Maki Sakai

Maki Sakai

Born: May 17, 1970
in Taito, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Maki Sakai (坂井 真紀) (born 17 May 1970 in Taito, Tokyo) is a Japanese actress. The fourth rehouse girl of Mitsui, she has starred in a number of TV drama series such as Daburu kitchin (1993) and Watashi no unmei (1994).

She is a graduate of Jumonji Junior College.

Movies for Maki Sakai...

Title: Haha no Matsu Sato
Released: September 21, 2024
Type: TV
Based on the eponymous novel by Jirō Asada.
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After the Fever
Title: After the Fever
Released: February 2, 2024
Type: Movie
Sanae, who went to prison after failing to kill her ex-boyfriend six years ago, meets Kenta, a forest ranger, and gets married. Sanae and Kenta's married life takes a new turn when the wife of Sanae's ex-boyfriend appears. Sanae still can't forget her ex-boyfriend, and Kenta is having a hard time dealing with her.
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Let's Go Karaoke!
Title: Let's Go Karaoke!
Character: Yūko Oka
Released: January 12, 2024
Type: Movie
Nothing worries Satomi Oka more than the upcoming final choir competition of his middle school career—right up until he is accosted by a stranger from the shadows who demands, “Let's go karaoke!” As a yakuza, Kyouji Narita doesn't scare easily, but a terrifying prospect has driven him to seek Satomi's help. The boss is holding a karaoke contest, with the loser forced to get a tattoo to be selected and tortuously applied by the boss himself! Oka has been to many vocal rehearsals over the years, but never one-on-one karaoke sessions with a gangster!!
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MY (K)NIGHT
Title: MY (K)NIGHT
Character: Katsuko
Released: December 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Three women in Yokohama who have their own troubles and thoughts and are seeking salvation. They relied on the “date therapists” to heal the women, save the world, and be lovers for one night.
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Title: たそがれ優作
Character: Akane
Released: October 7, 2023
Type: TV
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analog
Title: analog
Character: Asai Yoko
Released: October 6, 2023
Type: Movie
Satoru Mizushima is a designer, who prefers traditional things like handmade items and handwritten works. One day, he happens to meet a mysterious woman, Miyuki Miharu, at the cafe named Piano. She seems to have similar values to him and he is attracted to her. Satoru asks for Miyuki's cellphone number, but she doesn't own a cellphone. They make a promise to meet at the cafe every Thursday. Since then, Satoru and Miyuki meet every Thursday and their relationship develops romantically. Satoru decides to propose Miyuki, but she doesn't show up at the cafe.
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Title: A Town Without Seasons
Character: Shinobu
Released: August 9, 2023
Type: TV
It follows a group of people who are still living in temporary housing 12 years after a natural disaster called "Nani" destroyed their town.
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The Water Flows to the Sea
Title: The Water Flows to the Sea
Character: Sanae Takashima
Released: June 9, 2023
Type: Movie
High school student Naotatsu travels to live at his uncle's house. In the pouring rain, he is picked up at the nearest station by a strange adult woman named Sakaki who guides him to an unexpected share house where a life together begins.
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Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Title: Father of the Milky Way Railroad
Character: Miyazawa Ichi
Released: May 5, 2023
Type: Movie
Biopic based on the life of poet and novelist Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan’s most read and beloved authors of children’s stories. The story traces the genius writer’s brief but amazing life through his relationship with his loving father Masajiro, a successful pawnbroker and modern man of the Meiji era who struggles to keep up with his eccentric son’s ambitions.
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Title: Passion for Punchlines
Character: Takayama Miki
Released: April 9, 2023
Type: TV
May 31, 2021—as COVID-19 continued to spread, Masayasu Wakabayashi and Ryota Yamasato were on stage in front of an empty house getting ready for their live stream show. Although they’re from different comedy duos, The Nankai Candies and Audrey, they decided to create Tarinai Futari to perform new jokes about their complexes. Their final show is today.
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Do Unto Others
Title: Do Unto Others
Character: Yoko Hamura
Released: March 24, 2023
Type: Movie
A community is shocked when the bodies of an elderly man and the manager of a home-visit nursing centre are found. The passing of 42 elderly patients is connected to Shiba, a caretaker recognised for his affection and dedication.
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I Am What I Am
Title: I Am What I Am
Character: Natsumi Sobata
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: Movie
Kasumi doesn't know what love is and she doesn't have any feeling of romance. Due to her sister's marriage, her mother arranged a formal marriage arrangement without her permission. At the meeting, she met a man who is just seeking friend.
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Title: Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break
Character: Fusako Yoshida
Released: January 6, 2022
Type: TV
Depicts how Ryunosuke Kamiki spends his days off during breaks in shooting dramas and movies.
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Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Title: Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
Character: Nobu Sato
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Set in the 19th century, "Moeyo Ken" follows the life of Toshizo Hijikata. He was the vice-commander of the Shinsengumi and fought against the Meiji Restoration.
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Title: This First Love Is Fiction
Character: Kurashina Shoko
Released: October 11, 2021
Type: TV
A love story of a youth group second-year high school students who are swayed by 'mysterious handsome transfer students' that no one has met because he was absent from the first day.
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Title: Solomon's Perjury
Released: October 3, 2021
Type: TV
On Christmas morning, Fujino Ryoko finds her classmate Kashiwagi Takuya’s dead body at their snow covered school. The police and the school conclude that Kashiwagi Takuya died by suicide. At that time, an anonymous letter is delivered to Fujino Ryoko. The letter states that Kashiwagi Takuya was murdered by a group of students including Ooide Shunji. The media and SNS begin to question whether Kashiwagi Takuya really died by suicide or was he murdered. The school principal tries to take control of the narrative, but this leads to a more chaotic situation. Fujino Ryoko is disturbed by people's reaction to Kashiwagi Takuya’s death. She asks for a trial and an unprecedented school trial begins.
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Every Trick In The Book
Title: Every Trick In The Book
Character: Kanako
Released: August 27, 2021
Type: Movie
Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?
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Title: FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS
Character: Feng Shui Woman
Released: March 29, 2021
Type: TV
Kiyomi Koike is a 16-year-old girl. She has all these different emotions intertwined in her mind. One day, she suddenly blurts out "What is a woman?" She then hears a DJ's voice in her head. The voice states "Women's Songs! Radio FM999 starts." The DJ in Kiyomi Koike’s head proceeds to spin songs that matches her worries. With her eyes closed, Kiyomi Koike meets various women in the world of music and learns from them.
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Runway
Title: Runway
Character: Yoko
Released: November 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Midori is in her late 30's and is a cutout picture artist. She has anxiety about her future. Takano is a 25-year-old bureaucrat at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. He is under a heavy workload and he becomes lethargic at his workplace. One day, he sees a list of people who committed suicide due to temporary employment. On that list, he becomes interested in a 25-year-old young man who killed himself. Takano begins to investigate the background of that young man. --asianwiki
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461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
Title: 461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son
Character: Sakie Endo
Released: November 6, 2020
Type: Movie
Kazuki Suzumoto is divorced and he lives with his 15-year-old son Kouki. Kouki is in a susceptible time. The father feels guilty about his son. Kouki then fails his high school entrance exam. In the spring of the following year, Kouki barely passes his high school entrance exam. Kouki mentions to Kazuki that he likes his father's lunch box. The father and son make a promise to each other. Kazuki promises that he will make a lunch box everyday for Kouki. Kouki promises that he will never skip school.
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Title: Dangerous Venus
Character: Junko Kaneiwa
Released: October 11, 2020
Type: TV
Hakuro is single and works as a veterinarian. His father died when Hakuro was a child and his mother later remarried into the wealthy Yagami family. Although Hakuro was brought into the Yagami family through his mother's marriage, he does not feel like part of the Yagami family. Especially, when compared to his younger step-brother who possesses the same blood as his family. After the death of Hakuro's mother, Hakuro dropped Yagami from his name and broke off relations with that family. Hakuro has a strong sense of justice and sincerity in his actions. He is very susceptible to beautiful women. One day, he meets a woman. The woman introduces herself as the wife of his stepbrother and informs him that his stepbrother is missing. As Hakuro and the woman trace his stepbrother's whereabouts, Hakuro becomes involved in the Yagami family's fight over a three billion yen inheritance.
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The Brightest Roof in the Universe
Title: The Brightest Roof in the Universe
Character: Asako Oishi
Released: September 4, 2020
Type: Movie
14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be his. She struggles with how to inform him of her love. Then her stepmother becomes pregnant and she is distracted with that development. The one reliable part of her life is the calligraphy class she attends, but then she runs into a woman.
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Peaceful Death
Title: Peaceful Death
Released: July 25, 2020
Type: Movie
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Fictitious OL Diary
Title: Fictitious OL Diary
Character: Onodera Kacho
Released: February 28, 2020
Type: Movie
On a gloomy Monday morning, my week begins. Although I (Bakarhythm) am sleepy, I put on my make-up and I leave home for work at a bank. I take the subway filled with passengers and get off on the nearest subway station from work. I meet Maki Fujikawa (Kaho) at that subway station. She is my closest colleague at work. While talking with each other, we get to our workplace.
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Title: Texting in Tokyo
Released: February 1, 2020
Type: TV
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Black School Rules
Title: Black School Rules
Character: Mari Machida
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is an unpredictable character that often surprises those around him. Sōra and Chūya both have feelings for the same classmate, Kio Machida. The Machida girl refuses to come to class, because she doesn't want to dye her naturally brown hair black. Their school has unreasonable school rules, especially about uniforms, which include requiring all students to have black hair. Sōra and Chūya decide to stand up to change their school's black school rules so that Machida won’t have to repeat a year of school from missing too many classes.
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108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
Title: 108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba
Released: October 25, 2019
Type: Movie
Screenwriter Goro Kaiba is horrified to learn via Facebook that his wife Ayako is having an affair. Furthermore, her post about the affair has received 108 likes. Absolutely furious, Goro Kaiba contemplates divorcing his wife, but he estimates he will have to pay her half of his assets, about 10,000,000 million yen, in a divorce. To get revenge, Goro Kaiba decides to use that money on a epic one month womanizing streak. His goal is 108, the number of likes his wife received on social media.
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Show Me the Way to the Station
Title: Show Me the Way to the Station
Released: October 18, 2019
Type: Movie
A young girl, Sayaka, develops a heartwarming friendship with an old man named Hasu. Based on an award-winning novel by Ijuin Shizu.
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Brothers in Brothel
Title: Brothers in Brothel
Character: Sakura Mine
Released: October 16, 2019
Type: Movie
During some era, on an island that exists somewhere in Japan, there are people who exist there who feel confined. Idle days pass for men and women unable to connect, and women who can not grasp the importance of such connections.
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The Flowers of Evil
Title: The Flowers of Evil
Released: September 27, 2019
Type: Movie
A high school student steals the panties of a girl he likes but is witnessed, which sets off a chain of events that send his life and the lives of others around him out of control.
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Title: Hand of God
Released: June 23, 2019
Type: TV
A morally corrupt judge suffers a breakdown and believes that God is speaking directly to him, compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.
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僕が笑うと
Title: 僕が笑うと
Released: March 26, 2019
Type: Movie
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孤独のグルメ 大晦日スペシャル 京都・名古屋出張編
Title: 孤独のグルメ 大晦日スペシャル 京都・名古屋出張編
Released: December 31, 2018
Type: Movie
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My Friend
Title: My Friend "A"
Character: Sachiko Sakurai
Released: May 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Masuda, an aspiring journalist, plans to write an article in order to expose his co-worker Suzuki, who is a psychopathic murderer according to Masuda.
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Title: Prison Princess
Character: 大门洋子
Released: October 17, 2017
Type: TV
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Title: Ueki Hitoshi to Nobosemon
Released: September 2, 2017
Type: TV
Ueki Hitoshi to Nobosemon is based on the autobiographical novel Nobosemonyaken by actor Komatsu Masao.
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Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale
Title: Asura Girl: A Blood-C Tale
Character: Noe
Released: August 26, 2017
Type: Movie
In prewar Japan under the military regime, a bloody battle between the extremely oppressive Special Higher Police and villagers begins!
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Title: Tokyo Girl
Released: December 16, 2016
Type: TV
The story follows Aya from the time she moves to Tokyo at age 23 up until she turns 40. Aya has to adjust to the different values and perceptions of the big city as she struggles with challenging situations. We get to follow Aya’s move from one neighborhood to another as she maneuvers her career and love life.
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Title: シリーズ・横溝正史短編集
Character: Matsuko Inugami
Released: November 24, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Hello, I Love You
Character: Haruyo Fuwa
Released: July 14, 2016
Type: TV
Umeda Mina is a pianist whose father is a famous conductor. She has set her sights on winning an international piano competition. However, she has faced countless setbacks and this is her last chance at the age of 35. Mina has been married to her husband Shinji for 10 years, but they do not have children for some reason. One day, a filthy boy with an impassive face breaks into their garden. It turns out that he has been abused and he is put in a home. But several days later, he appears in their garden again. Believing that it is fate that brought him to their house twice, Shinji secretly starts to look up on child adoption … …
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Too Young To Die!
Title: Too Young To Die!
Character: Yoshie
Released: June 25, 2016
Type: Movie
After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world.
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Aka Medaka
Title: Aka Medaka
Character: Okami
Released: December 28, 2015
Type: Movie
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.
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Title: Fake Marriage
Character: Eko Nanamiya
Released: October 7, 2015
Type: TV
45-year-old Hiro Kamon works as a librarian because she loves books. Although she is worshiped as the "aloof beauty" and "ideal female" for her beautiful, gentle smile and amiability, she actually dislikes people. Hiro has been hurt countless times, and Chōji, the only guy she loved wholeheartedly in university, also fled in one night. She has become a person who no longer believes in love and has decided to live alone for life. But she ends up acting as a "fake married couple" with Chōji, whom she happens to meet again, for the sake of his mother, Teruno, who has been given a short time to live.
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Ren'ai Aru Aru
Title: Ren'ai Aru Aru
Released: June 24, 2015
Type: Movie
A movie based on 3 stories and each woman struggling with their own romance problems. Story 1: Shanai Renai Aru Aru Michiyama Kiyomi (Kuroki Meisa) has lived with the belief that romance with a person who is close to her will devastate her life ever since her bitter memories of the past. She has vowed in her heart not to have an office romance. But after she is designated as a staff of some project with Tamaki Kenichi (Fuchikami Yasushi), the distance between the two of them quickly shrinks. Story 2: Single Mother Renai Aru Aru Ever since her divorce from her husband, Akai Hitoe (Sasaki Nozomi) has raised her 5-year-old son, Atsushi (Ebizuka Yukiyasu), on her own
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Genius Detective Mitarai: Abstruse Case File
Title: Genius Detective Mitarai: Abstruse Case File
Released: March 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Kiyoshi, a brilliant detective, inquiries on mysterious cases with his childhood friend, Ishioka, a novelist.
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Title: Spooky Romantics
Released: January 9, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Oh, Love Hotel
Released: November 23, 2014
Type: TV
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Title: Saving My Stupid Youth
Character: Mai Awashima
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: Silent Poor
Character: Keiko Ishida
Released: April 8, 2014
Type: TV
Silent poor... the poor and needy whose cries for help are drowned out in today's busling society. Their existence is spreading rapidly across the nation, and as such, the government decided to set up a body to help them. Nationwide, there are now people called Community Social Workers (CSW), and their jobs are to attend to the poor and needy. One such person is Satomi Ryo, and she works at the Shitamachi area's Council of Welfare. The people that she meets in her busy working life are people afflicted with juvenile dementia, those who have shunned society and locked themselves up in their rooms, the homeless... generally people who are in despair over life and the fate dealt to them. Ryo herself had been down the lonely road before, and as a way to pull herself out of her depression, she decided to work as a CSW, in order to help others like her. She strongly believes that one can always start all over again, and it is her belief that helps her to move forward in life.
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Kano
Title: Kano
Released: February 27, 2014
Type: Movie
A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.
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Title: The Child in the Distance
Character: Mameda Hitoko
Released: December 1, 2013
Type: TV
Miyako participates in a 1 night and 2 days hiking tour of Mount Fuji. Ryoichi Nozawa is the guide for the hiking tour team of Miyako, Shintaro Kondo, Someno Aoyama and Ai Mitsuke. While hiking through Mount Fuji, Someno looks back and sees Miyako is crouced down and has her hands covering her face. Ryoichi tries to talk to Miyako, but she is frozen. Miyako sees the faint shape of person. Miyako realizes that she has a daughter named Natsuki.
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Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
Title: Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
Character: Mizuki Maruyama
Released: April 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.
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Paris Tokyo Paysage
Title: Paris Tokyo Paysage
Released: February 9, 2013
Type: Movie
Junya and Nanami have been in a relationship for 15 years. They make a documentary together, but, due to differences of opinion, they decide to break up. Nanami stays in Tokyo, while Junya leaves for Paris to find inspiration for a new creation.
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Title: Tada's Do-It-All House
Released: January 11, 2013
Type: TV
In the fictional town of Mahoro on the outskirts of Tokyo is Tada Benriken, a small business which does odd jobs. Its owner is the solemn and level-headed Tada Keisuke, and his unexpected guest, the easygoing but vague Gyoten Haruhiko, a former junior high school classmate who showed up one day and started to sponge on him. The two of them get on like oil and water, and yet are somehow inseparable. They receive queer, dubious incoming odd job requests which they accept, and what comes into view are the friendship between them as well as the backgrounds of their clients.
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The Samurai That Night
Title: The Samurai That Night
Character: Hisako Nakamura
Released: November 17, 2012
Type: Movie
Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.
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Title: ATARU
Character: Nobuko Saotome
Released: April 15, 2012
Type: TV
Ataru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police solve criminal cases. It stars Masahiro Nakai in the title role and has received 19.9% TV viewership ratings.
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Title: Innocent
Released: March 24, 2012
Type: TV
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Rooftop Apartment
Title: Rooftop Apartment
Character: 猪熊真希
Released: March 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Asako is determined to live her life with her own will after witnessing her best friend’s divorce and former manager’s death.
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The Wife of Gegege
Title: The Wife of Gegege
Character: Hatsue Tadokoro
Released: November 20, 2010
Type: Movie
A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.
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Soup Opera
Title: Soup Opera
Character: Rui
Released: October 2, 2010
Type: Movie
Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
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Title: 妖しき文豪怪談
Released: August 23, 2010
Type: TV
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Acacia
Title: Acacia
Released: June 12, 2010
Type: Movie
"Acacia" revolves around Sekiji Ishida (Antonio Inoki) a former professional wrestler now a lonely retired man. Sekiji then strikes up a friendship with a reserved young boy.
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The Fallen Angel
Title: The Fallen Angel
Character: Reiko
Released: February 19, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human society, especially so by society's refusal to take him seriously. He then follows a descent into alcohol, drugs, & suicide ...
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Title: Welkame
Character: 須堂啓
Released: September 28, 2009
Type: TV
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I’m a Cat Stalker
Title: I’m a Cat Stalker
Character: Museum Owner's Wife
Released: July 4, 2009
Type: Movie
Haru works at a part-time job for a bookstore. Her dream is to become an illustrator and she also loves cats. One day, after a cat named Chibutomu disappears from the bookstore Haru canvasses the neighbourhood in search of Chibutomu.
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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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Drop
Title: Drop
Released: March 20, 2009
Type: Movie
"Drop" tells the story of a boy named Hiroshi Shinanogawa, who grew up in the 1980s. He became inspired by the Be-Bop High School manga and decided to become a delinquent. Hiroshi dropped out of a private middle school and transferred to a public school There he joins up with a delinquent gang.
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怪談新耳袋 〜幽霊屋敷と呼ばれた家〜
Title: 怪談新耳袋 〜幽霊屋敷と呼ばれた家〜
Released: December 31, 2008
Type: Movie
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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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Title: Michiko & Hatchin
Character: Atsuko Jackson (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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700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police
Title: 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police
Character: Kyoko Shirai
Released: April 5, 2008
Type: Movie
After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank the local police officer. It starts with simple speeding pranks but gradually moves to more elaborate and bizarre pranks.
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Title: Edison's Mother
Character: Hanafusa Aoi
Released: January 11, 2008
Type: TV
The series focuses on Ayukawa Noriko, the teacher of a class of first-graders. One day, a boy named Kento transfers into her class from another school, where he was treated as a problem child. In reality, the inquisitive Kento actually displays the potential of being a prodigy, and it's up to Noriko to figure out how to handle him. The story draws inspiration from the childhood of famous inventor Thomas Edison, who was also considered a problem child by most adults around him.
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United Red Army
Title: United Red Army
Character: Mieko Toyama
Released: August 26, 2007
Type: Movie
The film is told in three acts, beginning with a historical background of Japan's student movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, mostly using archive footage and a narrator. The second act follows the formation of the group to their mountain training camps in the southern Japanese Alps. It emphasizes the dogmatic (and eventually hypocritical) bullying of the group by Mori and Nagata, with 12 members being killed for infractions as small as improperly cleaning a gun, wearing make-up, and kissing. The third act shows the splitting up of the group after two members run off. It follows one group of five members to Karuizawa and a hostage-taking and police standoff known as the Asama-Sansō incident.
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Hatsuko's World
Title: Hatsuko's World
Character: Tajiri
Released: May 12, 2007
Type: Movie
15-year-old Hatsuko (Higashi Ayu) lives with her elder brother in a humble town house. Their mother died when they were young, and the father disappeared. The brother (Shioya Shun) left high school before graduation to work at a factory, but spends their meager house-keeping money on adult entertainment. Hatsuko, who is poor and has no friends, finds emotional support in Mishima (Sano Kazuma), a boy in her class, who helps her with her study to go to a high school together. However, Hatsuko's brother causes trouble at the factory and gets the sack. Hatsuko gives up her dream of going to high school. In spring, the modest relationship continues between Mishima, now a high school student, and Hatsuko who works at a biscuit factory. One day, Hatsuko's long-gone father reappears. In a drunken frenzy, he sets fire to the house to go and rejoin the mother, leaving Hatsuko without a place to live. Hatsuko leaves the town on her own, drawing strength from the promise of marriage with Mishima.
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Freesia: Bullet Over Tears
Title: Freesia: Bullet Over Tears
Character: Natsumi
Released: February 1, 2007
Type: Movie
In the near future of a Japan, the ancient 'Act of Vengeance' is revived and professional executioners are permitted to kill criminals by the requests from their victims. People who are to be executed are notified of the execution time and date in advance and they are allowed to have their own guard.
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Green Mind, Metal Bats
Title: Green Mind, Metal Bats
Character: Eiko
Released: August 26, 2006
Type: Movie
The film follows Nanba, a shunned outcast who doesn’t have a girlfriend, any money or prospects, a turnaround from his glory days in high school when he played on the baseball team; his former teammate Ishioka, who is now a policeman because of an elbow injury; and baseball fanatic Eiko, a hopeless alcoholic who spends more of her time drunk than sober. The three share an intense love of baseball — and their destinies are forever intertwined.
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Title: Detective Office 5: Another Story
Character: 577
Released: September 29, 2005
Type: TV
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
Title: Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
Released: August 21, 2004
Type: Movie
8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series.
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Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai San Ya
Title: Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai San Ya
Released: May 31, 2004
Type: Movie
The hotel room where he stayed on a business trip, where no one was supposed to be but him.......13 scary stories including "Another One".
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Title: Koi wa Tatakai
Released: January 9, 2003
Type: TV
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Mokka No Koibito
Title: Mokka No Koibito
Released: November 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Japanese film directed by Jinsei Tsuji
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Title: 嘱託刑事・小山田昭平 旅路の果て
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Big Wing
Released: January 12, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Teppen
Released: July 8, 1999
Type: TV
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謎のFLYING SAUCER 2
Title: 謎のFLYING SAUCER 2
Character: Alien
Released: January 30, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: The Last Song
Released: October 14, 1998
Type: TV
Just when about to commit suicide after being deserted by his bride-to-be during the wedding, a man meets a university professor who is also at the point of killing himself. A woman nearby intervenes, one thing leads to another, and the three lost souls move in together. Each episode is a distinct story about the sometimes painful, sometimes warm romances between them and the people they meet while sharing an apartment.
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謎のFLYING SAUCER FAKE OR LOVE?
Title: 謎のFLYING SAUCER FAKE OR LOVE?
Character: Alien
Released: October 10, 1998
Type: Movie
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OL忠臣蔵 Chu〜Shin Gura
Title: OL忠臣蔵 Chu〜Shin Gura
Released: September 13, 1997
Type: Movie
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Time Leap
Title: Time Leap
Released: June 7, 1997
Type: Movie
Time travel film
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Yûri
Title: Yûri
Released: July 6, 1996
Type: Movie
Masayuki meets Nanami, who is on a journey with a refrigerator named Ullie. Nanami's Iranian friend Amir is helping her haul the refrigerator which contains Nanami's dead boyfriend. Masayuki joins the journey.
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Title: Hitonatsu no Puropozu
Released: July 5, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Love Still Hasn't Begun
Released: October 16, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: My Destiny
Character: Sato Chiaki
Released: October 11, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: 長男の嫁
Released: April 14, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: Sonouchi Kekkon Suru Kimi e
Released: January 15, 1994
Type: TV
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Title: ダブル・キッチン
Released: April 16, 1993
Type: TV
A heartwarming situation comedy about a newlywed couple sharing a house with the husband's parents in a suburb of Tokyo. Ordinary situations become hilarious cross-generational battlegrounds, as the wife and her mother-in-law pursue vastly different images of the ideal family. --TBS
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Title: Zutto Anata ga Sukidatta
Released: July 3, 1992
Type: TV
A love drama that caused a boom called "Fuyuhiko Phenomenon" when Fuyuhiko's perverted character called Otaku attracted attention in the Mazacon played by Shiro Sano.