Pierre Taki

Pierre Taki

Born: April 8, 1967
in Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Pierre Taki...

Suiheisen
Title: Suiheisen
Released: March 1, 2024
Type: Movie
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Title: House of Ninjas
Character: Zensuke Omi
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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Memories of Kenji Eno
Title: Memories of Kenji Eno
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2023
Type: Movie
Behind game titles such as “D” or “Enemy Zero”, Kenji Eno is a creator who was one step ahead in pushing the boundaries of storytelling in the game medium, influencing many people throughout his career. Commemorating the 10 years since his sudden passing in 2013, we will premiere a documentary gathering testimonials from people who were close to him, starting with his wife Yuka Iino, creators such as Hideo Kojima, Fumito Ueda and artists such as Pierre Taki or Tadanobu Asano.
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All the Songs We Never Sang
Title: All the Songs We Never Sang
Released: October 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Rebellious teenager Natsumi arrives from Tokyo on a small provincial island in search of the treasure left by her deceased mother.
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September 1923
Title: September 1923
Character: Shinjiro Sunada
Released: September 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.
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Title: Sanctuary
Character: Enshō-oyakata
Released: May 4, 2023
Type: TV
A tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and upsetting an industry steeped in tradition.
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Title: Super Crooks
Character: The Gladiator (voice)
Released: November 25, 2021
Type: TV
Johnny Bolt recruits a group of ragtag supervillains for one last heist. Their target: A ruthless super-powered crime boss. What can go wrong?
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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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Romance Doll
Title: Romance Doll
Character: Kaoru Kubota
Released: January 24, 2020
Type: Movie
It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not know that Tetsuo makes sex dolls or Dutch wives. Sonoko has a secret too. She is about to tell Tetsuo what she has been hiding. Their marriage is already sexless. Will they make it?
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Miyamoto
Title: Miyamoto
Character: Keizo Mabuchi
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced man comes across a woman during his working day and sparks fly.
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Title: The Naked Director
Character: Atsushi Wada
Released: August 8, 2019
Type: TV
Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts the character, his art, vision and his interactions with the approving and disapproving folk around him.
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Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Title: Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Character: Bunroku Shishido
Released: May 17, 2019
Type: Movie
Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from childhood. He decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée Nao, and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai with nothing more to lose. Iwane drifts to Edo, filleting eels during the day and working as a bodyguard at night for Imazuya, a reputable money exchanger. He gradually wins the trust of the people around him because of his mellow nature, the chivalrous way he treats everyone with courtesy, and his skills of swords. One day, he learns that Imazuya is being targeted in a conspiracy to sabotage a new monetary system implemented by the government, and Iwane decides to protect the people who have given him support.
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A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Title: A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Boyatetsu travels to the year 2020 in Tokyo from the year 1945. Tokyo is now plagued by a decreasing population and an increase in unemployment.
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Title: Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
Character: 黑坂辛作
Released: January 6, 2019
Type: TV
Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who became one of the first Japanese nationals to participate in the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. The second half features Tabata Masaji, the coach who laid the foundations of Japanese swimming and helped bring the games to Tokyo for the first time in 1964.
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The Blood of Wolves
Title: The Blood of Wolves
Character: Ginji Takii
Released: May 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Set in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor exists that Detective Shogo Ogami has ties with the yakuza. He is partnered with Detective Shuichi Hioka and they investigate a missing person case involving a financial company employee. Conflicts between opposing yakuza groups become more serious.
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Sunny
Title: Sunny
Character: Isao Kashiwabara
Released: February 17, 2018
Type: Movie
It has been 14 years since the murder of an elementary school student by a classmate. At the time, Akari was deified by the name Sunny, "the cutest murderer in criminal history". Two men, abduct Akari. Holding her captive, they upload pictures and video of her on the internet. Meanwhile, Akari makes every effort to escape from her prison.
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Outrage Coda
Title: Outrage Coda
Character: Hanada
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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Fueled: The Man They Called
Title: Fueled: The Man They Called "Pirate"
Character: Sohei Fujimoto
Released: December 11, 2016
Type: Movie
In a time when the main source of energy was still coal, there was a man who saw the future in oil. Young Tetsuzo Kunioka who hails from Moji, Kitakyushu, rides out into the oil business, but is faced with numerous challenges and competitors who stand in his way, including domestic suppliers and major western oil companies, or the "oil majors". But Tetsuzo never gave up, however despairing the situation was. He always found a way and paved a new road with his unconventional ideas, eccentric actions, and most of all, his caring heart toward his own men. That style of Tetsuzo's was not something that would ever change, even when the tides were against him in a war-lost Japan.
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Rage
Title: Rage
Character: Kunihisa Nanjo
Released: September 17, 2016
Type: Movie
A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.
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Shin Godzilla
Title: Shin Godzilla
Character: Saigo : Operation "TaBa" Combat leader
Released: July 29, 2016
Type: Movie
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
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Twisted Justice
Title: Twisted Justice
Character: Detective Sadao Murai
Released: June 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Starting in 1970s Hokkaido, the film charts the moral descent of Detective Moroboshi over three decades, the young cop quickly gets a bit too cozy with the other side of the law when his senior colleague Murai teaches him the ropes and ruts of the police business. Soon, he swaggers and rants through the streets of Sapporo a lean, mean, sex‐crazy bully, indistinguishable from a yakuza.
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Everest: The Summit of the Gods
Title: Everest: The Summit of the Gods
Character: Miyakawa
Released: March 12, 2016
Type: Movie
Makoto Fukamachi is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether George Mallory became the first person to successfully climb Mount Everest on June 8, 1924 or not. Pursuing the old camera's past, Makoto Fukamachi meets legendary Alpinist Joji Habu. Joji Habu is isolated from other people because of his reckless and thoughtless personality.
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Chinyuki
Title: Chinyuki
Character: Taro Yamada
Released: February 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Genzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he happens to visit a house and meets an old couple. The couple has an adopted son, Taro Yamada (Kenichi Matsuyama). They ask Genzo to rehabilitate Taro who makes trouble with his magical power. Genzo takes Taro and travels to Tianzhu.
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Title: Kinpika
Character: Isao Okawara
Released: February 13, 2016
Type: TV
Kenta Sakaguchi was a yakuza member and he spent 13 years in prison for killing a rival yakuza boss. Hidehiko Hirohashi was a secretary for a politician. He took the blame for the politician’s act. Isao Okawara was a self-defense official, but he took in arms against the government. Kenta Sakaguchi, Hidehiko Hirohashi and Isao Okawara gather under retired ex-detective Gonzaemon Mukai. Kenta, Hidehiko and Isao get even with people who betrayed and deceived them.
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Something Like, Something Like It
Title: Something Like, Something Like It
Character: Takataro Watanabe
Released: January 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.
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Denki Groove: The Movie?
Title: Denki Groove: The Movie?
Character: Self
Released: December 26, 2015
Type: Movie
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Teacher and Stray Cat
Title: Teacher and Stray Cat
Character: Hirokawa
Released: October 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, not only continues to drop by, but also seems to be visiting the altar Kyoichi has set up for his deceased wife. While uncomfortable with the cat and its visits, he nonetheless takes up a search when Mii goes missing. The endeavour connects him with the town's folk and reveals that he is not alone.
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Attack on Titan II: End of the World
Title: Attack on Titan II: End of the World
Character: Souda
Released: September 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Eren Yeager leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered. Shikishima comes to his aid. The titans never stops attacking. Eren is now injured and tries to protect Armin, but is swallowed by a titan. A Titan with black hair appears and begins to expel the other titans.
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Attack on Titan
Title: Attack on Titan
Character: Souda
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
100 years ago, titans suddenly appeared on Earth. Soon, human civilization veered on collapse due to the titans. Humans then built a giant wall to defend themselves. Within the giant walls, humans lived in peace, but, 100 years later, the giant wall is broken.
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Yakuza Apocalypse
Title: Yakuza Apocalypse
Character: Yukio Rakan
Released: May 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Akira admires Genyo Kamiura, the most broken yakuza.
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Parasyte: Part 2
Title: Parasyte: Part 2
Character: Miki
Released: April 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Alien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only manages to take over one human's, Shin Izumi, right arm. Together they grow and co-exist, all the while the other aliens are making meals of other humans; Shin feels he must put a stop to it all, but his alien, Migi, doesn't see why.
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Title: 64
Character: Mikami Yoshinobu
Released: April 18, 2015
Type: TV
In 2002 (Heisei 14), public relations officer Mikami Yoshinobu of D Prefectural Police, is having an intense confrontation with the correspondents’ club, over the issue of the anonymity of a perpetrator in a traffic accident that caused serious injuries. Meanwhile, the public relations office is informed by the top brass that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department commissioner’s visit to the home of the family of the victim in “64”, an important unsolved case with its statute of limitation about to run out, has been decided one week later. The case which the police refer to internally as “64” is the kidnapping and murder of Shoko-chan which took place in just seven days in January 1989 (Showa 64). It was the worst in D Prefectural Police’s history. Mikami is under strict orders to obtain the family’s consent as well as to give the reporters’ questions beforehand. The visit is meant to emphasise the police’s resolve to put all effort into solving the case. However, the victim’s father, Amemiya Yoshio, rejects the commissioner’s visit and the correspondents’ club refuses to cooperate for the commissioner’s press conference. Mikami is torn between the top brass, which operates on organisational principles, and the correspondents’ club. The club denounces the complete change in Mikami’s attitude which had been open until then. In fact, Mikami has a big problem at home. His only daughter, Ayumi, has been missing since several months ago…
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Parasyte: Part 1
Title: Parasyte: Part 1
Character: Miki
Released: November 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Alien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only manages to take over one human's, Shin Izumi, right arm. Together they grow and co-exist, all the while the other aliens are making meals of other humans; Shin feels he must put a stop to it all, but his alien, Migi, doesn't see why.
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Don't Lose Heart
Title: Don't Lose Heart
Released: November 16, 2013
Type: Movie
Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.
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Like Father, Like Son
Title: Like Father, Like Son
Character: Shoko's Husband
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: Movie
Ryota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son was switched with another child after birth. He must make a life-changing decision and choose his true son or the boy he raised as his own.
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The Devil's Path
Title: The Devil's Path
Character: Junji Sudo
Released: September 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking out the story, based on Sudo's tip, Fuji becomes convinced that the letter is correct. But, a lot of time has passed from the incidents and Sudo's testimony isn't clear. Due to the persistance of Sudo, who is a former yakuza, and Fuji, the police begin to move.
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Denki Groove:
Title: Denki Groove: "Ningen mo Dobutsu" Tour Panda 2013
Released: August 7, 2013
Type: Movie
Live DVD of Denki Groove features their "Tour Panda 2013" performing 26 songs including encore. Also includes commentary by members.
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Title: Amachan
Character: Umezu
Released: April 1, 2013
Type: TV
Amachan is the 88th 2013 NHK asadora written by Kankuro Kudo (Tiger and Dragon, Unobore Deka). It's about Amano Aki (Nounen Rena), a 16 year old girl from Tokyo who goes to her mother's former home in Sodegahama, a fishing village in Kitasanriku, Iwate prefecture for the summer break. She falls in love with the sea and its people, and decides to stay on to become an Ama (women divers who fetch clams and sea urchins for tourists) just like her grandmother, Natsu (Miyamoto Nobuko). Her decision is welcomed wholeheartedly by Natsu and the other locals. However, her mother Haruko (Koizumi Kyoko) does not like the idea at first. She has a strained relationship with Natsu, and her extreme dislike of the sea, diving and the countryside is one of the reasons why she left her hometown 24 years ago. Eventually, she decides to stay in Sodegahama with Aki, considering that she is contemplating on getting a divorce anyway and does not want to go back to her husband in Tokyo. She also notices that it might be good for Aki for she seems livelier and happier in Kitasanriku than in Tokyo. The road towards becoming a full-fledged Ama-san is tough for Aki as she encounters tests and hurdles. One day, a video of her as an Ama gets uploaded in the city's tourism website, transforming an ordinary high school girl into an overnight Internet sensation. Suddenly she is called upon to use this opportunity to attract tourists to a city suffering from depopulation.
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Amachan
Title: Amachan
Character: Umezu
Released: April 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.
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Paikaji Nankai Sakusen
Title: Paikaji Nankai Sakusen
Character: Manbosan
Released: July 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote Island. While there, Sasaki's belongings are stolen by four homeless men. Sasaki then lives with three other people: a survivalist, a city man and a girl who speaks Kansai dialect. One day, Sasaki hears news about the four homeless men and decides to get revenge ...
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Kami usagi rope: tsuka, natsuyasumi lasuichitte majissuka!?
Title: Kami usagi rope: tsuka, natsuyasumi lasuichitte majissuka!?
Released: May 12, 2012
Type: Movie
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Train Brain Express
Title: Train Brain Express
Character: Masaya Chikugo
Released: March 24, 2012
Type: Movie
Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves of their lives?
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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Title: Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Character: Ice man
Released: January 21, 2012
Type: Movie
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...
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Rakugo Story
Title: Rakugo Story
Character: Imadoka Shoroku
Released: March 12, 2011
Type: Movie
Haruki Masato is a shy youth who gets swept away when he happens upon a rakugo performance. He knocks on the door of rakugo master Imadoka Shoroku in Tokyo’s old downtown and somehow gets taken on as a disciple, and embarks on a path to become a rakugo comedian under the name of Imadoka Koharu.
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Title: Monster Magnitude: 9
Character: Matsuda
Released: July 7, 2010
Type: TV
Monster attacks are a common occurrence in Japan. A special division of the Japan Meteorological Agency has been established to predict such attacks, as well as support the Japan Self-Defense Forces and minimize the damage from the attacks.
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Title: Soil
Released: March 6, 2010
Type: TV
On the night of a blackout at the new residential area, ‘Soil New Town’, the Suzushiros, a family of three who live in that ordinary town, suddenly vanish into thin air. A pillar of salt rising up to the ceiling is left behind in the room of their daughter, Miki. Coincidentally, a heap of salt as high as a school building appears in the junior high school’s yard... At the top of that heap is the heart of a hamster. Dispatched to solve this bizarre case, Onoda Masako and Yokoi Mitsuo from the Kamikawa Precinct, are astonished by the strange pillar of salt. There is the head of the resident's association whose daily routine is obsessive surveillance, a youth who has been missing ever since the case occurred and an old woman who had an unsavoury experience in this town in the past. In the course of their investigation, Onoda and Yokoi begin to peer through to the underlying demeanours of the town’s residents and realise that malice and madness lurks beneath this seemingly quiet town.
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Title: Ryōmaden
Released: January 3, 2010
Type: TV
Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
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Title: Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
Released: September 3, 2009
Type: TV
The series features Ueno taking on five roles in five episodes. As the title suggests, each episode involves a bag of some kind, such as a guitar case or a mysterious delivery package.
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Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Title: Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Character: Tank Corps Captain
Released: February 24, 2009
Type: Movie
A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.
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Brass Knuckle Boys
Title: Brass Knuckle Boys
Character: Kinji Kaneko
Released: February 14, 2009
Type: Movie
A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them on behalf of her company. What Kanna did not know was that the Brass Knuckle Boys consists of all middle aged men.
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School Days with a Pig
Title: School Days with a Pig
Released: October 31, 2008
Type: Movie
A sixth grade teacher raises a pig with his class.
