Sakura Ando

Sakura Ando

Born: February 18, 1986
in Tokyo, Japan
With parents in the show business perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando would become an actress and, moreover, also end up marrying an actor.

She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18.02.1986. Her great grandfather was prime minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade. She was often ill as a child. Her disease made her dizzy, lose her balance and more throughout her childhood. Her brain would shut down. She would opt for her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion picked her for his film Love Exposure and gave her a major start on the big screen. She won an award as the Best Supporting Actress for her work in it at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. Earlier her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa ('Outside The Wind') alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple movies and serials and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012. She had met him on a train in 2008 and had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which was fortunate since she had practiced boxing when she was fourteen-years-old. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won the award for Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work on 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of several top young actresses in Japan next to Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi and perhaps Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.

Movies for Sakura Ando...

The Imaginary
Title: The Imaginary
Character: Lizzie (voice)
Released: December 15, 2023
Type: Movie
Meet Rudger, the boy created by the imagination of a girl who lost love. They spend precious time together, running through a world of breathtaking imagination and a challenging reality. One day that world of imagination is about to disappear with the arrival of a mysterious man seeking to destroy Rudger.
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Godzilla Minus One
Title: Godzilla Minus One
Character: Sumiko Ota
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Postwar Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
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We're Millennials. Got a Problem? International
Title: We're Millennials. Got a Problem? International
Character: Miyashita Akane
Released: October 13, 2023
Type: Movie
Three men, born in 1987, are from the yutori generation (relaxed generation) and they continue their attempts at finding love, friendship, and success. Masakazu Sakama stopped working for a large company and took over his family business. But, his family business is not doing well. Kazutoyo Yamaji is a sweet and sincere man. He works as an elementary school teacher, but he doesn't have experience in romantic relationships. For 11 years, Maribu Michigami took the college entrance exam for the university he wanted to attend. He finally made it and attended the school. After graduation, Maribu Michigami launched his own business in China, but that failed. He now supports himself working part-time jobs.
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Bad Lands
Title: Bad Lands
Character: Neri Hashioka
Released: September 29, 2023
Type: Movie
A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.
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Monster
Title: Monster
Character: Saori Mugino
Released: June 2, 2023
Type: Movie
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher, and child, the truth gradually emerges.
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Title: Brush Up Life
Character: Kondo Asami
Released: January 8, 2023
Type: TV
A comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local city hall, and suddenly finds herself starting her life over from scratch.
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A Man
Title: A Man
Character: Rie Taniguchi
Released: November 18, 2022
Type: Movie
Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.
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Korosuna
Title: Korosuna
Character: Omine
Released: January 28, 2022
Type: Movie
Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, is watching Omine, who lives with him, from Kichizo, a resident of the same tenement house and a boatman. is asked to Kichizo and Mine have eloped and got married, but she feels empty in her boring daily life, and she wants to take a break by crossing the bridge over the river. On the other hand, Kichizo forbids him from crossing the bridge, fearing that his whereabouts will be known to others. Zenzaemon superimposes the appearance of these two people on the appearance of his former self and his wife, whom he killed himself.
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Title: Tabiya Okaeri
Character: Erika Oka
Released: January 25, 2022
Type: TV
Using her stage name, Oka Erika works as an entertainer and a program reporter. She is in her 30's and her real name is Okabayashi Eriko. Erika loves to travel. Her program "Chobit Tabi" is also about traveling, but the show is stopped due to a mistake by Erika. At that time, a letter is delivered to her management company. The letter asks if Erika can go on a trip instead of their sick daughter.
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The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Title: The Great Yokai War: Guardians
Character: Ubume
Released: July 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Kei Watanabe is a fifth grade elementary school student. He has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yōkai. To save the world from being destroyed, Kei Watanabe challenges a war against the yōkai.
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Once upon a time...
Title: Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"
Released: May 19, 2021
Type: Movie
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Ryuukou Kanbou
Title: Ryuukou Kanbou
Character: Haruko
Released: April 10, 2021
Type: Movie
The novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paranoid about Saeko’s health, making her wear heavy clothes even in summer in order to prevent her from catching a cold. Their child before Saeko died due to an epidemic, and he believes thorough enforcement is a natural consequence. In 1918, the Spanish flu reaches Japan. As the number of infected people grows, Shiga starts to suspect their servant Ishi might have gone to watch a travelling entertainment troupe’s performance which drew a great number of villagers. It is something Ishi is likely to do. But when Shiga questions her, she says that she did not go. However, she makes him have misgivings on a regular basis and he decides to take this opportunity to make her quit. An uproar ensues. Shiga feels that he has become a tyrant and refrains from kicking her out but he loses all reason and faith in humanity amid the pandemic…
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Title: Girl Gun Lady
Character: Daisy
Released: April 5, 2021
Type: TV
Koharu is a dull high school girl who is always alone. Her only hobby is making plastic models. One day, Koharu stops by a mysterious antique shop and purchases a plastic model gun and a toy figure named Alice. After spending the entire night assembling the gun, Koharu wakes up and witnesses bullets flying everywhere in school. She then meets Alice who moves like a human and tells her to get ready for a survival battle called "Girl Gun Fight", where she has to attack her schoolmates with a gun.
