Zen Kajihara

Zen Kajihara

Born: February 25, 1966
in Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Movies for Zen Kajihara...

Title: Double Cheat: Itsuwari no Keikan
Character: Ryuuji Horikita
Released: April 26, 2024
Type: TV
A crime entertainment drama produced by TV Tokyo and WOWOW, which deals with various scams that have increased in recent years with the spread of the Internet.
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Title: Re:リベンジ-欲望の果てに-
Character: Ayukawa Kenji
Released: April 11, 2024
Type: TV
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Title: ONE DAY~It’s Wonderful Christmas Ado~
Character: Kunieda Shigeo
Released: October 9, 2023
Type: TV
Three people come from different backgrounds and face their own troubles. Their fate leads them to face each other as their destinies become intertwined.
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Title: Hayabusa Fire Brigade
Character: Yousuke Morino
Released: July 13, 2023
Type: TV
Mima Taro is a writer who has hit a slump. Tired of city life, he moves into the house he inherited from his father in the mountainous Hayabusa. When he joins the fire brigade, he becomes involved in a series of arson cases and suspicious incidents. As Taro searches for the truth, a huge conspiracy comes to the surface.
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Do Unto Others
Title: Do Unto Others
Character: Yasushi Sawanobori
Released: March 24, 2023
Type: Movie
A community is shocked when the bodies of an elderly man and the manager of a home-visit nursing centre are found. The passing of 42 elderly patients is connected to Shiba, a caretaker recognised for his affection and dedication.
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Tiger Cave
Title: Tiger Cave
Released: February 11, 2023
Type: Movie
A story of a lonely man with motifs from Hamlet and Sangetsuki. One day, The man hears a mysterious voice.
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Title: Elpis
Character: Tendon Ebita
Released: October 24, 2022
Type: TV
Inspired by multiple true cases of false accusations, Elpis follows Ena Asakawa (Masami Nagasawa), a former network anchor whose star has faded due to scandal and now helms a late-night, less-formal magazine show. There an under-rated and rookie director Takuro Kishimoto (Gordon Maeda) begins to doubt a death row conviction which, together with Asakawa, make-up artist Cherry (Toko Miura) and star reporter Shouichi Saito (Ryohei Suzuki), they investigate and unravel as a state-wide conspiracy and cover up.
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Title: First Penguin!
Character: Yamanaka Atsushi
Released: October 5, 2022
Type: TV
The "first penguin" is the courageous first penguin that dives into the sea filled with enemies. Iwasaki Nodoka is a young single mother with no money, no house, and no work. While Nodoka decides that she will do anything to eat, she meets a fisherman who offers her "10,000 yen to rebuild the coast". Thus, Nodoka now carries the dreams of the local fishermen whose lives are on her shoulders. Despite her limited knowledge of the fishing industry, Nodoka does her best working with the stubborn sea men, breaks through the old common sense and customs with her boldness, and creates a revolution in the industry.
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Title: ISHIKO and HANEO: You're Suing Me?
Released: July 15, 2022
Type: TV
A paralegal who graduated from a big-name school teams up with an offbeat lawyer, taking on oddball little cases out of a small, neighborhood law office.
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お勢、断行
Title: お勢、断行
Released: May 11, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: SHORT PROGRAM
Released: March 1, 2022
Type: TV
An anthology drama series adapted from Mitsuru Adachi's series of short story comics of the same name, with each episode starring a different member of J-pop group JO1.
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Title: Deep Crime Unit
Character: Hideki Bando
Released: January 16, 2022
Type: TV
Niina Masayoshi is the leader of DCU. The group was newly created by the Japan Coast Guard and stands for Deep Crime Unit. Their mission is to find evidence and dead bodies hidden underwater, that are crucial to solving criminal cases. Niina Masayoshi never gives up investigating the truth.
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Title: The 13 Lords of the Shogun
Character: Zenji
Released: January 9, 2022
Type: TV
Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's destiny begin to turn.
