotiator. Tremi mocks and provokes the police while offering hints regarding the murder. A second murder soon occurs just as Tremi had warned. The victim's head has been covered with concrete as they had expected. What is the criminal's motive and why is the criminal fixated with concrete? The criminal's surprising actual target soon emerges...
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Naoki Kuresaka
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A school teacher suggests to his class that they ought to raise a pig together and eat it when it grows up.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A Japanese film released on November 23, 2012. This is the second installment of Toei Hero Next. It features the casts of Kamen Rider Fourze. Yukio Asao (Fukushi Sota), a college student, was suddenly surrounded by lights and was detained in the interrogation room when he noticed. That is 25 years later from now, in the future. And there, he will be executed for his own sins of killing as many as five people. Yukio, who is convinced of his innocence, begins to escape under the guidance of "Riseman" (Ryo Yoshizawa). The time limit for the approaching public execution is only 72 hours. Can they prove his innocence and change the future?