Ken Yasuda

Ken Yasuda

Born: December 8, 1973
in Muroran, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Ken Yasuda...

Sakura
Title: Sakura
Released: June 21, 2024
Type: Movie
This film tells the story of the protagonist of the county police propaganda class who independently investigates the mystery of his friend's mysterious death, uncovers the truth of the incident, and gradually reveals the story of the "public security police" who have emerged. The female college student living in Pingjing City, Aichi County was killed by the eldest son of the shrine after being harassed by stalkers for many times. According to an exclusive report from the local newspaper, the police delayed accepting the report of a female college student and went on a trip to comfort them during this period. Morikuchi Quan, a staff member of the county police propaganda and listening class, suspected that newspaper reporter Tsumura Chika had broken his promise to report, but Chika, who wanted to prove his innocence, was found dead a week later. The thoughts of self blame and regret drove Quan, vowing to personally catch the murderer who killed Qianjia.
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アリバイ崩し承りますスペシャル
Title: アリバイ崩し承りますスペシャル
Character: Saji Yoshiyuki
Released: April 6, 2024
Type: Movie
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Title: Ooku
Character: Okitsugu Tanuma
Released: January 18, 2024
Type: TV
The newest installment in Fuji TV's "Ooku" series is about the women linked to the Tokugawa shogun line. This time, the focus is on Isonomiya Tomoko and her political marriage to the 10th shogun, Tokugawa Ieharu.
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In Love and Deep Water
Title: In Love and Deep Water
Character: Michihiko
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: Evol
Character: Mayor
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: TV
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Title: Sexy Tanaka-san
Character: Miyoshi Keito
Released: October 22, 2023
Type: TV
Plain-looking Tanaka-san from the accounting department is around 40 years old. She has no friends and no love life, but she does have a secret side... a super sexy belly dancer! Akari, a temporary employee, appears to be a lovable lady at first glance. Truth be told, she is increasingly anxious about marriage as she believes her “market value” depends on her youth and cuteness. Life is starting to become a struggle for Akari, who feels empty despite the slew of matchmaking parties she attends. One day, Akari learns of her colleague Tanaka-san’s true identity, which inspires her to live life in her own way. They are polar opposites, but their chemistry empowers them to blow off those who judge them. In the process, they discover their new selves.
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The War of Announcers
Title: The War of Announcers
Character: Mera Tadamaro
Released: August 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Dramatization of The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and its announcers activities to support the Japanese military's fight during the war. Based on the facts, depicts the hidden relationship between broadcasting and the war.
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Title: 18/40: Unbreakable Bond of Dreams
Character: Nakagawa Ichiro
Released: July 11, 2023
Type: TV
Nakagawa Arisu is in the 3rd grade of high school and 18 years old. Her mother died when she was 11 years old. She has since lived with her father, who works as a firefighter. Having been influenced by her mother, Nakagawa Arisu has dreamed of becoming a curator who travels abroad often for work. But her life changes when she learns she is pregnant. Meanwhile, Naruse Toko is about to turn 40 years old soon. She works in the art world as someone who connects art and business. Naruse Toko is dedicated to her work and she hasn't been in a romantic relationship for 10 years. Nakagawa Arisu and Naruse Toko, who are totally different people, happen to meet and their encounter changes their lives.
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神の手
Title: 神の手
Released: May 15, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Angel's Ears: Night of the Traffic Police
Character: Yukihiko Kanazawa
Released: March 20, 2023
Type: TV
Adapted from the novel "Tenshi no Mimi" (天使の耳) by Higashino Keigo (東野圭吾).
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Shin Kamen Rider
Title: Shin Kamen Rider
Character: Criminal
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?
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Fragments of the Last Will
Title: Fragments of the Last Will
Released: December 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Based on a true story - a true love story of a man and his wife who are at the mercy of fate, but wish to be reunited for 11 years. With thoughts of his wife and his fellows, Yamamoto Hatao never gave up hoping that he'd return home despite hopeless circumstances.
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Title: PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Character: Hajime Ueno
Released: October 10, 2022
Type: TV
Takeshiro Shikota is a 27-year-old pediatrician in Hokkaido, Japan. He was born and raised in Hokkaido. One day, Takeshiro is transferred to the newly established PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit). The unit is for children under the age of 15 who require advance and intensive treatment. There, he meets Dr. Hajime Ueno. Hajime is a pioneer in his field and hopes to establish PICU all over Japan. His goal is to bring sick children to PICU as quickly as possible and accept them under any circumstances. Meeting with Hajim, changes Takeshiro life as a pediatrician. (Source: AsianWiki)
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Title: Love with a Case
Character: Masumi Morizono
Released: July 16, 2022
Type: TV
Detective Suzunosuke Shikahama is currently suspended from work after a screw up. He gets together with Haruhi Mabuchi from the Administration Bureau, Sesuna Tsumiki from the Community Safety Bureau, and Ruka Kotori from Accounting. All from different departments and carrying their own baggage, the four join forces. They’re not exactly what you would call champions of justice. They’re not even ambitious enough to go for success. All they want is the truth.
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Hazard Lights
Title: Hazard Lights
Character: Sugai
Released: April 15, 2022
Type: Movie
Sugai works as a driver at a chauffeur service company at night. On the night of a full moon weekend, he is told to pair up with a newcomer Kariya. Kariya is a mysterious young guy who gives a silly quiz to Sugai while they work. Sometime later, a drag queen comes to the office and asks for Sugai, saying that someone is trying to kill him. Sugai actually has a past that he could never forget. His colleague tells him that on the night of a full moon weekend something bad would happen...
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Title: Ten Count to the Future
Character: Seiichiro Kai
Released: April 14, 2022
Type: TV
When Kirisawa Shogo was a high school student, he was a brilliant amateur boxer. He won 4 boxing tournaments and he seemed to have a bright future in the sport. During his university student days, he quit the sport of boxing. Life went on for Kirisawa Shogo. But, after his beloved wife died, his life has now become a total mess. He doesn't have any hope or desire to live. He just spends his days working part-time jobs to make a living. One day, his friend asks him to coach the boxing team at the high school where they attended. Kirisawa Shogo accepts the coaching position. Being around the young boxers, who work extremely hard, Kirisawa Shogo begins to feel alive once again.
