Masanobu Katsumura
Acting Born Jul 21, 1963 Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan 139 credits
Biography
Masanobu Katsumura is a Japanese actor. Born on July 21, 1963, in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, he is known for his work in the acting field. Katsumura has been involved in a significant number of projects, with a total of 143 known credits to his name. His acting career spans various film and television productions. Katsumura is also known by the stage name Masanobu Katsumura and has other names in Japanese and Korean languages. He has appeared in notable films such as Aibô, Hero, and Yoshitsune, which have contributed to his recognition in the industry.
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Career overview
Masanobu Katsumura is a male actor born on July 21, 1963, in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. His stage name in Japanese characters is written as 勝村政信. Throughout his career in the entertainment industry, he has accumulated 143 known credits for his work in acting.
His notable film and television projects include appearances in Aibo, Hero, and Yoshitsune. Additional information regarding his career highlights and personal background is documented across film databases such as The Movie Database and Kinobox, reflecting his established presence in media.
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Career timeline
One in a Million: Tax Squad
Emergency Interrogation Room: The Finalリア王A Brighter TomorrowShiba no Okite: Warera Inu Baka Henshu BuKimi wa Mendou na Konyakusha
Double Cheat: Itsuwari no KeikanYipsThe Great Passage: I'll Make a DictionaryDoctor X: The Movie FinalMy Diary
Hitman from TodayLawyer SodomGive My Regards to KenshirōKubiLegal Enforcement With Dogs
Saihara the Loan SharkThe Old Dog, New Tricks?Eating Crab with a YukionnaTabiya OkaeriLapis Lazuli and Crystals Shine When Illuminated
Kouiki Keisatsu 10Anonymous: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department "Finger Murder" Countermeasure OfficeMasquerade NightHell's GardenThe Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Alibi BreakerMeiji Kaika Shinjuurou TanteichouLast Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura
Heaven? ~My Restaurant, My Life~A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–Giwaku
Legal VBG: Personal BodyguardKamen Rider Build: Be The One4.50 from PaddingtonLast Hold!
Blade of the ImmortalPrison BreakLovers in the AtticThoughtsZenryoku Shissou
The Phantom Thief YAMANEKOKeishichō: Nasi Goreng-kaDoctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko SpecialCrystal's Beating
あてなよるMs. Sadistic DetectiveRyuzo and the Seven HenchmenGenius Detective Mitarai: Abstruse Case File
Hoshi Shin'ichi Mystery SpecialThis Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
Ooka EchizendinnerNew Brawler's WayNew Brawler's Way: Final ChapterHard Nut!
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko DaimonThe Holy MonstersVision - The Woman Who Can See MurderGakuRamo Trip
Asuka High School March!SukiyakiNoriko Goes to Seoulあゝ、荒野
From Me to YouTime Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through TimeHUNT - Tax Investigation OfficerUmizaru 3: The Last MessageHebi no Hito
SmileJu-On: Black GhostZenThe Flowers on Ghost Town
Code BlueNadeshiko TaiThe Auditor
HeroLifeKimi Ga Kureta NatsuAkanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
Returning the FavorHERO SP新・細うで繁盛記Tokyo Friends: The Movie
Tokyo FriendsRuri's IslandNatsumeke no ShokutakuVisas for Life
The Hotel VenusMondai no Nai Watashitachi
Diamond GirlInnocence in BloomChinese Cuisine Served Star Leo Style
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective DuoThe Private Detective MikeHanako-san Lives in a LockerCross of Roses
