The Naked Director (Japanese: 全裸監督, Hepburn: Zenra Kantoku) is a Japanese semi-biographical comedy-drama streaming television series co-directed by Masaharu Take. Based on the non-fiction novel Zenra Kantoku Muranishi Toru Den (全裸監督 村西とおる伝) by Nobuhiro Motohashi, it tells the story of Japanese adult video director Toru Muranishi. The series premiered on Netflix on August 8, 2019. It stars Takayuki Yamada as Muranishi, alongside Shinnosuke Mitsushima and Tetsuji Tamayama. On August 15, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, which is set to premiere on June 24, 2021.
Season 2 The Naked Director Release Date:
Season 2 of The Naked Director will premiere June 24 globally on Netflix.
Official Trailer Season 2 The Naked Director:
The Naked Director Cast:
- Takayuki Yamada as Toru Muranishi
- Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Toshi Arai
- Tetsuji Tamayama as Kawada
- Ryo Ishibashi as Ikezawa, head of the largest pornography company
- Lily Franky as Takei, a high-ranking police officer
- Misato Morita as Megumi/Kaoru Kuroki
- Jun Kunimura as Furuya, a yakuza
- Takenori Goto as “Rugby”
- Tokio Emoto as Kosuke Mitamura
- Sairi Ito as Junko
- Koyuki as Kayo, Megumi’s mother
- Kimiko Yo as Kozue Muranishi, Toru’s mother
- Pierre Taki as Wada
- Nanami Kawakami as Miku
- Ami Tomite as Naoko
- Takato Yonemoto as Jimmy
- Itsuji Itao as Ono
- Jade Albany Pietrantonio as Allison Mandy
- Ruri Shinato as Sachiko (Toru Muranishi’s first wife)
English version dubbing cast
- James McCauley as Toru Muranishi
- David Blue as Toshi Arai
- Christopher Swindle as Ikezawa
- Eric Tiede as Kawada
- JJ Dunlap as “Rugby”
- Curt Mega as Kosuke Mitamura
- Siera Casey as Junko
- Keith Silverstein as Takei
- Maurice LaMarche as Furuya
- Miranda Parkin as Naoko
- Mark Hildreth as Ono
- Mimi Torres as Miku
- Dahlia Salem as Kayo