Toru Masuoka

Toru Masuoka

Born: August 23, 1956
in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Toru Masuoka...

Title: Dear Radiance
Character: Minamoto no Masanobu
Released: January 7, 2024
Type: TV
Murasaki Shikibu (Yoshitaka Yuriko), the heroine of this story, wrote the bestseller 'The Tale of Genji,' transcending a thousand years during the Heian period. She weaves the story of Hikaru Genji, fueled by her love for Fujiwara no Michinaga (Emoto Tasuku), with her hidden passion and incomparable imagination. It is a tale of a woman who lived with unchanging love in an ever-changing world. (From TV JAPAN)
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Masked Hearts
Title: Masked Hearts
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
26 years old Hanako is on the verge of directing her first-ever feature film, achieving her childhood dream. Although she’s being hindered by an older male assistant director, she has a fateful encounter with a man named Masao, and her life at last begins to take on a whole new luster. However, the underhanded actions of an unscrupulous producer cause Hanako to have her personal project stolen. After being dumped into despair, she quietly stokes her rage, and makes a pledge to keep fighting, and never back down! Entangling Masao, her hopeless father and two older brothers (who she’s been out of touch with for over 10 years) in her obsessive quest, Hanako audaciously attempts to make her dream come true, her way!
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Title: HOTEL -NEXT DOOR-
Character: Nakajo Koji
Released: September 10, 2022
Type: TV
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Shin Ultraman
Title: Shin Ultraman
Character: Kunihiko Kariba
Released: May 13, 2022
Type: Movie
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
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Adult's Situation
Title: Adult's Situation
Character: Takashi Rokko
Released: January 8, 2021
Type: Movie
Seven men and women, consisting of three couples who are reluctant companions and one single man, play in the game with the secret that their relationship and friendship will collapse. Japanese remake of the Italian movie "Perfetti sconosciuti".
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Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
Title: Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
Character: Toshimichi Ishiwatari, Chief Cabinet Secretary
Released: May 24, 2019
Type: Movie
The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the Hateruma archipelago. Members of the Japan Coast Guard are detained. Under the extremely tense situation, the Japanese government sends Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and an escort fleet to the area. Ryota Akitsu is the captain of the Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and Toshiya Niinami is second-in-command. It is now 6:23 am. and Japan faces one day which they never have before.
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Title: Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation
Character: 佐伯敏夫
Released: May 12, 2019
Type: TV
Saeki Shuichi was a detective, but he quit his job. He now works at a detective agency. One day, a couple asks the detective agency to find a man named Sakagami. The man killed the couple's son and served at a youth detention center. Kogure Masato is the director of the detective agency. He tells Shuichi to work on the case. Shuichi is also part of a victim's family. When he was a child, his older sister was murdered. While Shuichi watches Sakagami, the couple asks him to find some materials which will allow them to forgive Sakagami or not.
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Title: Asami Mitsuhiko Series: Hana no Shita Nite
Released: December 17, 2018
Type: TV
Travel and history reporter Asami Mitsuhiko visits Kamakura for an interview, where he meets Tanno Nao, the daughter of the head of the Tansho school of flower arrangement. Mitsuhiko is drawn to Nao's lively expression as she enjoys surfing. Meanwhile, the head of the Tansho school of flower arrangement, which has been in existence for over 250 years, has announced to Nao's father and son-in-law Hiroyuki that he will hold a New Year's succession ceremony for the next Iemoto at the first ikebana ceremony. Meanwhile, Nao invites Mitsuhiko to take a stroll through the streets of Kamakura, and he is taken to a café by the sea, where he and the master, Makibara, learn of Nao's struggles with her birthplace and future. They also witness an encounter between Hiroyuki and Fuyue, the owner of an inn. Nao goes to Fuyue's place to find out the truth, but what awaits Nao is Fuyue's changed appearance.
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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 Crow In Broad Daylight
Title: The Crow In Broad Daylight
Character: Tamakura Shigenari
Released: January 11, 2018
Type: Movie
One day, Tomonaga Takashi, a medical representative of pharmaceutical company Tenei Seiyaku, is suddenly suspected of molesting inside a train by male and female strangers. He has an important appointment and tries to get away. However, Nitta Masato, who rushed over from the police box in front of the train station where he had been on duty, arrests Tomonaga as he fights back. This is Nitta’s first achievement as a new police officer.
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AIBOU: The Movie IV
Title: AIBOU: The Movie IV
Character: Kensaku Sahashi
Released: February 11, 2017
Type: Movie
A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.
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Title: The Copycat Criminal
Released: September 21, 2016
Type: TV
Journalist Maebata Shigeko, young Tsukada Shinichi and elderly Arima Yoshio all suffer from and become involved in a serial kidnap and murder case. Shinichi first discovers a cut arm and handbag from the murder case. Elderly Yoshio's granddaughter is a murder victim. Based on the novel "Mohouhan" by Miyuki Miyabe.
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Title: メガバンク最終決戦
Released: February 24, 2016
Type: TV
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Fate of a Prosecutor
Title: Fate of a Prosecutor
Released: January 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Hirotoshi Honda, a teacher of a prestigious private girl’s high school, is arrested on suspicion of violating the nuisance prevention ordinance for molestation on a train and sent to prosecutor Sakata. High school student Reina claims he touched her buttocks in the packed train but Honda denies the crime and calls it a fabrication and claims he was blackmailed by Reina on the train platform. Reina denies his allegation. Even for a misdemeanor, Sakata believes not pursuing the truth is like death as a prosecutor.
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Title: Yellow Taped Newswoman
Character: Masaru Uozumi
Released: January 15, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: White Lab
Character: Akira Ichinose(一ノ瀬 晃)
Released: April 14, 2014
Type: TV
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Title: Hanzawa Naoki
Character: Mitsuhide Oka
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: Lady Joker
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
One day, a suspicious-looking audio CD is delivered to Shiroyama Kyosuke, the company president of Hinode Beer, the industry’s top brewer. Shiroyama is shaken by the contents which pin the company down for its past misdeeds.
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Promise in the Shadows
Title: Promise in the Shadows
Released: January 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Ex-bandit Komakichi has a random encounter with an ex-ally, Matsuzou. Seeing each other for the first time in 35 years, the two drink and talk about their past, without revealing their current lifestyles, Matsuzou then recounts an odd story... The doomed reunion slowly steers the old bandits toward a life-changing event.
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The Last Message
Title: The Last Message
Character: Keiichi Godai
Released: June 30, 2012
Type: Movie
Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill indiscriminately.
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Space Brothers
Title: Space Brothers
Character: Mutta & Hibito's father
Released: May 5, 2012
Type: Movie
When Mutta was 12-years-old and Hibito was 9-years-old the two brothers saw what they thought was an UFO flying towards the moon. They made a pact then to become astronauts and one day fly into space together. Fast forward to the year 2025. Older brother Mutta (Shun Oguri) works as for an automotive company and his younger brother Hibito works as an astronaut. Although Mutta failed to follow through on his childhood promise, after losing his job, he receives a phone call from Hibito which reignites his childhood dream of flying into outer space ...
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The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai
Title: The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
After she drives drunk and hits an old woman, a famous novelist is threatened with a law suit by the woman's son... unless she lets him publish his manuscript under his name.
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Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega Max
Title: Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO Movie Wars Mega Max
Character: Lem Kannagi
Released: December 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Movie War Mega Max featured the first seven Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider 1, 2, V3, Riderman, X, Amazon, and Stronger) to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary. Trailers for the film shown during airings of Fourze also showed the return of Kamen Rider Double as well as a new form for Kamen Rider OOO. Unlike previous Movie War films, where they were divided into 3 segments, Movie War Mega Max is divided into 5 parts. Like previous Movie War films the secondary Kamen Rider of Kamen Rider Fourze, Kamen Rider Meteor, made his debut in the film.
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Onmitsu Hicho
Title: Onmitsu Hicho
Released: July 23, 2011
Type: Movie
Pilot for a TV series. In the pilot Hiroshi Tachi is a lower ranked samurai investigating the the murder of Tanuma Okitsugu's son Mototomo by Sano Masakoto. Those events are a matter of history but the plot that Hiroshi unveils and is eventually killed for is fictional.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Released: April 13, 2011
Type: TV
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.
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私は屈しない〜特捜検察と戦った女性官僚と家族の465日
Title: 私は屈しない〜特捜検察と戦った女性官僚と家族の465日
Character: 山岸弘
Released: January 31, 2011
Type: Movie
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Cast Me If You Can
Title: Cast Me If You Can
Character: Hiroshi
Released: October 23, 2010
Type: Movie
An actor, who always plays supporting roles and lives in the shadow of his famous playwright father, falls in love with an energetic aspiring actress and rediscovers himself.
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Free and Easy 20: Final
Title: Free and Easy 20: Final
Released: December 26, 2009
Type: Movie
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Title: Welkame
Character: 勅使河原重之
Released: September 28, 2009
Type: TV
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Battle Under Orion
Title: Battle Under Orion
Character: Toshio Tamura
Released: June 13, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of a Japanese sub's last mission during WWII.
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What the War Meant
Title: What the War Meant
Character: Okinori Kaya
Released: December 24, 2008
Type: Movie
The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period between the Imperial Conference (Gozen Kaigi) on September 6, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Title: K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Character: Inspector Namikoshi
Released: December 20, 2008
Type: Movie
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
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Suspect X
Title: Suspect X
Character: Shujiro Katsuragi
Released: October 4, 2008
Type: Movie
A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
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Rakugo musume
Title: Rakugo musume
Released: August 23, 2008
Type: Movie
When a gal named Kasumi decides to become a traditional Japanese 'Rakugo' storyteller due to her uncle's invalidity, she is soon on her way to a career with college-level and amateur success. She becomes a student to one of the master's of the genre and is even asked to perform by a TV producer. The only snag is, the particular story has a curse dripping from its words.
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Walking My Life
Title: Walking My Life
Character: Shiroyama
Released: October 27, 2007
Type: Movie
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met for years, to write farewell letters to his family, relatives and friends...
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Title: Joshideka
Character: Koichiro Aoyama
Released: October 18, 2007
Type: TV
A sharpshooting rookie and a veteran with a brilliant track record are paired to solve a number of different cases. The two incompatible women clash about everything, and we see them developing a friendship, hating one another, working as team, laughing and crying as they follow the trail of clues set by a serial killer.
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Free and Easy 18
Title: Free and Easy 18
Released: September 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.
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I Just Didn't Do It
Title: I Just Didn't Do It
Character: Seiichiro Tamura
Released: January 20, 2007
Type: Movie
A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
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Free and Easy 17
Title: Free and Easy 17
Released: August 5, 2006
Type: Movie
Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting married, but a dark shadow now seems to loom over her.
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Star Reformer
Title: Star Reformer
Character: Takao Asano
Released: February 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".
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Always - Sunset on Third Street
Title: Always - Sunset on Third Street
Character: Theater Manager
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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Title: GARO
Character: Ouma
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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Title: Water Boys 2005 Summer
Character: Kosaku Uehara
Released: August 19, 2005
Type: TV
Water Boys 2005 Natsu is a two-part Japanese drama series that aired in Japan on Fuji Television on August 19 and 20 2005. This is the third and final season of the series Water Boys, as its alternate title suggests, Water Boys Finale.
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Title: Umizaru Evolution
Character: Shinpei Tsuda
Released: July 5, 2005
Type: TV
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Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
Title: Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
Character: Hayashi Ushinosuke
Released: December 14, 2004
Type: Movie
The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest they uncover a plot by one of the clan officials that could change the course of history.
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Déracine
Title: Déracine
Released: November 27, 2004
Type: Movie
A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art dealer. He can feel alive only if he keeps painting, but unable to find something to fill his void inside, he tries to drown himself in alcohol. Drawn to Jouji, Kyoko commissions him to paint for her. The two travel to a secluded mountain-side, and there Jouji becomes inspired both by the natural surroundings and Kyoko herself.
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Kusa no ran
Title: Kusa no ran
Released: September 3, 2004
Type: Movie
This is a true story about the "Chichibu Incident," which is said to be the only revolution in Japan.
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Free and Easy 15
Title: Free and Easy 15
Released: August 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.
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48 Hours of Terror - When the Clock's Hands Turn into a Knife
Title: 48 Hours of Terror - When the Clock's Hands Turn into a Knife
Character: Tetsuto Natsuyagi
Released: January 18, 2004
Type: Movie
When the clock's hand turns into a knife, parent-child bonds are torn!
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Title: Dollhouse
Character: Kentaro Tsugawa
Released: January 15, 2004
Type: TV
This group of sexy, fresh and lively girls pursues dance and action with fervor and irresistible force. On the outside they are a dance group at the Dollhouse club but secretly they are a special investigation group. Under the direction of their leader, Reiko Kanzaki (Yuki Matsushita), they provide enjoyment to customers of the club, while punishing evil. Their first mission is to take on a band of armed criminals who are robbing a bank. Head of the criminals is Mika Ayanokoji (Yumi Adachi). Thanks to the Dolls superb teamwork, the gang is arrested but due to a police mistake, Mika is able to escape. But Reiko confronts Mika and makes her an offer. Dollhouse is a simple, straight-shooting but thrilling drama that wins with passion. It's showtime!
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Hazan
Title: Hazan
Character: Okakura tenshin
Released: January 2, 2004
Type: Movie
Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).
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Like Asura
Title: Like Asura
Character: Ogata
Released: November 8, 2003
Type: Movie
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
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Get Up!
Title: Get Up!
Released: October 5, 2003
Type: Movie
A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.
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Title: Kao
Character: Takeshi Tsuruta(鶴田 猛)
Released: April 8, 2003
Type: TV
A drama set in a police department depicts how a woman grows and matures as a human being as she suffers from the gap between reality and ideals in an environment where women are looked down upon. Mizuho Hirano, a woman police officer whose work consists of drawing composite sketches of criminal suspects, has the unique ability to look deep into people's hearts.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Character: Hitoshi Hayakawa
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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Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1
Title: Kadokawa Mystery & Horror Tales Vol. 1
Released: March 1, 2002
Type: Movie
MEINICHI Directed By Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Sayaka Yamaguchi, Asami Mizukawa "Maybe father was right. Maybe we should not have moved into that house..." When Minako loses her boyfriend in an accident, her sister tries to cheer her up, though sinister forces would have it otherwise... CRUEL KIDNAPPING: Directed by Tomoyuki Akashi Cast: Toru Masuoka, Renji Ishibashi As Toshio struggles to make ends meet, his daughter is kidnapped and a ransom note arrives. Desperation leads him to a cruel plan designed to procure the money he needs. DESIRE TO KILL: Directed by Kenji Nakanishi Cast: Mayumi Wakamura, Sousuke Takaoka Alone in her house, Rie comes face-to-face with a murderer. Determined to protect her child, she makes a desperate attempt to convince the man to leave.
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金融腐蝕列島 再生
Title: 金融腐蝕列島 再生
Released: January 13, 2002
Type: Movie
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Title: Freezing Point 2001
Released: July 12, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Legendary Teacher
Character: Kohei Okamura(岡村 公平)
Released: April 15, 2000
Type: TV
A man who appears to have no particular passion for anything ironically proves effective with troubled high school students. Known as a legendary savior of problem schools, he shows up one day to salvage what's left of a class that had fallen apart completely. His highly unpredictable reactions and controversial advice to students shock the teachers and staffs much as they do the problem students themselves.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas
Title: My Neighbors the Yamadas
Character: Yamada Takashi (voice)
Released: July 17, 1999
Type: Movie
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
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Coquille
Title: Coquille
Character: Jiro Tanikawa
Released: March 27, 1999
Type: Movie
Thirty years after graduation, a man and a woman meet again at an alumni reunion. They are no longer young, but the moment she sees him, memories of her first love are revived. Her love for him has never faded even though she married another man and bore his child. What has kept her going is a white shell the boy gave her and a phrase of Jean Cocteau's poem, "My ears are shells, fondly hearing the sound of the sea..." She gets a divorce, returns to her hometown and opens a bar named "Coquille," which means "shell." Without their knowing, an unexpected turn of events awaits the two...
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Title: Housewife & Detective
Released: January 7, 1999
Type: TV
This comical suspense drama centers around Kaoru, a divorced female detective, and Hinako, a housewife married to a detective. Hinako can't keep her curious nature bottled and is constantly trying solve the cases her husband talks about at the dinner table. Kaoru inevitably sees what she is up to and tries to keep her from getting in the way, but sometimes the determined housewife suprises everyone with her simple observations!
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Woman in Witness Protection
Title: Woman in Witness Protection
Character: Prosecutor
Released: September 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Biwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very public life of the woman makes their sole witness vulnerable to the killers, the police assign two officers to safeguard her until the trial. In the interim, the lives of Biwako and everyone around her are changed in unexpected ways.
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Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Title: Asian Blue: Ukishima-maru Incident
Released: September 2, 1995
Type: Movie
Asian Blue focuses on Koreans brought to Japan to work in forced-labor brigades during World War II
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Dai yonige: Yonigeya hompo 3
Title: Dai yonige: Yonigeya hompo 3
Character: Kosuke Noguchi
Released: February 11, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Gokenin Zankuro
Character: Nishio Denzaburō
Released: January 9, 1995
Type: TV
Zankuro Matsudaira (Ken Watanabe) is a low-grade vassal of the Tokugawa Shogun, forced to moonlight as a bodyguard and executioner to make ends meet. He also has a drinking problem, an overeating mother, and a propensity to protect the oppressed, all of which eat into his finances. His confident mother Masajo (Kyoko Kishida) is the descendant of a famous family of shogunate retainers and a mistress of the pen and sword, who regards her son as a failure.
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It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Title: It's a Summer Vacation Everyday
Character: Kobayashi
Released: June 11, 1994
Type: Movie
The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife Yoshiko status in their suburban neighborhood. But the daughter Sugina, who herself has secretly stopped going to school because she is being bullied. One day, they discover that Nariyuki has quit his job. As Nariyuki decides to find a new job along with Sugina, Yoshiko, a firm believer in a life based on the company, soon finds her world falling apart.
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Title: 美味しんぼ
Released: January 7, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Devil's Kiss
Released: July 7, 1993
Type: TV
Misao is studying to be a manga artist, Mariko is a university student but getting money by various dangerous ways and Sachiko is working diligently but spends money on the dangerous religion. This drama shows many problems in which young people these days are involved.
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Yonigeya hompo 2
Title: Yonigeya hompo 2
Character: Kosuke Noguchi
Released: May 15, 1993
Type: Movie
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Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Title: Lone Wolf and Cub: The Final Conflict
Character: Yagyu Kurando
Released: February 6, 1993
Type: Movie
A noble samurai serving the Shogun as 'Kogi Kaishaku-nin' (Official Executioner) is the target of a plot by the evil Yagyu Clan to take away his position and replace him with a member of their own family. When his wife is murdered and evidence is produced that he was plotting against the Shogun the Code of Bushido calls for him and his son to commit sepuku. Instead he defies the Shogun's orders and takes up arms against his enemies, becoming an assassin for hire.
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Shichi-nin no otaku: Cult seven
Title: Shichi-nin no otaku: Cult seven
Character: Tatsuo Tanba
Released: December 18, 1992
Type: Movie
Several otaku band together to save the baby of a Filipina mother.
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Title: Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell
Released: May 20, 1992
Type: TV
Nezu no Hamakichi used to be a renowned detective. He had lost his job and been banished from Edo after he was arrested for some reasons. Back in Edo for the first time in 5 years, he has just sold toys. This is a story that Hamakichi resolves difficult incidents.
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Yonigeya hompo
Title: Yonigeya hompo
Character: Kosuke Noguchi
Released: January 18, 1992
Type: Movie
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風車の浜吉捕物綴
Title: 風車の浜吉捕物綴
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Title: Tales of the Bizarre
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
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13 Assassins
Title: 13 Assassins
Released: March 28, 1990
Type: Movie
In between the original 1963 13 ASSASSINS film and the 2010 remake by Miike Takashi, Fuji TV produced a version for TV. Starring Nakadai Tatsuya and Natsuyagi Isao, with strong support from Tanba Tetsuro and Tanaka Ken, this is the ultimate tale of samurai justice carried out in a historical masterpiece. The shogun’s half-brother, Matsudaira Naritsugu has been slated to join the Roju Council of Elders as a senior adviser even though he is criminally insane. His outrageous acts cause one of his top retainers to commit ritual suicide in protest over his lord’s crimes. Alerted to these crimes, Roju Councilor Doi asks Inspector General Shmada Shinzaemon to assassinate Naritsugu before he can be seated on the council. Gathering a band of 13 (including himself), Shimada sets out on a death-defying journey to cut down the lord before he can reach Edo. Can a band of 13 samurai defeat the vile Naritsugu’s 200 man entourage and enact justice against his cruelty?
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Days with Harasu
Title: Days with Harasu
Released: November 18, 1989
Type: Movie
The movie depicts the interaction between a childless middle-aged couple and a small dog.
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The Dancer
Title: The Dancer
Character: Kenkichi Aizawa
Released: October 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.
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Firefly
Title: Firefly
Character: Ninomiya
Released: February 18, 1989
Type: Movie
A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?
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Sweet Home
Title: Sweet Home
Character: Young Housekeeper
Released: January 21, 1989
Type: Movie
A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.
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A Taxing Woman's Return
Title: A Taxing Woman's Return
Character: Mishima
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult lead by a corrupt sociopath.
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Title: Iki no Iiyatsu
Released: January 7, 1987
Type: TV
Set in a sushi restaurant in Tokyo shortly after the end of the war, the story follows a stubborn, old-fashioned master and his hot-tempered, brash apprentice growing up among the warm-hearted people of downtown Tokyo.
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Atami Murder Case
Title: Atami Murder Case
Character: Yoshioka
Released: June 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
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The Empty Table
Title: The Empty Table
Released: November 1, 1985
Type: Movie
One year has passed since the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths. Although the parents of all the other perpetrators have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji tries to remain adamant that he was not responsible for his son's actions.
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Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Title: Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Character: Golden Flame
Released: July 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Six year old Momoko and Motoharu are turned suddenly into High school students. And more than that they have now psychic powers.
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Agi, the Fury of Evil
Title: Agi, the Fury of Evil
Character: Taro
Released: December 4, 1984
Type: Movie
A samurai warrior is terrorised by the demon Agi.
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Fireflies in the North
Title: Fireflies in the North
Character: Gaiki
Released: September 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
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Mitsugetsu
Title: Mitsugetsu
Character: Kouten
Released: January 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run away to share their grief.
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The Fir Trees Remain
Title: The Fir Trees Remain
Released: December 1, 1983
Type: Movie
The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the next day, his 4 attendants were killed one after another. Sakai Utanokamike, the Rozyu, is turned out to be involved in this scheme, and the aim is to destroy the Date family. Tsunamune's brother Munekatsu Date who is willing to take over the family doesn't know the real purpose of Utanokami and helps him. Munesuku Harada gets to know the whole picture of the incident and takes action alone for the sake of protecting the Date family, leaving his own family. His lonely fight continues for 10 years and he got in danger in Utanokamike's house, and...
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The Dropout
Title: The Dropout
Released: October 2, 1982
Type: Movie
Detective Seiji Otaki is determined to find the psychopathic killer of a young woman who was ostensibly a student but in reality a high-priced prostitute. Even though he has been taken off the case for beating up a suspect, he refuses to let it go and recruits his mistress to act as a decoy for the killer. Her involvement turns out to be a fatal mistake, and when her husband gets out of prison, Detective Otaki is in worse trouble than ever.
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The Law of Hell
Title: The Law of Hell
Released: August 30, 1982
Type: Movie
At a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The owner Ikuzo manages the restaurant with his daughter. It’s customers who have a dark past have utmost respect for Ikuzo. One day, a half-dead man Tomijiro comes to the restaurant. This is the beginning of Ikuzo’s terrible fight.
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Title: Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
Released: June 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.
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Willful Murder
Title: Willful Murder
Released: November 7, 1981
Type: Movie
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?