Akira Otaka

Akira Otaka

Born: November 15, 1957
in Aichi, Japan

Movies for Akira Otaka...

Title: 彼女を笑う人がいても
Released: December 16, 2021
Type: TV
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Goldfish Princess
Title: Goldfish Princess
Released: March 29, 2020
Type: Movie
One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish scooping game at a festival. However, she is actually a beautiful girl and she suddenly turns into a human form and appears in front of Jun. Called Ryu, she is looking for the legendary black ranchu and asks Jun for his help. The two strangers begin living together and growing closer. Their fate goes in an unexpected direction.
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When a Tree Falls
Title: When a Tree Falls
Character: Akira Kayama
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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Paradise Next
Title: Paradise Next
Released: June 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Wisecracking Makino shows up from Japan and meets Shima, a yakuza living quietly in Taipei. Makino says he knows about the incident that prompted Shima to come to Taiwan. Shima finds out that someone wants Makino dead, and they both head for Hualien, a city in eastern Taiwan.
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Title: Stay Tuned!
Character: Takumi Shinoyama(篠山 巧)
Released: March 18, 2019
Type: TV
She's the most unlikely candidate to ever stumble into the role of a reporter, and she’s keeping everyone on their toes with her eccentric ways.
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Title: あまんじゃく
Released: September 24, 2018
Type: TV
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Outrage Coda
Title: Outrage Coda
Released: October 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.
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Tomorrow I Will Date With Yesterday's You
Title: Tomorrow I Will Date With Yesterday's You
Character: Takamori Minamiyama
Released: December 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Takatoshi Minamiyama majors in art at an university in Kyoto. On the train to the school, he sees Emi Fukuju and falls in love with her at first sight. Gathering up all his courage, he speaks to her. They begin to date and enjoy happy days together, but Emi reveals her secret to him.
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必殺仕事人2016
Title: 必殺仕事人2016
Released: September 25, 2016
Type: Movie
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Title: Denshichi Torimonocho
Released: July 15, 2016
Type: TV
Denshichi of Kuromon-cho hates crime and hates people. He is a stylish and kind Okakitori. Denchichi is a chivalrous and gentle okabiki, and he will not tolerate bad people under the ten purple hands of Murasakibusa, entrusted to him by the magistrate of Toyama. Denchichi is sent by Koi Nyobo's fire to destroy the evils of Edo.
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Case 17
Title: Case 17
Released: June 4, 2016
Type: Movie
One evening, a married couple comes to the Itami Law Office. Narumi Suzumura, six months pregnant, and her husband Takuya have come to ask Itami to take the case of Narumi's mother, Kimiko Torii, indicted for the murder of her second husband, company president Takefumi Torii. Kimiko married Takefumi 19 years ago, making him Narumi's stepfather. The couple are questioning whether Kimiko had the intent to kill...
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Front and Back
Title: Front and Back
Released: March 14, 2015
Type: Movie
The first 'Front and Back' film.
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Title: Oh, Love Hotel
Released: November 23, 2014
Type: TV
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The Vancouver Asahi
Title: The Vancouver Asahi
Character: Yosikazu Kono
Released: September 29, 2014
Type: Movie
In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs, but the Vancouver Asahi baseball team have a sense of fair play and smart tactics that set them apart from the brute force of their opponents. Under the guidance of new team captain Reggie Kasahara, can they be able to rise above all the negativity to win the tournament? This film is based on the true story of Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was inducted into The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Title: Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
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Title: Hanzawa Naoki
Character: Ichirō Matoba
Released: July 7, 2013
Type: TV
Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Hanzawa makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Hanzawa didn't want to approve the loan, but he had to due to the branch manager's order. Nishi Osaka Steel Company seems financially stable, but the company actually hides massive amounts of debt through fraudulent accounts. The company is caught. Three months later, Nishi Osaka Steel Company goes bankrupt. The bank's branch manager is Asano. He is an ambitious man and tries to shift the blame to Hanzawa. Hanzawa then attends an inquiry about the loan failure at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo. Hanzawa denies fault and promises to retrieve the 500 million yen loan. He did this because it's the only way for Hanzawa to survive as a banker.
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Title: Kumokiri Nizaemon
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: TV
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
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Title: Lucky Seven
Released: January 16, 2012
Type: TV
Lucky Seven Rakkīsebun is a 2012 Japanese television drama broadcast by Fuji Television from January 16 to March 19, 2012. It stars Jun Matsumoto and Eita.
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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Title: Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Character: Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Released: July 3, 2010
Type: Movie
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
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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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Climber's High
Title: Climber's High
Character: Shintaro Fujinami
Released: July 5, 2008
Type: Movie
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
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Persona
Title: Persona
Released: January 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Physician Koichiro Kiby loses interest in work and begins drinking in a local park after the death of his wife. One day he encounters a girl who knows intimate details about his life. Now, he must unlock her mystery in this fantasy drama.
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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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Cream Lemon
Title: Cream Lemon
Character: Mr. Nonomura
Released: September 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Based on the classic adult manga of the same title, this film depicts the love between a stepbrother and sister discovered one weekend when their parents go away. The relationship must come to an end, but not before it changes their lives forever.
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Kamome
Title: Kamome
Character: Nogami
Released: March 4, 2000
Type: Movie
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Charisma
Title: Charisma
Character: Tatsuo Tsuboi
Released: November 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar tree called Charisma.
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License to Live
Title: License to Live
Character: Garbage Man
Released: November 7, 1998
Type: Movie
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that his family once ran.
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Title: Bishoujo Shinseiki Gazer
Released: August 22, 1998
Type: TV
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Cure
Title: Cure
Character: Yasukawa
Released: December 27, 1997
Type: Movie
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere...
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The Human Chair
Title: The Human Chair
Character: Yamanaka
Released: April 19, 1997
Type: Movie
After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.
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MARKS
Title: MARKS
Released: April 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...
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Zero Woman: Final Mission
Title: Zero Woman: Final Mission
Character: Junzo's secretary
Released: January 25, 1995
Type: Movie
A famous businessman's links with organized crime are looked into by the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police, with the investigation being headed by a highly trained, extremely violent and very beautiful female officer. When not having shoot-outs with the crime syndicate thugs trying to kill her, she spends most of her time in her apartment, wearing lingerie and taking showers. A sub-plot involves the businessman's S&M-obsessed daughter.
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Female Prisoner Executioner Maria
Title: Female Prisoner Executioner Maria
Released: July 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Not to be confused with the 1995 theatrical film directed by Shûji Kataoka.
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Which Man Is It?
Title: Which Man Is It?
Released: February 1, 1990
Type: Movie
In a corner of Shinjuku, there is a run-down hotel called Sankai Hotel, which used to be a gay-only Hatten inn that is quite famous in this world. One day, a man arrived who had inherited the land and building of the hotel from a distant relative of his. The man's wife ran away with him, he was laid off from his job, and he was in the depths of despair. He was thinking of starting his life over by running this hotel. However, the man was straight, so of course he didn't know about the actual situation at this hotel. What the man saw there were customers who were enjoying being gay and enjoying sex with whomever they wanted.
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Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Title: Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Character: Mine
Released: May 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Nami is a nurse and the unwilling object of her patients' lust. When she is hit by a car whilst fleeing from the home of her unfaithful boyfriend, the driver of the car takes her as a sexual prisoner.