FrameThrower · Actors · Takuya Kimura
Takuya Kimura
2 films · 148 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2004–2023
Born 13 November 1972 · Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Takuya Kimura is a Japanese actor, singer, and radio personality. He is regarded as a Japanese icon after achieving success as an actor. He was also a popular member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia.
A 1996 television drama series, Long Vacation, in which he landed his first lead role, became a massive success, creating a phrase called the "Lon-bake phenomenon". He was given the title, "The King of Ratings", as his subsequent television series continued to generate high ratings and each show became a social phenomenon as it aired. Five of his works are ranked in the 10 best-viewed TV drama series in Japan, the highest of which is his 2001 drama series, Hero.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 148 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2004–2023
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year1995
- Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award1994
How their films are shot
Measured across 148 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Takuya takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 60% of their frames are day, 75% natural — the look of the work Takuya takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 148 frames from Takuya Kimura's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.