Portrait of Hajime Inoue

Acting

Hajime Inoue

Career

Active from 1982 to 2026, with a break from 1985 to 2007, busiest in 2025 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for Oh Lucy!
Oh Lucy!
GoodWatch score77/100

Characters

4

The characters Hajime Inoue played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hajime Inoue Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    3.0, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.7, average 2.4
  • Historical
    1.9, average 2.5
  • Eroticism
    1.2, average 1.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Lighthearted 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

58
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

20 titles · average score 74
Your Summer, My Storm
Your Summer, My Storm (2026)

TV show · as Goro Takemiya

Skin of Youth
Skin of Youth (2025)

as Mr. Vuong

Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Kyoichiro Awayama

News Anchor
News Anchor (2025)

TV show

Antihero
Antihero (2024)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Sakaguchi

Vivant
Vivant (2023)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Sici

Tokyo Vice
Tokyo Vice (2022)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Vice Minister Shigematsu / Shigematsu

Gannibal
Gannibal (2022)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Go Kanamaru

A Mother's Touch
A Mother's Touch (2022)

as Katsutoshi Okuda

Modern Love Tokyo
Modern Love Tokyo (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as (voice)

Guilty Flag
Guilty Flag (2021)

TV show

Danger-Less Detectives
Danger-Less Detectives (2020)

TV show · as Deku Bozo

2010s

28 titles · average score 72
Oh Lucy!
Oh Lucy! (2018)
GoodWatch score 77

as Boss

Shoplifters
Shoplifters (2018)
GoodWatch score 87

as Yoneyama

Mirai
Mirai (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

as Additional Voices (voice)

Kiss that Kills
Kiss that Kills (2018)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Kenzō Hasebe

The Third Murder
The Third Murder (2017)
GoodWatch score 72

as Minoru Ono

Too Young To Die!
Too Young To Die! (2016)
GoodWatch score 68

Executive Producer

Cold Case: Door of Truth
Cold Case: Door of Truth (2016)

TV show · as Miyazaki Yasuharu

Cult
Cult (2013)
GoodWatch score 58

as Ryugen

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

TV show · as Kazuo Itsuki

Wolf Children
Wolf Children (2012)
GoodWatch score 84

as Tendo (voice)

The Locked Room Murders
The Locked Room Murders (2012)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Okazaki Masashi

Absolute Zero
Absolute Zero (2010)

TV show · as Hidenori Uehara

2000s

5 titles · average score 65
The Blue Bird
The Blue Bird (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mr. Ishino

Retribution
Retribution (2007)
GoodWatch score 68

as Police Detective

Samurai Commando Mission 1549
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

as Hotta Michiku

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

TV show · as Chokichi Nozaki

Eureka
Eureka (2001)
GoodWatch score 81

as Ichikawa

1990s

3 titles · average score 68
License to Live
License to Live (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

as Officer

Jubaku: Spellbound
Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Irabu

Yukon
Yukon (1998)

as Kudamatsu

1980s

2 titles
Rope Torture
Rope Torture (1984)

as Nozaki

Female Teacher Hunting
Female Teacher Hunting (1982)

as Daisuke