Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

Born: June 20, 1941
in Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Koji Ishizaka...

The Floor Plan
Title: The Floor Plan
Released: March 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Amemiya is an unpopular Youtuber who specializes in the occult. One day, his manager brings him a home floor plan. His manager tells him that the layout looks like an ordinary home floor plan, but the layout contains an inscrutable point. Amemiya begins to look carefully at the floor plan and Kurihara, who is an architect and a fan of mysteries, joins him. They try to reveal the mystery behind the house. Meanwhile, Yuzuki contacts Amemiya and tells him that she knows something about the house he posted on his YouTube channel. She joins Amemiya and Kurihara to reveal the mystery of the house, but she also seems to have a secret.
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Title: Plamo no Hanashi
Released: March 3, 2024
Type: TV
A talk show featuring celebrities who love plastic models.
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Title: Fixer
Character: Shinjiro Kurohane
Released: April 24, 2023
Type: TV
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Title: Doctor White
Character: Takamori Iwao [Hospital director]
Released: January 17, 2022
Type: TV
A collapsed woman, wearing white clothes, is found at a park in the early morning hours. The woman introduces herself as Byakuya. Except for her name, she doesn't remember anything else about herself. She doesn't know general stuff either, but she holds extensive medical knowledge and has a genius-like diagnostic ability. With just the smallest amount of information, she is able to diagnose any disease. She begins to work with a diagnosis team at a hospital.
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Title: Kenjusho: Mitsukuni and I
Released: November 5, 2021
Type: TV
A young Tokugawa Mitsukuni (Yamamoto Koji) meets a homeless orphan Ryosuke (Kurokawa Souya). Surprised by his deadly skills with a wooden sword, Mitsukuni invites him to the covert organisation known as Juninshu. The members of Juninshu are orphans with outstanding skills. They conduct intelligence work using their special abilities and help to capture criminals. With the help of Juninshu, Mitsukuni discovers that Nishiki Hyonosuke (Kato Shigeaki) is the leader of the gang of arsonists that caused the Great Fire of Meireki. Hyonosuke is the son of Unkei (Ishizaka Koji), a sculptor specialising in Buddha statues whom Mitsukuni admires. Unkei has lived to bring Hyonosuke, who has gone off the right path, to justice with his own hands. Hyonosuke aims to overthrow the Tokugawas and a fierce battle is imminent. Worried for Mitsukuni, his wife Yasu (Matsumoto Honoka) seeks the help of the great swordsman Yagyu Gisen (Tachi Hiroshi).
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Joou no Houigaku ~Shikatsushi~
Title: Joou no Houigaku ~Shikatsushi~
Released: May 31, 2021
Type: Movie
A genius forensic scientist pushes around one of her students while investigating a case.
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Title: Kareinaru ichizoku
Character: Nagata Tadashi
Released: April 18, 2021
Type: TV
Daisuke Manpyō is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyō is in for difficult times as he attempts to block the merger between his bank and another.
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ZOKKI
Title: ZOKKI
Released: April 2, 2021
Type: Movie
Five loosely connected storylines concerning the secrets and lies, the fears and tears, and the puerile potty jokes that punctuate the characters' daily (and in one eerie case, nightly) encounters.
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Mio's Cookbook
Title: Mio's Cookbook
Character: Taneichi
Released: October 16, 2020
Type: Movie
When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in cooking and eventually became a cook. Meanwhile, Noe has become an oiran (high-ranking courtesan).
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TANNISHO
Title: TANNISHO
Released: May 24, 2019
Type: Movie
Yuien is a troubled young man. He meets the Buddhist monk Shinran, and listens to his teachings. Shinran takes him on as his disciple, and they travel together, with experiences both joyous and heartbreaking awaiting them on the road.
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Title: Yasuragi no Toki: Michi
Released: April 8, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: Yasuragi no Sato A Peaceful Place
Released: April 1, 2017
Type: TV
The drama is set in an retirement home named "Yasuragi no Sato La Strada" where only those who had worked in the TV entertainment industry such as actors, writers, musicians and artists are allowed to live at. Kikumura Sakae, who used to be a popular scriptwriter, lives among the former stars and the problems they face are presented in a humorous manner.
