Haruko Mabuchi

Haruko Mabuchi

Movies for Haruko Mabuchi...

Pretty Woman
Title: Pretty Woman
Character: Yoriko Ikoma
Released: May 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Based on the actual amateur theater company "Theatrical Company Hono" in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the presiding officers and performers are composed of elderly women. They have been performing stage plays about issues related to the elderly for a long time.
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A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Title: A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Released: September 1, 2001
Type: Movie
The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo. There they meet a Russian translator, Nicholai, played by Sergei Nakariakov - a trumpeter from Russia. Some months later after they have returned, Nicholai and Yukiko meet again while he is auditioning for the Tokyo orchestra where seeds of romance begin. Yukiko's father, however, is diagnosed with a terminal case of cancer. Yukiko returns home to be with him in his final months as he decides not to go through therapy and let the disease run its course. Coming into contact with a childhood friend while at home Yukiko is left to choose between her old friend and Nicholai, all while having to face the emotional struggle of dealing with her father's impending death.
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Oshimai no hi
Title: Oshimai no hi
Released: January 15, 2000
Type: Movie
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Watching the Detective
Title: Watching the Detective
Released: December 31, 1998
Type: Movie
A young detective is assigned to stake out the apartment of an elderly woman. He sets up his video camera and monitor in an empty room opposite hers-and watches.
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Title: Sometimes Love is a Lie
Character: Kawano Takako
Released: April 8, 1998
Type: TV
A female surgeon desperately wants to have children but is unable to. Her pediatrician husband, meanwhile, threatens divorce in frustration. Complicating matters is the fact that his own step-brother has feelings for his wife. An operation of deceit and jealousy results in an unlikely happy ending
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Title: Amakarashan
Character: 榊りん
Released: October 6, 1997
Type: TV
The 57th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama. Story's settings include Kobe and Sasayama. It is a story about the conflicts between generations and the relationships within families. A strong mother-daughter theme and a sister-brother theme exist.
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Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
Title: Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
Released: May 25, 1996
Type: Movie
A difficult request brought to the unlicensed genius surgeon Black Jack. It was supposed to be born as twins, but it was an operation to separate what had been taken into another body. The second in a series depicting the episode of the birth of Pinoko.
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The Trap
Title: The Trap
Released: May 25, 1996
Type: Movie
When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama's police baffled and the city terrified.
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Ruby Fruit
Title: Ruby Fruit
Character: Sayuri
Released: January 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Maiko is a recently widowed young woman travelling to Bali to distract herself from the loss of her husband, Esau. At the airport she meets Kioko, who gives her a dagger and a photo of a woman. She tells Maiko she must find the woman, Shireni, in Bali and convince her to return to Japan, or she must use the dagger to kill her. Soon after her arrival in Bali she meets Shireni and is invited to stay with her. Quickly Maiko finds herself trapped on Shirini's island paradise, by her own confusion and her developing love for Shireni. She discovers Shireni to be immortal, a former spirit medium whose only goal is to find pleasure, body and soul.
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Title: Sotsugyō
Released: January 12, 1990
Type: TV
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Festival of Dreams
Title: Festival of Dreams
Released: June 24, 1989
Type: Movie
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Title: Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Character: Yuri's Mother
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.
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Tomorrow
Title: Tomorrow
Character: Tsui Miura
Released: August 13, 1988
Type: Movie
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
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Tora-san, the Expert
Title: Tora-san, the Expert
Released: December 28, 1982
Type: Movie
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.
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Title: Yôi don
Character: 母・たま子
Released: October 4, 1982
Type: TV
A struggling Korean veteran comes to terms with the fact that he is actually a caterpillar. I just made this up.
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Yokohama BJ Blues
Title: Yokohama BJ Blues
Character: Kozue
Released: April 25, 1981
Type: Movie
BJ is a relatively unknown blues singer who scraps some bars in Yokohama. He does not earn much with it and to make ends meet he also acts as a private detective.
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Title: Aoi Zesshō
Released: November 21, 1980
Type: TV
Aoi Zesshō is a Japanese television drama series that first aired on TBS in 1980.
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Until Evening
Title: Until Evening
Character: Sonoko
Released: September 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, luring her to a love hotel.
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Title: Ayu no uta
Character: 義母・節子
Released: September 30, 1979
Type: TV
The 24th NHK Asadora. Starring Senri Yamazaki as a woman who makes her life at a fishing port.
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Title: Kumo no Jutan
Character: 白川春子
Released: April 5, 1976
Type: TV
The 17th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Asaji as a woman who wants to become a pilot.
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Preparation for the Festival
Title: Preparation for the Festival
Character: Tokiyo Oki
Released: November 8, 1975
Type: Movie
Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.
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The River of the Stranger
Title: The River of the Stranger
Released: July 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A rare film about the Zainichi and the relations between Japan and South Korea. It is the first feature film ever directed by a zainichi director to explore these issues.
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Title: Taiyō no Namida
Released: December 7, 1971
Type: TV
The day before he leaves on a business trip to Europe, Shoji meets an old man named Ogawa while visiting his younger brother in the hospital. Ogawa lies to Shoji that he has a son and asks him to do something extraordinary for him...
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Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi
Title: Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi
Character: Milligan(voice)
Released: March 17, 1970
Type: Movie
Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer.
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Title: コメットさん
Character: Mom
Released: July 3, 1967
Type: TV
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A Wife Confesses
Title: A Wife Confesses
Character: Rie Munakata
Released: October 29, 1961
Type: Movie
Tied to a mountain between her brutalizing spouse and her secret lover, disaster strikes; the authorities accuse her of murder and prompt a confession.
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Women's House
Title: Women's House
Released: November 23, 1954
Type: Movie
After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter Takashiro Egi, Shizu Kazemaki, Mitsue Nanbu, an intellectual who works in a university laboratory, and an old woman.
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Title: 家庭欄記者・鍋嶋六郎
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV