Eiko Koike

Eiko Koike

Born: November 20, 1980
in Tokyo, Japan
Eiko Koike (小池 栄子, Koike Eiko) is a Japanese actress.

Movies for Eiko Koike...

Title: Worry Not, She's the Boss
Character: Fukabori Marie
Released: October 18, 2023
Type: TV
Fukabori Marie is a charismatic wedding planner and company president who is relied on by everyone, regardless of whether she is her boss or subordinate. Her husband Yusaku, an unsuccessful manga artist on the verge of going out of business, and his son, Junki, who dreamed of becoming an idol but was rejected at an audition, lost his way. In addition, her father who became alone due to a middle-aged divorce also came and she had to feed three useless men!
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Title: Recommendations for a Rough Life
Character: Emi Fukuchi
Released: July 4, 2023
Type: TV
A story in which Emi, the owner of a general store, brightly and powerfully solves small troubles brought in by her family and those around her.
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Perfect kiss: Nurashite playback
Title: Perfect kiss: Nurashite playback
Character: Ayako Yamagishi
Released: June 16, 2023
Type: Movie
Sayuri, who aspires to become a teacher, is forced to kiss a student while working as a private tutor, which is viewed as a problem by the student's mother. Through no fault of his own, he was lectured by his girlfriend's biological mother, who is a university professor, and was forbidden from becoming a teacher, so he took a job as a clerk at the office run by her mother. As a result, she spent most of her days with her mother, such as going to lunch or shopping, and she was given a fiancé arranged by her mother, leading to her living the life of an extremely boxed daughter. Still, he felt rebellious, and with the help of his cousin Rumi, he finally found an environment where he could live on his own.
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宝飾時計
Title: 宝飾時計
Released: January 9, 2023
Type: Movie
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お笑いインスパイアドラマ ラフな生活のススメ
Title: お笑いインスパイアドラマ ラフな生活のススメ
Released: July 30, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: Guardian of the Market
Character: Chiyoko Momozono
Released: July 11, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: The 13 Lords of the Shogun
Character: Hōjō Masako
Released: January 9, 2022
Type: TV
Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's destiny begin to turn.
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72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Title: 72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
Released: December 31, 2021
Type: Movie
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Struggling Man
Title: Struggling Man
Character: Ritsuko Izawa
Released: December 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Haruo Izawa is 45 years old and the floor chief of the local grocery store “Umeya”. He is highly trusted by Store Manager Ueda and the part-time ladies and the Ohara branch is the only place where he has been working for 25 years. Although he says that he doesn’t fit to be a store manager, he is still concerned about HR and career advancement. That’s why Ueda’s praise "command center" is his only treasure. Besides, he is also a husband of his wife Ritsuko, and a father of two daughters and a son, Koume, Kanako, and Ryota at home. Humor and pathos are said to be only a fine line, but Haruo’s fruitless actions of paying attention to the human relationships and atmosphere and overthinking never stop.. Where is this middle-aged man’s turmoil going??
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Title: The Men of the WADA Family
Released: October 22, 2021
Type: TV
Yū Wada is 37 years old. He has worked for a company the past 15 years, but the COVID-19 outbreak caused the company to go bankrupt. He now makes a living as a deliveryman. One day, while he is doing his job, he meets his grandfather, Kan Wada, and stepfather, Shūhei Wada, for the first time in many years. When Yū was 10 years old, his mother married Shūhei Wada, but his mother later died. After the death of his mother, Yū continued to live with his stepfather. He eventually moved out after he graduated from a university and got a job. Since Yū moved out, his relationship with Shūhei has become estranged. Now, Yū begins to live with his stepfather Shūhei and grandfather Kan. By a friend's recommendation, Yū begins to work as a reporter for an online news site. Meanwhile, Shūhei works as a general producer at a broadcasting station and Kan works as an editorial writer for a newspaper.
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Hell's Garden
Title: Hell's Garden
Character: Reina Onimaru
Released: May 21, 2021
Type: Movie
Naoko Tanaka is a 26-year-old office lady (OL). Her job is typical, but her workplace has fierce fights among different cliques. Other OLs are absorbed in the daily clique fighting. One day, due to an OL at the company, Naoko Tanaka's company is targeted by OL from all over Japan.
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A Morning of Farewell
Title: A Morning of Farewell
Released: May 21, 2021
Type: Movie
Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and staff Seiji. Seiji, who worked with Sawako at the university hospital, followed her and works with her again. Mahoroba Clinic provides home healthcare to patients. Sawako visits the patients' homes and provides treatment there. At first, she has a hard time due to the different system. She becomes acclimated to the different system and finds a way to deal with the patients, their lives, and their families. --asianwiki
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Title: Crazy Journey
Released: May 19, 2021
Type: TV
"Crazy Journeys" - who travel around the world and around Japan with their own perspectives and commitments Gathered in the studio, talk about experiences that are far from ordinary people
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Poupelle of Chimney Town
Title: Poupelle of Chimney Town
Character: Lola (voice)
Released: December 25, 2020
Type: Movie
The story is about a young boy named Lubicchi and a trashman named Poupelle who meet on a Halloween night in a city that is full of tall chimneys. The chimneys pour out black smoke and the true sky cannot be seen.
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Title: A Day-Off of Ryoma Takeuchi
Character: Kaoru
Released: November 7, 2020
Type: TV
Eight fictional holidays are taken by actor Ryoma Takeuchi. While taking a break from filming, he visits a spice shop.
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Title: Our Sister's Soulmate
Character: Hinako Ichihara
Released: October 27, 2020
Type: TV
27 year old Adachi Momoko lost both her parents in an accident when she was in third year high school. She then gave up going to college and has been working at a home centre for the past nine years while supporting her three younger brothers who are now 20, 17, and 14 year old respectively.
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Title: Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi
Character: Housewife / Maria Magdalena
Released: April 12, 2020
Type: TV
Detective Goro Akechi has a passion for fine dining. Good-looking but incredibly quirky, he solves food-related crimes by using, well, food. He treats Ichigo Kobayashi like his assistant and drags her into all sorts of cases, even though she's perfectly happy just running her food truck.
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Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
Title: Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
Released: December 21, 2019
Type: Movie
The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.
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Title: My Story Is Long
Character: Akiba Ayako
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: TV
A young man has college and a failed business behind him. Unemployed and planning his next steps he is lodging with is mother, a small business owner. His sister and her family also move in with the two, albeit temporarily. She sees him as a loser and a lush and wants him out. She also whispers in their mother's ear to ask him to leave the house in order to find his own way and begin the rest of his life. She probably has noble intentions, but is she right and will she succeed?
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Hit Me Anyone One More Time
Title: Hit Me Anyone One More Time
Character: Nozomi Banba
Released: September 13, 2019
Type: Movie
Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda’s subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country. The only people aware that he has lost his memory are his three secretaries.
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Title: リーガル・ハート
Released: July 22, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: I Shared My Husband
Character: Harumi Morishita
Released: July 4, 2019
Type: TV
Harumi Morishita (Eiko Koike) lives with her husband Kyohei Amaya, but they have not officially registered their marriage. One day, she receives a phone call from that police that her husband has died. She goes to the hospital where her husband Kyohei Amaya was sent to. There, Harumi Morishita meets Kanako Ogura (Ryo) and Akane Fujimiya (Rei Okamoto), who both insist that Kyohei Amaya is their husband. Both Kanako Ogura and Akane Fujimiya have not registered their marriage like Harumi Morishita. A will was left behind by Kyohei Amaya. His will leads Harumi Morishita, Kanako Ogura and Akane Fujimiya to a single mother share house and states that he will leave 300 million yen to the only wife that he loved.
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Ooku Saishusho
Title: Ooku Saishusho
Released: March 25, 2019
Type: Movie
Kume tries to protect her husband Tokugawa Yoshimune and their three children from the schemes of the inner palace of Edo Castle.
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Title: Geinoujin ga Honki de Kangaeta! Dokkiri GP
Released: November 10, 2018
Type: TV
'Geinoujin ga Honki de Kangaeta! Dokkiri GP' is a variety show in which celebrities try to prank other celebrities.
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Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Title: Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Character: Yuko
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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Recall
Title: Recall
Character: Yuko Enomoto
Released: June 15, 2018
Type: Movie
A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
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Title: ヘッドハンター
Character: 赤城響子
Released: April 16, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: Love and Hongkong
Character: Maki Inomoto
Released: October 11, 2017
Type: TV
A new movie director attempts to make a documentary about a Japanese actress/model who is returning to her hometown of Hong Kong. He is seen struggling with his efforts to edit his film shoots while the audience gets to see his video segments. At times the actress is cooperative at other times she is really difficult. The audience is also introduced to the city of Hong Kong by way of the narrative of the documentary so far. Then suddenly the actress is kidnapped in front of the director while at a film shoot. At the same time, he encounters a strange woman who insists that he should know her. Both the director and strange woman then have their own stories to tell about what they have experienced. The strange Japanese woman has come to Hong Kong to meet with her date that she arranged on-line. The movie then proceeds to reveal a confounding amount of mysterious hints as to the many questions being raised as to what is going on.
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Perfect Revolution
Title: Perfect Revolution
Character: Eri
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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Title: Shimokitazawa Die Hard
Character: ママ
Released: July 21, 2017
Type: TV
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子供の事情
Title: 子供の事情
Released: July 8, 2017
Type: Movie
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To Each His Own
Title: To Each His Own
Character: Reiko Oba
Released: May 27, 2017
Type: Movie
Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright personality and gets better results at work. One day, Takashi sees Yamamoto boarding a bus to the cemetery with a serious expression.
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Title: Become a Mother
Character: Kadokura Asako
Released: April 12, 2017
Type: TV
In the spring, when Kashiwazaki Yui and her 3 years old son were coming back home from kindergarten, she let go of her son's hand for a moment and then he was gone. 9 years later, her son appears in front of her again.
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The Blue Hearts
Title: The Blue Hearts
Character: (segment “1001 Violins”)
Released: April 8, 2017
Type: Movie
Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.
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Close-Knit
Title: Close-Knit
Character: Naomi
Released: February 25, 2017
Type: Movie
After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.
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Title: 乃南アササスペンス 鎖 女刑事 音道貴子
Released: July 6, 2016
Type: TV
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Terra Formars
Title: Terra Formars
Character: Mina Obari
Released: April 29, 2016
Type: Movie
With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.
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Title: The Most Difficult Love in the World
Character: 村沖 舞子
Released: April 13, 2016
Type: TV
Reiji is young CEO of a first-class hotel. He is single and 34-years-old. Even though he has a good appearance and wealth, women eventually leave him because of his personality. He is generous with himself, but strict with others. For the first time, Reiji falls in love with someone. Her name is Misaki. Hoping to gain her love, he begins to change.
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Deep Sea of Tree
Title: Deep Sea of Tree
Character: Nobuko Kasahara
Released: March 13, 2016
Type: Movie
Sachiko lost her parents at an early age and lived together with her only sister Nobuko who worked for a newspaper. Out of the blue, she is told that Nobuko is killed in an accident, but she simply cannot believe it because her sister had told her she was going to an entirely different place. She begins her investigations on her sister’s mysterious death with the help of Nobuko’s colleague and journalist Ryoichi. And when another colleague, Tomoe commits suicide, Sachiko has a gut feeling that a well-known figure is involved in the death of her sister...
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A Living Promise
Title: A Living Promise
Character: Sayuri Fujioka
Released: January 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding his company. He receives a phone call from his former co-worker and friend Kouhei, but Kouhei doesn't say anything. Yuma gets the sense that something is wrong and heads to Kouhei's hometown of Shinminato, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. In Shinminato, Yuma meets other people and becomes involved in the Shinminato Hikiyama Festival. His outlook on life begins to change.
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Title: Go-nin no Junko
Character: 佐竹純子
Released: November 21, 2015
Type: TV
Satake Junko is arrested as a suspect in a series of suspicious deaths. The murders of five men she allegedly killed are all over television talk shows every day. As the media coverage heats up, a journalist Tanabe Junko, who works for the popular non-fiction writer Kubota Mei, and Kubota’s new assistant Ukai Yuko begin to gather information on the cases in a search for the truth.
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April Fools
Title: April Fools
Character: Flat tire Woman
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and sex addict Wataru Makino, Ayumi discovers she’s pregnant. However, when she tells Wataru, he dismisses her claim as a bad April Fools joke. Refusing to believe he could possibly be the father of Ayumi’s baby after just one night together, Wataru takes a woman named Reiko on a date to an Italian restaurant. However, Ayumi also shows up, leading to a major incident.
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Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
Title: Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
Released: January 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Yamakura of the Kobe Fire Department aspires to wear the vaunted “orange” uniform of an elite rescue force that only 3% of all firefighters can attain. But to do so, he and his fellow trainees must suffer through the most rigorous training. As Yamakura and his fellow trainees grit their teeth and complain, their superior officer, Sakurai, impresses upon them the lessons of the Great Hanshin Earthquake (Kobe Earthquake) 20 years ago as “the only time we ever lost.” What happened on the front lines of rescue that day and in the aftermath? What raced through the hearts and minds of rescuers as they tried to get a handle on unimaginable disaster? The shocking facts pour from Sakurai’s mouth in hopes of preparing the recruits for the unforgettable event that awaits them.
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Legal High 2 SP
Title: Legal High 2 SP
Character: Kimie Sawachi
Released: November 22, 2014
Type: Movie
Attorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They go up against veteran attorney Kazuma Kujou who is trying to extract money from the general hospital by a medical malpractice lawsuit.
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Title: Massan
Character: Hana Morino
Released: September 29, 2014
Type: TV
Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad.
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Cape Nostalgia
Title: Cape Nostalgia
Character: Eri Shibamoto
Released: August 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.
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Title: Manju Kowai
Released: April 2, 2014
Type: TV
After buying an old coffee shop in a residential area of Tokyo, the master (Katsuhisa Namase) and his wife Yoko (Eiko Koike) rename the store and prepare to reopen it. Then, a girl in school uniform, Tokiyo (Kaho), comes into the store. She says she has been held captive for eight years by a man named Yamazaki and has escaped.
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Title: Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Character: Yoko Fujisawa
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
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Unforgiven
Title: Unforgiven
Character: Okaji
Released: September 13, 2013
Type: Movie
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.
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Title: Starman: A Love Story
Character: Setsu Suta
Released: July 9, 2013
Type: TV
Sawako (Ryoko Hirosue) was dumped by her husband and since then she has raised her three sons alone. One day, she happens to meet a young man (Sota Fukushi) who is dying. She falls in love with him at first sight. The young man also suffers from memory loss. Sawako names him Hoshio. Taking advantage of his memory loss, she decides to make him live with her and as the father of her three sons. Now, Sawako, her three sons, her grandmother and Hoshio all live together. Sawako hopes Hoshio never regains his memory. Hoshio also begins to develop feelings for her. Whenever Sawako has troubles, Hoshio helps her out with his mysterious ability. Hoshio's past is also a mysterious. A mystery that is finally revealed.
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Penance
Title: Penance
Character: Maki Shinohara
Released: May 29, 2013
Type: Movie
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
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Legal High SP
Title: Legal High SP
Character: Sawachi Kimie
Released: April 13, 2013
Type: Movie
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's rooftop. There were other male students on the roof when Kazuhiko Kogure fell off. According to the other students there, Kazuhiko Kogure tried to jump to another school building, but missed. Fortunately, Kazuhiko Kogure only fractured his leg and ribs. According to Kazuhiko Kogure's mother Hidemi, the school insists it was students playing around and did not involve bullying. Hidemi though, doesn't believe it, because Kazuhiko Kogure has a fear of heights. Hidemi goes to see attorney Machiko Mayuzumi and Machiko decides to take her case, but she asks for fellow attorney Kensuke Komikado's help. Meanwhile, the school hires attorney Teshigahara Isao.
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A Chair on the Plains
Title: A Chair on the Plains
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sales for a camera company. One of his clients is Jujo Togashi who owns the shop Camera Togashi. The two men are friends and become captivated by a picture with only a chair sitting in a field of grass. Kentaro and Jujo know of a 4-year-old boy Keisuke through Kentaro's eldest daughter. 4-year-old Keisuke is traumatized from being abused by his mother. Kishiko Shinohara is the owner of an antique shop. Kentaro Tooma has feelings for her.
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Title: 捜査指揮官 水城さや
Released: January 28, 2013
Type: TV
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Title: The Last Hope
Character: 오기와라 유키요
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: TV
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle
Title: Seven Souls in the Skull Castle
Released: January 12, 2013
Type: Movie
After the demise of warlord Nobunaga ODA, Japan was about to be unified by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI. However, there was one man in Kanto region that was defiant to it. That man, who named himself TenmaOh (Mirai MORIYAMA) and leads the KANTO DOKURO-TO, an armed group hiding in the pitch-black DOKURO-JO (skull castle), once worked for NOBUNAGA. Sutenosuke (Shun OGURI) happens to rescue a woman who has been chased by the KANTO DOKURO-TO, which was headed by the bloodthirsty madman TenmaOh.
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G'mor Evian!
Title: G'mor Evian!
Character: Teacher Ogawa
Released: December 15, 2012
Type: Movie
"Good Morning Everyone!" revolves around a family involved in the punk music scene. Aki is a former guitarist for a punk band. She became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter named Hatsuki. The mother and daughter live together happily, but they do have different personalities. A man named Yagu then enters their life. He is an ex-member of the punk band that Aki played with. Yagu has feelings for Aki.
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A Chorus of Angels
Title: A Chorus of Angels
Character: Manae
Released: November 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later forced to leave after an accident occurs. 20 years later, Haru learns that one of her former students has committed a crime, and eventually returns to the island once more.
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Penguin Fufu
Title: Penguin Fufu
Character: Ayumi
Released: October 20, 2012
Type: Movie
When Ayumi Mastuda (Eiko Koike) worked as a freelance writer she met Chinese cameraman Gyoukou (Kingone Wang), who worked at the same publishing company in Tokyo. They married 5 years ago. After his employer's went bankrupt, Gyoukou and Ayumi Matsuda moved to Ishigaki Island. Gyoukou also decided to apply for naturalization as a Japanese citizen. In order to prove they are real married couple they have an interview at a local Bureau of Judicial Affiars branch. As the interview goes along, they find it more difficult than expected ...
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Title: TOKUNOSHIMA Airport
Character: Junko Kobayashi
Released: October 14, 2012
Type: TV
This 4 part 15 minute drama is a spin-off of Fukada Kyoko's 2012 FujiTV autumn drama "TOKYO Airport ~ Tokyo Kuukou Kansei Hoanbu" and is a stark contrast from the setting in the latter where there are 500 flights per day at Haneda Airport. In this spin-off drama, Koike Eiko plays an air traffic controller at a small airport in Tokunoshima, an island near Kagoshima Prefecture where there are only 4 flights per day. As such, the drama focuses on how the air traffic controllers there battle with boredom rather than the busy lives led by their Tokyo counterparts.
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Title: Summer Rescue
Character: Akari Hirahara
Released: July 8, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: Legal High
Character: 澤地君江
Released: April 17, 2012
Type: TV
A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan.
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Liar Game: Reborn
Title: Liar Game: Reborn
Character: Emi
Released: March 3, 2012
Type: Movie
To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who kept refusing to take part in the game, finds himself in the game. Along with Akiyama, there's 19 other players competing for the prize of two billion yen. Omega, who revived the game, plays the game at the Liar Game office with Alice. Alice sets up the game, chooses the players, and sets the traps.
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Title: Penance
Character: Maki Shinohara
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: TV
The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.
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Crossroads
Title: Crossroads
Character: Mai
Released: December 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
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Majutsu wa Sasayaku
Title: Majutsu wa Sasayaku
Released: September 9, 2011
Type: Movie
A woman named Kazuko (Kimura) who was guilty of a “serious crime” in the past, along with three of her friends. Those friends suddenly begin to die one by one. Kazuko learns that one of those deaths is somehow connected to Mamoru (Nakamura Aoi), her younger brother from whom she has been separated ever since their father disappeared 15 years earlier. Although Mamoru knows nothing of his sister, Kazuko is determined to find the killer in order to protect Mamoru and herself.
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Title: The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
Released: July 8, 2011
Type: TV
The story is set in an ancient time, when the whole country was covered in thick forests. A mysterious plague breaks out, resulting in countless deaths. A pure young man named Yoshihiko becomes chosen as a hero, and he sets out on a journey in order to save a village. He has two goals – to bring back the legendary plant that can cure the plague, and to rescue his father Teruhiko who left to find the plant but never returned.
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Title: エセ肉食女の恋愛事情
Character: Asada Madoka
Released: May 20, 2011
Type: TV
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Rebirth
Title: Rebirth
Character: Chigusa Ando
Released: April 29, 2011
Type: Movie
After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.
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Vengeance Can Wait
Title: Vengeance Can Wait
Character: Azusa Kanamori
Released: October 9, 2010
Type: Movie
Hidenori and Nanase have lived together for ten years in a tense, platonic relationship. The wheels of change are set in motion when married couple Takao and Azusa move in next door. After Hidenori catches Nanase and Takao having an affair, he becomes obsessed with watching Nanase through a peephole, and planning his cruel revenge.
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Permanent Nobara
Title: Permanent Nobara
Character: Micchan
Released: May 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Naoko returns home with her young daughter, where her mother Masako runs the only beauty parlor in town. The local women go there to pass the time lamenting their bad luck with men and laughing over dirty jokes. Unbeknownst to them, Naoko has been secretly seeing her former teacher, Kashima.
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The Fallen Angel
Title: The Fallen Angel
Character: Shizuko
Released: February 19, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human society, especially so by society's refusal to take him seriously. He then follows a descent into alcohol, drugs, & suicide ...
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Title: 宿命1969-2010~ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・東京~
Released: January 15, 2010
Type: TV
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20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Title: 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Character: Takasu
Released: August 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?
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Title: Smile
Character: Machimura Shiori
Released: April 17, 2009
Type: TV
Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun Matsumoto plays the lead role of Vito, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese man who always smiles despite all of the problems and difficulties he faces. The series focus on foreigners and mixed-race children who suffered from racism
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Title: あなたが主役 50ボイス
Released: April 2, 2009
Type: TV
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20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Title: 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Character: Takasu
Released: January 30, 2009
Type: Movie
Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy.
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Title: Kiina
Character: 远藤樱
Released: January 21, 2009
Type: TV
At first glance Haruse Kiina is a completely normal 29-year-old. However, Kiina is the head of a special investigation unit nicknamed "Beppan" which deals with strange cases. With an unorthodox approach to solving crimes, she draws on her exceptional memory and powers of observation, and gets so absorbed in the pursuit of these cases that she forgets to eat or sleep til she solves the mystery.
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Paco and the Magical Book
Title: Paco and the Magical Book
Character: Masami
Released: September 13, 2008
Type: Movie
There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond one day due to a car accident. She is reading the same picture book everyday. Onuki starts bonding with Paco after some incident, and begins to doubt his way of living. He starts wanting to do something for Paco with his remaining life, and comes up with a brilliant idea. This pleases Paco, but their fate is?
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Wenny Has Wings
Title: Wenny Has Wings
Character: Ms Yuriko
Released: April 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Masato and his wife Keiko are a happy couple, with their children Eiji and Erina. He, she and Eiji are plunged into despair, after Eiji and Erina are involved in a car accident whereby Erina dies.
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The Kiss
Title: The Kiss
Character: Kyoko Endo
Released: November 22, 2007
Type: Movie
One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the two start corresponding.
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Title: Utahime
Character: Oikawa Miwako
Released: October 12, 2007
Type: TV
Koizumi Akira, a son of a popular songstress, travels to a small-town cinema in far-off Kochi Prefecture to watch the closing movie before the theatre shuts its doors forever. The movie takes place in the same village but during the Showa 30s (1950s), in the years following the war. The story follows a young soldier who washes ashore on the beach one day, having lost his memory. He is "adopted" by the family who owns the village cinema and given the name Shimanto Taro. Although his past remains a mystery, Taro becomes good friends with many of the villagers, discovering his love for movies and falling in love with a feisty young girl.
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出るトコ出ましょ!
Title: 出るトコ出ましょ!
Character: Masami Gotoda
Released: September 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Shizuka Kamei is a young high school student whose family is in deep debt since the disappearance of her father. After being expelled from her high school because of her money problems, she finds a part-time job: here she is an assistant to a lawyer, Nonaka Hiromu, who fantasizes about the uniforms of high school girls.
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Title: Mountain Woman, Wall Woman
Character: Oyama Haruka
Released: July 5, 2007
Type: TV
Megumi is a top sales person at the handbag section of a department store. Many people admire, and sometimes even envy, Megumi for her beauty and outstanding skills to sell products to customers. However, Megumi secretly suffers from a complex: she is flat-chested and was once nicknamed "kabe onna" (wall woman) by her former classmate. One day, a new sales person named Marie joins Megumi's department. Unlike Megumi, Marie is extremely busty as if she's carrying mounds (yama) on her chest. On top of her great bosoms, Marie also has her own special way of effortlessly selling the products to the customers. Though feeling a little threatened by Marie at first, Megumi soon realizes that they have more things in common than anybody else: they both take pride in their career and dedicate themselves to helping their customers. Through numerous obstacles, Megumi and Marie foster special friendships with each other.
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Wool 100%
Title: Wool 100%
Character: Narration (voice)
Released: October 28, 2006
Type: Movie
A drama of two aging women who live a solitary life collecting discarded items from a nearby town. One day they return home to find a young girl knitting a red sweater in their house. Each time the girl finishes her dress, she promptly unravels it and the mystery unfolds.
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Title: The Life of Despised Matsuko
Character: Sawamura Megumi
Released: October 12, 2006
Type: TV
Matsuko, in her 20s, is fired as a teacher and degenerates from an elite to a “Soap Lady.” Through her history of affairs with men, she kills her pimp and ends up in prison. Despite her rough lifex struck by terrible misfortunes, she does not stop loving some one and keeps her dreams until the very end. This drama depicts Matsuko’s stormy life as she deals with it head-on.
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Title: The Cambrian Palace
Released: April 17, 2006
Type: TV
Economic talk-show / documentary. Each episode focuses on a single entrepreneur and features a reportage explaining their work, as well as studio discussion with the guest.
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Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma
Title: Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma
Released: March 26, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: Ooku ~ Hana no Ran ~
Character: Oden no Kata
Released: October 13, 2005
Type: TV
Tells the story of the women surrounding Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the fifth shogun.
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Title: Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Character: O-Hatsu
Released: April 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
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Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai
Title: Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: Movie
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Title: Yoshitsune
Character: Tomoe-gozen (Yoshinaka's concubine)
Released: January 9, 2005
Type: TV
Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa.
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Dogs & Cats
Title: Dogs & Cats
Character: Abe
Released: December 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Suzu lives with Furuta, her fiance, but one day she leaves home without saying a word. She moves into the apartment of her friend Abe, but he has gone abroad and Yoko now lives in his apartment. Suzu and Yoko, who have known each other since childhood and have both always loved Furuta, thus find themselves sharing the same home.
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Kamikaze Girls
Title: Kamikaze Girls
Character: Akimi
Released: May 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...
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Title: 大人計画「ドライブイン カリフォルニア」
Released: May 1, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Divorce Lawyer
Character: Chiharu Kitayama
Released: April 15, 2004
Type: TV
Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own office. She confidently sets out to build her business, but soon her former firm is putting up obstacles and interfering, causing Takako's employees and clients to drift away. She finally puts together a new staff consisting of a college student who knows little about the law, a girl who applied for the job in hopes of meeting a rich guy, a hard-nosed lawyer, and a paralegal who hasn't passed the bar exam yet. Takako reluctantly handles divorce cases with her incompetent crew. For an elite lawyer like her, divorce cases are the most boring and unrewarding cases that exist. Through clashing with her employees and clients, Takako soon becomes a very mature and tough lawyer. "Divorce Lawyer" also tells the story of how difficult it is to judge love and relationships in legal terms.
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Title: Dollhouse
Character: Natsuki
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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Title: The Lion Teacher
Character: Chinatsu Muriya
Released: October 13, 2003
Type: TV
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Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Title: Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Character: Carmen Pascual / Dominguez (voice)
Released: June 26, 2003
Type: Movie
Pepe Benengeli is a second-class cyclist, only there to support the star member of the team. This summer he is participating in the Tour of Spain, which passes through the streets of his hometown of Andalusia. In a coincidence, his brother and ex-girlfriend are getting married on the same day as the climax of the race. Pepe, who left his hometown after suffering a breakdown, is determined to achieve something special on this day.
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Collage of Our Lives
Title: Collage of Our Lives
Character: Aya
Released: May 16, 2003
Type: Movie
A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City.
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2LDK
Title: 2LDK
Character: Nozomi
Released: April 11, 2003
Type: Movie
Nozomi and Lana share an apartment in Tokyo. They have both auditioned for the same role in a movie, and know that the shortlist has been cut down to just the two of them. As they wait the night before finding out who will get the role, their personality clashes erupt into an all-out battle.
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Title: Kokoro
Character: Yamamoto Towako
Released: March 31, 2003
Type: TV
Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors know each other like a big family.
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小池栄子 : with…
Title: 小池栄子 : with…
Released: August 25, 2002
Type: Movie
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Title: Transparent
Character: Kawakami Megumi
Released: July 4, 2002
Type: TV
A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden such people are known as "satorare" and their well-being come under special government protection. As all the young doctor's thoughts/feelings are always heard by hospital colleagues, this creates much inconvenience to them and they try to drive him away. In steps a beautiful female doctor who tries to shield him from the cruel reality of his uniqueness.
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小池栄子 : Moon Valley
Title: 小池栄子 : Moon Valley
Released: June 20, 2002
Type: Movie
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Copycat Killer
Title: Copycat Killer
Character: Akemi Kishida
Released: June 8, 2002
Type: Movie
Masahiro Nakai (SMAP) stars in this hit film based on the best-selling novel by Miyuki Miyabe. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, the film also stars Tsutomu Yamazaki and Yoshino Kimura. The title “Mohouhan” means “copycat”, and it tells the story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public.
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Title: M-1 Grand Prix
Released: December 25, 2001
Type: TV
The next generation of Manzai duos compete in a fierce battle of wits and laughter, unleashing their best material for a chance at comedic glory.
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小池栄子 20-01 too hot
Title: 小池栄子 20-01 too hot
Released: October 17, 2001
Type: Movie
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小池栄子 : G-taste
Title: 小池栄子 : G-taste
Released: June 27, 2001
Type: Movie
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man-hole
Title: man-hole
Released: March 3, 2001
Type: Movie
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Title: Delicious Proposal
Released: February 7, 2001
Type: TV
Suzuko Shiraishi, a strong-minded attractive female chef, is known for her foul mouth and masterly cooking skills. With an attitude like hers, she would reject such a proposal without a doubt. Suzuko works at an Italian restaurant and dreams of opening her own restaurant someday. A new manager is hired for the Italian restaurant - Haruki Katsuragi, a naïve and stinking rich young fellow. Suzuko wants the restaurant to be an authentic Italian cuisine with mass appeal, but Haruki demands a high-end place designed especially for celebrities. The two don't click from the start. Will there be a tasty proposal? This drama is an entertaining romantic comedy about an independent woman and a young rich guy.
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Samurai Girl 21
Title: Samurai Girl 21
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Hagakure Makoto, young and cute, is trying to find a regular job to help support her family. She has no training in the real world, and she will meet with several corporate evils. But she was trained as a samurai by her grandfather, which will be useful to battle the evils of the world, including a bad samurai girl who is protected by an impenetrable net armor - with a week spot, like Achilles' heel. Eventually, it will come the time Makoto must leave this world - passing her skills into another young and cute girl.
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BOM !
Title: BOM !
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A youth comedy depicting five high school girls who got a pistol by chance and solve their problems with it.
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Final Beauty「小池栄子」
Title: Final Beauty「小池栄子」
Released: August 25, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: 臨床心理士
Character: Shimazaki
Released: May 2, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Mirai Sentai Timeranger
Character: Yoshitaka Takamiya
Released: February 13, 2000
Type: TV
It's the 30th century and time travel is illegal. To help monitor and police time crimes, the Time Protection Department is founded. But when Don Dolnero and his nefarious gang manage to trick four new TPD cadets into allowing them travel to the 20th century, the four cadets are forced to pursue them for the sake of history. There, in a time foreign to them, the cadets enlist Tatsuya Asami, a young martial artist, to aid their mission. Together, these five youngsters become the Timerangers. And though they try to live as ordinary 20th-century citizens, the Timerangers dedicate their lives to stopping Dolnero and others that may follow in his footsteps, attempting to forever alter the proper timeline!
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Drift Wars
Title: Drift Wars
Released: July 21, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Naomi
Character: Ayako
Released: April 14, 1999
Type: TV
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Rhapsody in August
Title: Rhapsody in August
Released: May 25, 1991
Type: Movie
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
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Title: テレメンタリー
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV