Hideaki Itô

Biography

Hideaki Ito is a Japanese actor who was born in Gifu in 1975 and came to the profession by chance, taking second place in a talent contest for young male actors at eighteen and signing with a talent agency. He is best known for the lead in Umizaru, a television and film series adapted from a manga about rescue diver trainees in Kure that ran from 2004 to 2014, with each of its movies ranking among Japan's highest-grossing releases. Among more than 50 films and drama series, he starred in Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), which featured Quentin Tarantino and was entered at the 64th Venice Film Festival, and in Wood Job!, for which he took the Best Supporting Actor prize at the Japan Academy Film Prize in 2015.

Movie Career

Films: 11
Career span: 22 years2001 to 2023

Genres

Action55%, 6 films
Drama55%, 6 films
Adventure18%, 2 films
History18%, 2 films
Sci-Fi18%, 2 films

First and latest

Hideaki Itô movies on Netflix

The Legend & Butterfly2023IMDb rating 6.5as Fukuzumi Heitaō Sadaie
Kamen Rider Zero-One The Movie: REAL×TIME2020IMDb rating 7.3as Rihito Isshiki…
The Doorman2020IMDb rating 4.7as Leo
March Comes in Like a Lion2017IMDb rating 6.6as Masamune Goto
Memoirs of a Murderer2017IMDb rating 6.8as Wataru Makimura
Wood Job!2014IMDb rating 7.5as Yoki Iida
Lesson of the Evil2012IMDb rating 6.6as Seiji Hasumi
Kamui2009IMDb rating 5.6as Fudo
Sukiyaki Western Django2007IMDb rating 6.1as Gunman
When the Last Sword Is Drawn2002IMDb rating 7.4as Yoshinobu Tokugawa
The Princess Blade2001IMDb rating 5.6as Takashi

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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Sukiyaki Western Django2007 Action, Westernas Gunman
IMDb rating 6.116K votes
Lesson of the Evil2012 Horror, Thrilleras Seiji Hasumi
IMDb rating 6.67.3K votes
Wood Job!2014as Yoki Iida
IMDb rating 7.54.4K votes
The Princess Blade2001as Takashi
IMDb rating 5.63.1K votes
Memoirs of a Murderer2017as Wataru Makimura
IMDb rating 6.82.4K votes
The Doorman2020as Leo
IMDb rating 4.79.4K votes
The Legend & Butterfly2023as Fukuzumi Heitaō Sadaie
IMDb rating 6.5760 votes
Kamui2009as Fudo
IMDb rating 5.61.2K votes

Most often with

Takashi Miike directed two of these films, Keishi Otomo two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Shôta Sometani

Kôichi Satô

Ryô Iwamatsu

Ryô Kase

Yôji Tanaka

Yutaka Matsushige

Takashi MiikeDirector, 2 filmsKeishi OtomoDirector, 2 films

Films together

Shôta Sometani3 films together, 2012 to 2017
Shôta Sometani's page
- March Comes in Like a Lion2017IMDb rating 6.6Itô as Masamune GotoSometani as Harunobu Nikaido
- Wood Job!2014IMDb rating 7.5Itô as Yoki IidaSometani as Yuki Hirano
- Lesson of the Evil2012IMDb rating 6.6Itô as Seiji HasumiSometani as Keisuke Hayami
Kôichi Satô3 films together, 2002 to 2009
Kôichi Satô's page
- Kamui2009IMDb rating 5.6Itô as FudoSatô as Gumbei
- Sukiyaki Western Django2007IMDb rating 6.1Itô as GunmanSatô as Taira no Kiyomori
- When the Last Sword Is Drawn2002IMDb rating 7.4Itô as Yoshinobu TokugawaSatô as Hajime Saito
Ryô Iwamatsu3 films together, 2012 to 2017
Ryô Iwamatsu's page
- March Comes in Like a Lion2017IMDb rating 6.6Itô as Masamune GotoIwamatsu as Takanori Jinguji
- Memoirs of a Murderer2017IMDb rating 6.8Itô as Wataru MakimuraIwamatsu as Akihiro Yamagata
- Lesson of the Evil2012IMDb rating 6.6Itô as Seiji HasumiIwamatsu as Masao Nadamori
Ryô Kase2 films together, 2002 to 2017
Ryô Kase's page
- March Comes in Like a Lion2017IMDb rating 6.6Itô as Masamune GotoKase as Toji Soya
- When the Last Sword Is Drawn2002IMDb rating 7.4Itô as Yoshinobu TokugawaKase as Shûhei Kondô
Yôji Tanaka2 films together, 2007 to 2014
Yôji Tanaka's page
- Wood Job!2014IMDb rating 7.5Itô as Yoki IidaTanaka as Instuctor
- Sukiyaki Western Django2007IMDb rating 6.1Itô as Gunman
Yutaka Matsushige2 films together, 2001 to 2007
Yutaka Matsushige's page
- Sukiyaki Western Django2007IMDb rating 6.1Itô as GunmanMatsushige as Toshio
- The Princess Blade2001IMDb rating 5.6Itô as TakashiMatsushige as Anka
Takashi MiikeDirector, 2 films, 2007 to 2012
- Lesson of the Evil2012IMDb rating 6.6Itô as Seiji Hasumi
- Sukiyaki Western Django2007IMDb rating 6.1Itô as Gunman
Keishi OtomoDirector, 2 films, 2017 to 2023
- The Legend & Butterfly2023IMDb rating 6.5Itô as Fukuzumi Heitaō Sadaie
- March Comes in Like a Lion2017IMDb rating 6.6Itô as Masamune Goto
Also two films together2 more actors
- Miki NakataniThe Legend & Butterfly (2023) and When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002)
- Masato SakaiSukiyaki Western Django (2007) and When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2002)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

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