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.
The Naked Director Release Date:
It was announced that the series for a second season, which is set to premiere on June 24, 2021
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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