Portrait of Toru Nakamura

Acting

Toru Nakamura

Career

Active from 1985 to 2026, busiest in 2024 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
62
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fermat's Cuisine
Fermat's Cuisine
GoodWatch score74/100

Characters

14

The characters Toru Nakamura played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Toru Nakamura Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Dark Humor
    2.0, average 2.8
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0
  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5
  • Class & Capitalism
    2.6, average 3.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Psychological Thriller 6
  • Japanese Cinema 6
  • Japanese Drama 5
  • Suspenseful 5
  • Ethical Dilemmas 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Family Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Action Thriller 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

127
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Pathways of Japan
Pathways of Japan

TV show · as MC

2020s

26 titles · average score 70
Ignite
Ignite (2025)

TV show · as Kenjiro Todoroki

Black Showman
Black Showman (2025)

as Eiichi Kamio

Drawing Closer
Drawing Closer (2024)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kazuki Hayasaka

Eating Rice and Announcing Flowers
Eating Rice and Announcing Flowers (2024)

TV show · as "Oyaji"

Destiny
Destiny (2024)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Nogi Koichiro

The Decagon House Murders
The Decagon House Murders (2024)

TV show · as Seiji Nakamura

Abudeka Is Back
Abudeka Is Back (2024)

as Toru Machida

Silence of the Sea
Silence of the Sea (2024)

as Seike

Fermat's Cuisine
Fermat's Cuisine (2023)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Shibuya Katsuhiro

Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case
Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case (2023)

TV show · as Genma Keisuke

The Snitch's Serenade: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Case File
The Snitch's Serenade: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Case File (2021)

TV show · as Keiichiro Nouma

JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope (2021)

TV show · as Eiichi Higashiyama

2010s

35 titles · average score 70
A Lone Scalpel
A Lone Scalpel (2019)

TV show

Sign
Sign (2019)

TV show · as Akiyoshi Date

BG: Personal Bodyguard
BG: Personal Bodyguard (2018)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Kōmei Ryū

Last Chance
Last Chance (2018)

TV show · as Tetsuo Kashimura

Your Home Is My Business
Your Home Is My Business (2016)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Dai Yashiro

Saraba Abunai Deka
Saraba Abunai Deka (2016)

as Toru Machida

Crystal's Beating
Crystal's Beating (2016)

TV show · as Kisaragi Isao

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special (2014)

as Shinoda

Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos
Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos (2014)

as Keisuke Shiratori

A Chorus of Angels
A Chorus of Angels (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

as Abe

Yokoyama Hideo Suspense
Yokoyama Hideo Suspense (2010)

TV show

Strangers in the City
Strangers in the City (2010)

as Kazuo Hatano

2000s

31 titles · average score 62
Oppai Volleyball
Oppai Volleyball (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as Kenji Horiuchi

I Give My First Love to You
I Give My First Love to You (2009)
GoodWatch score 72

as Dr. Takahito Taneda

Team Batista no Eikō
Team Batista no Eikō (2008)

TV show · as 白鳥圭輔

K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
GoodWatch score 63

as Kogoro Akechi

Shaolin Girl
Shaolin Girl (2008)
GoodWatch score 49

as Yûichirô Ôba

The Kiss
The Kiss (2007)

as Hasegawa

The Animal Trail
The Animal Trail (2006)

TV show · as Haruki Hisatsune

Umizaru Evolution
Umizaru Evolution (2005)

TV show · as Masaki Ikezawa

The Black Leather Notebook
The Black Leather Notebook (2004)

TV show

Umineko - Inseparable
Umineko - Inseparable (2004)

as Hirotsugu Akagi

2009: Lost Memories
2009: Lost Memories (2002)
GoodWatch score 51

as Shojiro Saigo

Tokyo Raiders
Tokyo Raiders (2000)
GoodWatch score 56

as Takahashi

1990s

18 titles · average score 55
Ice World
Ice World (1999)

TV show · as Ujou Takeshi

Emergency Room 24 Hours
Emergency Room 24 Hours (1999)

TV show · as Hayato Teraizumi(寺泉 隼人)

Gen-X Cops
Gen-X Cops (1999)
GoodWatch score 56

as Akatora

A Sleeping Forest
A Sleeping Forest (1998)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
Abunai Deka Forever The Movie (1998)

as Toru Machida

Abunai Deka Returns
Abunai Deka Returns (1996)

as Toru Machida

Blue Tiger
Blue Tiger (1994)
GoodWatch score 52

as Seiji

29-sai no Christmas
29-sai no Christmas (1994)

TV show

New York Undercover Cop
New York Undercover Cop (1993)
GoodWatch score 41

as Toshi

Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power (1991)

as Nobunaga Oda

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)

TV show

Shingo's Ten Duels
Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)

as Musasabi no Genta

1980s

16 titles
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger (1989)

as Isshin Tasuke / Tokugawa Iemitsu

Dangerous Cops Again
Dangerous Cops Again (1988)

as Toru Machida

Love and Action in Osaka
Love and Action in Osaka (1988)

as Toru Yubari

Be-Bop Highschool: The Power
Be-Bop Highschool: The Power (1988)

as Toru Nakama

Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5
Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5 (1988)

as Tôru Nakamura

The Shinjuku Love Story
The Shinjuku Love Story (1987)

as Ichijoji

Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March
Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March (1987)

as Toru Nakama

Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody (1987)

as Toru Nakama

Dangerous Cops
Dangerous Cops (1987)

as Toru Machida

Be-Bop High School 2
Be-Bop High School 2 (1986)

as Toru Nakama

Dangerous Detective
Dangerous Detective (1986)

TV show · as Toru Machida

Be-Bop High School
Be-Bop High School (1985)

as Toru Nakama