Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Born: August 27, 1965
Kanji Tsuda (津田 寛治 Tsuda Kanji, born 27 August 1965) is a Japanese actor.

Movies for Kanji Tsuda...

Title: Isobe Isobee Monogatari ~Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo~
Character: Gennai Hiraga
Released: July 12, 2024
Type: TV
Isobe Isobe is a samurai school student who dreams of becoming a great samurai but tries his best to slack off every day. If only we could live like this. A Reiwa period comedy dedicated to all Japanese people who try too hard.
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Title: Sayonara, Maestro!
Character: Masuo Kondo
Released: January 14, 2024
Type: TV
Ever since gifted conductor Natsume’s wife and daughter left him five years ago, he has isolated himself from the music scene. Then one day, he decides to return to Japan for the first time in decades to conduct a small town orchestra and return to his estranged daughter, Hibiki, who loathes him and his music. Now he must try to thaw a relationship with his daughter frozen in time for five years, and learn to be a father.
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Kubi
Title: Kubi
Character: Tamezo
Released: November 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
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Oshorin
Title: Oshorin
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
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Goodbye Hoyaman
Title: Goodbye Hoyaman
Character: Tatsuo
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Set on a remote island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, this human drama depicts the strange shared life and family rebirth of two fisherman brothers and a manga artist from Tokyo.
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Six Singing Girls
Title: Six Singing Girls
Character: Shimada
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Two men with opposite personalities, Kayashima and Uwajima, accidentally wander into a beautiful village after a car accident. When they wake up, they are imprisoned by six beautiful but strange girls who live in the village. Kayashima is at the mercy of the girls' instinctive behavior, but is gradually drawn to the pure beauty of girls, who are at one with nature. Uwajima is attracted to one attractive girl and steps into forbidden territory. The six girls were incarnations of catfish, pit vipers, owls, dormice, bees, plants, and other creatures of nature disguised as humans. What they wanted from the men...
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Perfect Share House
Title: Perfect Share House
Released: September 21, 2023
Type: Movie
Perfect Share House
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Old Narcissus
Title: Old Narcissus
Released: May 20, 2023
Type: Movie
74-year-old Yamazaki, having been handsome as a young gay man, grows narcissistic of his beauty and is unable to bear his own aging. One night, Yamazaki meets a young and beautiful man named Leo. Having loved only himself during his long tumultuous life, Yamazaki falls in love with another person. Through this love, he finally begins to forge the relationships he failed to carve during his youth with his friends and family.
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Touken Ranbu 2
Title: Touken Ranbu 2
Released: March 31, 2023
Type: Movie
In the year 995, due to a secret talk between Michinaga Fujiwara (Akira Emoto) and Seimei Abe (Terunosuke Takezai), Yorimitsu Minamoto (Kanji Tsuda) is ordered to subjugate ghost Shutendoji, who lives in Oe Mountain. Yorimitsu Minamoto and his men soon encounter difficulties in carrying out their mission due to the appearance of strangers. These strangers are handsome warriors Munechika Mikazuki (Hiroki Suzuki), Kunihiro Yamanbagiri (Yoshihiko Aramaki), Hasebe Heshikiri (Masanari Wada), and Toushirou Honebami (Fuma Sadamoto) and they are trying to protect history.
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Title: Captured Hospital
Character: Sadaharu Harima
Released: January 14, 2023
Type: TV
The story is set in a big hospital which is infiltrated and taken over by an armed group wearing devil masks. Musashi Saburo a police officer on leave of absence has to save the hostages within a set time limit.
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Title: Aizo Metropolitan Police Department Psychological Analysis Investigation Team
Released: October 12, 2022
Type: TV
A shocking love-hate incident between men and women that actually happened [What if it happened in Japan now? ] Full drama from the perspective of. What was the purpose of the genius who was arrested on suspicion of murder, sending messages one after another on the Internet video site and moving society?
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Roleless
Title: Roleless
Released: September 16, 2022
Type: Movie
Miyamatsu, who works as a cable-car operator, is also a film extra. Through his different characters he has been living the life of a stranger, only playing that part. Finally he comes face to face with his own life, the one he had lost. Debut film.
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Hand
Title: Hand
Released: September 16, 2022
Type: Movie
Sawako enjoys taking photos of older men and making scrapbooks with them. Although the men she has dated have always been older than her, she has been unable to speak well with her father and they have grown apart.
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Title: Double
Character: Soichi Kurozu
Released: June 4, 2022
Type: TV
While it was raining, Takarada Takara (Yudai Chiba), who works for a company, walked lethargically without an umbrella. Meanwhile, he was led by a hawker for the stage and watched the performance of the theater company Hero. Inspired by the play by Kamoshima Yujin (Kento Nagayama) who was appearing in the performance, Takarada decided to quit the company and go on to become an actor. Kamoshima teaches Takarada who has become a member of the theater company Hero. Among them, he is the only one who notices the talent of Takarada and hopes to make him the best actor in the world. At the same time, he himself continued to dream of becoming the best actor in the world.
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Hazard Lights
Title: Hazard Lights
Character: Takagi
Released: April 15, 2022
Type: Movie
Sugai works as a driver at a chauffeur service company at night. On the night of a full moon weekend, he is told to pair up with a newcomer Kariya. Kariya is a mysterious young guy who gives a silly quiz to Sugai while they work. Sometime later, a drag queen comes to the office and asks for Sugai, saying that someone is trying to kill him. Sugai actually has a past that he could never forget. His colleague tells him that on the night of a full moon weekend something bad would happen...
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Chicken Phoenix
Title: Chicken Phoenix
Released: April 15, 2022
Type: Movie
Childhood friends Sota, and Rakuto are on a journey to find the Phoenix, which shouldn't exist. As adults, there remains a dark shadow over each of them as their lives have progressed, thus they seek a bit of escapism in their travels. Parallel to their own story, is the mysterious bride. Not to mention a deserted youkai snack bar in the underworld, a gang from an SM Castle, an agricultural rapper, a young man on a bike trip, a monk peaching about enlightenment, the owner and operator of an empty movie theater, and more that the duo meet on their aimless journey. The hints of the true colors of life are within the journey, so what kind of Phoenix are they looking for?
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Far, Far Away
Title: Far, Far Away
Released: March 2, 2022
Type: Movie
Sara is 21 years old and works at a family restaurant. She wasn't able to hide her upset at first sight when Takeuchi came to the family restaurant to have an interview. Going back home by bicycle, Yuto, Sara's boyfriend and also her colleague, told her a shocking story. He saw Takeuchi standing on the middle of a road with keeping her eyes closed. Sara expressed her anger and left Yuto there. On the first working day of Takeuchi, after preparing for the opening, Sara and Takeuchi were just waiting for the restauraunt opening, but...........
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99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP
Title: 99.9 Criminal Lawyer: SP
Released: December 29, 2021
Type: Movie
The super unconventional lawyer is back! Our new friends are comic book girls! And the biggest enemy of all! The strongest lawyer who manipulates the prosecution behind the scenes sets out to prove the devil... Take on a case that is 100% impossible to prove!
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I'm a cat!
Title: I'm a cat!
Released: December 3, 2021
Type: Movie
A young woman suffering from amnesia is caught up in a deadly rivalry over a cat.
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The Pretenders
Title: The Pretenders
Released: October 16, 2021
Type: Movie
It depicts two high school girls trying to change the atmosphere of the world with their ideas by setting up a camera in the town and transmitting the footage via SNS.
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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Title: Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Character: Old Onoda
Released: July 21, 2021
Type: Movie
Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.
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Yokosuka1953
Title: Yokosuka1953
Character: Narrator
Released: April 15, 2021
Type: Movie
The name of the director of this documentary is Kigawa Tsuyoshi. Just through having the same family name as Kigawa, he met YOKO. She was born in Yokosuka during the turmoil of post-war Japan and was adopted to the U.S. YOKO know how deep her mother's love for her; however, she had to be adopted and moved to the United States. She hadn't heard from her mother nor meet her more than 66 years. The director searched for her mother's whereabouts and invited YOKO to Japan. The journey to find her mother begins.
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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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孤独のグルメ 2020大晦日スペシャル~俺の食事に密はない
Title: 孤独のグルメ 2020大晦日スペシャル~俺の食事に密はない
Released: December 31, 2020
Type: Movie
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Girls of the Thirteenth Month
Title: Girls of the Thirteenth Month
Released: August 15, 2020
Type: Movie
Kazuho Anamori, a high school girl, was unable to fit in with her class because she was reluctant to withdraw. One day, by chance, she met Miko Karakida, who was born with heart disease, and they became closer. However, six months later, the shrine maiden died while in the hospital. A letter arrives at Ichiho who is sad. "I have a story about Miko Karakida. Come to that room tomorrow night.” What is the story about the shrine maiden? Ichiho goes into the school building at night. A mysterious transfer student, Rin Ukima, who appeared at the same time as the death of the shrine maiden, was waiting there.
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Title: Gray Zone Agency, Inc.
Released: March 23, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: Akira Hamura: The World’s Most Unfortunate Private Investigator
Character: Osamatsu Hayami
Released: January 24, 2020
Type: TV
Akira Hamura likes mystery books. She is 34-years-old, single and works part-time at the Murder Bear Bookshop. She also works as a private investigator. While working on cases, she experiences unlucky and unexpected situations. Because of this, she is known as "The World's Most Unfortunate Private Investigator."
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Title: The Devil's Attorney
Character: Kyohei Misaki
Released: December 7, 2019
Type: TV
Rei Mikoshiba, a lawyer who will do anything to win. Yoko Kusakabe, the clerk who was introduced through Hello Work without knowing about that office and got a job there.
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Last Ninja - Blue Shadow
Title: Last Ninja - Blue Shadow
Released: November 15, 2019
Type: Movie
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RUN!-3films-
Title: RUN!-3films-
Character: 津田沼寛治郎
Released: November 2, 2019
Type: Movie
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Traverse
Title: Traverse
Character: Hwang
Released: November 2, 2019
Type: Movie
An emotionally damaged girl is taken in by a married couple, the Takanashis. Shortly after the start of their happy family, the journalist wife is killed. The villainous forces that murdered his wife now come for Takanashi and his adopted daughter. In order to protect the girl so precious to him, Takanashi stands against them with his karate.
