Yoshimasa Kondo

Yoshimasa Kondo

Born: August 13, 1961
in Aichi, Japan

Movies for Yoshimasa Kondo...

The Women in the Lakes
Title: The Women in the Lakes
Released: May 17, 2024
Type: Movie
The Women in the Lakes
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In Love and Deep Water
Title: In Love and Deep Water
Character: Tatsuro Tadokoro
Released: November 16, 2023
Type: Movie
On a massive luxury cruise ship while at sea, the loyal butler and a mysterious woman cross paths as they try to uncover a murder-mystery that occurs on the ship.
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Title: Ozu
Released: November 12, 2023
Type: TV
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Knuckle Girl
Title: Knuckle Girl
Character: Tabata Hidetoshi
Released: October 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Following the story of Ran, who confronts a mysterious organization by participating in a no-rules deathmatch after discovering her missing younger sister Yuzuki is involved in a crime. With danger at every corner, Ran must trade in her boxing gloves for brass knuckles. Will she save her sister?
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River
Title: River
Character: Obata
Released: June 23, 2023
Type: Movie
The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!
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Title: Doronjo
Character: Shion Tsutsujigano
Released: October 7, 2022
Type: TV
Nao Dorokawa lives in a poor and harsh environment. The only place where she can prove herself is where she has intense and serious physical fights. She keeps overusing her body as a tool in her fights. Due to this, she experiences shocking tragedies on her body, one after another.
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Title: Renovation Like Magic
Character: Seiji Koide
Released: July 18, 2022
Type: TV
Thirty-year-old Koume Shingyouji leaves her job at a major building firm to join family-run Marufuku Builders. There she teams up with Gennosuke, the Fukuyama family’s eldest son, and starts working on renovations. Koume and Gennosuke start their renovations by taking the measure not of rooms, but the thoughts and feelings of their clients: What does home mean to them? How do they want to live? What do they value? The team’s empathetic connection is what makes their work, work.
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Title: Last One Standing
Released: March 8, 2022
Type: TV
They're comedians starring in a thrilling drama, but if their jokes don't land in the unscripted scenes, they're off the show. Let the mayhem begin!
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Title: Mattari! Akado Suzunosuke
Character: Ginpatsuki
Released: January 8, 2022
Type: TV
Akado Suzunosuke is a swordsman from the Edo period who accidentally ends up in the Reiwa era. Will he defeat the demons led by the silver-haired demon here too? And how will our swordsman live in the modern era?
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Bakumatsu Aibou-den
Title: Bakumatsu Aibou-den
Released: January 3, 2022
Type: Movie
A single bullet cuts through Kyoto in the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate right before the restoration of imperial rule. Who plotted to assassinate Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who is about to become the last shogun of Japan? Was it the faction wanting to overthrow him or the rebels within the shogunate? Mutual enemies Sakamoto Ryoma, the wandering samurai, and Hijikata Toshizo, a deputy leader of the Shinsengumi and vassal of the Tokugawa clan, receive a secret order to track down the culprit. They are given a mere two days.
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Remain In Twilight
Title: Remain In Twilight
Released: April 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Six friends, who hanged out together during their high school days, gather again after 5 years for a friend's wedding. The six friends are: Kazuki Yoshio, Tetsuya Akashi, Taku Sogawa, Taisei Tajima, Yusaku Mizushima and Kinichi Fujita. At the wedding, the friends perform an embarrassing dance routine for the bride and groom. The friends reminisce about their high school days and they believe their friendships will last forever, but...
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Title: My Dear Exes
Character: Jin Rokubo
Released: April 13, 2021
Type: TV
Omameda Towako recently become the president of the construction company "Shirokuma Housing". She has experienced three divorces and is currently living with her 15-year-old daughter, Uta. Although Towako has been divorced thrice, she remains bright and lives her life strongly. However, her life is constantly disrupted by her three troublemaker ex-husbands.
