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 premiered on June 24, 2021.
The Naked Director follows the story of "Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head."
🔻Takayuki Yamada as Toru Muranishi
🔻Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Toshi Arai
🔻Tetsuji Tamayama as Kenji Kawada
🔻Ryo Ishibashi as Eigo Ikezawa, head of the largest pornography company
🔻Lily Franky as Michiro Takei, a high-ranking police officer
🔻Misato Morita as Megumi Sahara/Kaoru Kuroki
🔻Jun Kunimura as Iori Furuya, head of Furuya Gang of the Tosho Syndicate of the yakuza
🔻Takenori Goto as "Rugby" Goto
🔻Tokio Emoto as Kosuke Mitamura
🔻Sairi Ito as Junko Koseda
🔻Koyuki as Kayo Sahara, Megumi's mother
🔻Kimiko Yo as Kozue Muranishi, Toru's mother
🔻Pierre Taki as Atsushi Wada
🔻Mariya Nishiuchi as Sayaka
🔻Yuri Tsunematsu as Miyuki Chiba/Mariko Nogi
🔻Nanami Kawakami as Miku
🔻Ami Tomite as Naoko Yamamoto
🔻Yuka Masuda as Roma Edogawa
🔻Shô Kasamatsu as Ogiwara, one of Iori Furuya's henchmen
🔻Takato Yonemoto as Jimmy
🔻Itsuji Itao as Ono
🔻Tsuyoshi Ihara as Koichi Umino, CEO of Satellite East
🔻Renji Ishibashi as Watabe, chairman of the board of the conglomerate that owns Satellite East
🔻Rie Miyazawa as Ms. Takamiya, successor to Takamiya Group
🔻Eisaku Yoshida as Akira Honda (investment banker)
🔻Jade Albany Pietrantonio as Allison Mandy (season 1)
🔻Ruri Shinato as Sachiko (Toru Muranishi's first wife)