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RUN!-3films-
Title: RUN!-3films-
Character: 神山
Released: November 2, 2019
Type: Movie
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RUN!-3films-
Title: RUN!-3films-
Character: Policeman
Released: November 2, 2019
Type: Movie
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Kakame - Vampire Clay Derivation
Title: Kakame - Vampire Clay Derivation
Character: Kyozo Fushimi
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Kakame, the evil mud through which a frustrated artist filled his revenge spirit, returns to the charge in this direct continuation of Vampire Clay.
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Title: Million Joe
Character: Sako
Released: October 9, 2019
Type: TV
Soichi Kurei is a magazine editor. He is currently working on popular manga series Million Joe. The writer of the manga series is Tsuneo Magata, but he suddenly dies. Soichi Kurei is devastated because he feels Million Joe should be finished. Soichi Kurei then makes a suggestion to Tsuneo Magata's chief assistant Ryota Terashi. The suggestion is to hide the death of Tsuneo Magata and for Ryota Terashi to finish the manga series using Tsuneo Magata's notes.
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Love Stories From Fukuoka 14: Tenjin Love Song
Title: Love Stories From Fukuoka 14: Tenjin Love Song
Released: March 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Miki is a senior in high school who no longer trusts people or go on dates after being betrayed by her classmates and ex-boyfriend. The only meaning in her life is music. Singing with her guitar, she shares videos on social media as SHINO. One day, Miki gets a comment from Naoto, telling her how he was moved by her singing. Naoto was dealing with frustrations as an emergency medical technician but gained strength after hearing Miki sing. Through his encouragement, Miki starts to perform on the streets of Tenjin. They talk on social media and grow closer without meeting in real life. Can a miraculous love story rise from music and social media?
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Kishu Hanshu Yoshimune
Title: Kishu Hanshu Yoshimune
Released: February 8, 2019
Type: Movie
Before Tokugawa Yoshimune, known as the "Ravage Shogun", was the lord of the Kishu domain, before he became the shogun! Yoshimune hides his identity and begins an investigation in the city of Edo in order to find out who he really is. As he grows up, he ends up throwing himself into a turmoil involving the shogunate... This is an entertainment historical drama in which a young 21-year-old named Yoshimune solves the problems of the common people in the city and goes around dealing with merchants and powerful people plotting evil deeds.
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Konomichi
Title: Konomichi
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: Movie
A genius and reckless poet and a hard working musician are asked by the CEO of a children literature magazine to write a war song to send children into the battlefield.
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Conflict III
Title: Conflict III
Released: October 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Washio now reigns as boss of Tendokai, but a deal over casino operating rights ignites a fierce war with a hostile faction in the Kansai region.
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For Love's Sake
Title: For Love's Sake
Released: October 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Shiori is a star university student with an incredible palate for wine who dreams of studying winemaking in France. However, to her dismay she is assigned to a rural sake brewery for her internship. To make matters worse, upon arrival she discovers that the brewery owners don’t exactly want her around. However, as it becomes clear that Shiori will be sticking around, she tries to make the best of things and begins to pitch in at the brewery, perhaps even warming up to the idea of drinking sake. And when the brewery owner falls gravely ill, and his upstart son Kanji is forced to take the lead, Shiori may provide the spark that can save the brewery and change her own life in the process..
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The Name
Title: The Name
Character: Masao Nakamura
Released: June 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Having failed with his business and gone absolutely penniless, Masao (45) divorced with his wife, and is currently leading a hopeless life in Ibaraki. One day, a mysterious high school girl, going by the name Emiko, showed up before Masao. Every now and then, Masao would be toyed around by Emiko, but little by little he started taking a liking to her loveliness. As days went by, Masao started opening up to Emiko – something that he rarely did to others. However, there was just something about Emiko – something that bothered Masao - that wouldn’t go away.
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Recall
Title: Recall
Character: Joji Hamanaka
Released: June 15, 2018
Type: Movie
A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
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3 Foot Ball and Souls
Title: 3 Foot Ball and Souls
Released: May 23, 2018
Type: Movie
A group of four decides to commit suicide using gigantic fireworks. But every time the fireworks explode, they find themselves back in time before they carried out the plan. They suspect the cause to be the young age of one of the members and try to convince the high school girl to quit.
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Vampire Clay
Title: Vampire Clay
Character: Kyozo Fushimi
Released: April 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Absurdity and gore ensue as a possessed pile of clay begins terrorizing students at an art school.
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Title: Izakaya Bottakuri
Released: April 14, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: Special Investigation Nine
Character: Kengo Murase
Released: April 11, 2018
Type: TV
The #9 investigation team has been disbanded and members of the #9 investigation team have been scattered around. One year later, the Chief of the National Police Agency, Sojiro Kandagawa, orders the creation of a special investigation team to cover from the initial investigation until it is sent to the prosecutor's office. Sojiro Kandagawa appoints Sakutaro Munakata as the leader of the special investigation team. Former #9 investigation team members join the special investigation team.
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Being Natural
Title: Being Natural
Character: Keigo Kurihara
Released: April 1, 2018
Type: Movie
A rural gentleman's peaceful life takes a turn for the worse when a couple from Tokyo move to his neck of the woods.
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Checkpoint of the Life
Title: Checkpoint of the Life
Released: March 17, 2018
Type: Movie
Set around Ide, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, Sasaoka Yuri and Ogawa Yosuke have been friends since they were children. They are crazed about bicycling. The two grow up through interacting with people in town.
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Title: Segodon
Character: Matsudaira Shungaku
Released: January 7, 2018
Type: TV
Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.
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Kaeshi 2
Title: Kaeshi 2
Released: December 25, 2017
Type: Movie
After ten years in prison for a high school classmate's murder, Koji gets out and joins the yakuza. But his victim's father has him on his radar. Yamai is released thanks to Akiko but the search for Miyake's killer begins. Security camera footage reveals Seiji to be the culprit.
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Kaeshi
Title: Kaeshi
Released: November 3, 2017
Type: Movie
After ten years in prison for a high school classmate's murder, Koji gets out and joins the yakuza. But his victim's father has him on his radar. Seiji tries to get on with his life after losing his daughter and wife. Ten years later he learns that his daughter's killer has been freed.
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Outrage Coda
Title: Outrage Coda
Character: Choi
Released: October 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.
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Koyoi horoyoi kibun de
Title: Koyoi horoyoi kibun de
Released: June 10, 2017
Type: Movie
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Title: Hiyokko
Character: Manabu Tagami
Released: April 3, 2017
Type: TV
The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo’s working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?
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Slavemen
Title: Slavemen
Character: Yuuzan Kiryu
Released: March 10, 2017
Type: Movie
Yasuyuki Shimada is an ordinary guy who makes films. One day he gets a hold of a camera and a mask which has special powers to go back in time by filming the God of Death who handles all destinies. This is a new type of Dark Action Hero movie, where a simple filmmaker changes his destiny and tries to save his crush!
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Remember!
Title: Remember!
Released: March 2, 2017
Type: Movie
Suzuki is working at a convenience store late at night. A robber enters the store and recognizes him. It turns out the robber is Suzuki's old classmate Sato. But Suzuki can't remember him.
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Title: Tower of Sand
Character: Aso Takefumi
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: TV
Takano Aki is a happy, ordinary housewife whose family (sweet husband and two kids) has moved to their dream apartment. Just as they are starting their new life, they encounter an ominous, terrifying neighbour, Sasaki Yumiko, who manipulates the dark emotions of pride, vanity and jealousy of the housewives living in the apartment building. She drives Aki into isolation within the building with unexpected methods and eventually causes the break up of her family. Meanwhile, a series of abduction cases take place. There seems to be a connection to the kidnapper and the frightening neighbor.
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Title: Yokohama Black
Released: September 1, 2016
Type: TV
A specialized assassination team belonging to the Sagamimutsumi syndicate declares all-out war when rival factions start closing in.
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The Red Museum of Crime Evidence - The Saeko Hiiro Series
Title: The Red Museum of Crime Evidence - The Saeko Hiiro Series
Character: Masayuki Imao
Released: August 29, 2016
Type: Movie
The criminal library, dubbed the “Red Museum”, is a police facility that stores the investigation materials and evidence of major crimes where the statute of limitations has run out. Its director Saeko Hiiro is impassive and not good at communicating with people. One day, Satoshi Terada of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division is assigned to be Saeko’s subordinate. Although he is bewildered by Saeko’s dispassionate demeanor, Terada starts to organize the data which is the primary responsibility of the museum. He encounters a traffic accident on the way to collect evidence. A truck has hit someone. When Terada rushes over, the victim utters the mysterious words “25 years ago... murder swap” and breathes his last. Once Saeko hears this, she declares a reinvestigation.
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Shin Godzilla
Title: Shin Godzilla
Character: Fumiya Mori : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Research and Development Division Director
Released: July 29, 2016
Type: Movie
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
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Title: Otoko Meshi
Character: 甘利文彦
Released: July 16, 2016
Type: TV
University student Wakamizu Ryota (Emoto Tokio), who is the middle of job hunting, gets caught up in a sudden gang dispute. Ryota’s life is saved by Yanagiba Ryuichi (Namase Katsuhisa), the boss of Yanagiba-gumi, and Ryota for some reason ends up harbouring Yanagiba in his own home. Ignoring Ryota who wants him to leave immediately, Yanagiba uses the leftover food in the fridge and starts to prepare a meal without asking. However, the meal is surprisingly delicious despite the leftovers that did not seem possible to combine. This is the beginning of a bizarre communal life connected by meals for a gangster and a university student.
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Laws of Yakuza Chapter 2
Title: Laws of Yakuza Chapter 2
Released: July 13, 2016
Type: Movie
'Laws of Yakuza' sequel.
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Mother Lake
Title: Mother Lake
Released: July 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Set in 2036, famous photographer Fujii goes to a museum near Lake Biwa. He remembers a time twenty years earlier where he had believed that there was a dinosaur, Biwasshi, living in the lake and he had tried to convince people of this.
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Kabuki Drop
Title: Kabuki Drop
Released: June 25, 2016
Type: Movie
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Conflict II
Title: Conflict II
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
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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Stray Dogz 3
Title: Stray Dogz 3
Character: Kiyoshi Sawamura
Released: May 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Tukasa works for Tadaomy’s loan shark company. He picks up more female debtors because of his appealing looks. One day, Erina appears in front of Tukasa. Erina used to be an idol and she now sings on the street.
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Title: 99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Released: April 17, 2016
Type: TV
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
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Lowlife Love
Title: Lowlife Love
Character: Shinjo
Released: April 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.
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Fate of a Prosecutor
Title: Fate of a Prosecutor
Character: Hirotoshi Honda
Released: January 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Hirotoshi Honda, a teacher of a prestigious private girl’s high school, is arrested on suspicion of violating the nuisance prevention ordinance for molestation on a train and sent to prosecutor Sakata. High school student Reina claims he touched her buttocks in the packed train but Honda denies the crime and calls it a fabrication and claims he was blackmailed by Reina on the train platform. Reina denies his allegation. Even for a misdemeanor, Sakata believes not pursuing the truth is like death as a prosecutor.
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Law of Yakuza
Title: Law of Yakuza
Released: January 13, 2016
Type: Movie
Straight to video Yakuza film.
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Title: Fragile
Character: Naohito Sada
Released: January 13, 2016
Type: TV
The story of Kishi Keiichitaro, a dashingly handsome pathologist who is intensely eccentric and brutally honest, but also holds one of the most brilliant minds. A pathologist is a physician whose job is to determine a diagnosis of disease or cause of death based on an assortment of data, including a patient's tissue, bodily fluids, organ samples, blood, etc.
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Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors
Title: Detective Ushio vs. Case Writer Saeko: Survivors
Character: Yoshikatsu Tarumi
Released: January 9, 2016
Type: Movie
The body of Kazuyoshi Kawagishi, a construction company worker, is discovered stabbed to death in Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo. Detective Masanao Ushio of Shinjuku West PD begins an investigation and finds that the murdered Kawagishi was an honest person who didn't have any troubles. Kawagishi worked for a company in Kofu City in Yamanashi, leaving behind his wife and daughter on Awaji Island in Hyogo. He seems to have started working as a laborer 3 years ago, having fallen on hard times when the company went bankrupt. Saeko Kawamura, Ushio's reporter friend, calls him wanting to talk about the case. According to Saeko, Kawagishi was one of the survivors of the "bus hijack arson case" that happened three years ago. In the bus hijack arson case, a man who was hallucinating under the influence of dangerous drugs set fire to an intercity bus going to Shinjuku and departing from Kofu Station...
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Mystery Trilogy Special
Title: Mystery Trilogy Special
Character: (segment "Punished by Poseidon")
Released: November 30, 2015
Type: Movie
This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.
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Stray Dogz
Title: Stray Dogz
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Tadaomy Ando became a yakuza boss at a young age. Because of his subordinate, he quit the yakuza. Now, he learns from Takashi Konaka the trade of illegal money lending and how to collect debts. Tadaomy Ando decides to become a loan shark. He has customers, but has a hard time collecting debts.
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Title: Hatsumori Bemars
Character: Gondawara [Kirei's father]
Released: July 10, 2015
Type: TV
The park of Hatsumori, where Nanase and her friends grew, is in danger of being erased. Will it and its memories survive? Its future will be decided on a softball competition.
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The Ninja War of Torakage
Title: The Ninja War of Torakage
Released: June 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in the Sengoku Period, Torakage is retired ninja. He lives his life peacefully, but turmoil comes as he becomes involved a fight over treasures.
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Misty
Title: Misty
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: Movie
All of a sudden, the city is empty with people. Detective Hideyuki Matsunaga is investigating a kidnapping case. Hideyuki's wife Eri is expecting a baby, but right after the delivery, the baby is kidnapped. For the sake of his baby, Hideyuki desperately tries to recover his broken relation with his wife, but he cannot get a clue. He starts thinking the baby was spirited away by a ghost. He is seized with fear. He looks up to the sky, there is an unearthly aurora swaying to and fro.
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Tamako chan and Kokkubo
Title: Tamako chan and Kokkubo
Character: Torio Hoshino
Released: March 28, 2015
Type: Movie
Hiyoko Hoshino (Aika Hirota) dreams of becoming a princess of the cookie world. One day, she is sucked into a donut hole and arrive in an animated world. She meets a girl named Tamako-chan and the creature Kokkubo. Hiyoko Hoshino visits the animation world everyday, but Tamako-chan dwells in Hiyoko Hoshino's body. Then, Tamako-chan enters this world and they begin to live in turns.
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Title: 太鼓持ちの達人~正しいXXのほめ方~
Released: January 12, 2015
Type: TV
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A Courtesan with Flowered Skin
Title: A Courtesan with Flowered Skin
Character: Toemon Yoshidaya
Released: November 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny. With a strong performance by leading actress Yumi ADACHI and exquisite camerawork and production design, A COURTESAN WITH FLOWERED SKIN succeeds in recalling the golden age of Japanese erotic film.
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Title: Saving My Stupid Youth
Character: Shintaro Murai
Released: October 12, 2014
Type: TV
Heisuke teaches at his alma mater, an all-boy’s Buddhist high school and leads a very ordinary life, except for the fact that he is still tortured by the memory of an unfortunate incident that took place there involving him and his school 14 years ago. In hopes of closure, he strikes upon a plan to jointly hold this year’s Culture Festival with a nearby girl’s school, with which there are chilly relations. Determined at all costs to make the event a success, Heisuke finds himself dealing with a constant stream of problems along the way.
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Title: A Sinner's Lie
Character: Satoshi Mizoguchi
Released: August 31, 2014
Type: TV
Serious legal thriller starring Hideaki Ito which depicts the glory and the darkness of an infamous and highly paid lawyer.
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Three Sisters
Title: Three Sisters
Character: Toru
Released: May 31, 2014
Type: Movie
As a family-run confectionery shop in Kagoshima struggles to stay in business with increasing competition from local supermarkets, the family's three daughters experience various troubles in their private lives.
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Flower & Snake: Zero
Title: Flower & Snake: Zero
Character: Shizuko's husband
Released: May 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Misaki Amemiya is an assistant inspector for the Metropolitan Police Department's Community Safety Bureau who becomes ensnared in a trap while investigating a mysterious illegal video website called "Babylon". Soon, she's bound and tortured along with Shizuko and an oversexed housewife named Ruri.
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Raining Blood
Title: Raining Blood
Character: Kengo Higashino
Released: May 10, 2014
Type: Movie
One day, Naoto receives a package. Inside he finds a book, ‘LIVE’. At the same time, he receives an image on mobile phone of his mother being kidnapped and a call from a mysterious man. “If you don’ t want us to inject the killer virus in your mother, find the hints hidden in the novel and head for the goal in the death race!” Naoto starts running to save his mother with the book in his hand.
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Title: Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Character: Kyoichi Saegusa(三枝 喬一)
Released: April 16, 2014
Type: TV
Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to investigate any wrongdoings in the bank branches. She is the voice of the suppressed staff who are unable to go against their bosses. Her partner is the veteran staff, Soma Ken, whose career with the bank had reached a dead end, no promotions in sight. Together, they resolve all the non-compliance issues at the bank.
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Blossoms Bloom
Title: Blossoms Bloom
Released: April 5, 2014
Type: Movie
Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to slip by the wayside. As his elderly father begins to show signs of dementia, Shunsuke takes the family on a trip in a desperate attempt to pull them together before it is too late. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Masashi Sada's short story of the same name received the awards for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Music at the 1st Asia International Film Festival in Taipei.
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Samurai Cat: The Movie
Title: Samurai Cat: The Movie
Character: Genshichiro Yamada
Released: March 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman who has fallen on hard times in old Edo. Caught between two warring gangs in an epic battle of cat lovers and dog lovers, he begrudgingly accepts the canine faction's offer to assassinate the opposite leader's beloved pet: an adorable white cat. Yet upon raising his lethal sword, he cannot bring himself to go through with the act, and the cat melts his ronin heart. But before finding peace as a newly minted cat person, the still fearsome Madarame will have to take on both gangs in a classic samurai street brawl.
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Tokyo Refugees
Title: Tokyo Refugees
Character: Police Officer
Released: February 22, 2014
Type: Movie
When his father flees from debt, carefree college student Osamu sees his life turn upside-down. Expelled from school and evicted from his apartment, he becomes one of Japan’s many ‘net cafe refugees’, barely scraping by each day with temporary and part-time work. Even though he’s still in Tokyo, his circumstances drive him to see and experience his home city in new ways. Trying to survive, Osamu gradually acquaints himself with the ‘invisible’ spaces occupied by the wanderers and homeless of Tokyo… people just like himself.
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Hello! Junichi
Title: Hello! Junichi
Character: Pharmacy Owner
Released: February 15, 2014
Type: Movie
An elementary student named Junichi is having trouble returning an eraser he borrowed from his secret crush, Maeda. With the support and encouragement of rookie teacher Anna, Junichi gets over his shyness and starts a band with his classmates.
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The Pinkie
Title: The Pinkie
Character: Sasakami
Released: January 24, 2014
Type: Movie
Since they were both five, Ryosuke has been stalked by Momoko - the ugliest girl in the village. Her love for Ryosuke is so boundless that she has her face surgically altered to suit his taste - but still he wants nothing to do with her. Ryosuke goes in for fleeting romance - for example, with the girlfriend of a gangster boss. But when he finds out about their affair, he has Ryosuke's little finger hacked off. Magically, the finger falls into Momoko's hands, and she uses it to clone Ryosuke, so she can finally have him (or almost him) for herself. And this is just the first five minutes of Lisa Takeba's short-but-powerful feature debut. Just like in her previous short films, the director - who cut her teeth in the advertising world and as the writer of a video game - throws a lot of genres and techniques into the mix: from science fiction to gangster films, from hospital eroticism to animation. Hectic and absurd, but with its heart in the right place. © IFFR
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Pet Peeve
Title: Pet Peeve
Released: July 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A motorcycle accident in the city will be the precursor to a series of bizarre phenomena being revealed consecutively. Meanwhile, a girl named Yoko possesses a second sight which allows her to see strange things invisible to others.
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GARO Side Story: The Tougen Flute
Title: GARO Side Story: The Tougen Flute
Character: Kengi
Released: July 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Long ago, a fallen Makai Priestess named Higari became too powerful and after tampering with powers no one should wield, she had to be stopped and was eventually sealed away by another Makai Priest named Sougen. Using his body and his own life, he created the Tougen Flute and sealed Higari shortly after his death. However, through a special ritual, those who seek Higari's power can resurrect her by replaying eight notes on the Tougen Flute to undo Sougen's seal. In the present, while Kouga Saezima has travelled to the promised land (Garo: Soukoku no Maryu), two fallen priests,Jabi and Rekka, will attempt to return Higari.
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Title: Theatre of Darkness: Yamishibai
Character: Storyteller (voice)
Released: July 15, 2013
Type: TV
Yamishibai is a picture-story style of animation whose motif is surrounded and based off the rumors, and urban legends throughout the history of Japan.
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Jellyfish Eyes
Title: Jellyfish Eyes
Character: Tatsuo Kusakabe
Released: April 23, 2013
Type: Movie
In present-day Japan, little Masashi moves from an evacuation center to a small village. There he will discover that every child has the ability to communicate with a fantastic creature, but they are being used in an evil plan to collect the children’s negative energy. Artist Takashi Murakami ‘s debut film is an amazing epic story that is an X-Ray of children’s hopes and fears with the artist’s unmistakable visual style.
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There is Light
Title: There is Light
Released: March 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Saori, a new face of a call girl service for the disabled, meet diverse people like a client with progressive muscular dystrophy, a college student with spinal injury, and a stalker pretending to be the disabled… Encountering with disabled people who live in various circumstances gives Saori, living in despair, a sense of fulfillment and reason for living.
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Title: 八犬伝
Released: March 20, 2013
Type: TV
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Love Bombs
Title: Love Bombs
Released: February 2, 2013
Type: Movie
A mysterious city woman named Kiyomi is cared for by an old village woman. The male villagers are intrigued by Kiyomi, especially Masaru, a young man who the surrogate grandson to the old woman, eats dinner with her every night. Despite constant questioning, Kiyomi refuses to talk about her past. The enigma of her presence only bewitches the men further. Shinji, a writer, gives her the only copy of his book. Tatsuya, a farmer, offers her his ripest tomatoes. Kiyomi acts timid, but she secretly likes the attention. But when the old woman collapses, there is no one to protect the frail city woman. Later, a sinister man from the city arrives looking for Kiyomi. A disturbing truth will be revealed about her while a strange and outrageous battle of love will ensue.
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Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Title: Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope
Character: Hiroaki Watase
Released: February 2, 2013
Type: Movie
Yuria discovered the pleasure of tying herself up in her university days, and resumes the pursuit in order to relieve work stress. She starts a blog to describe the sensation of rope on her skin, and becomes acquainted with a cross-dressing bondage aficionado. Eventually, she grows bolder in practicing her hobby, and begins to wear bindings under her suit while at work.
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Missing
Title: Missing
Released: November 10, 2012
Type: Movie
Members of a university film circle arrive on an uninhabited island for filming. The two-day shooting went successfully as planned, however the pick-up that should have come did not. A few days later, one of the crew members is found dead.
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Title: Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Released: October 18, 2012
Type: TV
Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led many doctors to retire from their positions, forcing hospitals to make use of said program to fill the empty spots at least temporary. However, Michiko doesn’t look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude. In the first episode she raises objections to a certain operation which is planned to be done by the head of a hospital who hasn’t performed an operation for a very long time. This causes Michiko to incur odium at the hospital, however, everyone becomes frozen when Michiko points out the outdated skills of the director. She also holds a scrupulous compliance when it comes to her working hours, never does any unnecessary chores that don’t require a medical license, and couldn’t care less about the power struggles within the hospitals. Nobody knows how she acquired such a top-level skill that allows her to claim exorbitant sums as reward, but her private life is an even greater mystery to everyone around her. Tanaka plays a rookie surgeon, Uchida an anesthetist, Kishibe the head of the placement service, and Ito the head of the surgical department of this institution.
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Dead Sushi
Title: Dead Sushi
Character: Chef Tsuchida
Released: October 1, 2012
Type: Movie
A disgruntled researcher injects his former employers' meal with a serum that turns their sushi into flesh-eating monsters.
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Graffreeter Toki
Title: Graffreeter Toki
Character: Ando
Released: July 14, 2012
Type: Movie
A shopping arcade in a working-class Tokyo neighborhood filled with Baki fans comes under threat when an unscrupulous corporation tries to take over.
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The Carol of the Old Ones
Title: The Carol of the Old Ones
Released: May 12, 2012
Type: Movie
The stage of this piece is a film school. In this setting, there is a heroine aspiring to be a director who has invited a major actress to perform in a film that will become her art project graduation piece. This actress is a lecturer and the heroine feels reverence for her. However, before one knows, the setting falls into complete disorder and the performers are forced to tackle a formidable force that is beyond the control of individuals.
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Title: Legal High
Released: April 17, 2012
Type: TV
A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan.
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Life Back Then
Title: Life Back Then
Character: Teacher Hagiwara
Released: November 19, 2011
Type: Movie
Kyohei Nagashima (Masaki Okada) has shut away the world. During his high school days he was the target of bullying and experienced horrifying moments. Now as a young adult Kyohei takes a new job. He works for a company that specializes in cleaning out the homes of recently deceased individuals. With his new job Kyohei meets co-worker Yuki (Nana Eikura). Yuki has also experienced a traumatizing event as a teen and has also shut herself away from the world. These two young people form a bond as they go through the homes of the recently departed people. They gradually open up to each other and in the process to the world. Yet, their fragile psyches may or may not be ready for such changes ...
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Smuggler
Title: Smuggler
Character: Aloha man
Released: October 22, 2011
Type: Movie
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
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The Warped Forest
Title: The Warped Forest
Released: October 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Settle into your chair and be transported to a place both familiar and alien; where a giant shop-girl can barely fit in her store, there's a weird green pod in every bedroom, and terrifying wood nymphs provide a heartbroken woman with the anatomically correct fruit everyone seems to covet. In the end we are left, like Alice, with the Red King's conundrum: are we dreaming them or are they dreaming us?
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My SO Has Got Depression
Title: My SO Has Got Depression
Character: Kazuo Takazaki
Released: October 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko. They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes.
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Guilty of Romance
Title: Guilty of Romance
Character: Yukio Kikuchi
Released: September 30, 2011
Type: Movie
A detective probes the brutal murder of a woman in a red light district while a housewife hides her double life as a prostitute from her husband.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Released: April 13, 2011
Type: TV
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.
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Moonlight Mask
Title: Moonlight Mask
Character: Soldier Kumakura
Released: March 26, 2011
Type: Movie
The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".
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Love and Treachery
Title: Love and Treachery
Character: Kyosuke Tatsunami
Released: January 22, 2011
Type: Movie
Kyosuke, an editor at a publishing company, keeps his concerns about his stagnant relationship with his wife hidden. As he struggles with his feelings, he meets Reika, the lover of an talented up-and-coming novelist, and becomes obsessed with her.
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The Town's Children
Title: The Town's Children
Released: January 15, 2011
Type: Movie
A man and a woman meet the day before the 15th anniversary of the Great Hanshin earthquake. Both experienced the quake as a child but left soon after the quake. During the course of the long night walk, their life after the quake and the complex relationship to the city of Kobe gradually surface.
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GARO: Red Requiem
Title: GARO: Red Requiem
Character: Makai Knight Kengi
Released: October 30, 2010
Type: Movie
The current wearer of the gold wolf armor Garo, doesn’t believe women can be chosen to wear mystic armor. When Kouga's quest thrusts him into conflict alongside Priestess Rekka, he’s forced to acknowledge that the female species can be deadly!
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Hanjiro
Title: Hanjiro
Released: October 9, 2010
Type: Movie
Japanese history explodes across the screen in the life story of Hitokiri Nakamura Hanjiro, one of the great heroes of the Meiji Restoration. From his earliest beginnings as a country samurai raising sweet potatoes whose exceptional sword skills impressed Saigo...
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Title: Face Maker
Released: October 7, 2010
Type: TV
Dr. Kirishima is a genius plastic surgeon who gives his patients brand new lives.
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Heaven's Story
Title: Heaven's Story
Character: Kuroda
Released: October 2, 2010
Type: Movie
A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can kill him with his bare hands.
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Helldriver
Title: Helldriver
Released: September 28, 2010
Type: Movie
Still reeling from the events of a zombie apocalypse, a young woman, along with a group of allies, makes her way across a dystopian Japan in search of her mother, the Zombie Queen.
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Perfect Blue
Title: Perfect Blue
Released: September 18, 2010
Type: Movie
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Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Director's Cut
Title: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Director's Cut
Character: Takeru's father
Released: August 6, 2010
Type: Movie
A director's cut of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger's first two episodes was released on DVD on August 6th 2010. It was re-released on Bluray Volume 1 on February 7th 2014.
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Surely Someday
Title: Surely Someday
Released: July 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's upcoming festival. When the festival is abruptly concealed, they come up with a dimwitted strategy of faking a bomb threat to the school in order to force the principal to change his mind. Their plan seems to work at first, but when a real bomb goes off, the group is forced to take responsibility for the explosion and they are kicked out of school. Three years later, more details of the incident is revealed as the youth look back on the past.
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Redline
Title: Redline
Character: Trava (voice)
Released: May 27, 2010
Type: Movie
The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium. In this race, not only is anything possible, but also anything is allowed. In fact, their adversaries have modified their vehicles to equip them with highly destructive weapons; with such participants, it is hardly surprising that Redline is forbidden by the authorities, who will try anything to halt the proceedings.
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Mutant Girls Squad
Title: Mutant Girls Squad
Character: Rin's Father
Released: May 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.
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Title: The Cicada's Eighth Day
Released: March 30, 2010
Type: TV
Kiwako Nonomiya is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama, the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law.
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Women Play Twice
Title: Women Play Twice
Released: March 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Segment 1 - actress Saki Aibu plays a woman who doesn't do anything. Segment 2 - actress Asami Mizukawa plays an unlucky woman who messes up a man. Segment 3 - actress Koyuki plays an excessively beautiful woman. Segment 4 - actress Yuka plays an easy/promiscuous woman. Segment 5 - actress Kyoko Hasegawa plays an ordinary woman.
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The King of Jail Breakers
Title: The King of Jail Breakers
Character: Hashimoto
Released: January 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?
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Title: Mr. Straightforward
Character: Tatsuhiko Yamaguchi
Released: January 12, 2010
Type: TV
Matsushima Kenichiro is basically a straight guy because he hates dishonesty. He is an employee at a medium-sized building firm and works in design. However, he is inept when it comes to love. Kenichiro's destiny changes after he meets Kurita Narumi, an audacious, self-centred impish female. He becomes serious about leading her back to the right path which she finds interesting. While getting pushed around by Narumi, who is the exact opposite of him, Kenichiro learns about her way of doing things and way of life. He is stimulated by her and gradually gets attracted to her... Before long, he starts to look at a new self and at the things he had believed were correct, maturing into a more upright man.