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AIBOU: The Movie IV
Title: AIBOU: The Movie IV
Character: Mineaki Kai
Released: February 11, 2017
Type: Movie
A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.
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Title: Heaven
Character: Kanagawa Kazuo
Released: January 8, 2017
Type: TV
An incident is talked about all over Japan. The case involves the Doizaki couple that killed their 15-year-old daughter and hid her body under their house for 16 years. One day, housewife Toshiko Hagitani visits Shigeko Maehata who works for a small editing company. Toshiko tells Shigeko that her 12-year-old son Hitoshi might have a special ability to see other people's memories. She pulls out a picture drawn by Hitoshi. The picture has a girl with a grey colored face lying in a house that has a bat shaped weather vane on its roof. The picture seems to depict the incident involving the Doizaki couple. Shigeko decides to do some research, but Hitoshi dies in a car accident. Meanwhile, the attorney for the Doizaki couple tells their second daughter Seiko that the couple has cut off all ties with her. Around that time, a female high student is confined.
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Title: Brass Dreams
Character: Odagiri Kanji
Released: July 17, 2016
Type: TV
Hikuma Koichi was a saxophone player, but he suffers from the after-effects of an accident. Due to that, he turned his back on music. Hikuma Koichi finds hope in the high school brass band. The band consists of problem students. Koichi struggles to instruct the brass band and to give them hope.
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Library Wars: The Last Mission
Title: Library Wars: The Last Mission
Character: Iwao Nishina
Released: October 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Set 18 months after movie "Library Wars." After the government's enactment of the Media Betterment Act, battles wage between the Betterment Squads and the Library Defense. The Library Defense resists censorship and advocates freedom of expression. The biggest battle awaits for the Library Defense.
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Library Wars: Book Of Memories
Title: Library Wars: Book Of Memories
Character: Iwao Nishina
Released: October 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Iku (Nana Eikura) joined the Library Defense Force after a member from that team retrieved an important book that was targeted for censorship. She is assigned to work under Atsushi’s (Junichi Okada) team. She endures Atsushi's harsh treatment and looks for the member who retrieved her book. She also finds herself becoming attracted to Atsushi. Iku meets female high school student Marie (Tao Tsuchiya) at the library. Maries has a hearing disability. She is also a childhood friend of Mikihisa (Kei Tanaka). Iku senses Marie’s strong feelings for Mikihisa. Asako (Chiaki Kuriyama) works as a clerk for the Library Task Force. She has frequent meetings with curator Shuji (Aoi Nakamura). This creates complicated feelings for Hikaru (Sota Fukushi). One day, Mikihisa is arrested because of a book he recommended to Marie. Official reason given is because the book is unsuitable for disabled people. The members of the Library Task Force are angered by Mikihisa's arrest.
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Title: Kaijuu Sakaba Kanpai!
Released: July 7, 2015
Type: TV
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Woman Lived Mori Mitsuko
Title: Woman Lived Mori Mitsuko
Released: May 9, 2014
Type: Movie
Drama special "Mori Mitsuko wo Ikita Onna" follows the life of actress Mitsuko Mori and, in particular, when she 26 to 42 years old. Mitsuko Mori went through struggles to find happiness as a woman and an actress.
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AIBOU: The Movie III
Title: AIBOU: The Movie III
Character: Mineaki Kai
Released: April 26, 2014
Type: Movie
A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding the incident are fully investigated. Soon, partners Ukyo Sugishita and Tooru Kai are dispatched to the island to conduct the investigation. When Ukyo and Tooru arrive on the island, which is privately owned by a wealthy businessman, they discover a unit of former Self-Defense Forces personnel who have set up a small community as they participate in training exercises. While Ukyo initially expected to be investigating an accidental death, he quickly becomes convinced it was actually murder. However, when they finally manage to uncover conclusive evidence of this, the soldiers attack.
