Takashi Naito

Takashi Naito

Born: May 27, 1955
in Osaka, Japan

Movies for Takashi Naito...

ホリデイ~江戸の休日~
Title: ホリデイ~江戸の休日~
Released: January 6, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Investigation Division 1
Character: Naito Masashi
Released: October 17, 2022
Type: TV
The First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, which is based in the Dai-Tokyo Police Station , is headed by Keiichiro Funakoshi, the Chief of the First Investigation Division . This is a department that specializes in considerations that lead to solutions. Along with Ryu Fujii , a new detective who was newly assigned for some reason , they lead to the solution of many difficult cases one after another while colliding with each other's strengths.
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暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Title: 暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
Released: April 4, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: "Renjou" Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
Released: February 7, 2022
Type: Movie
Kosuge, the president of a factory, is killed by someone while returning home. A bag charm is found at the scene. When Akira Higuchi and his colleagues from the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division investigate his home, they find a bankbook with the letters A, Y, M, and S written in English. It turns out that the charms left behind were custom-made by Seiji Iwai. However, Seiji had committed suicide five years ago in a robbery-suicide case. Seiji's mother, Mizuki, is an old acquaintance of Superintendent Tendo. Higuchi heads for Mizuki's place...
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ホテルマン東堂克生の事件ファイル~八ヶ岳リゾート殺人事件~
Title: ホテルマン東堂克生の事件ファイル~八ヶ岳リゾート殺人事件~
Released: January 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Two years ago, Katsuo Todo (Takashi Naito) was appointed as the general manager of the Plato Royal Hotel Yatsugatake from the Plato Tokyo hotel. He works hard every day with his staff to provide the best time and space for our customers. Concierge Shuji Kitayama (Hishine Saku Toshihide) struggles to find a benefactor for guests Pascal Henry (Frederick Benoliel) and his wife Shizuko (Ishino Yoko). The sweets made by young pastry chef Yoshiyuki Sudo (Shunsuke Tanaka) are popular with guests, and popular writer Fuyuki Nakagami (David Ito) even stays just to enjoy them. Sudo has also decided to marry Minori Matsuoka (Rio Yamashita), and Minami Yamashita (Michiko Amekumi), who is in charge of bridal services, is busy preparing for her colleague's wedding.
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The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie
Title: The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie
Character: Kaoru Domon
Released: September 3, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: Keishicho Kyokohan Gakari Higuchi Akira
Released: January 15, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Onibi Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
Released: December 14, 2020
Type: TV
Police investigate the death of someone who appeared to had fallen from a building.
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Title: Jubaku Keishichou Kyoukouhan-gakari Higuchi Akira
Released: October 19, 2020
Type: TV
Police investigate the case of a man stabbed to death in his apartment.
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全身刑事
Title: 全身刑事
Character: Yutaro Naze
Released: February 2, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Yodogawa Fireworks Festival
Released: August 5, 2017
Type: TV
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Title: New Inspector Totsukawa Series
Character: 十津川省三
Released: January 23, 2017
Type: TV
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Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 18
Title: Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 18
Released: November 12, 2016
Type: Movie
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The Book Peddler
Title: The Book Peddler
Character: Takeo Akamatsu
Released: July 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Suzume Akamatsu works at a library in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. She delivers books by riding a bicycle. Through her work, Suzume grows as a person.
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Title: Tokyo MPD – From ZERO to HERO
Character: Jun'ichi Ōiwa
Released: April 14, 2016
Type: TV
The First Investigative Division is the star unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Jun'ichi Ōiwa, the head of the division, leads around 400 elite detectives. He has an extremely heavy responsibility: attends initial investigations at the scenes of all brutal crimes that occur within the metropolis, decides on the course of action of the investigations at the same time as he directs many investigation task forces and gets into investigations himself at the critical phase. However, Ōiwa is definitely not a superman. Amid his suffering, Ōiwa overcomes this grave responsibility and is quite simply a "life-size hero" and "ideal boss" to his subordinates.
