Goro Inagaki

Goro Inagaki

Born: December 8, 1973
in Tokyo, Japan
Gorō Inagaki (born December 8, 1973) is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. Inagaki is a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP. His career began while he was in junior high school, when his sister submitted his picture to a talent company; he was subsequently chosen to join SMAP, which has a considerable following in Japan. Inagaki's first major acting role was in the motion picture Saraba itoshino yakuza, released in 1990. His international film debut was in the romantic comedy Private Lessons II, playing the male lead role of a Japanese student who falls for his tutor. Private Lessons II also starred SMAP lead vocalist Masahiro Nakai.

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Movies for Goro Inagaki...

A Girl Named Ann
Title: A Girl Named Ann
Released: June 7, 2024
Type: Movie
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Title: The Swallows Don't Come Back
Released: April 30, 2024
Type: TV
Riki, who works as a temp, is distressed when her colleague invites her to earn money by donating her eggs. However, after taking the interview, she realizes it’s not for egg donation but for surrogacy. A former ballet dancer, Kusaoke Motoi, and his wife, Yuko, are looking for a surrogate mother to bear their child in exchange for high rewards.
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Title: Yu Yu Hakusho
Character: Sakyo
Released: December 14, 2023
Type: TV
After a selfless act costs him his life, teen delinquent Yusuke Urameshi is chosen as a Spirit Detective to investigate cases involving rogue yokai.
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(Ab)normal Desire
Title: (Ab)normal Desire
Character: Hiroki Terai
Released: November 10, 2023
Type: Movie
Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Takehito Minato—the team behind acclaimed boxing epic Wilderness—reunite to adapt Ryo Asai's prize-winning novel. A sensitive drama about the aberrant in a society without regard for diversity, the story unites characters trying to hide abnormalities: a prosecutor who is worried that his pubescent son is a shut-in, an introverted saleswoman with a peculiar habit, and a student tortured by feelings she can’t express. In a world fill with abnormalities, what if it’s actually normal to be abnormal?
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ほんとにあった怖い話 夏の特別編2023
Title: ほんとにあった怖い話 夏の特別編2023
Released: August 19, 2023
Type: Movie
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By The Window
Title: By The Window
Character: Shigemi Ichikawa
Released: November 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Inagaki Goro plays a freelance writer married to his editor wife (Nakamura Yuri), who he discovers is having an affair with the popular novelist she is responsible for at work. Although troubled, he can’t bring himself to confront his wife. He later meets a high school novelist at a literary award ceremony, and–drawn to the award-winning book–he inquires about the model it’s based on, thinking he’d like to meet that person…
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Title: The Wind, The Storm
Character: 辻潤
Released: September 4, 2022
Type: TV
Noe Ito. Women's liberation activist in the Taisho era. 100 years ago, with a stroke of her hand, she challenged the institution of marriage and social morality head-on. She uses her exuberant passion as her sole source of support. Admiration for Raiteu Hiratsuka, who wrote that “in the beginning, women were the sun”, her life with her first husband, Dadaist Jun Tsuji, and Sakae Osugi, the anarchist who became the better half of her life. Meeting with... She lived a wild life in search of freedom, and when she tried to flourish as a writer, unreasonable violence took her life at the age of 28, but her life was a life that boldly confronted social contradictions that are common today, such as poverty and gender disparity. is once again shaking the present filled with a sense of stagnation.
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Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2022
Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2022
Released: August 20, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: Mischievous Kids Assemble!
Released: April 9, 2022
Type: TV
A new educational variety "Waruiko Atsumare" that both children and adults can enjoy suddenly started on NHK Educational TV from 8:25 on September 13 (Monday). While it was difficult to go out freely, E-Tele cooperated with Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori if they could learn about society while having fun and laughing for both children and adults. In this program, everyone who is curious and tries to come into contact with various values ​​is called "Waruiko". And, we will deliver in omnibus format various planning corners that will lead to "learning". A way of looking at things unique to this era. People who are professionally active in a certain field. It is a program that fosters a soft sensibility to face the world with free ideas.
