Makoto Kakeda
Birthday: 1956-10-10
Place of Birth: Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Biography: Makoto Kakeda is a Japanese actor recognized for his roles in several notable films. He appeared in Sonatine (1993), directed by Takeshi Kitano, portraying a member of the yakuza. Kakeda also featured in Cure (1997), a psychological thriller directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Ring (1998), the influential horror film directed by Hideo Nakata. His performances have contributed to the success of these films, which are significant in Japanese cinema.
Movies
Moon Angel
Two female truck drivers detest each other, and try to steal each other's business. Their rigs are b...
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My Sister Is a Female Teacher
High school teacher Miyoko and her younger brother Seiichi are living together. However, with the de...
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Mr. Baseball
Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career....
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Box: The Hakamada Case
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incar...
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Eve's Flower Petal
A young woman wanders aimlessly around a beach resort and has sex with various men....
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4 / Cat-Nekobun no Yon
A short omnibus created by four young creators on the theme of "drawing the people of Ichii who use ...
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Wait and See
A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his tr...
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Runin: Banished
In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead...
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Then Summer Came
A humorous wedding story fueled by a rather no-good father and son, disguised as the old and new “go...
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A Boy Called H
Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh...
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Ring
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds t...
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Remembrance
The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao...
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Straight to Heaven
Koji and Tatsuya, both from the Nerima Juvenile Classification Home, make money by committing bank t...
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Wakaoku-sama: Futomono-biraki
Cult filmmaker Hisayasu Sato's second comedy of the year, this silly softcore effort stars pretty Na...
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Kawasaki Vice Squad
A photographer who takes pictures of a rendezvous between a politician, company president and yakuza...
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March Comes In Like a Lion
The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us wh...
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A Lone Scalpel
Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operati...
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The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away
A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old comp...
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A Taxing Woman
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Go...
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The Outer Way
The cop Himuro is picked as scapegoat by his superiors because of their own involvement in sokaiya g...
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Showa Tetsufuden - Sea of Japan
A young Yakuza member is doomed as he swings between two organizations in the Tohoku region, during ...
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Cure
A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar b...
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His Motorbike, Her Island
Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree ...
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Mystery Experience Zone: Really Scary Stories: Ghost Photos sent to you & Ghost Detectives
Story teller Kinya Aikawa serves as a guide in this horror drama series, which is presented in an om...
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Umi e, See You
Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousan...
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Shikoku
Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She s...
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Station to Heaven
From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but mediev...
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Kaerenai san'nin: Kaikan wa owaranai
Shiho (Ayane Ryogawa), a nurse, gets into an argument with her boyfriend Kenji (Takuya Sakurai) abou...
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