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Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 17
Title: Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 17
Released: April 9, 2016
Type: Movie
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Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
Title: Sabu and Ichi's Detective Stories
Character: Policeman Saheiji
Released: December 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Bunsei era, at a time when Edo culture is at its peak, and barely 50 years before the arrival of the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Sabu is a cheerful, honest young man who left his hometown with the dream of becoming a policeman. He is an informant to the policeman Saheiji of Asakusa in Edo and stays with him and his daughter Midori. One day, Sabu encounters the cool master swordsman Ichi, who makes a living giving massages, and they become partners in an unexpected way. Although Sabu is still an informant, he and the blind Ichi collaborate in a way that compensates for each other’s shortcomings. Sabu becomes Ichi’s eyes while Ichi becomes Sabu’s right-hand man and solves cases with his well-honed skills of deduction as they search for the truth in difficult cases in Edo. One case starts with the discovery of two dead bodies in the Sumida River. The bodies have diagonal slashes and were left in boxes.
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Title: Wild Heroes
Character: Tatsuhiko Akagi
Released: April 19, 2015
Type: TV
Segawa Kiichi, a former delinquent, happens to encounter a lonely 10-year-old girl who looks like she is going to be killed by the Yakuza. He saves her by reflex and later realizes that she lost her memory. She doesn't know why the Yakuza are after her and Kiichi is attacked time and again because of that. With his own life in sudden danger, he calls on six friends from his high school days as a delinquent. These enthusiastic, single-minded men band together to protect her to the end.
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One in a hundred thousand
Title: One in a hundred thousand
Character: Koichiro Iwase
Released: December 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Tamura Masakazu plays Shohei Yamauchi, a freelance reporter obsessed with finding out the truth about a traffic accident in which his beloved daughter died. Judging by the photo of the accident, which appeared in the news described by photojournalists as "one coincidence in a hundred thousand", and the survivor's testimony that "I saw a red fireball" immediately before the accident, the circumstances of the accident are questionable. The film is based on a late masterpiece by Seicho Matsumoto.
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Title: Ooku: The Beginning
Character: Sawamura Denemon
Released: October 12, 2012
Type: TV
During the reign of the shogun, Iemitsu, an epidemic causes the population of men to greatly drop, leading to an ooku where the role of men and women are reversed. Thus, “the women become the shogun, served by 3000 handsome men”
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From Up on Poppy Hill
Title: From Up on Poppy Hill
Character: Yoshio Onodera (voice)
Released: July 16, 2011
Type: Movie
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
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Murder in the Kairotei
Title: Murder in the Kairotei
Character: Inspector Yazaki
Released: June 24, 2011
Type: Movie
A woman (Takako Tokiwa) risks her life to exact revenge for her murdered lover.
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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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Kaze no Shounen: Ozaki Yutaka Towa no Densetsu
Title: Kaze no Shounen: Ozaki Yutaka Towa no Densetsu
Character: Kenichi Ozaki
Released: March 21, 2011
Type: Movie
The short life of singer-songwriter Ozaki Yutaka, who died suddenly in 1992 at the age of 26, will be dramatized for the first time on the TV Tokyo production, "Kaze no shounen ~ Ozaki Yutaka eien no densetsu".
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The Days of Morisaki Bookstore
Title: The Days of Morisaki Bookstore
Character: Satoru
Released: October 23, 2010
Type: Movie
Unable to accept being dumped by her colleague, Takako quits her job and moves into the used bookstore owned by her uncle, Satoru, in Jinbocho. Despite her initial lack of interest in novels, Takako is slowly drawn into the world of books as she comes into contact with the unusual customers who frequent the store.
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必殺仕事人2010
Title: 必殺仕事人2010
Released: July 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2013 is a continuation of the Hissatsu Shigotonin series this was the SP released in 2013.
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Cat Taxi
Title: Cat Taxi
Released: June 2, 2010
Type: Movie
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Title: ねこタクシー
Released: January 8, 2010
Type: TV
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Baton
Title: Baton
Character: Tomboy (voice)
Released: April 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Baton is a collection of three 20-minute Sci-fi anime films dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Yokohama city. On Planet Abel, human-like robot Apollo (Ichihara Hayato, Rookies) and robot-like human Mikaru (Ueto Aya, Azumi) come upon a stowaway robot with a mysterious "Cipher" chip. Not knowing Cipher's powers, Apollo takes the chip for fun, throwing both him and Mikaru headfirst into a mind-boggling mystery that affects the past, present, and future.