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Masquerade Night
Title: Masquerade Night
Character: Masaharu Motomiya
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.
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Title: Night Doctor
Character: Masanori Kashima(嘉島 征規)
Released: June 21, 2021
Type: TV
Doctors from various fields and with various personalities come together and formed the "Night Doctor", specialized in night-time emergencies. This drama will show the challenges they face every night and how they slowly create a unique bond.
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Title: I Will Not Work Overtime, Period!
Character: Manabu Tozuka
Released: May 14, 2019
Type: TV
Higashiyama Yui works as a director at Net Heroes, a web production company. Due to her workaholic father and bad experiences in the past, she loathes working overtime. Even 2 years ago, she broke off her engagement to Taneda Kotaro because he was a workaholic. At her job, Higashiyama Yui always leaves at the end of the regular working day and never works overtime. She tries to be as efficient as possible and productive during her normal working hours. After she leaves her office, Higashiyama Yui normally drinks beer at her regular Chinese restaurant. Her peaceful days begin to change after a new department head arrives at work.
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Bird
Title: Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Bird
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Japan, 1590. Wandering samurai band together to take on the lord of Skull Castle in this “Bird” version of the dynamic show performed in a 360º theater.
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Masquerade Hotel
Title: Masquerade Hotel
Character: Masaharu Motomiya
Released: March 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
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Kishu Hanshu Yoshimune
Title: Kishu Hanshu Yoshimune
Released: February 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Before Tokugawa Yoshimune, known as the "Ravage Shogun", was the lord of the Kishu domain, before he became the shogun! Yoshimune hides his identity and begins an investigation in the city of Edo in order to find out who he really is. As he grows up, he ends up throwing himself into a turmoil involving the shogunate... This is an entertainment historical drama in which a young 21-year-old named Yoshimune solves the problems of the common people in the city and goes around dealing with merchants and powerful people plotting evil deeds.
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Title: The Dancing Detective Dekadance
Character: Manrai Sendō
Released: October 9, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Rent-a-Rescue
Character: Shinya Kakimoto
Released: October 9, 2016
Type: TV
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Black Widow Business
Title: Black Widow Business
Character: Konosuke Okumoto
Released: August 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and eventually marries her. Not longer after their marriage, Kozo Nakase suddenly collapses and dies. Kozo Nakase leaves everything to Sayako. The rest of his family are left out of his will including his daughter Tomomi. Tomomi hires a private investigator, Honda, to find out more about Sayoko.
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Title: Your Home Is My Business
Character: Makoto Fuse
Released: July 13, 2016
Type: TV
She's single, beautiful and wears clothes that are a bit flashy, but she never smiles in front of her clients. Machi is a real-estate saleswoman who is known for closing the deal no matter who the client is--100% of the time. "There isn't a house I can't sell." She sticks her nose in the private issues of her clients and uses a vast range of tactics to help solve their problems... and sells the house while she's at it! "The kind of home you live in becomes a true reflection of your life." Because the home itself can sometimes even change your life, Machi will pour her heart and soul into finding the right home for you. "Being a real estate agent means having your clients surrender their life to you."
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Galaxy Turnpike
Title: Galaxy Turnpike
Character: Babasahibu
Released: October 24, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in the year 2265. There is a small restaurant along the main road Galaxy Kaido, which connects Earth and the space colony Uzushio.
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Title: Samurai Sensei
Character: 小见山喜一
Released: October 23, 2015
Type: TV
Takechi Hanpeita, a samurai from Bakumatsu period time-travels 150 years to modern day Japan.
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Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
Title: Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
Released: May 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Soma, an immigrant from a defeated country, lives as a fortuneteller in Japan. She is saved from corrupt court officials by Kojiro Masakado, a warrior from Bando. They get swept up in a conflict between Bando and the imperial forces.
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Title: Great Selection Taxi
Character: Kaoru Okubo
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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Title: Last Doctor
Character: Kosuke Kubota
Released: July 11, 2014
Type: TV
Yoshizaki Kaoruko, who had been a clinician at a university hospital, takes up a post at a medical examiner’s office after she is told by her professor to try to get experience. However, everyone from the supervising doctor Akita Shinya, director Yanagida Shuhei and assistant Yamashita Mieko are all individualistic characters. This does not bode well for the future. Meanwhile, Akita and Kaoruko are put in charge of the dead body of a popular model who fell to her death. The police consider it to be a suicide, but Akita is drawn to a subtle point .
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Title: My Wife is Ninja
Character: Ganjiro
Released: April 5, 2013
Type: TV
It is the late Edo period. Futaboshi Hikoma, the Hirado domain's astronomer, is a rather eccentric person whose only interests are the stars and sea. A beautiful bride Orie comes to him and Hikoma vows to himself to cherish her in his lifetime. However, in less than a month, his new wife disappears without a reason from this dreamlike married life. In truth, Orie is a female ninja that the shogunate has sent because of its suspicions about the domain's illegal trading and activities. The shogunate plots to punish and destroy the Hirado domain in a warning to various domains in the west. Not knowing this, Hikoma goes to Edo in search of his wife. He is introduced to Matsuura Seizan, the former feudal lord of the Hirado domain, by his old friend Senemon, but is told by Seizan that he will slay Orie if she appears.
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Title: Tokyo Control
Character: Motoharu Yano(矢野 元治)
Released: October 14, 2012
Type: TV
Tokyo Control is a 2011 Japanese television drama series that is produced by Sony and Fuji Television. It is the first television series in 3D made in Japan.This television series revolves around air traffic control, and it stars Ayako Kawahara and Saburo Tokito as air traffic controllers. Tokyo Control premiered on Sky PerfecTV! HD, a subscription-based channel on the Fuji Television network, on January 19, 2012. It was aired in both 2D and 3D formats, and it has a total of 10 episodes. This television series has been well received by viewers.
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Title: Man of Destiny
Character: Kouwa Hagino
Released: January 15, 2012
Type: TV
A newspaper reporter (Masahiro Motoki) uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes a key figure in the story.
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Short Cut
Title: Short Cut
Released: November 3, 2011
Type: Movie
After 10 years of marriage, a couple finds itself walking on a small path in the mountains. Allowing them to discover one another.
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A Ghost of a Chance
Title: A Ghost of a Chance
Character: Iseya
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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Title: HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Character: Atsushi Miyagawa
Released: October 11, 2011
Type: TV
On a return flight to Japan, cabin attendant Isaka Rei arrests a thief at Narita Airport’s International Terminal, and receives a reward of 1 million yen. However, she is half-forced to resign from her job as a cabin attendant because of this roundup. Furthermore, her younger sister, Akane, has made her a guarantor and disappeared, leaving her 10-year-old daughter, Haru behind. Rei starts to live with a reluctant Haru at ‘Shunkato’, the small eating house that Akane has been running. There is a firsthand account of Akane meeting a ‘Shunkato’ customer on the day she went missing. Rei brings the photograph of the man whom Akane met to Tsukishima Police Precinct, and learns that there is a 1 million yen bounty because he is a wanted criminal. The lack of motivation of the attending detective, Gondo Takeshi of the precinct’s Community Safety Division, spurs her to decide that she has to arrest this criminal who has some sort of connection to her sister. And so, Rei becomes a bounty hunter together with the ladies who gather at ‘Shunkato’.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Character: Nobuyuki Iwata
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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Title: My Husband is a Cartoonist
Released: March 29, 2010
Type: TV
The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki Shigeru. The story revolves around the life of the married couple, told from the perspective of Mura. --Tokyograph
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Title: The Waste Land
Character: Kaname Kaifu
Released: October 15, 2009
Type: TV
Iki Tadashi is a military leader named who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After 11 years of imprisonment, he is released. He returns to Japan and begins readjusting to life as a civilian, rejecting an offer from his former colleague to work on a defense project. Tadashi has decided to never involve himself in war again, much to the joy of his family. Instead, he attempts to set off on a new path working at a major trading company. --Tokyograph
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The Magic Hour
Title: The Magic Hour
Character: Mr. Nishi
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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The Grudge 2
Title: The Grudge 2
Character: Folklore Guy
Released: October 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.
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Title: Time Limit Investigator
Character: Hiroshi Tabata
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: TV
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.
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The Grudge 1.5
Title: The Grudge 1.5
Character: Mishima
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
The Grudge 1.5 is an animated graphic novel short film, a series of segments set during and between the events of The Grudge and The Grudge 2. It prequels The Grudge 2 as it explores Eason's first contact with the Saeki murders, and consequently to the grudge curse.
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Title: Hero
Character: Detective
Released: January 8, 2001
Type: TV
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have. Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt. Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him.
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Title: Legendary Teacher
Character: Takeshi Nagano(永野 武史)
Released: April 15, 2000
Type: TV
A man who appears to have no particular passion for anything ironically proves effective with troubled high school students. Known as a legendary savior of problem schools, he shows up one day to salvage what's left of a class that had fallen apart completely. His highly unpredictable reactions and controversial advice to students shock the teachers and staffs much as they do the problem students themselves.
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Title: Housewife & Detective
Released: January 7, 1999
Type: TV
This comical suspense drama centers around Kaoru, a divorced female detective, and Hinako, a housewife married to a detective. Hinako can't keep her curious nature bottled and is constantly trying solve the cases her husband talks about at the dinner table. Kaoru inevitably sees what she is up to and tries to keep her from getting in the way, but sometimes the determined housewife suprises everyone with her simple observations!
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Title: Naguru Onna
Released: October 13, 1998
Type: TV
Fired by the company she works at, and desperate for a new job, accountant Yoshimura Kaoru finds herself taking a job at Paradise Gym - a boxing gym. Through a series of events she ends up becoming the trainer of an old boxer Sawada Ryohei, trying to make something of himself after quitting his well paying job. Although she hates the sport, she finds herself attached to this rude, obnoxious man and they journey forth together to find where it is they both belong.
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Title: Shining Brightly
Released: January 13, 1998
Type: TV
The job of a medical jurisprudence involves a lot of complicated crimes such as murder and accidents. Hikaru (Fukatsu Eri) is a graduate of a medical university, also focused her discipline on neurology. One night during a student reunion, a dead body was found in the kitchen. Hikaru, who is a little regretting that she choose her focus in neurology was moved by another doctor's words, Dead bodies will not tell us what happened, that is why we have to piece together its last words.(Dramawiki)
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Title: Gift
Character: Shinji Tsukuba(筑波 新次)
Released: April 16, 1997
Type: TV
Gift is a drama that aired on Fuji TV. It first aired in Japan from April 16, 1997 to June 25, 1997 every Wednesday. It features music by Bryan Ferry and Howard Jones. It raised several issues in Japanese society, due to its casual use of a butterfly knife and its resulting violence.
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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Title: Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Character: Mano
Released: July 12, 1996
Type: Movie
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
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Title: ナニワ金融道
Character: 泥沼 亀之助
Released: February 16, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Okane ga Nai!
Released: July 6, 1994
Type: TV
Kentaro lives in the suburbs with his two little brothers. They are poor, but they are happy. The factory Kentaro works for, though, goes bankrupt on pay day and Kentaro finds himself out of a job and with even less money. The brothers are thrown out of their apartment and Kentaro, a born optimistic until then, decides that he must aggressively pursue "money". This drama depicts the success story of Kentaro in his search for money and a better life.
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The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Title: The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Character: Iwasaki
Released: March 5, 1994
Type: Movie
Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of double-crosses Hama gets embroiled in a gang war and a revenge plot between the two brothers
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Sayuri
Title: Sayuri
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A family moves into a house, but discover that it is haunted by a murdered girl.