Kankuro Kudo — Director (4)
Manhattan Love Story (2003) [TV] TMDB IMDb
マンハッタンラブストーリー
director: Kankuro Kudo actor: Masahiro Matsuoka / Suzuki Matsuo
other title: マンハッタンラブストーリー
Next door to Chuo TV's offices is "Manhattan," a coffee shop for aficionados. The owner's passion for coffee is almost a sickness and all he wants is for his customers to enjoy their coffee. He is a man of few words. If he has to say something, he gets his waiter Shinobu Gamo to speak on his behalf. Owner's real name is unknown. He would prefer to be addressed as the shops' "Master" rather than its owner - not that anyone is aware of this. He gives his all to coffee. Despite his wishes, his regular customers don't really come to taste the coffee. They are there because of love. They use his shop as a place for dates, marriage proposals and break-ups. He doesn't show it, but it saddens him that his customers are so preoccupied with affairs of the heart and not the coffee.
Story of My Family!!! (2021) [TV] IMDb TMDB
俺の家の話
director: Kankuro Kudo actor: Tomoya Nagase / Erika Toda
other title: 俺の家の話
An aging pro wrestler returns to fight for his inheritance when his father — a respected Noh actor — threatens to leave his fortune to his caregiver.
Extremely Inappropriate! (2024) [TV] TMDB
不適切にもほどがある!
director: Kankuro Kudo / Fuminori Kaneko actor: Sadawo Abe / Riisa Naka
other title: 不適切にもほどがある!
Ichiro is a PE teacher in 1986 feared by his students for a "tough love" approach, harsh tongue and frequently “inappropriate” behavior. He’s also a dad trying to raise a rebellious daughter after having lost his wife to illness. When he gets transported in time to 2024, he encounters modern sensibilities that teach him about empathy but also gives people of today a reason to rethink their own political correctness in this time traversing comedy about change.
Amachan (2013) [TV] IMDb TMDB
あまちゃん
director: Kankuro Kudo / Teruyuki Yoshida actor: Non / Ai Hashimoto
other title: あまちゃん
Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.