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Title: Baton
Character: Tomboy (voice)
Released: April 28, 2009
Type: TV
On Planet Abel, humans and robots co-exist. One day a mysterious stowaway on a transport vessel tries to invade the planet, but is discovered by Apollo, a robot that looks like a human; and Mikaru, a human that looks like a robot. The stowaway had in his possession a memory chip containing the latest in camouflage software, the mysterious "Cipher" OS. Apollo takes the Cipher chip simply for fun, but has no idea what he's getting himself into. He suddenly starts acting strange, but Mikaru has no idea what's wrong or that Cipher is behind it. What exactly is Cipher? What sort of secrets does it hold? Apollo and Mikaru will unravel a mystery encompassing the past, present, and future to find out.
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Title: Innocent Love
Character: Yoshimichi
Released: October 20, 2008
Type: TV
An arson took it all away from Akiyama Kanon seven years ago. Her parents died in that fire, her brother was arrested as the prime suspect and her carefree life disappeared from that instant. She was shunned by the town as the sister of a murderer, yet she believes in her brother's innocence and often pays him visits with words of encouragement. As life gets harder when nobody is willing to give her a job, Kanon decides to try her luck in the city and there she meets the man of her destiny...
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Cheer Cheer Cheer!
Title: Cheer Cheer Cheer!
Character: Genzo Yanagihara
Released: October 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Momoko (Yui Aragaki) is a quiet and lonely high school girl who's only passion is to cheer traditional cheer squad, but all she could gather were good for nothing guys, who could not find places in school. They start the cheer squad with a disaster, but when they finally find the true meaning of "cheering" someone, their passion becomes power and gives strength to those that are cheered.
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Title: 追跡~失踪人捜査官・石森新次郎
Released: January 28, 2008
Type: TV
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Marathon
Title: Marathon
Character: Nobuaki Miyata
Released: September 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Remake of the 2005 South Korean movie "Marathon", this special is about an autistic boy guided by his mother and his coach in training for a marathon.
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Title: Yorozuya Heishirou Katsujinken
Released: April 20, 2007
Type: TV
Heishirou takes care of various situations upon request with both the sword and talking.
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Nobunaga's Coffin
Title: Nobunaga's Coffin
Character: Priest Seinyo
Released: November 5, 2006
Type: Movie
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Tales from Earthsea
Title: Tales from Earthsea
Character: Hazia Dealer (voice)
Released: July 29, 2006
Type: Movie
Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.
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Title: 占い師みすず 事件は運命の彼方に
Character: 丸山章太郎
Released: June 5, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Primadam
Character: Suseuke Hatakeyama
Released: April 12, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: 夜王 〜YAOH〜
Character: Teruhiko Yajima
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Too Late to Help You
Character: Yoshimatsu
Released: October 17, 2005
Type: TV
Junan, a former instructor of swordplay for the Shogun family, went to Nagasaki and studied medicine. After coming back to Edo, he becomes a highly skilled doctor that he is now also a medical examiner for the magistrate's office. But no one knows of his the other side: he goes out and punishes the evil using his secret weapon… “needle of death.”
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Heart, Beating in the Dark
Title: Heart, Beating in the Dark
Character: Ringo
Released: October 2, 2005
Type: Movie
This new version of Nagasaki's Yami utsu shinzô (1982) is neither a remake nor a sequel. It is both those things, and at the same time it is also a documentary, a portrait of the consequences of passing time, and an occasionally very funny reflection on what the hell the point is of all this filmmaking business anyway. Shigeru Muroi and Takashi Naito, back then young hopefuls willing to take chances, now among the most established and recognisable actors in Japan, return to play the roles they assumed in the 1982 film, each of their characters having gone their own way. Alongside, another young couple (Honda and the ever-brilliant Eguchi) find themselves in the exact same situation as their older counterparts 25 years earlier. Their paths cross, an opportunity arises: for the elder two to redeem part of their own lives, for the younger couple to find a helping hand in their darkest hour.
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Title: The Queen's Classroom
Character: Heizaburo Namiki
Released: July 2, 2005
Type: TV
The Queen's Classroom is a live-action Japanese television drama about Maya Akutsu, a new teacher at Hanzaki Elementary School who strives for perfection and punishes her students in unorthodox manners. A 12 year old student, Kazumi Kanda, has been able to withstand her strange punishments so far but the other 23 students begin to fold under the pressure. A South Korean remake of the same title starring Go Hyun-jung in the lead role, was produced in 2013.