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Title: The Country of Beauty
Released: April 12, 2021
Type: TV
Eri and Hiroyuki are remarried couples in their 40s. They enjoy going on trips, having meals, and living an elegant life together. However, their only worries are the slight deterioration of their appearances and the fact that they have gave up getting children. Suddenly, a mysterious woman appears in front of Hiroyuki and the couple starts to experience a mysterious event.
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Tezuka's Barbara
Title: Tezuka's Barbara
Character: Yosuke Mikura
Released: November 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka's reimagining of "The Tales of Hoffmann". Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named "Barbara".
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Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 2020 Special Edition
Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: 2020 Special Edition
Released: October 31, 2020
Type: Movie
Story 1 "A Story That Made Akazu no Ma" Sasaki Aya, the site director of a construction shop, visited the hot spring area after being asked to renovate the banquet hall by a long-established inn, was handed a blueprint by the designer Kijima Souji. Although Aya was suspicious, she started construction, but mysterious events happened one after another at the site. Story 2 "Karaoke Shop with Translation" Oono Yohei, a karaoke clerk, was plagued by strange phenomena that often occur at work. "I want you to guide me to room 8." Yohei guides the woman to the 8th room where Yoshioka is, while feeling the atmosphere. Story 3 "Midnight Mirror Image" There was a strange rumor in the mirror in the corridor of a hospital in Hokkaido. However, for some reason, the people around him did not try to touch the topic. One day, Naoya (Kamiki Ryunosuke), who was admitted to this hospital, wanted to go to the bathroom at midnight and left the hospital room by himself.
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Title: Peep Time
Released: September 18, 2020
Type: TV
Toneri Shinichi is a young man living in a condominium in Saitama. He's someone that fails at everything he does. Whenever he gets a new job, he gets quickly fired. On the other hand, Kashiya Jiro is the resident in the room next to Shinichi's. He suddenly discovers a hole in the wall which he can use to see Shinichi. He uses it to watch Shinichi in secret. One day, his daughter Akane also discovers the hole and the situation rapidly changes.
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Labyrinth of Cinema
Title: Labyrinth of Cinema
Character: Toshimichi Okubo
Released: July 31, 2020
Type: Movie
The only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront is about to close its doors. Its last night of screenings will be an all-night marathon of Japanese war films. When lightning strikes the theater, three young men in the audience find themselves thrown back in time into the world inside the screen.
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Title: Unavoidable Research
Character: Host
Released: December 27, 2019
Type: TV
Directors study "unavoidable" problems that no one in the world can avoid from their own perspective, and create videos that make you want to think about them. It is being delivered in advance on the net
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Children of the Sea
Title: Children of the Sea
Character: Masaaki Azumi (voice)
Released: June 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs, are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realize that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora's special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys' power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.
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Another World
Title: Another World
Character: Hiroshi Takamura
Released: October 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Ko, a man in his late 30s, lives in the countryside with his wife and teenage son. Mitsuhiko, who runs a local car dealership, also stayed in his hometown. One day, their mutual friend Eisuke returns from a long military operation and their reunification brings back both pleasant and painful memories.
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The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Title: The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Released: April 6, 2018
Type: Movie
The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They meet a talented pianist on the way. A mysterious relationship develops between Utagui, a little girl who eats songs to live and an artist who can't sing anymore. A married couple sets off on a journey to find the right arm of their dead son. As they finally reach a beach in Okinawa, they find? Bastards come together on a night dancefloor for a show.
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Title: 7.2 New Another Window
Character: Host
Released: April 1, 2018
Type: TV
"7.2 New Another Window" (7.2 Atarashii Betsu no Mado) is a variety show distributed on the Internet in Japan . It is broadcast live on the AbemaSPECIAL2 channel of ABEMA on the first Sunday of every month. From April 1, 2018 to March 1 , 2020, it will be delivered from 17:00 to 0:12 the next day. From April 5, 2020, it airs from 15:00 to 22:12. The abbreviation and recommended hashtag is " Nananii" (ななにー).
