
Birthday:
08-16-1996
(28 years)
Birthplace:
Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Kanichiro Sato (佐藤 寛一郎, Satō Kan'ichirō, born August 16, 1996), known by his stage name Kanichiro (寛一郎, Kan'ichirō) is a Japanese actor from Setagaya, Tokyo. His father was Koichi Sato and his grandfather was Rentaro Mikuni. He is managed by Humanité. He debuted in 2017 in the film Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda (The Anthem of the Heart), although his first acting role was in the film Kiku to Girochin (The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine), which was filmed in the fall of 2016, but was released in 2018.
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Hotel Iris
event2022 star_border 3
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Somewhere on the coast of Taiwan is Hotel Iris, a mouldering seaside establishment run by a cold and thrifty Japanese woman (Nahana) and her lonely half-Taiwanese daughter Mari (Lucia). One night, Mari hears the cries of a woman from the upper floors. Heading up to investigate, she witnesses a distraught woman in a red camisole dress escape an impeccably dressed but violent man (NAGASE Masatoshi) whose cold voice is entrancing. Mari’s initial shock turns into a strange fascination which drives her to follow the man to discover more about him. He is a translator who lives on an isolated island one can only reach by boat and rumours swirl around him and recent murders. The closer she gets to the man, the more a hidden layer of Mari’s personality awakens as she allows herself to be engulfed by his strange passions…
Kubi
Act like Mori Ranmaru
event2023 star_border 7.1
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Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Okiku and the World
Act like Chuji
event2023 star_border 7.2
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Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku, the only daughter of a fallen samurai, and amongst the overflowing piles of excrement, a well-nourished love story unfolds.
Phases of the Moon
Act like Nakanishi
event2022 star_border 7.5
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Osanai Kei enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Osanai Kozue and daughter Osanai Ruri, but his wife and daughter die in an accident. Osanai Kei's life suddenly changes. One day, a man named Misumi Akihiko visits Osanai Kei. Misumi Akihiko tells him that on the day Osanai Kozue and Osanai Ruri died, Osanai Ruri, who was a complete stranger to him, was coming to see him. Misumi Akihiko tells him about a woman named Masaki Ruri, who he once loved. These people, who don't seem related, connect under the name of love.
Promised Land
event2024
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Matagi is a group of hunters who lives in the mountains and targets wild animals including bears, but now more and more bear hunting is forbidden by the government. This is a story of two young matagi who struggle in their dying culture.
Desert of Namibia
Act like Honda
event2024 star_border 8.7
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Desert of Namibia follows a bipolar young woman who burns the candle at both ends. A portrait of an unidealized Tokyo gen-Z, that surprises with its incredible energy and irreverence.
Sisam
Act like Kojiro
event2024 star_border 9.6
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A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.
Grand Maison Paris
Act like Koichi Serita
event2024 star_border 7
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Famous Japanese chef Obana opens a new restaurant in Paris in the quest for his elusive third Michelin star. But Obana finds life as an outsider in Paris difficult, and even has trouble sourcing ingredients. His ambition causes tension with his team, including pâtissier Yuan, and sous chef Rinko. When his menu for a gala proves a disaster, Obana promises his former mentor that if he doesn't get three stars, he will leave Paris. Can he pull it off?
Migawari Mission
Act like Shimizu Ichigaku
event2024 star_border 6.5
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Kozukenosuke Kira is slashed with a sword by Ako Daimyo, who holds deep contempt towards Kozukenosuke Kira. Ako Daimyo then kills himself. Both of their families now fall into a big crisis. At this time, a vassal for the Kira family comes up with an extraordinary solution. The plan calls for Takaaki Kira, who is the younger brother of Kozukenosuke Kira, to pretend he is his older brother and deceive the shogunate. Takaaki Kira looks virtually identical to his older brother.
Kaburagi
event2024
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Kaburaki, a photographer for a weekly magazine, exposes a scandal that drives an actress to her death. He falls into a slump but vows to return to taking photographs to his boss and colleagues. One day he receives a message from an unknown source tipping him off about an idol he has been chasing.
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Act like Kohei
event2017 star_border 6.8
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In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.
The Anthem of the Heart
Act like Daiki Tasaki
event2017 star_border 7.6
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Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away so that she cannot hurt anyone with them. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical...
Chiwawa
Act like Katsuo
event2019 star_border 6.6
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Chiwawa is a popular girl. One day, her dismembered body is found in Tokyo Bay. Chiwawa's friends gather to remember her, but they realize they do not know anything about her background or even her real name.
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Act like Daijiro Furuta
event2018 star_border 6.2
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In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.
The Landlady
Act like Kaoru Yusa
event2019
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Looks back 20 years into the past of an elderly woman who died of heatstroke and paints a picture of a solitary woman's genuine despair.
Theatre: A Love Story
Act like Nohara
event2020 star_border 7.8
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The director of a theatre company is in crisis and his actors have lost confidence in him. One day he meets a woman wearing the same shoes as him, immediately sparking chemistry between the two.
Any Crybabies Around?
Act like Ryosuke Shiba
event2020 star_border 5.6
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A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.
AWAKE
Act like Nakajima Toru
event2020 star_border 6.5
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Eiichi wanted to become a top shogi player and attended a shogi player training center run by the Japan Shogi Association. At the training center, he could not beat Riku, who is extremely talented in the game, and Eiichi eventually gave up on becoming a shogi player. To live a more normal life, he enrolled in a university. Because he spent most of his time playing shogi, he has a hard time adjusting to campus life. He does not have any friends at school. One day, Eiichi comes across an AI based shogi computer program. The computer program is more creative and stronger than he expected. This piques Eiichi interest in computer programming, specifically for shogi games. He visits an AI research club and meets senior student Isono. He learns about computer programming from Isono and makes a new goal for himself. Eicchi now wants to write a top shogi computer program. A few years later, Eiichi wins a computer shogi competition. He receives a request to play against Riku.
I Never Shot Anyone
Act like Kaname Itsuki
event2020 star_border 7
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Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.
Gossip
Act like Kotaro Sasame (11 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.2
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Ririko Seko (Kuroki Haru), who works in the accounting department of a major publishing company, Kusunoki Publishing, is not very good at understanding other people's feelings or reading the atmosphere, but she has a strong desire to learn about the world and other people. In the accounting department, she is also known as Cerberus, the watchdog of hell, because of her strict checking skills.
Prism
Act like Araki Go (9 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7
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Maejima Satsuki works part-time at a garden centre in Tokyo. While her aspiration is to be a voice talent, she is on the verge of giving up. Satsuki has never been serious about what she does. It is the same with romance. However, she meets Morishita Riku, who is a garden designer. After a terrarium that she made captured his attention, Satsuki ends up helping out with a garden project he has undertaken.
Before long, the two of them become a couple. Then, the gardener, Shiraishi Yuma, joins the project, and Riku is greatly shaken. Satsuki is unaware of their reunion. The feelings of the three of them intertwine as they focus on completing the garden. Satsuki eventually makes a choice.
Ao to Boku
Act like Aitsu (6 ep.)
event2018 star_border 8
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There are three friends who have been together since high school, but in 2013, one of them died. The two people who are still alive are slowly trying to forget the death of his best friend and live their lives smoothly. However, in 2018 One of the friends receives an email from his best friend who died five years ago and accuses him of having forgotten it. From there, strange events take place in his entourage and to try to end it, he will seek to discover the truth behind the death of his friend with the help of Shiori who was with them in class in high school.
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
Act like 早见刚 (6 ep.)
event2019 star_border 8
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Saeki Shuichi was a detective, but he quit his job. He now works at a detective agency. One day, a couple asks the detective agency to find a man named Sakagami. The man killed the couple's son and served at a youth detention center. Kogure Masato is the director of the detective agency. He tells Shuichi to work on the case. Shuichi is also part of a victim's family. When he was a child, his older sister was murdered. While Shuichi watches Sakagami, the couple asks him to find some materials which will allow them to forgive Sakagami or not.
Grand Maison Tokyo
Act like Koichi Serita(芹田 公一) (11 ep.)
event2019 star_border 8.3
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Natsuki Obana (Takuya Kimura) is a charismatic Japanese chef running a 2-star restaurant in Paris. Despite an extreme pride and confidence, he can’t seem to earn the 3 stars he covets. Feeling the pressure of a career slipping away, Obana’s troubles are compounded when his restaurant is caught in a scandal that forces its closure and the departure of his staff. Amid his despair, a glimmer of hope arrives when he encounters a female chef with whom he is encouraged to start anew. Assembling a staff of talented chefs, he launches his restaurant but is constantly clashing with personnel. Can a middle-aged man once knocked down recover the verve of youth necessary to achieve a lifelong dream?
Shonan Junai Gumi!
Act like Eikichi Onizuka (8 ep.)
event2020 star_border 8.1
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Before Ekichi Onizuka would become “Great Teacher Onizuka“, he and Ryuji Danma were members of the infamous biker gang Oni-Baku. When they weren’t out riding around and getting into trouble, this duo could be found in school. Doing what you ask? Picking up women of course!
Heart Attack
Act like Umin (1 ep.)
event2024
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In a post-pandemic world, gene therapy has saved the human race from disease but has given birth to Variants: people with powers so unique, the government denies their human rights. Based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Shawn Kittelsen and Eric Zawadzki.
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