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Title: Red Confusion
Character: Sagara
Released: June 15, 2005
Type: TV
Sachiko is the 17-year old daughter of radiotherapist Professor Oshima. After exposure to radiation in the hospital, she develops leukemia. As if that was not enough trouble for one lifetime, Sachiko discovers that Oshima is not her real father, and that her boyfriend is really her half brother.
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Ashura
Title: Ashura
Character: Nobuyuki Kuninari
Released: April 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
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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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Revival Blues
Title: Revival Blues
Character: Ken
Released: October 8, 2004
Type: Movie
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Title: Akai Tsuki
Character: Morita Yutaro
Released: May 5, 2004
Type: TV
Fifty-five years after World War II, Morita Misaki travels to China with hopes of uncovering the truth behind the murder of a young Russian woman she witnessed as a child. Her journey allows her to revisit her childhood memories and retrace her family's struggles in a foreign land. In the midst of WWII, the Morita family moves to Manchuria to start a Japanese sake factory. Though their hopes for a new life seem quickly realized with the success of their business, the family's fortunes take a turn for the worse when a military informant accuses their live-in tutor of being a spy for Russia. Further complications arise when Russia begins its invasion of Manchuria and the family is forced to flee for their lives. In the midst of the ensuing turmoil and confusion, the Morita family, led by matriarch Namiko, must find the strength to endure and survive.
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Title: 竜馬がゆく
Released: January 2, 2004
Type: TV
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Undercover Geisha
Title: Undercover Geisha
Released: October 14, 2003
Type: Movie
Osome is a geisha and spy in the Tokugawa period. When she was very young she lost her family to a terrible fire and continues to search for her surviving brother. Along her journey she discovers much of her family history and gains new friends.
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Title: Night Cherry Blossom Dyeing
Character: Shinjuro Ishimuro
Released: October 14, 2003
Type: TV
Osome is an ex-actress who lost her parents in a fire when she was 6-years old. She then is separated from her older brother, who goes missing. While she tries to investigate the fire that killed her parents, an officer, Yoshikawa reveals that her father used to be a shogunate spy. Osome decides to become a spy herself under Yoshikawa, to find the man who killed her parents and to seek out her lost brother.
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Title: 警視庁・樋口警部補
Character: 樋口顕
Released: August 20, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: 樋口警部補
Released: August 17, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: Futari
Character: Ken Kamiya
Released: August 3, 2003
Type: TV
A story about a wife who supported her husband after his body was paralyzed in an accident right after they got married.
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Title: 芸能記者・柳田信吉の挑戦 スター誕生殺人事件
Released: February 23, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: Psycho Doctor
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Character: Sota Hagiwara
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Title: 愛・倫廻のワルツ
Released: August 12, 2002
Type: TV
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Laundry
Title: Laundry
Character: Sally
Released: February 28, 2002
Type: Movie
A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman with internal scars.
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Whore Hospital 4: No-Pants Nursing
Title: Whore Hospital 4: No-Pants Nursing
Released: August 7, 2001
Type: Movie
Rumors were circulating that obscene medical examinations were being conducted at Murata Memorial Hospital. Seishi, who works for the Ministry of Health and Welfare, infiltrates the hospital to find out what's going on. There, his girlfriend Rin worked as a nurse. Okada, an inpatient, said that if he had a certain card given to the nurses, they would remove the accumulated material, and that the longer he stayed in the hospital, the more special treatment he would receive. That night, Seishi sneaks into Okada's room and sees him being serviced by a nurse. And he had a suspicion that the other person was Rin. Before long, Seishi was to receive the highest quality paradise treatment. Seishi uses sleeping pills to put Okada to sleep and enters the treatment room in his place, but...
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Spirited Away
Title: Spirited Away
Character: Akio Ogino (voice)
Released: July 20, 2001
Type: Movie
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
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Title: 壁ぎわ税務官
Released: May 4, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: R-17
Released: April 12, 2001
Type: TV
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The Files of Young Kindaichi: Murder on the Magic Express
Title: The Files of Young Kindaichi: Murder on the Magic Express
Character: Tsuyoshi Kenmochi
Released: March 25, 2001
Type: Movie
When the head of the touring magician's group "Magical Fantasy" is murdered on a train while on his way to Hokkaido, young Kindaichi, who also just happens to be on board, is fast on the case to find the culprit. But just as quickly as the case unfolds, the body disappears only to be rediscovered again, along with other new bodies.
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The Boy Who Saw the Wind
Title: The Boy Who Saw the Wind
Character: Branik (voice)
Released: July 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Amon is a boy who can control the wind. Branik, ruler of the Empire of the Golden Snake, wants Amon's power to complete the ultimate weapon and sends his troops to capture the boy. Amon, using his talents, manages to runs away with Maria, one of the People of the Sea. Together, they try to stop the Empire of the Golden Snake from destroying and conquering everything.
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Title: Quiz
Released: April 14, 2000
Type: TV
A woman's young son is kidnapped and the only clue to his disappearance is a note starting with the words "This is a quiz." What follows is a fast-paced and stylish whodunnit which leads chief investigator Kaoru Kiriko of the Special Investigation Team down a trail of increasingly perplexing riddles that all the while seem to mock the efforts of the police. Street-smart Kaoru may be the kidnapper's intellectual match, but as she gets closer to her mark, she finds herself becoming the hunted rather than the hunter.
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Title: The Woman of S.R.I.
Character: Kaname Muto
Released: October 21, 1999
Type: TV
Mariko is a forensic scientist working at the Kyoto PD Crime Lab. Her credo is “science never lies” and she delves into the truth of the case with her colleagues with their specialized skills and knowledge in forensic medicine, physics, chemistry etc. Mariko’s steadfast belief in science makes her stand against conventional institutional ethics of the police department, diehard detectives averse to scientific investigation and sometimes even with her own colleagues, but she stays faithful to her belief in science and continues to pursue the truth.
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Title: The Woman of S.R.I.
Character: Kaoru Domon
Released: October 21, 1999
Type: TV
Mariko is a forensic scientist working at the Kyoto PD Crime Lab. Her credo is “science never lies” and she delves into the truth of the case with her colleagues with their specialized skills and knowledge in forensic medicine, physics, chemistry etc. Mariko’s steadfast belief in science makes her stand against conventional institutional ethics of the police department, diehard detectives averse to scientific investigation and sometimes even with her own colleagues, but she stays faithful to her belief in science and continues to pursue the truth.
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Title: Labyrinth
Character: Katsuhiko Sonobe
Released: April 21, 1999
Type: TV
A genius doctor named Yuichiro Nozaki comes to a hospital to know the reason of his sister's death. The doctor is wondering if someone of the hospital killed her. Finally, Yuichiro finds doctor Katsuhiko Sonobe is a suspect of the murder, but notices Katsuhiko's wife loves Yuichiro.
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Title: Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni ~ I'll be back
Released: January 16, 1999
Type: TV
A college senior who suddenly dies returns to life four years earlier, and, with full memory of his future, attempts to correct past mistakes and realize that previously unaccomplished goals, only to die and be reborn again and again. Though the circumstances are different each time, he encounters people who form a common connecting thread.
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Title: Salaryman Kintaro
Character: Takashi Enjoji
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
Kintaro Yajima comes to Tokyo and is hired by Yamato Construction Company when he saves the life of the company's CEO. A former leader of a motorcycle gang, Kintaro is known for his highly principled and forthright way of dealing with matters and is never afraid to tell his superiors exactly what he thinks. This has a tendency of irritating some; but when corruption from within the company begins to surface, he may be the only one who can stand up to it.
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After Life
Title: After Life
Character: Takuro Sugie
Released: September 11, 1998
Type: Movie
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.
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Title: Forbidden Fruit
Character: Nomura
Released: October 9, 1997
Type: TV
Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today's women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.
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Title: 智子と知子
Released: July 3, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Itazura na Kiss
Released: October 14, 1996
Type: TV
Late for a meeting, Kotoko was running along the corridor in school and bumped into Naoki, their lips meeting. Naoki showed his disgust, but Kotoko started to idolise him, who was good at everything from studies to sports. When Kotoko's house burned down, her father's good friend Machiko invited them to move in with her family. It was then that Kotoko realised Naoki was the elder son of Machiko, who took up the role of a fairy-godmother to bring the two together...despite the fact that Naoki was disgusted. Not discouraged, the clumsy and not-so-bright Kotoko started to do everything that would change her impression on him. Gradually, the icy-cold Naoki who disliked girls started to feel for Kotoko...
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Some Kinda Love
Title: Some Kinda Love
Released: May 25, 1996
Type: Movie
The life of a urban planning official and that of an old fellow student, now project developer, are turned upside down by a chance encounter with a beauty obsessed by UFOs.
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The Man with Two Hearts
Title: The Man with Two Hearts
Released: May 11, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: Mid-day Moon
Character: Hirose Goro
Released: April 6, 1996
Type: TV
When a woman is viciously raped, the traumatic event robs her of her self-confidence and ability to love as she had loved before. With special attention to her story of personal triumph over adversity, this touching drama recounts the tale of two lovers attempting to regain the happiness and level of affection that was theirs before her attack. --TBS
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Title: Life is Good
Character: Kohei Tada(多田 公平)
Released: October 13, 1995
Type: TV
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Maborosi
Title: Maborosi
Character: Tamio
Released: October 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A tragedy strikes a young woman's life without warning or reason. She continues living while searching for meaning in a lonely world.
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Title: The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Released: July 15, 1995
Type: TV
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
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Kirikomi
Title: Kirikomi
Released: February 8, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Ie Naki Ko
Released: April 16, 1994
Type: TV
"Don't pity me, just give me money." A smart little girl, Suzu, for the sake of her beloved sick mother, has no choice but to attempt all ways to fork up the money required for the operation. It includes stealing, cheating and almost anything that could yield cash. However, deep within her is a sadness unseen by many. --Snowflakes (source: dramawiki) It received the 1st Television Drama Academy Awards (1994-06-22)for Best Drama and Best Theme Song and also received a Special Award. It was the highest rated NTV drama of 1990s, with average viewership rating around 24,7%.
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Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Title: Bored Hatamoto: Letter of Death
Released: March 27, 1993
Type: Movie
Bored Hatamoto film
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The Guard from Underground
Title: The Guard from Underground
Released: June 16, 1992
Type: Movie
A former sumo wrestler, now working as a security guard, goes on a murderous rampage.
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The Drive
Title: The Drive
Released: May 26, 1992
Type: Movie
Kono Takeshi has given up work as an electrician to run a gift-shop business with his partner/mistress Rieko, who's a couple of years older than him. When the company faces bankruptcy Kono wants to quit, but Rieko strings him along with the promise of a large cash investment, the proceeds of a real-estate deal. Her actual plan to raise the money is to kidnap a young woman and demand a ransom for her release. The trouble is, it never occurs to her to keep the victim alive before trying to extort the cash. And when things start to go wrong, Rieko responds by murdering another girl and attempting another ransom scam..
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Passion
Title: Passion
Released: April 25, 1992
Type: Movie
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
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A Legend of Turmoil
Title: A Legend of Turmoil
Character: Tsuneo Yamanaka
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.
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Yakuza Warfare
Title: Yakuza Warfare
Released: November 9, 1991
Type: Movie
Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.
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Title: Hotel Woman
Character: Eiichi Nagasawa
Released: October 7, 1991
Type: TV
This drama portrays a heroine, a single career woman mother coming home from New York, who fights her way through intense corporate battles at a first-class hotel, ignited by love and ambition. This drama shows the struggle of the heroine, who seeks to establish her career at the second-biggest hotel in the industry, her conflict with the female president of the top hotel in the industry, her strength as she survives as a single mother, her romance, and the suspense surrounding the mysterious suicide of her boyfriend.
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BURNING DOG
Title: BURNING DOG
Released: August 9, 1991
Type: Movie
The ambition of a man and a woman who try to steal 20 million dollars in an American military vault
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Seven Days War 2
Title: Seven Days War 2
Released: July 6, 1991
Type: Movie
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March Comes in Like a Lion
Title: March Comes in Like a Lion
Character: Man with a Hat
Released: April 13, 1991
Type: Movie
The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister, she is seven and he is eight. She goes on to say that when she was seven and he was eight, she told her brother that she would marry him.
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Stranger
Title: Stranger
Released: February 8, 1991
Type: Movie
After serving time for bank fraud, Kiriko now lives a quiet life as a taxi driver working night shifts... but her peace is shattered by a relentless stalker in a Land Cruiser.
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Dohten
Title: Dohten
Released: January 26, 1991
Type: Movie
Jubei is a Japanese merchant who learns tricks from Western merchants to get ahead in the game.
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The Most Suitable Profession for Women
Title: The Most Suitable Profession for Women
Released: December 22, 1990
Type: Movie
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The Enchantment
Title: The Enchantment
Character: Shinbori
Released: October 29, 1989
Type: Movie
A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for consultation...
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Firefly
Title: Firefly
Character: Yokoyama
Released: February 18, 1989
Type: Movie
A young outlaw racing through the streets of Yokohama. Will the love that slipped through his fingers like sand come back to him once again?
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Kizu
Title: Kizu
Released: November 3, 1988
Type: Movie
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Yojo no jidai
Title: Yojo no jidai
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: Movie
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A Chaos of Flowers
Title: A Chaos of Flowers
Character: Kyutaro Wada
Released: October 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Set in the Taisho era, which might be regarded as Japan's Hippie Phase, Hana no ran is a story about fashionable people without impulse control. Much of the action centers on a popular woman writer, the real-life poet Akiko Yosano, and her experiences among the literati of early 20th century Japan. Because of her independent, anti-war and often erotic poetry, she was a lightning rod for revolutionaries and other extremists, many of whom were destined to glamorous, yet ultimately pointless, deaths. The closest parallels might be the Byron/Shelley group or the people drawn to the Beat Generation.
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Rock Requiem
Title: Rock Requiem
Released: February 20, 1988
Type: Movie
Four young high school students who dream of being in a rock band must deal with the unexpected deaths of their friends while making concert decisions.
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Ojôsan tantei Tokimeki renpatsu!
Title: Ojôsan tantei Tokimeki renpatsu!
Character: Tayama
Released: August 29, 1987
Type: Movie
Two female university students open a detective agency and use their feminine charms to find a missing girl for a client. But they soon get in over their heads as the trail leads them to the seedy underworld of massage parlors and criminal gangs.
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Title: The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Released: December 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
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The New Morning of Billy the Kid
Title: The New Morning of Billy the Kid
Character: Musashi Miyamoto
Released: August 1, 1986
Type: Movie
All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-white reproduction of a photo of Monument Valley. The action starts as Billy the Kid, in full living color, walks out of the photo and gets a job as a waiter. Along with him on the working staff are a samurai straight out of the history books, a G.I. from World War II, and several other anachronistic characters. The plot (as such) revolves around keeping away the brutal mobsters and thugs who dominate the city streets outside of the bar, making the tavern safe for its easily recognized facsimiles of well-known characters.
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Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Title: Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Character: Sanji
Released: January 25, 1986
Type: Movie
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Hit Woman
Title: Hit Woman
Character: Oda
Released: November 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Gritty softcore thriller about a female assassin brutally victimized in her past and her target, who turns out to be her long lost lover. Can they escape their world of violence before her handler, a sadistic yakuza, catches up with them?
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The Seburi Story
Title: The Seburi Story
Character: Kazuo
Released: May 11, 1985
Type: Movie
The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen when the military police come to take Seburi men away into the army. Still following their own customs that can be harsh at times, and are particularly cruel to women (women must give birth alone and unaided, a woman's adultery is punished by burying her up to her neck in the earth and then leaving her for days), the Seburi are mainly treated with fear and animosity by the non-Seburi townspeople of the region. Along with the hardships arising from cultural clashes, nature's own vagaries present other challenges to the Seburi -- who still lived in tents until the 1950s. Winter avalanches and snowstorms cause as much havoc as the tensions engendered by the slow encroachment of the modern world.
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London Calling
Title: London Calling
Character: Narration
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
While attending a screening of his film at the London Film Festival, a Japanese man tries to track down a woman from his past after receiving a mysterious phone call.
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Woman with Wet Fingers
Title: Woman with Wet Fingers
Character: Yûji / Kimiyo's Boyfriend
Released: April 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Real-Life stripper Madoka Mika plays the fictional ROSE RED, a former striptease queen who is now doing roadshow engagements while trying to raise her child and balance her love affairs.
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Sailor Uniform: Lily Lovers 2
Title: Sailor Uniform: Lily Lovers 2
Character: Masaaki Yano
Released: October 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Two high school lesbians have their relationship tested when they take summer jobs at a resort town and meet various men.
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Okinawan Boys
Title: Okinawan Boys
Released: September 10, 1983
Type: Movie
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Title: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Character: Lieutenant Iwata
Released: May 28, 1983
Type: Movie
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
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The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September
Title: The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September
Character: Ryo
Released: June 5, 1982
Type: Movie
Ryo once rode with a biker gang; ever since his friend Tetsuji died riding in September, he's retired from biking, trying to forget the past.
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After That
Title: After That
Released: May 29, 1982
Type: Movie
Film director Shunichi Nagasaki reflects on a near-fatal motorcycle accident that occurred while shooting his commercial feature debut The Lonely Hearts Club Band in September.
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Heart, Beating in the Dark
Title: Heart, Beating in the Dark
Character: Ringo
Released: February 20, 1982
Type: Movie
A boy and girl struggle to understand their place in 1980s Japan, retiring to copulate and probe each other for answers.
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Beautiful Sisters: Seduced
Title: Beautiful Sisters: Seduced
Character: Kiyoshi
Released: January 8, 1982
Type: Movie
A part time student, who works at a book store, is offered a room at his boss’s house to use for his studies. But he takes advantage of the offer to sexually assault the boss’s two daughters.
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Rapewoman: Dirty Sunday
Title: Rapewoman: Dirty Sunday
Character: Ibuki
Released: November 13, 1981
Type: Movie
A single woman starts receiving obscene phone calls at home. Feeling fearful she stays at the apartment of her best friend but somehow the pervert starts calling her there too. Feeling hopeless she gives in and agrees to meet at a restaurant. But when the woman and her friend arrive they discover it is managed by the man they both had relationships with. This was why they were let go from their previous jobs. They both decide it’s time for a little payback.
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Moa sekushi kemono no yoni mo ichido
Title: Moa sekushi kemono no yoni mo ichido
Character: Ken
Released: August 7, 1981
Type: Movie
A couple of delinquents doing small time con jobs steal the car of a local councilman. Inside the car they find a stuffed panda. Suddenly the two find themselves targeted by the yakuza. It seems they will do anything to retrieve the panda. But why?
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Love Beast: Attack!
Title: Love Beast: Attack!
Character: Kiri
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
A high school girl gets molested by her mother’s current lover. He is a sleazy detective working on the yakuza drug trade. The girl runs away from home but returns five years later with a newspaper article describing her mother’s apparent suicide. Within the corruption of a decaying shipping port she is determined to find the truth behind her mother’s death and what happened to her younger sister who had stayed behind.
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Love Beast: Flower of Vice
Title: Love Beast: Flower of Vice
Character: Tadashi Shibasaki
Released: April 3, 1981
Type: Movie
A woman and her business partner run a neighborhood bar. He hopes they can be married someday. One evening, a yakuza swaggers into the bar and asks the woman how much would it take to have sex with her. She jokingly replies “A million”. With that the yakuza pulls out a huge wad of bills, kidnaps her and viciously trains her to be a high class call girl. She soon begins to enjoy the training and starts to attract big clients and big money. But secretly she waits for her chance to take revenge on the man who forced her into this life of sin.
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Disciples of Hippocrates
Title: Disciples of Hippocrates
Released: November 21, 1980
Type: Movie
The story revolves around Ogino, who is in the last year of his medical studies. Between lectures, exams, on field training, his commitment as a pro-reformist militant and his girlfriend, Ogino is starting to wonder if he's really cut out to be a doctor.
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Another Side
Title: Another Side
Released: October 1, 1980
Type: Movie
This is Yamakawa's first feature film in 16mm. A group of university students who grew up in an era of rapid economic growth yearn for "another side" of life as they face romantic conflicts and the suicide of a fellow student.
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Back of Happy Street
Title: Back of Happy Street
Released: June 21, 1979
Type: Movie
A journalist, his pyromaniac girlfriend, and an ex-baseball player team up to rip off a gangster, with violent consequences.
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The Summer Yuki Gave Up Rock Music
Title: The Summer Yuki Gave Up Rock Music
Released: July 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A female vocalist breaks with her manager and sets to work with an old man of his band. The involvement of the gay, Super8 addicted friend of the manager leads to increasingly high waves of frustration, treachery, humiliation and cruelty.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 3: Last Days of the Boss
Released: April 24, 1976
Type: Movie
The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.