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Title: IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius
Released: October 16, 2016
Type: TV
Sharaku Homonji is the eldest son of a distinguished family who has studied crime for generations. The eldest son from the Homonji family has tested for an IQ of 246 for generations and Sharaku Homonji possess an IQ of 246. Soko Wato is a detective. One day, she is assigned to the investigation section #1. Her job there is not to investigate crimes, but to escort Sharaku
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Night's Tightrope
Title: Night's Tightrope
Character: Takao
Released: October 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Yuki is a 2nd year high school student. She volunteers at a paediatrics ward for her summer vacation, because she wants to witness the moment a person dies. She got that thought after feeling envious of a transfer student's story of seeing a friend's dead body. Yuki has friend named Atsuko. She was bullied in the past and has anxiety issues. She volunteers at a nursing home for her summer vacation, hoping that she will gain courage if she sees the moment a person dies.
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Title: Displeased Fruit
Character: 水越航一
Released: April 29, 2016
Type: TV
Mayako Mizukoshi is a 32-years-old housewife and she has been married for 5 years. Mayako is not happy with her marriage. Her husband doesn't look at her as a woman. Music critic Michihiko Kudo appears in front of her. He approaches Mayako and they fall into a forbidden love.
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Title: HEAT
Character: Jin Hibino
Released: July 7, 2015
Type: TV
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Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
Title: Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
Released: April 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the series. In this work, we collaborate with five popular manga artists such as Go Nagai, Junji Ito, Eiichiro Oda, Kazuo Umezu and Masayuki Ishikawa.
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Title: Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu
Character: Inspector Ishimatsu
Released: January 14, 2014
Type: TV
Assistant Inspector Fukuie does not look like an assistant inspector but once she starts an investigation, she takes no notice of anyone as she searches for the key to find out the truth. She does not care for the hierarchical relationship of the organisation or career advancement. If she has doubts, she will not listen to her superior and will persist in investigating to the end. Fukuie’s boss Inspector Ishimatsu is completely different from her. He places importance on the organisation and discipline, is rigid and strait-laced. Ever since Fukuie became his subordinate, his pride has been in tatters because she loves to disregard his instructions and investigate on her own even though this eventually results in success and he gets credit for her achievements. His principle is to investigate using orthodox methods, but the results that Fukuie delivers goes against this and makes him feel ashamed.
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Title: Shinryochu In The Room
Character: Ryo Tenma
Released: December 1, 2013
Type: TV
Ryo Tenma (Goro Inagaki) works as a psychoanalyst in the counseling office of a high school. He listens to students, teachers and sometimes even students' family members to solve their problems. Nevertheless, Ryo Tenma carries heavy emotional wounds himself and as he tries to help others, he also works to overcome his own emotional issues.
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Oshin
Title: Oshin
Character: Sakuzo Tanimura
Released: October 12, 2013
Type: Movie
A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family, because of her own family's financial condition. Nevertheless, the young girl lives strongly.
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Title: Take Five: Should we Steal for Love?
Character: Iwatsuki Kai
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: TV
Up till 20 years ago, together with his father and 3 other people, Homura Masayoshi was part of the legendary group of thieves that called themselves 「TAKE FIVE」. This group stole from the rich who had acquired their wealth through immoral means. Due to an incident, Masayoshi decided to retire from the group, and settled into his life as a professor of Psychology at a reputable university. One day, he runs into a mysterious homeless woman, who passes him a picture of a Leonardo Da Vinci's painting, which prompts him to re-enter the world of thievery and resurrect 「TAKE FIVE」. Sasahara Rui joined the Burglary Division in the footsteps of her father, who had died in an accident involving a burglary heist. She wows to take down 「TAKE FIVE」 and stop them from stealing again. What was the real reason for the disbanding of 「TAKE FIVE」 20 years ago? Who is the mysterious homeless woman and what is the significance of the Da Vinci picture she had given to Masayoshi? How did Rui's father really died?
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Orpheus' Lyre
Title: Orpheus' Lyre
Character: Nobuki
Released: April 6, 2013
Type: Movie
Although the situation is universal, Japanese mourning rituals are given solid coverage. The 49th day after death is considered crucial, as the date at which the soul passes from this world to the next and, therefore, the date from when the living are expected to get on with life. But Yoko doesn't move on. The ache of the loss that simply won't heal takes an awful toll on her husband and friends, who try doggedly and unsuccessfully to help her move on, and to guide her away from the misguided and damaging belief that daughter Kanako's spirit has entered another living child (by sharptongue, IMDB.com)
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Title: The Knife and the Sword
Character: Mitsuhide Akechi
Released: January 11, 2013
Type: TV
French chef Ken travels back in time to Sengoku period. Due to traveling through the time slip, Ken has lost his memory, but still retains his knowledge on fine cuisine. Thanks to his excellence in cuisine, Ken eventually becomes the chef to powerful daimyo Nobunaga Oda.
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Gift of SMAP
Title: Gift of SMAP
Released: December 5, 2012
Type: Movie
Plenty of charm! Plenty of volume! All the best parts of the concert! The Tokyo Dome performance of the nationwide tour "GIFT of SMAP -CONCERT TOUR'2012-" recorded in its entirety.
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Title: Dr. Attorney Morohashi
Released: March 23, 2012
Type: TV
One day, Morohashi was brought to Seiryo Medical University Hospital with binge drinking. At that time a female was also hospitalized in critical conditions. While Iketani, an intern, was totally lost at what to do with the woman, Morohashi stepped in and saved her. It turned out that Morohashi was also a doctor, or rather a brilliant surgeon. Facing the lack of good surgeons, the hospital recruited him. However, there were other reasons behind Morohashi's acceptance of the job...
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Title: Ojamap!!
Released: January 25, 2012
Type: TV
" Oja MAP!! " was broadcast on Fuji TV from January 25, 2012 to March 28, 2018 every Wednesday from 19:00 to 19:57 ( JST ). Travel variety show . The catchphrase is " Map your city! ".
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Title: Hungry!
Character: Tokio Aso
Released: January 10, 2012
Type: TV
Mukai is taking on the role of Eisuke, a former bassist of a rock band who gave up his music dreams to carry on the tradition of his family’s French restaurant. The show will involve a love triangle as Kuninaka and Takimoto play rivals for Eisuke’s heart.
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Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2011
Released: September 3, 2011
Type: Movie
While Suzaki Saika (Ashida Mana) is hospitalised for poor health, her father, Tamotsu (Totsugi Shigeyuki) feels torn that he has to leave here and go on a business trip. A portrait of Saika’s late mother is placed beside her bed. Her mother had died in exchange for bringing her into this world. Tamotsu puts a paper with his mobile phone number written on it inside an amulet and hands it to Saika. He asks the nurse Tokunaga Maki (Minamisawa Nao) to keep an eye on Saika, and leaves for his trip. One night, a young girl calls out to a lonely Saika who cannot get to sleep. A long-haired girl in a wheelchair in the old wing befriends Saika and plays with her everyday. However, by the time Saika realises it, she has awaken from her sleep. Was that a dream? When she talks about the girl in the wheelchair, Maki’s expression freezes. What happened at this hospital?
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Title: Bull Doctor
Character: Junnosuke Nakura
Released: July 6, 2011
Type: TV
Bull Doctor is a Japanese television drama series that aired on NTV from 6 July to 14 September 2011.
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Title: Goro Deluxe
Character: Host
Released: April 14, 2011
Type: TV
Goro Deluxe is a reading variety show that was broadcast on the TBS TV series from April 15, 2011 (midnight on the 14th) to March 29, 2019 (midnight on the 28th)
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Title: Shooting Star
Character: Shûichi Makihara
Released: October 18, 2010
Type: TV
Takenouchi plays an aquarium employee named Kengo, who seems ordinary at first glance but actually possesses a secret that he would sacrifice everything in order to protect. Meanwhile, Ueto plays Risa, a young woman working in the sex trade in order to pay off her brother's debt, though her situation has led her to contemplate suicide. These two characters, both full of despair, meet each other and end up entering a contract marriage purely for its benefits. However, as they overcome various troubles, their relationship begins turning into true love.
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13 Assassins
Title: 13 Assassins
Character: Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira
Released: September 9, 2010
Type: Movie
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Title: Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Character: Kyôichi Kagami
Released: July 3, 2010
Type: Movie
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
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Title: SMAPに内緒でドラマ作っちゃいましたSP ~毒トマト殺人事件
Released: July 1, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: GI Goro
Character: Host
Released: April 5, 2010
Type: TV
This program is an invention posting variety show that introduces " new proposals for common people's lives ." On July 12, 2010 and September 6, 2010, a one-hour special was aired. Goro Inagaki is the host and many entertainers set aside. This is the sequel to the talk variety shows " Goro's Bar " and " Goro's Bar Presents My Fair Lady ", and is the final part of the trilogy.The stage has changed from the healing bar, which was the second store of Goro's Bar, to the baron Goro's house, which is said to be the owner Goro's house . Inagaki Goro was also set to be called Baron Goro by the owner Goro . GI in "GI Goro" is an abbreviation for Great Inventor , and refers to Baron Goro who aims to become a "great inventor." It is not an abbreviation for Goro Inagaki and has nothing to do with GI Joe .
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Kamen Rider G
Title: Kamen Rider G
Character: Goro / Kamen Rider G
Released: January 31, 2009
Type: Movie
Goro is a sommelier who transforms into the titular Kamen Rider G to fight the former anti-terrorism unit Shade, who captured and brainwashed him into a soldier, before the unit went underground due to the use of kidnapped people as supersoldiers. During a raid at TV Asahi led by Daidō Oda, who demands the release of their imprisoned leader, Seizan Tokugawa, Goro encounters his girlfriend Eri Hinata. She jogs his memory and he attacks his former comrades while getting Eri out of harm's way. This makes Oda reveal his true form as the Phylloxera Worm while his subordinates transform into the Acarina Worm, the Subst Worm, the Brachypelma Worm Viridis, and the Cochlea Worm to attempt to destroy the traitor. After an extended fight across the city and countryside, G manages to defeat Phylloxera Worm thanks to the encouragement of Decade and the other primary Heisei Riders appearing before him. Running off, Goro vows to save the world from Shade before returning to Eri.
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Title: Triangle
Character: Kuroki Shun
Released: January 6, 2009
Type: TV
The series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Goda Ryoji suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective. In 2008, he meets Sachi, a traveling artist in Paris, and shortly after Goda's return to Japan, he becomes involved in the expired murder case when another detective receives an anonymous phone call.
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Title: The Battle of Mr. and Mrs. Sasaki
Character: Norimichi Sasaki
Released: January 20, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: HANA-KIMI
Character: Kitahama Noburo
Released: July 3, 2007
Type: TV
Japanese-American track star Mizuki Ashiya transfers from a school in California to Japan, but not to just any old school. The school is Osaka High School—an all male high school! Mizuki Ashiya must disguise herself as a boy, all to get closer to her hero, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete who attends Osaka High. Now with short hair, flattened chest, and deeper voice, Mizuki becomes roommates with Izumi Sano, but trouble soon starts to brew. Izumi Sano discovers by accident that Mizuki is a girl and falls in love with her, but Mizuki is unaware of the fact. Complicating things, fellow classmate Shuichi Nakatsu starts to develop feelings for Mizuki, unaware that she is a girl!
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Title: Baby SMAP
Released: April 15, 2007
Type: TV
A promotional program that was broadcast on the Fuji TV series [Note 1] from April 15, 2007 ( early morning on the 16th) to December 25, 2016 (early morning on the 26th) . From April 2016, the broadcast date and time will be every Monday from 1:30 to 1:35 ( Sunday midnight, SU Night slot → Fujibara Night SUN slot).
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Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle
Title: Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle
Released: January 5, 2007
Type: Movie
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Cherry Girl
Title: Cherry Girl
Released: December 20, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: In Love with Eyes of an Ugly Girl
Character: Yamaguchi Osamu
Released: April 11, 2006
Type: TV
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Osamu Suzuki. Popular scenario writer, Yamaguchi Osamu (Inagaki Goro) is currently dating fashion magazine model Ebihara Yumi (Ebihara Yuri). With a high salary and a beautiful girlfriend, one would expect Osamu to be the envy of all around him. Yet there is something missing in his life. On the complete other end of the spectrum, 25 year old Ota Miyuki (Murakami Tomoko) works part-time at a Ramen restaurant while trying to fulfill her dreams of becoming an actress. Though her parents may have named her Miyuki with the intentions of her being beautiful and happy, the reality is she is ugly. Ugly enough for her parents to worry over her future. Miyuki herself, though she hates it, is also quite aware of this fact. This is where Osamu and Miyuki meet. Shocked by Miyuki's pure and fresh personality, he is drawn to her, but...
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One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle
Title: One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle
Character: Dr. Rachet (voice)
Released: March 4, 2006
Type: Movie
The Straw Hats visits an island, known as Mecha Island, where a fisherman sings an old folk song about a Golden Crown. Searching for that mysterious treasure, they find a hidden entrance into the island. The island's leader, Ratchet, impressed with the find and in search of the Golden Crown himself, invites the crew to join him in his search and the crew along with Ratchet and his henchmen enter the cave. As it turns out, the islands true form, is that of a giant turtle. Ratchet, who had known this all along, uses his mechanical castle to take control of the turtle, in order to use it, to take over the world. Now the Straw Hats have to stop not only Ratchet, but also the helpless turtle, from crashing into a nearby island.
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Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Title: Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Character: Kosuke Kindaichi
Released: January 6, 2006
Type: Movie
The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written word. Kousuke Kindaichi started life in the novels of Seishi Yokomizo, written and set in post-war Japan. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, Kindaichi is still very much a unique character, giving the Japanese their very own literary hero-detective. Young Hajime Kindaichi is a young man with bad dandruff and worse dress-sense (decades before Columbo), who wears a trademark, scruffy sunhat. He also happens to be better than the police at deductive reasoning. Having gained publicity for solving a high-profile murder case, the detectives allow him to work with them again. This story is slimmer than the twisty plots of Inugami and Village, but is graced by the presence of Chiaki Kuriyama (Battle Royale, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Great Yokai War) in the title role.
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Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
Title: Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e
Released: October 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Spring 2005, Okinawa. It's the wedding of Sawamura Seiji's second daughter, Seiko (Fujisawa Ema). Miwa (Harada Mieko), her mother, is watching over her beloved daughter with a smiling face. The eldest daughter, Asuka (Ito Ayumi), who slipped out of the party to watch the sea alone, is holding preciously a book... This is the diary of a deceased father addressed to his daughters.
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Title: The Tragedy of M
Released: January 16, 2005
Type: TV
Ever since his boyhood experience with a burglar in his house, Mamoru has made security a major theme in his life. Joining a security firm, gaining early promotion and his engagement to the daughter of the company director has brought him a very happy point in his life. But on the way to a business meeting, he meets Misa, a woman dressed in mourning, who seems to bear a deep grudge against him although he has no idea who she is. From that moment on, Mamoru’s life begins to collapse around him.
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University of Laughs
Title: University of Laughs
Character: Hajime Tsubaki
Released: October 30, 2004
Type: Movie
In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.
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八つ墓村
Title: 八つ墓村
Character: 金田一耕助
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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Title: 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Kōsuke Kindaichi
Released: April 3, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi
Released: January 10, 2004
Type: TV
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Spring Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Spring Special
Released: March 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring Inagaki Goro 2. Rental Love - starring Iijima Naoko 3. Oikaketai (I want to Chase [Him/Her]) - starring Kyono Kotomi 4. Chozeikin Taisaku Satsujin Jiken (Countering Excessive Taxation Murder Case) - starring Nishimura Masahiko 5. Kage no Kuni (The Country of Shadows) - starring Sakurai Sachiko
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Smap! Tour! 2002!
Title: Smap! Tour! 2002!
Released: March 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Release of the 2002 SMAP tour, Drink! Smap! Tour filmed at Tokyo Stadium
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Title: Love Quotient
Released: July 4, 2002
Type: TV
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Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
Character: Katsuya Tashiro
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Drama Legend Special Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari SMAP Special is a 2001's rerun version, consisting of 5 stories: 1. Extra Synopsis: A man decides to go against a society whose every action and exchange of dialogue has already been prewritten in the screenplay of life. 2. 13-banme no Kyaku (Guest no. 13) Synopsis: A short-tempered man gets his hair cut at a strange barber shop only to find that he cannot leave before going through a certain process. 3. Black Room Synopsis: A son returns home from America to find his hometown shrouded in black and his parents behaving very strangely. 4. Boku wa Tabi o Suru (I'm Taking a Trip) Synopsis: A man’s older sister goes on a trip without realizing the terrifying truth. 5. Otona Juken (Adult Test) Synopsis: A young man must prove that he is truly an adult through a series of real life scenario tests.
