Hirotaro Honda

Hirotaro Honda

Born: February 8, 1951
in Ibaraki, Japan

Movies for Hirotaro Honda...

Title: Idol Disqualification
Character: Kenji Sasayama
Released: January 13, 2024
Type: TV
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Love song
Title: Love song
Released: October 20, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Tengu's Kitchen
Character: Rentaro
Released: October 5, 2023
Type: TV
At 14-years-old, Izuna On discovers he and his brother Motoi are both descendents of Tengu (flying goblin-like creatures of Japan folklore). Motoi has wings, which is somewhat rare among Tengu descendants, while On has the ability to communicate with animals. Due to their heritage, the two brothers live together, separated from normal society, and the story focuses on their everyday lives.
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THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
Title: THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
Character: Nobuhide Oda
Released: January 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Oda Nobunaga and Nōhime were originally married to mend a hostile relationship between neighbouring regions. Unfortunately, they were like oil and water, making for a somewhat unhappy marriage. When Oda's enemy, Imagawa Yoshimoto, attacks Owari with his vast army, Oda is devastated by the overwhelming gap in military strength. However, Nohime encourages him not to despair, and the pair draw up a tactical plan that will allow them to overcome the odds.
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Title: War of Traps
Character: Kosuke Inukai
Released: January 16, 2023
Type: TV
Parliamentary secretary Toru Washizu (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) has devoted 20 years of his life to Kosuke Inukai, a member of parliament and cabinet minister. Toru works behind the scenes as Inukai's "shadow," deftly handling the petitions of Inukai's supporters and crushing any hint of scandal. Cool and collected, Toru rarely betrays emotion and would humble himself to anyone to get what Inukai needs. But then a shocking event changes everything. Toru's only son, Taiki, is gravely injured in an accident that leaves him close to death. Toru is stricken with worry and fear for his son, but Inukai orders him to conduct a cover-up. Feeling betrayed, Toru, who once would have done anything for Inukai, begins to question everything.
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Natchan's Little Secret
Title: Natchan's Little Secret
Character: Shinnosuke Shimoda
Released: January 13, 2023
Type: Movie
When three drag queens, Virgin, Moririn, and Zubuko, learn that their mentor and former drag queen, Natchan, has died suddenly, they take it upon themselves to keep the secret of her sexuality from her bereaved family.
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ホリデイ~江戸の休日~
Title: ホリデイ~江戸の休日~
Released: January 6, 2023
Type: Movie
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The Broken Commandment
Title: The Broken Commandment
Released: July 8, 2022
Type: Movie
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.
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Title: Fill In the Blanks
Character: Kurauchi Michiyama
Released: June 25, 2022
Type: TV
News of "revived people" who should have died humans come back to life was reported all over the world. Meanwhile, Tetsuo Tsuchiya wakes up in the conference room where he works, but his colleague reports that he died of suicide three years ago. However, Tsuchiya, who had a wife and a son and lived a happy life, could not commit suicide, and thought that he was actually killed, lives while pursuing the reason for his death. It depicts how you know the meaning of things, dying, and happiness. 日本語 English
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Alive Drift
Title: Alive Drift
Character: Ryuji Kasai
Released: June 10, 2022
Type: Movie
E-sports gamer Koichi tries his hand at real-life racing when he is contacted by a drift team who is on the verge of shutting down. Koichi demonstrates his mastery in a real car, but he is up against professional drivers who challenge him in races of life and death. Koichi`s blossoming technique, passion, courage, and teamwork break down the barriers between the virtual and the real, taking him and his team to new extremes.
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武士とその妻
Title: 武士とその妻
Released: March 12, 2022
Type: Movie
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Korosuna
Title: Korosuna
Released: January 28, 2022
Type: Movie
Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, is watching Omine, who lives with him, from Kichizo, a resident of the same tenement house and a boatman. is asked to Kichizo and Mine have eloped and got married, but she feels empty in her boring daily life, and she wants to take a break by crossing the bridge over the river. On the other hand, Kichizo forbids him from crossing the bridge, fearing that his whereabouts will be known to others. Zenzaemon superimposes the appearance of these two people on the appearance of his former self and his wife, whom he killed himself.
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Title: Wagemon: Nagasaki Tsuyaku Ibun
Released: January 8, 2022
Type: TV
Set in Nagasaki, an international city during the Edo period, the story depicts the verses who have supported the Dutch trade in the shadows. Main character is Sota Ijima.
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My Brother, The Android And Me
Title: My Brother, The Android And Me
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: Movie
A lonely researcher doubting his own existence builds an android which looks exactly like himself.
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Shrieking in the Rain
Title: Shrieking in the Rain
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: Movie
At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the erotic As Far as Love Will Take Us. She's under pressure from her producer and crew. When she is about to shoot the climax of the film, numerous problems arise. To make matters worse, the set is visited by a censor from the Film Certification Committee, and the key scenes end up being cut out to avoid an R rating. Can Hanako realise her dream?
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Title: The Hovering Blade
Character: Kijima Takaaki
Released: May 15, 2021
Type: TV
Since Shigeki's wife passed away, he has raised his daughter Ema alone. Ema is now a high school student. Like most father and daughter relationships, they sometimes have arguments, but they still rely on each other. One night, Ema does not return from her part-time job. She is found dead. Shigeki falls into deep despair. A couple of days later, Shigeki receives a phone call. The caller gives him the name and address of the man who killed his daughter. After hesitating, Shigeki goes to the apartment that the caller told him about. There, Shigeki discovers a video showing his daughter's brutal murder. He then faces Atsuya, who just came home to his apartment. Shigeki kills Atsuya. The media goes into a frenzy covering the story. Public opinion is divided between Shigeki's actions. Shigeki chases after the main culprit, Kaiji.
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Title: The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Released: April 9, 2021
Type: Movie
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
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Title: Byplayers ~Meiwakiyaku no Mori no 100-nichikan~
Released: January 8, 2021
Type: TV
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at once in this remote studio. It is a drama full of battles for ratings between studios, clashes between young, mid-career, and big names, and a heartwarming story of friendship and bonding. Also, the self-deprecation and parodies are enhanced by the fact that the actors play a role of themselves.
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THE LAST GOZE
Title: THE LAST GOZE
Released: October 23, 2020
Type: Movie
A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). Becoming a goze due to her blindness at seven-years-old, Haru was strictly trained with a parent's affection by her once kind mother, Tome.
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Title: Hotarugusa
Character: Hyugaya Magoemon
Released: July 24, 2019
Type: TV
Nana is a servant of the Kazahaya family, She is from a samurai family. Her father was about to reveal wrongdoings within the domain but had to commit ritual suicide for a crime he hadn't done. Ichinoshin tries to correct the wrongdoings, but end up being a target himself. After finding out her father's enemy is the man behind it all, Nana decides to protect Ichinoshin and his children, as she had promised Sachi, Ichinoshin's late wife.
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Title: Everyone’s Demoted!!
Released: April 21, 2019
Type: TV
Hiroshi Kataoka works at a bank. He receives a promotion to manager of the Kamata branch. He is also informed that the Kamata branch will be shut down and he does not have to work hard. After the branch's shutdown, he will work again at the bank's headquarters. Hiroshi Kataoka is embarrassed by the situation. He sees the branch employees work hard and they do not know the branch will close. Hiroshi Kataoka is conflicted between his job and his employees.
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A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
Title: A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
Released: March 23, 2019
Type: Movie
This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to make a new samurai era program using the most advanced technology. While the elderly filmmakers at Kyoei are struggling with the high-tech equipment, their skills at creating choreographed sword battles are undiminished. The NHK project will dramatize the Ikedaya incident, which was a raid launched by the Shinsengumi against Imperial loyalists gathered at an inn called Ikedaya in Kyoto during the twilight years of the Tokugawa shogunate. A series of problems occur and the climax they reach after overcoming difficulties is an unprecedented attempt at a 360° one-cut scene involving the world’s most advanced high-speed camera and wire action for a scene where Kondo Isami will fall down the stairs at Ikedaya. Can they succeed in filming the single greatest swordfight scene in samurai movie history?!?
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Title: A Lone Scalpel
Released: January 13, 2019
Type: TV
Tetsuhiko Toma is a surgeon who studied in the United States. He begins work at a private hospital in a rural area in Japan. He believes that people should receive the same level of care at all hospitals. Guided by those principles, he takes on challenging surgeries and saves the lives of patients. Tetsuhiko Toma attempts an internal organ transplant for the first time in Japan, but the health care system blocks him.
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Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote
Title: Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
Character: Munehisa Sakata
Released: September 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Akiko Sakata was a hikikomori during her school days. She was withdrawn from social life and isolated. She goes to Tokyo and becomes a scriptwriter.
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Title: Life as a Girl
Released: January 5, 2018
Type: TV
Miki Ogawa (Jun Shison) yearned to live the life of a lovely girl and moved to the city from the countryside because of this. She holds a job at a fashion mail order company. Miki Ogawa also has a secret. She is transgender. Although, she has a pretty woman's appearance, her gender is male. One day, Tadaomi Goto (Keita Machida) appears in front of Miki Ogawa. They graduated from the same school. Tadaomi Goto is flustered by Miki's different appearance, but they happen to live together.
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巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
Title: 巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
Character: 宮崎穂積 ヤメ検弁護士
Released: October 4, 2017
Type: Movie
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Title: Muyoan Retirement Training
Released: September 17, 2017
Type: TV
The main character, Hanbei Hinata, who plays Mizutani, is a direct hatamoto guardian who guards Edo Castle. While working honestly on that mission, he became disgusted by a colleague who only thought about his career advancement, and soon he abandoned all his desires and began to think about a retired life
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Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
Title: Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
Released: October 9, 2016
Type: Movie
Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu is deeply in love with Inomatsu and believes that the purpose of her life is to devote herself to her husband day and night. However, Oritsu is Inomatsu's fourth wife. In fact, he is a robber and thief. As a carpenter, Inomatsu usually sneaked into merchants' houses and carried out robberies. For him, wives are just a tool to deceive the public...
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Title: Beppin-san
Character: Chotaro Bando
Released: October 4, 2016
Type: TV
The 95th NHK Asadora is about Sumire, a girl born in the uptown of Kobe in the early Showa period. In the wake of wartime devastation, she works hard toward making children's clothes for a living, and later establishes a first-ever children's goods store in Japan. -- NHK
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Your Lie in April
Title: Your Lie in April
Released: September 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
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Title: Denshichi Torimonocho
Released: July 15, 2016
Type: TV
Denshichi of Kuromon-cho hates crime and hates people. He is a stylish and kind Okakitori. Denchichi is a chivalrous and gentle okabiki, and he will not tolerate bad people under the ten purple hands of Murasakibusa, entrusted to him by the magistrate of Toyama. Denchichi is sent by Koi Nyobo's fire to destroy the evils of Edo.
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Conflict II
Title: Conflict II
Character: Koda Manabu
Released: May 29, 2016
Type: Movie
When Tendokai's headquarters are attacked, underboss Washio Kazuma orders his trusted lieutenant to investigate a possible mole inside the family.
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Conflict
Title: Conflict
Character: Koda Manabu
Released: May 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.
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Title: Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO
Character: Takeshi Sasagawa
Released: April 14, 2016
Type: TV
The First Investigative Division is the star unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Jun'ichi Ōiwa, the head of the division, leads around 400 elite detectives. He has an extremely heavy responsibility: attends initial investigations at the scenes of all brutal crimes that occur within the metropolis, decides on the course of action of the investigations at the same time as he directs many investigation task forces and gets into investigations himself at the critical phase. However, Ōiwa is definitely not a superman. Amid his suffering, Ōiwa overcomes this grave responsibility and is quite simply a "life-size hero" and "ideal boss" to his subordinates.
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吉原裏同心~新春吉原の大火~
Title: 吉原裏同心~新春吉原の大火~
Released: January 3, 2016
Type: Movie
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Shinkoyaki and other croquettes in Asahikawa
Title: Shinkoyaki and other croquettes in Asahikawa
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
First business trip away from Tokyo in a while,
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Osoi Shiawase
Title: Osoi Shiawase
Character: 仁兵衛
Released: November 23, 2015
Type: Movie
Part of the Shûhei Fujisawa New Drama Series.
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Hokori to Gensou
Title: Hokori to Gensou
Released: September 26, 2015
Type: Movie
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S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future
Title: S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future
Character: Kojo Munakata
Released: August 29, 2015
Type: Movie
The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. Meanwhile, a transport ship is hijacked in the Pacific Ocean.
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Nowhere Girl
Title: Nowhere Girl
Released: July 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Ai (Nana Seino) is a student at an all-girls' art high school. She is known to be extremely gifted in the arts, but the adults around her try to use her and her classmates are jealous of her. Ai suffers because of her situation, but doesn't have anywhere to escape. Her daily life becomes like a war and she begins to collapse.
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Prophecy
Title: Prophecy
Character: Kato
Released: June 6, 2015
Type: Movie
The cyber crime investigation division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department finds a video on website "YOURTUBE." In the video, a man covered by a newspaper, warns that a fire will be set at a food processing company. More crime notices are soon found involving violent crimes. Geitsu is the main guy behind the group "Shinbunshi," which has posted the videos. He used to work as a temporary employee at an IT company, but was unfairly dismissed. He then begins doing manual labor work and meets the other members of "Shinbushi."
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Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World
Title: Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World
Released: May 25, 2015
Type: Movie
The fate of Tokugawa’s world hangs in the balance as Yagyu Jubei is sent on a mission to discover what happened to 10 of the shogun’s spies that never returned. Matsukata Hiroki, one of the last surviving members of the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema proves that he has not lost a step as he portrays an older and wiser Yagyu Jubei in a movie that brings the best of samurai filmmaking into the 21st century. Summoned from semi-retirement by Shogun Iemitsu, Jubei is asked to take to the road and investigate a clan rumored to be preparing explosives for a rebellion. With help from a beautiful female ninja they head into the Shirakawa domain where the fighting skills of both are tested time and again as they strive to destroy a conspiracy that could bring a new Warring States Era. In the 1960's Yagyu Jubei was the signature role of the great Konoe Jushiro, father of Matsukata Hiroki. This brings the character full circle.
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Before The Leaves Fall
Title: Before The Leaves Fall
Released: May 23, 2015
Type: Movie
An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the inspiration for the painting.
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Title: Back of Father
Character: Aoki Hisashi
Released: July 13, 2014
Type: TV
A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.
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Uzumasa Limelight
Title: Uzumasa Limelight
Character: Kenichi Naganuma
Released: June 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
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Devoted Cookbook
Title: Devoted Cookbook
Released: June 8, 2014
Type: Movie
It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant “Tsuru-ka” is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio, won the prestigious cooking competition. One day, the owner of “Tsuru-ka”, Taneichi, employed young Fuki to be the attendant for customers’ shoes. Mio could fully empathize with young Fuki, who was an orphan and yet was courageous enough to survive on her own. Around the same time, the famous novelist Seiemon started coming to “Tsuru-ka”. Even though Seiemon criticized Mio’s cooking each time, he always returned to the restaurant daily.
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Kikaider REBOOT
Title: Kikaider REBOOT
Character: Sogoro Honda
Released: May 24, 2014
Type: Movie
The movie is set in the near future, when the “ARK Project” has initiated a program to increase the quality of human life through the peaceful use of robots. Dr. Komyoji, the chief scientist on the project, has developed a process to create a robot with a figurative human “heart” through the installation of a “conscience circuit”, but his plans are violently opposed by researcher Gilbert Kanzaki. When Dr. Komyoji is killed in an apparent accident, his children Masaru and Mitsuko are targeted by mysterious forces within the ARK Project looking to gain control of the scientist’s research data. But the villains are opposed by Jiro, the android with a human conscience who fights for justice as the hero Kikaider.
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Title: S -The Last Policeman
Character: Kozo Munakata
Released: January 12, 2014
Type: TV
The NPS (Nationai Police Safetyrescue) was formed to combat extreme crimes like terrorism, which is beyond the scope of the ordinary police force. Their purpose is to catch criminals alive. The elite members in the police organization formed NPS to strengthen the authority of SAT (Special Assault Team). When the NPS cannot solve a crime then they send in SAT. When SAT succeeds their authority strengthens. Ichigo (Osamu Mukai) is a member of NPS. He is a former boxer, but became a police officer at the age of 23. In his second year as a police officer, he was scouted by the NPS. His strength is hand to hand combat at close range. He is also blunt with strangers. Iori (Gou Ayano) is a member of SAT. He is the best shooter in the group and possesses a calm and steady personality. Ichigo and Iori, with their different personalities, find themselves having constant conflicts.
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Tenshin
Title: Tenshin
Released: November 16, 2013
Type: Movie
Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pupils, Taikan Yokoyama, Shunsou Hishida, Kanzan Shimomura, Buzan Kimura.
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009-1: The End of the Beginning
Title: 009-1: The End of the Beginning
Character: Alan Lau
Released: September 7, 2013
Type: Movie
In a universe where the Cold War never ended and growing conflicts result in the rapid advancement of technological warfare, the cyborg spy Mylene Hoffman of the 00 Organization battles the agents of the Eastern block in a game of high tech espionage.
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Title: Nameless Poison
Character: Paddy
Released: July 8, 2013
Type: TV
Saburo Sugimura works for the PR department of a company which his father-in-law Yoshichika Imada runs. One day, Yoshichika Imada tasks Saburo Sugimura with work regarding a man named Nobuo Kajita. A complicated story unfolds from the request.
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The Serialist
Title: The Serialist
Released: June 15, 2013
Type: Movie
Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of his decapitated victims with flower decoration to the police. The murders and photos caused widespread panic in Japan. One day, Ippei is contacted by Daigo from prison. He asks Ippei if he wants to interview him and write his memoirs. Soon, more women are killed in the same grisly manner as the serial murders from twelve years ago. Now, Ippei becomes the prime suspect of the police and Ippei must quickly find the real murderer. Based on the novel "The Serialist" by David Gordon (published by Simon & Schuster; Original edition on March 9, 2010).
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Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Wars Z
Title: Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Wars Z
Character: Strategist Raider / Space Raider
Released: April 27, 2013
Type: Movie
A new evil organization known as Space Shocker, which are led by the magic-using Space Ikadevil and Space Spider Man, threatens the Earth by causing an unknown phenomenon. The Space Sheriffs Gavan type-G and Sharivan are sent to execute all magic-users on Earth in response to the threat and begins to attack Kamen Riders Wizard and Beast. The Space Crime Syndicate Madou, who were once defeated by the original Sharivan return, to cause even more havoc in the world. During this, Yoko finds a mysterious little robot called Psycholon, which Space Shocker and the Madou are after for unknown reasons.
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Shield of Straw
Title: Shield of Straw
Character: Ohki
Released: April 25, 2013
Type: Movie
Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
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Love Gear
Title: Love Gear
Character: Takamasa Honjo
Released: February 9, 2013
Type: Movie
The third installment in the Toei Hero Next series.
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Oyari Haishaku
Title: Oyari Haishaku
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Kotoji Akame (Naoto Takenaka) is a shabby, middle aged low-ranking samurai of small stature. One day, in a drinking contest, he misses sending his lord off as he leaves Edo for Kuju. Released from service for this blunder, Akame becomes a wandering samurai. He goes on to steal lances from many feudal lords' processions. For Furuta, suffering defeat is out of question. To protect his domain and family, he takes it on himself to meet Murase and proposes an alliance between the Wako, Fuki and Ushizu domains. With the fate of the feudal families in their hands, Furuta and Murase pursue Akame. Each with something to protect, the men fight desperately over the lances.
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Sado Tempest
Title: Sado Tempest
Character: Omuro
Released: June 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Arashi mixes Japanese rock, Noh Masks and the weird volcanic landscapes of Sado Island in a radical reworking of The Tempest. In this Tempest the storm has gone badly wrong and ruined the island, Caliban is now in charge and Miranda has gone crazy. Prospero is missing, presumed dead. When a singer arrives on the island, exiled to the brutal prison that Caliban overseas, he escapes into the interior where he encounters a crazed older exile, and starts to become intrigued by the ancient Demon songs of the island. The singer tries to recreate the songs of the Demons, which he learns have the power to bring Spring back to the island, or once again to bring the terrible Storm
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Title: Solitary Gourmet
Character: マスター
Released: January 4, 2012
Type: TV
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
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Our Stardust Dance
Title: Our Stardust Dance
Released: October 6, 2011
Type: Movie
A drab middle-aged man with thoughts of committing suicide and an extraordinary child prodigy plan a fake kidnap in exchange for a ransom of 10 billion yen.
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Dog × Police: The K-9 Force
Title: Dog × Police: The K-9 Force
Released: October 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Yusaku Hayakawa dreams of becoming a detective, but works as a trainer for police dogs. When Yusaku gets an albino shepherd named Shiro, he forms a special bond with him. Everyone says that Shiro does not have the abilities to become a police dog, but Yusaku believes in him and trains him. When a terrorist act occurs, Shiro gets the chance to show what he has learned.
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Code of the Bandits
Title: Code of the Bandits
Released: January 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon has always kept the rule to "never kill, never rape, never steal from the poor", passed down to him by the gang's previous leader. He has never been arrested, and for that, he always thought he would have a peaceful death. But one day, after talking to a young one-armed homeless girl, he decides to break up his gang and turn himself in.
