Portrait of Noriyuki Higashiyama

Acting

Noriyuki Higashiyama

Career

Active from 1980 to 2023, busiest in 2013 and 2015 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
41
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Trick the Movie: Last Stage
Trick the Movie: Last Stage
GoodWatch score69/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Contemporary Drama 2
  • Adult Themes 2
  • Complex Relationships 2
  • Japanese Period Drama 2
  • Samurai Drama 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles
Deadly Professional 2023
Deadly Professional 2023 (2023)

as Shogoro Watanabe

GAME OF SPY
GAME OF SPY (2022)

TV show · as Takeshi Hashiba

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022 (2022)

as Shogoro Watanabe

Adult's Situation
Adult's Situation (2021)

as Sanpei Koyama

必殺仕事人2020
必殺仕事人2020 (2020)

as Shogoro Watanabe

2010s

22 titles · average score 69
Castle of Sand
Castle of Sand (2019)

as Imanishi

Seven Detectives
Seven Detectives (2015)

TV show · as Yuu Amagi

Yokokuhan: The Pain
Yokokuhan: The Pain (2015)

TV show

Trick the Movie: Last Stage
Trick the Movie: Last Stage (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

as Shinichi Kagami

七つの会議
七つの会議 (2013)

TV show · as 原島万二

The Partner
The Partner (2013)

as Suzuki Tetsuya/Asaba Sakitaro

Ooka Echizen
Ooka Echizen (2013)

TV show · as Ooka Echizen

Ikkyu-san
Ikkyu-san (2012)

as Yoshimitsu Ashikaga

At River's Edge
At River's Edge (2011)

as Sakunosuke Inui

The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma
The Tale of Genji: A Thousand Year Enigma (2011)

as Fujiwara Michinaga

GM: General Medicine
GM: General Medicine (2010)

TV show · as Goto Hideo

Hissatsu shigotonin 2010
Hissatsu shigotonin 2010 (2010)

as Watanabe Shogoro

2000s

7 titles
Mission To Kill
Mission To Kill (2009)

TV show · as Shogoro Watanabe

Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills (2008)

as Yoichiro Tezuka

Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007 (2007)

as Watanabe Shogoro

必殺仕事人
必殺仕事人 (2007)

TV show · as 와타나베 쇼고로

Kuitan
Kuitan (2006)

TV show · as Seiya Takano

Zoku Heisei Meoto Jawan
Zoku Heisei Meoto Jawan (2002)

TV show

Don't Let Your Money Down
Don't Let Your Money Down (2001)

TV show

1990s

10 titles
Genroku Ryoran
Genroku Ryoran (1999)

TV show · as Asano Naganori

Feeling relief is easy
Feeling relief is easy (1998)

TV show · as Nakashima Yotaro

Dear Woman
Dear Woman (1996)

TV show · as Ishimaru Tamon

Chef
Chef (1995)

TV show

ザ・シェフ
ザ・シェフ (1995)

TV show

Yoru ni Dakarete
Yoru ni Dakarete (1994)

TV show · as 神谷流星

Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands (1993)

TV show

Heavenly Sin
Heavenly Sin (1992)

as Aoki

The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji (1991)

TV show

Minamoto Yoshitsune
Minamoto Yoshitsune (1990)

as Miyamoto no Yoshitsune

1980s

3 titles
The Famous Magistrate Tōyama no Kin-san
The Famous Magistrate Tōyama no Kin-san (1988)

TV show

Nineteen
Nineteen (1987)

as East

Tadaima Hokago
Tadaima Hokago (1980)

TV show