Kunio Murai

Kunio Murai

Born: September 20, 1944
in Tianjin, China

Movies for Kunio Murai...

Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
Title: Tokyo Ghoul 'S'
Character: Kuzen Yoshimura
Released: July 19, 2019
Type: Movie
Now a member of Anteiku, Ken Kaneki grows closer to the ghouls around him. Determined to protect his new home against anti-ghoul forces, he trains his powers in secret. But when the infamous gourmet, Shū Tsukiyama, wishes to savour some half-ghoul flavour, Kaneki's training is put to test of a lifetime.
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KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
Title: KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
Character: Yoshio Fujihara
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Kasane Fuchi is the daughter of a beautiful, legendary actress. Kasane has excellent acting skills as well, but she is not attractive. She has a hard time due to her unattractiveness. Kasane has a lipstick left behind by her late mother. The lipstick holds a strange power. Whenever Kasane applies the lipstick and kisses someone, she takes that person's face. Meanwhile, Nina Tanzawa is a beautiful actress with poor acting skills. She meets Kasane Fuchi and their fates change.
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Snowman
Title: Snowman
Character: Roku (old)
Released: January 26, 2018
Type: Movie
A near future not far from now. A couple who are tied with deep love with, Roku and Miyuki. Miyuki decide to freeze Roku had an incurable disease and wait for the development of a new medicine. Believe in the words of the doctor. He said that after 10 years he will develop a remedy.
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Evil and The Mask
Title: Evil and The Mask
Character: Shozo Kuki
Released: January 13, 2018
Type: Movie
Kuki Fumihiro is a son from a wealthy zaibatsu (conglomerate) family. His father raises him to become pure evil. Kuki kills his father to protect his adopted sister Kaori. Afterward, Kuki disappears. He undergoes plastic surgery and takes the identity of Koichi Shintani. He watches Kaori and faces the great evil that exists within the Kuki family.
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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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Tokyo Ghoul
Title: Tokyo Ghoul
Character: Kuzen Yoshimura
Released: July 16, 2017
Type: Movie
A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
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Title: 魔都夜曲
Released: July 7, 2017
Type: TV
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Title: Reverse
Character: Murai Akimasa
Released: April 14, 2017
Type: TV
Kazuhisa Fukase graduated from a prestigious university, but he leads a boring life. His only strength is making delicious coffee. Whenever he makes coffee, he is reminded of his friend Yoshiki Hirosawa. He was friends with Yoshiki Hirosawa back in their university days, but Yoshiki Hirosawa died on a snowboarding trip 10 years ago. One day, he meets Mihoko Ochi at a coffee shop. He is strongly attracted to her. Kazuhisa Fukase goes to a professor’s retirement celebration at a university. There, he meets Kosuke Asai who went snowboarding with Yoshiki Hirosawa on that fateful trip. Journalist Toshio Ogasawara also appears there. He has been investigating Yoshiki Hirosawa's death.
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Title: Yokokuhan: The Pain
Released: June 7, 2015
Type: TV
Eiji Sakuma is a judge. He also leads the group Shinbunshi in secret The group holds court on a video site and imposes punishment against defendants. Detectives, including Erika Yoshino, attempt to take down the group.
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Title: Nobunaga Concerto
Character: Hisamasa Azai
Released: October 13, 2014
Type: TV
Saburo is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.
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Title: Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Character: Ryuichi Serizawa(芹澤 龍一)
Released: April 16, 2014
Type: TV
Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to investigate any wrongdoings in the bank branches. She is the voice of the suppressed staff who are unable to go against their bosses. Her partner is the veteran staff, Soma Ken, whose career with the bank had reached a dead end, no promotions in sight. Together, they resolve all the non-compliance issues at the bank.
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Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
Title: Zipang Punk Goemon Rock III
Character: Hachigaya Zenbee
Released: March 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Goemon Ishikawa steals a golden statue from Yukari Kukai with female thief Neko no Me Ogin, but Private Detective Shinkuro Akechi chases after Goemon Ishikawa and Neko no Me Ogin. Detective Shinkuro Akechi discovers that there is a code hidden within the golden statue. The code reveals the location where gold is hidden. Meanwhile, outlaws gather under Goemon Ishikawa.
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Title: さくら心中
Released: January 5, 2011
Type: TV
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Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
Title: Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
Released: May 31, 2008
Type: Movie
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
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Awakening
Title: Awakening
Released: January 27, 2007
Type: Movie
After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that her husband had lived a double life. Struggling between her anger and the chance to begin a new chapter for herself, she finds her life moving into unchartered waters as she faces her 60th birthday.
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Title: Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Character: SDF HQ Secretary Masato Hinogaki
Released: December 15, 2001
Type: Movie
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
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Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
Title: Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
Released: November 22, 1997
Type: Movie
A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.
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Sting
Title: Sting
Released: May 30, 1997
Type: Movie
Shunsuke, a coach who hangs out at the gambling track, is in jeopardy at the bicycle race track. The place is saved by a "scammer", and he himself will hone his skill in scamming, which skillfully raises a lot of money.
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Like Grains of Sand
Title: Like Grains of Sand
Character: Shuji's Father
Released: December 16, 1995
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.
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A Brief Message from the Heart
Title: A Brief Message from the Heart
Character: Shimamura
Released: November 23, 1995
Type: Movie
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.
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Title: Why I borrowed money from her
Released: October 14, 1994
Type: TV
Kunihiko Yamanobe, played by Hiroyuki Sanada, owes money to Yuki Tachibana, played by Kyoko Koizumi, because of his wife's credit card bankruptcy. This is the love story of two men and a woman who are brought together by a strange bond of debt!
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Title: The Misery of Others is as Sweet as Honey
Released: January 11, 1994
Type: TV
A woman cartoonist struggles to make her way in the face of social restrictions. Her home office is the setting for encounters with editors, assistants and even her mother-in-law, and it’s often hard to distinguish friend from foe. Yet her ability to deal with problems somehow makes our own difficulties more bearable.
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XX: Beautiful Weapon
Title: XX: Beautiful Weapon
Character: Masahiko Yoshizawa
Released: December 22, 1993
Type: Movie
A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom.
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Kim's War
Title: Kim's War
Released: April 5, 1991
Type: Movie
After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the press inside and explains why he was driven to his crime.
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Strawberry Times 2: Santa ga koi shi ni yatte kita
Title: Strawberry Times 2: Santa ga koi shi ni yatte kita
Released: November 8, 1989
Type: Movie
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Title: 青春オーロラ・スピン スワンの涙
Released: April 10, 1989
Type: TV
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Godzilla 1985
Title: Godzilla 1985
Character: Secretary Henmi
Released: July 26, 1985
Type: Movie
Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
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Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning II
Title: Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning II
Released: February 2, 1985
Type: Movie
Reportage writer Kenzo has made an interview appointment with Morishima, the mastermind behind the political and business world. On that day, Morishima is killed and a 200 million yen diamond is stolen. The diamond was brought by jeweler Kuhara to sell to Morishima. A woman named Maki who was present and disappeared immediately after the incident is suspicious. However, the site is a completely closed room. Kenzo's older brother, Matsushita, the chief of the investigation section, also shook his head...
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The Return of Godzilla
Title: The Return of Godzilla
Character: Secretary Henmi
Released: December 15, 1984
Type: Movie
After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
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L・O・V・I・N・G
Title: L・O・V・I・N・G
Released: December 24, 1983
Type: Movie
Murder case.
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The Yoshida School
Title: The Yoshida School
Character: Takakichi Asō
Released: April 9, 1983
Type: Movie
Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political history after the war.
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Jirocho of Shimizu 4: The Cold Wind of the North, the Revenge of the Righteous
Title: Jirocho of Shimizu 4: The Cold Wind of the North, the Revenge of the Righteous
Released: February 4, 1983
Type: Movie
After the first anniversary of Ishimatsu's death, Jirocho Shimizu sets off on a pilgrimage. During his travels, he encounters a woman and local fishermen in desperate need of help. However, more trouble brews when Katsuzo Kurokoma returns to extract revenge on Jirocho.