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AIBOU: The Movie III
Title: AIBOU: The Movie III
Released: April 26, 2014
Type: Movie
A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki Kai the task of making sure rumors surrounding the incident are fully investigated. Soon, partners Ukyo Sugishita and Tooru Kai are dispatched to the island to conduct the investigation. When Ukyo and Tooru arrive on the island, which is privately owned by a wealthy businessman, they discover a unit of former Self-Defense Forces personnel who have set up a small community as they participate in training exercises. While Ukyo initially expected to be investigating an accidental death, he quickly becomes convinced it was actually murder. However, when they finally manage to uncover conclusive evidence of this, the soldiers attack.
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Title: The Island Teacher
Character: Bunza Tajima
Released: May 25, 2013
Type: TV
Students who have previous troubles in the city's schools are sent to a small school on an island. Warm-hearted people on this remote island change them and they can grow. Chihiro Natsumura, who is a teacher on the remote island, struggles to solve the problems her students have.
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Library Wars
Title: Library Wars
Character: Iwao Nishina
Released: April 27, 2013
Type: Movie
Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Force is created. The Library force, including instructor Atsushi Dojo and Iku Kasahara, work to protect the libraries. A fierce battle then ensues between these two groups.
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One in a hundred thousand
Title: One in a hundred thousand
Character: Narration (voice)
Released: December 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Tamura Masakazu plays Shohei Yamauchi, a freelance reporter obsessed with finding out the truth about a traffic accident in which his beloved daughter died. Judging by the photo of the accident, which appeared in the news described by photojournalists as "one coincidence in a hundred thousand", and the survivor's testimony that "I saw a red fireball" immediately before the accident, the circumstances of the accident are questionable. The film is based on a late masterpiece by Seicho Matsumoto.
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Title: Mysteries of Detective Cat HOLMES
Character: Kurihara
Released: April 14, 2012
Type: TV
Yoshitaro Katayama (Masaki Aiba) became a police detective after having followed the will of his father who had been known as a great detective. However, Yoshitaro can never step into murder scenes because he faints whenever he sees blood, and criminals are able to easily slip away because he is afraid of heights. He also has phobias of women and ghosts. Moreover, he hates to doubt people more than anything, so he happens to believe whatever people say. Thus, Yoshitaro has tried, in vain, to quit his job a number of times in the past, but his brother Hiroshi (Naohito Fujiki), who loves mystery novels, and his super active sister Harumi (Aya Omasa) always manage to convince him to remain as a detective. One day, hopeless Yoshitaro finds a calico cat that somehow understands what people say and sometimes shows great reasoning power. With the help of strange hints given by this cat, Yoshitaro luckily succeeds in solving the cases.
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Izakaya Moheji
Title: Izakaya Moheji
Released: September 25, 2011
Type: Movie
A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment…for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji, played by Yutaka Mizutani, star of the popular AIBOU series. Izakaya Moheji is a place where regulars and strangers alike can find comfort and comfort food.
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Title: Jiu: Special Investigation Team
Character: Miyaji
Released: July 29, 2011
Type: TV
The show is based on the "Jiu" suspense novel series by Honda Tetsuya. Motoko (Kuroki) is a fierce, physically capable investigator with a strong battle instinct, while Misaki (Tabe) is more intellectual, kind-hearted, and naive. The two of them are both working to track down Jiu, the ringleader responsible for a series of brutal crimes.
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Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
Title: Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
Character: Narrator
Released: December 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Ultraman Zero, the rookie Ultraman from Tsuburaya Productions’ 2009 theatrical movie returns, and getting full-fledged. However, he is confronted with the empowered Kaiser Belial, back from the evil Ultraman Belial whom he and other Ultraman warriors battled so hard on the m-78 Planet. Can Ultraman Zero live to the expectations of his legendary father Ultra Seven? Check it out in the latest Tsuburaya Productions’ action packed movie.
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Title: Veterinarian Dolittle
Character: Tabio Tomizawa(富沢 旅雄)
Released: October 17, 2010
Type: TV
Tottori Kenichi is a foul-mouthed but gifted veterinarian nicknamed Dolittle. His catch phrase is 'pet care means business'. He is the director of his animal clinic and rescues not only 'voiceless' pets but also helps their owners, who lack understanding and caution, with their problems and worries. Working with him is animal nurse Tajima Asuka. Hanabishi Masaru is Dolittle's rival, a charismatic vet and director of another animal hospital who has not only an opposite personality but also a different stance towards pet care.
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Kikoku
Title: Kikoku
Released: August 12, 2010
Type: Movie
An unscheduled late night train arrives at Tokyo station on 15 August, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Boarding the train are spirits of great men who died honourable deaths in the war more than 60 years ago. They have come to the modern world to see their homeland as a peaceful country and to tell the lingering spirits of the war dead about the current conditions.
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Title: The History of Our Family
Character: Kafuu Nagai
Released: April 9, 2010
Type: TV
Wagaya no Rekishi is a Japanese three-part television mini-series, shown on Fuji TV from April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010 to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The show was known for its star-studded cast.
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The King of Jail Breakers
Title: The King of Jail Breakers
Character: Kogoro Ura
Released: January 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?
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The Unbroken
Title: The Unbroken
Character: Masayuki Kokumi
Released: October 23, 2009
Type: Movie
Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for National Air Line. He is ordered to return to head office after ten years, and continues to struggle. When a National Air Line plane is involved in the worst air disaster in Japanese history, he is assigned to console and provide restitution to the families of the victims.
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Fall Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Fall Special
Character:
Released: October 5, 2009
Type: Movie
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Haha no Okurimono
Title: Haha no Okurimono
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: Movie
Based on novel by Kuniko Mukoda, "Haha no Okurimono" tells the story of a soon to be married couple and their respective mothers. On the eve of Akiko and Masaaki's wedding, Akikio's mother Nobue shows up. Many years when ago, Akiko's mother ran off with a married man and since then Nobue has dropped all relations with her mother, even telling Masaaki that her mother was dead.
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Title: Yuukai
Released: August 2, 2009
Type: TV
The Prime Minister's granddaughter is kidnapped. The police are at the mercy of the perpetrator, who leaves no trace. ...... is in turmoil. This is a suspense film about a battle between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and a criminal with brains. The brainy kidnapper is played by Mikami Hiroshi, and the detective pursuing the case is played by Nishijima Hidetoshi.
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Kidnapping
Title: Kidnapping
Released: August 2, 2009
Type: Movie
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Ekiro
Title: Ekiro
Character: Teiichi Kozuka
Released: April 11, 2009
Type: Movie
An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.
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Suspect X
Title: Suspect X
Released: October 4, 2008
Type: Movie
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
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Title: Devil
Character: Serizawa Eisaku
Released: July 4, 2008
Type: TV
Ryō Naruse, who is an able attorney that can turn any case in his clients' favor, takes cases for the disadvantaged and defends them free of charge; therefore, he is called an "angel attorney." However, it is only superficial. His true self is that of a man who has sacrificed all his life to track down the murderer that killed his dearest younger brother 11 years ago—that is, he is "a cold-blooded revenge seeker, or the Devil King."
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Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
Title: Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai
Character: Darkrai (voice)
Released: July 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Ash and friends (this time accompanied by newcomer Dawn) arrive at an idyllic village on their way to their next Pokemon contest, where chaos will soon erupt with the prophecy of two Pokemon Gods (Dialga and Palkia) and the arrival of a mysterious, seemingly deadly Pokemon named Darkrai, which has the power to distort space and time.
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Ten Nights of Dreams
Title: Ten Nights of Dreams
Character: Hiraga Gennai
Released: January 27, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
Title: Murder of the Inugami Clan
Character: Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: December 16, 2006
Type: Movie
Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, Takeko and Umeko, all of whom have different mothers, and for their sons, as well as for Nonomiya Tamayo, the granddaughter of a person to whom Sahei feels heavily indebted. The will states that all his assets are inherited by Tamayo alone, on the condition that she marries one of the sons of the daughters. Furudate's assistant learns the content of the will, and seeks advice from Kindaichi Kosuke, a private detective, as he senses the air of unease. Shortly afterwards, murders start to occur one after another in the clan.
