Lily Franky

Lily Franky

Born: November 4, 1963
in Fukuoka, Japan
Lily Franky (リリー・フランキー, born Masaya Nakagawa; 4 November 1963) is a Japanese illustrator, writer and actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 2001.

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Cottontail
Title: Cottontail
Character: Kenzaburo
Released: May 9, 2024
Type: Movie
After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo (60s) and his son Toshi (30s) receive an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. Akiko, their wife and mother, asks them to scatter her ashes at the place she loved most as a child – Lake Windermere in England. Surprised by this unexpected request, father and son are initially at loggerheads over their next steps.
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The Parades
Title: The Parades
Character: Michael
Released: February 28, 2024
Type: Movie
A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.
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Undercurrent
Title: Undercurrent
Character: Michio Yamazaki
Released: October 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Kanae's husband disappeared without a trace while on a union trip. Though usually headstrong and independent, the woman becomes plagued with worry over what happened to him, and is unable to move on with her life. Thus, Kanae decides to hire a private investigator, and keeps running the public bathhouse to the best of her abilities. As he tries to figure out the truth about her husband, Kanae must deal with the stress from a work-intensive job, meddlesome neighbors, and recurring nightmares in which she is drowning.
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analog
Title: analog
Character: Tamiya
Released: October 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miyuki Miharu, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Satoru asks for Miyuki's cellphone number, but she doesn't own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Satoru and Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Satoru decides to propose Miyuki, but she doesn't show up at the cafe.
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Wheels and Axle
Title: Wheels and Axle
Character: Nobuomama
Released: August 3, 2023
Type: Movie
“You, Seiya and I could do threesome?” –Jun is a gay man born and raised in a postwar newly-rich family. “I want to do it.” –Manami is a female student who hates her wealthy family because they are "fake". They begin to "share" one host guy called Seiya. The lives of three people intersect in the devastated town Kabuki-cho district of Tokyo, which has lost its heat.
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Call Me Chihiro
Title: Call Me Chihiro
Character: Utsumi
Released: February 23, 2023
Type: Movie
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
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Title: The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Character: Ren
Released: January 12, 2023
Type: TV
Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.
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Title: What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
Character: Hisamatsu Nagaie
Released: January 8, 2023
Type: TV
The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born as the son of a poor and powerless daimyo. Takechiyo lost his father during a war. He grew up lonely and away from his mother. Takechiyo didn't have a clue about what his future would hold. He then has a dramatic meeting with the young Oda Nobunaga.
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A Mother's Touch
Title: A Mother's Touch
Character: Mitsunori Nagao
Released: November 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Satoshi loses his eyesight completely at the age of 9 despite numerous surgeries, but grows up with cheerful spirit thanks to his mother Reiko’s unconditional love. Surrounded by affection and friendship at high school, Satoshi’s future seems bright until one day his family realizes that he is losing his hearing as well. Determined to never give up, Reiko tries everything she can to give him hope.
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Bad City
Title: Bad City
Character: Wataru Gojo
Released: July 5, 2022
Type: Movie
Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him.
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Title: He's Expecting
Released: April 21, 2022
Type: TV
When a successful ad executive who's got it all figured out becomes pregnant, he's forced to confront social inequities he'd never considered before.
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Title: Hoshi Shinichi no Fushigina Fushigina Tanpen Dorama
Released: April 5, 2022
Type: TV
Hoshi Shinichi is the "God of Short Stories" who published more than 1001 short stories during his lifetime, some of which are included in textbooks and continue to be read today. His stories often feature mystery, science fiction, or fantasy elements. A sometimes "humorous" and sometimes "cynic" look at society and mankind. Always short, but always surprising and unpredictable. Is it a poisonous allegory or a wake-up call? See some of his greatest gems come to life in this 2022 live-action adaptation
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The Last 10 Years
Title: The Last 10 Years
Character: Kajiwara
Released: March 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Twenty-year-old Matsuri Takabayashi learns that she only has ten years to live due to an incurable disease. She decides to not dwell on her life and not to fall in love – until she meets a man named Kazuto Manabe at a school reunion.
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Prior Convictions
Title: Prior Convictions
Character: Fumio Toyama
Released: January 28, 2022
Type: Movie
Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.
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That Day, Until the Curry Rice Is Made
Title: That Day, Until the Curry Rice Is Made
Released: September 3, 2021
Type: Movie
On a rainy day, a tired man is standing in the kitchen. He is preparing a special curry to eat on his wife's birthday three days later. It is an important dish that has become an annual event. The radio program he loves to listen to is encouraging listeners to send in their "secret recipes." The man picks up his phone and starts writing an email him about his special home cooking. (Source: sonocurry.com)
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Every Trick In The Book
Title: Every Trick In The Book
Character: Maeda
Released: August 27, 2021
Type: Movie
Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?
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It's a Flickering Life
Title: It's a Flickering Life
Character: Hiroshi Izumi
Released: April 16, 2021
Type: Movie
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
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Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Title: Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Character: Mysterious Man
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
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Town Without Sea
Title: Town Without Sea
Character: Sho's Grandfather
Released: December 4, 2020
Type: Movie
It is a youth film about the boys in their late teens spend before they become adults. Sho and Tiaga, who grew up in the same neighborhood since they were little, are in their last year of high school. They are also the duo who beat the drums at town festivals. However, Taiga announces that he will not play drums this year to prepare to go to college. Sho, who has no plan of his future, cannot think straight. Like The Blue Bird by Maurice MAETERLINCK, the film tells the story of the youth realizing that happiness is not far away.
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Title: Kyouen NG
Character: Mark Nomoto
Released: October 26, 2020
Type: TV
"No co-starring" between popular actor Toyama Eiji and actress Ohzono Hitomi is an open secret in the industry. The couple used to date but they broke up after an event. Since then, they have never co-star in the same work. However, this will be the first time in 25 years that the duo will co-star in a large-scale drama as lead roles. Moreover, the other actors who are also participating in the drama also mentioned "no co-starring" among each other. Will the two be able to work in harmony after many years of resentment? Will the drama be able to complete successfully?
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Ainu Mosir
Title: Ainu Mosir
Character: Okada
Released: October 17, 2020
Type: Movie
Kanto, 14, a descendant of Japan's indigenous Ainu people, decides to visit a hole in the forest — a path to the other side of the world where dead people live, hoping to see his deceased father.
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The Gun 2020
Title: The Gun 2020
Released: July 10, 2020
Type: Movie
Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps them bury the man's body, shooting it with the handgun. Toko becomes captivated by the gun itself. She is further entangled in the true circumstances of the incident due to the detective searching for the handgun and a suspicious man Kazunari who knows a secret about the handgun. Toko tries to throw herself into the whirlpool but then the lid is blown off her "past."
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Title: A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura
Character: Masaki Himura
Released: March 21, 2020
Type: TV
Kasumi Arimura suddenly gets a break from filming and returns to her hometown for the first time in a long while. Her mother, Yumiko, comes to the train station to pick her up and they head for the family home.
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Not Quite Dead Yet
Title: Not Quite Dead Yet
Character: Hino
Released: March 20, 2020
Type: Movie
After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
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Title: The Covers
Released: February 23, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: Pension: Love Is Pink
Character: Shiro
Released: January 16, 2020
Type: TV
Shiro runs the pension "Love Is Pink" ("Koi wa Momoiro") with the help of his daughter Haru.
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Title: タビフクヤマ
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: TV
Tabi Fukuyama - Travel show of Masaharu Fukuyama
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Title: The Naked Director
Character: Takei
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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Sea of Revival
Title: Sea of Revival
Character: Onodera
Released: June 28, 2019
Type: Movie
After a man gets fired from his work at a printing plant, he moves with his couple to her hometown in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. There, the woman opens up a beauty salon. They enjoy peaceful days, but small problems occur which leads to an irrevocable situation.
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Title: Rikon na Futari
Character: Noda Ryusuke
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: TV
Noda Ryusuke is a popular scriptwriter specialising in stories about the perfect married couple but is shocked when his wife of 23 years suddenly wants to get a divorce.
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Title: Natsuzora
Released: April 1, 2019
Type: TV
Okuhara Natsu was born in Tokyo in 1937. In 1945, she loses both parents to war and becomes an orphan, but her father’s comrade, Shibata Takeo, takes her in and moves to Tokachi in Hokkaido. In an unfamiliar land surrounded by unfamiliar people, Natsu feels lost at first, but surrounded by Tokachi’s vast nature and its strong, yet compassionate people, she grows up to be a strong girl. When Natsu enters elementary school, she meets Yamada Tenyo who draws lovely pictures of horses. Tenyo tells her that in America, animation in which pictures move is becoming popular, Natsu’s curiosity is piqued. Upon graduating high school, Natsu goes to Tokyo to look up her brother, and takes a jump into the world of animation.
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The Gun
Title: The Gun
Released: November 17, 2018
Type: Movie
An aimless college student comes upon the aftermath of a murder scene one night, and without thinking, grabs the titular weapon. He takes it home and keeps it safely hidden away, but curiosity gradually begins to consume him.
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Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Title: Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Character: Private Detective Nakagawa
Released: August 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer.
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Shoplifters
Title: Shoplifters
Character: Osamu Shibata
Released: June 2, 2018
Type: Movie
After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
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Laplace's Witch
Title: Laplace's Witch
Character: Zentaro Uhara
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: Movie
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
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Sunny
Title: Sunny
Character: Takeshi Oda
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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Miko Girl
Title: Miko Girl
Character: Otori
Released: February 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Shiwasu's mother left their home when Shiwasu was a little girl. Shiwasu does not understand why. She is a woman now and working at a Shinto shrine as a shrine maiden under her father who is a priest. She is listless until she finds a little boy alone on the shrine's grounds. The boy's mother shows up and retrieves her son a couple of days later. That is not the end of it however. The boy is back soon and has marks and bruises on his body. In the meantime, there was petty theft going on.
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Title: blank 13
Character: Masato Matsuda
Released: February 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
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The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Title: The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
Released: January 20, 2018
Type: Movie
A sequel to the 1980 movie The Legend of the Stardust Brothers. As well as being a rock musical comedy, it also borrows elements from other genres such as road movies, westerns, and meta fiction.
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The Last Shot in the Bar
Title: The Last Shot in the Bar
Character: Jinya Kitashiro
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.
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Perfect Revolution
Title: Perfect Revolution
Character: Kuma
Released: September 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Kuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike anybody he’s ever met before. She barrages into one of his lectures, demanding to know why he only talks of sex, not love, before declaring her own affection. It’s the first of many inappropriate acts by Ryoko and the start of a relationship that is by turns sweet, strange and toxic. Ryoko hopes that she and Kuma’s love can change the world. What she fails to realise is that sometimes it’s the small gestures, not the grand ones, that feel most revolutionary.
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Tornado Girl
Title: Tornado Girl
Character: Shu Koda
Released: September 16, 2017
Type: Movie
Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.
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Title: Hello, Detective Hedgehog
Character: Minami
Released: July 14, 2017
Type: TV
Detective Goro Nanase and his colleagues of "Akatsuka Detective Office" are based in Shimo-Akazuka of Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. The detectives take on a string of challenging cases that no one else wants to take on.
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A Beautiful Star
Title: A Beautiful Star
Character: Shigeichiro Osugi
Released: May 26, 2017
Type: Movie
A family believes they are aliens from other planets and tries to save Earth from impending calamity.
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Title: Million Yen Women
Character: Tatsuyuki
Released: April 7, 2017
Type: TV
Five beautiful but mysterious women move in with unsuccessful novelist Shin, who manages their odd household in exchange for a tidy monthly sum.
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Title: Silver and Gold
Character: Ginji Hirai
Released: January 7, 2017
Type: TV
Morita, a man who never succeeds in anything, takes his anger out in gambling. He meets an underworld fixer named Ginji Hirai, who introduces him to the underworld trade, where billions of yen changes hands every moment, and speculators and other influential people bet their lives for greed.
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Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Title: Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Character: Nobuo Mori
Released: November 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an intractable disease at age 29. Satoshi devoted his life to fighting not only the disease but also his rivals, feverishly pursuing the highest title, at risk to his life. Director Yoshitaka Mori (Hyakuhachi (2008), Space Brothers (2012)) depicts Murayama's true struggling life, full of love from his parents and teacher, based on the non-fiction novel written by Yoshio Osaki. Kenichi Matsuyama intensely portrays Satoshi and physically embodies the character.
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Kamoshirenai Joyūtachi
Title: Kamoshirenai Joyūtachi
Released: October 10, 2016
Type: Movie
If actresses Hirosue Ryoko, Igawa Haruka and Saito Yuki chose different paths at the turning point in their lives, what kind of life would they be leading?
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My Dad and Mr. Ito
Title: My Dad and Mr. Ito
Character: Yasuaki Ito
Released: October 8, 2016
Type: Movie
He is rejected by his sister when the brother floats the idea that their father move from his house to her apartment. The father has other ideas however and shows up unannounced at her doorstep with his belongings. She has little space, a boyfriend she lives with it and does not need a cranky father.
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Scoop!
Title: Scoop!
Character: Chara-Gen
Released: October 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance photographer and chases after celebrity scandals. Shizuoka Miyakonojo works with Nobi Namekawa. She is a rookie reporter for 'Scoop!' and they land a scoop.
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Title: Crow's Blood
Character: Undertaker
Released: July 23, 2016
Type: TV
As science is growing ever closer to the taboo field of regenerative medicine, a mysterious new student named Maki Togawa begins attending the International Dolly Girls' College. Soon after, a series of strange and horrific events occur in and around the school, seemingly in the proximity of or due to new student Maki.
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Double Life
Title: Double Life
Character: Shinohara
Released: June 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Tama is a graduate student. She lives with her boyfriend Takuya. She becomes influenced by lectures about French writer Sophie Calle and begins to follow her neighbor Ishizaka. Tama soon discovers that her neighbor Ishizaka is having an affair. She becomes excited about discovering his secret. Her relationship with her boyfriend Takuya and her professor Shinohara changes.
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After the Storm
Title: After the Storm
Character: Koichiro Yamabe
Released: May 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
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While the Women Are Sleeping
Title: While the Women Are Sleeping
Released: February 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple...
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The Shell Collector
Title: The Shell Collector
Character: Scholar
Released: January 31, 2016
Type: Movie
The latest discovery by a blind shell collector puts the relationship between man and nature on edge: a rare mollusc that is extremely poisonous, but has a healing and hallucinogenic effect on some people. Can people resist the creature’s temptation, or will they put their lives at risk for a heavenly trip?
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Aka Medaka
Title: Aka Medaka
Released: December 28, 2015
Type: Movie
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.
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Title: Fujiko
Character: Editor-in-chief Mizutani
Released: November 13, 2015
Type: TV
Prize winning journalist, Michiko Takamine receives an autobiographical manuscript from recent suicide victim Sakiko, the daughter of imprisoned serial killer Fujiko. Before publishing the manuscript, Michiko seeks to interview Fujiko in prison to determine its validity. This story of murder and intrigue goes much deeper then Michiko envisioned and has a unique family twist.
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Title: Utafukuyama
Released: October 4, 2015
Type: TV
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Bakuman
Title: Bakuman
Character: Sasaki
Released: October 3, 2015
Type: Movie
Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi to publish their first manga.
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Three Stories of Love
Title: Three Stories of Love
Character: Atsushi's Senior
Released: October 2, 2015
Type: Movie
A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.
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Title: Dokutsu Ojisan
Released: October 1, 2015
Type: TV
In a farming village in 1959 (Showa 34), Kayama Kazuma (Tomita Kaito) grew up in a poor family. He left home at 13 because he could not tolerate ill-treatment from his parents and lived hidden in a cave deep in the mountains. He became proficient at survival skills such as making bows and arrows, and catching rabbits and wild boars on his own. His beloved dog supported him through this lonely life. Several years later, a kind farming couple Sunagawa Yoshio (Inoue Jun) and Masayo (Kiuchi Midori) discover a man clad in animal fur living in a cave. He is the grown-up Kazuma (Nakamura Aoi). Kazuma starts to make contact with the world despite his confusion … --JDramas Weblog
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AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Title: AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Character: Kenichi Fujiyoshi
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: Movie
High school student Jinta is a hikikomori and lives in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. One summer day, when Jinta is absorbed in a video game, a girl suddenly appears in front of him. The girl is Jinta's childhood friend Meiko, but it seems impossible because Meiko died on a summer day. Meiko wears the same white dress when she died, but she looks a little taller. She tells Jinta that she has a wish and that's why she came back as a ghost, but Meiko can't remember what her wish was. To grant Meiko's wish, Jinta along with his friends Atsumu, Naruko, Chiriko, Tetsudo and Meiko gather together for the first time in 7 years. Jinta soon realizes that he is the only one able to see Meiko.
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Fires on the Plain
Title: Fires on the Plain
Character: Yasuda
Released: July 25, 2015
Type: Movie
In the final days of World War II, occupying Japanese forces in the Philippines face resistance from the local population and the American offensive. The dwindling Japanese soldiers attempt to survive through the horrors of war.
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The Boy and the Beast
Title: The Boy and the Beast
Character: Hyakushūbō (voice)
Released: July 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
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Ren'ai Aru Aru
Title: Ren'ai Aru Aru
Released: June 24, 2015
Type: Movie
A movie based on 3 stories and each woman struggling with their own romance problems. Story 1: Shanai Renai Aru Aru Michiyama Kiyomi (Kuroki Meisa) has lived with the belief that romance with a person who is close to her will devastate her life ever since her bitter memories of the past. She has vowed in her heart not to have an office romance. But after she is designated as a staff of some project with Tamaki Kenichi (Fuchikami Yasushi), the distance between the two of them quickly shrinks. Story 2: Single Mother Renai Aru Aru Ever since her divorce from her husband, Akai Hitoe (Sasaki Nozomi) has raised her 5-year-old son, Atsushi (Ebizuka Yukiyasu), on her own
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Our Little Sister
Title: Our Little Sister
Character: Senichi Fukuda
Released: June 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Upon the death of their estranged father, three sisters invite their 13-year-old half sister to live with them.
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Pieta in the Toilet
Title: Pieta in the Toilet
Character: Touru Yokota
Released: June 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.
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Yakuza Apocalypse
Title: Yakuza Apocalypse
Character: Genyo motherfucking Kamiura
Released: May 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Akira admires Genyo Kamiura, the most broken yakuza.
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Title: Shokuzai no Sonata
Released: January 24, 2015
Type: TV
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As the Gods Will
Title: As the Gods Will
Character: Homeless Man
Released: November 15, 2014
Type: Movie
High school student Shun Takahata is bored. Bored with the day-to-day monotony of school and life, he prays for change, for something exciting. Suddenly, he and his classmates are forced to play deadly children's games and facing terrifying creatures from a talking Daruma doll to a sharp-clawed lucky cat.
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Planet Mizsa
Title: Planet Mizsa
Released: October 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Yoshisuke grew up in a small town and his father ran a paper lantern shop. The town itself has beautiful scenery, but Yoshisuke is bored. One day, he goes to a prostitution shop and meets Mizusa. She tells him that she is an alien. They meet each other continually and Yoshisuke asks Mizusa why she works as a prostitute. Mizusa tells him that she stops working as a prostitute, the world will go out of existence.
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Title: Hello life from 55
Released: June 14, 2014
Type: TV
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Judge!
Title: Judge!
Character: Kagami-san
Released: January 11, 2014
Type: Movie
A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese characters are slightly different) poses as his wife so that he can attend an open party which is held nightly. Knowing that he’ll get fired if his company doesn’t win the Grand Prix, he’s forced to resort to a variety of desperate tactics.
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Like Father, Like Son
Title: Like Father, Like Son
Character: Yudai Saiki
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: Takao Kimura
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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Radio
Title: Radio
Character: Tobimatsu
Released: March 26, 2013
Type: Movie
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Yellow Elephant
Title: Yellow Elephant
Character: Natsume
Released: February 2, 2013
Type: Movie
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
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Bungo: Stories of Desire
Title: Bungo: Stories of Desire
Released: September 29, 2012
Type: Movie
Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
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Helter Skelter
Title: Helter Skelter
Character: Kenichi-san
Released: July 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
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Afro Tanaka
Title: Afro Tanaka
Character: Company president
Released: February 18, 2012
Type: Movie
Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that. For freedom, Hiroshi moves to Tokyo. He works hard there and, even though he turns 24, he still doesn't have a girlfriend.
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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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Title: Second to Last Love
Character: Mamoru
Released: January 12, 2012
Type: TV
Chiaki Yoshino is a TV producer. She is 45-years-old and single. Chiaki Yoshino worries about her health and her later years rather than dating. She hopes to buy an old house and live there with a friend when she gets older. Chiaki then goes to Kamakura, Japan to look for a house. There, she meets a 50-year-old single man Wahei Nagakura. Wahei's first wife died and he has one child. Their love story begins ...
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We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia
Title: We Can't Change the World, But We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia
Character: bar master
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
A young Japanese man named Kota Tanaka (Osamu Mukai) works to raise money and then build an elementary school in Cambodia.
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Love Strikes!
Title: Love Strikes!
Character: Takuya Sumida
Released: September 23, 2011
Type: Movie
Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
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Title: クレイジーハニー
Released: August 5, 2011
Type: TV
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Flarella
Title: Flarella
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: Movie
The experiences of a woman as she passes through several life stages.
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Title: Love Strikes!
Character: Sumi
Released: July 16, 2010
Type: TV
Moriyama plays a temp worker who has never had any luck with women. One day, he suddenly starts getting invitations from several beautiful women, and he finds himself confused about how to deal with this new experience of having a "moteki" (a period when one is very popular and attractive to others).
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Title: Love Strikes!
Released: July 16, 2010
Type: TV
Moriyama plays a temp worker who has never had any luck with women. One day, he suddenly starts getting invitations from several beautiful women, and he finds himself confused about how to deal with this new experience of having a "moteki" (a period when one is very popular and attractive to others).
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Boys on the Run
Title: Boys on the Run
Character: President
Released: January 30, 2010
Type: Movie
A socially awkward salesman for a toy-capsule company tries to change his nerdy ways when a slick rival moves in on the beautiful co-worker he loves.
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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
Character: policeman #2
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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Oh, My Buddha!
Title: Oh, My Buddha!
Character: Oton
Released: August 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage angst, youthful dreams and that warm sense of folk zeitgeist of the 70s. The narrator is a first-year student at an all-boys Buddhist school. Jaded by his dull, ordinary life, he longs for the type of creative, liberal and forward life his idol Bob Dylan leads, writing rock songs alone in his room, imitating his hero's signature croon, until one day he got invited on an island trip of sexual liberation with his fellow liberal friend.
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The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
Title: The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
Released: October 26, 2008
Type: Movie
When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.
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Suspect X
Title: Suspect X
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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All Around Us
Title: All Around Us
Character: Kanao Satou
Released: June 7, 2008
Type: Movie
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
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Teruo Ishii Fan Club
Title: Teruo Ishii Fan Club
Released: August 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult".
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Natsuyasumi no kyoshô
Title: Natsuyasumi no kyoshô
Released: July 11, 2005
Type: Movie
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Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
Title: Blind Beast vs Dwarf Killer
Released: June 24, 2001
Type: Movie
A blind masseur kidnaps young women and kills them and then make sculptures of them, while a mysterious dwarf spreading severed body parts around. Detective Akechi Kogorô investigating crimes.
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Diamonds in the Sand
Title: Diamonds in the Sand
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Yoji, a divorced and demoted Japanese man, chooses to head to Manila, believing that nobody is lonely in the Philippines.