Mariko Tsutsui

Mariko Tsutsui

Born: October 13, 1960
in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Mariko Tsutsui (筒井 真理子 Tsutsui Mariko, born 13 October 1960 in Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture) is an Japanese actress. She is affiliated with Shigeta Office.

Movies for Mariko Tsutsui...

ハードボイルド・レシピ
Title: ハードボイルド・レシピ
Released: April 26, 2024
Type: Movie
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Title: ミス・ターゲット
Character: Mabuchi Yayoi
Released: April 21, 2024
Type: TV
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The Shoreline
Title: The Shoreline
Released: March 3, 2024
Type: Movie
Two immortals and a woman who repeats re-encarnations, are caught in a curse that has over a thousand years. They meet every 100 years. Sosuke doesn’t know who he is but has recurrent dreams about a woman he has met on a beach. A beautiful love story where the past is intertwined with the present and needs closure.
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Title: House of Ninjas
Character: Hitoko Mukai
Released: February 15, 2024
Type: TV
Years after retiring from their formidable ninja lives, a dysfunctional family must return to shadowy missions to counteract a string of looming threats.
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Title: When Spring Comes
Character: Kamio Maki
Released: January 15, 2024
Type: TV
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Cinderella Girl
Title: Cinderella Girl
Character: Igarashi
Released: November 18, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Muddy Dining Table
Released: October 21, 2023
Type: TV
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analog
Title: analog
Character: Shiina Junko
Released: October 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miyuki Miharu, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Satoru asks for Miyuki's cellphone number, but she doesn't own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Satoru and Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Satoru decides to propose Miyuki, but she doesn't show up at the cafe.
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Title: Black Familia-The Shindo's Revenge-
Character: Saotome Reimi
Released: October 5, 2023
Type: TV
The story revolves around a grand "impersonation" revenge plan carried out by the entire family against a businessperson who leaked a fabricated video of their second daughter engaging in "papa-katsu" (a form of compensated dating) with her male teacher, which led to public condemnation and her subsequent suicide.
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Last Shadow at First Light
Title: Last Shadow at First Light
Character: Satomi
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: Movie
Ami, haunted by recurring apparitions, embarks on a journey from Singapore to Japan in search of her missing mother. Amidst the transforming landscapes, Ami's dreams, hauntings and lost mother unveil their true form.
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Title: Give My Regards to Kenshirō
Character: Numakura's mother
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: TV
The series follows Koichi Numakura, a young man seeking revenge against the yakuza, who took his mother from him. Inspired by the protagonist of Fist of the North Star, he dedicates himself to learning the fictional martial art of Hokuto Shinken. Along the way he learns that, while he can't actually kill people, he does have all the qualifications to become a top-tier masseur.
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Threads of Blue
Title: Threads of Blue
Character: Yumi
Released: September 15, 2023
Type: Movie
After a traffic accident on a mountain road, En, who had nightmares about losing her parents and younger brother, has an ominous premonition. A family trip was coming up in a few days, and they were planning a summer resort in the mountains. She persuaded her father, Kosuke , to stop traveling, but Kosuke did not listen. Meanwhile, a resident of the same apartment tells her that the traffic accident she dreamed of has already happened.
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Noodle Doodle
Title: Noodle Doodle
Released: September 2, 2023
Type: Movie
A New Japan Movie froma Yamataka
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#MITO
Title: #MITO
Character: Mariko
Released: August 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Yamane Mito lives her life as the charismatic influencer "MITOYAMANE", supported by her younger sister Miho. One day, she is approached by her agency about collaborating on an app. The app becomes very popular and Mito's face is spread around the world...
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Wheels and Axle
Title: Wheels and Axle
Character: Kimiko [Manami's mother]
Released: August 3, 2023
Type: Movie
“You, Seiya and I could do threesome?” –Jun is a gay man born and raised in a postwar newly-rich family. “I want to do it.” –Manami is a female student who hates her wealthy family because they are "fake". They begin to "share" one host guy called Seiya. The lives of three people intersect in the devastated town Kabuki-cho district of Tokyo, which has lost its heat.
