Tsuyoshi Kusanagi

Bullet Train Explosion (2025)

When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board. ...

Bushido (2024)

Kakunoshin, renowned for his skills with a sword and in the game of go, embodies the samurai code. Falsely accused of a theft, he is forced to become a lowly ronin. Years later, when a case of missing gold pulls him into a new web of intrigue, Kakunoshin u ...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special (2023)

"Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '23秋の特別編) is a Japanese anthology drama that aired on Fuji TV on November 11, 2023. This special presents four unique, mysterious tales. Episode summaries: 1. "The Eternal Two" ...

Sabakan (2022)

Nagasaki in 1986. Young friends Hisada and Takemoto decide to go to Boomerang Island to "see the dolphins". The friendship between the two deepens as a result of this adventure. ...

Peperoncino (2021)

On March 11, 2021, Kiyoshi Onodera, the owner chef of an Italian restaurant overlooking the ocean on the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, invites his friends to his restaurant to drink and party on a day when the disaster area is enveloped in a solem ...

Midnight Swan (2020)

Nagisa is transgender. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika has been neglected by her mother Saori. From ...

Typhoon Family (2019)

Ittetsu and Maitsuko are married, but they are not just any normal couple. They robbed a bank and took a cool million or two from the capitalists. Then they duly vanished. Years have passed and their children have congregated to divide their parents' money ...

Makuko (2019)

A 5th grade elementary school student meets a transfer student who has a mysterious charm about her. He then learns her big secret. ...

The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)

The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They meet a talented pianist on the way. A mysterious relationship develops ...

War of Lie (2017)

Specialist 4 (2015)

Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) becomes famous in Kyoto because of his ability to solve cases. The special investigation unit receives a request to investigate a case revolving around the kidnapping of a costumed performer. He plays a non-official character of ...

Specialist 3 (2015)

Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the crime scene. Detective Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) with the special investigation unit goes to the crime scene to investigate. There, Detective Yoshito realiz ...

Hontô ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 15th Anniversary Special (2014)

Seven scary true horror stories in this 15th anniversary special. The stories are: S Douzan no Onna (Woman from Copper mine S); Satoru-kun; Hannin wa Dare da (Who's the Crmininal? ...

Specialist 2 (2014)

A mysterious code written with letters and numbers is found on a street in Kyoto. Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami) begin to investigate. They discover that something happened at the place where the code was found on stic ...

Kamisama no Beret (2013)

A beginning editor, Odamachi, slips back in time to the year 1973 and meets Osamu Tezuka. Tezuka, then, is out of luck. He has failed in animation business. His company has gone bankrupt. He has declined in popularity. Tezuka in front of Odamachi is in the ...

Specialist (2013)

Kusanagi plays a police detective who gets framed for a crime he didn't commit and had to spend the last 10 years in prison. However, he regains his job as a police officer and makes use of his specialized knowledge on criminal psychology to solve difficul ...

Maruyama, the Middle Schooler (2013)

Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment ...

Gift of SMAP (2012)

Plenty of charm! Plenty of volume! All the best parts of the concert! The Tokyo Dome performance of the nationwide tour "GIFT of SMAP -CONCERT TOUR'2012-" recorded in its entirety. ...

Beautiful World (2012)

A gangster runs a budget nursing home. ...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Autumn Special (2012)

Dearest (2012)

The posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her hometown. Eiji also learns that his wife letter for him at the post office before she died. ...

A Flawless Concierge (2011)

A comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests. ...

A Ghost of a Chance (2011)

Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost hersel ...

1778 Stories of Me and My Wife (2011)

Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. Since that time, the couple has always been together and eventually married.One day, Setsuko complains of a st ...

Ballad (2009)

Based on the plot of an award-winning Crayon Shin-chan animated movie from 2002, a boy named Shinichi (Takei) does the time-traveling and meets a feared general named Ijiri Matabei (Kusanagi). Ijiri is in love with Princess Ren (Aragaki) who subsequently r ...

My Darling of the Mountains (2008)

In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor and a blind masseur cross. ...

Monkey Magic (2007)

Journey to the West comes to the big screen like never before in the 2007 film Saiyuuki! Also known as Monkey Magic and Adventures of the Super Monkey, this is the latest in a long line of adaptations of the Wu Cheng'en tome. ...

Like a Virgin (2006)

A chubby high school student participatee in a sports competition to win a cash prize for sex change surgery. ...

Japan Sinks (2006)

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself. ...

The Hotel Venus (2004)

In a strange alienated world there is a secret hotel in a shabby diner called the Venus Café, harboring some unusual people where compelling secrets lie in each resident's heart. Torturing secrets that have broken their emotional boundaries in the past. I ...

The Taste of Tea (2004)

A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after ...

Séance (2004)

A psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. Instead of informing the police, they hatch a scheme to get famous by working with the police as a psychic consultant to 'find' the girl. Just when it all seems to go right, everything ...

Smap! Tour! 2002! (2003)

Release of the 2002 SMAP tour, Drink! Smap! ...

Yomigaeri (2003)

When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the "truth". ...

Bus Panic!!! (2001)

A man hijacks a bus in Japan, absurdity ensues. ...

Smap Short Films (2001)

Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME SHINGO; 治療; Good-bye, cruel world; ROLLING BOMBER SPECIAL; 菅原さん ・コンセント ・トイレ ・のれない ・脱出不可能. ...

Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special (2001)

Drama Legend Special Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari SMAP Special is a 2001's rerun version, consisting of 5 stories: 1. Extra Synopsis: A man decides to go against a society whose every action and exchange of dialogue has already been prewritten in the scr ...

Messengers (1999)

Naomi Shimizu is a young career woman working for Enrico Dandolo, an Italian fashion house. That is until one day the company declares bankruptcy. Accustomed to living in luxury she tries to make a run for it with the last remaining company asset, a red Al ...

Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP (1999)

Furuhata is called in to investigate a murder committed by the well-known Japanese boy band SMAP. ...

Because I Am Me (1997)

The members of SMAP play former high school classmates who were members of the Ekiden team 6 years ago. This drama depicts the changes in character over the past 6 years and the members future endeavors. ...

Anne Frank's Diary (1995)

During World War II, a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. ...

SEXY SIX SHOW (1994)

It contains the performance of " SEXY SIX SHOW " by SMAP from July 24th to August 30th, 1994 at Nippon Budokan . Only the first production of VHS received "SMAP PREMIUM VIDEO" (documentary work of the tour, not yet DVD). Track List: OPENING, Theme of 006 ...

Shoot! (1994)

The Golden Trio of junior high school soccer players, Toshi, Kenji and Kazu, enroll at the new Kakegawa High School merely because they want to play with Kubo, the legendary player who learned his superb soccer techniques in Germany and who helped the Kake ...

1992.1 SMAP 1st LIVE "Come on New Year !!" Concert (1992)

" 1992.1 SMAP 1st LIVE" Came on New Year !! "Concert " (1992.1 SMAP First Live "Come on Oshogatsu !! Concert"), VHS on March 14, 1992 , DVD on December 24 , 2003 This is SMAP 's tour VHS / DVD released by Victor Entertainment . Track list: Opening, Can't ...

The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)

The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They meet a talented pianist on the way. A mysterious relationship develops ...