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Tenohira no memo
Title: Tenohira no memo
Character: 磯貝
Released: October 23, 2010
Type: Movie
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Sakurada Gate Incident
Title: Sakurada Gate Incident
Released: October 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.
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You Dance with the Summer
Title: You Dance with the Summer
Character: Kenichiro Nogami
Released: September 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Shinpei (Junpei Mizobata) dreams of being a professional cameraman and lives in Tokyo. One day, he hears that his mother has been hospitalized and returns to Kochi for the first time in five years. At the hospital, Shinpei finds out Sakura (Ayane Omori) who is the younger sister of his ex-girlfriend, has a bad disease, which no one has lived with for more than 5 years. This might be her last summer. Sakura strongly hope to dance at the Yosakoi festival, and five years ago, Shinpei made a promise to her that they would one day dance together. Sakura still remembers the promise and it also gives her the drive to live longer. Shinpei decides to dance once more at the upcoming Yosakoi festival, however. . .
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必殺仕事人2010
Title: 必殺仕事人2010
Released: July 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2013 is a continuation of the Hissatsu Shigotonin series this was the SP released in 2013.
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Title: Detective Lovesick
Released: July 9, 2010
Type: TV
He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had his heart broken by the sudden flight of a fiancee from his life. Now "Detective Lovesick" finds his crime-fighting mojo and his chance at rising through the police hierarchy slipping away. Spending his days in a desperate search for the love of his life, Detective Lovesick is a man in love with himself and idolizes his drinking buddy, who is a romance psychologist. He loses himself to love easily, even at work, falling for every femme fatale he investigates and after a lot of hair pulling, ending each case with a marriage proposal. "Marry me or be under arrest." But will any woman accept such a proposal? Suspense, comedy and romance all converge in a libido-rich police drama unlike any you've ever seen.
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Pro Bono
Title: Pro Bono
Character: Nishimoto
Released: March 16, 2010
Type: Movie
The prominent lawyer Kinya Ohtsuka looks over the case of the falsely indicted man who was sentenced to life imprisonment and then committed suicide while incarcerated. One year ago, the prominent lawyer rebuffed the efforts of Kiriko Yanagida to represent her brother. Kiriko Yanagida now works as a hostess in Tokyo while planning revenge on those responsible for her brother's imprisonment.
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Title: 黒澤明生誕100年企画 悪い奴ほどよく眠る
Released: March 5, 2010
Type: TV
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Zero Focus
Title: Zero Focus
Character: Aoki
Released: November 14, 2009
Type: Movie
Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.
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Tajomaru: Avenging Blade
Title: Tajomaru: Avenging Blade
Character: Hidetaka Kuriyama
Released: September 12, 2009
Type: Movie
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.
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Title: Mission To Kill
Released: January 9, 2009
Type: TV
Continuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.
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The Road to Sirius
Title: The Road to Sirius
Released: September 14, 2008
Type: Movie
Tatsumura Yusuke, Toho Advertising's deputy sales manager was a childhood friend of Akiko and Katsuya. In fact, there is a secret that cannot be divulged about the relationship between Akiko and her father and the truth behind his death between these three people. They don't contact each other after they grow up but 25 years later, that secret comes back to Akiko in an extortion letter. Meanwhile, Tatsumura's division suddenly competes in a big project with a budget of 1.8 billion yen. Tatsumura works towards a successful pitch with Tachibana, Hirano, and Totsuka but interference within the company from envious parties and a heated contest with a rival firm remains. Then Tatsumura learns that there is a link between this project and that secret from his past...
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Chichi kara no tegami
Title: Chichi kara no tegami
Released: December 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Inuzuka (Hirotaro Honda), who asked about Mamiko (Rei Dan)'s disappeared father, Shinkichi (Ren Osugi), and her lover, Keiichi (Tetta Sugimoto), was murdered. A "letter" from her disappeared father holds the key.
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Title: 楽園のライオン
Released: May 28, 2007
Type: TV
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Bizan
Title: Bizan
Character: Hideo Watanuki
Released: May 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushima on Shikoku. The town is famous for its annual Awa Dance Festival. She is told by doctor, Terasawa Daisuke, that her mother has terminal cancer.
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Yellow Tears
Title: Yellow Tears
Character: Teikichi
Released: April 14, 2007
Type: Movie
The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up together in a tiny studio apartment in Tokyo. The five friends are Eisuke - the manga artist, Shoichi - the singer, Ryuzo - the novelist, Kei - the painter and Yuji – the 5th wheel (?). The friends spend the summer in pursuit of their own ideals of personal freedom - being able to do what they want. In the process of pursuing their dream they learn firsthand that however ideal it may seem, its not as easy as they think.
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The Sword of Alexander
Title: The Sword of Alexander
Released: April 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses it. Many Eons ago, the Orichalcum was split into three and landed on Earth. The metal then took the form of three relics: Skanda’s Vajra, Jew’s Cross, and the Sword of Alexander. Anyone able to re-unite these three Orichalcum relics would then obtain the powers of a God. Now two rival aliens are in a heated race to reunite the Orichalcum. They land in Edo era Tokyo where the relics are thought to exist.
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I Just Didn't Do It
Title: I Just Didn't Do It
Character: Hideo Mitsui
Released: January 20, 2007
Type: Movie
A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
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Akechi Mitsuhide: The man God hated
Title: Akechi Mitsuhide: The man God hated
Character: Nagahide Niwa
Released: January 3, 2007
Type: Movie
The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro, both rivals of each other for higher promotions. Eventually Mitsuhide was recognized for his work and was given a castle. However, Nobunaga's ambition to conquer the nation did not allow Mitsuhide to live happily in his territory. That is when an idea flashed across Mitsuhide's mind… Akechi Mitsuhide, the man who was considered to be the most intelligent general of the warring states era. What was the truth about him, Oda Nobunaga's best general and murderer?
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TANNKA
Title: TANNKA
Character: Odagiri
Released: November 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Kaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and the indulgence of an energetic, but less-fulfilling, youthful suitor.
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Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Title: Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
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Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
Title: Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
Character: Riku Kagami
Released: August 5, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1999, an enormous meteor crashed onto Earth carrying extraterrestrial creatures known as Worms within it. These creatures took on the identities of real humans and then killed them. In order to counter this new threat, ZECT was formed, who in turn created the Masked Rider System to combat the Worms. The battles lasts over seven years, depleting Earth's resources and turning it into a barren wasteland. By present time, power struggles in ZECT have caused a new group, known as Neo-ZECT, to be created. Souji Tendou, a man weilding the Kabuto Zector, decides to sell his power to either ZECT or Neo-Zect for unkown reasons.
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Death Penalty 5
Title: Death Penalty 5
Released: August 4, 2006
Type: Movie
The fifth and final film in the 'Death Penalty' series.
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Death Penalty 4
Title: Death Penalty 4
Released: July 14, 2006
Type: Movie
Inside the police there is a special investigation for consecutive police motorcycle cases. Yuji's investigation reveals that homeless people and girls are suffering from the murder game!
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Title: 吾輩は主婦である
Character: Soseki Natsume / ...
Released: May 22, 2006
Type: TV
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Breath Less
Title: Breath Less
Character: Genshiro
Released: April 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Toru Tachibana is a police officer who works as a guard at a detention center. He and his colleague Nakano, who lives in a shared room in a bachelor dormitory, are a good pair, joking around with each other. One day, Toru gets his dream job as a detective. He becomes involved in the investigation of a serial theft case, and in the process meets Emiko, who seems to be one of the victims of the theft. Toru develops a personal interest in Emiko, and begins to stalk her.
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Like a Dragon: Prologue
Title: Like a Dragon: Prologue
Character: Shintaro Kazama
Released: March 24, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama's Sunflower Orphanage. In the summer of 1980, Yumi Sawamura, a young girl whose parents were accidentally shot and killed during a gang's shootout, joins them in the orphanage. Following a yakuza tradition, the honorable Kazama secretly raises orphans whose parents he has directly or indirectly killed. In return, the children love him as a father and he eventually inducts the teenage Kiryu and Nishikiyama into the Dojima Family, a Tojo Clan affiliate of which he is a senior officer.
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Yamato
Title: Yamato
Character: Tetsuzo Furumura
Released: December 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
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Kamen Rider: The First
Title: Kamen Rider: The First
Character: The Private Secretary
Released: December 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as Shocker. Reinvented against his will and transformed into a powerful experimental cyborg, Hongo will forever be known as Kamen Rider The First.
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Road to the Don Final
Title: Road to the Don Final
Released: November 10, 2005
Type: Movie
The final 'Road to Don' film.
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Title: GARO
Character: Yukihide
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: TV
The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
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Who's Camus Anyway?
Title: Who's Camus Anyway?
Character: Professor Nakajo
Released: October 3, 2005
Type: Movie
A group of eccentric students decide to make a movie. But, when their star suddenly quits, this witty ensemble cast begins to live the film, including murder, deception and true love.
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Touch
Title: Touch
Character: Eiji Tsugawa
Released: September 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will take Minami to the tournament.
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Title: Umanohone: The Legendary Sword
Released: August 26, 2005
Type: TV
Ishibashi Ginjiro, a swordsman from Edo, comes to a northern domain to look for a legendary sword Umanohone, ordered by his uncle, a chief retainer of the domain. To gain information on the sword, Ginjiro decides to challenge six expert swordsmen of the school which is said to own the sword. As he continues his search, being wounded and fighting the solitary fights, Ginjiro finds out secret maneuvers plotted by those who are possessed with lust for power. Based on a novel written by Fujisawa Shuhei.
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Road to the Don 24
Title: Road to the Don 24
Released: July 21, 2005
Type: Movie
The twenty-fourth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
Title: Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
Character: Naruse Kiemon
Released: December 14, 2004
Type: Movie
The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest they uncover a plot by one of the clan officials that could change the course of history.
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Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Title: Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Released: August 22, 2004
Type: Movie
2004 film
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Road to the Don 23
Title: Road to the Don 23
Released: June 10, 2004
Type: Movie
The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.
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Kamikaze Girls
Title: Kamikaze Girls
Character: Yakuza Boss
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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10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal
Title: 10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal
Character: Naohiko Noda
Released: January 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for terminal cancer.
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Half a Confession
Title: Half a Confession
Released: January 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
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Road to the Don Theatrical Version
Title: Road to the Don Theatrical Version
Released: June 18, 2003
Type: Movie
A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.
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Title: Ooku
Released: June 3, 2003
Type: TV
The mini-series revolves around the harem of a shogun in the Edo Period in Japan. The women jostle and compete with one another and with their lord and on occasion even wield more power than their master.
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Madness in Bloom
Title: Madness in Bloom
Released: October 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Yamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to "clean" the streets of Shibuya from bad elements. After rightist gang boss, Aota takes an interest in the three, the boys gradually become influenced by him, but start to go their different ways.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Character: Takehiko Suzaku
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Graveyard of Honor
Title: Graveyard of Honor
Character: Correctional Officer
Released: June 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
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True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules
Title: True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules
Released: April 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.
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Road to the Don 21
Title: Road to the Don 21
Released: February 27, 2002
Type: Movie
The twenty-first 'Road to the Don' film.
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Vengeance for Sale
Title: Vengeance for Sale
Character: Hotta
Released: February 16, 2002
Type: Movie
In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
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Road to the Don 20
Title: Road to the Don 20
Released: January 18, 2002
Type: Movie
The twentieth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Nationwide Conquering Tekiya Spirit Chapter 2 Sardine Shrine and Love Fubuki
Title: Nationwide Conquering Tekiya Spirit Chapter 2 Sardine Shrine and Love Fubuki
Released: November 13, 2001
Type: Movie
Ricky's Back!
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Shokoki!
Title: Shokoki!
Released: October 13, 2001
Type: Movie
The elevators in a skyscraper suddenly stop functioning. In one car, six ordinary people are trapped. In another car, the six members of comedy group Jovijova are trapped.
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Road to the Don 19
Title: Road to the Don 19
Released: July 26, 2001
Type: Movie
The nineteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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National Conquest Tekiya Tamashii
Title: National Conquest Tekiya Tamashii
Released: July 16, 2001
Type: Movie
It's Ricky!
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Otoko Michi 6 The End
Title: Otoko Michi 6 The End
Released: July 13, 2001
Type: Movie
Only one person challenges the final battle against the corrupt state power.
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Title: Moshichi
Released: June 29, 2001
Type: TV
A mysterious humanistic period drama, setting in the Edo Period. As Okappiki, unofficial collaborators who played a marginal role in police functions, Moshichi (Takahashi Hideki) solves a number of mysterious incidents that occur in downtown Edo.
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Road to the Don 18
Title: Road to the Don 18
Released: May 22, 2001
Type: Movie
The eighteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Otoko Michi 5
Title: Otoko Michi 5
Released: May 11, 2001
Type: Movie
The conflict that broke out due to the expansion of the power of the Ninryukai was further intensified of both political and police powers.
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Love Ghost
Title: Love Ghost
Released: March 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Teenager Midori's family moves back to the city where she lived as a child and is relieved to discover that her old friend Ryusuke still lives there. Her terrifying nightmares begin intersecting with her everyday life. Do her nightly dreams about an anonymous fortune-teller have anything to do with the tragedies plaguing her high school?
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Road to the Don 17
Title: Road to the Don 17
Released: March 22, 2001
Type: Movie
The seventeenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
Title: The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
Released: March 9, 2001
Type: Movie
The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?
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Surgeon Makoto Saeki's Homicide Chart
Title: Surgeon Makoto Saeki's Homicide Chart
Character: Kouji Doi
Released: March 3, 2001
Type: Movie
Saeki, a doctor at a small local clinic, receives a visit from Sayaka, the younger sister of his late friend, who informs him about her wedding. However, a few days later, Sayaka is found suspiciously dead inside her own apartment with a white ribbon wrapped around her neck!
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man-hole
Title: man-hole
Released: March 3, 2001
Type: Movie
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Road to the Don 16
Title: Road to the Don 16
Released: February 2, 2001
Type: Movie
The sixteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 15
Title: Road to the Don 15
Released: January 19, 2001
Type: Movie
The fifteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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9-NINE
Title: 9-NINE
Released: November 4, 2000
Type: Movie
Adventures and romances of a young pool hustler in Shibuya.
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Persona
Title: Persona
Character: Detective Sugawara
Released: August 5, 2000
Type: Movie
Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that behind the mask is none other than Danta, an otherwise weakling student who has heretofore been picked on relentlessly by these same bullies. Donned with his mask, however, Danta exhibits a totally other personality, lacking fear and intimidation. The other students, looking on, soon experiment with the power of masks and find to their glee that behind a facade of anonymity, they experience an overwhelming power to act without the confines of self-consciousness.
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Yakuza Ladies 10
Title: Yakuza Ladies 10
Released: July 22, 2000
Type: Movie
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Road to the Don 14
Title: Road to the Don 14
Released: July 14, 2000
Type: Movie
The fourteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Crossfire
Title: Crossfire
Character: Mr. Kogure
Released: June 10, 2000
Type: Movie
Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don't arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge.
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Road to the Don 13
Title: Road to the Don 13
Released: April 28, 2000
Type: Movie
The thirteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 12
Title: Road to the Don 12
Released: March 31, 2000
Type: Movie
The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4
Title: Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
The second of three V-Cinema sequels.
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Road to the Don 10
Title: Road to the Don 10
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
The tenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Crow: Sleepless Angels
Title: Crow: Sleepless Angels
Released: December 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Yakuza Underworld Murder Story
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Dead or Alive
Title: Dead or Alive
Character: Corrupt Detective
Released: November 27, 1999
Type: Movie
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
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The Line
Title: The Line
Released: August 21, 1999
Type: Movie
Fuyuko, a magazine reporter, receives information of a "Curse Dial". If you enter your name and phone number into the "Cursed Message Dial," and when you get an answer, tell the name of the person you want to kill within 10 seconds, and that person will die.
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The Exam
Title: The Exam
Character: Shoichi Honda
Released: July 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
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Railroad Man
Title: Railroad Man
Character: Miner
Released: June 5, 1999
Type: Movie
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
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Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
Title: Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
Released: May 14, 1999
Type: Movie
Heisei Zankeiden is finally complete! Seven years ago, the man who fought to take over the organization is back. He seeks out the truth of the conflict from prison and heads for revenge.
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Revenge
Title: Revenge
Released: May 14, 1999
Type: Movie
Detective Tsukimoto kills his partner following a botched robbery and falls deep into debt and despair. After losing everything at the horse races, he is kidnapped by yakuza and offered a chance to clear his debts by putting his life on the line in a game called Cambodia Roulette.
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Road to the Don 9
Title: Road to the Don 9
Released: April 30, 1999
Type: Movie
The ninth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 8
Title: Road to the Don 8
Released: March 31, 1999
Type: Movie
The eighth "Road to the Don' film.
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Tetsu: A Heisei Tale of Chivalry
Title: Tetsu: A Heisei Tale of Chivalry
Released: March 20, 1999
Type: Movie
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Title: Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Character: Masaaki Saito
Released: March 6, 1999
Type: Movie
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
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Road to the Don 7
Title: Road to the Don 7
Released: February 26, 1999
Type: Movie
The seventh 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 6
Title: Road to the Don 6
Released: January 21, 1999
Type: Movie
The sixth 'Road to the Don' film.
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A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
Title: A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: Movie
A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie, watch as the events unfold on TV. Some decide to run for their lives, some take it as a sign of the apocalypse, some go completely crazy, but most of the townspeople wait and watch, and wonder where the monster will head next.
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The Woman Who Disappeared From Her Red Car
Title: The Woman Who Disappeared From Her Red Car
Character: President Igarashi
Released: August 29, 1998
Type: Movie
Katsura Aya (Shiratori Yasuyo), a young and popular actress, is kidnapped. Igarashi (Honda Hirotaro), the president of the production company, calls Totsukawa (Mihashi Tatsuya) and Kamei (Aikawa Kinya) of the police. Totsukawa and Kamei learn that the kidnapper's name is Aoi Hebi (Blue Snake) and that Aoi Hebi is asking for one million yen for ransom.
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
Title: Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
Released: June 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Sequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'
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New Wangan Midnight 1
Title: New Wangan Midnight 1
Released: June 26, 1998
Type: Movie
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The Hidden Festival
Title: The Hidden Festival
Released: May 30, 1998
Type: Movie
Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan Otsuru) is a big-city workaholic sent to a small remote island to seal a business deal. His predecessor almost managed to convince the island's 17 inhabitants to sell their stake and make way for a resort hotel -- that is, before he died under dubious circumstances. Takamine finds the islanders polite and kind but unwilling to discuss business; instead, they tell him to become an islander. So the city-slicker stuffed shirt loses his tie and starts to help the women plant and the men fish. He soon makes his acquaintance with Takako (Mitsuko Baisho), the widowed daughter of the island's chief. She lives alone with her crazed son who is kept Jane Eyre-style chained to a stake. One moon-lit night, their mutual attraction boils over, resulting in a naked, passionate roll on the beach.
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Road to the Don 5
Title: Road to the Don 5
Released: May 14, 1998
Type: Movie
The fifth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 4
Title: Road to the Don 4
Released: April 16, 1998
Type: Movie
The fourth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 3
Title: Road to the Don 3
Released: March 3, 1998
Type: Movie
The third 'Road to the Don' film.
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Road to the Don 2
Title: Road to the Don 2
Released: February 18, 1998
Type: Movie
The second 'Road to the Don' film
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Road to the Don
Title: Road to the Don
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The first 'Road to the Don' film.
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The Peking Man
Title: The Peking Man
Character: Takashi
Released: December 20, 1997
Type: Movie
In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this find, but during the war the remains disappear. Based on these factual events, this movie takes off with a science fiction story involving a space rocket which places a satellite in orbit containing a secret cargo. The satellite crashes on a remote island and footprints are found in the sand leading away from the crash site. A story of how an ancient primitive cave-dwelling family contends with the scientists who want to study them.
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Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood
Title: Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood
Character: Chang
Released: October 24, 1997
Type: Movie
Ten years after his greatest triumph, Yabuki has lost the Mafia that was once his to rule. But when a young gangster comes to him for guidance, he discovers that the old rage still burns. It's time for Yabuki's final stand and one last blaze of glory!
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Lie Lie Lie
Title: Lie Lie Lie
Character: Kaito
Released: October 4, 1997
Type: Movie
Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.
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Zakuro Yakata
Title: Zakuro Yakata
Released: August 23, 1997
Type: Movie
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The King of Minami: The Movie X
Title: The King of Minami: The Movie X
Released: July 18, 1997
Type: Movie
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Ambition Without Honor 2
Title: Ambition Without Honor 2
Released: June 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Tetsuya, a young yakuza, returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable enemies and corrupt yakuza politics, he makes an unlikely ally in a rebel cop .
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Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
Title: Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
Title: Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
Released: June 27, 1996
Type: Movie
A yakuza movie directed by Eiichi Kudo
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Shabu
Title: Shabu
Released: May 28, 1996
Type: Movie
Makabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if he wants to destroy himself. He steals a mistress of the boss of a big yakuza syndicate by force. He takes over the yakuza group he belongs to, by killing the old boss. When he tries to use 'shabu' as the main finacial resource of his group, it leads to the serious confrontation with another big yakuza syndicate.
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Rose
Title: Rose
Released: May 24, 1996
Type: Movie
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Jigokudo Spiritual Press
Title: Jigokudo Spiritual Press
Released: April 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Upon rescuing a friend who is being held captive by a wicked classmate and his gang of bullies, 11-year-olds Tetsushi, Yuusuke, and Ryoji unexpectedly find themselves entwined in a supernatural battle against the forces of hell. Armed with courage, wit, and three magical charms given to them by a mysterious hermit, they set out to thwart the evil in a quest, which takes them to the depths of hell and brings them to a final battle with the god of death himself.
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Sanctuary - Part 3
Title: Sanctuary - Part 3
Released: February 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Standing in the way of Hojo and Asami is Secretary-General Isaoka, and a new enemy, the Russian Mafia. The magnificent war between front and back society has finally reached its climax! What is the incurable disease that hit Asami when the secret bond between the two was revealed? Two men work to transform their lives and reshape Japan.
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Shall We Dance?
Title: Shall We Dance?
Character: Farewell Party Host
Released: January 27, 1996
Type: Movie
A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ballroom dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
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Lost in Time
Title: Lost in Time
Character: Doctor
Released: January 20, 1996
Type: Movie
A story of friendship between two women, Yae and Kiyoko. Their friendship is tested when artist Yae, who suffers from fatal illness, develops special feelings towards her best friend Kiyoko’s boyfriend Kosuke.
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Sanctuary - Part 2
Title: Sanctuary - Part 2
Released: December 18, 1995
Type: Movie
Two people who lead Japan to "Sanctuary". Hojo aims to unite the Yakuza organization in the Kanto region, and Asami to create a faction "Rifukakai," aiming to destroy Isaoka's system of the ruling Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the connection between Hojo and Asami is revealed.
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Onihei's Detective Records
Title: Onihei's Detective Records
Released: November 18, 1995
Type: Movie
A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.
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Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties
Title: Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties
Character: Tatoo artist
Released: September 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.
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Title: Shinjuku Shark
Released: April 9, 1995
Type: TV
Hard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely stands up to evil.
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Title: Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Character: Masaaki Saito
Released: March 11, 1995
Type: Movie
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
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Garōden
Title: Garōden
Released: January 25, 1995
Type: Movie
Based on the Baku Yumemakura martial arts serials
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Natural Woman
Title: Natural Woman
Released: December 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Based on the book of the same name by Rieko Matsuura, the film depicts an ultimate love between two women.
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Great Edo Fleeting Life Bath Story
Title: Great Edo Fleeting Life Bath Story
Released: November 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Story of Japanese women during the great Edo period.
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Lifetime Insecurity
Title: Lifetime Insecurity
Released: October 29, 1994
Type: Movie
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
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N45゜
Title: N45゜
Character: Colonel Togo
Released: October 15, 1994
Type: Movie
Omnibus film, set in a fictional town at 45゜N latitude: Wonder Rubbish; Pao-san to no fukushu; Jonetsu no koya; Kaze wa, dotchi ni fuite iru
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In Blazing Love
Title: In Blazing Love
Released: October 1, 1994
Type: Movie
An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly after being sold to a geisha house at age 5, Shizu is befriended by a fellow older geisha, Tsuru. After years of living and working together, Tsuru and Shizu manage to run the operations of Shinonomero as the proprietress and assistant. Despite vows to never to let their lovers come between them or Shinonomero, moments of weakness leave Tsuru and Shizu caught up in a web of betrayal and plunged into debt. With the guilt of losing Shinonomero to Udo, a yakuza who loaned them money, it is now up to young Shizu to redeem Tsuru’s honor and restore Shinonomero as their own.
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Turning Point
Title: Turning Point
Released: June 18, 1994
Type: Movie
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
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Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
Title: Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
Released: June 13, 1994
Type: Movie
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Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Title: Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Released: June 11, 1994
Type: Movie
Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.
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Reiko, Sister of the Mob
Title: Reiko, Sister of the Mob
Character: Hideji Tomioka
Released: April 16, 1994
Type: Movie
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The Hungry Shinjuku Detective
Title: The Hungry Shinjuku Detective
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
The private eye of Shinjuku Yokubo Tantei is a lone wolf, lush, and loser but has kept his integrity in a dirty, dangerous world.
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Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle
Title: Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle
Released: September 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishinomaru' (or the south-east enclosure) have been at odds behind the scenes over the marriage of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, heir to the Shogunate. Kyoshiro, who has come back in Edo after 3 years is involved in it against his will. It's because he gets to know Lady Mihoyo who is a spy for Sakai and looks exactly like his late mother. As she couldn't complete her mission she has nowhere to go. Kyoshiro shelters her from both parties that seek her life. The original story is from "Nemuri Kyoshiro Burai Hikae" written by Shibata Renzaburo. Not only is one of Japan's greatest legends kept alive, but some secrets of Kyoshiro's past are finally revealed for the first time.
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Tôhôkenbunroku
Title: Tôhôkenbunroku
Released: August 1, 1993
Type: Movie
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Hanzo, the Razor
Title: Hanzo, the Razor
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the financial situation. However, Doshin of a government office Itami Hanzo, called Kamisori Hanzo, challenged Bakuhu's oppressive way. Because of this, his father Magobei was told to kill himself by the Bakuhu and Hanzo himself was demoted. Five years later, Hanzo came back to the government office and implement a law regulating expenditures. He stands up for revenge Torii Kainokami who desires power as he likes.
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Title: Shinsengumi, Ikedaya's blood fight
Released: October 2, 1992
Type: TV
It is said that the Shinsengumi, led by Isami Kondo, delayed the start of the Meiji restoration by 10 years. This is a large-scale historical drama that tells about their life path up to the battle of Ikedaya.
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The Skull Soldier
Title: The Skull Soldier
Character: Tian Feng Tian
Released: September 25, 1992
Type: Movie
Narumi, a man out for revenge with the powers he received and a bit of help from the one who saved his life, he creates the persona of Skull Soldier and attempts to discover who really killed his sister.
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A Legend of Turmoil
Title: A Legend of Turmoil
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.
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All's Quiet on the Recruit Front
Title: All's Quiet on the Recruit Front
Released: June 22, 1991
Type: Movie
New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials. Interviews, tests and activities with odd ideas are carried out. Ohara looks successful in getting an offer from a famous TV station but he is surprised to know he is being set up. With his intelligence, he soon gets the offer, but things never go the way as expected...
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited
Title: Yakuza Ladies Revisited
Character: Shigeta
Released: June 15, 1991
Type: Movie
The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.
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Rainbow Kids
Title: Rainbow Kids
Character: Takano the Groundskeeper
Released: January 15, 1991
Type: Movie
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
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Like Madonna
Title: Like Madonna
Released: December 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Like Madonna 1990
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Like a Beast
Title: Like a Beast
Character: Ryuzo Asahina
Released: October 12, 1990
Type: Movie
The second popular explosion! The man who aims at the top of the organization with indomitable fighting spirit has transformed into a ferocious beast! A powerful hero that shines like a comet!
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1750 Days of Turbulence
Title: 1750 Days of Turbulence
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: Movie
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
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Like a Beast
Title: Like a Beast
Character: Ryuzo Asahina
Released: July 13, 1990
Type: Movie
This work further strengthens the neo-chimpira line of Toei V-Cinema which has a reputation for being more powerful than the movie.
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Title: Tales of the Bizarre
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
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She-Shogun
Title: She-Shogun
Character: Okubo Tadachika
Released: January 20, 1990
Type: Movie
The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the future 3rd Shogun is chronicled in this historical drama. Intrigue and suspicion abound as the two brothers Iemitsu and Tadanaga vie for the post of Shogun, while behind the scenes the remnants of the defeated Toyotomi faction, lead by Lord Ishida Mitsunari attempt to discredit the Tokugawa Shogunate and regain their former position as rulers of the nation. The hidden battles between Shogun Hidetada's wife and mistresses of the 'Ooku' come to light as they force the two brothers into a life or death struggle.
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Defeat the Devil!
Title: Defeat the Devil!
Released: January 6, 1990
Type: Movie
A one part drama/made for TV movie starring Rie Miyazawa
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Title: Onihei Hankachō
Released: July 12, 1989
Type: TV
Hasegawa is a chief police of big heart who leads a band of samurai police and cultivates reformed criminals as informants to solve difficult crimes.
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Swordsman For Hire
Title: Swordsman For Hire
Released: May 10, 1989
Type: Movie
After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he sells his sword skills to the highest bidder. By night he fights for his life against deadly swordsmen his clan sends to silence him. His samurai spirit is at its lowest ebb, his only solace a lovely female ninja, his paramour and potentially his deadly enemy. But as Edo witnesses the unfolding of the legendary vendetta of 47 Ronin, sworn to avenge Lord Asano against the treacherous Kira, Matahachiro’s small role in their noble quest will revive his bushido ideals. Sword in hand, he will seek his own bloody justice!
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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Title: Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Released: April 22, 1989
Type: Movie
The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami's fall from grace. Brilliant sword actor Takahashi Hideki takes over as the former shogunate decapitator, and his stunning swordsmanship is second to none! The story of Lone Wolf and Child has been told many times, but never before like this. With the magnificent sword skills of Takahashi Hideki as Ogami Itto, the Shogun's Decapitator and Wakayama Tomisaburo as the power hungry Lord Yagyu Retsudo the story has come full circle.
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Goryokaku
Title: Goryokaku
Released: December 30, 1988
Type: Movie
After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
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This Heartbeat
Title: This Heartbeat
Released: October 8, 1988
Type: Movie
The love and friendships of high school students
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Those Swell Yakuza
Title: Those Swell Yakuza
Released: June 11, 1988
Type: Movie
Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.
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There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
Title: There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
Released: December 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because of his family’s noble status, Benio must first undergo rigorous training to learn how to be a proper bride and wife before she can marry. However, because of her vivacious personality, this proves to me more challenging than anyone imagined.
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The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Title: The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Released: October 17, 1987
Type: Movie
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.
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Passenger
Title: Passenger
Released: October 3, 1987
Type: Movie
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Murder on the Sanriku Coast
Title: Murder on the Sanriku Coast
Character: Tsutomu Nakanogo
Released: July 25, 1987
Type: Movie
A travel writer on an assignment comes across a murder, tries and fails to chase down the criminal. He notices the corpse was switched for another one...
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Sure Death 4
Title: Sure Death 4
Character: Iori Sugie
Released: June 6, 1987
Type: Movie
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?
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Title: Byakkotai
Character: Sagawa Kanbee
Released: December 30, 1986
Type: TV
Byakkotai was part of Aizu's four-unit military, set up in the domain's drive to finalize its military modernization, in the wake of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi. The other three units were Genbutai, Seiryūtai, and Suzakutai. Each of the four was named after the protecting gods of compass directions. Byakkotai was meant to be a reserve unit, as it was composed of the young teenage 16 to 17 year old sons of Aizu samurai in a group around 350, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869)
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Jazz Daimyo
Title: Jazz Daimyo
Character: Monosuke Suzukawa
Released: April 19, 1986
Type: Movie
Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.
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Mandaraya no Ryôta
Title: Mandaraya no Ryôta
Released: March 15, 1986
Type: Movie
Live-action adaptation of Jun Hatanaka's manga "Mandaraya no Ryota".
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Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 4
Title: Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 4
Released: March 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Kenji, a disciple of the famous detective Kyosuke Kozu, had a strange experience in the world. He was asked by a woman named Shoko Ima to find the corpse in the soil. Shoko is a famous dancer in the modern ballet world, and she just married doctor Fujimoto 10 days ago. However, on that day, Shoko had disappeared. Her corpse seems to be at the base of the ginkgo tree in the house of the sculptor Kagawa, who was rumored to have a romantic relationship. Police arrested Konosuke. However, Kagawa was also suspicious.
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Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Title: Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Character: Shingo Nasu
Released: January 25, 1986
Type: Movie
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The Audition
Title: The Audition
Character: Goto
Released: November 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom!
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Mitsugetsu
Title: Mitsugetsu
Character: Sand Man
Released: January 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run away to share their grief.
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L・O・V・I・N・G
Title: L・O・V・I・N・G
Released: December 24, 1983
Type: Movie
Murder case.
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Nogare no machi
Title: Nogare no machi
Released: October 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.
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Title: 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Saburō Ichiyanagi
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: TV
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Completely... With That Air!
Title: Completely... With That Air!
Released: December 20, 1981
Type: Movie
This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.
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At This Late Date, the Charleston
Title: At This Late Date, the Charleston
Character: Criminal
Released: December 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.
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Four Seasons: Natsuko
Title: Four Seasons: Natsuko
Character: Nakagaki
Released: August 6, 1980
Type: Movie
A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.
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The Last Game
Title: The Last Game
Released: November 3, 1979
Type: Movie
After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game before they are drafted into the armed forces and face the hardships of military service.
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Raping!
Title: Raping!
Character: Gas Station Staff
Released: November 18, 1978
Type: Movie
A woman on her way to Tokyo is repeatedly raped by various men she encounters on the highway.
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Koichiro Uno's Nurse's Dormitory
Title: Koichiro Uno's Nurse's Dormitory
Character: Akira Yoshida
Released: August 5, 1978
Type: Movie
A film adaptation of Koichiro Uno's original work that depicts the madness and debauchery that unfolds in a nurses' dormitory where men are strictly prohibited.
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Apartment Wife: Rainy Day Affair
Title: Apartment Wife: Rainy Day Affair
Character: Sonobe
Released: July 23, 1977
Type: Movie
On a rainy night, the lights in the windows of the apartment complex go out one by one. Chiaki Onda (Junko Miyashita) was waiting for her husband, Hajime (Akira Hanagami), who came home late tonight. Dinner is cold and the children are already asleep. A rift had already formed between Chiaki and Hajime, and sex was nothing more than a means of fulfilling Hajime's sexual desires, and there was no joy in it. An attraction to her classmate's driver awakens...
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In the Realm of Sex
Title: In the Realm of Sex
Released: April 23, 1977
Type: Movie
A mix of satire, slapstick and straight ahead Roman Porno. We have two stories of Office Ladies in trouble, a pervert running amok in a park, references to Westside Story, Keystone Cops and other Roman Porno films. Naomi Tani and Yuko Katagiri appear as themselves, making fun of their on-screen personae. It’s a mad mad world.
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Riku Kagami
Released: April 3, 1971
Type: TV
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.