Bunchin Katsura
Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Yugen Amanuma
TOKYO MER is formed by order from the Governor of Tokyo. The name of the group stands for TOKYO Mobile Emergency Room. The members are emergency care professionals and they are to go to sites of dangerous accidents and disasters by ER car. Their ER car is a large vehicle equipped with the latest medical devices and an operating area. There, TOKYO MER saves lives of the injured. Kōta Kitami is a doctor for TOKYO MER and its leader. He holds a strong conviction that, regardless of the dangers, he will go to accident sites to save lives.
Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes • as Sakai
Kumagai is an art teacher at a private female high school. Sakai, the school's chairman of the board, runs the school like the school is his own property and pays Kumagi a low salary. Then, Music Teacher Naoko and P.E. Teacher Oyamada asks Kumagi to join them in a scheme to blackmail Sakai. Unexpectedly, Sakai and his girlfriend Akemi go missing. The duo are assumed to be kidnapped by Minowa and Nakao who are education consultants. Meanwhile, Kumagai and Naoko unwittingly become involved in a scheme to steal large amount of gold bars that were hidden by Sakai.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Shonosuke Furukehashi (Hiroshi Tamaki) is a young samurai and the second son of Sozaemon (Bunchin Katsura) of Togane Domain, Kazusa Province. Sozaemon serves as an attendant, but one day, he is suddenly suspected of accepting bribes. Forged documents written in handwriting startlingly identical to his offer incontrovertible evidence. Framed for accepting bribes he knows nothing about, Sozaemon commits ritual suicide for his “crime”. Shonosuke’s elder brother Katsunosuke (Satoshi Hashimoto), an assistant instructor at the domain’s training hall, is placed under house arrest. Because of that, Shonosuke leaves for Edo alone in order to clear the name of his beloved father.
Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Bringing in prominent figures from various fields such as drama, music, variety, classical performing arts, culture, and academia, who are active at the forefront of their respective domains, for an exceptional talk show with the veterans of the entertainment world.
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment…for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji, played by Yutaka Mizutani, star of the popular AIBOU series. Izakaya Moheji is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfort and comfort food.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Yonemoto Saburo
A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji. It is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfort and comfort food.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Yonemoto Saburo
A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji. It is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfort and comfort food.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as [School principal]
Depicts the “bonds” that connect through “food” under the theme of school lunch in Ashiya City. Nonomura Nana is a new nutritionist who works at an elementary school in Ashiya. Struggle every day for the smiles of children who eat delicious lunch. The lunch menu that appears is packed with the ingenuity and love of nutritionists and cooks. While drawing efforts to keep costs down, cooperation with suppliers, and the backside of difficult cooking sites, the importance of school lunches that protect the growth of children is drawn.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Yonemoto Saburo
A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji. It is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfort and comfort food.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.