Murakami Nijiro | Psycho-Drama

Spotlight

2 years ago “Sasaki in My Mind” (2020) – One day, the final goodbye will come. It’ll be a goodbye to your own self.
2 years ago “Hot Gimmick: Boy Meets Girl” (2019) – An exaggerated trip through the mess of teenagehood
3 years ago “Alice in Borderland” (2020) – Life or Death. Which one are you choosing? [Ep1]
3 years ago Food for Thought: “Gekijo” (2020)
3 years ago “Tomodachi Game” (2017) – Are friends really worth getting in debt over? [Drama + Movies]
4 years ago “Kingdom” (2019) – China’s Warring States period in a seinen LA jacket
4 years ago “12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi” (2019) – a murder mystery gone a different route
5 years ago 2018 Miscellaneous Japanese Dramas
5 years ago “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2017) – What would you do if you’d become immortal overnight?
5 years ago “Hana Nochi Hare” – First Impressions [Ep1]

A new generation is coming: When you’re an upcoming star, your list of rivals is never-ending (Part1)

Posted on November 28, 2019June 3, 2021 by Kaye

Casting News + Scoop! [Aug 5-11] Suga Kenta’s Chotto Mate Yakyubu! + Murakami Nijiro”s time travels + Setoutsumi re-casting of Hayama Shono & Takasugi Mahiro + Energizing Matsuzaka Tori’s acting career!

Posted on August 10, 2017October 2, 2019 by Jed

Massive updates courtesy of Suga Kenta, Murakami Nijiro and the pair of Hayama Shono and Takasugi Mahiro, plus how effective is Matsuzaka Tori’s agency in re-energizing his acting career? Let’s read more

Murakami Nijiro: When you debut in Cannes, you’ll get compared to the great Yagira Yuya!

Posted on July 26, 2017January 1, 2021 by Jed

Murakami Nijiro won the Best New Actor award (for Distraction Babies) from the prestigious Kinema Junpo, on their 90th award season, just as Yagira Yuya won Best Actor for the read more

A Primer on Generation NEXT series: Who are Japan’s rising stars and why you need to know them!

Posted on July 16, 2017October 2, 2019 by Jed

We’re coming up with the 2017 edition of the hottest Japanese actors and actresses list, but how about those who are yet to be celebrated by fans and the public?

Mukoku – ‘MUKOKU’ [Movie Review]

Posted on June 5, 2017October 12, 2020 by Jed

Mukoku, Kumakiri Kazuyoshi’s latest film centers on two disconnected individuals – Kengo (Ayano Go) and Tooru (Murakami Nijiro) who find solace in the martial arts of kendo. The older Kengo read more

Murakami Nijiro: Of Kendo and Rap music; Young actor performs in latest movie Mukoku with aplomb!

Posted on May 30, 2017January 1, 2021 by Jed

Murakami Nijiro co-stars with Ayano Gou in Kumakiri Kazuyoshi’s latest movie Mukoku about two disconnected individuals who find inner peace through the sport of kendo. Gou’s character – Yatabe Kengo read more

“Destruction Babies” (2016)

Posted on December 11, 2016January 1, 2021 by Jed

Destruction Babies is an intense tale of two brothers, Taira Ashihara (Yuya Yagira) and Shota (Nijiro Murakami) who live by themselves in a small port town. Both young men are prone read more