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Lullaby of Death
Title: Lullaby of Death
Released: October 9, 1982
Type: Movie
Following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them.
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The Wild Daisy
Title: The Wild Daisy
Character: Kiichiro Saito
Released: August 8, 1981
Type: Movie
Saito Masao reminisces on the days of his youth more than 50 years ago and his forbidden love of his older cousin Tamiko. When he was 15, Tamiko moved in to take care of his sickly mother. The two quickly fell in love with each other but were inevitably forced by their family to live separate lives.
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Port Arthur
Title: Port Arthur
Character: Teisuke Oki
Released: August 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
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Title: Kyukei no Koya
Character: Shoichi Soeda
Released: March 11, 1978
Type: TV
Based on novel 1962 "Kyukei no Koya" by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the heroine Kumiko because she finds evidence that her father, who should have died, was "alive." Set in 1945, near the end of WW II, Kenichiro Nogami is reported to have died in a Swiss hospital. In fact, he is working behind the scenes to save Japan from destruction. For this cause, Kenichiro Nogami has left behind his wife and nation to work in hiding.
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Title: 古谷一行の横溝正史シリーズ
Character: Naoki Sengoku
Released: April 2, 1977
Type: TV
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Without Complaint
Title: Without Complaint
Released: February 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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The Beast Shall Die
Title: The Beast Shall Die
Character: Masayuki Yajima
Released: June 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Kunihiko Date (Hiroshi Fujioka), a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father to ruin.
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The Blossom and the Sword
Title: The Blossom and the Sword
Character: Minoru Ôhama
Released: November 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.
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Godzilla vs. Gigan
Title: Godzilla vs. Gigan
Character: Takeshi Shima
Released: March 12, 1972
Type: Movie
Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher the message and begin their own plan of action.
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Shadow of Love
Title: Shadow of Love
Released: February 5, 1972
Type: Movie
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The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Title: The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
Released: February 3, 1972
Type: Movie
Part 3 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, amoral, but not evil chinpira (Bunta Sugawara and Tamio Kawachi) thinking too big of themselves.
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Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Title: Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Released: October 16, 1969
Type: Movie
This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.
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Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
Title: Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation
Character: Yûkichi Togasaki
Released: November 22, 1968
Type: Movie
A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at his residence. When a rival yakuza gang, who wants to take over the town's businesses, murders him, Oryu is obliged to protect his children and business.
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Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Title: Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
Released: October 25, 1968
Type: Movie
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
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Snake Woman's Curse
Title: Snake Woman's Curse
Character: Sutematsu
Released: July 12, 1968
Type: Movie
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.
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Ohyaku: The Female Demon
Title: Ohyaku: The Female Demon
Character: Shinkuro
Released: May 25, 1968
Type: Movie
Ohyaku is a grifter who falls in love with a thief, who recruits her for his plan to rob a shipment of government gold. When this plan goes wrong and Ohyaku ends up in prison, she resolves to do anything to escape and claim revenge on the ones who betrayed her and her lover.
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Journey
Title: Journey
Released: November 12, 1967
Type: Movie
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The Shogun and His Mistresses
Title: The Shogun and His Mistresses
Character: Choukichi
Released: July 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.
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Tears of Banishment
Title: Tears of Banishment
Released: June 17, 1967
Type: Movie
Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.
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Classmates
Title: Classmates
Character: Second Sublieutenant Yui
Released: June 3, 1967
Type: Movie
A story of young students trained to become Kamikaze pilots in World War II.
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Watari, the Ninja Boy
Title: Watari, the Ninja Boy
Character: Shindo no Kotaro
Released: July 21, 1966
Type: Movie
In old Japan, the legend of the ninja lives on in Watari, the Ninja Boy, a motion picture like no other. This is the story of a young boy with almost mystical powers. His skills in ninjutsu are beyond the imagination as he infiltrates the rival Iga clan to expose their evil leader.