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Japan Sinks
Title: Japan Sinks
Released: July 15, 2006
Type: Movie
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
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Star Reformer
Title: Star Reformer
Character: Hitoshi Koga
Released: February 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".
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Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth
Title: Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth
Released: December 22, 2005
Type: Movie
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Title: The Great White Tower
Character: 东贞藏
Released: October 9, 2003
Type: TV
A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power and fame, and his contemporary physician Satomi Shuji, who selflessly continues a quest to save human lives. The Great White Tower is the title of a representative novel by Toyoko Yamazaki that depicts the hidden side of the medical world and the dignity of human life, thus shocking and moving many readers, marking a milestone in medical dramas. A dense human drama develops starting with the first half, which depicts the tragicomic circumstances arising from human ambition in the selection of professors, and proceeding to the second half, which inquires into the dignity of human life through a medical court case involving a malpractice suit.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Character: Mineaki Kai
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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Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet
Title: Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet
Character: Narration
Released: August 3, 2002
Type: Movie
It has been a year since Musashi retired from being a Team EYES member and now he is finally pursuing his dream of becoming an astronaut.
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Shinsengumi
Title: Shinsengumi
Released: January 15, 2000
Type: Movie
Produced for Fuji TV in 2000, the film reinterprets the story of a special samurai force - the Shinsengumi - at the end of the Edo period.
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Title: Genroku Ryoran
Character: Kira Yoshinaka
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
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47 Ronin
Title: 47 Ronin
Character: Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa
Released: October 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
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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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Last Song
Title: Last Song
Character: Keisuke Terasono
Released: February 5, 1994
Type: Movie
A drama that depicts the trajectory of four years in the life of two young musicians and one woman who dreamed of becoming a star, leaving Hakata to pursue fame in Tokyo.
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Title: Karin
Character: 小森友行
Released: October 4, 1993
Type: TV
A young woman Chiaki whose family runs an old miso company in Nagano Prefecture, the only daughter of old traditional family. For generations, they were making soybean paste for living. Now she needs to take over this business and rebuild it. She lives through the hardships of postwar Japan.
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Noh Mask Murders
Title: Noh Mask Murders
Character: Yoichiro Asami
Released: March 15, 1991
Type: Movie
The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.
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Tistou the Green Thumb
Title: Tistou the Green Thumb
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: Movie
When eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school after being unable to stop falling asleep at lessons, his father decides that he will continue his education by learning from observation of real life, and where better to start than in the garden! With the gardener Mr. Moustache, Tistou discovers he has a remarkable gift—the green thumbs: everything he touches grows into beautiful plants. His next lesson is with the stern Mr. Turnbull, manager of his father's armament factory who takes Tistou to visit the town to learn about "order." Over the course of the next few days Tistou learns many new things as he visits the town prison, the slums, and the hospital, and everywhere he tries to change the world into a better place with his new extraordinary power. Finally, he learns about war, and upon visiting his father's factory, he finds out that they supply the two countries at war with their weapons...
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Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Title: Ultra Q The Movie: Legend of the Stars
Character: Narrator
Released: April 14, 1990
Type: Movie
A series of serial murders occurred in a historic ruins where a TV crew is shooting a documentary.
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Yawara!
Title: Yawara!
Released: April 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced to practice judo by her authoritarian grandfather, Jigorou Inokuma, with the aim of achieving the championship in Japan and the gold medal in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Because of the pressure from her grandfather she has a generally bad attitude about judo, avoiding it as much as she can. However, over time she comes to understand why her grandfather loves judo and appreciates it more.
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Oracion
Title: Oracion
Released: July 23, 1988
Type: Movie
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown, a factory owner buys the horse. Will he be the key to solving the man's problems? Based on the novel by Teru Miyamoto.
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Crane
Title: Crane
Character: Narrator
Released: May 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...
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Princess from the Moon
Title: Princess from the Moon
Character: Mikado
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: Movie
Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
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Actress
Title: Actress
Character: Shiro Kido
Released: January 17, 1987
Type: Movie
Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.
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The Hall of the Crying Deer
Title: The Hall of the Crying Deer
Released: September 20, 1986
Type: Movie
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Godzilla 1985
Title: Godzilla 1985
Character: Power Plant Guard
Released: July 26, 1985
Type: Movie
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
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The Burmese Harp
Title: The Burmese Harp
Character: Cmdr. Inoue
Released: July 20, 1985
Type: Movie
In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
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The Return of Godzilla
Title: The Return of Godzilla
Character: Power plant guard
Released: December 15, 1984
Type: Movie
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
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Ohan
Title: Ohan
Character: Kokichi
Released: October 6, 1984
Type: Movie
A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.
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Title: 宮本武蔵
Character: Kôetsu Honami
Released: April 4, 1984
Type: TV
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The Makioka Sisters
Title: The Makioka Sisters
Character: Teinosuke
Released: May 21, 1983
Type: Movie
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
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The Legend of Manxmouse
Title: The Legend of Manxmouse
Character: Narrator
Released: June 30, 1979
Type: Movie
A ceramic figure of a blue mouse with long ears, stubby legs, and no tail suddenly comes to life. He is a “Manxmouse” as known in the legend. Since he is new to this world, his fearless curiosity leads him to meet a frog couple, an aviator hawk, a stray tiger, and a girl. Although he learns about his ultimate fate-to be eaten by a “Manxcat”-he decides to face this cat and challenge his destiny.
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The House of Hanging
Title: The House of Hanging
Character: Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: May 26, 1979
Type: Movie
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
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Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Title: Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
Released: March 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Akio Jissoji's Ultraman is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Akio Jissoji. It is a compilation film made up of scenes from Jissoji's episodes of the original Ultraman TV series.
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Title: Kusa Moeru
Character: Minamoto no Yoritomo
Released: January 7, 1979
Type: TV
The story chronicles the life of Hōjō Masako during the Kamakura Period.
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Queen Bee
Title: Queen Bee
Character: Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: February 11, 1978
Type: Movie
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating back several generations must be sorted out once and for all.
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Island of Hell
Title: Island of Hell
Character: Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: August 27, 1977
Type: Movie
A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
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Lullaby to Kill
Title: Lullaby to Kill
Character: Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: April 2, 1977
Type: Movie
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.
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The Inugamis
Title: The Inugamis
Character: Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: October 16, 1976
Type: Movie
When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the condition that she marries one of the grandsons, pitting blood against blood.
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Title: Genroku Taiheiki
Character: Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu
Released: January 5, 1975
Type: TV
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Flower and Dragon
Title: Flower and Dragon
Released: March 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.
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Title: Futaridake no michi
Released: August 20, 1972
Type: TV
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Japan World Expo
Title: Japan World Expo
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 3, 1971
Type: Movie
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Hana no fushicho
Title: Hana no fushicho
Character: Osamu Kubota
Released: July 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Title: ありがとう
Character: 段進矢
Released: April 2, 1970
Type: TV
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Title: Heaven and Earth
Character: Nagao Kagetora
Released: January 5, 1969
Type: TV
The story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora.
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My Destiny
Title: My Destiny
Character: Yamamoto Yasushi
Released: June 30, 1968
Type: Movie
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Title: Ultraman
Character: Narrator
Released: July 17, 1966
Type: TV
Hayata is a member of the Science Patrol, an organization tasked with investigating bizarre anomalies. He is mortally wounded when accidently encountering an alien being from Land of Light, who grants Hayata new life as the two are merged into one. Now, whenever a threat arises that is too great for the Science Patrol to handle, Hayata activates the beta capsule and becomes the hero known as Ultraman.
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Dianas of the Campus
Title: Dianas of the Campus
Released: June 22, 1966
Type: Movie
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Young Girls Are Everywhere
Title: Young Girls Are Everywhere
Character: Shôkichi Murase
Released: April 3, 1966
Type: Movie
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Title: Taikouki
Character: Ishida Mitsunari
Released: January 3, 1965
Type: TV
Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who unified Japan.
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Title: Life of a Flower
Released: April 7, 1963
Type: TV
The story chronicles the life of Ii Naosuke.