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Tonbi
Title: Tonbi
Character: Mitsumo
Released: April 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (later played by Takumi Kitamura). Yasuo's life seemed great at the time, but his life totally changed after his wife died in accident. Since that time, Yasuo, who never experienced parents' love himself, has to raise his son Akira alone.
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Ring Wandering
Title: Ring Wandering
Character: Seiichi Kawauchi
Released: February 19, 2022
Type: Movie
In central Tokyo, a young man, Sosuke, aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He can’t draw the extinct wolf well and struggles to develop the story. One winter’s day, Sosuke finds an animal’s skull while digging foundations at a construction site and takes it home. Is it a Japanese wolf’s skull?
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Title: Ningen Kowai
Released: February 6, 2022
Type: TV
Rakugo has the image of a humorous story, but it is also a treasure trove of “scary stories”. Among them, this work boldly arranges a performance in which "human fear" stands out, and does it in an omnibus format. There are four rakugo plays that will be drawn as a drama this time: "Kokoro", "Tatsumi's Tsuji Zou", "Konya Takao", and "Miyatogawa (upper / lower)".
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Title: Duty and Revenge
Character: Sasaki Yoshiro [Researcher]
Released: January 15, 2022
Type: TV
Genius brain surgeon Keisuke Fujiki finds himself falsely accused of pushing his girlfriend off the hospital rooftop to her death. A wanted man, he abandons his name and status, starts going by Kensuke Narumi, and becomes a fugitive trying to uncover the truth behind his girlfriend's demise.
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Title: Shimobee
Character: Shimobee
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: TV
Yurina, a mystified high school girl, casually downloaded a mysterious app. Since then, whenever Yurina is in trouble, a silent, mysterious old man servant appears and helps her! Adapted from the manga "Shimobee" (しもべえ) by Murata Hiroyuki (村田ひろゆき).
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Struggling Man
Title: Struggling Man
Character: Haruo Izawa
Released: December 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Haruo Izawa is 45 years old and the floor chief of the local grocery store “Umeya”. He is highly trusted by Store Manager Ueda and the part-time ladies and the Ohara branch is the only place where he has been working for 25 years. Although he says that he doesn’t fit to be a store manager, he is still concerned about HR and career advancement. That’s why Ueda’s praise "command center" is his only treasure. Besides, he is also a husband of his wife Ritsuko, and a father of two daughters and a son, Koume, Kanako, and Ryota at home. Humor and pathos are said to be only a fine line, but Haruo’s fruitless actions of paying attention to the human relationships and atmosphere and overthinking never stop.. Where is this middle-aged man’s turmoil going??
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Title: Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa
Character: Genji Andou
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: TV
In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of the dead wife of Detective Genji Ando. Banned from the investigation, he secretly reaches out to Jin Jinbo, an associate professor at the medical school`s genome analysis lab. Who better than a DNA expert to identify this potential serial killer?
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Vice Versa: Chyna
Title: Vice Versa: Chyna
Character: Self
Released: June 17, 2021
Type: Movie
The rise and fall of wrestler Joanie Chyna Laurer, whose life was cut short in 2016. Her contributions to the WWE business and her pioneering work and her gripping tale of the "comeback" starting in 2015.
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Title: マスターピース~傑作を君に~
Released: April 10, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Baby in Charge
Character: Takeda (voice)
Released: March 29, 2021
Type: TV
In this workplace comedy, Takeda, a 47-year-old business executive, is suddenly transformed into an infant with an out-of-control body but a mind that is as sharp as ever. Instead of his favorite food and cocktails, he is forced to switch to meals of porridge and baby formula, with plenty of naps in between. Meanwhile, his subordinates have to cope with the unusual circumstances and learn more about the meaning of understanding and compassion along the way.
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Title: Kiyoshiko
Released: March 20, 2021
Type: TV
A drama adaptation based on Shigematsu Kiyoshi's book of the same name. This drama is about a child with dysphemia and his struggles to communicate with others, and his story of growing up.
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Title: Ganbare! TEAM NACS
Released: March 7, 2021
Type: TV
A super big project commemorating the 25th anniversary of the formation of TEAM NACS and the 30th anniversary of wowow's opening. It was filmed in Hokkaido, the birthplace of TEAM NACS. Starting with "Back to the Sentai Futures", in which members dress as heroes who homage the masterpiece movie and Yo Yoshida participates as the villain "Emperor DeLorean", music is produced with the aim of becoming a national group, "NACS New Member Audition" will be held.
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Title: SPECサーガ黎明篇「Knockin’on 冷泉’s SPEC Door」~絶対預言者 冷泉俊明が守りたかった幸福の欠片~
Character: 海野亮太
Released: February 18, 2021
Type: TV
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THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Title: THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Character: Ebihara
Released: February 5, 2021
Type: Movie
Akira is the legendary killer known as the Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner, Yoko, as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and employee Misaki. CEO Takoda and Misaki are unaware of Akira's background as an assassin. Meanwhile, Utsubo is a representative for an NPO. But, Utsubo works with contract killer Suzuki to set people up for extortion purposes. They target someone at design company Octopus.
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Title: Utsubyou Kudan
Released: December 20, 2020
Type: TV
Sengaki Manabu (Yasuda Ken) is a popular professional shogi player who holds the highest rank of 9-dan. In July 2017, he was in the middle of a game that would determine his rank when his brain suddenly froze. He could not focus on the shogi board and images of death swirled in his mind. As the person in charge of the shogi association’s public relations, he was busy responding to scandals that had shaken up the shogi world. At the same time, he was also a supervising director for a movie on shogi. He had no rest as he would play shogi in the intervals between. His older brother Akira (Takahashi Katsumi) who is a psychiatrist, diagnoses his condition as depression and recommends immediate hospitalisation. The doctor in charge orders Sengaki to take a long rest and stop playing shogi in the meantime. Shogi would only hamper his medical treatment as it entails extreme concentration.
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Hotel Royal
Title: Hotel Royal
Character: Daikichi Tanaka
Released: November 13, 2020
Type: Movie
Set at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests, the family that runs the hotel, and the hotel's staff. Masayo Tanaka is the only child of the family that runs Hotel Royal. She failed to enter an arts school and she now works at the hotel. She does not show her emotions to anyone.
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America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru
Title: America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru
Character: Eisaku Sato
Released: February 24, 2020
Type: Movie
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Beneath the Shadow
Title: Beneath the Shadow
Character: Hiasa Kaoru
Released: February 14, 2020
Type: Movie
Konno moved to Iwate for his job. There, he meets his colleague Hiasa at work. They form a close bond while drinking together, fishing together and doing other activities. One day, Hiasa quits his job without saying anything to Konno. Shortly after, they meet again, but they cannot have that close feeling as they had before. They do not meet again. Time passes and Konno learns that Hiasa went missing. While looking for Hiasa, Konno learns a secret about Hiasa.
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Title: Alibi Breaker
Character: Yoshiyuki Saji
Released: February 1, 2020
Type: TV
In a local shopping street in Nano prefecture, far from the metropole, young Tokino Mitani runs a clocksmith that she inherited from her grandfather all by herself. Her main job is to repair watches and clocks, but she is about to start a side business, a service to break alibis for a fee of 5000 yen per case with a guarantee that the fee is billed only when the alibi is broken. . One day, Tokino meets Yoshiyuki Saji, a detective who is newly assigned to the prefectural police department. Saji cannot break a very solid alibi at a case he is working on and secretly asks Tokino to break it. The case is very challenging, but will Tokino lead him to solve the case!?
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Title: My Story Is Long
Character: Akiba Kouji
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: TV
A young man has college and a failed business behind him. Unemployed and planning his next steps he is lodging with is mother, a small business owner. His sister and her family also move in with the two, albeit temporarily. She sees him as a loser and a lush and wants him out. She also whispers in their mother's ear to ask him to leave the house in order to find his own way and begin the rest of his life. She probably has noble intentions, but is she right and will she succeed?
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Dragon Quest: Your Story
Title: Dragon Quest: Your Story
Character: Pusan (voice)
Released: August 2, 2019
Type: Movie
Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope.
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The Fable
Title: The Fable
Character: Ebihara
Released: June 21, 2019
Type: Movie
The Fable is a legendary yakuza hitman equal to none—but his boss orders him and his sultry associate to lay low and learn how to live a "normal life" in Osaka.
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Title: Nurse in Action!
Character: Keiichiro Yagira
Released: April 10, 2019
Type: TV
Tachibana Haruka is a rookie nurse with a bright personality. Mihara Natsumi is 34-year-old veteran nurse. She is struggling at work and with her love life. While Tachibana Haruka and Mihara Natsumi work as nurses at a place that deals with life and death, they laugh and cry. The two women grow as persons in the process.
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Title: Zekkyo
Character: 神代武
Released: March 24, 2019
Type: TV
A woman’s dead body is found in an apartment in Kokubunji, Tokyo. The decayed body seems like a half year has passed since its death and it is damaged by domestic cats that ate the body. The woman's death is thought to be a "lonely death" (someone died naturally without anyone noticing for a long period of time). Detective Ayano has doubts about that conclusion. The cats seemed like they were not house trained, which is odd for domestic cats. Detective Ayano wonders whether the cats were really owned by the dead woman. Detective Ayano then finds Suzuki Yoko’s bankbook in an empty fishbowl. It seems like the dead woman is 36-year-old Yoko.
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Title: Stay Tuned!
Character: Katori(鹿取)
Released: March 18, 2019
Type: TV
She's the most unlikely candidate to ever stumble into the role of a reporter, and she’s keeping everyone on their toes with her eccentric ways.
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When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
Title: When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
Character: Satoshi
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: Movie
When Satoshi was little, his mother Akiko always took good care of him. She was gentle, but mentally strong. However, two years ago she was diagnosed with cancer and now it's Satoshi's turn to comfort and care for her. However, despite his best efforts, she passes away. A year after Akiko's passing, Satoshi, his father Toshiaki and his older brother Yuichi start new lives. Around that time, Satoshi receives a present from his mother.
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As a Father of Murderer Son
Title: As a Father of Murderer Son
Character: Seto
Released: September 21, 2018
Type: Movie
Keiichi Yoshinaga, who works for a major construction company receives a sudden phone call from his ex-wife, Junko Aoba. She tells Keiichi that their second son, Tsubasa, who lives apart, has been arrested for murdering his classmate. Keiichi immediately meets Tsubasa, but for some reason he keeps silence. Since Tsubasa shows no signs of reflecting upon his conduct, he is possibly going to an open trial. To overcome this situation, Keiichi consults a lawyer Kyoko Kanzaki who has a child of the same age.
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Come On Irene
Title: Come On Irene
Character: Iwao Shishido
Released: September 14, 2018
Type: Movie
Iwao Shishido has found a wife. After paying three million yen for a bridal tour to the Philippines, he comes home with Irene, who is promptly confronted by Tsuru—Iwao’s freshly widowed mother, who’s infuriated her loser son has married a woman she’s never met.
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Title: Mangan
Character: Yanaoka Kiyoshi
Released: August 14, 2018
Type: TV
Ukawa Taeko withdraws her appeal on a murder case, despite her lawyer's insistence. Taeko is the owner of the boarding house which her attorney, Fujii lived in back in his law school days. Fujii had struggled with school, but thanks to Taeko's support he became a lawyer. However, Taeko continued to struggle with her husband, Shigeharu's large debt. In an act to end the struggle, Taeko killed a moneylender when he came to collect. The lingering question was why kill the lender?
