Yûrei Yanagi

Yûrei Yanagi

Born: April 8, 1963
in Hiroshima, Japan
Yurei Yanagi (柳 憂怜) is a Japanese actor.  He's also been credited as Masahiko Ono (小野 昌彦).

Movies for Yûrei Yanagi...

Missing
Title: Missing
Released: May 17, 2024
Type: Movie
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Tsundol
Title: Tsundol
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
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The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room
Title: The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room
Released: April 16, 2021
Type: Movie
A former high school teacher Sugiura lost everything when he was caught, peeping photos of his favorite student and living a degenerate life. One day, a girl named Rumi, wearing high school uniform, appears in front of Sugiura. They are immediately drowns in lust and Rumi crashes into Sugiura's apartment. Gradually, Sugiura becomes obsessed with Rumi and tie her down. When Sugiura's dark desire to leave her in a beautiful, young appearance forever, and Rumi's deep feeling towards Sugiura crosses, they head towards a beautiful but sad ending.
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Title: High Position (1986)
Character: 天野 光彦(46岁)
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: TV
Mitsuhiko Amano is full of regrets. A 46 year old salaryman who had just been laid off, he was told that his wife wanted a divorce, something that he might have been wanting for years. So he visits a soapland, a place he hasn't been since he started dating his wife 22 years ago. While there, a fire suddenly erupts, trapping Amano and a soapland girl in the bath. In a rare moment of bravery and decisiveness, Amano attempts to lead the girl to safety, only to slip and hit his head. As his consciousness fades, he sees the back of the soapland girl making her escape... A fresh set of regret blankets him as he passes out, he returns to his 16-year-old body while remaining 46 years old. The time is 1986.
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Little Nights, Little Love
Title: Little Nights, Little Love
Character: Kunihiko Kurume
Released: September 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Sato is an employee conducting a survey in front of Sendai Station. Saki takes the survey and the two ultimately become a couple. 10 years later, Sato proposes to Saki on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.
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Title: Unnatural
Released: January 12, 2018
Type: TV
Mikoto Misumi is a pathologist at UDI (Unnatural Death Investigation) Lab. She can't stand neglecting unnatural deaths and believes there must be a truth behind the deaths. Team members that work with her are autopsy doctor Kai Nakado, recorder Rokuro Kube, clinical test technologist Yuko Shoji and UDI director Yasuo Kamikura. They work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.
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Title: Zero: Dragon Blood
Released: January 7, 2017
Type: TV
Rei Suzumura continues to hunt Horrors in a certain city. One day, he meets a young woman in love with photography, Alice Hiromi. After witnessing Makai Knight ZERO in action, she develops an interest in Rei. Meanwhile, a carriage crosses a far away bridge. The carriage contains a coffin in which a man lies. That man is none other than the Dragon Knight, who used the power of Dragons to hunt Horrors.
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Japanese Girls Never Die
Title: Japanese Girls Never Die
Character: Jiro Tsugawa
Released: December 3, 2016
Type: Movie
While a gang of high school girls randomly beats lone men at night, the photo of a young woman who has been declared missing is used to design a template which is painted on each wall of a small suburban town.
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Okinawa Days: Kitano's Second Debut
Title: Okinawa Days: Kitano's Second Debut
Released: October 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Interviews with the people who worked on Beat Takeshi Kitano's second film: Boiling Point (3x4 Jugatsu), released in 1990 : Masayuki Mori (Producer and Manager) and Yurei Yanagi (Actor).
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The Crawler In The Attic
Title: The Crawler In The Attic
Released: July 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Private detective Kogoro (Kouta Kusano) receives a request from Naoko (Yuki Mamiya). She is the daughter of a family that runs a large hosital. Naoko wants private detective Kogoro to investigate her fiance Endo (Yasushi Fuchikami) and whether he is having an affair with university student Teruko (Noriko Kijima).
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Family Court Probation Officer, Akira Yamanobo
Title: Family Court Probation Officer, Akira Yamanobo
Character: Takanori Fujinami
Released: May 7, 2016
Type: Movie
Tokyo Family Court judicial research official Akira Yamanobo is in charge of Tetsuo and Ayano Katase's divorce arbitration. Ayano, the wife, who works for a boutique company, insists her husband is involved with another woman. Supported by her employer Kotomi Saegusa, the company president, she demands a divorce as soon as possible. On the other hand, her husband Tetsuo, a trading professional, denies having a relationship with a woman. He says he will not agree to the divorce and does not plan to let his only son Kenta go, so the arbitration continues. According to Akira's investigation, Ayano gave birth to Kenta as a single mother five years ago when she was working as a hospital clerk, making him Tetsuo's stepson. Tetsuo loves Kenta as his own child, so Akira doesn't understand why Ayano is so insistent on getting a divorce. However, Tetsuo's insistence on not giving up custody of his stepson Kenta is also very unusual.
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Ghost Theater
Title: Ghost Theater
Released: November 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Sara, a young actress, is able to land the leading role in big theater play, but soon learns that somebody or something is trying to end the production at all cost, which puts Sara in deadly danger.
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Dear Deer
Title: Dear Deer
Character: Seiichi
Released: September 3, 2015
Type: Movie
When Fujio, Yoshio and Akiko were children, they saw a fantastic "Ryoumou Deer," but nobody believed them. The three siblings lived in a mountain village.
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Listener
Title: Listener
Character: Kinoshita
Released: February 28, 2015
Type: Movie
Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.
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The Complex
Title: The Complex
Character: Ishizuka
Released: May 13, 2013
Type: Movie
Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching sound coming from the apartment of her neighbor, a reclusive old man who has refused all attempts at communication. Concerned over his well being, Asuka enters his home only to find him dead from malnutrition. Worse, it looks as if he had been trying to claw his way into her room. Asuka learns that there have been a number of strange deaths in the complex over the years from Shinobu, the handyman cleaning up the old man’s apartment. Even the girls at school whisper rumors of it being haunted.
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Title: The Complex: Prologue
Character: Ishizuka
Released: April 9, 2013
Type: TV
"The Complex-Prologue" is a spin-off of horror movie "The Complex". A young boy named Minoru becomes involved in a mysterious phenomenon and horror experience.
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Good-bye Debussy
Title: Good-bye Debussy
Character: Tetsuya Katsuki
Released: January 26, 2013
Type: Movie
16-year-old Haruka lost the people she loved the most in a fire. Haruka is also physically and emotionally wounded from the fire, but she still dreams of becoming a pianist. She takes part in an upcoming competition. Inauspicious incidents then occur around her. Musical student Yosuke, who teaches piano to Haruka, tries to solve the case.
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The Little Girl in Me
Title: The Little Girl in Me
Released: December 1, 2012
Type: Movie
After Kensuke graduated from college, he began to work at a company. He didn't get along with his co-workers and six months later quit his job. Since that time he has stayed in his home for 5 years. One day, Kensuke learns about men who enjoy dressing up as women through the internet. At first he feels uncomfortable about them, but he becomes interested in those men. He begins to exchange emails with cross-dresser Karen who has a charismatic personality.
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Cold Bloom
Title: Cold Bloom
Character: Yoshio Tachibana
Released: April 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Industrial Hitachi City is the location for this post-3.11 drama. Still recovering from the tsunami, Shiori receives news of her husband’s accidental death, which marks the start of a personal recovery that mirrors the town’s for Shiori as well as forgiveness of surviving coworker Takumi.
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Helldriver
Title: Helldriver
Character: Taku
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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Psycho Gothic Lolita
Title: Psycho Gothic Lolita
Character: Jiro (Yuki's Dad)
Released: September 4, 2010
Type: Movie
Yuki lives at home in peace until one day a unit of assassins breaks in and kill her mother. In order to revenge herself Yuki becomes a demon of vengeance by donning gothic lolita clothing, using a parasol as a deadly weapon, and executing the guilty in God's name.
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Lost Love Murder
Title: Lost Love Murder
Character: Shuuichi (Miyako's husband)
Released: April 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Shuichi Minamida lives comfortably on the proceeds of his father's legacy, but he struggles with the idea that his beautiful wife, Moyako, no longer loves him. One day he confesses his worries to Kotoura, his dentist. Kotoura summons the Akechi detective agency and asks them to investigate his friend's wife, Miyako. Fumiyo Akechi takes the case and begins her investigation. She soon notices that something strange is going on between Miyako and the dentist. This observation leads to a tragic ending which none of those involved could ever imagine.
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Silver Rain
Title: Silver Rain
Released: November 28, 2009
Type: Movie
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Woman-Killer in Oil Hell
Title: Woman-Killer in Oil Hell
Released: May 23, 2009
Type: Movie
Starting with director Gosha Hideo's version in 1992, the puppet theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon has been made into a film on countless occasions. The actor Sakagami Shinobu wrote and directed this version. This new interpretation focuses on a woman who played a minor role in the original version, and features a bold performance from former pin-up model Fujikawa Nozomi. Yohee (Yasuda Shingo), son and heir of the store Kawachiya, runs up huge debts due to his obsession with the prostitute Okiku (Fujikawa). Told by her husband Chizaemon, Okichi (Yamada Kinuwo) goes to condemn Yohee. On her way back home, Okiku laughs and mocks her, which Okichi finds sexually exciting.
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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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The Slit-Mouthed Woman 0: The Beginning
Title: The Slit-Mouthed Woman 0: The Beginning
Released: December 6, 2008
Type: Movie
The Slit-Mouthed Woman 0: The Beginning
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Title: Tonsure
Character: Sawaguchi
Released: October 5, 2008
Type: TV
Yabu is an unattractive and incompetent middle-aged publishing editor. Mika is a beautiful young author who debuted at 18 and has since written two best-sellers. When Yabu commissions some writing from Mika, she suddenly finds herself stricken with writer's block. Somehow, Yabu ends up being confined to Mika's home, resulting in a strange state of cohabitation for the mismatched pair.
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Achilles and the Tortoise
Title: Achilles and the Tortoise
Character: Young Machisu
Released: September 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
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Ghost Zombie
Title: Ghost Zombie
Released: November 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Straight-to-DVD horror release from "Kushisake Onna" director Koji Shiraishi. A taxi driver who lives only for the idol Mika Enno accidently runs over a heretic folklorist named Hirano. Film stars Chise Nakamura and Nocchi.
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Kaidan
Title: Kaidan
Released: August 4, 2007
Type: Movie
Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again. 20 Years later, Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, coincidentally meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu. They fall in love. It is a doomed love, as the spirit of Soetsu is far from dead
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Ghosts vs. Aliens 03
Title: Ghosts vs. Aliens 03
Released: June 25, 2007
Type: Movie
A two-part feature directed separately by Shimizu and his colleague Keisuke Toyoshima. Unrelated to each other, both have a common goal: to bring ghosts and aliens together in pure, referential and absurdistic delirium, including neo-Nazi specters, zombie yakuzas and nasty aliens.
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Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
Title: Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman
Character: Detective Kubo
Released: March 16, 2007
Type: Movie
Legend holds that 30 years ago, a suburban town was terrorized by the spirit of a woman whose horrid face had been grotesquely disfigured. Roaming the streets wearing a long coat and carrying large scissors, the spirit would approach her young victims and, while removing the mask, ask if she was pretty. The victim’s response would almost always lead to their violent death.
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Scarier Stories Than Ghosts Vol.1
Title: Scarier Stories Than Ghosts Vol.1
Released: May 27, 2005
Type: Movie
Anthology film with 3 stories. Fukuro (Bag), Joyu Sutoka (Actress Stalker), and Moso Kankin (Delusional Confinement).
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Look of Love
Title: Look of Love
Character: Police Officer
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A young man is unable to have relations with the girls he likes. A pimp meets him after having a strange experience and they are althogether on a bizarre ride through a gloomy and disconnected Tokyo.
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Ju-rei: The Uncanny
Title: Ju-rei: The Uncanny
Character: Juku-kôshi Kasahara
Released: March 27, 2004
Type: Movie
Japanese school girls die violently after seeing a man wearing a black hood.
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Hazan
Title: Hazan
Character: Sanjiro
Released: January 2, 2004
Type: Movie
Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).
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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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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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Last Scene
Title: Last Scene
Released: November 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited to his onscreen counterpart, Keiko, who recently announced her retirement from acting in order to get married. Feeling frustrated and helpless, Ken turns to alcohol as he begins to provoke fights, attempts to lure a girl into bed, and argues with his wife, who came to visit him at the studio. All she says is thank you and leaves Ken puzzled. Ken Mihara, once a budding young star, takes a job as an extra. Although he's past his prime, he still manages to infuse a young filmmaker with the motivation to pursue her dreams as a director.
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
Title: Asako in Ruby Shoes
Character: Young Cameraman
Released: December 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
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Ju-On: The Curse 2
Title: Ju-On: The Curse 2
Character: Shunsuke Kobayashi
Released: March 25, 2000
Type: Movie
On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.
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Ju-on: The Curse
Title: Ju-on: The Curse
Character: Shunsuke Kobayashi
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
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Minazuki
Title: Minazuki
Released: October 23, 1999
Type: Movie
Akira's wife walks out on him, leaving him to confide in his gangster brother-in-law. Using only a cryptic note as a clue the two brothers go on a road trip to find his wife. After a series of violent encounters with strangers, Akira meets a prostitute. The pair start a relationship. After Akira finds his wife, he questions whether he still wants to be with her.
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Ring 2
Title: Ring 2
Character: Okazaki
Released: January 23, 1999
Type: Movie
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
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Serpent's Path
Title: Serpent's Path
Character: Otsuki
Released: February 21, 1998
Type: Movie
Miyashita, a former low-level yakuza member, has tracked down and kidnapped his daughter's murderer with help of his friend Nijima. But others are soon implicated in the death, leading the pair further down a violent path of revenge.
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Ring
Title: Ring
Character: AD Okazaki
Released: January 31, 1998
Type: Movie
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
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An Obsession
Title: An Obsession
Released: December 20, 1997
Type: Movie
Police detective Sosuke is shot down while chasing down a suspect. While he is unconscious, his gun is stolen. He recovers, but loses his wife and resigns from the police force. All of a sudden, his lost gun used in a series of crimes.
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Fireworks
Title: Fireworks
Character: Chef #1
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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Targeted Idol: Real Stalker
Title: Targeted Idol: Real Stalker
Released: June 21, 1997
Type: Movie
An obsessive fan stalks and kidnaps his idol.
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Dangan Runner
Title: Dangan Runner
Released: November 9, 1996
Type: Movie
A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience store. The store's clerk, a washed-up rock star, chases the thief and literally runs into a Yakuza to whom he owes money. Thus begins an all-night, three-way pursuit through the streets of Tokyo.
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Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Title: Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Character: Teruo Tanasita
Released: March 23, 1996
Type: Movie
There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences.
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Don't Look Up
Title: Don't Look Up
Character: Toshio Murai
Released: March 22, 1996
Type: Movie
On the set of a dark war time drama at an old movie studio, a young director, Toshio Murai, is trying to complete his debut film. The two starring actresses, Hitomi Kurokawa and Saori Murakami, play sisters in his film. Murai has a crush on Hitomi, the seasoned leading actress, and keeps a photo of her by his bed. The younger and less experienced actress, Saori, is annoying and likes to have recess on the set. The production of the movie is consistently interrupted by strange occurrences and the cast and crew begin to get spooked.
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Immoral: Indecent Relationship
Title: Immoral: Indecent Relationship
Released: April 25, 1995
Type: Movie
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Getting Any?
Title: Getting Any?
Character: Lupin
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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T-Back Bride
Title: T-Back Bride
Released: January 22, 1993
Type: Movie
A home invader's sadistic plot is foiled when Ai Iijima shows up and starts doing random cosplay stuff for whatever reason.
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Waiting for the Flood
Title: Waiting for the Flood
Released: August 10, 1991
Type: Movie
A young asthmatic man learns he has magical powers.
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Boiling Point
Title: Boiling Point
Character: Masaki
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: Movie
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Yamashita
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.