Portrait of Denden

Acting

Denden

Career

Active from 1981 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for I Hear the Sunspot
I Hear the Sunspot
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 53 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Denden Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.8, average 3.8
  • Historical
    1.9, average 2.6
  • Situational Comedy
    2.2, average 2.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 5
  • Japanese Cinema 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Complex Characters 2
  • Bittersweet 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Bleak Realism 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

129
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

28 titles · average score 68
Spirit World
Spirit World (2025)
GoodWatch score 58

as Koji

Unsung Heroes
Unsung Heroes (2025)

TV show · as Yozo Ohara

I Hear the Sunspot
I Hear the Sunspot (2024)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Sagawa Genji

Living in Two Worlds
Living in Two Worlds (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

as Yasuo Suzuki

Rental Family
Rental Family (2023)

as Koji Asada

Draft King
Draft King (2023)

TV show · as Rikuo Shimobe

THE DAYS
THE DAYS (2023)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show

I Am Makimoto
I Am Makimoto (2022)

as Undertaker Shimobayashi

GAME OF SPY
GAME OF SPY (2022)

TV show · as Shigenobu Kugayama

A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribs
A Turtle's Shell is a Human's Ribs (2022)

as Usazō Usagibayashi (voice)

The Honest Realtor
The Honest Realtor (2022)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Kagekatsu Todo

Stardust over the Town
Stardust over the Town (2020)

as Nishi Kazuo

2010s

70 titles · average score 65
The Forest of Love
The Forest of Love (2019)
GoodWatch score 80

as Shigeru Ozawa

Death Office
Death Office (2019)

TV show · as Ishima

Fumiko's Feet
Fumiko's Feet (2018)

as Tsukagoshi

Tatara Samurai
Tatara Samurai (2017)

as Genzo

Lowlife Love
Lowlife Love (2016)
GoodWatch score 62

as Kida

Tokyo Tribe
Tokyo Tribe (2014)
GoodWatch score 58

as High Priest

Emergency Interrogation Room
Emergency Interrogation Room (2014)

TV show · as Susumu Hishimoto

Memory Sculptor
Memory Sculptor (2013)
GoodWatch score 27

as Jin

Like Someone in Love
Like Someone in Love (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

as Hiroshi

Himizu
Himizu (2012)
GoodWatch score 77

as Kaneko

Beautiful Rain
Beautiful Rain (2012)

TV show · as Muneta Kiyoshi

Cold Fish
Cold Fish (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yukio Murata

2000s

23 titles · average score 66
Be Sure to Share
Be Sure to Share (2009)
GoodWatch score 67

as Tanaka

Kabei: Our Mother
Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
GoodWatch score 82

as Fukuda

Tokyo!
Tokyo! (2008)
GoodWatch score 69

as Car Pound Attendant (segment "Interior Design")

Tokyo Sonata
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
GoodWatch score 83

as Janitor

Dots and Lines
Dots and Lines (2007)

TV show

Galileo
Galileo (2007)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

Dororo
Dororo (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

as Praying Father

What the Snow Brings
What the Snow Brings (2005)

as Tamotsu Fujimaki

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

TV show

Eureka
Eureka (2001)
GoodWatch score 81

as Yoshida

Uzumaki
Uzumaki (2000)
GoodWatch score 59

as Officer Futada

Ju-on: The Curse
Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
GoodWatch score 65

as Yoshikawa

1990s

7 titles · average score 79
Keizoku: Unsolved Cases
Keizoku: Unsolved Cases (1999)

TV show · as Yuichi Mizutani

Cure
Cure (1997)
GoodWatch score 81

as OIda

さしすせそ!?
さしすせそ!? (1997)

TV show

MARKS
MARKS (1995)

as Medical examiner

Gosei Sentai Dairanger
Gosei Sentai Dairanger (1993)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Bird Cage Vagrant

The Games Teachers Play
The Games Teachers Play (1992)

as Unnamed Teacher

Taiheiki
Taiheiki (1991)

TV show · as Masafusa Jingûji

1980s

1 title
Something Like It
Something Like It (1981)

as Shinsui