Pistol Takehara

Actor · Born December 27, 1976 (49) · Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Born: December 27, 1976 (49)
From: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Works as: Actor
Titles: 7 on Motif · 30 credits in all
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28

What are Pistol Takehara's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight

Morality

35%

Self

33%

Ideas

13%

Society

8%

Bonds

6%

Survival

5%

Purpose2 Justice2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Threshold guardianas Biwamaru in Black Jack (2024)

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

3

Contemplative

2

Hopeful

2

Melancholic

2

Dread

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Hopeful2 Unsettling2 Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Pistol Takehara's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 7 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Pistol Takehara's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

30 credits, 7 with a Motif page.

The Last Song You Left Behind (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)
Actor
Sai: Juchang ban(2025)
Actor
Motif score: 58th percentile of all films
Dream Stage(2026)
Show 1 episode · as 碇
Motif score: 11th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Uso ga Uso de Uso wa Uso da (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)
Show 4 episodes · as Seigi Namiki
Glass Heart(2025)
Show 10 episodes · as Genji Kamiyama
Motif score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Sai(2025)
Show 6 episodes · as Tsuyoshi Iida
Motif score: 60th percentile of all shows
A Bad Summer (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
as Yoshio Yamada
1st Kiss(2025)
Actor
Motif score: 85th percentile of all films
Sunset Sunrise (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)
as Kurabe Kensuke / "Ken"
Hustlin Boy (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2024)
Show 8 episodes · as Murata
Black Jack(2024)
Theme Song Performance · as Biwamaru
Motif score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Yoko (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)
as Shigeru Kudo
Sabakan (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
as Hiroshige Hisada
Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2022)
Show 20 episodes · Actor
M-1 Grand Prix 2021 Another story (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
Composer
Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
as Kenji Kawashima
Inside Zokki (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
Theme Song Performance
Blue (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
Actor
ZOKKI (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
as Hirata Kohta
Nao-chan wa Shougaku Sannensei (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2021)
Show 6 episodes · as 山ちょ
Hama no Asahi no Utsotsuki Domoto (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love(2020)
Actor
Motif score: 72nd percentile of all films
60 JUSTICE PROJECT (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2018)
Show 5 episodes · as Toru Nakakura
Cold Case ~Shinjitsu no Tobira~ (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The Long Excuse (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
as Yoichi
Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)
Actor
Scabbard Samurai (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)
as Monk
Sketches of Kaitan City (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2010)
as Sota Igawa
Freesia: Bullet Over Tears (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)
as Shibazaki
Green Mind, Metal Bats (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)
as Nanba

Career shape

Star power in the 79^th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 30 titles from 2006 to 2026; peak year 2015.

Highest rated

Glass Heart (2025)

Motif 92^nd

Film career

20062026

Peak 2015 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

2011Screen debut· Scabbard Samurai

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting28 of 30 · 60^thMusic1 of 30Other crew2 of 30

By decade

2000s2 · acting2010s6 · acting2020s22 · 20 acting · 3 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Pistol Takehara work with?

People who share at least 2 of Pistol Takehara's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kentaro Hirase shares the most, 2.