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One Million Yen Girl
Title: One Million Yen Girl
Character: Haruo Fujii
Released: July 19, 2008
Type: Movie
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million yen, move to where no one knows her and keep repeating the process.
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The Last Princess
Title: The Last Princess
Released: May 10, 2008
Type: Movie
After the Akizuku clan fall in defeat to rival clan Yamana, Princess Yuki (Nagasawa Masami) and general Rokurota (Hiroshi Abe), take cover in a hidden fortress, along with their clan and gold treasury. Fortuitously stumbling into the hideaways, brash young miner Takezo (Matsumoto Jun) and his bumbling sidekick Shinhachi (Miyagawa Daiuske) hatch a daring plan to help transport the gold out of enemy terrain - in exchange for a share of the stash, of course. With assassins hot in pursuit, Yuki disguises as a male and ventures into the real world with Rukurota and her peasant companions, getting her first taste of danger, toil, and budding romance with the strong-minded and willful Takezo.
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10 Promises to My Dog
Title: 10 Promises to My Dog
Character: Zookeeper
Released: March 15, 2008
Type: Movie
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother...
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Title: Graveyard Kitaro
Character: Trump Omoi (voice)
Released: January 10, 2008
Type: TV
Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, which generally involves protecting the former from the wiles of the latter.
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Tokyo Serendipity
Title: Tokyo Serendipity
Character: Tanaka
Released: August 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Yui, a college student, moves in to her first own apartment, where she begins her new independent life in a big city. Soon after, the upstairs neighbor Takashi sparks her interest.
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Ten Nights of Dreams
Title: Ten Nights of Dreams
Character: Father
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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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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Sway
Title: Sway
Character: Funaki
Released: July 8, 2006
Type: Movie
A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.
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Always - Sunset on Third Street
Title: Always - Sunset on Third Street
Character: Ice Man
Released: November 11, 2005
Type: Movie
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower as it rises steadily above the skyline during construction in 1958.
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Linda Linda Linda
Title: Linda Linda Linda
Character: Pierre
Released: July 23, 2005
Type: Movie
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s punk-pop song by the Japanese group The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".
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Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Title: Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Released: March 5, 2005
Type: Movie
A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.
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Survive Style 5+
Title: Survive Style 5+
Character: Cop
Released: September 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
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SHORT FILMS
Title: SHORT FILMS
Released: March 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yoki koto ka na; Slow is Beautiful. Third installment of "SF" series produced by Hiroyuki Nakano.
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Iden & Tity
Title: Iden & Tity
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress you as well. The story is set in the 80s rock scene and revolves around Nakajima (Kazunobu Mineta), the lead singer of a band called 'Speed Way'. Because he refuses to write trite, pop-friendly songs he is constantly at odds with his own record company. However, he refuses to bend on his rock principles simply for better record sales. The most interesting parts of this movie is how they pay homage to music icon, Bob Dylan who gave the filmmaker his blessing, which is no small feat itself, especially for a Japanese indie debut.
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Drive
Title: Drive
Released: August 24, 2002
Type: Movie
Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed limit even under the extreme situation.
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Title: The Private Detective Mike
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: TV
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
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Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye
Released: January 18, 2002
Type: TV
Kisarazu Cat's Eye is a humorous Japanese television show and movie series. To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies: Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series and Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series.
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Desert Moon
Title: Desert Moon
Character: Sakaki
Released: June 19, 2001
Type: Movie
A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.
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Stereo Future
Title: Stereo Future
Character: Kengo Kawase
Released: June 5, 2001
Type: Movie
Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.
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Blood
Title: Blood
Released: January 22, 1998
Type: Movie
Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him.
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Happy People
Title: Happy People
Released: September 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Japanese anthology follows the depressing lives of several people just trying to keep going in a nihilistic world.
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Sanctuary
Title: Sanctuary
Character: Oyakata
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie