Portrait of Shigeru Muroi

Acting

Shigeru Muroi

Career

Active from 1981 to 2024, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Whisper of the Heart
Whisper of the Heart
GoodWatch score77/100

Characters

7

The characters Shigeru Muroi played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shigeru Muroi Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Crime
    2.6, average 3.5
  • Showbiz
    0.3, average 1.2
  • Violence
    3.2, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Drama 4
  • Character-Driven 4
  • Fast-Paced 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Corporate Corruption 2
  • Japanese Cinema 2
  • Secret Agents 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Psychological Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

96
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 66
Minami-kun is my lover!?
Minami-kun is my lover!? (2024)

TV show · as Kimura Hisako

7 Secretaries: The Movie
7 Secretaries: The Movie (2022)

as Satsuki Wanibuchi

My Cuteness Is About to Expire!?
My Cuteness Is About to Expire!? (2022)

TV show

Octo: Emotional Investigator Shinno Akari
Octo: Emotional Investigator Shinno Akari (2022)

TV show

Seven Secretaries Special
Seven Secretaries Special (2022)

as Satsuki Wanibuchi

Yuagari Sketch
Yuagari Sketch (2022)

TV show · as Sawako Izumi

Hell's Garden
Hell's Garden (2021)
GoodWatch score 66

as Sayo Nanase

Our Rainy Days
Our Rainy Days (2021)

TV show · as MIYAKO

The Sound of Grass
The Sound of Grass (2021)

as Masako Uno

Seven Secretaries
Seven Secretaries (2020)

TV show · as Wanibuchi Satsuki

2010s

21 titles · average score 74
Parallel Tokyo
Parallel Tokyo (2019)

TV show · as Megumi Takatori

A Murder Is Announced
A Murder Is Announced (2019)

as Tsuchida Torami

The Copycat Criminal
The Copycat Criminal (2016)

TV show · as Machiko Furukawa

Petero no Soretsu
Petero no Soretsu (2014)

TV show · as Sonoda

Hanako & Anne
Hanako & Anne (2014)

TV show · as Ando Fuji

The Little House
The Little House (2014)
GoodWatch score 74

as Sadako

Neo Ultra Q
Neo Ultra Q (2013)

TV show · as Takako Karasawa

Nameless Poison
Nameless Poison (2013)

TV show · as Eiko Sonoda

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Kanako Terayama

Solitary Gourmet
Solitary Gourmet (2012)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

The Fallen Angel
The Fallen Angel (2010)
GoodWatch score 62

as Kotobuki

Cat Taxi
Cat Taxi (2010)

TV show

2000s

25 titles · average score 66
Villon's Wife
Villon's Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 67

as Miyo

Giwaku
Giwaku (2009)

as 秋谷容子

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
Kitaro and the Millennium Curse (2008)
GoodWatch score 50

as Sand Witch

Junjo Kirari
Junjo Kirari (2006)

TV show · as Arimori Iso

Mother at Fourteen
Mother at Fourteen (2006)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Kirino Shizuka

Time Limit Investigator
Time Limit Investigator (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show

Heart, Beating in the Dark
Heart, Beating in the Dark (2005)

as Inako

The Black Leather Notebook
The Black Leather Notebook (2004)

TV show

The Great Horror Family
The Great Horror Family (2004)

TV show · as Yuko Imawano

Out
Out (2002)

as Kuniko Junouchi

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show

Let's Go Nagata-cho
Let's Go Nagata-cho (2001)

TV show

1990s

17 titles · average score 77
African Nights
African Nights (1999)

TV show

Hiroin! Naniwa bombers
Hiroin! Naniwa bombers (1998)

as 浜崎百合子

Frozen Summer
Frozen Summer (1998)

TV show · as Oikawa Natsuki

Gift
Gift (1997)

TV show · as Naomi Koshigoe(腰越 奈緒美)

Free and Easy 8
Free and Easy 8 (1996)

as Kazumi

Whisper of the Heart
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
GoodWatch score 77

as Asako Tsukishima (voice)

Justice For All
Justice For All (1995)

TV show

Sankaku Heart
Sankaku Heart (1995)

TV show · as Ayanokoji Matsuko

Ghost Pub
Ghost Pub (1994)

as Shizuko

Good Mourning
Good Mourning (1994)

TV show

The Drive
The Drive (1992)

as Rieko

Old Enough!
Old Enough! (1991)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

1980s

22 titles · average score 62
Battle Heater
Battle Heater (1989)

as Hideko Nitta

The Ginger Tree
The Ginger Tree (1989)

TV show · as Minagawa

Tokyo Pop
Tokyo Pop (1988)
GoodWatch score 68

as Japanese Gaijin

Robinson's Garden
Robinson's Garden (1987)
GoodWatch score 64

as Woman in restaurant

Daddy, the Newscaster
Daddy, the Newscaster (1987)

TV show

Flight Attendant: Scandal
Flight Attendant: Scandal (1984)

as Yasuko

Female Prisoner: Caged!
Female Prisoner: Caged! (1983)
GoodWatch score 45

as Miwa

A Girl, She Is 100%
A Girl, She Is 100% (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

as Heroine

Burst City
Burst City (1982)
GoodWatch score 61

as Speed Killer

Heart, Beating in the Dark
Heart, Beating in the Dark (1982)

as Inako

Shuffle
Shuffle (1981)
GoodWatch score 72

as Naomi

Hear the Wind Sing
Hear the Wind Sing (1981)

as Third woman

1970s

1 title
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B
Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B (1979)

TV show