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Zero nendai zenkei
Title: Zero nendai zenkei
Released: December 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Kumiko Hoshizaki’s “Akane Sasu Heya” is the story of Maki, a 20-something temp who is sick of her boring job and life in general. The rather bizarre solution she comes up with is to conceive a child behind her boyfriend’s back. Makoto Nagahisa offers the much more impressionistic “Frog.” The story meanders around a bunch of unrelated characters, using experimental techniques like repeated scenes, hallucinatory visuals, blurred shots and disconnected sounds. Lastly, we have “Bouquet Garni,” a much more conventional work from director Junpei Hatano. The plot is centered on a reporter, the relative of a kidnapping victim, and a woman who is obsessed with the case.
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My Rainy Days
Title: My Rainy Days
Character: Kazuki
Released: November 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Because of her past, 17-year-old Rio lives her days filling the emptiness in her heart with money--until one day, she meets a university professor named Kouki and falls in love.
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A Good Husband
Title: A Good Husband
Released: October 14, 2009
Type: Movie
The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.
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Title: Osamu Dazai Short Story Collection
Character: Detective
Released: October 12, 2009
Type: TV
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20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Title: 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Character: Dan Moroboshi
Released: August 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?
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Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Title: Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Character: Kenji Furano
Released: August 15, 2009
Type: Movie
A reconstructed girl is created from the pieces of a vampire girl's mini-butchery. Slaughter abounds as both of them pursue the same boy.
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「Chō」Kowai Hanashi Fikushonzu Hiramatsu Yumeaki no Gankyū Yūen II Ramuzu Kuwaddo
Title: 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi Fikushonzu Hiramatsu Yumeaki no Gankyū Yūen II Ramuzu Kuwaddo
Released: July 3, 2009
Type: Movie
Episode II "Rum's Squad" (Part 1 & 2) As a result of a childhood cock-up, Naoko has the ability to hear the voice of a man who hates this world directly in her head. With an amulet provided by a friend, that voice became inaudible one day... Naoko grew up and became a female detective in the Jonan Police Department, investigating random bizarre murders. The moment she learns from her mother's phone call that the amulet is broken, a man's voice rings in her head again. The voice leads Naoko to the scene of one murder after another. Is it the voice of Onuki (Kanji Tsuda), who has been committing indiscriminate murders...?
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Kyo Kara Hitman
Title: Kyo Kara Hitman
Released: June 26, 2009
Type: Movie
An ordinary salaryman named Tokichi Inaba who inadvertently becomes involved in the death of a legendary hitman. Facing bankruptcy and saddled with a 35-year mortgage, Inaba is coerced into becoming a hitman himself by the mysterious and beautiful troublemaker Chinatsu, all while trying to keep his new wife Misako in the dark about his double life.
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April Bride
Title: April Bride
Character: Okada
Released: May 9, 2009
Type: Movie
On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live. A young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live. Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
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The Code
Title: The Code
Released: May 9, 2009
Type: Movie
For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.
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Blood
Title: Blood
Character: Detective Hoshino
Released: April 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Police Detective Hoshino (Kanji Tsuda) investigates the murder of a maid at a mansion belonging to Miyako Rozmberk (Sugimoto), a seductive vampire mistress and "cougar" all in one. Ukyo Kuronuma (Jun Kaname), an Edo-era swordsman who was turned into a vampire by Miyako is fingered for the crime but before anything can be done about it Hoshino ends up under Miyako's spell as well. This leads Hoshino and Ukyo to battle one another for the privilege of staying with Miyako for eternity.
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Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Title: Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Character: Fisherman Kubo
Released: February 24, 2009
Type: Movie
A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.
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Title: Samurai Sentai Shinkenger
Character: Takeru's father
Released: February 15, 2009
Type: TV
Takeru Shiba, the 18th head of the Shiba family, and Hikoma Kusakabe call four teenager retainers in order to battle the re-emerging Gedoushu. They transform into Shinkengers by using Shodo Phones.
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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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Keita's First Dream of the New Year (Director's Cut)
Title: Keita's First Dream of the New Year (Director's Cut)
Character: Sosuke Takimoto
Released: January 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Under Anchor Headquarters is strictly off limits to all outsiders to protect the confidentiality of their activities. However, one day at lunchtime, Chigusa allowed the agents to "deliver", and this iron rule collapsed. Each of them was excited about the first event and asked for what they liked. However, the Chinese restaurant that received a sudden large order took a lot of time to cook, and there is no sign that it will arrive even after the lunch break. With so much hunger and impatience, the agents gradually get angry. Meanwhile, the news of a large-scale cyber attack arrived at the Kasumigaseki Central Information Management Center. (Director's cut of episode 35 of the Cellphone Investigator 7 TV show).
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Non-ko
Title: Non-ko
Released: December 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Nobuko tried to be successful as an actress in Tokyo (stage name ‘Nonko’), but wasn’t popular. She married her manager and soon divorced. Now a once-divorced woman in her mid-30s, she returns home to the Shinto shrine that her family runs, to help out with domestic chores. Her father is always in a stubborn rage, her mother is always trying to calm things down. However, Nonko’s married sister, who already has a daughter, scathingly says of Nonko, “It’s all over for her.”
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My Grandma
Title: My Grandma
Character: Architect Sakakida
Released: December 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the family who live in the house. However, he has been working so hard that he has forgotten to cherish his own family. When he looks after a client who wants to leave her father-in-law in a nursing home, it reminds him of his grandmother whom he loved so much. Father's death, grandmother's struggle with disease, and home care - those were grueling times, but the memories have become invaluable for Tomohiro. He realizes his family is the most precious thing of all. On a day off, he and his family decide to visit his mother who lives alone in their old hometown.
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Title: Prisoner
Character: Saeki
Released: November 16, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Michiko & Hatchin
Character: Hiroshi Morenos (voice)
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: TV
Hana is a nine-year-old girl who lives in constant fear of her abusive family; Michiko is a sexy woman who has just done the unthinkable: broken out of the impenetrable Diamandra Penitentiary. After Hana is whisked away by Michiko, who claims to be her mother, the duo sets forth on a high octane ride towards freedom. In the streets of Brazil and aboard Michiko's motorcycle, Hana and Michiko will look for Hana's long lost father, try to learn to co-exist and get along together, and stay one step ahead of the police and afro-clad Atsuko.
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安楽椅子探偵と忘却の岬
Title: 安楽椅子探偵と忘却の岬
Released: October 3, 2008
Type: Movie
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Tokyo Sonata
Title: Tokyo Sonata
Character: Kurosu
Released: September 27, 2008
Type: Movie
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
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Lupin's News
Title: Lupin's News
Released: September 21, 2008
Type: Movie
The suicide of a female teacher 15 years ago was actually a murder. A new investigation team, spearheaded by Mizorogi, is formed based on new information turned in to the police. Obsessed about cracking cases right up till the statute of limitation, Mizoguchi has a bitter thought about a 300 million yen case that has reached the statute of limitation... When he goes to investigate the male high school student(s) whom the woman had taught and other persons related to the deceased, he sees an unexpected connection with another case...
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The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Title: The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Released: September 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Teru (Yuya Endo) has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on his bicycle. Being a cycling fanatic, who resents defeat, he joins Kamegaoka High School, which used to boast a powerful cycling club. There he meets Hatomura (Yuichi Nakamura), an ace of the club who wants to turn around the club which has deteriorated to the point of dissolution, and Yuta (Hiroki Suzuki), an aloof cycling genius with unshaken confidence in his speed who does not allow others to follow him. Meeting a rival that is faster than him for the first time, Teru joins the club in order to challenge them. His only interest, however, is his own cycling speed. Joining the club teaches Teru the importance of teamwork to support the lead cyclist and to place priority on the victory of the team. --AsianWiki
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Out-of-range Woman (Director's Cut)
Title: Out-of-range Woman (Director's Cut)
Character: Sosuke Takimoto
Released: August 27, 2008
Type: Movie
Riding a scooter with Seven left at home, Keita went on a solo trip. Along the way, he meets a mysterious woman. She behaves strangely and elusively. Keita's scooter broke down, and he has to stay overnight at a hot spring inn. A strong yakuza gives him mysterious advice. (director's cut for episodes 19 and 20 of the 'Cellphone Investigator 7' TV show).
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R246 STORY
Title: R246 STORY
Released: August 23, 2008
Type: Movie
The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7 kilometers long Route 246 passes through Japanese trendsetting areas such as Aoyama, Omotesando, Harajuku, and Shibuya, on its way to Numazu City in Shizuoka Prefecture.
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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Title: 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Character: Moroboshi
Released: August 19, 2008
Type: Movie
In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?
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Mime-Mime
Title: Mime-Mime
Released: July 19, 2008
Type: Movie
This spunky indie revolves around an independent young woman who faces an alienating world with her own set of values and relationships. Makoto does not lead a “good” life. She hates her family, dates a married man, and moonlights as a phone sex operator. Though she is busy everyday with work and rituals, she has no idea where her meaningless life is heading. Then one day, a good man, as kind and grounded as they come, enters her life and tries to straighten things out.
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My Darling of the Mountains
Title: My Darling of the Mountains
Released: May 24, 2008
Type: Movie
In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor and a blind masseur cross.
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Cell Phone Investigator 7: Pilot
Title: Cell Phone Investigator 7: Pilot
Character: Sosuke Takimoto
Released: April 2, 2008
Type: Movie
Masaka Kubota plays high-school student Keita, who leads a secret life as a "network investigator" for a secret organization. In the introductory episode, Keita has moved to a new school in Tokyo but doesn't like it. His best friend from his previous school comes to Tokyo and they run away together. Passing through a construction site the pair are attacked by a robot, but are then saved by a man named Takimoto and his strange sidekick — a cell phone with arms and legs. This Buddy Keitai cell phone with "human intelligence capabilities" will go on sale in Japan in April.
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Title: Cellphone Investigator 7
Character: Sosuke Takimoto
Released: April 2, 2008
Type: TV
Seeking an escape from his mundane life, high-schooler Keita Amishima stumbles into the secret life of an agent of UNDER ANCHOR - a covert organisation combating cyber terrorism. Keita isn't alone, as he is partnered with an A.I. - the Phone Braver "Seven". Together, Keita and Seven work to counter cyber crimes, all the while dealing with the machinations of a rogue Phone Braver, "Zero One".
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Konna otona no onnanoko
Title: Konna otona no onnanoko
Character: Dr Higuchi
Released: November 10, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on the comic book by Marie Abiko.
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Title: Hataraki Man
Character: Fumiya Sugawara
Released: October 10, 2007
Type: TV
Matsukata Hiroko is a super busy magazine editor. Just like any other 28-year-old woman, she enjoys going on dates with her boyfriend, fashion and her private life. But once she turns her switch into working mode, she sacrifices all that and dedicates her life to her job. That's when her colleagues refer to her as the Hataraki Man (working man). Her success at work however doesn't give her total satisfaction. --NTV
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Asyl: Park and Love Hotel
Title: Asyl: Park and Love Hotel
Released: October 8, 2007
Type: Movie
There is an old love hotel in Tokyo's Shinjuku district where couples can rent a room by the hour for romantic assignations. However, few of its regular customers seem to come there for sexual encounters; the hotel has become a hangout for rootless teenagers, senior citizens looking for a place to relax, and kids that play under the watchful eye of its owner...
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Loving You
Title: Loving You
Released: July 28, 2007
Type: Movie
After Noboru saves Hayase from drowning by giving him mouth-to-mouth, Hayase grows confused about his feelings. It doesn't help that around the same time he meets Noboru's twin brother, Ryū, who has a very different, outgoing personality.
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The Scary Folklore: Ura no Sho
Title: The Scary Folklore: Ura no Sho
Released: July 27, 2007
Type: Movie
Five years have passed since 12 members of the choir were brutally murdered in the music room of Seiran Jogakuin, a prestigious school in the suburbs of Tokyo. A TV news crew visits the scene to clarify the rumor that children's songs can be heard from coming from the closed school. Accompanied by Kyoko, an acoustic analyst, the team begins their own investigation into the incident, but one after another, strange things begin to happen to the staff...
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Kissho Tennyo
Title: Kissho Tennyo
Released: June 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A story about Sayoko Kano, a junior high school student, who is believed to be a descendent of an Indian goddess. Sayoko is a kind of femme fatale, who uses her supernatural power to control people, especially men.
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The Brutal Hopelessness of Love
Title: The Brutal Hopelessness of Love
Character: Okano
Released: March 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband Yosuke has an affair with a young actress Junko whereas in the movie, Nami acts as an actress whose husband has an extramarital relationship with a young girl, with Yosuke as the husband and Junko as the new girl friend. In the course of the interview, Nami falls into deep thoughts and flashbacks about her lascivious encounters with strangers in a night train, in the movie as in the reality. Despite whether her intention is to revenge her husband or to satisfy her own desires, Nami demonstrates bewitching charm in a series of intercourse with different men, positions and locations. Director Takashi Ishii attempts to explore female sexual psychology through perfect blends of aesthetic nudity and violence.
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Sakuran
Title: Sakuran
Character: Customer
Released: December 7, 2006
Type: Movie
Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.
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Gamera the Brave
Title: Gamera the Brave
Character: Kousuke Aizawa
Released: November 11, 2006
Type: Movie
A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle that grows into a new version of Gamera. But will it become powerful enough in time to defeat the rampaging monster Zedus?
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Cat-Eyed Boy
Title: Cat-Eyed Boy
Released: October 16, 2006
Type: Movie
A film adaption of the manga Cat Eyed Boy by famous horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The film follows a strange boy with cat like features.
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Berna
Title: Berna
Released: September 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A blind woman acquires a guide dog, and faces prejudice in 1980s Japan.
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The Pavillion Salamandre
Title: The Pavillion Salamandre
Character: Tsubame
Released: September 16, 2006
Type: Movie
Four beautiful sisters are entrusted with taking care of Kinjiro, a giant salamander and national treasure. Rumors spread that Kinjiro is an impostor, so a genius x-ray technician is sent to run some tests.
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The Midnight Girls
Title: The Midnight Girls
Released: August 12, 2006
Type: Movie
An omnibus-style youth drama consisting of 4 episodes. Five girls who go to high school near Tokyo. Mio who meets the homeless in Shibuya at night, Akira who had hidden her best friend's happiness, Kaori who loved her teacher...
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Japan Sinks
Title: Japan Sinks
Released: July 15, 2006
Type: Movie
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
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Mrs. Scarlet Rose
Title: Mrs. Scarlet Rose
Released: May 27, 2006
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Oniroku Dan.
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Title: Homicide Team 9
Character: Kengo Murase
Released: April 19, 2006
Type: TV
The members of this elite investigative team are unique individuals with their own personal troubles, but what unites them is their strong sense of justice. They each channel all their energy and skill to solve the most difficult cases.
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LoveDeath
Title: LoveDeath
Released: February 24, 2006
Type: Movie
A man and a woman are together on the 'Chrysalis Day', the fatal day everything in your life will be decided depends on how you spend the day. A violent man holding pure love, Sai and a stunningly beautiful playgirl, Sheila. While Sheila flees with a large sum of money, she is chased by a cool but violent gang, crazy killers and an out of control cop. No one can stop Sai and Sheila's love runaway.
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Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet
Title: Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet
Character: The White-Robed Man
Released: January 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Based on the Best Selling Anime Series "SAIKANO" Shy coed Chise (played by Aki Maeda from Battle Royale) is madly in love with high school athlete Shuji. The two share a bond which only intensifies when war breaks out in futuristic Japan. But Chise has a secret that - if revealed - would not only destroy her relationship but would also put her life at risk. Chise is not an ordinary teenage girl, she is actually the ultimate weapon of mass destruction, a genetically engineered cyborg built specifically for extreme military use. When she goes into battle, Chise strikes fear in everyone around her, including her own troops. Her boyfriend must never know.
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Title: Izumo no Okuni
Character: Kyozo
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: TV
Izumo no Okuni was born about 1571. This time period in Japanese history was fraught with struggle. It was known as the Period of Warring States, that is, the land barrons (daimyo) fought against one another for power. Her father was a blacksmith for the Izumo Grand Shrine and, consequently, the family served as well. It was a custom to send priests and young women, such as Buddhist nuns, among others to solicit contributions. Izumo was sent to Kyoto to perform sacred dances and songs. Her Okuni Kabuki was known and applauded throughout the land. After 25 years she retired.
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Title: Time Limit Investigator
Character: Koichiro Karasawa
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: TV
Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.
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Be The World For Her
Title: Be The World For Her
Released: December 14, 2005
Type: Movie
Love story between a cloned boy and bullied high school girl.
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Kamen Rider: The First
Title: Kamen Rider: The First
Character: Bat
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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Curtain Call
Title: Curtain Call
Released: November 12, 2005
Type: Movie
Kaori is pursuing her career as a journalist for a magazine with great enthusiasm. But as a result of an article she wrote, she is sent to work for a community magazine at Fukuoka. An anonymous letter arrives, which puts her in contact with an old and forgotten theater, the 'Minato Theater' in nearby Shimonoseki.
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Funky Forest: The First Contact
Title: Funky Forest: The First Contact
Character: Tsuda
Released: October 25, 2005
Type: Movie
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
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Title: One Missed Call
Released: October 14, 2005
Type: TV
Yumi, a writer of a science magazine, witnesses a mysterious death of a high school girl who received a "one missed call" from her own cell phone, two weeks in the future. The disturbing message on the cell phone turns out to be the screams of the victim.
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Title: GARO
Character: Tousei Kaneshiro
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: TV
"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, Mankind was given hope." The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
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Title: GARO
Character: Kengi
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: TV
"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, Mankind was given hope." The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
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Miracle Banana
Title: Miracle Banana
Released: October 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Sachiko Mishima a young Japanese woman get sent to Haiti as a dispatch member for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She thinks she is going to the holiday resort of Tahiti by mistaking Tahiti for Haiti). While in Haiti with the help of a Japanese craftsman she learns paper can be made from bananas. She embarks on a mission to create paper for the Haiti residents to help them.
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Title: Detective Office 5: Another Story
Character: 520
Released: September 29, 2005
Type: TV
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Takeshis'
Title: Takeshis'
Character: Film Director
Released: September 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
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The Great Yokai War
Title: The Great Yokai War
Character: Tadashi's Father
Released: August 6, 2005
Type: Movie
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
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Onmyō Girl: Two
Title: Onmyō Girl: Two
Released: July 29, 2005
Type: Movie
The second volume of the action horror drama starring popular idol Minako Komukai.
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Title: "Chô" Kowai Hanashi THE MOVIE / Yami no Eiga-sai
Released: July 22, 2005
Type: Movie
After a night of nightmares, a man wakes up and tries to learn the identity of his "terrible dream". A newlywed couple stopped by. There, the newlywed is told an eerie prophecy by an old fortune teller.
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Water Flower
Title: Water Flower
Character: Takashi Nagahara
Released: July 14, 2005
Type: Movie
Minako is at the age where her father is more like an alien to her than a person. The situation is exacerbated when he comes home drunk one night and tries to climb on top of her. Minako's mother deserted them for another man when Minako was a child. Now working as a hostess, she has little time for her own six year-old daughter, Yu, Minako's half sister. Both girls are yearning for their mother's love. Minako runs into Yu at a game center in the mall and proposes they take a trip. She changes out of her school uniform and into adult clothes and the pair hops on an overnight bus out of the city.
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Jyukai: The Sea of Trees Behind Mt. Fuji
Title: Jyukai: The Sea of Trees Behind Mt. Fuji
Character: Toshio Yamada
Released: June 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Near the slopes of Mount Fuji, there is a so called suicide forest, an infamous place where people who are tires of living have their last breath of air. The four different stories of this film all revolve around this place.
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Taga kokoro nimo ryu wa nemuru
Title: Taga kokoro nimo ryu wa nemuru
Character: Soda Isohata
Released: June 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Terumi has no memory of her life leading up to when she nearly drowned as a child in her town's local lake, Lake Shoryu. Terumi has been supported by her family and her close childhood friend Yukio since that time, although her family also does not seem to understand the reason for this childhood incident. 12 years later, Terumi finally decides to leave her town for a new job, but before doing so, begins investigating the drowning incident together with Yukio in order to know the truth. During her investigations, Terumi meets a man named Soda, who seems to have the same experience of nearly drowning and recovering with no memory as she does. As she digs deeper, a strange relationship between her and the legend of Lake Shoryu begins to surface.
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Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Diet
Title: Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Diet
Character: Detective
Released: June 18, 2005
Type: Movie
When an overweight girl gets dumped by her lover, she resolves to impress him by going on an extreme diet. All goes well at first, but when she is reunited with her former lover, she begins to feel the hunger pains once again...
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Title: Roomshare no Onna
Released: January 10, 2005
Type: TV
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Jam Films 2
Title: Jam Films 2
Released: December 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Jam Films 2 features 4 short films by different Japanese directors.
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Road 88: Deaiji shikoku e
Title: Road 88: Deaiji shikoku e
Released: November 6, 2004
Type: Movie
A young girl with leukemia travels a pilgrimage by skateboard.
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Kiss & Hurt
Title: Kiss & Hurt
Character: Yamazaki
Released: October 30, 2004
Type: Movie
Shun Kosaka has a dream of becoming a novelist and lives in a byte at convenience stores at night. He happened to meet Natsuki, and his life began to change. However, they get involved in an incident related to the local mafia.
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Sodom the Killer
Title: Sodom the Killer
Released: October 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Bad things happen when innocent blood is shed. In the early 1700s, Lord Sodom Ichibei is happily celebrating his wedding day when his wife-to-be suddenly dies. In his search for an explanation, he kills any and every suspect he comes across. When Lord Ichibei tortures and kills two innocent girls, their death brings about a curse on the Sodom family. Three hundred years later, one of Sodom's descendents, Ichiro, is also set to be married. But one of the innocent victims has been reincarnated as Ichiro's sister and she kills everyone at the wedding. This transforms Ichiro into the evil and vengeful "Sodom The Killer", a cursed man hell-bent on slaughter and the world's destruction...
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[Is A.]
Title: [Is A.]
Released: October 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Detective Mimura was living peacefully with his loving wife and son when the latter two were killed in an explosion caused by a 14-year-old boy, Yuya. Four years later, when Yuya is released from juvenile detention centre, Mimura's feelings towards the boy have evolved from grief to outright hatred, and he must cope with the pain. Meanwhile, Yuya's father quits his job as a teacher and dedicates himself to compensate the victims and to take care of his son. While the adults are trying to come to terms with their disrupted lives, Yuya is about to test the law again...
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The Boy from Hell
Title: The Boy from Hell
Character: Detective
Released: October 4, 2004
Type: Movie
A mysterious old woman appears before Setsu, who has recently lost her only child in a tragic accident. She says she can bring Setsu's son, Daio back to life. After agreeing to this sinister proposal, Daio returns to his mother, but to Setsu's horror, he is half decomposed and inhuman. To make him human again, he needs fresh human organs. Setsu does everything she can to reincarnate her son, but Daio just turns into a different kind of monster. No one can stop him as he continues to feed his hunger, claiming victim after victim.
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Survive Style 5+
Title: Survive Style 5+
Character: Tsuda - Burglar
Released: September 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
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Love Kill Kill
Title: Love Kill Kill
Character: Satoshi Minagawa
Released: August 28, 2004
Type: Movie
A porn fanatic, a drifter, a jobless man and a magic-mushroom farmer are drawn together at an orgy.
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The Wings of Hakenkreuz
Title: The Wings of Hakenkreuz
Released: July 24, 2004
Type: Movie
When a man who as a student wanted to burn down his school meets a man years later, his new friend falls in love with the former female class-mate who herself is in love with the would-be arsonist.
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Hole
Title: Hole
Released: July 10, 2004
Type: Movie
An omnibus film consisting of four stories on the theme of "holes" by four directors.
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Title: Sasori
Released: June 19, 2004
Type: TV
On her 18th birthday, Nami witnesses the brutal murder of her parents by a man with a burn on his hand. She is then falsely accused of the crime and sent to jail. Sworn to vengeance, Nami battles corrupt officials and cruel inmates to escape prison, only to search through the underbelly of Japanese society to find the man with a burn on his hand, ‘stinging’ anyone in her way.
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Title: Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Character: Johnny
Released: May 8, 2004
Type: Movie
While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
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Samurai Chicks
Title: Samurai Chicks
Released: April 24, 2004
Type: Movie
On of the southernmost islands of Japan, there's a dance school 'Orion Dancers Academy'. Hiding its public identity as a training school of singers and dancers, it actually operates as a girl-warrior training school, in order to win independence of the island. The secretly trained agents watch the music video of charismatic idol Cocoe on a huge TV monitor, and unlock codes from her dancing to complete their missions. However, the dark shadow of a rival organization slowly sneaks up on the girls and the training school on the island.
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A Day on the Planet
Title: A Day on the Planet
Character: Matsumoto
Released: February 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki & her boyfriend Nakazawa join the party and get drunk easily after the friendship reunion. Kate has a crush on one of the cute guy who doesn't have any interests on her though. The cheerful and unforgettable night is full of joy while the whales and the thief incidents also attract the attention of them. Before the sunrise, seven friends meet again on the beach so as to witness the fade of youth days.
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The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage
Title: The Suicide Manual 2: Intermediate Stage
Released: December 26, 2003
Type: Movie
There has been a surge in the number of people killing themselves; a mysterious DVD is found on the bodies of the victims... Nozomi falls under the spell of a deadly cult. Yousuke, the policeman she is dating, soon realizes that the cult has something to do with the DVD. Then one day all trace of the group disappear--along with Nozomi.
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Seventh Anniversary
Title: Seventh Anniversary
Released: November 22, 2003
Type: Movie
Each time Lulu is heartbroken small stones come out of her body. The doctor tells Lulu they are kidney stones. She collects them in memoriam of love.
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Karaoke Terror
Title: Karaoke Terror
Character: Seo
Released: November 8, 2003
Type: Movie
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!
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FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
Title: FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
Released: November 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"
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Zatoichi
Title: Zatoichi
Character: Playboy at Home
Released: September 6, 2003
Type: Movie
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost
Title: Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost
Character: Mina's father
Released: August 16, 2003
Type: Movie
In the near future, the world is ruled by the Smart Brain Corporation, with 90% of the population being Orphnoch, and the once prominent human race is nearing extinction. Takumi Inui, Kamen Rider Faiz, was once regarded as mankind’s savior until, in an attack by Smart Brain troops, he was presumed dead. Since then, human rebel groups have staged attacks on Smart Brain’s complex in an attempt to steal the top-secret Emperor Belts, with no success. Kiba Yuji, Naoya Kaidō and Yuka Osada attempt to ease tensions between both races but their peace meeting is interrupted by Smart Brain troops and their newest warrior, Kamen Rider Psyga. Takumi, believing himself a young cobbler named Takeshi, regains his memory and becomes Kamen Rider Faiz again to settle things with Smart Brain once and for all.
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Age 17
Title: Age 17
Character: Smart cop
Released: June 21, 2003
Type: Movie
Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades.
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Demon Hunting
Title: Demon Hunting
Released: May 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Demon Hunting is a Japanese made-for-television horror movie. It originally aired as the second episode of Series Kyōfu Yawa in 2003. Nozomi Ando stars as Michiru, a teenager who makes a pact with a demon to kill the rival classmate who's dating the teacher she is in love with herself, Mr. Kamata (Hideo Sakaki). While she's at it, she also asks to see the world destroyed. Her memory of this pact is erased and eventually her wishes begin to come true...
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Most Dangerous  Deka Matsuri
Title: Most Dangerous Deka Matsuri
Released: May 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Third installment of the Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 11 films made under the conditions: "the main character must be a detective" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes" "at least five gags must be included"
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A Forest with No Name
Title: A Forest with No Name
Character: No. 17
Released: March 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Private detective Mike takes on an assignment to return a girl, who is set to marry into a prestigious family, from a mysterious commune in the forest.
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Title: Sky High
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: TV
Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough to spawn the 2003 feature film of the same name. Both are based on the Japanese manga, Skyhigh. Shaku stars as Izuko, the Guardian of the Gate to the afterlife. The basic premise of the television series is somewhat similar in concept to the American series, Ghost Whisperer, in which the protagonist must use her powers to guide the dead on their journey to the afterlife by helping them determine the meaning or circumstance of their death. However, in Izuko's case, no matter how hard she tries, her guidance does not always result in a happy ending.
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Making-of Demon Hunting
Title: Making-of Demon Hunting
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes footage of Satoshi Torao's film Demon Hunting.
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The Phantom of August
Title: The Phantom of August
Released: December 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Mamoru works as an illustrator in Tokyo. He and his girlfriend decide to visit his hometown of Onomichi. It is a bitter-sweet homecoming, for Mamoru has not been home in eight years. Upon his return, he experiences flashbacks of his ex-girlfriend, who died eight years ago. Feeling a sense of vulnerability, he visits the temple that he used to frequent in the past. There he sees a vision of Megumi, his ex-girlfriend...
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Alter Ego
Title: Alter Ego
Character: Hiroki Isaka
Released: December 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Three aspiring young Japanese models are on their very first fashion shoot at an abandoned school one hot summer day. Without warning, strange events begin occurring around the set that causes the models and photo crew to question their sanity, as one by one they begin to die agonizing and painful deaths that are seemingly caused by none other than themselves.
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恋に唄えば♪
Title: 恋に唄えば♪
Released: November 3, 2002
Type: Movie
A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone on Earth.
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Ju-on: The Grudge
Title: Ju-on: The Grudge
Character: Katsuya Tokunaga
Released: October 18, 2002
Type: Movie
When social worker Rika is sent to check on a traumatized old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source.
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Dolls
Title: Dolls
Character: Young Hiro
Released: October 12, 2002
Type: Movie
Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former's parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss' daughter.
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Rock'n'Roll Mishin
Title: Rock'n'Roll Mishin
Released: September 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Kenji has a dull life. He is unmotivated at the office, and unable to break off a lukewarm relationship with his girlfriend. Then, he meets an old classmate from high school, Ryoichi. Ryoichi says he's starting up a clothing brand with a group of friends. One day, Kenji visits their atelier, or workplace, and is fascinated by the sense of freedom that they share. As his relationship with them deepens, Kenji finds it harder and harder to accept the old world he comes from. One day, he punches his boss and quits his job. Now a proper member of Ryoichi's team, it's the start of a new and carefree life for him. However, it is short-lived. The clothes they make do not sell as well as they hoped for. Short on cash, energy, and ideas, the negative feedback loop forces each of them to start struggling in a search for alternative paths.
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Kamen Rider Ryuki Special 13 Riders
Title: Kamen Rider Ryuki Special 13 Riders
Character: Daisuke Okubo
Released: September 19, 2002
Type: Movie
This television special is an alternate telling of the Kamen Rider Ryuki story. Shinji Kido's life, working as an employee at ORE Journal, takes a sharp turn after being pulled into the Mirror World by a Mispider. Luckily, he was saved by a Kamen Rider Ryuki, Koichi Sakakibara. However, Sakakibara could no longer go on due to the severity of his injuries and passed his Card Deck to Shinji, allowing him to become the next Ryuki and defeat the monster.
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Drive
Title: Drive
Released: August 24, 2002
Type: Movie
Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed limit even under the extreme situation.
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Kamen Rider Ryuki Episode Final
Title: Kamen Rider Ryuki Episode Final
Character: Daisuke Okubo
Released: August 17, 2002
Type: Movie
This movie is an alternate ending to the series, taking place after the events of episode 46. With only six Riders remaining in the Rider War, Shirō Kanzaki feels that time is running short.
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Ping Pong
Title: Ping Pong
Character: Arcade Couple
Released: July 20, 2002
Type: Movie
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
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Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka
Title: Better Left Unsaid / Mr. Yamaoka
Character: Tsuda
Released: July 3, 2002
Type: Movie
A middle-aged push-over has an argument with two friends at the hotel he reserved for their holiday. They pick on him until an unexpected protector starts defending him. / An alien homeroom teacher gives career advice to a student.
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Title: The Private Detective Mike
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: TV
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
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Copycat Killer
Title: Copycat Killer
Character: Hiromi Kurihashi
Released: June 8, 2002
Type: Movie
Masahiro Nakai (SMAP) stars in this hit film based on the best-selling novel by Miyuki Miyabe. Directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, the film also stars Tsutomu Yamazaki and Yoshino Kimura. The title “Mohouhan” means “copycat”, and it tells the story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public.
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Filament
Title: Filament
Released: March 22, 2002
Type: Movie
Japanese film directed by Jinsei Tsuji.
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Title: Trava: Fist Planet
Character: Trava (voice)
Released: March 2, 2002
Type: TV
Ace pilot Trava and his personal mechanic buddy Shinkai, on their way to mark an out-of-the-way planet, pick up Mikuru, a girl with no memory. The three are about to discover that the planet is more than it seems.
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GO
Title: GO
Character: Henchman of Kato's Father
Released: October 20, 2001
Type: Movie
Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.
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Hotoke
Title: Hotoke
Released: August 25, 2001
Type: Movie
Rai pedals his bike and trailer about town, collecting old iron and sowing flower seeds. Because his face never seems to show emotion, everybody calls him Hotoke - meaning Buddha. His elder brother Shiba, however, is tough as nails and works the black market. Rai is building a gigantic statue of Buddha from the scrap metal he has gathered over the years. He prays the Buddha he is creating will come to life and rid the world of its cruelty.
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Luxurious Bone
Title: Luxurious Bone
Released: August 25, 2001
Type: Movie
Miyako works as a call girl, living with her close friend Sakiko. After encountering a client, Shintani, with whom Miyako experiences sexual pleasure for the first time in her life, the two women begin to drift apart. Miyako suggests that Shintani should sleep with Sakiko, an event that draws the three into a love triangle in which their various flaws and anxieties are reflected.
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Title: Unmarried Family
Released: July 5, 2001
Type: TV
Sanada plays a salariman who just lost his job. Yonekura, his wife, is a dancer who gave up her career when they got married. In the middle of family crisis, Yonekura leaves to pursue her dream. Sanada is stuck with their only son. Suzuki, his old flame -turn jet set career woman- is forced to take care of them. Will the romance spark again, now that Sanada already has family, and Suzuki has a younger man, Makoto, beside her?
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Desert Moon
Title: Desert Moon
Character: Satetsu
Released: June 19, 2001
Type: Movie
A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.
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Distance
Title: Distance
Character: Masaru's Elder Brother
Released: May 26, 2001
Type: Movie
On the eighth anniversary of a cult's failed chemical attack on Tokyo and their subsequent mass suicide, family members of those affected gather at the cult's former base on the shores of a lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
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Love Song
Title: Love Song
Character: Ishikawa
Released: April 28, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1985 Hokkaido, Akiko gets close to a record store clerk after he lends her his copy of a Yutaka Ozaki album.
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Eko Eko Azarak: Awakening
Title: Eko Eko Azarak: Awakening
Released: April 28, 2001
Type: Movie
The fourth movie in the highly sucessful Eko Eko Azarak series. Following the events of the second movie, Misa discovers, along with the rest of Japan, the strength of her newly acquired powers when she and her friends are attacked in the woods…
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Gips
Title: Gips
Released: April 24, 2001
Type: Movie
22-year old secretary Kazuko first bumps into Tamaki on the way back from work. Tamaki is crawling along the sidewalk on crutches at a snail's pace, and stumbles into the young audiotypist after apparently having trouble with an ill-fitting shoe over her cast. After helping her back to her feet, Kazuko follows Tamaki back to her apartment, the two of them barely exchanging words. Once in Tamaki's room, Kazuko is dispatched on an errand to fetch some beer... Their game begins..
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Quartet for Two
Title: Quartet for Two
Character: Ramen-ya no kyaku
Released: March 31, 2001
Type: Movie
Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is progressing in her successful career, while her husband eagerly takes care of the house and the kids. He buys groceries, he cooks, he does the laundry – constantly. The couple’s arguing intensifies until Minaka files for divorce. Their older daughter Mari isn’t that upset by her parent’s problems as she’s more interested in the piano piece she’s got to play with her mother at a concert organised by her music school; admittedly, she’s also rather interested in her music teacher. But her younger brother Toru feels betrayed by his mother and can’t manage to reconcile himself to his father’s role as a housewife. A partial reconciliation occurs at Minako and Mari’s concert, where their entrance on stage is met with loud applause.
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Sunflower
Title: Sunflower
Character: Kohei
Released: October 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Reunited by the death of a friend, a group of former schoolmates reassess themselves and their earlier times together.
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Party 7
Title: Party 7
Character: Desk Clerk
Released: September 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the briefcase, another mobster sent to kill them, master voyeur Captain Banana and his new apprentice, The Mister Yellow. Who will end up with the money?
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Monday
Title: Monday
Character: Kenji
Released: April 29, 2000
Type: Movie
A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.
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Don't Look Back
Title: Don't Look Back
Released: October 23, 1999
Type: Movie
The joys and sorrows of the little schoolboy, Akira, in a modern Japan. A story about friendship and loyalty.
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Audition
Title: Audition
Character: Bartender
Released: October 6, 1999
Type: Movie
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
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trancemission
Title: trancemission
Released: August 2, 1999
Type: Movie
Matsudo leads a normal life working in the futures market. But after receiving a promotion, he loses consciousness. He finds that he has become part of some wicked human experiment. As the scalpel is slowly inserted into his brain, he loses his past memory and even control of his body
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Bayside Shakedown
Title: Bayside Shakedown
Character: SIT Investigator
Released: October 31, 1998
Type: Movie
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.
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Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Title: Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Character: Fukazume
Released: September 15, 1998
Type: Movie
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
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Unlucky Monkey
Title: Unlucky Monkey
Released: July 18, 1998
Type: Movie
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?
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Open House
Title: Open House
Character: Goto's Subordinate
Released: June 20, 1998
Type: Movie
A struggling model and a troubled divorcee face loneliness and desperation in Tokyo.
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The Story of PuPu
Title: The Story of PuPu
Released: April 4, 1998
Type: Movie
Fu and Suzu are two pretty anarchist girls who decide to take to the road. They set off on a journey to visit the tomb of a small pig by name Pupu. On the way, they meet Suzu's ex-lover, a gay couple, and a golf player; always getting in trouble. But whenever trouble comes, 'Trunk Man' the hero appears to save them.
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April Story
Title: April Story
Character: Fukatsu
Released: March 14, 1998
Type: Movie
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
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Blood
Title: Blood
Released: January 22, 1998
Type: Movie
Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him.
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Fireworks
Title: Fireworks
Character: Man under Interrogation
Released: October 30, 1997
Type: Movie
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her home. During his visit, a suspect shoots one detective dead and leaves Nishi's partner, Horibe, paralyzed. Nishi leaves the police force to spend time with his wife at home, and must find a way to pay off his debts to the yakuza.
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Tokyo Fair Weather
Title: Tokyo Fair Weather
Released: October 18, 1997
Type: Movie
This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.
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Junk Food
Title: Junk Food
Character: Sato
Released: September 6, 1997
Type: Movie
Junk Food consists of four intertwining stories. The first and fourth sections show the morning routine of an blind, old Japanese woman, waking up, buying bread and milk, praying at the family alter; however, it is the second segment where the true story begins.
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Atlanta Boogie
Title: Atlanta Boogie
Released: November 9, 1996
Type: Movie
"Atlanta Boogie" centers around a mock track meet between the "normal" and "good" citizens of Yokohama and those they want to expel from the neighborhood: the illegal foreign workers, the deadbeats, the juvenile delinquents, and elderly.
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Kids Return
Title: Kids Return
Character: Kazuo
Released: July 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
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Gonin
Title: Gonin
Character: Fukatsu
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.
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Getting Any?
Title: Getting Any?
Character: Earth Defense Force Member
Released: February 11, 1995
Type: Movie
While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.
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119
Title: 119
Character: Hiroshi Morishita
Released: November 5, 1994
Type: Movie
In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly... until one day. The monotony of their daily lives is interrupted by the appearance of a beautiful female college student, Momoko, who comes to visit her aunt. After catching a glimpse of Momoko, both Tatsuya and Nobuyuki can't stop thinking about her. Since then, the small town is not so quiet anymore…
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Many Happy Returns
Title: Many Happy Returns
Released: November 20, 1993
Type: Movie
Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of the group, and becomes involved with them. The group is split into two, some members concentrating on spiritual teachings, and the others using the facade of religion to make money. The business faction dismiss the old spiritual master and choose Kazuo to lead their group.
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Sonatine
Title: Sonatine
Character: Tsuda
Released: April 10, 1993
Type: Movie
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Daisuke Okubo
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.
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Daisuke Ookubo
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.