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Title: The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Released: April 9, 2021
Type: Movie
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
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Title: Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo
Released: February 11, 2021
Type: TV
Three Star Bar is a small bar in the Nishi Ogikubo area of Tokyo, Japan. Three men work at the bar. They are the handsome bartender Amamiya, quiet cook Nakauchi and bar owner Kobayashi. People who have worries about various things in their lives visit the bar as customers. These three men also seem to have something from their past.
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Title: Byplayers ~Meiwakiyaku no Mori no 100-nichikan~
Released: January 8, 2021
Type: TV
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at once in this remote studio. It is a drama full of battles for ratings between studios, clashes between young, mid-career, and big names, and a heartwarming story of friendship and bonding. Also, the self-deprecation and parodies are enhanced by the fact that the actors play a role of themselves.
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Ooka Echizen Special-Shadow Master Scattered in Early Spring
Title: Ooka Echizen Special-Shadow Master Scattered in Early Spring
Released: January 1, 2021
Type: Movie
The special edition and the third edition of the "Ooka Echizen", starring Higashiyama Noriyuki, will be broadcast during the new year of 2021. In this SP, Higashiyama Noriyuki will play two roles. It is a swordsman who drives the blade to use it for revenge of a pathetic prostitute. How does the confrontation confront the man who is very different from the circumstances and is different in the circumstances? You can find the answer in this SP.
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Kamata Prelude
Title: Kamata Prelude
Character: Kosuke Itagaki
Released: September 25, 2020
Type: Movie
A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.
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A Tale of the Riverside
Title: A Tale of the Riverside
Released: July 11, 2020
Type: Movie
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Tomorrow's Family
Title: Tomorrow's Family
Character: Reiji Sakuma
Released: January 5, 2020
Type: Movie
Risa Onodera, played by Miyazaki, had a groom runaway on the wedding day four years ago. Her father, Shusaku (Matsushige) and her mother, Machiko (Matsuzaka), built a large two-family house to live with their daughter and her new family. One day, Risa says that she has been proposed to, Shusaku is surprised to see that face. This is because Kotaro (Nagayama) was a former subordinate of his workplace and was now his boss. Although he wants to congratulate his daughter's marriage, Shusaku wonders if he can live with his boss. Where is the love between Risa and Kotaro? Can the two get married? Can Risa and Kotaro, Shusaku and Machiko become a family?
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Katsu Fūtarō! !
Title: Katsu Fūtarō! !
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
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No Longer Human
Title: No Longer Human
Character: Junichi's Colleague
Released: September 13, 2019
Type: Movie
The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.
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Title: The Naked Director
Character: Kairo
Released: August 8, 2019
Type: TV
Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts the character, his art, vision and his interactions with the approving and disapproving folk around him.
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必殺仕事人2019
Title: 必殺仕事人2019
Released: March 10, 2019
Type: Movie
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Flower
Title: Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Flower
Released: March 8, 2019
Type: Movie
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Boku wa Boku, Kujira wa Kujira de, Oyoide Iru
Title: Boku wa Boku, Kujira wa Kujira de, Oyoide Iru
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
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Does the 30th Woman Have a Romantic Dream?
Title: Does the 30th Woman Have a Romantic Dream?
Released: March 31, 2018
Type: Movie
Nana is on the verge of her 30th birthday and has been feeling anxious about her love life and job. When she returns home one day, Nana is suddenly taken captive by three masked bank robbers who are on the run. Nana determines her life is over, but notices there is something odd about this band of thieves.
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Title: Segodon
Character: Tanaka Yunosuke
Released: January 7, 2018
Type: TV
Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.
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Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Title: Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.
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Kaeshi 2
Title: Kaeshi 2
Released: December 25, 2017
Type: Movie
After ten years in prison for a high school classmate's murder, Koji gets out and joins the yakuza. But his victim's father has him on his radar. Yamai is released thanks to Akiko but the search for Miyake's killer begins. Security camera footage reveals Seiji to be the culprit.
