Films in Production (7 titles)	Budget	Status
The End of the World (2026) Takeshi Takeshi See fewer		Completed
Shurale (2025) (Short) - Ismatulla Ismatulla See fewer	$27K	Completed
Dream Kiss Cry Mr. Yamakawa, Assistant Producer Mr. Yamakawa, Assistant Producer See fewer		Post-Prod
Shintaro (Short) - Shintaro Shintaro See fewer		Announced
Spades Saito Saito See fewer		Post-Prod
The Weight of Darkness Hiroki Yamada Hiroki Yamada See fewer		Post-Prod
Want to Hear A Story? (Short) - Samurai Samurai See fewer	$10K	Completed

Television in Production (2 titles)	Episodes	Status
Grip (2025) (TV Series) - Master Rugu (1 episode, 2025) Master Rugu (1 episode, 2025) See fewer — Grip the Movie (Nov 5, 2025) Season 4, Episode 1 - Master Rugu Master Rugu See fewer	1
Primitive (TV Series) - Hikaru (1 episode) Hikaru (1 episode) See fewer — Blind Sighted Season 1, Episode 1 - Hikaru Hikaru See fewer	1

Past Film & Video (42 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
Single Malt Sadness (2025) (Short) - Kai Kai See fewer	$20K
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter (2024) Kashima Kashima See fewer	$570K
Bullet Train (2022) Minegishi Minegishi See fewer	$86MM	$30MM	$103MM	$239MM
Yae: The Blind Samurai Woman (2022) (Short) - Kiyomasa Sato Kiyomasa Sato See fewer
White Orchids (2021) (Short) - Man Man See fewer	$1K
A Life in Pieces: The Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami (2021) (Short) - Naoichi Hayami Naoichi Hayami See fewer
Super Hot (2021) Warren Van Helsing Warren Van Helsing See fewer
Guts (2020) Gombei, Japanese Script Translator Gombei, Japanese Script Translator See fewer
How to Make it in Marketing (2020) (Short) - Mr. Shimamato Mr. Shimamato See fewer	$8K
Snuff (2020) (Short) - Kazuo Tatekawa Kazuo Tatekawa See fewer	$1K
Beckman (2020) Terence The Administrator Terence The Administrator See fewer	$1.2MM
Killing Ray Yamamoto (2020) (Short) - Ray Yamamoto Ray Yamamoto See fewer
Don't Try This Alone (2020) (Short) - Benny Benny See fewer
Devil in a Dress (2020) (Short) - Katashi Katashi See fewer
My Alien Girlfriend (2019) Dr. Lee Dr. Lee See fewer
Porn Girl (2019) Toshiro Toshiro See fewer
The Delivery Man (2019) (Short) - Assassin Assassin See fewer	$2K
Job Interview (2018) (Short) - Kacho-san, Writer, Director, Composer, Editor, … See more Kacho-san, Writer, Director, Composer, Editor, Producer, Sound Mixer See fewer	AUD 1K
Nekrotronic (2018) Ghost Ghost See fewer				$78K
Chocolate Oyster (2018) Bar Patron Bar Patron See fewer
Daily Bread (2018) (Short) - Camp Commandant Camp Commandant See fewer
The Broken Moment of Silence (2017) (Short) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Hadrian's Wall (2017) (Short) - Japanese News Reporter Japanese News Reporter See fewer	CAD 5K
Top Knot Detective (2017) Detective Oshiro Detective Oshiro See fewer
Hong Kong Shogun (2016) (Short) - The Hong Kong Showgun The Hong Kong Showgun See fewer
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Japanese Officer Japanese Officer See fewer	$40MM	$15MM	$67MM	$181MM
Parfum Fatale (2015) Katashi Katashi See fewer
Terminus (2015) Field Scientist Field Scientist See fewer				$101
Unbreakable (2015) (Short) - Candidate one Candidate one See fewer	AUD 2K
All About E (2015) Runner Runner See fewer	AUD 780K
The Challenge Letter (2015) TOMIOKA TOMIOKA See fewer
A New Life (2014) (Short) - Vince Vince See fewer
Baby Dragon (2014) (Short) - Tourist 1 Tourist 1 See fewer	AUD 15K
Bajingan (2014) (Short) - Eddy Eddy See fewer
Thugs' Love (2014) (Short) - Poker Player 1 Poker Player 1 See fewer
Unbroken (2014) Tokyo Radio Man (uncredited) Tokyo Radio Man (uncredited) See fewer	$65MM	$31MM	$116MM	$161MM
Absolute Beginners (2014) (Short) - Hiroshi Hiroshi See fewer	AUD 5K
Heirloom (2014) (Short) - Yakuza 1, Producer Yakuza 1, Producer See fewer
NO(Sigma)M-W (2013) (Short) - Zombie Production Coordinator, Writer, Co-producer Zombie Production Coordinator, Writer, Co-producer See fewer	AUD 1K
The Railway Man (2013) Temporary Voiceover Artist Temporary Voiceover Artist See fewer	$18MM	$62K	$4.4MM	$24MM
The Wolverine (2013) Ninja (uncredited) Ninja (uncredited) See fewer	$120MM	$53MM	$133MM	$415MM
Fish Out of Water (2004) (Short) - Yamaguchi Yamaguchi See fewer	AUD 1K

Past Television (10 titles)	Episodes
Paper Empire (2025) (TV Series) - Nakamoto (1 episode, 2025) Nakamoto (1 episode, 2025) See fewer Pilot (2026) Season 1, Episode 1 - Nakamoto Nakamoto See fewer	1
Grip (2024–2025) (TV Series) - Master Rugu (10 episodes, 2024) Master Rugu (10 episodes, 2024) See fewer Everywhere (Feb 12, 2025) Season 3, Episode 5 - Master Rugu Master Rugu See fewer See more See fewer Loading	10
Bloody Legends Lost Season (2024) (TV Mini-series) - Nobuaki Nipponichi / News Anchor (1 episode, 2024) Nobuaki Nipponichi / News Anchor (1 episode, 2024) See fewer Reality Show Scruples (Apr 15, 2024) Season 1, Episode 2 - Nobuaki Nipponichi / News Anchor Nobuaki Nipponichi / News Anchor See fewer	1
The Food That Built America (2022) (TV Series) - Yunosuke Aoki (1 episode, 2022) Yunosuke Aoki (1 episode, 2022) See fewer Chain Reaction (May 1, 2022) Season 3, Episode 10 - Yunosuke Aoki Yunosuke Aoki See fewer	1
Naruto: Climbing Silver (2021) (TV Mini-series) - Shikaku Nara (1 episode, 2021) Shikaku Nara (1 episode, 2021) See fewer Episode #1.4 (Apr 9, 2021) Season 1, Episode 4 - Shikaku Nara Shikaku Nara See fewer	1
Abandoned (2018) (TV Series) - Hiroshi (3 episodes, 2018), Extras Casting (1 episode, 2018), Second Assistant Director (1 episode, 2018) Hiroshi (3 episodes, 2018), Extras Casting (1 episode, 2018), Second Assistant Director (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Episode #1.3 (Mar 1, 2018) Season 1, Episode 3 - Hiroshi Hiroshi See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3
A Place to Call Home (2017) (TV Series) - Japanese Guard (as Shimmy Shimamoto) (1 episode, 2017) Japanese Guard (as Shimmy Shimamoto) (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Fallout (Oct 15, 2017) Season 5, Episode 2 - Japanese Guard (as Shimmy Shimamoto) Japanese Guard (as Shimmy Shimamoto) See fewer	1
White Rabbit Project (2016) (TV Series) - Chen (uncredited) (1 episode, 2016) Chen (uncredited) (1 episode, 2016) See fewer Scam Artists (Dec 9, 2016) Season 1, Episode 4 - Chen (uncredited) Chen (uncredited) See fewer	1
Blind Justice (2016) (TV Series) - Detective Nobuaki Masato (1 episode, 2016) Detective Nobuaki Masato (1 episode, 2016) See fewer Requital (Jun 1, 2016) Season 1, Episode 8 - Detective Nobuaki Masato Detective Nobuaki Masato See fewer	1
Atomic Kingdom (2013–2014) (TV Series) - Lord Daichi / Vampire (3 episodes, 2013) Lord Daichi / Vampire (3 episodes, 2013) See fewer Iron Hearts (Dec 7, 2014) Season 1, Episode 10 - Lord Daichi Lord Daichi See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3

Commercials (5 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
ALDI *	a Tester	BMF/Steve Ayson
Liberty Flights *	Chef	Locals Pony / Angus Mullane
Orion Beer *	A happy man	Orion Beer
A-League ad *	an Official Referee	A-league
Rugby world cup heineken *	Featured extra	Heineken

Modeling (2 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Resmed *	A Doctor	Little Bird Pictures/Mark Ryan
Studio Bosozoku shoot *	A man	Studio Bosozoku/Christopher Drew

Print (2 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
NSW Department of Transport *	a Commuter	Tim Bauer
Michael Page International *	A business man	Zahn Pithers

Voice Over (3 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Both Sides Now *	Japanese man	Media Stockade / Rebecca Barry
The Railway Man *	Japanese Soldier	Archer Street Productions / Jonathan Teplitzky
A Place to Call home *	Japanese Guard	Seven networks/Kevin Carlin

Film (41 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Abandoned : Growing Up *	Hiroshi	Trigger Media Productions/Nathan Colquhoun
Hacksaw Ridge *	Japanese Officer	Mel Gibson
Nightwatcher *	Knight`	Adam Harley
Daily Bread *	The Camp Commandant	Ruby Challenger
Hello Au Revoir *	Masao	Zelica Films/ Jason Croot
Guts *	Gombei	DarkHorizons 13/Zachariah Shanahan
Bloody Legends "Yara" *	Kyo Takemura	Media 42 / Doug Turner
The Challenge Letter *	Tomioka	Nathan Colquhoun
Blind Justice *	Detective Nobuaki Masato	Shadow Wolves Productions/Ross Page
Driving Lesson *	Hiroshi	Nathan Colquhoun
Thug's love *	As a poker player	Sydney Film School / Clifford McBride
Job Interview *	Kacho san	Shimfilm / Nobuaki Shimamoto
Girls.Guns.Gore.Parkour *	Luther	GCImagery / Gareth Carr
Heirloom *	As Yakuza 1	Team Kuzuri / Honsen Haga
Drawing Aiden *	The Blind man	Cabello Films / Simon Cabello
Terminus *	As Scientist	Maddfilms / Marc Furmie
A new Life *	As Vincent	Andreas Toumbas
Parfum Fatale *	As Katashi	Morgan Duncan / Propaganda Studios
The Walkers *	As the Walker	Brendan Byrne / Shadow Wolves Productions
Chocolate Oyster *	Customer	Steve Jaggi
The Trouble with e *	an audience	Girls' Own Pictures / Louise Wadley
Bad Day in Belgrade *	A business man	Red Square Films / Marc Windon
Unbroken *	Tokyo Radio Man	Universal Pictures / Angelina Jolie
The Hunger *	Scott	Clifford McBride
Somnium *	the doctor	Olivia Fricot
NOSM-W *	Zombie Production Coordinator	Team Kuzuri / Hiroshi Kasuga
Baby Dragon *	A tourist 1	Sage Godrei
Blood Aliquot / Night Shift *	Bill	Belinda Evans
Bajingan *	Eddy	Dream in Motion / Phil Wittmer
Super Ultimate World Champion Fight Master *	Dwayne	Owari films / Aimee Kubo
A PRINCE *	Nobu Oda	Coffeeboy Productions / Christopher Sellers
Meeting Doctor Taylor *	a Waiter	KCB Productions / Kacey Baker
Slender man *	Sunsuke	Sean Murphy
Rhino Digital Production Promotion film *	Yakuza boss	Rhino Digital Production /Darvin Dela cluz
Felony *	A Neighbour	Benaroya Pictures / Matthew Saville
The Wolverine *	Ninja, Asher etc...	Twentieth Century Fox/James Mangold
2 Graves *	The hit man	oomphstudio / Martin Grman
Dream Kiss Cry *	Mr, Yamakawa	Barefeet films/Melanie Carlile
Secret Duet *	the Head Quarter Officer	Thomas Pecheur
Linked by the blood *	The Samurai	Anne-Sophie MARION
Fish out of water *	Yamaguchi	Pine Box Productions/Kenn Stollery-Jones

Television (11 titles)	Role / Position	Company / Director
Manhunt *	A shop assistant	Seven Networks/Matthew Tomaszewski
A Place to Call home *	A Japanese business man	Seven networks
White Rabbit Project *	Chen	Beyond Production/ John Mavety
Top Knot Detective *	Detective Oshiro	Blue Forest Media/Aaron MaCann and Dominic Pearce
Atomic Kingdom *	Lord Daichi	Jimikpop Pictures/James Peniata
Deadly Women *	As Shimji Wakabayashi	Beyond Productions Pty Ltd / Katie Ryerson
Absolute Beginners (Pilot) *	Hiroshi	Ross Logan
Atomic Kingdom Bound By Blood *	a Vampire	Jimikpop Pictures / Lily Cheng
A place to call home *	1950's Japanese Business man	Seven Network / Ian Barry
Old School *	a Detective	Matchbox Pictures / Gregor Jordan
Both Side Now *	The Japanese man	Media Stockade / Rebecca Barry

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