Takayuki Yamada was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Yamada started his acting career landing roles in such films as "Train Man: Densha Otoko" (2006), "Tegami" (2006) and "Sono Toki Wa Kare Ni Yoroshiku" (2007). He also appeared in the Shun Oguri dramatic adaptation "Crows Zero" (2007) and the thrilling adaptation "Ikigami" (2008) with Shota Matsuda. His film career continued throughout the early 2000s in productions like "Crows Zero 2" (2009), the action-packed comedy "Kamogawa horumo" (2009) with Megumi Sato and "MW" (2009). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Unfair 2: The Answer" (2011) with Ryoko Shinohara, "Arakawa Under The Bridge" (2012) and the Hideaki Ito drama "Lesson of the Evil" (2012). He also appeared in "The Samurai That Night" (2012) and "Mogura no uta - sennyû sôsakan: Reiji" (2014). Yamada most recently acted in the Shun Oguri foreign "Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie" (2016).