Kan Mikami

Kan Mikami

Born: March 20, 1950
in Kodomari, Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Kan Mikami is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter, his music, heavily influenced by American blues, was popular in Japan in the 1970s. He re-wrote the lyric of the song "Yume wa Yoru Hiraku" for his cover version in 1972. Mikami also acted in cinema and is notable for collaborations with Shūji Terayama and his avant-garde theater Tenjō Sajiki

Movies for Kan Mikami...

The Setting Sun
Title: The Setting Sun
Character: Mokichi
Released: November 4, 2022
Type: Movie
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Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do It
Title: Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do It
Released: June 11, 2021
Type: Movie
In front of a man who wants to be a movie director, Shingo, the ghost of Mr. Kawashita, who was a senior in the college film research department who committed suicide a year ago, suddenly appears on his death anniversary. Mr. Kawashita says that he was revived because he wanted to have sex with his junior, Aoi, who had a crush on him when he was in college. In order to fulfill his desire to work with Aoi-chan, Kawashita-san and Shingo will travel back in time on that day when he was in college, which was probably the only chance for Kawashita-san to work with Aoi-chan. There was a nostalgic college Aoi-chan there. Can Mr. Kawashita redo the past and do it with Aoi-chan? It's funny, but a little sad time slip love story begins.
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名建築で昼食を スペシャル 横浜編
Title: 名建築で昼食を スペシャル 横浜編
Released: January 23, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo
Character: Coffee Shop Master
Released: August 16, 2020
Type: TV
Uekusa Chiaki, an architectural modeler whose father is a famous architect, has a habit of traveling around and visiting nostalgic and cute buildings. He updates his SNS often and is quite popular. On the other hand, Haruno Fuji's boyfriend has recently split up with her. Feeling down, she begins exchanging messages on SNS with Chiaki. The two agree to meet up to have lunch at a famous Tokyo building.
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Title: Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo
Released: August 16, 2020
Type: TV
Uekusa Chiaki, an architectural modeler whose father is a famous architect, has a habit of traveling around and visiting nostalgic and cute buildings. He updates his SNS often and is quite popular. On the other hand, Haruno Fuji's boyfriend has recently split up with her. Feeling down, she begins exchanging messages on SNS with Chiaki. The two agree to meet up to have lunch at a famous Tokyo building.
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The German
Title: The German
Released: June 5, 2018
Type: Movie
A former professor of German philosophy has lost his family due to a tragic accident and has since renounced the world. As a homeless man, he has been living in Osaka's notorious "Kamagasaki" district for four years and only speaks in quotes from famous German philosophers, which earned him the nickname "The German." One day he witnesses a blindfolded and bound young woman being pushed out of the car of a Yakuza boss in the middle of the homeless neighborhood. He saves her from imminent rape and takes her under his wing.
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Hana-Dama: Phantom
Title: Hana-Dama: Phantom
Character: Goro Yamashita
Released: February 27, 2016
Type: Movie
“Hana-Dama”—a flower in the wasteland. This flower is a symbol of earthly desires and every human is overwhelmed by desire and their rationality collapses wherever the flower is in bloom. And even today, the “Hana-Dama” continues to blossom profusely somewhere in the world. The story is set in a film theater, the facility keeps on closing one after another during recent years. The last day has come to a film theater which has been maintained by a film-loving owner, the staff, and their unique audiences. The symbol of human desire, “Hana-Dama,” blossoms at the theater and instigates people’s erratic behavior. Upon facing its closure, tremendous chaos that will be noted in the history of Japanese film takes place within this film theater.
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Eclair
Title: Eclair
Character: Hige no keisatsukan
Released: May 21, 2011
Type: Movie
A film about an orphan kid in Japan in 1943
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Box: The Hakamada Case
Title: Box: The Hakamada Case
Character: Elementary school teacher
Released: May 29, 2010
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...
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The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Title: The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Character: Gonza
Released: May 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Betrayed and disgraced, big-city reporter Kazuya Mizuno is banished to a desk at Kaname's boring little town newspaper. But Kaname isn't as boring as it seems on the surface. Not with characters around like Shimeko, a girl genius with a childlike lack of propriety, and her ace fisherman/folk-singer dad. Or the overbearing and unpleasant local Shinto priest, a former Christian cultist. Or Endo, Kazuya's new colleague, a bitter drunk after his son's suicide. Or Kin, a former terrorist, now a hermit on his boat engaging in secret "research." Or perhaps most importantly Teruko, the hypnotically beautiful bar owner, the focus of all manner of innuendo and intrigue. Something mysterious, even mystical, is going on Kaname, and hapless Kazuya is about to be thrown into the middle of it.
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Iden & Tity
Title: Iden & Tity
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress you as well. The story is set in the 80s rock scene and revolves around Nakajima (Kazunobu Mineta), the lead singer of a band called 'Speed Way'. Because he refuses to write trite, pop-friendly songs he is constantly at odds with his own record company. However, he refuses to bend on his rock principles simply for better record sales. The most interesting parts of this movie is how they pay homage to music icon, Bob Dylan who gave the filmmaker his blessing, which is no small feat itself, especially for a Japanese indie debut.
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ナンパ屋★KEN
Title: ナンパ屋★KEN
Released: January 13, 1995
Type: Movie
Story of an AV actress scout.
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Bokyo
Title: Bokyo
Released: October 9, 1993
Type: Movie
In 1940, Kubota Shoten, which has been in business for generations, goes bankrupt due to the debauched lifestyle of its president, Kunimitsu Kubota. Subsequently, Kunimitsu moves back to his hometown and his children are sent to live with other relatives.
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Tokyo Decadence
Title: Tokyo Decadence
Character: Topazu
Released: January 6, 1992
Type: Movie
A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
Title: Four Days of Snow and Blood
Character: Kiichi Dogome
Released: June 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
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This Story of Love
Title: This Story of Love
Released: September 12, 1987
Type: Movie
Life and love stories of stunt men and women.
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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Title: Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Character: Kikuo Yokoyama (Akimoto's sidecar driver/Army Sergeant)
Released: July 26, 1986
Type: Movie
In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed.
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Title: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Character: Lieutenant Itō
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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Room of Shame
Title: Room of Shame
Character: Chizuko's new man
Released: November 19, 1982
Type: Movie
After an accident a husband becomes impotent. To help solve the problem of having a sexy wife with an overabundance of desire he invites his three best friends to help out.
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This Is Noriko
Title: This Is Noriko
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Fictionalized account of 20-year-old Noriko Tsuji, a real-life victim of a severe birth defect which afflicted 8,000 Japanese, children whose mothers took the sedative thalidomide during pregnancy. Tsuji has stunted flipper-like arms amputated at the behest of a father who deserted her soon after her birth. Nonetheless, the resourceful Noriko uses her feet to accomplish most of the tasks others would do with their hands.
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Woman's Trail: Wet Path
Title: Woman's Trail: Wet Path
Character: Man
Released: April 12, 1980
Type: Movie
A stripper reluctantly returns to her manager and husband with her new lover in tow. The lover tries to claim her but after escaping a beating he takes to the road alone meeting several women along the way.
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Tenshi No Yokubō
Title: Tenshi No Yokubō
Released: October 6, 1979
Type: Movie
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Hurricane Rape
Title: Hurricane Rape
Character: Iwakichi Iwata
Released: September 22, 1979
Type: Movie
Iwata, cheerleader of a university, Odagiri, a free lance cameraman, and Sekiguchi, a day laborer working on a subway project. As they pass an area dotted with the villas of affluent people, they decide to stop at one to ask the owner to let them put through a phone call. What they seen when they enter the gate makes them draw in their breaths quickly and causes their pulses to begin to race madly – Miki, a lass whose only claim to fortune are marvelous breasts, cute nipples and a figure even every top model dreams of having...
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New - No Longer Human
Title: New - No Longer Human
Released: September 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title) and goes down the stairs to self-destruction step by step.
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The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Title: The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Released: September 4, 1976
Type: Movie
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.
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A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Title: A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Character: Singer
Released: May 15, 1976
Type: Movie
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.
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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
Character: Tah-boh
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.
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Competition: Married Couples Secret Technique
Title: Competition: Married Couples Secret Technique
Character: Mikami
Released: February 21, 1976
Type: Movie
Inspired by a street interview about married sex life a TV food show host accidentally finds a way to help his little problem in bed.
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Operation Plazma in Osaka
Title: Operation Plazma in Osaka
Released: January 31, 1976
Type: Movie
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
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New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Title: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Character: Akira Kobayashi/Shigeru Sasaki
Released: November 1, 1975
Type: Movie
The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes matters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...
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Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
Title: Housewife's Experience: Tenement Apartment 2
Character: Kôichi Mikami
Released: July 23, 1975
Type: Movie
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Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Title: Pastoral: To Die in the Country
Character: Ushi
Released: December 28, 1974
Type: Movie
A director faces creative block while working on his latest film - a reimagination of his adolescence growing up in a mountain village in rural Japan.