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Title: Today's Nekomura
Character: Scared wife
Released: April 8, 2020
Type: TV
A cat who dreams of reuniting with its owner & works as a housekeeper to save money.
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孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令! 成田~福岡~釜山 弾丸出張編!
Title: 孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令! 成田~福岡~釜山 弾丸出張編!
Released: December 31, 2019
Type: Movie
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Title: Mango no Ki no Shita de
Released: August 8, 2019
Type: TV
Rinko and Aya, employed in the Philippines in 1944, escape one of the most gruesome battles of the Pacific War. Based on the accounts of actual women survivors, this special depicts the friendship - the joy and sadness - shared by these two women, whose lives remain intertwined in wartime and long beyond.
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Title: Manpuku
Character: Imai (Tachibana) Fukuko
Released: October 1, 2018
Type: TV
Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive tough times in Osaka with her husband from before WWII to the rapid economic development era. Together they overcome various setbacks before they succeed in creating instant noodles. (Source: MDL)
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Shoplifters
Title: Shoplifters
Character: Nobuyo Shibata
Released: June 2, 2018
Type: Movie
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
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Title: Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!
Character: Mokonyan (voice)
Released: April 1, 2018
Type: TV
In an attempt to conquer the world, the Nuisance World has stolen the Majoka Jewels and have corrupted each into an Akiramestone, which interferes with people's dreams and turns them into an Akiramest. Momoka, an ordinary middle school student, is summoned by Mokonyan, a fairy from the Magic World, to join Magic Warriors Rin and Mitsuki and stop the Nuisance World. Together, as MagiMajo Pures, they purelize the Akiramests back into Majoka Jewels with magic.
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Title: Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Character: Grim Reaper
Released: December 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for his wife, Masakazu journeys into the underworld to bring back Akiko’s spirit.
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Tornado Girl
Title: Tornado Girl
Character: Yu Mikami
Released: September 16, 2017
Type: Movie
Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.
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Title: We're Millennials Got a Problem? SP
Character: 宫下茜
Released: July 2, 2017
Type: TV
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Reminiscence
Title: Reminiscence
Character: Ryoko Nishina
Released: May 6, 2017
Type: Movie
A detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involving his two estranged childhood friends.
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Title: Love Exposure: The TV-Show
Character: Aya Koike
Released: February 4, 2017
Type: TV
A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
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Sound of Waves
Title: Sound of Waves
Character: Yuko Kitagawa
Released: October 30, 2016
Type: Movie
Umi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violinist Yuko arrives from Tokyo to play a concert on Umi’s small island near Okinawa, and gradually befriends the girl. Both struggle with friendships and family relationships, but are brought together by music.
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Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Title: Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys
Character: Yumeko
Released: September 3, 2016
Type: Movie
About 150,000 illegal entrants live in Tokyo. They are not recognised as refugees and live in poor conditions. To protect themselves, the illegals create a secret organisation. The organisation has a bank which Japanese Financial Services Agency is not involved with, a hospital that is not authorized by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare and an illegals police force called "Dias Police." The only police officer in the organisation is Saki Kubozuka (Shota Matsuda). His age and nationality is unknown. Saki Kubozuka does not speak much, but he has a warm heart and strong sense of justice. He takes care of the weak and tries to maintain public order.
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Title: Like a Girl Playing House
Character: Onchi Eiko
Released: August 30, 2016
Type: TV
Onchi Eiko, the proprietress of a bar, is trapped in a sad, hidden past. One day, an old friend Shigeko shows up with her 5-year-old son Daiji in tow. Shigeko entrusts him to Eiko and disappears after she leaves a farewell letter. As Eiko looks at the innocent Daiji, she is reminded of her own past. The two of them who have no one to turn to, begin a life together as fake mother and son in this peculiar and yet heartrending story.
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Title: We're Millennials. Got a problem?
Character: Akane Miyashita
Released: April 17, 2016
Type: TV
Drama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the world through work, love, and friendship. The men are from the "yutori generation", when the Japanese government reformed the education system, emphasizing a pressure-free environment referred to as yutori education.
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Seed
Title: Seed
Released: February 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Naomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy. SEED is the story of the journey this girl takes from the enchanted nature of Nara to the chaos of Tokyo, and the encounters she has along the way. A boy offers her the gift of an apple, which she in turn gives to a homeless man, who proffers a soft piece of chiffon fabric in return. Moving like a tree that sways in the wind, the girl embodies a spirit that secretly runs through places and living things. The eleventh film commissioned by Miu Miu Women's Tales was directed by the multiple Cannes award-winning Japanese director Naomi Kawase.
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Asleep
Title: Asleep
Character: Terako
Released: April 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Terako is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako's friend kills herself. After that, Terako sleeps all day long and wakes up only when Iwanaga calls her.
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Her Granddaughter
Title: Her Granddaughter
Character: Misaki Akimoto
Released: February 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. However, one day she encounters a middle-aged man in the house, who tells Tsugumi that her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house when he was her student. The two share the property, although Tsugumi still does not know the exact relationship that her grandmother had with this man.
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100 Yen Love
Title: 100 Yen Love
Character: Ichiko Saito
Released: November 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets middle-aged boxer Kano who trains there in silence...
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0.5 mm
Title: 0.5 mm
Character: Sawa
Released: November 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a kindly old man, gaining access to a portion of the immense wealth held by Japan's aging population. She continues with similar encounters, and while these begin as scams or revenge on rampant sexism, they ultimately become vulnerable intergenerational exchanges.
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Climbing to Spring
Title: Climbing to Spring
Character: Yuri Nakagawa
Released: June 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?
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Homeland
Title: Homeland
Character: Misa
Released: March 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire village is abandoned after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, but Jiro returns there to live. Before long, members of his family come and join him.
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The Stork Nest
Title: The Stork Nest
Released: November 25, 2013
Type: Movie
A small clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture begins accepting anonymous drop-offs of unwanted newborn babies at a residential building. The name of the controversial new program is "Stork Nest."
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Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Title: Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Character: Kyoko
Released: August 24, 2013
Type: Movie
Kyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown. Shuichi (Tasuku Emoto) killed his drunken father to save his mother. After he is released from prison, he begins to work at a small factory in Tokyo.
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Penance
Title: Penance
Character: Akiko Takano
Released: May 29, 2013
Type: Movie
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
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Petal Dance
Title: Petal Dance
Character: Motoko
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Long-time friends Jinko and Motoko hear that their college friend Miki has jumped into the ocean. They are joined by Haraki, who Jinko happens to meet, and head by car on a journey to see Miki.
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Radio
Title: Radio
Character: Sasayama Yuki
Released: March 26, 2013
Type: Movie
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Yellow Elephant
Title: Yellow Elephant
Character: Kanyu the dog (voice)
Released: February 2, 2013
Type: Movie
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
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Title: The Brothers Karamazov
Character: Shiori Kurosawa
Released: January 12, 2013
Type: TV
Set in present day Japan in a provincial town, Bunzo Kurosawa, a greedy and violent father, is murdered in his own home. Bunzo has 3 sons: oldest son Mitsuru, second son Isao and youngest son Ryo. The three sons are suspected of murdering their own father.
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Title: Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi
Character: Haruko Hatsuyama
Released: January 8, 2013
Type: TV
The drama is based on a novel by Sato Shogo called ‘Minoue Banashi‘. Its story revolves around a bookstore clerk named Michiru who unexpectedly wins the 200,000,000 Yen (2.5 million USD) lottery. Consequently, she starts to get involved in unpredicted betrayals and murder.
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The Samurai That Night
Title: The Samurai That Night
Character: Mika
Released: November 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.
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Our Homeland
Title: Our Homeland
Character: Rie
Released: July 1, 2012
Type: Movie
From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them affluence, justice, and an end to discrimination. KAZOKU NO KUNI tells the story of one of their number, who returns for just a short period. For the first time in 25 years, Sonho is reunited with his family in Tokyo after being allowed to undergo an operation there. Sonho’s younger sister Rie is at the centre of the film, and is not hard to recognise as the director’s alter-ego. In her documentaries DEAR PYONGYANG and SONA, THE OTHER MYSELF, Yang Yonghi told the story of her own life, and how, at age six, she experienced the departure of her three older brothers, who left their family for Pyongyang.
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For Love's Sake
Title: For Love's Sake
Character: Gum-ko
Released: June 16, 2012
Type: Movie
Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu, who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko, a gang member who eyes Makoto.
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Title: ATARU
Character: Eiko Sasai
Released: April 15, 2012
Type: TV
Ataru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police solve criminal cases. It stars Masahiro Nakai in the title role and has received 19.9% TV viewership ratings.
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Title: Penance
Character: Akiko Takano
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: TV
The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.
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Teto
Title: Teto
Released: November 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Teto is a secret agent trainee. Hatoko is a high school student who lives on venting her anger in a combined combative sport gym. On the day Hatoko saw Teto, she runs into cat's suicides. While she experiences a fighting awakening, Teto's superior orders Teto a final examination of infiltrating into a theatrical company, which is composed by orphanage members. Every night, they repeat rehearsing a folktale "Foxed Eyes Torakichi", that modeled legendary outlaw. In a muxture of stage play and costume drama, Teto and the leader build up weird similar figures.
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Title: 野田ともうします。
Released: October 29, 2010
Type: TV
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8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
Title: 8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
Released: June 26, 2010
Type: Movie
With Saitama no rappa 2 (AKA 8000 Miles 2 – Girls Rapper), Yu Irie tells the story of amateur girl rappers who dream of a small big-time. The film opens with Saitama 1 B-boys, Ikku and Tom coming to town. They run into young Ayoma (Maho Yamada), inspiring her to gather her girlfriends and work up their rap routine.
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A Crowd of Three
Title: A Crowd of Three
Character: Kayo
Released: June 12, 2010
Type: Movie
A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up north to visit Kenta's brother at the Abashiri prison.
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Sweet Little Lies
Title: Sweet Little Lies
Character: Miyako
Released: March 13, 2010
Type: Movie
A husband and wife, who have not had sex in three years, both fall into extra-marital affairs.
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All to the Sea
Title: All to the Sea
Released: January 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Natsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in common, they have one thing they can share: books.
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We'll Keep Walking, That's All
Title: We'll Keep Walking, That's All
Character: Miyuki Matsunaka
Released: November 15, 2009
Type: Movie
A young woman named Miyuki returns to her hometown, camera in hand, after a difficult breakup. As she walks and takes photographs, she meets a variety of people and begins to realize she doesn’t have to go through this painful time in her life all alone.
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Torso
Title: Torso
Character: Mina
Released: November 13, 2009
Type: Movie
A seemingly "normal" office worker Hiroko has a secret. At home she lives with a prosthetic torso - no head, arms or feet, just body and penis. Hiroko bathes with the torso and she also makes love with the torso at night. Hiroko's secret life is interrupted when her outgoing sister Mina rings her doorbell. Mina is running away from her abusive boyfriend and wants to stay at Hiroko's home
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The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Title: The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Character: Rika Kinoshita
Released: October 10, 2009
Type: Movie
Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In actuality, the man is a marriage swindler looking for his next big score.
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Oh, My Buddha!
Title: Oh, My Buddha!
Released: August 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at an all-boys Buddhist school. Jaded by his dull, ordinary life, he longs for the type of creative, liberal and forward life his idol Bob Dylan leads, writing rock songs alone in his room, imitating his hero's signature croon, until one day he got invited on an island trip of sexual liberation with his fellow liberal friend.
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Title: Chance!
Released: March 7, 2009
Type: TV
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Crime or Punishment?!?
Title: Crime or Punishment?!?
Character: Momo Mimikawa
Released: February 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs at a convenience store and instead of letting a real police chief deal with the robbery she decides to take the matter into her own hands.
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Love Exposure
Title: Love Exposure
Character: Koike
Released: January 31, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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Make the Last Wish
Title: Make the Last Wish
Character: Meiko
Released: January 9, 2009
Type: Movie
Koike Minami returns from USA to Japan to accomplish her deceased twin sister's wish to win a competition and sing with Avril Lavigne on the stage in a concert in Tokyo.
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Ain't No Tomorrows
Title: Ain't No Tomorrows
Character: Chizu
Released: November 22, 2008
Type: Movie
17 year-old Hiruma is desperate to get laid and takes out his sexual urges on Anpai, a fat boy who has "boobs." His classmate Tomono, a sickly loner, is in a serious relationship with their married teacher.
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Out of the Wind
Title: Out of the Wind
Character: Mariko Iwata
Released: December 22, 2007
Type: Movie
High school student Mariko sings in the choir at the all-girls school she attends, and her biggest dream right now is to go to a music college. One day on her way home from school, she accidentally drops her bookbag into the sea. A man jumps into the water and recovers the bag for her, but all of her score sheets have been ruined. From that day on, Mariko’s new acquaintance becomes her bodyguard, walking her home everyday. But for some reason, he refuses to tell her his name.
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A Long Walk
Title: A Long Walk
Character: Waitress
Released: April 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A lonely retired girl's High School Principal who's lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old apartment in a country town. There he forms a relationship with a neglected little neighborhood girl.