HeroStar StruckFighting Girl
Godzilla vs. MegaguirusHot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion
Salaryman Kintaroおとり捜査官・北見志穂ⅡKeihoHot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage蜷川幸雄演出「パンドラの鐘」
You Alone Can't See
Haru yo koi
Full Filmography
139 titles- One in a Million: Tax Squad (2026) as Haijima Naoya
- Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final (2025)
- リア王 (2025)
- A Brighter Tomorrow (2025) as Satojiro Katsuragi
- Shiba no Okite: Warera Inu Baka Henshu Bu (2025)
- Kimi wa Mendou na Konyakusha (2025) as Tachibana Makio
- Watashi ga Anata to Iru Riyu: Guam wo Otozureta 3 Kumi no Danjo no 1 Shukan (2025) as Kenjiro Hanada
- New Abarenbō Shōgun (2025) as Tadasuke Ooka
- Double Cheat: Itsuwari no Keikan (2024) as Hiroyuki Shikano
- Yips (2024) as Hatsuda Yutaka
- The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary (2024)
- Doctor X: The Movie Final (2024)
- My Diary (2024) as Yoshihiro Kita
- The Old One (2024)
- Alibi Breaker Special (2024) as Makimura Takumi
- Hiroshige Blue (2024)
- 広重ぶるう (2024)
- Hitman from Today (2023) as Endo Tamotsu
- Lawyer Sodom (2023) as Hiroshi Odagiri
- Give My Regards to Kenshirō (2023) as Nishigakami
- Kubi (2023) as Saito Toshimitsu
- Legal Enforcement With Dogs (2023) as Hino Junji
- Kusuburi Onna to Sundome Onna (2023)
- The Water Flows to the Sea (2023) as Jingo Sakaki
- Bankake ~ Metropolitan Police Department Automobile Police Unit (2023)
- Tiger Cave (2023)
- Saihara the Loan Shark (2022) as Takeyuki Tanaka
- The Old Dog, New Tricks? (2022) as Hiroaki Mitsuoka
- Eating Crab with a Yukionna (2022) as Yukieda Kazuki
- Tabiya Okaeri (2022) as Satoru Abe
- Lapis Lazuli and Crystals Shine When Illuminated (2022) as Shuji Misumi
- Kouiki Keisatsu 10 (2021)
- Anonymous: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department "Finger Murder" Countermeasure Office (2021) as Koshigaya Shinjirou
- Masquerade Night (2021) as Masaaki Sono
- Hell's Garden (2021) as Taeko
- The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood (2021)
- 14 Circumstances of Boys With Reasons Why They Cannot Return to Jimoto (2021) as Yoshida
- Bitter Woman's Lonely Meal (2021)
- ドクターエッグス～研修医・蟻原涼平～ (2021)
- Ooka Echizen Special-Shadow Master Scattered in Early Spring (2021)
- Alibi Breaker (2020) as Takumi Makimura
- Meiji Kaika Shinjuurou Tanteichou (2020)
- Last Line Detective Tsuyoshi Iwakura (2020)
- Heaven? ~My Restaurant, My Life~ (2019) as Keitaro Tsutsumi
- A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team– (2019) as Teshirogi Yukio
- Giwaku (2019)
- Legal V (2018) as Takashi Otaka
- BG: Personal Bodyguard (2018) as Kenzō Omata
- Kamen Rider Build: Be The One (2018) as Kengo Inou · Kamen Rider Blood
- 4.50 from Paddington (2018) as Chief Inspector Karaki
- Last Hold! (2018)
- Butterfly Sleep (2018) as Ishii
- Blade of the Immortal (2017)
- Prison Break (2017)
- Lovers in the Attic (2017) as Makoto Saijo
- Thoughts (2017) as Kabayama Rikimaru
- Zenryoku Shissou (2017)
- Pensées (2017) as Kabayama Rikimaru
- The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO (2016)
- Keishichō: Nasi Goreng-ka (2016) as Akihiko Ibuki
- Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~ (2016) as Hideki Kaji
- Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special (2016)
- Crystal's Beating (2016)
- Iyana onna (2016)
- Somebody's Xylophone (2016) as Kotaro Oyomi
- Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor (2016) as Kotaro Terajima
- あてなよる (2015)
- Ms. Sadistic Detective (2015) as Tsuneo Arisugawa
- Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen (2015) as Ryuhei
- Genius Detective Mitarai: Abstruse Case File (2015)
- Hoshi Shin'ichi Mystery Special (2014)
- This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer (2014) as 須藤
- Ooka Echizen (2013) as Sakakibara Iori
- dinner (2013)
- New Brawler's Way (2013)
- New Brawler's Way: Final Chapter (2013)
- Hard Nut! (2013) as Kouji Kobayashi
- The Complex (2013) as Isao Ninomiya
- Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012) as Hideki Kaji
- The Holy Monsters (2012) as Ryoji Mizuhara
- Vision - The Woman Who Can See Murder (2012) as Koki Kiyosue
- Gaku (2012) as Oshita
- Ramo Trip (2012)
- Asuka High School March! (2011) as Omukai Toru
- Sukiyaki (2011)
- Noriko Goes to Seoul (2011)
- あゝ、荒野 (2011)
- From Me to You (2010) as Sawako's Father
- Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010) as Goro Asakura
- HUNT - Tax Investigation Officer (2010) as Shihachi Hino
- Umizaru 3: The Last Message (2010)
- Hebi no Hito (2010)
- Smile (2009) as Kashiwagi Keisuke
- Ju-On: Black Ghost (2009) as Yokota
- Zen (2009)
- The Flowers on Ghost Town (2009) as 柳川隆
- Code Blue (2008) as Morimoto Tadashi
- Nadeshiko Tai (2008)
- The Auditor (2008)
- Hero (2007) as Tatsuo Egami
- Life (2007) as Toshikatsu Sako
- Kimi Ga Kureta Natsu (2007)
- Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky (2007) as Kajiro
- Returning the Favor (2006) as Hiroaki Sakaki
- HERO SP (2006) as Tatsuo Egami
- 新・細うで繁盛記 (2006) as 原田 正五
- Tokyo Friends: The Movie (2006) as Kazuo Sasakawa
- Tokyo Friends (2005) as Kazuo Sasakawa（笹川 和夫）
- Ruri's Island (2005) as Matsukuma Koji
- Natsumeke no Shokutaku (2005)
- Visas for Life (2005) as Mitsuya Takigawa
- The Hotel Venus (2004)
- Mondai no Nai Watashitachi (2004) as Fuminari Sasaoka
- Diamond Girl (2003) as Makimura
- Innocence in Bloom (2003)
- Chinese Cuisine Served Star Leo Style (2003) as Noguchi Takuro
- AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002) as Taku Umayadani
- The Private Detective Mike (2002)
- Hanako-san Lives in a Locker (2002) as Ozono Takafumi
- Cross of Roses (2002) as Jin Kitamura
- Hero (2001) as Tatsuo Egami / 江上达夫
- Star Struck (2001)
- Fighting Girl (2001) as Otomo
- Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) as Makoto Nikura
- Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 2: The Explosion (2000)
- Salaryman Kintaro (1999) as Masakazu Tanaka
- おとり捜査官・北見志穂Ⅱ (1999) as Toyotsugu Saita
- Keiho (1999) as Sunaoka
- Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage (1999)
- 蜷川幸雄演出「パンドラの鐘」 (1999)
- You Alone Can't See (1998) as Yoichi Nishikawa
- Haru yo koi (1994) as 長坂伸三
- Sonatine (1993) as Ryoji
- Convenience Jack (1992)
- Cover as Many Waves as Possible (1991) as Ikemoto
- God's Pinch Hitter (1991)
- The Reason Why I Became Ill (1990)
- Only 5 Grams (1988)
- Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983) as Kenji Okkotsu
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Masanobu Katsumura best known for?
Masanobu Katsumura is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Blade of the Immortal (2017), Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012), Mrs. Cop (2015), Code Blue (2008).
When and where was Masanobu Katsumura born?
Masanobu Katsumura was born on July 21, 1963 in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
How many credits does Masanobu Katsumura have?
Masanobu Katsumura has accumulated over 139 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1983 to 2026.
What is Masanobu Katsumura's background in cinema and television?
Masanobu Katsumura is a Japanese actor. Born on July 21, 1963, in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, he is known for his work in the acting field. Katsumura has been involved in a significant number of projects, with a total of 143 known credits to his name. His acting career spans various film and television productio...