Portrait of Bengal

Acting

Bengal

Career

Active from 1979 to 2024, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Rocking Horsemen
The Rocking Horsemen
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bengal Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.5, average 5.4
  • Romance
    2.7, average 3.8
  • Satire & Parody
    1.8, average 2.3
  • Showbiz
    0.7, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Japanese Cinema 5
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Supernatural Elements 2
  • Human Connection 2
  • Melancholy 2
  • Family Dynamics 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

86
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 75
Countdown to Yes
Countdown to Yes (2026)

TV show · as Tsuyoshi Yokoi

Punch-Drunk Woman
Punch-Drunk Woman (2026)

TV show · as Ryuji Osada

Hirayasumi
Hirayasumi (2025)
GoodWatch score 87

TV show · as Shibusawa

Abudeka Is Back
Abudeka Is Back (2024)

as Tanaka

The Two in a Housing Complex
The Two in a Housing Complex (2024)

TV show · as Tetsuo Higashiyama

A Town Without Seasons
A Town Without Seasons (2023)

TV show · as Tanba

Kashi Mashi Meshi
Kashi Mashi Meshi (2023)

TV show

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

TV show

Pension Metsä
Pension Metsä (2021)

TV show · as Ogawa

Kawa no Hotori de
Kawa no Hotori de (2021)

TV show · as BB

99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie
99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

as Tamotsu Ota

Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist (2020)

TV show

2010s

22 titles · average score 71
Everyone’s Demoted!!
Everyone’s Demoted!! (2019)

TV show

Denshichi Torimonocho
Denshichi Torimonocho (2016)

TV show

Partner In Darkness
Partner In Darkness (2015)

TV show · as Fumiya Ajima

The Next Generation: Patlabor
The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014)

TV show · as The Mayor

Shinigami-kun
Shinigami-kun (2014)

TV show

Black Kite
Black Kite (2013)

TV show · as President Bito

See You Tomorrow, Everyone
See You Tomorrow, Everyone (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

as Taijiro

Step Up Love Story: Love Forever
Step Up Love Story: Love Forever (2012)

as Mamoru Onoda

Oba: The Last Samurai
Oba: The Last Samurai (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

as Kazuo Oshiro

Ryōmaden
Ryōmaden (2010)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show

Golden Slumber
Golden Slumber (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

as Shizuo Todoroki

Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

as Guru

2000s

18 titles · average score 62
One-Pound Gospel
One-Pound Gospel (2008)

TV show · as Takayama, Dragon Kanzaki's coach

Happy Flight
Happy Flight (2008)
GoodWatch score 61

as Bird Patrol

Star Reformer
Star Reformer (2006)
GoodWatch score 69

as Kazuyoshi Kurusu

Peanuts
Peanuts (2006)

as Tsutomu Kusano

Still Dangerous Detectives
Still Dangerous Detectives (2005)

as Tanaka

Older Sister
Older Sister (2005)

TV show · as Shigeta Noda

Nejirin bou
Nejirin bou (2004)

as Fujisawa

The Motive
The Motive (2004)

as Mutsuo Takarai

Alive
Alive (2003)
GoodWatch score 56

as Tokutake

The Last Snow
The Last Snow (2002)

as Kenichiro Mizuta

Trick: The Movie
Trick: The Movie (2002)
GoodWatch score 65

as God No. 002

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

TV show

1990s

16 titles · average score 70
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)
GoodWatch score 55

as Sonoda

The Woman of S.R.I.
The Woman of S.R.I. (1999)

TV show · as Sano

One Summer's Day
One Summer's Day (1999)

as Man at table

Sada
Sada (1998)
GoodWatch score 60

as Sanosuke Tachibana

I Want to Hear the Wind's Song
I Want to Hear the Wind's Song (1998)

as Ladies' Clinic doctor

Give It All
Give It All (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

as Class Teacher

Gamera 2: Advent of Legion
Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996)
GoodWatch score 76

as Honami's father

Haruka, Nostalgia
Haruka, Nostalgia (1993)

as Akira Kinomiya

The Rocking Horsemen
The Rocking Horsemen (1992)
GoodWatch score 73

as Takayuki Fujiwara

Goodbye Mama
Goodbye Mama (1991)

as Cameo

Chizuko's Younger Sister
Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mako's Father

Boiling Point
Boiling Point (1990)
GoodWatch score 81

as Muto

1980s

13 titles · average score 71
Beijing Watermelon
Beijing Watermelon (1989)
GoodWatch score 71

as Shunzo Horikoshi

The Discarnates
The Discarnates (1988)
GoodWatch score 69

as Taxi Driver

The Yen Family
The Yen Family (1988)

as Middle-aged man

Dangerous Cops Again
Dangerous Cops Again (1988)

as Tanaka

A Taxing Woman
A Taxing Woman (1987)
GoodWatch score 75

as Man in Apartment

Dangerous Cops
Dangerous Cops (1987)

as Tanaka

Dangerous Detective
Dangerous Detective (1986)

TV show · as Fumio Tanaka

The Shogunate's Harem
The Shogunate's Harem (1986)

as Kanji

Capone Cries a Lot
Capone Cries a Lot (1985)

as Chinese man

Big Magnum Kuroiwa
Big Magnum Kuroiwa (1985)

as Haruhiko Nakayama

Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki
Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki (1985)

as Hideyuki Ohashi

水曜ドラマスペシャル
水曜ドラマスペシャル (1984)

TV show

1970s

2 titles
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman (1979)

as Noguchi

Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again (1979)

as The Man in Shinjuku