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Title: Quiet Don
Released: June 1, 2023
Type: TV
The second installment of the Reiwa Outlaw label! The 108-volume "The Quiet Don," a classic yakuza manga that has sold over 45 million copies in total, returns to the screen in a live-action version starring Kentaro Ito! It is a new take on "The Quiet Don" with a twist on the original work and a touch of "2021"!
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Ripples
Title: Ripples
Character: Yoriko Sudo
Released: May 26, 2023
Type: Movie
Yoriko Sudo believes in new religious group Midoriinochikai, that worships water. She lives peacefully, praying everyday and studying about Midoriinochikai. One day, her husband, who has been missing for long time, comes back to her. Due to that, her emotions, that she suppressed, explode out.
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The Quiet Don: Chapter 1
Title: The Quiet Don: Chapter 1
Released: May 12, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Last Man: The Blind Profiler
Released: April 23, 2023
Type: TV
Minami Hiromi is an FBI agent visiting Japan from the US for a limited time. Minami lost his sight due to an accident in the past and he is called the "last man" in the FBI, referring him as the last trump card to end a case with his strong sense of analysis, smell, and touch. Godo Shintaro has been assigned to attend to Minami. From a family that has served as the Commissioner of the National Police Agency for generations, Godo has an extraordinary sense of justice and is willing to go any lengths to catch the criminals. Minami, who is always ready to ask for help, and Godo, who has never trusted anyone except himself, become a duo and work together to solve cases.
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Title: Captured Hospital
Character: Michie Nagato
Released: January 14, 2023
Type: TV
The story is set in a big hospital which is infiltrated and taken over by an armed group wearing devil masks. Musashi Saburo a police officer on leave of absence has to save the hostages within a set time limit.
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Title: Elpis
Character: Rikuko Kishimoto
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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No Place to Go
Title: No Place to Go
Released: October 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There are no new jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and diners and internet cafes are closed. Michiko is at her wits' end, but there in front of her is a bus stop that stands slightly brightly in the darkness, illuminated only by the streetlights.
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Bldg. N
Title: Bldg. N
Released: April 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Urban legend horror film based on the true story of the "Ghost Apartment Incident" that occurred in Gifu Prefecture's Tomika Town in 2000.
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Title: He's Expecting
Released: April 21, 2022
Type: TV
When a successful ad executive who's got it all figured out becomes pregnant, he's forced to confront social inequities he'd never considered before.
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Confession
Title: Confession
Released: March 8, 2022
Type: Movie
In the silent mountains, surrounded by beautiful mountains on all sides. A man carrying an urn, Iori Kano, appears in front of Mizuki Takahashi, a beautiful woman staring at the fire of a kiln in a humble workshop. Iori is Mizuki's brother-in-law. He has come to inform Mizuki of the death of her mother, Isuzu Kano. For some reason, Mizuki had abandoned her parents' home and was now living a peaceful life with her husband, ceramic artist Tetsuro Takahashi. Iori's appearance cuts through that peace and brings her back to the dark past. Mizuki has been living her life with her past hidden away, but her guilt for Yasuo, her father-in-row, who she had driven to his death, and her love and hate for Isuzu, who she had never reconciled with, lingered deep in her heart. This sense of guilt over her own deeds eventually condemns Mizuki in the form of the ghost of Isuzu, and finally leads her down the path of destruction.
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Will I Be Single Forever?
Title: Will I Be Single Forever?
Character: Mami Honda's mother
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: Movie
36-year-old bachelorette Mami achieved success with an essay she wrote 10 years ago. Mami has since lost her way, and hasn't been able to write a hit piece. Meanwhile Yukino, who leads an independent life, Ayaka who is a housewife, and Miho, who makes her livelihood as a "daddy's girl", are each facing various difficulties in their own lives.
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Title: Jam: The Drama
Character: Masako
Released: August 30, 2021
Type: TV
Hiroshi, Takeru, and Tetsuo all live in the same city. Hiroshi is an unpopular idol singer and he feels a void in his life. He is placed under confinement by his fan Masako. Takeru believes that a girl returns to consciousness. Tetsuo decides to take revenge on a yakuza who sent him to prison.
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Wadaiko Girls
Title: Wadaiko Girls
Character: Sister Nitsche
Released: May 21, 2021
Type: Movie
Tamaki got disheartened when she was sent to the Percussion Division of her catholic Music School. There she overheard a Girl playing Wadaiko Drums. She was instantly captivated. So she decides to try playing them seriously.
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Title: Super Cub
Character: Shii's Mother (voice)
Released: April 7, 2021
Type: TV
Koguma is a high school girl in Yamanashi. She has no parents, friends, or hobbies, and her daily life is empty. One day, Koguma gets a used Honda Super Cub motorcycle. This is her first time going to school on a motorcycle. Running out of gas and hitting detours become a small source of adventure in Koguma's life. She is satisfied with this strange transformation, but her classmate Reiko ends up talking to her about how she also goes to school by motorcycle. One Super Cub begins to open up a lonely girl's world, introducing her to a new everyday life and friendship.
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Godai - The Wunderkind
Title: Godai - The Wunderkind
Character: Yasu Godai
Released: December 11, 2020
Type: Movie
A biographical story of Tomoatsu Godai, the influential entrepreneur of the Meiji era who laid the foundation of the modern Japanese economy.
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Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Title: Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Character: Mari
Released: September 18, 2020
Type: Movie
Searching for escape in Tokyo's back alleys, a haunted English teacher explores love and lust with a dashing Yakuza, as their tumultuous affair takes her on a journey through the city's dive bars and three-hour love hotels.
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Beneath the Shadow
Title: Beneath the Shadow
Character: Nishiyama
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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One Night
Title: One Night
Character: Yumi Shibata
Released: November 8, 2019
Type: Movie
A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.
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When a Tree Falls
Title: When a Tree Falls
Character: Shizue Kasuya
Released: September 21, 2019
Type: Movie
A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by multiple people.
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Title: Namonaki Fukushuusha ZEGEN
Character: 雨宮初枝
Released: August 29, 2019
Type: TV
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A Girl Missing
Title: A Girl Missing
Character: Ichiko Shirakawa
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Ichiko works as a private nurse for a family she almost became a part of. While Ichiko cares for the grandmother, she is also a confidant to Motoko, the eldest sister. But one day, Motoko’s younger sister disappears. And the media soon reveal the kidnapper to be Ichiko’s own nephew.
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Shell and Joint
Title: Shell and Joint
Character: Yoko Sakamoto
Released: April 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.
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What Is Love?
Title: What Is Love?
Character: Yoko's Mother
Released: April 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Teruko is a 28-year-old office worker. 5 months ago, she fell in love with Mamoru at first sight. Since that time, she has not cared about her work or her friends. She then loses her job and her friends look at her coldly. Yet, Teruko is happy as long as she is with Mamoru. Meanwhile, Mamoru thinks Teruko is an easy woman for him to not love. Teruko’s unrequited love grows deeper.
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Title: My Husband Won't Fit
Character: Reiko Yamamoto
Released: March 19, 2019
Type: TV
Kumiko and Kenichi meet in college and build a happy marriage together. But over time, an unusual problem threatens to destroy their relationship.
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Samurai Marathon
Title: Samurai Marathon
Character: Kiyo Fukumoto
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: Movie
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
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Jam
Title: Jam
Character: Masako
Released: December 1, 2018
Type: Movie
A traditional ballad singer Hiroshi has enthusiastic middle-aged female fans. Takeru believes that by doing good things to others, he could cause a miracle to happen and cure his beloved girlfriend who is in coma. Tetsuo avenges himself on yakuza for putting him in a jail and now is chased by them. These three men's paths are somehow intertwined and drawing them toward a showdown.
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Our Departures
Title: Our Departures
Character: Yukie Kusunoki
Released: November 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
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The Hungry Lion
Title: The Hungry Lion
Character: Yuko Sugimoto
Released: September 15, 2018
Type: Movie
A high-school teacher is arrested for having sexual relations with a minor. Young Hiromi finds herself in the eye of the storm when she is suspected of featuring in her teacher’s leaked sex video and her innocence is questioned by everyone around her.