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Title: Hypnosis
Character: Toshiya Saga
Released: July 9, 2000
Type: TV
A string of mysterious deaths has occurred, leaving all of the victims with a purple butterfly-shaped bruise. According to investigators, the victims have all died from a hypnotic suggestion. The police bring in renowned psychiatrist Toshiya Saga, who specializes in hypnotic cures, to help with the investigation. He is determined to solve the mystery, but is caught off-guard when the woman he is attracted to becomes a suspect in the investigation.
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Title: Dangerous Relationship
Released: October 14, 1999
Type: TV
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Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
Released: August 27, 1999
Type: Movie
The first special of the Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi drama series.
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Hypnosis
Title: Hypnosis
Character: Toshiya Saga
Released: June 5, 1999
Type: Movie
Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?
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Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP
Title: Furuhata Ninzaburo vs SMAP
Character: Goro Inagaki
Released: January 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Furuhata is called in to investigate a murder committed by the well-known Japanese boy band SMAP.
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Title: Somurie: Grape Wine Expert
Character: Joe Sataki
Released: October 13, 1998
Type: TV
After a corporate restructuring, Mr. Ogura, an aging manager, is assigned to run La Mer, a French restaurant in Japan. Joe Satake, a very talented French Japanese wine expert, has been asked by Ms. Katagiri, Mr. Ogura's immediate supervisor, to help. Using his expertise and keen observation skills, Joe is a genius in selecting the right wine for every occasion for his customers. He is very eccentric and has high standards, demanding that the wine be properly handled and appreciated.
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Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert
Title: Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert
Character: Kyoichi Kagami
Released: December 30, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: One Way Ticket to Love
Released: October 15, 1997
Type: TV
Narumi (Esumi), a "trouble-maker", returned from Brazil after 11.5 years to inform Tatsuya (Naito), a fatherly figure in her life, about her marriage. She was mistaken for Harumi (Esumi) by the people who knew Harumi, and met Mori Shinichi (Inagaki) who had a secret crush on Harumi. Cheated of her money by her fiance, she had to turn to Shinichi for help. Gradually, Shinichi developed feelings for Narumi. On the other hand, Shinichi's girlfriend Maiko became jealous of Narumi and tried hard to break up the two...
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Parasite Eve
Title: Parasite Eve
Character: Tatsuro Ohno
Released: February 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve the mitochondria from it to resurrect his wife from the dead. The killer mitochondria takes the form of his assistant.
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Title: Kare
Released: January 7, 1997
Type: TV
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Because I Am Me
Title: Because I Am Me
Released: January 3, 1997
Type: Movie
The members of SMAP play former high school classmates who were members of the Ekiden team 6 years ago. This drama depicts the changes in character over the past 6 years and the members future endeavors.
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Super Scandal
Title: Super Scandal
Character: Toshiya Ota
Released: August 24, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: SMAP×SMAP
Character: Host
Released: April 15, 1996
Type: TV
SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's usual ratings were higher than 20%, which is considered high since most variety shows range from 10-20%. Each episode begins a variety of skits, comedic performances, and/or games.  These are followed by Bistro SMAP, in which the SMAP members compete against each other to impress celebrity judges with their gourmet cooking.  Last is a musical performance by SMAP which may include celebrity guests, as well.
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Title: Saikou no Koibito
Released: April 17, 1995
Type: TV
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SEXY SIX SHOW
Title: SEXY SIX SHOW
Released: November 11, 1994
Type: Movie
It contains the performance of " SEXY SIX SHOW " by SMAP from July 24th to August 30th, 1994 at Nippon Budokan . Only the first production of VHS received "SMAP PREMIUM VIDEO" (documentary work of the tour, not yet DVD). Track List: OPENING, Theme of 006, Working people, Hey Hey Every time there is a big one, Original smile, Let's do our best, Major, Let's fall in love, Mysterious Japan, First summer, The blue sky, Goodbye summer rain, SMAP NO.5, How to enjoy traffic jams, Let's go to the sea from now on, More about you, Even if it's pain, My refrigerator, M ・ A ・ S ・ H, Subway Kids, Scarface Groove, ZIGZAG Back Street, $ 10, KISS OF FIRE, Adieu, Nightless Girl, Every Day you lose or find, Original smile, My Childhood Friend-Radio in the mirror, Mirror of the heart, Make the weather right now, Stormy Town, Run! Run! Run!, Let's do our best, Can't Stop !! -LOVING-, Kimi Iro Omoi, ENDING (Can't Stop !! -LOVING- [Symphonic Version])
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Title: Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari
Character: Murakami Naoki
Released: October 10, 1994
Type: TV
Naoki is smart, handsome and athletic. His friend Sano takes him to watch a tennis game where he falls in love at first sight with Haruka. He asks her out. They get to know each other while trying to balance their studies.
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Title: Furuhata Ninzaburo
Released: April 13, 1994
Type: TV
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
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Shoot!
Title: Shoot!
Character: Umahori
Released: March 12, 1994
Type: Movie
The Golden Trio of junior high school soccer players, Toshi, Kenji and Kazu, enroll at the new Kakegawa High School merely because they want to play with Kubo, the legendary player who learned his superb soccer techniques in Germany and who helped the Kakegawa team, which then consisted of freshmen only, win eight place in the all-Japan....
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Private Lessons II
Title: Private Lessons II
Character: Ken Soto
Released: March 6, 1993
Type: Movie
An insecure young Asian man meets an interesting sensual European woman who teaches him the secrets of love and life.
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Title: Promise at 20 years
Released: December 10, 1992
Type: TV
On approaching her 20th birthday, Yuki happily returns to Japan to see her penpal, Junpei. However, Junpei doesn't want to see her as he is the one who had caused her brother's death three years ago. Though the truth reveals one day, Yuki still loves him. The couple finally decides to get married despite the strong objection from Yuki's father and aunt. And just two days before their wedding bells ring, Junpei gets stabbed by his ex-accomplice. To keep his promise, Junpei bears the pain and completes the wedding ceremony with Yuki
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1992.1 SMAP 1st LIVE
Title: 1992.1 SMAP 1st LIVE "Come on New Year !!" Concert
Released: March 14, 1992
Type: Movie
" 1992.1 SMAP 1st LIVE" Came on New Year !! "Concert " (1992.1 SMAP First Live "Come on Oshogatsu !! Concert"), VHS on March 14, 1992 , DVD on December 24 , 2003 This is SMAP 's tour VHS / DVD released by Victor Entertainment . Track list: Opening, Can't Stop !! -LOVING-, Run! Run! Run!, Straight for the Heart, Can't Stop !! -LOVING-, KISS OF FIRE, Shake U Up, Subway Kid, Angel's secret, Goodbye lover, The ally of justice is unreliable, SMAP control corner, Baby Baby Baby, Fragment of heaven, Let's Fight, medley, Dirty hero!, Don't Cry Baby, I'm in love with your eyes ~ LOVE FOR SALE ~ BAD DESIRE ~ ALLELUIA ~ DANCING QUEEN, Vehicle, Sad wish-HOLD ON I'M COMING, STANDBY ME, CROSS TO YOU, Daybreak, Stormy Town, LOVE BLUE, Encore-Mayakashi (Instrumental), Can't Stop !! -LOVING-, The ally of justice is unreliable, Can't Stop !! -LOVING- (Instrumental)
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Title: Let's Go to School!
Released: April 8, 1991
Type: TV
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Good-bye Dear Friend
Title: Good-bye Dear Friend
Released: November 23, 1990
Type: Movie
A young college student forms an unlikely friendship with the bartender at a "yakuza" bar.
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Title: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Seishun kazoku
Character: 阿川大地(咲の弟)
Released: April 3, 1989
Type: TV
The 42nd NHK Asadora which is about the Agawa family.