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Shôichirô Masumoto

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  • Writer
  • Director
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Yamishibai
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Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (2013– )
Shôichirô Masumoto was born on 10 July 1969 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Versus (2000), Maichi monji Gû (2009) and Any and Every Which Way (2010). He has been married to Mīna Tominaga since August 2001. They have one child.
BornJuly 10, 1969
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    • Known for

    Versus (2000)
    Versus
    6.3
    • One-handed cop
    • 2000
    Maichi monji Gû
    • Writer
    • 2009
    Any and Every Which Way (2010)
    Any and Every Which Way
    5.0
    • Writer
    • 2010
    The Death Game on the Yamanote Line (2005)
    The Death Game on the Yamanote Line
    Video
    • Writer
    • 2005

    Credits

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    Actor

    • I Maid Mermaid
      TV Mini Series
      • Gorô Satô
      • 2024
    • Tatta ichido no yakusoku: Jidai ni fuin sareta nihonjin (2014)
      Tatta ichido no yakusoku: Jidai ni fuin sareta nihonjin
      TV Movie
      • 2014
    • Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories (2013)
      Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories
      7.0
      TV Series
      • (voice)
      • 2013
    • Orpheus' Lyre (2013)
      Orpheus' Lyre
      6.9
      • 2013
    • Judas
      5.3
      • 2013
    • Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale (2010)
      Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
      6.1
      • 2010
    • The Shock Labyrinth (2009)
      The Shock Labyrinth
      3.9
      • 2009
    • Itao Itsuji no datsugoku-ô (2009)
      Itao Itsuji no datsugoku-ô
      5.9
      • 2009
    • Goemon (2009)
      Goemon
      6.6
      • 2009
    • Gekijô-ban: Erîto Yankî Saburô (2009)
      Gekijô-ban: Erîto Yankî Saburô
      6.0
      • 2009
    • Sôsuke Takaoka, Shun Oguri, Kenta Kiritani, Takayuki Yamada, Yû Koyanagi, and Nobuaki Kaneko in Crows Zero II (2009)
      Crows Zero II
      7.2
      • 2009
    • New Type: Tada ai no tame ni (2008)
      New Type: Tada ai no tame ni
      6.0
      • 2008
    • Happy dâtsu (2008)
      Happy dâtsu
      4.8
      • 2008
    • Haruka Ayase in Ichi (2008)
      Ichi
      6.5
      • 2008
    • Brittany Murphy in The Ramen Girl (2008)
      The Ramen Girl
      6.3
      • (uncredited)
      • 2008

    Writer

    • Kazuma Kawamura and Yuta Nakamoto in High & Low: The Worst X (2022)
      High & Low: The Worst X
      6.7
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • 6 from High & Low: The Worst (2020)
      6 from High & Low: The Worst
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • screenplay
      • 2020
    • Stop the Bitch Campaign: Reboot (2020)
      Stop the Bitch Campaign: Reboot
      4.2
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • High & Low: The Worst Episode.0 (2019)
      High & Low: The Worst Episode.0
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • screenwriter
      • 2019
    • Jin Shirasu, Reiya Masaki, Ruka Matsuda, Natsumi Okamoto, Akane Sakanoue, and Masato Hanazawa in Back Street Girls: Gokudols (2019)
      Back Street Girls: Gokudols
      5.6
      • screenplay
      • 2019
    • Sengoku Danshi (2011)
      Sengoku Danshi
      TV Series
      • teleplay
      • 2011
    • Men's Egg Drummers (2011)
      Men's Egg Drummers
      7.1
      • screenplay
      • 2011
    • Moonlight Mask (2011)
      Moonlight Mask
      4.9
      • screenplay
      • 2011
    • Any and Every Which Way (2010)
      Any and Every Which Way
      5.0
      • screenplay
      • 2010
    • Takahiro Nishijima in Gôsuto furenzu (2009)
      Gôsuto furenzu
      7.2
      TV Series
      • teleplay
      • 2009
    • Maichi monji Gû
      • screenplay
      • 2009
    • Maicchingu Machiko! Biginzu
      • screenplay
      • 2005
    • The Death Game on the Yamanote Line (2005)
      The Death Game on the Yamanote Line
      Video
      • written by
      • 2005
    • Oppai seijin
      • screenplay
      • 2005
    • Chromartie High - The Movie (2005)
      Chromartie High - The Movie
      6.1
      • screenplay
      • 2005

    Director

    • High & Low: The Worst Episode.0 (2019)
      High & Low: The Worst Episode.0
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Any and Every Which Way (2010)
      Any and Every Which Way
      5.0
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Maichi monji Gû
      • Director
      • 2009
    • The Death Game on the Yamanote Line (2005)
      The Death Game on the Yamanote Line
      Video
      • Director
      • 2005

    Videos2

    The Shock Labyrinth
    Trailer 2:02
    The Shock Labyrinth
    Yamishibai
    Trailer 0:31
    Yamishibai
    Yamishibai
    Trailer 0:31
    Yamishibai

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Shoichiro Masumoto
    • Born
      • July 10, 1969
      • Osaka, Japan
    • Spouse
      • Mīna TominagaAugust 2001 - present (1 child)

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