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KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
Title: KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
Character: Mineyo Fuchi
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Kasane Fuchi is the daughter of a beautiful, legendary actress. Kasane has excellent acting skills as well, but she is not attractive. She has a hard time due to her unattractiveness. Kasane has a lipstick left behind by her late mother. The lipstick holds a strange power. Whenever Kasane applies the lipstick and kisses someone, she takes that person's face. Meanwhile, Nina Tanzawa is a beautiful actress with poor acting skills. She meets Kasane Fuchi and their fates change.
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Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
Title: Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku
Released: July 23, 2018
Type: Movie
Eiso Tsubaki, a former aristocrat, was suspected in a murder case in Ginza and committed suicide. Detective Kindaichi Kosuke, who is commissioned by Tsubaki's daughter, Mineko, and believes in her father's innocence, witnesses a bizarre fortune-telling session at the Tsubaki mansion. That night, another murder occurs within the mansion. A visual adaptation of Seishi Yokomizo's gothic horror.
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The Name
Title: The Name
Released: June 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Having failed with his business and gone absolutely penniless, Masao (45) divorced with his wife, and is currently leading a hopeless life in Ibaraki. One day, a mysterious high school girl, going by the name Emiko, showed up before Masao. Every now and then, Masao would be toyed around by Emiko, but little by little he started taking a liking to her loveliness. As days went by, Masao started opening up to Emiko – something that he rarely did to others. However, there was just something about Emiko – something that bothered Masao - that wouldn’t go away.
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Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Title: Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Character: Momo (segment "Kuu")
Released: June 22, 2018
Type: Movie
Six Stories based on Six Songs.
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The Last Recipe
Title: The Last Recipe
Character: Yoshiko Yamashita
Released: November 3, 2017
Type: Movie
A famous chef who is tasked with tracking down a 70-year-old missing recipe.
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Love for Sale
Title: Love for Sale
Released: July 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Ryoko becomes a reporter for a major newspaper after receiving a master's degree from Tokyo University's graduate program. While concealing her adult video acting experience during her university days, she spends her evenings frequenting "host clubs" with her friend. At the same time, she is in a stimulating relationship with boyfriend Rei. Ryoko seeks emotional balance, and despite feeling the contradiction between her day and night lifestyle, hopes to gain happiness in her life.
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Title: Tokyo Vampire Hotel
Released: June 16, 2017
Type: TV
Manami suddenly encounters mass murder at a pub on her 22nd birthday as she is hunted down by two warring vampire clans, the Draculas and the Corvins. Manami is a child of prophecy who is meant to help the Draculas overcome their Corvin enemies who have driven them underground. Meanwhile, droves of young men and women are gathered at the Hotel Requiem by a Corvin named Yamada who informs them that the world is about to end, with this hotel being the only refuge.
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Odd Detective 15
Title: Odd Detective 15
Character: Satsuki Kamoshida
Released: April 6, 2017
Type: Movie
The body of Shinsuke Maeda, a wealthy older man, is discovered in his garden. While at first glance it appears that he missed his step while exiting into the garden and hit his forehead on a flowerbed rock, it is established that a safe installed in the living room has been emptied. It seems that, the night before, Maeda left the hospital he was staying at of his own will and came home, and was robbed immediately after returning. His daughter Yumie Nagano insists that Chikako Inui, a woman her father had been seeing, must be the perpetrator. She says that Maeda was thinking of getting married to Chikako soon. However, Chikako finds Yumie and her husband suspicious. Troubled by debts incurred by opening their ramen store, they pestered Maeda and he pushed them away. She calmly points out that Maeda gave her a will in which he left all of the 50 million plus yen hidden in the safe to her, so she had no reason to steal from him.
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Antiporno
Title: Antiporno
Character: Noriko
Released: January 28, 2017
Type: Movie
Young artist Kyoko wreaks havoc on everyone that she encounters when Japan's oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.
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Harmonium
Title: Harmonium
Character: Akie Suzuoka
Released: October 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Toshio hires Yasaka to work in his workshop. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
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Madly
Title: Madly
Character: Eiko - Mother (segment "Love of Love")
Released: April 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Madly explores love in all its permutations in six short films from a vibrant group of filmmakers representing Japan, Argentina, the UK, the US, India, and Australia. All forms of love are on display in this anthology. And all manners of feelings expressed from jubilance to depression are done so strongly.
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Kagura Me
Title: Kagura Me
Character: Yoko Saito / Yuriko Kikuchi
Released: October 24, 2015
Type: Movie
A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.
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The Virgin Psychics
Title: The Virgin Psychics
Character: Ritsuko
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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Kazoku gokko
Title: Kazoku gokko
Character: (segment "Suzuki gokko")
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Different people and five different families are acting out various scenarios, scripts and what-ifs. First there is the four Suzuki family members, who are not, sitting around a table in isolation. Then there is the unveiling of a will and what happens when it is read out, there are the sisters who are at it against each other, then there is the funeral that does not go according to plan and more.
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NEET of the Living Dead
Title: NEET of the Living Dead
Released: June 13, 2015
Type: Movie
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Title: Osoroshi
Released: August 30, 2014
Type: TV
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Title: Saintly Woman
Character: Nakamura Yuriko
Released: August 19, 2014
Type: TV
When I was 17-years-old, Maria was a college student and worked as a private tutor. Her student was me. She left a last message to me, "when you graduate from college and become an adult, can you become my lover?," and then she disappeared. 10 years later, I meet her again. She is now a suspect in a serial murder case and I am a lawyer.
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Title: Hanako & Anne
Released: March 31, 2014
Type: TV
A Japanese girl from a poor family named Hanako went on an adventure to study in a girl's Christian school in Tokyo. She found her passion in English and step by step made her dream come true.
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Housekeeper the Peeper
Title: Housekeeper the Peeper
Character: Akiko Somei
Released: March 2, 2014
Type: Movie
Nobuko Sawaguchi is a surly, unattractive housekeeper in her mid-thirties. However, in actuality, she is a beautiful woman, but she hides this fact using her makeup because of a traumatic past experience. One day Nobuko is sent to housekeep for the Uehara family, known for its tremendous wealth. In the Uehara family, there is a massive quarrel over each member’s future succession and inheritance. In the middle of this hectic situation, Nobuko is asked by the daughter called Akemi to protect her.
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RoomMate
Title: RoomMate
Released: November 9, 2013
Type: Movie
Harumi Hagiwara lands in the hospital after being involved in an accident. She hits it off with her nurse, Reiko Nishimura, and the two decide to move in together after she's discharged. However, Harumi begins to witness a series of mysterious events soon after noticing Reiko's strange behavior. Additionally, she fears for her own safety when Reiko starts referring to herself as 'Mari' as if she's become an entirely different person. Before long, the situation develops into a case of murder.
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The Complex
Title: The Complex
Character: Eiko Ninomiya
Released: May 13, 2013
Type: Movie
Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching sound coming from the apartment of her neighbor, a reclusive old man who has refused all attempts at communication. Concerned over his well being, Asuka enters his home only to find him dead from malnutrition. Worse, it looks as if he had been trying to claw his way into her room. Asuka learns that there have been a number of strange deaths in the complex over the years from Shinobu, the handyman cleaning up the old man’s apartment. Even the girls at school whisper rumors of it being haunted.
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Detective in the Bar 2
Title: Detective in the Bar 2
Character: Tsuyako Shindo
Released: May 11, 2013
Type: Movie
A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for involvement with the dark side of the political world. On top of that, a woman approaches the detective with a request.
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Title: Minna! ESPer Dayo!
Character: Madre de Yoshio
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 Little Maestro
Title: The Little Maestro
Character: Youko Isaka
Released: February 1, 2013
Type: Movie
This movie tell a story that set in a small fishing village in Shikamachi, Ishikawa Prefecture, People in this village depend on the local amateur orchestra as their favorite source of entertainment. When the conductor dies unexpectedly, the townspeople recruit the man’s granddaughter, a high school student with a talent for conducting.
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The King of Minami Returns: Paper Scraps for Money
Title: The King of Minami Returns: Paper Scraps for Money
Released: January 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Ginjiro looks after 10-year-old Ayumi. Her mother is away on staff training. The company is a criminal outfit pushing unlisted stock to the elderly.
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The Land of Hope
Title: The Land of Hope
Character: Meiko Suzuki
Released: October 20, 2012
Type: Movie
An old couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a village. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents must evacuate, but the family lives on a farm, with only half of the area designated as an evacuation area.
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Title: Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: TV
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.
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And The World All Changes
Title: And The World All Changes
Released: May 12, 2012
Type: Movie
The love of four high school students who get involved in a complicated way. A sweet and painful school love story.
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Scattered Reflection
Title: Scattered Reflection
Character: Shizue Kasuya
Released: August 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Shima (Mirei Kiritani) is a second year high school student. She has already become the youngest ever winner of a "new writer award" for poetry. Yet, she keeps it a secret that she is a writer at school. Shima has developed feelings for fellow second year high school student Kento (Takahiro Miura). One day, Kento confesses his feelings for her and they begin to have a relationship. Shima has difficulties understanding other's emotions and can't understand Kento's feelings. Soon afterwards, Kento decides to break up with Shim...
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cage
Title: cage
Released: November 16, 2010
Type: Movie
A local government worker with a registrar section, Motomiya witnesses a man burying a black bag while he enjoys his hobby, bird-watching, in a mountain. Later on, a woman who visits the office to have her marriage registered rides on the car of the guy. Motomiya starts keeping an eye on the woman's daily life with his gradually grown bursting imagination about the incident.
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Household X
Title: Household X
Character: Akemi Aida
Released: July 29, 2010
Type: Movie
The story takes place in a new residential area in the outskirts of Tokyo. A family photograph adorns the living room of the Hashimoto family. It is a heartwarming shot of the three family members from when they first moved here, finally having bought their own home that they had wanted for so long. Wife Michiko hangs the laundry everyday. Husband Ken-ichi leaves for work without a word. Son Hiroaki has a part-time job, returns home early and disappears into his room. The Hashimoto Family no longer eats meal together at the dining table or spends time together in the living room. Michiko yearns for a different relationship with her family and is gradually overcome by loneliness. While feeling pressured from the trifling matters that occur within the residential community, Michiko tries to fill the emptiness that she hides in her heart.
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Title: イソベン・里村タマミの事件簿
Character: 日野朔子(晴菜の母)
Released: June 7, 2010
Type: TV
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A Lush Life
Title: A Lush Life
Released: June 13, 2009
Type: Movie
The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who recently lost his job, and several others whose lives become intertwined in various unexpected ways.
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Achilles and the Tortoise
Title: Achilles and the Tortoise
Character: Haru Kuramochi
Released: September 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
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Chesuto!
Title: Chesuto!
Released: April 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Hayato, a boy in the 6th grade, hides the secret that he can't swim. Every summer, he pretends to be sick, so he could avoid school swimming tournaments. But, as it is the last year in the elementary school, he can't escape from swimming practice and is forced to participate.
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Rokumeikan
Title: Rokumeikan
Character: Marchioness Kirino
Released: January 5, 2008
Type: Movie
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Welcome to the Quiet Room
Title: Welcome to the Quiet Room
Character: Kinbara
Released: October 20, 2007
Type: Movie
28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.
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Title: HANA-KIMI
Character: Ashiya Eiko
Released: July 3, 2007
Type: TV
Japanese-American track star Mizuki Ashiya transfers from a school in California to Japan, but not to just any old school. The school is Osaka High School—an all male high school! Mizuki Ashiya must disguise herself as a boy, all to get closer to her hero, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete who attends Osaka High. Now with short hair, flattened chest, and deeper voice, Mizuki becomes roommates with Izumi Sano, but trouble soon starts to brew. Izumi Sano discovers by accident that Mizuki is a girl and falls in love with her, but Mizuki is unaware of the fact. Complicating things, fellow classmate Shuichi Nakatsu starts to develop feelings for Mizuki, unaware that she is a girl!
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Boy
Title: Boy
Released: April 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Jun, a 16-year-old teen, refuses to stand while the national anthem is being played at his graduation ceremony. This event will totally change his life, as he involuntarily becomes the new hero of a rebel anti-system youth. Singer Muy's pop music and his friend, Nozomi, with whom he shares his sadness and hatred for the society that surrounds them, help him bear his terrible loneliness.
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Title: Kaiki Daisakusen - Second File
Released: April 2, 2007
Type: TV
Modern remake of the Kaiki Daisakusen / Operation Mystery tv show. A special unit called SRI (Science Research Institute) is investigating mysterious cases.
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Aishiteyo
Title: Aishiteyo
Released: December 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Miyuki is a single mother with a 10-year old boy Keiji. She is eager to make him a child model. Eventually, Keiji begins to get jobs rather constantly. But Keiji himself doesn't like the job much. He only does it because it pleases his mother, who hates empty pages in the schedule book. One day they attend a big audition. While Keiji wins first stages of the audition, he begins to feel distance from the mother. It makes things worse for him when she has a new boyfriend..
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Title: GARO
Character: Sachiko Suzaki
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: TV
"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, Mankind was given hope." The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
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One Missed Call 2
Title: One Missed Call 2
Character: Marie Mizunuma
Released: February 5, 2005
Type: Movie
In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai in the restaurant where he works instead of studying as planned. When the owner Mr. Wang answers his daughter's mobile phone, he receives a message telling him that he would die in an accident in the kitchen. This immediately comes true
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Otakus in Love
Title: Otakus in Love
Released: October 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
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Mask de 41
Title: Mask de 41
Character: Kyoko Kuramochi
Released: January 26, 2004
Type: Movie
Tadao Kuramochi, an ordinary salaryman, decides one day to reach for his dreams and start his own wrestling federation. Tadao must succeed to save his family on the verge of collapsing.
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One Missed Call
Title: One Missed Call
Character: Marie Mizunuma
Released: November 3, 2003
Type: Movie
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters pursue the answers to this mystery which could save their lives.
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Title: 新・ミナミの帝王~紙クズ商売~
Released: January 5, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Title: 夏樹静子サスペンス 喪失-ある殺意のゆくえ
Released: May 8, 2002
Type: TV
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Gokudo Retsuden Sakura (HANA) and Dragon (RYU)
Title: Gokudo Retsuden Sakura (HANA) and Dragon (RYU)
Released: April 13, 2001
Type: Movie
The birth of outlaw violence, depicts the passionate and fierce way of life of men that chose the path of Shura.
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Title: R-17
Released: April 12, 2001
Type: TV
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巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Title: 巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Released: August 5, 2000
Type: Movie
An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsubei discovers the body of a man whose face has been crushed and his fingerprints erased. Tetsubei describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body, including his own theory, and is angered by Lieutenant Yukari. That night, Tetsubei visits the shop of Kanako, whom he has a secret crush on. There, Mizutani, Kanako's husband, who has been missing for seven years, appears.
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Wandering Souls: Exploring Haunted Spots with Oda Nobunaga
Title: Wandering Souls: Exploring Haunted Spots with Oda Nobunaga
Released: August 20, 1999
Type: Movie
Oda Mudo's previous psychic experiences. The miserable life of those possessed by evil spirits. Verification of haunted places! How to see spirits by invocation, crystals, etc. Basic knowledge of psychic phenomena, such as how to call out to a ghost to make it go to heaven!
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Title: 同窓会へようこそ~遅すぎた夏の帰郷~
Released: August 16, 1999
Type: TV
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At the Mercy of the Darkness
Title: At the Mercy of the Darkness
Released: May 25, 1994
Type: Movie
A collection of works written and directed by Shungicu Uchida that deal with a wide range of horror.
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Title: Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Character: Managing Secretary
Released: November 26, 1988
Type: Movie
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.