
Nuts Tanahashi
Biography
Nuts Tanahashi (棚橋 ナッツ), born on April 5, 1965, is a Japanese actor, voice artist, and narrator. Born in Gunma Prefecture, he is affiliated with the Mash agency. Tanahashi has an extensive filmography, having appeared in movies and V-cinema projects such as "Far East Babies" (1994), "Desire Kills Love Vol.1 Rainbow of Heaven" (1994), "Shinjuku Black Society: China Mafia War" (1995), and more. He has also left his mark on television dramas, with roles in "Trick" and "Keitai Keiji Zenzainamida 2nd Series." In the realm of theater, Nuts has showcased his talent in productions by Tokyo Grand Guignol and M.M.M. Beyond his on-screen work, Nuts Tanahashi has lent his voice to various projects, including narrating commercials for AIDEM Jobless and acting as the voice of Nishimura Eiji for the Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Card commercial. With his distinctive skills and presence, Nuts Tanahashi continues to captivate audiences across different entertainment mediums. (Translated from Japanese Wikipedia: 棚橋ナッツ)
Known For & Full Filmography20 Titles

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Oden Shopkeeper
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Father
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
The drama has Okada playing the part of Shiba Kengo, a pure-hearted young surgeon who is dedicated to his work. He gets transferred from a prestigious university hospital to a financially troubled hospital, but there he meets a capable and cool-headed chief nurse named Kasugai Yuka (Nakatani), who teaches him the reality of the medical world. The pure Kengo must face various obstacles and challenges as he tears off the “masks” of respected professionals – doctors, nurses, and educators – and uncovers their true natures.

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as University Administrative Staff
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
After graduating from high school, reclusive Matsuri spends her days fantasizing, venting her sexual desires. Her father, Toshiaki, and mother, Reiko, worry about their daughter, but enjoy their lovey-dovey days. Every time Matsuri sees her parents enjoying their harmonious life, her delusions intensify. One day, Hiroki, who happens to be passing by, picks up her laundry. The two become close, and Matsuri begins to develop feelings for him. Her world of delusions continues to expand. (R15+ version premiered at the OP PICTURES+ 2025).

Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • as Believers Attacking
Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as she prepares for her new role on the witness stand.

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. At the inn, he comes across a strange video that ends with a message saying that anyone who watches it will die exactly seven days later. Now the clock is ticking for Asakawa. Can he break the curse in time?

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
High school teacher Yoko Fujita harbored a hidden desire to be a slave. However, her beloved husband, Toshihiko, was a true masochist. Every night, Toshihiko's sexual desires were satisfied with verbal abuse and spanking, but Yoko lived each day feeling frustrated. Then, one day, Toshihiko is caught stealing underwear. From then on, the balance between the couple rapidly crumbles. Around the same time, Keiji and Ichiko, a high school couple who are both masochists, continue their strange romantic relationship. What will become of these four masochists...?

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as 杉山政弘
About 200 kilometers from the main island of Okinawa. Masahiro Sugiyama, a man in a business suit, is on a fishing boat heading to an isolated island at the southern tip of the Yaeyama archipelago. He's a very ordinary salaryman on his way to research to develop the island as a resort island. However, the island he arrived on was a busty tribe of only women. Sugiyama is attacked by Queen Luna and the Neo-Amazoness who rules everything. What is his fate!?

Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of the blue, there is a white light and when they look back, they see they children Ota Miyuki and Kaori staring at the light. Years later, Miyuki vanishes from the Tama Medical University Hospital and her sister Kaori, Miyuki's boyfriend Motojima and detective Hirasawa are seeking her. However, Miyuki and the teenagers Kazochi, Takumi, Hattori and Rieko have been submitted to a nightmarish experiment by Dr. Hattori and her team with tragic results.

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress you as well. The story is set in the 80s rock scene and revolves around Nakajima (Kazunobu Mineta), the lead singer of a band called 'Speed Way'. Because he refuses to write trite, pop-friendly songs he is constantly at odds with his own record company. However, he refuses to bend on his rock principles simply for better record sales. The most interesting parts of this movie is how they pay homage to music icon, Bob Dylan who gave the filmmaker his blessing, which is no small feat itself, especially for a Japanese indie debut.

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The pink movie director Mikami was selected as the new heroine by Makoto Kono, who had worked with him only once when he was an assistant director. He was a gentle beauty and a Madonna with a longing heart.

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Underwear Thief
Nomoto Miho, a Japanese adult movie actor, plays a married girl. One day, the husband discovered a hair on the toilet and that was not his. Continuously the following days the hair, the nose hairs, ... all of a man. Thanks to the police for the recovery, finally caught the horned man for a long time.

Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Despite working as a matchmaker, Sosuke is an awkward person. He works with Shion and they bicker over their different beliefs of love and marriage.

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A few years ago, when Tomomi (Hiroko Akune) was on the way home from school, she saw her friend Keiko (Misaki Mori) about to be raped by a man. Tomomi hit the man in the head with a stone and saved Keiko. In the present, Keiko, has buried her past, sells her body in Tokyo. One day, Keiko is contacted by Tomomi. They haven't spoken since their high school graduation. They meet and Keiko lets Tomomi stay at her apartment. Soon, the bizarre lives of the two women begins, with Tomomi also selling her body.

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1997, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Naho repeatedly enters hotels with random men and kills them before having sex with them. A man, Manabu, stays with her and performs piercings on her breasts. One day, Naho invites a middle-aged man to a hotel as usual and tries to kill him, but ends up failing to do so.

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Fuyuko, a magazine reporter, receives information of a "Curse Dial". If you enter your name and phone number into the "Cursed Message Dial," and when you get an answer, tell the name of the person you want to kill within 10 seconds, and that person will die.

Movie - 1994, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Roppongi, a bustling international city swirling with desires and chaos, is a place where people wander in search of various pleasures. But one man has turned this city into a hellhole! A man (Kawaya Setchin) casually appears at a popular high-class club filled with beautiful hostesses, intending to take them hostage and rob them of his money. However, he can't find the money, and losing his reason, the man shifts his focus from money to the hostesses and commits a series of heinous acts. This shocking and controversial film unfolds with a series of humiliating acts of confinement and rape, including forced vibrator torture, mayonnaise and ice torture on the female body, and forced walking with foreign objects inserted.