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ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
Title: ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
Released: December 24, 2017
Type: Movie
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Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
Title: Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
Character: Keisuke Tashiro
Released: December 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter Furi since then. It is the day of Furi's wedding. However, Furi only told Haruhiko about the wedding a month before. Since the bridegroom had some trouble at his overseas job, he was only able to return to Japan the day of the wedding, so Haruhiko has not met him even once. What kind of man did Furi choose to marry, and why did she hide such an important thing for so long...!? Haruhiko, worrying over all this, shuts himself in his room and decides not to go to the wedding... then, something completely unexpected happens to him. His late wife Ruriko appears before him. The truth is, she has appeared at Haruhiko's side many times before. What could be Ruriko's goal...
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Kaeshi
Title: Kaeshi
Released: November 3, 2017
Type: Movie
After ten years in prison for a high school classmate's murder, Koji gets out and joins the yakuza. But his victim's father has him on his radar. Seiji tries to get on with his life after losing his daughter and wife. Ten years later he learns that his daughter's killer has been freed.
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Love and Other Cults
Title: Love and Other Cults
Character: Tsunehiko Mita
Released: July 15, 2017
Type: Movie
Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit in with society.
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Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31
Title: Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31
Released: December 12, 2016
Type: Movie
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Teacher Gappa
Title: Teacher Gappa
Character: Yoshimasa Kondo
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Twenty-four-year-old country bumpkin Aiko is a new teacher who has arrived at a new town and a new primary school. When nervous she blurts out her local dialect. This seals her nickname and reputation. Nonetheless, she is determined and strives to do her best for her students. She is an inspiration soon.
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The Crawler In The Attic
Title: The Crawler In The Attic
Released: July 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Private detective Kogoro (Kouta Kusano) receives a request from Naoko (Yuki Mamiya). She is the daughter of a family that runs a large hosital. Naoko wants private detective Kogoro to investigate her fiance Endo (Yasushi Fuchikami) and whether he is having an affair with university student Teruko (Noriko Kijima).
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Title: Happy Marriage!?
Character: Satoru Mamiya
Released: June 22, 2016
Type: TV
A rich, handsome businessman, Hokuto, proposes marriage to Chiwa, whose father has a large debt. Hokuto apparently has a secret reason for marrying Chiwa. Will this marriage work out?
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Title: 99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Character: Takashi Morimoto(森本 貴)
Released: April 17, 2016
Type: TV
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
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Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30
Title: Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30
Released: April 11, 2016
Type: Movie
A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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Hotel Copain
Title: Hotel Copain
Character: Sakuragi
Released: February 13, 2016
Type: Movie
Yusuke was a middle school teacher. but he quit his job due to problems with student bullying. After he quit, Yusuke learned that the bullied student committed suicide. Yusuke is now at Hotel Kopan to escape from everything. He keeps to himself and works as an employee at the hotel. The owner of the hotel is Sakuragi who wishes the hotel could return to its glory days during the Nagano Olympics. One day, a flurry of guests arrive at the hotel which makes Sakuragi ecstatic. Sakuragi decides to hold a party and invite the guests at his hotel. One of the guests is the mother of the student who committed suicide. Yusuke is distressed all over again. When the party begins, the guests talk about the problems they have.
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Welcome to Our Home
Title: Welcome to Our Home
Character: Toru Mochikawa
Released: April 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Kenta Kurata (Masaki Aiba) lives with his father, Taichi (Akira Terao), his mother, Keiko (Kaho Minami), and his younger sister, Nana (Kasumi Arimura) in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kenta Kurata possesses a timid personality, which he picked up from his father. Kenta doesn't like his father. One day, while waiting for the train, Kenta warns a man who pushed a woman and cut in line. Kenta is surprised that he spoke out with his normally timid personality. After that incident, Kenta's family home is targeted by an unknown person with flowers from their garden being pulled out and the seat of a bicycle being torn. Also, Kenta's younger sister Nana is stalked by her ex-boyfriend. Kenta and his family try to find out who is responsible.
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Murder on D Street
Title: Murder on D Street
Released: February 14, 2015
Type: Movie
A soba restaurant owner dies mysteriously on D. Street. The police rule it as a suicide, but detective Akechi Kogoro and his wife Fumiyo think otherwise and launch their own investigation. As they delve deeper, they discover relationships twisted by perverted desire and hideous affection and hatred.
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Pale Moon
Title: Pale Moon
Character: Yuji Inoue
Released: November 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?
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Wood Job!
Title: Wood Job!
Character: Forestry Association Director
Released: May 10, 2014
Type: Movie
After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.
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Title: オリンピックの身代金
Released: November 30, 2013
Type: TV
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Unforgiven
Title: Unforgiven
Character: Kihachi
Released: September 13, 2013
Type: Movie
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.
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Title: Doubles - Futari no Keiji
Character: Kengo Yajima
Released: April 18, 2013
Type: TV
To deal with the increasing violent crime rate in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, a special investigation team is formed at the Shinjuku Police Station. Detective Shunsuke Yamashita and Detective Keiichi Tashiro begin work at the special investigation team. Detective Shunsuke Yamashita doesn't care about details and says what he thinks. Meanwhile, Detective Keiichi Tashiro is diligent and enthusiastic with his investigative work. The two men frequently argue, but also cooperate to solve the cases.
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Title: Kumokiri Nizaemon
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: TV
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
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Mitsuko Delivers
Title: Mitsuko Delivers
Character: Saito
Released: November 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents believe she is happy and successful in America and are unaware that she has secretly returned to Tokyo. Making the biggest decisions on the slightest whim, she moves back into the tenement street where she lived as a child. The move changes lives, reignites old romances and creates a supportive circle of love that may be exactly what Mitsuko needs.
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A Ghost of a Chance
Title: A Ghost of a Chance
Released: October 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost herself. And so the fun begins in the courtroom when Prosecutor Osano starts to cross examine.
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Shikei Kijun
Title: Shikei Kijun
Character: Wataru Togane
Released: September 25, 2011
Type: Movie
Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Released: April 13, 2011
Type: TV
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.
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Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Title: Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Character: train conductor
Released: March 30, 2011
Type: Movie
One day, five kindergarten children suddenly disappear from a kindergarten in Tokyo, sending their teachers and parents into a panic. The five of them are connecting on trains and headed to an unfamiliar place for some purpose. Before their journey, they had made a promise to each other “not to cry no matter what happens”
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Rooftop Apartment
Title: Rooftop Apartment
Released: March 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Asako is determined to live her life with her own will after witnessing her best friend’s divorce and former manager’s death.
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Oba: The Last Samurai
Title: Oba: The Last Samurai
Character: Banno
Released: February 11, 2011
Type: Movie
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.
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Title: 告発〜国選弁護人
Released: January 13, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: The Golden Piggy
Character: Manjiro Chacha
Released: October 20, 2010
Type: TV
Shinko (Ryoko Shinohara) is an accounting auditor who chases after tax evaders and embezzlers that hard working citizens needlessly pay for. Shinko has a knack for solving cases without common sense or standards.
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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Title: Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Character: Fumio Tanaka (credit only)
Released: July 3, 2010
Type: Movie
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
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Bandage
Title: Bandage
Released: January 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu, vocalist of the new band LANDS. Asako ends up being the band manager, but as the band's popularity starts to soar, the band's friendship begins to suffer.
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The Code
Title: The Code
Released: May 9, 2009
Type: Movie
For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.
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東京サンシャインボーイズ『returns』
Title: 東京サンシャインボーイズ『returns』
Released: March 27, 2009
Type: Movie
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Title: Clear Skies, No Incidents
Released: January 18, 2009
Type: TV
A hot-blooded and meddlesome resident police officer, Ryō Shirase, is transferred to the southernmost manned island of Narumijima, where the Southern Cross can be seen. At first, it is thought that the peaceful island, in which people don’t even have to lock up their houses, does not need the resident police officer, but his personality and enthusiasm gradually change the minds of the islanders, who have been suffering from an aging population, a declining birthrate, and feeling of hopelessness…
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The Magic Hour
Title: The Magic Hour
Character: Konno
Released: June 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
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Tokyo Girl
Title: Tokyo Girl
Character: Atsushi Shiomi
Released: February 23, 2008
Type: Movie
Miho (Kaho), a high school student, refuses to approve of her widowed mother’s potential husband when they meet each other at a restaurant. As she flounces out of the restaurant, she drops her cell phone. At the moment there is an earthquake and she drops her cell phone down a staircase. The phone is found by Tokijiro (Kazuma Sano), a boy that lives in 1912...
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Title: 4 Shimai Tantei Dan
Released: January 18, 2008
Type: TV
The story features a team of four sleuthing sisters.
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Heat Island
Title: Heat Island
Character: Kyama
Released: September 10, 2007
Type: Movie
A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying a bag filled with cash, unaware it's been ripped off the notoriously ruthless Yakuza who'll stop at nothing to reclaim what's theirs.
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How to Become Myself
Title: How to Become Myself
Character: Kenichi Furugaki
Released: April 28, 2007
Type: Movie
Juri, an elementary school girl, loses sight of her true self while acting out a false self to play along with her friends. Kanako, a classmate who used to be the popular girl but has been bullied lately, tells Juri that the girl she is now is not her true self, and Juri sympathizes.
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Volume 3, Part 2
Title: Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Volume 3, Part 2
Released: March 13, 2007
Type: Movie
A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.
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Suite Dreams
Title: Suite Dreams
Character: Naomasa Bandô
Released: January 14, 2006
Type: Movie
New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.
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Detective Office 5
Title: Detective Office 5
Character: 513
Released: November 26, 2005
Type: Movie
In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark on separate investigations that leads them both to the same beautifician.
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Title: Detective Office 5: Another Story
Character: 513
Released: September 29, 2005
Type: TV
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Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
Title: Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
Character: Takashi Izumo
Released: March 14, 2005
Type: Movie
Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here. The landlord warns Aimi and her father of the curfew. First, all residents must cross the rope in front of the property by midnight. Second, no one can move out until a new tenant arrives. Those brave enough to break the rules are unmercifully killed by a mysterious force.
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Title: Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Character: Ninagawa
Released: May 8, 2004
Type: Movie
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
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Dragon Head
Title: Dragon Head
Character: Iwata
Released: July 30, 2003
Type: Movie
Teru Aoki (青木 輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.
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Title: Kao
Character: Shinichi Imamura(今村 真一)
Released: April 8, 2003
Type: TV
A drama set in a police department depicts how a woman grows and matures as a human being as she suffers from the gap between reality and ideals in an environment where women are looked down upon. Mizuho Hirano, a woman police officer whose work consists of drawing composite sketches of criminal suspects, has the unique ability to look deep into people's hearts.
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Title: Sky High
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: TV
Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough to spawn the 2003 feature film of the same name. Both are based on the Japanese manga, Skyhigh. Shaku stars as Izuko, the Guardian of the Gate to the afterlife. The basic premise of the television series is somewhat similar in concept to the American series, Ghost Whisperer, in which the protagonist must use her powers to guide the dead on their journey to the afterlife by helping them determine the meaning or circumstance of their death. However, in Izuko's case, no matter how hard she tries, her guidance does not always result in a happy ending.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Title: First Love
Character: Sentaro Hori
Released: April 17, 2002
Type: TV
Kasumi is shocked to discover that her older sister's fiance is the man she first fell in love with five years ago in high school. At the time, he was her high school teacher and ultimately quit his job racked with guilt over their relationship. Kasumi was deeply hurt and struggled for a long time to overcome her sadness. Now the two of them must come to terms with their secret past before the ones they care about in the present are hurt.
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Title: Big Money
Character: Hideki Sekine
Released: April 11, 2002
Type: TV
"Big Money!" is a human drama with a suspense twist about a young man who learns the tricks of the trade about stock exchange from a well-experienced investor. The backdrop of this story is the elaborate world of banking and the stock market.
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Gift of the Magi
Title: Gift of the Magi
Released: December 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Christmas-themed omnibus TV movie: Hotdog Express; Documentarytic; 祭典の日
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Title: Shotgun Marriage
Character: Shirai
Released: July 2, 2001
Type: TV
Ryunosuke, who directs commercials, receives a phone call. On the other end of the phone is a friend from his college days inviting Ryunosuke to come out to the beach. Ryunosuke first turns down the offer because of his workload, but when he learns that some girls are coming, he says yes. Several months later, he hears from Chiyo – a girl he had met at the beach that day – that she is pregnant with his child. Although the news bewilders Ryunosuke at first, he ultimately decides to raise the baby. However, he will later have to face the strong objections from Chiyo’s father, the ever-changing situation at work, and many other obstacles. With help from friends and family, Ryunosuke and Chiyo take a step forward on their way to marriage and the birth of their baby.
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All About Our House
Title: All About Our House
Character: Janitor
Released: June 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project becomes a huge mess.
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Ekiden
Title: Ekiden
Released: November 18, 2000
Type: Movie
Two former teammates on a college relay team, find themselves pitted against each other in track competition and in love when they enter rival companies and fall for the same woman.
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Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Title: Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Released: December 11, 1999
Type: Movie
An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as it's true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.
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Title: 同窓会へようこそ~遅すぎた夏の帰郷~
Released: August 16, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Released: July 7, 1998
Type: TV
Eikichi Onizuka, former gang leader, becomes a teacher of a class of students who torment their teachers and fellow students. Of course they do not do this out of whim, they have their reasons. Onizuka is charged by the chairlady to help these troubled students into a more healthy adulthood, and help rehabilitate the teachers in the process as well.
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Title: Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Character: Shiro Suzuki
Released: November 8, 1997
Type: Movie
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.
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Woman in Witness Protection
Title: Woman in Witness Protection
Character: Koshimizu
Released: September 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Biwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very public life of the woman makes their sole witness vulnerable to the killers, the police assign two officers to safeguard her until the trial. In the interim, the lives of Biwako and everyone around her are changed in unexpected ways.
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Princess Mononoke
Title: Princess Mononoke
Character: Cattleman (voice)
Released: July 12, 1997
Type: Movie
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
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Warai no Daigaku
Title: Warai no Daigaku
Released: January 3, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: Coach
Released: July 4, 1996
Type: TV
Kubota Nagisa, a spoiled brash executive, is the chief of Food Import Section in a first-rate trading company. Nagisa is transferred to an affiliate company in the countryside until the mishap she created in her company blows over.
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The Trap
Title: The Trap
Released: May 25, 1996
Type: Movie
When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama's police baffled and the city terrified.
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Title: Furuhata Ninzaburo
Released: April 13, 1994
Type: TV
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
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Only Yesterday
Title: Only Yesterday
Character: Homeroom Teacher (voice)
Released: July 20, 1991
Type: Movie
On a trip to the countryside to pick safflowers, a young Japanese woman recalls her life when she was ten years old.
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Title: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
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Cyclops
Title: Cyclops
Character: Assistant Doctor
Released: October 26, 1987
Type: Movie
A bizarre medical exam of a nude woman by several doctors and scientists reveal that their latest subject has committed suicide before giving birth to one of the mutant creatures they had placed within her body. So, an investigative crew of scientists (along with a large human mutant cyclops creature) head out to the city streets to obtain a new donor/victim in the form of a young girl. Gore and Z-Grade mayhem ensue.