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When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead
Title: When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead
Character: Jun Kagami
Released: June 8, 2018
Type: Movie
When salary man Jun gets home, he finds his wife bleeding from her mouth and lying on the floor. He is shocked by the scene, but it turns out the blood is just ketchup and she is pretending to be dead. Without telling him why, she pretends to be dead everyday. Jun is dumbfounded by his wife's behavior, but he begins to feel uneasy with her.
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Title: Ms. Justice
Character: Tsutomu Aihara
Released: April 11, 2018
Type: TV
Ririko Takemura has worked as a prosecutor at the Yokohama District Public Prosecutor’s Office for the past 2 years. She is 29-years-old and single. Even thought she is not good at her work yet, she tries hard. Dealing with the various cases, Ririko Takemura grows as a prosecutor and a woman.
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Sakura Guardian in the North
Title: Sakura Guardian in the North
Character: Hisashi Sugimoto
Released: March 10, 2018
Type: Movie
The film follows the relationship between a mother and her son. In 1945, the mother played by Sayuri Yoshinaga fled with her two sons from the Russians to Hokkaido. In 1972, her son played by Masato Sakai returns to Japan after finding success in the U.S.
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IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
Title: IMPOSSIBILITY DEFENSE
Character: Ko Kawazumura
Released: February 1, 2018
Type: Movie
At a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go to and request him to kill someone. His assassinations can never be blamed on him because he takes no illegal action. His strength is in the power of suggestion and the arrangement of events. He accepts these requests, all the while privately mocking the foolishness of those whose unwise wishes he grants.
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DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon
Title: DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon
Character: Joker (voice)
Released: October 21, 2017
Type: Movie
Joker has come to Japan to steal the Eagle Talon Society's secret weapons in his continued scheme for pure chaos. However, the Justice League is on his trail, but there's something off with Batman. Now, it's up to Eagle Talon to go find out what's wrong with Batman, and that means going back in time to Bruce Wayne's most traumatic experience, the murder of his parents. If that wasn't enough to worry about, the Eagle Talon Society also have to keep their eyes on their production budget, especially with most of that money going towards the licensing fee for DC's popular characters. Will the Eagle Talon Society and the Justice League be able to stop the Joker before their budget dries up, and they're reduced to simple stick figures!?
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Gintama
Title: Gintama
Character: Tetsuya Murata
Released: July 14, 2017
Type: Movie
In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.
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Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
Title: Chigasaki Story - My Little Hometown
Released: June 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Chigasaki is a land of entertainment, which produces many entertainers. Junichi Miyaji is a record collector and promoter of western pop music. Shinichi Nakazawa is an anthropologist. They search for the secret of reason why Chigasaki produces so many entertainers.
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Reminiscence
Title: Reminiscence
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: Little Giants
Character: Hisashi Watanabe
Released: April 16, 2017
Type: TV
Shinichiro Kosaka is a detective of the major cases unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and on the path to become captain of the unit when he makes a mistake during an investigation. Kosaka was subsequently demoted to precinct duty, where he finds his new colleagues taking on small cases tirelessly with a sense of justice untinged by workplace politics and internal disputes.
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Closest Love to Heaven
Title: Closest Love to Heaven
Character: Takahiro Okamura
Released: February 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Nino is a quiet outcast with only a bird for a friend. Kira is a popular boy with a big secret. Even though they live next to each other, they have never spoken. But when Nino learns Kira's secret, everything begins to change, and what starts as a hesitant friendship grows into something more… but how long can it last?
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Title: War of Lies
Character: Akira Nishina
Released: January 10, 2017
Type: TV
When Koichi was 9-years-old, Koichi's father was accused of killing his wife and youngest child. He was also accused of committing suicide. In reality, Koichi's father was framed for the murders and Koichi saw the person who killed his family. He told a cop that his father didn't kill anyone and he saw the killer, but nobody believed him. Afterwards, his relatives called him a liar and he grew up with the nickname of Liar. Koichi eventually moved overseas and changed his name. He became a swindler.
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War of Lie
Title: War of Lie
Released: January 10, 2017
Type: Movie
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Title: 年の瀬 変愛ドラマ
Released: December 28, 2016
Type: TV
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Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Title: Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Character: Seiichiro Tachibana
Released: November 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable disease at age 29. Satoshi devoted his life to fighting not only the disease but also his rivals, feverishly pursuing the highest title, at risk to his life. Director Yoshitaka Mori (Hyakuhachi (2008), Space Brothers (2012)) depicts Murayama's true struggling life, full of love from his parents and teacher, based on the non-fiction novel written by Yoshio Osaki. Kenichi Matsuyama intensely portrays Satoshi and physically embodies the character.
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必殺仕事人2016
Title: 必殺仕事人2016
Released: September 25, 2016
Type: Movie
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Ninkyo Yaro
Title: Ninkyo Yaro
Released: June 4, 2016
Type: Movie
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HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis
Title: HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis
Character: Kiman
Released: May 14, 2016
Type: Movie
News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and disappears, but his biggest enemy yet is about to materialise.
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Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault!
Title: Crayon Shin-chan: Fast Asleep! Dreaming World Big Assault!
Character: Yumehiko Nubatama (voice)
Released: April 16, 2016
Type: Movie
One night, the Nohara family were enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly a big fish appeared in their dreams and ate them. The next morning, Hiroshi read in the newspaper that everybody in another town had the same nightmare as him, but it seemed to have ended. But Hiroshi also heard the same dream from Misae, Shinnosuke, Himawari and even Shiro. They were surprised and thought if the same thing is happening in Kasukabe too. In kindergarten, on telling others about his nightmare, Shinnosuke was surprised to know that everybody too had the same dream. Then a mysterious girl named Saki was transferred to Futaba Kindergarten and joined Shinnosuke's class. Everyone in the class, including the rather inactive Bo-chan, were all excited and happy on seeing her. But Saki had a cold attitude and didn't get along well.
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Title: Sleepeeer Hit!
Character: Noboru Yasui
Released: April 12, 2016
Type: TV
Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she had to give up on her dream due to an injury. In the end, she ends up working at weekly manga magazine "Vibes." The publishing industry is going through a turbulent time due to ebooks. Members of the editorial department struggle to come up with ways to sell more manga books. She learns about editing from her senior editors and becomes fascinated with the edition world, interacting with manga writers, and discovering new manga artists. But what surprises her the most is that in a competitive world such as manga publishing, not all dreams come true, and even when they do, they come with a price...
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実録ドラマスペシャル 女の犯罪ミステリー
Title: 実録ドラマスペシャル 女の犯罪ミステリー
Released: March 17, 2016
Type: Movie
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The Actor
Title: The Actor
Character: Takuji Kameoka
Released: January 30, 2016
Type: Movie
Takuji Kameoka is a 37-year-old bachelor whose occupation is a “miscellaneous actor”. His only interest is drinking. One day he falls in love and his boring life begins to change. The film is based on the book “Actor, Takuji Kameoka” by Akito Inui, a five-time nominee for Japan’s most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa Prize. Satoko Yokohama, a much-admired up-and-coming newcomer, directs the film and we can immediately tell that she is a special talent, with a unique understanding that flows through to her actors and crew.
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Title: Love That Makes You Cry
Character: Atsushi Shirai
Released: January 18, 2016
Type: TV
Follows the story of love, friendship and growth of six young men and women who move from countryside to the big city of Tokyo, each with their own dreams and aspirations. Among them is Sugihara Oto and Soda Ren. After her mother died, Oto was raised by adoptive parents in Hokkaido. Although she has given up on having any high hopes or big dreams for her future, she still remains positive and faces life with optimistic attitude. One day, she finds out the fact that her adoptive parents are planning to marry her to the wealthy man in town in order to solve their financial debt. Soda Ren was raised by his grandfather in Fukushima. Ren works hard on one job after another in order to earn the money to buy back his grandfather's land so that they can start farming again. By chance, Oto and Ren meet in Hokkaido and they decide to move to Tokyo to find new life to change their fate and future. However, as soon as they arrive Tokyo, they get separated in the crowds...
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Title: Shitamachi Rocket
Character: Mitsuhiko Yamasaki
Released: October 18, 2015
Type: TV
Tsukuda Kohei was once a researcher with the Aerospace and Science Exploration Agency and now runs Tsukuda Industries, a small factory which was left by his father. Although his relationship with his teenage daughter Rina is somewhat strained, business at Tsukuda Industries has gradually started to improve. But Tsukuda puts too much effort into his dream of developing a rocket engine and business declines little by little. One day, a major client suddenly declares that it is dropping Tsukuda Industries. Then, Tsukuda Industries gets sued by a big rival company, Nakashima Industries, for patent infringement. Tsukuda Industries’ reputation is hurt and financing from banks is also in a desperate situation. In the midst of this, Teikoku Heavy Industries, one of Japan’s leading corporations, offers to buy a patent which Tsukuda Industries possesses for 2 billion yen
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The Virgin Psychics
Title: The Virgin Psychics
Character: Takahiro Asami
Released: September 4, 2015
Type: Movie
After receiving a cosmic blast while masturbating, a virginal teenager gains psychic powers and joins a group of ESP virgins in order to defend the world from evil psychics.
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All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
Title: All Esper Dayo! ~The Lust-filled Love Wars~
Released: August 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Web adaptation of All Esper Dayo! manga featuring an original story.
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Shinjuku Swan
Title: Shinjuku Swan
Character: Matsukata
Released: May 30, 2015
Type: Movie
Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle between rival talent scouts and the yakuza.
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Flying Colors
Title: Flying Colors
Character: Takashi Nishimura
Released: May 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A high school girl, Sayaka Kudō was the bottom of the class. After a year, she improved her deviation value from 30 to 70, then passed Keio University that is considered one of the most difficult to enter in Japan.
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Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Title: Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Character: Nishi
Released: April 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls his 7 men together to reform their society.
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All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
Title: All Esper Dayo! Special Edition - Esper, Go to City
Character: Takahiro Asami
Released: April 3, 2015
Type: Movie
High school student Yoshio Kamogawa suddenly gained the power to read other people's minds. One day, he receives mail from Sae Asami in Tokyo asking for his help. Yoshio Kamogawa loves Sae Asami. Yoshio Kamogawa goes to Tokyo and infiltrates the high school where Sae Aami attends. Yoshio Kamogawa then becomes involved in a strife between 3 different groups as he tries to save Sae Asami. Shizuka Tachibana also falls in love with Yoshio Kamogawa.
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Again
Title: Again
Released: January 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Mie’s father died during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. One day, she finds a bundle of unsent New Year’s cards, which languished there for 28 years. To find out why the cards were never sent, Mie tracks down Haruhiko Sakacho. Haruhiko played on the same high school baseball team with her father. Mie eventually gathers together her father's former teammates to play in the Masters Koshien (a senior league baseball tournament). Mie also uncovers a truth about her father and the baseball team.
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Title: A Restaurant with Many Problems
Character: Haiji Oshimazuki
Released: January 15, 2015
Type: TV
Tamako works for a company in the restaurant business. She experiences betrayal from Makoto, a chef she recently hired. Rumors then spread at work about her. Tamako decides enough is enough and quits her job. She decides to open a restaurant and run it from a woman's perspective. Tamako soon learns that Makoto has opened a luxurious restaurant across the street from her modest restaurant.
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Title: Great Selection Taxi
Character: Hideki Murakami
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: TV
Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life’s choice.
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Serenade
Title: Serenade
Character: Angel
Released: October 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Manami runs the snack bar “Snack Bar Sayoko.” She raised her daughter Sayoko (Izumi Fujimoto) alone. Her father is known as Angel and works as a drag queen dancer. Sayoko doesn't know that Angel is her father. Manami and Angel have been longtime friends. After graduating from high school, Sayoko moved to Tokyo, but after experiencing several failed romances she goes back to her mother. Sayoko becomes aware that her mom's snack bar is having financial difficulties and may shut down. She decides to open an Okama bar (drag queen bar) and asks her mom's longtime friend Angel for help
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Snow Jack
Title: Snow Jack
Character: Yoshiyuki Irie
Released: August 2, 2014
Type: Movie
A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not respond to the demand, a time bomb set on the ski slope will be detonated.” If the bomb goes off, it will not only hurt the skiers but trigger an avalanche and cause a major catastrophe. The general manager of the ski pistes, Kurata (Ken Watanabe) pleads for an immediate shutdown of the ski site and reporting to the police, but the president of the ski resort gives priority to business interests and decides to negotiate with the blackmailer. And a negotiation process for a despicable ransom case with a massive hostage of all the skiers at the resort begins.
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When Marnie Was There
Title: When Marnie Was There
Character: Toichi (voice)
Released: July 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
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Title: Blue Blazes
Character: Hideaki Anno
Released: July 18, 2014
Type: TV
Set in the early 1980's, Moyuru is a student at an art school in Osaka. He is full of passion and desire in his pursuit to become a manga writer. He also doesn't lack confidence in his abilities. Morinaga Tonko is Honoo's senior at school and the manager of the badminton team which Honoo belongs to. Right before summer vacation, Moyuru makes a decision. He decides to take his manga manuscripts to a publishing company in Tokyo.
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My Hawaiian Discovery
Title: My Hawaiian Discovery
Released: June 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Minori Oyamada, a put-upon editor at a travel-guide publishing company, is asked by an old friend to plan her forthcoming wedding party in Hawaii. After persuading her boss that it will be a work trip, Minori departs for Hawaii with the intention to find and marry a rich man. But when Minori arrives, she encounters three different men who complicate her original goal...
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Jossy's
Title: Jossy's
Character: Minagawa
Released: June 7, 2014
Type: Movie
To battle a malicious monster, five women are gathered in front of Commander Charles against their will. The five women are selected because they each have a family name that represents a color. The five women are filled with doubts about what they are able to do collectively, but they go up against the monster using their lethal technique "Women Tornado". The five women can only use the "Women Tornado" when they are all gathered together.
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Title: Shinigami-kun
Released: April 18, 2014
Type: TV
Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is hard to say how this can be a happy occasion, and watch over the dying. To a grim reaper, persuading people attempting to commit suicide and preventing unforeseen deaths is also an important task. But because #413 is new to this grim reaper work, he has a tendency to lean towards humans in his judgments, break the rules of the nether world and get reprimanded by his superior.
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Black Butler
Title: Black Butler
Character: Ichizo Tokisawa
Released: January 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Set in the year 2020, Shiori Genbo runs the large corporation Funtom. Shiori is also a descendant of prestigious noble family Phantomhive of England. As a descendant of the noble family Phantomhive, Shiori solves difficult cases which are ordered by the queen. In order to take revenge, Shiori makes a deal with Butler Sebastian. Their deal involves Butler Sebastian protecting Shiori until her revenge is fulfilled and then Sebastian will consume her spirit.
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SPEC: Close~Reincarnation
Title: SPEC: Close~Reincarnation
Character: Ryota Unno
Released: November 29, 2013
Type: Movie
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
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SPEC: Close~Incarnation
Title: SPEC: Close~Incarnation
Character: Ryota Unno
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
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SPEC: Zero
Title: SPEC: Zero
Character: Ryota Unno
Released: October 23, 2013
Type: Movie
High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they were killed by people who have spec." That was the first time she heard of "spec". 6 years later, Saya Toma, who has never forgotten what the Detective said, decides to become a detective. She returns to Japan after receiving training by the FBI in the United States. Saya Toma is assigned to work unsolved cases in the Public Security Bureau. Meanwhile, because of Satoshi Chii's scheme, Juichi Ninomae considers Saya Toma his parents' enemy and tries to push her to the edge. Satoshi Chii's scheme has also caused Saya Toma and Juichi Ninomae to forget that they are brother and sister. The siblings are headed to a life-staking fight. A girl named Maho Ueno becomes involved in their fight. To protect Maho Ueno, Saya Toma uses "spec".
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Title: Kaiki Daisakusen: Mystery File
Released: October 5, 2013
Type: TV
Second modern remake of the Kaiki Daisakusen tv show.
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Cupid's Mistake
Title: Cupid's Mistake
Character: Ken
Released: July 4, 2013
Type: Movie
A refreshing and humorous take on dating in Los Angeles, Cupid's Mistake follows the lives of four of the city's inhabitants.
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HK: Forbidden Super Hero
Title: HK: Forbidden Super Hero
Character: Teacher Towatari
Released: April 13, 2013
Type: Movie
High school student Kyosuke Shikijo is the most talented member of the school's martial arts of the fist club. His late father was detective and Kyosuke share his father's strong sense of justice. Kyosuke also has a secret. Kyosuke likes to wear female underwear and transforms himself into the alter ego "Hentai Kamen," wearing female underwear and gaining superhuman powers. This unusual interest also comes from his parents, with his father a masochist and his mother a sadist. By chance, Kyosuke gets the underwear of female high school student Aiko Himeno. With her underwear, he gains various pervert techniques and attempts to protect Aiko from a dirty and heinous teacher.
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Title: Minna! ESPer Dayo!
Character: Takahiro Asami
Released: April 12, 2013
Type: TV
In Notsu, Oita Prefecture, there are many people with supernatural powers. High school student Yoshio Kamogawa (Shota Sometani) is one of them and can read other people's minds. Yoshio uses his powers for trivial reasons.
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The Rakugo Movie
Title: The Rakugo Movie
Released: April 6, 2013
Type: Movie
Rakugo Eiga is a film featuring Japan's traditional art, 'rakugo' as its theme. It is a modern adaptation of three rakugo tales presented in three short films.
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Title: Onna to Otoko no Nettai
Character: Masaomi Sone
Released: January 20, 2013
Type: TV
Jaded journalist Sonoko gets a tip-off about a possible terrorist-related revenge attack. While pursuing the story, she uncovers a deeper conspiracy. A foreign terrorist attack. Local girls poisoned by pollutants. As a journalist and a woman, she must uncover the truth.
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WARRIOR ~唄い続ける侍ロマン
Title: WARRIOR ~唄い続ける侍ロマン
Released: December 21, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Going My Home
Character: Kenji Ito
Released: October 9, 2012
Type: TV
Ryota, a timid salaryman who has difficulties fitting in at home and work has his average life changed after his estranged father falls ill. Along with his wife Sae and their only child Moe, he travels to his father's country town, where he begins to uncover his father's mysterious past spent searching for a mythical creature.
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I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair
Title: I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair
Character: Naoya Komiyama
Released: August 25, 2012
Type: Movie
(I will Soar to the Skies in my Wheelchair ) Hasebe Yasuyuki is living his life carelessly alone in his apartment, until one day, he jumps from the top of a building escaping a street gang and injures his spinal cord. And the doctor tells him that he can't walk anymore. His mother, Haruko, hurries to the hospital for her son, however Yasuyuki is on bad terms with her, so he asks her to leave him alone. There he meets an ill kid in the hospital named Ishii Daisuke who is living his life positively, and the store staff Katou Kumi, who always smiles even though she had a sad past. He gains confidence and decides to start his rehabilitation. After Yasuyuki is discharged from the hospital, he starts relying on everybody everywhere, so he falls into despair and starts thinking of committing suicide seeing no future for himself.
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Title: Beautiful Rain
Character: Koga Yutaka
Released: July 1, 2012
Type: TV
A young daughter (Mana Ashida) supports her father (Etsushi Toyokawa) who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
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Hotaru the Movie: It's Only a Little Light in My Life
Title: Hotaru the Movie: It's Only a Little Light in My Life
Character: Shoji Futatsugi
Released: June 9, 2012
Type: Movie
Set two years after after "Hotaru no Hikari" drama series, Hotaru Amemiya learns that her boss and now husband Seichi Takano has dreamed of vacationing in Rome, Italy like in the movie "Roman Holiday". Hotaru then makes plans to go to Rome for their honeymoon. Rome, Italy prepare ... Hotaru Amemiy and Seichi Takano are coming!
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SPEC: Shou
Title: SPEC: Shou
Character: Unno Ryouta
Released: April 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Set one year after the fight between detectives Saya Toma, Takeru Sebumi, and Satoshi Chii. More confrontations ensues between the detectives at the Unidentified Crimes Unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Takeru Sebumi returns after taking a break due to his eye problems. Kenzo Ichiyanagi is appointed section chief, while Kotaro Nonomura is demoted. New member Shu Kikkawa joins the team.
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Title: Tsukahara Bokuden
Released: November 2, 2011
Type: TV
Takahara is a legendary figure in the Warring States Period of Japan. He was born in Kagoshima, the sacred place of sword. He learned the art of Taidao in Kagoshima from childhood. He had faced many life-and-death battles in his life, but he had never been injured at one time. In this new play, the story will be unfolded centering on the youth period of Sakahara, which has never been shown on the big screen before.
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Title: The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
Released: July 8, 2011
Type: TV
The story is set in an ancient time, when the whole country was covered in thick forests. A mysterious plague breaks out, resulting in countless deaths. A pure young man named Yoshihiko becomes chosen as a hero, and he sets out on a journey in order to save a village. He has two goals – to bring back the legendary plant that can cure the plague, and to rescue his father Teruhiko who left to find the plant but never returned.
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Title: SPEC ~ First Blood
Character: Ryota Unno
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: TV
Like the original series, "SPEC" will revolve around a pair of police detectives as part of a special division solving difficult cases (Mishou). Touma Saya is a woman with an IQ of 201 and an inability to "read the atmosphere" in social situations. Due to a previous case, her left arm is in a sling. Her partner Sebumi Takeru used to be the star performer of the Metropolitan Police. After some incident however, he was transferred to Mishou. Those two track down offenders with special abilities(SPEC) who managed to get away with their crimes.
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Title: Graduation Song
Character: Yoichi Shimura
Released: March 1, 2010
Type: TV
March is graduation season. Parting with the one you love, becoming disheartened from a broken dream, bereavement from your loved one… In life, one will always encounter a wall that they must overcome. When you are able to conquer that wall, that is the essence of ‘graduation’ in life. As some say, "Goodbye is not the end", graduation is not an end, but instead is the start of a new life.
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Shimoarai kyōdai no supuringu, hazu, kamu
Title: Shimoarai kyōdai no supuringu, hazu, kamu
Released: December 4, 2009
Type: Movie
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Chasing My Girl
Title: Chasing My Girl
Released: November 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Six guys wacky guys, who worked together at a summer beach bar job, come across a letter from dream girl Eriko. The letter isn't addressed to anyone in particular, but asks if the recipient would meet her at the beach bar on Christmas Eve. Each of the men believe they are the one Eriko wants to meet and a heated battle between the lovelorn men begins. A seventh man, attorney Sekiguichi, then appears and also enters the competition!
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TEAM NACS FILMS N43°
Title: TEAM NACS FILMS N43°
Character: Ken Yasuda
Released: September 25, 2009
Type: Movie
TEAM NACS tries out film directing for the first time! Introducing 'N43°'! From Hokkaido to you - a message card from the five members of TEAM NACS. Each member has written and directed a different short movie for this 5 movie omnibus, where the keyword is their beloved native island of 'Hokkaido'! Witness each of their individual creative skills, and watch as their unique perspectives are put on display. Every part of these 5 stories, down to the themes, casts and genres, varies greatly in order to give you a continuously engaging and fun viewing experience! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be shocked, moved and refreshed by this new film series!
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Sensei wa Erai!
Title: Sensei wa Erai!
Character: Akio Aoyama
Released: April 12, 2008
Type: Movie
Nakajima, Chinen, and Arioka play three useless students at a public junior high school. At first, they find their homeroom teacher dull and bothersome, but an incident leads them to take a liking to him. Along with their former classmate (Yamada) who now attends a private school, the students unite to transform their teacher into a respectable guy. - (TokyoGraph)
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Title: Hitomi
Character: Ishida Yuzo
Released: March 31, 2008
Type: TV
The 78th NHK Asadora is Hitomi. The series takes place in the old shitamachi area of Tokyo, and in these most recent episodes, 20-year old heroine Hitomi becomes the force around which her divorced mother, long estranged from her own father, is forced to reconcile and renew a sense of family camaraderie. This is not particularly easy, given the trifling issues and problems of modern day life that beset each of the characters, and the drama unfolds with a light comedic touch. Hitomi's upbringing is the issue that is constantly brought into focus. The family reconciliation is made possible, ironically through the death of Hitomi's grandmother. Hitomi seizes the opportunity to travel to her funeral from Sapporo. Once there, she sets out to realize her dream of becoming a dancer, all the while interfering with and disrupting her grandfather's life.
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Cycle Soul Apartment
Title: Cycle Soul Apartment
Character: Kanji Nakata
Released: August 25, 2007
Type: Movie
When Miyata is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to join a mass suicide pact with the members of a suicide website. However, the plan ends in failure when only the man that planned the whole thing ends up dying. The owner of the suicide site promises to give Miyata a special poison that will kill her without any suffering, but in exchange he wants her to marry a resident of the apartment he manages.
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Title: Hotaru no Hikari: It's Only A Little Light In My Life
Character: Futatsugi Shouji
Released: July 11, 2007
Type: TV
Hotaru no Hikari is a Japanese josei manga series by Satoru Hiura. It has been adapted into 2 television drama series and a live action film that was released on 7 July 2012.
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Title: Haken no Hinkaku
Character: Shinya Hitotsugi
Released: January 10, 2007
Type: TV
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.
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The Vanished
Title: The Vanished
Released: March 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs.
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Into the Sun
Title: Into the Sun
Character: Yakuza
Released: November 26, 2005
Type: Movie
After the assassination of Tokyo's Governor by Yakuza members, the CIA bureau chief (William Atherton) for Tokyo puts out a call to an agent (Steven Seagal) that had been raised in Japan and trained by ex-Yakuza. Using his former ties, he quickly determines that a war is brewing between old-guard Yakuza members and a young, crazed leader (Takao Osawa) with ties to the Chinese Tong.
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Silver Angel
Title: Silver Angel
Character: Yuki's Boss
Released: December 18, 2004
Type: Movie
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Howl's Moving Castle
Title: Howl's Moving Castle
Character: (voice)
Released: September 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
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River
Title: River
Released: November 29, 2003
Type: Movie
Five old friends meet again at a school reunion and discuss their painful memories. The friends then run into an old acquaintance who was an exchange student. The exchange student tells the friends about a new drug able to erase memories, but they have to steal it from his factory ...
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Title: ハナタレナックス
Released: January 31, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: The Summer Promise
Released: August 31, 2002
Type: TV
Yoko is aiming to become an actress in the city far away from her home. I lost my husband in an accident during autumn salmon fishing and tried to escape from my mother who had a hard time raising with one woman. One day, a phone call returns to the home where Yoko should have forgotten. “Mom fell ...” My mother, who met on a homecoming for the first time in five years, had a hard day as a mother while having a serious illness. The captain of the sightseeing boat, who was close to retirement, touched her mother and her mother-in-law who had been absent for a long time because of her father's absence. When Yoko found that her mother's illness was actually life-threatening, Yoko had to return to the city with a ticket that could make her dream come true. Yoko understands her feelings toward her mother's feelings as her true feelings while the scent of her hometown is loosing.
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The Cat Returns
Title: The Cat Returns
Character: Machida (voice)
Released: July 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
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Spirited Away
Title: Spirited Away
Character: Mr. Oshira (voice)
Released: July 20, 2001
Type: Movie
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
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man-hole
Title: man-hole
Character: Masayoshi Kobayashi
Released: March 3, 2001
Type: Movie
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Making-of man-hole
Title: Making-of man-hole
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes footage of Takayuki Suzui’s film man-hole.
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Title: How do you like Wednesday?
Character: Self
Released: October 9, 1996
Type: TV
How do you like Wednesday? was a Japanese television variety series that aired on the HTB network in Hokkaidō, Japan, and on other regional television networks in Japan. The program debuted on HTB on October 9, 1996. The series was one of the first local variety programs to be produced on Hokkaido; prior to this series' launch, local variety programs in Hokkaidō were virtually non-existent. The program also had a significant influence on other local programs in other regions in Japan, most notably Kwangaku! in Kansai and Nobunaga in Tokai. The series achieved a record 18.6% viewing share on December 8, 1999, the highest share for a late-night program on a local TV station. Production of the weekly regular series ended in September 2002, though new limited-run series were produced on average of every 18 months; the latest series was shown on HTB in late 2005, eight episodes in length. Most of the series have been rerun under the names of Dōdeshō Returns and Suiyō Dōdeshō Classic.
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Red Sun Rising
Title: Red Sun Rising
Character: Oyabun's Guard
Released: September 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Thomas Hoshino is a tough Japanese detective, who lost his partner by a deadly Yakuza killer Jaho. He tracks down the killer and his master to Los Angeles, where he teams up with Det. Karen Ryder. Soon they discover that Jaho is preparing a gang war and weapon smuggling ring. Hoshino must find a way to defeat the killer who posses mystical ninja powers.
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Title: PARAMUSHIR〜信じ続けた士魂の旗を掲げて
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV