Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Born: August 9, 1935
in Tokyo

Movies for Kazuko Yoshiyuki...

Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Title: Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Character: Takako Horii
Released: February 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them the value of the bath goes way beyond a scrub and soak.
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A World Without Cherry Blossoms
Title: A World Without Cherry Blossoms
Character: Keizo's wife
Released: April 1, 2022
Type: Movie
Saki, a high school girl who always skips classes, works part-time as a life adviser.
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Somebody's Flowers
Title: Somebody's Flowers
Released: October 31, 2021
Type: Movie
A neighbor dies when potted flowers fall from a balcony of an apartment complex. A man whose father suffers from dementia begins to question if it really was an accident.
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Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za
Title: Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za
Character: Hideko Matsuyama
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Movie theater Asahiza has existed for almost a 100 years in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Unlike other theaters, Asahiza plays old films and doesn't get a lot of customers. The manger of Asahiza, Yasuzo Morita, finally decides to close down the theater. When he is about to burn the old 35 mm films, a young woman named Rika Motegi suddenly appears and tries to stop him. Rika Motegi came to Minamisoma from Tokyo to save Asahiza.
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Photograph of Memories
Title: Photograph of Memories
Released: January 29, 2021
Type: Movie
A frustrated young woman returns from Tokyo to her hometown in Toyama where she meets an old woman who lives alone. There she slowly finds purpose in life by taking "photographs" that spin memories instead of ghosts.
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Title: Hama no Asahi no Utsotsuki Domoto
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: TV
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あとかたの街〜12歳の少女が見た戦争〜
Title: あとかたの街〜12歳の少女が見た戦争〜
Character: おざわあい / OZAWA Ai
Released: August 14, 2020
Type: Movie
Yuki Ozawa is approaching her 50's and she has now began working on her first serialized manga. The theme of her manga will be based on her mother's personal war experience, who was only a 12 year old girl at that time. Yuki wants to create a piece that will pass down the memories of war to the future generations. With her editor, Sato, she goes to Nagoya to visit her mother, Ai (Ozawaai) to learn more about her mother's experience. At first, her mother reacts negatively to Yuki's request but soon she begins recalling her memories of love, life and the lives that were lost because of the air raids over Nagoya.
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The Last Three Times We'll Meet
Title: The Last Three Times We'll Meet
Released: March 31, 2020
Type: Movie
A love story woven by a loveless mistrust girl, Kaede Tamaki who works for a small video production company, and a mysterious young man Seishiro who is attracted by her . Satomi Oshima and Kentaro Hagiwara, who also teamed up for the currently released movie "30 Minutes to Sayonara", were responsible for the script and directing, respectively.
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The Landlady
Title: The Landlady
Character: Yukiko Kawashima
Released: May 18, 2019
Type: Movie
Looks back 20 years into the past of an elderly woman who died of heatstroke and paints a picture of a solitary woman's genuine despair.
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僕が笑うと
Title: 僕が笑うと
Released: March 26, 2019
Type: Movie
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The Forest of Wool and Steel
Title: The Forest of Wool and Steel
Character: Kiyo Tomura
Released: June 8, 2018
Type: Movie
High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work at Itadori’s musical instrument store. Tomura gradually grows as a piano tuner through his interactions with the other tuners and musician clients
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What a Wonderful Family! 3
Title: What a Wonderful Family! 3
Character: Tomiko Hirata
Released: May 25, 2018
Type: Movie
At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Title: Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
Character: Yuko Seto
Released: December 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for his wife, Masakazu journeys into the underworld to bring back Akiko’s spirit.
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Title: The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Character: Hideyo Tamura
Released: September 23, 2017
Type: Movie
In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.
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What a Wonderful Family! 2
Title: What a Wonderful Family! 2
Character: Tomiko Hirata
Released: April 20, 2017
Type: Movie
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.
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The Book Peddler
Title: The Book Peddler
Character: Tome Miyoshi
Released: July 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Suzume Akamatsu works at a library in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. She delivers books by riding a bicycle. Through her work, Suzume grows as a person.
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Gold Woman
Title: Gold Woman
Character: Fusae Tamura
Released: May 28, 2016
Type: Movie
A female career banker shatters the glass ceiling of a mega bank by disclosing its shady business to light. Tamaki, the Gold Woman, has worked her way up to be appointed General Manager of the office regarded as the General Staff Headquar- ters of the Bank with an assignment to liquidate its subsidiary by laying off 200 employees in total. Such mentally challenging appointment was made via recommendation by her senior colleague Mai, a smart and foxy woman running ahead of Tamaki in her career. With the help of her male colleague, Tamaki, a lone female wolf dares to challenge the all-male executives to prove what a true business person is all about.
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The Rite of Loss
Title: The Rite of Loss
Released: March 30, 2016
Type: Movie
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What a Wonderful Family!
Title: What a Wonderful Family!
Character: Tomiko Hirata
Released: March 16, 2016
Type: Movie
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
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When Marnie Was There
Title: When Marnie Was There
Character: Nanny (voice)
Released: July 19, 2014
Type: Movie
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
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Title: Shinigami-kun
Released: April 18, 2014
Type: TV
Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is hard to say how this can be a happy occasion, and watch over the dying. To a grim reaper, persuading people attempting to commit suicide and preventing unforeseen deaths is also an important task. But because #413 is new to this grim reaper work, he has a tendency to lean towards humans in his judgments, break the rules of the nether world and get reprimanded by his superior.
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Time Never Stops
Title: Time Never Stops
Character: Nami Saigo
Released: February 22, 2014
Type: Movie
A family that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck in March 2011, and a family that escaped the disaster. The film depicts the collapse and rebirth of two families whose children were supposed to marry each other. A moving drama written by Yamada Taichi and starring Nakai Kiichi, Kuroki Meisa and Kamiki Ryunosuke.
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The Little House
Title: The Little House
Character: Mrs. Konaka
Released: January 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
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A Sparkle of Life
Title: A Sparkle of Life
Released: November 16, 2013
Type: Movie
Lonely after the death of her husband, whom she nursed for years, Tae decides to find a new life partner. Her family and friends try to dissuade her.
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Title: Starman: A Love Story
Character: Miyo Kashiwara
Released: July 9, 2013
Type: TV
Sawako (Ryoko Hirosue) was dumped by her husband and since then she has raised her three sons alone. One day, she happens to meet a young man (Sota Fukushi) who is dying. She falls in love with him at first sight. The young man also suffers from memory loss. Sawako names him Hoshio. Taking advantage of his memory loss, she decides to make him live with her and as the father of her three sons. Now, Sawako, her three sons, her grandmother and Hoshio all live together. Sawako hopes Hoshio never regains his memory. Hoshio also begins to develop feelings for her. Whenever Sawako has troubles, Hoshio helps her out with his mysterious ability. Hoshio's past is also a mysterious. A mystery that is finally revealed.
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Tokyo Family
Title: Tokyo Family
Character: Tomiko Hirayama
Released: January 18, 2013
Type: Movie
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.
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Title: Going My Home
Character: Toshiko Tsuboi
Released: October 9, 2012
Type: TV
Ryota, a timid salaryman who has difficulties fitting in at home and work has his average life changed after his estranged father falls ill. Along with his wife Sae and their only child Moe, he travels to his father's country town, where he begins to uncover his father's mysterious past spent searching for a mythical creature.
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It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
Title: It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
Character: Kaoru tokumoto
Released: September 15, 2012
Type: Movie
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.
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The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai
Title: The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai
Character: Kaoru Mitarai
Released: January 1, 2012
Type: Movie
After she drives drunk and hits an old woman, a famous novelist is threatened with a law suit by the woman's son... unless she lets him publish his manuscript under his name.
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Crossroads
Title: Crossroads
Released: December 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
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Share house
Title: Share house
Released: November 12, 2011
Type: Movie
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Valley of Dreams
Title: Valley of Dreams
Released: November 12, 2011
Type: Movie
A laid-off designer returns to her home town after five years away.
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Yoshiko & Yuriko
Title: Yoshiko & Yuriko
Released: September 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, Yoshiko and Yuriko relates the journey and great love affair of Yoshiko, who was a renowned translator of Russian literature and drama, and Yuriko, who was a feminist novelist and great activist of the post-war democratic literature movement. Both have left huge marks on Japanese literary history. The two women shared a strong attraction to each other from their first meeting and enjoyed a powerful love affair. Yoshiko reveals that she's an out lesbian, whilst Yuriko is married (not altogether happily) to a well-known scholar - a situation she can't walk away from with ease.
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Leonie
Title: Leonie
Character: Kiku
Released: November 20, 2010
Type: Movie
In the lush tradition of the glorious films of Merchant and Ivory, comes the true life story of Leonie Gilmour (Emily Mortimer), whose life crossed continents, wars and cultures, embodied with courage and passion in search of art and freedom. A tender and inspiring story of a remarkable woman who nurtures the amazing artistic talent of her son who has only one way to succeed and one person to guide him, as he grows into the world renown artist, Isamu Noguchi.
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Title: 再捜査刑事・片岡悠介
Released: March 13, 2010
Type: TV
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Looking for Anne
Title: Looking for Anne
Character: Anri
Released: October 31, 2009
Type: Movie
A Japanese teenager embarks on a quest to find the Canadian lover of her grandmother.
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Baby, Baby, Baby!
Title: Baby, Baby, Baby!
Character: Sae Hiratsuka
Released: May 23, 2009
Type: Movie
30 year old Yoko Sasaki (Arisa Mizuki) works diligently at a publishing company. She then receives the unexpected news that she is pregnant. Having now to chose between having a baby and or her career.
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
Character: 遠藤
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: Movie
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Departures
Title: Departures
Character: Tsuyako Yamashita
Released: September 13, 2008
Type: Movie
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
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Ponyo
Title: Ponyo
Character: Toki (voice)
Released: July 19, 2008
Type: Movie
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
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Cyborg She
Title: Cyborg She
Character: Jiro's grandma
Released: May 31, 2008
Type: Movie
Cyborg She follows the burgeoning romance between an ordinary college student and his sassy love interest - who happens to be a time-traveling cyborg with superhuman powers. One day, a beautiful cyborg girl appears in front of a dull university student. Even though the cyborg starts to like him, she can’t truly feel emotions, so the boy has no choice but to say goodbye. Missing her, he continues his lonely existence. One day, a disastrous earthquake hits Tokyo and the cyborg girl saves his life. In that moment, she starts to have feelings like a real human being.
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Glory to the Filmmaker!
Title: Glory to the Filmmaker!
Character: Maid
Released: June 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
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Title: Tanaka Express 3
Character: Haru Tanaka
Released: April 13, 2007
Type: TV
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Riding the Metro
Title: Riding the Metro
Released: October 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Shinji (Shinichi Tsutsumi) steps out of a train station to find himself transported back to 1964.
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The Cricket Girl
Title: The Cricket Girl
Released: October 14, 2006
Type: Movie
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Granny Gabai
Title: Granny Gabai
Character: Ba-chan
Released: June 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Gabai Granny is based on the bestseller Saga No Gabai Baachan (Gabai Granny from Saga), which is penned by comedian Shimada Yoshichi as he recounts his childhood memories of growing up under the care of his grandmother.
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Title: The Ice Wall
Released: January 14, 2006
Type: TV
Two mountaineers fall in love with the same woman. When one of the men plunges to his death, suspicion falls on the survivor.
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Wool 100%
Title: Wool 100%
Character: Kame
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A drama of two aging women who live a solitary life collecting discarded items from a nearby town. One day they return home to find a young girl knitting a red sweater in their house. Each time the girl finishes her dress, she promptly unravels it and the mystery unfolds.
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A Heartful of Love
Title: A Heartful of Love
Released: October 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Hiroshi, a 30 year-old businessman, has traveled back in time 20 years. He encounters Kazumi, a young woman who was gravely ill. Hiroshi regarded this as an opportunity to help the young woman from his past, the memory of whom he had always cherished.
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Kamataki
Title: Kamataki
Character: Kariya Sensei
Released: October 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Twenty-three-year-old Ken has difficulty coping with the death of his father. His mother send him to his uncle Takuma in Japan.
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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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Bewitched in Tokyo SP
Title: Bewitched in Tokyo SP
Released: December 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Christmas Special following the series.
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Going Home
Title: Going Home
Character: Haruo's mother
Released: November 26, 2004
Type: Movie
Haruo returns to his hometown for his mother’s second marriage, where he happens to meet his first love Miyuki for the first time in eight years. Miyuki is back in town with her daughter Chiharu, after leaving a failed marriage.
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Translucent Tree
Title: Translucent Tree
Released: October 30, 2004
Type: Movie
Translucent Tree is centered around divorced Chigiri, a suburban middle-aged mother taking care of her teenage daughter, Mayu, and her ailing father Kaho. Her life is mundane and rather hopeless until Go, a TV producer from Tokyo, pays a visit to her town and the tree they shared time under some twenty years back after a TV commercial shoot. His remembrances of her, the tree, and the long unrequited love stir both of their hearts to fumbling action as they re-discover the love between them.
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Premonition
Title: Premonition
Character: Satoko Mikoshiba
Released: October 2, 2004
Type: Movie
While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five year old daughter Nana in the obituary. He sees his wife Ayaka trying to release their daughter from the seatbelt, when a truck hits his car killing Nana. Three years later, Hideki is divorced from Ayaka, who is researching paranormal people who claim to have read an evil newspaper anticipating the future. Still trying to believe in Hideki, she finds that there are people cursed to foresee the future but without the power to save the victims. When Hideki changes the future saving Ayaka, he becomes trapped in hell and he has to make a choice for his own destiny.
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Free and Easy 15
Title: Free and Easy 15
Released: August 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.
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Title: Bewitched In Tokyo
Character: Sayo Matsui
Released: January 16, 2004
Type: TV
Arisa is fascinated by humans. So much so that she leaves the magic world. But the broom she uses is faulty and she winds up in Japan. There she meets Joji Matsui who works at an advertising agency. Joji has been assigned by his boss Ichio Suzuki the difficult task of winning over Shiori Nomo who is in charge of corporate communications at a client. However a little word from Arisa helps Joji win over Shiori and his agency gets the opportunity to pitch. Arisa and Joji fall in love and marry. Arisa swears never to use magic again as she and Joji begin their strange witch/human married life.
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Title: Dollhouse
Character: Sakurai Masako
Released: January 15, 2004
Type: TV
This group of sexy, fresh and lively girls pursues dance and action with fervor and irresistible force. On the outside they are a dance group at the Dollhouse club but secretly they are a special investigation group. Under the direction of their leader, Reiko Kanzaki (Yuki Matsushita), they provide enjoyment to customers of the club, while punishing evil. Their first mission is to take on a band of armed criminals who are robbing a bank. Head of the criminals is Mika Ayanokoji (Yumi Adachi). Thanks to the Dolls superb teamwork, the gang is arrested but due to a police mistake, Mika is able to escape. But Reiko confronts Mika and makes her an offer. Dollhouse is a simple, straight-shooting but thrilling drama that wins with passion. It's showtime!
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Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi
Released: January 10, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Et Alors
Released: October 9, 2003
Type: TV
Based on book by Watanabe Junichi (渡辺淳一). Takafumi Kurusu, who is a qualified doctor, has succeeded his late father and is the director of a nursing home in central Tokyo...
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Oriume
Title: Oriume
Released: March 16, 2002
Type: Movie
About a family shouldering an unexpected responsibility when Alzheimer's disease strikes their grandmother. The superb cast portrays this serious and realistic situation with heart-warming compassion, stressing the importance of empathizing with the victims of this difficult disease.
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Snowland Revisited
Title: Snowland Revisited
Character: Hotel owner Kikue
Released: January 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Kunio Shibano was bankrupted. He visits a snowland spa area to commit suicide. But he meets Geisha Moeko, and she gives him power to face life one more time...
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Lily Festival
Title: Lily Festival
Character: Rie Miyano
Released: August 26, 2001
Type: Movie
Sachi Hamano's Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies' sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Codename: Tomoko
Title: Codename: Tomoko
Character: Hana Inabu
Released: July 1, 2000
Type: Movie
An action in which a former CIA female operative captures a revenge drama that unfolds against a huge secret organization.
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Taboo
Title: Taboo
Released: December 18, 1999
Type: Movie
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
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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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In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense
Title: In Search of a Lost Writer: Wandering in the World of the Seventh Sense
Character: Shogumino
Released: July 3, 1999
Type: Movie
A drama depicting the world of the female writer Midori Osaki in three parts: the dramatic creation of her masterpiece, "Wanderings in the Realm of the Seventh Sense," her unknown years spent in poor health and poverty, and the present-day world from which we see her work.
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Kikujiro
Title: Kikujiro
Character: Masao's Grandmother
Released: June 5, 1999
Type: Movie
Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is determined to see the mother he has never met. The two begin a series of adventures which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a wide array of surprises and unique characters along the way.
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Title: Work of Angels
Released: January 6, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: 仮面の女
Released: October 15, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Oshigoto Desu!
Released: April 16, 1998
Type: TV
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Immoral Affairs
Title: Immoral Affairs
Released: October 18, 1997
Type: Movie
Immoral Affairs (Fukigen na kajitsu) is a Japanese film made in 1997 and directed by Katsuo Naruse.It centers on two characters: Mayako, played by Kaho Minami, a young women who is not content with her husband and begins to have many affairs with other men, and Kiriko Okabe, played by Isako Washio, a woman whom she befriends. Mayako's husband is played by Jinpachi Nezu.
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The Seven Chefs
Title: The Seven Chefs
Character: Shoko Hikagé
Released: January 15, 1997
Type: Movie
Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — in the art of culinary excellence and running a successful business.
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Title: Famous Detective Woman
Released: January 6, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Melody
Released: January 5, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: Leave It to the Nurses
Character: Maako Nemoto
Released: July 2, 1996
Type: TV
The drama follows Asakura who is training to be a nurse and believes that nursing is the only profession for her, even after repeated failures.
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Title: Hachigatsu no Love Song
Released: July 1, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: SMAP×SMAP
Character: Bistro Guest
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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O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
Title: O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
Released: February 24, 1996
Type: Movie
While Kazuo Tanaka eagerly practices his greetings for the big wedding the next day, his first as a matchmaker, his second daughter Hitomi prepares for her travels with her secret lover. The eldest daughter Reiko, nine months pregnant, has left her cheating husband to enter a frenzied Tanaka household. On the wedding day, Kazuo learns his father has passed away. Afraid of ruining the wedding, he asks Reiko and Hitomi to deal with the crisis. Rushing home after the ceremony, Kazuo and Kanako are faced with various problems.
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House of Sleeping Beauties
Title: House of Sleeping Beauties
Character: Yasuko Egushi
Released: October 14, 1995
Type: Movie
About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting anything of bad taste like putting a finger inside their mouths.
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Title: Shinjuku Shark
Released: April 9, 1995
Type: TV
Hard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely stands up to evil.
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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: Onichan no Sentaku
Released: October 9, 1994
Type: TV
Despite being transferred to an obscure department, the main character of this family drama nevertheless sees his position in the company to be just as important as his role in his family. His skills as family peacekeeper are constantly challenged by his younger sister, his brother and his fiancée's mother.
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Title: The End of the World
Character: Sunada Yuko
Released: January 10, 1994
Type: TV
Maria is in need of money. Because her day-time job doesn't pay enough, she works at night at a cabaret. She needs the money so that she can pay for her sister, Nana's eyes operation. When both Maria and Nana were younger, Maria burned down the home, causing her sister's blindness and killing their father (mother survived.) Shiro is a famous concert pianist. However, he isn't happy with his marriage or his life in general. Maria and Shiro are united through a traffic accident, causing Shiro to be hospitalized. Faking amnesia and his identity, he stays at Maria's place and eventually starts to work at the cabaret as a piano player. As you will find out later on, life was not meant for Maria and Shiro to find one another.
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Title: Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
Released: May 21, 1993
Type: TV
Through the lives of people aging in a seaside retirement home, the drama depicts the aging process that comes to everyone.
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Hold Me and Kiss Me
Title: Hold Me and Kiss Me
Released: November 14, 1992
Type: Movie
Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and resist the infection, she finds new friendship and companionship with a journalist named Miyuki and a man named Akira.
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Sosuke Loses His Lover
Title: Sosuke Loses His Lover
Character: Shino
Released: October 2, 1992
Type: Movie
Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.
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Chizuko's Younger Sister
Title: Chizuko's Younger Sister
Character: Mariko's Mother
Released: May 10, 1991
Type: Movie
The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter Mika is suddenly in a dangerous situation, Chizuko returns as a ghost to save her; reunited with her sister, Mika begins spending time with Chizuko again.
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Title: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
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Oracion
Title: Oracion
Released: July 23, 1988
Type: Movie
Set on a quiet ranch in Hokkaido. One day, a colt is born from a legendary bloodline. It is given the name Oracion or "prayer". When Oracion is grown, a factory owner buys the horse. Will he be the key to solving the man's problems? Based on the novel by Teru Miyamoto.
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Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
Title: Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident
Released: June 11, 1988
Type: Movie
TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV Asahi in 1978 and released theatrically by Office Henmi in 1988.
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Remembrance
Title: Remembrance
Character: Mrs. Yamaoki
Released: January 23, 1988
Type: Movie
The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao becomes involved with Yasuko, sister to Sumio.
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Eien no 1/2
Title: Eien no 1/2
Released: November 21, 1987
Type: Movie
An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza. - Wikipedia
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Makeup
Title: Makeup
Released: April 25, 1987
Type: Movie
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MacArthur's Children—Part II
Title: MacArthur's Children—Part II
Released: January 24, 1987
Type: Movie
A continuation of the story of the postwar years in the Japanese Inland Sea. Now a decade has passed. Two friends meet and decide to look for the beautiful girl with whom they went to school as children.
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Love Story
Title: Love Story
Released: October 22, 1986
Type: Movie
TBS Wednesday Drama Special about a young assistant in love with an older man who works as a photographer.
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One Who Died in Vain
Title: One Who Died in Vain
Released: April 19, 1986
Type: Movie
After returning from the Burmese front in WWII, a man finds trouble brewing back home.
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Title: Janus no Kagami
Character: Mihoko Kawamoto
Released: December 4, 1985
Type: TV
The series is about a girl suffering from multiple personality disorder.
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Kids
Title: Kids
Released: September 14, 1985
Type: Movie
A girl whose younger brother as well as her lover were killed is drawn with a pistol in her hand.
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Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 3
Title: Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 3
Released: September 7, 1985
Type: Movie
The third work of the popular series depicting the famous detective Kyosuke Kozu. Blind musician Ryoichi Kashiwagi died of a heart attack. His father, Shigeyuki , is already bedridden and has billions of Japanese yen in assets. Ryoichi's wife Yukiyo and Ryoichi's younger sister Tsuruko have a dispute over these assets. Newspaper reporter Matsushita, who met Ryoichi just before his death, was interviewed, and was told that there was something unnatural about Ryoichi's cause of death. Soon, Tsuruko died mysteriously. Matsushita decides to have Kyosuke Kozu, a university professor and a famous detective, solve the case.
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CF Guretai
Title: CF Guretai
Released: August 5, 1985
Type: Movie
Soutaro Nagare is an assistant at a commercial film production company. However, one day at the studio, he punches a cameraman and gets fired. Taking this as an opportunity, Soutaro decided to become a director, and with a book about commercial films he had produced during his university days in hand, he began visiting various companies.
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The Street of Desire
Title: The Street of Desire
Character: Kazuko Yamaguchi
Released: April 14, 1984
Type: Movie
A valet at a fancy nightclub hatches a plot to punish those responsible for his father's death.
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Title: Stewardess Story
Released: October 18, 1983
Type: TV
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Double Bed
Title: Double Bed
Character: Woman in Bar
Released: August 5, 1983
Type: Movie
Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has a girl friend Riko who lives with her younger sister Yuko who's an actress. Yamazaki is a lyric writer/womanizer and he starts to have an affair with Masako, but he's still going out with Riko.
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The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Title: The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Character: Toshie
Released: July 2, 1983
Type: Movie
A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal expectations.
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Amagi Pass
Title: Amagi Pass
Character: Kenzo's mother
Released: February 19, 1983
Type: Movie
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.
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Kidnapping Blues
Title: Kidnapping Blues
Character: Bar Mama
Released: October 9, 1982
Type: Movie
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.
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In the Cellar
Title: In the Cellar
Character: Oshizu
Released: October 3, 1981
Type: Movie
The mysterious relationship between a breast-sick sister who lives in a warehouse and the younger brother who longs for her.
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The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Title: The Hidden Trail of the Beasts
Character: Trainer
Released: September 12, 1981
Type: Movie
A star tennis player takes revenge on the blackmailers out to ruin his athletic career.
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Title: Pro Hunter
Released: April 7, 1981
Type: TV
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Juvenile Wife
Title: Juvenile Wife
Character: Michi - Etsuko's Supervisor
Released: April 26, 1980
Type: Movie
A newlywed wife suffers the consequences for her husband’s actions when he cheats a customer at his credit company out of a large sum of money.
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Heaven Sent
Title: Heaven Sent
Released: December 28, 1979
Type: Movie
Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a six-year-old child at their door, claiming that Shinsaku—or four other men—is the child's father! Sayoko and Shinsaku set out on a journey to find the real father.
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Golden Partners
Title: Golden Partners
Character: Yoshie Mori
Released: April 28, 1979
Type: Movie
A motorcycle cop and a freelance photographer, having learned the location of 1 billion yen's worth of the Imperial Navy's gold, team up to salvage it.
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Empire of Passion
Title: Empire of Passion
Character: Seki
Released: September 6, 1978
Type: Movie
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
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The Days of No Return
Title: The Days of No Return
Released: August 9, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.
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Nemuremitsu
Title: Nemuremitsu
Released: December 5, 1976
Type: Movie
Omnibus about three actresses from different generations
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Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Title: Lady Snowblood 2: Love Song of Vengeance
Character: Aya Tokunaga
Released: June 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who offer her a deal to assassinate some revolutionaries.
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A Japanese Demon
Title: A Japanese Demon
Character: Schizophrenic
Released: September 29, 1973
Type: Movie
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Chase That Man
Title: Chase That Man
Released: February 23, 1972
Type: Movie
The story of the desperate struggle between the police and a large crime syndicate.
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The Armed Organization
Title: The Armed Organization
Released: November 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
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I Hear the Whistle
Title: I Hear the Whistle
Character: Teacher Motohashi
Released: September 24, 1971
Type: Movie
Tells of the feelings and sufferings of a young girl with an incurable paralytic disease.
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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Title: Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Character: Wife
Released: August 12, 1970
Type: Movie
Zatoichi is mentored by the blind leader of a secret organization as he contends with both the Yakuza and a jealous husband.
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Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
Title: Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers
Released: January 20, 1970
Type: Movie
After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki family was always deserted. Ryūzaki, the boss, declared his retirement in response to the changing times. It was thought that Igarashi, who valued righteousness and principles and had the respect of others, would become the second-in-command. However, he was an annoying presence to Ryūzaki...
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Title: The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
Character: Kyôko
Released: November 22, 1969
Type: Movie
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by Keiju Kobayashi) and the leader of the gang (played by Norihei Miki) have an interesting wartime backstory together that fuels much of the story.
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Journey
Title: Journey
Released: November 12, 1967
Type: Movie
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Kokoro no sanmyaku
Title: Kokoro no sanmyaku
Released: February 2, 1966
Type: Movie
A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War, set in Fukashima Prefecture.
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The Song of Love
Title: The Song of Love
Released: October 30, 1965
Type: Movie
Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician father.
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Witness Chair
Title: Witness Chair
Released: May 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Murder case and trial.
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Black Strait
Title: Black Strait
Character: Chisako Kayama
Released: December 31, 1964
Type: Movie
Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of the past are not so easily broken and Maki is soon ordered to kill again.
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Shutsugeki
Title: Shutsugeki
Released: April 4, 1964
Type: Movie
An original warrior directed by Toshio Takagi, directed by Eisuke Takizawa of “Kiriko's Tango” by Toshio Yasumi, a comedy, cheerful widow. The photo was taken by Minoru Yokoyama from “Asakusa no Toko Odoriko Monogatari”
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Gun Demon Without Form
Title: Gun Demon Without Form
Released: March 4, 1964
Type: Movie
A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from Kobe.
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Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Title: Tale on Tokai Chivalry
Released: January 12, 1964
Type: Movie
The film is set in Fukagawa in the early Showa period and depicts a fateful confrontation between two men who rise and fall in a black stream, trying to live a real human life, violating the cruel laws of the passing generation.
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Wakai senpū
Title: Wakai senpū
Released: October 31, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko
Title: Hoshi no hitomi o motsu otoko
Released: August 5, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
Title: Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi
Released: June 24, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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何もかも狂ってやがる
Title: 何もかも狂ってやがる
Released: April 18, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
Title: Cupola, Where the Furnaces Glow
Character: Woman Worker
Released: April 8, 1962
Type: Movie
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
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That Guy and I
Title: That Guy and I
Released: September 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.
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Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
Title: Maiko's Visit to Tokyo
Released: June 19, 1961
Type: Movie
A youth drama about a sincere and pretty young maiko who comes to Tokyo for the first time in her life and fills her little heart with the joys and sorrows she experiences there.
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A Killer Without a Grave
Title: A Killer Without a Grave
Character: Mitsu Nagayama
Released: February 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that he knows he won't be able to afford, a former marksman-turned-bad, Ishioka approaches him. Ishioka is looking for an unaffiliated hit-man who is willing to handle some business. Nakata is just the right man for the job.
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Jungle Block
Title: Jungle Block
Character: Sakiko Tozaki
Released: June 15, 1960
Type: Movie
A young doctor falls into a despair of developments. He plans to revenge the disgrace inflicted upon his sister, whose engagement was broken as a result.
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The Sleeping Beast Within
Title: The Sleeping Beast Within
Character: Keiko Ueki
Released: April 9, 1960
Type: Movie
When a middle aged salaryman is unknowingly used by drug traffickers he is dishonored and fires back at the Yakuza bosses, with destructive consequences.
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Teenage Wolf
Title: Teenage Wolf
Released: March 2, 1960
Type: Movie
In the bustle of the city, on the corners of neon streets, the eyes of a wild beast are fixed on a young girl! A gloomy portrait of youth, in which distorted energy explodes! A unique social drama that acutely depicts the psychological conflict bubbling in the chest of detectives who are chasing a gang of scoundrels who prey on innocent girls. Adapted from the novel "Kegareta Hankachi".
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The Age of Our Own
Title: The Age of Our Own
Released: November 25, 1959
Type: Movie
Minami Yasuo, a college student, lives with Yuriko who has become the mistress of a foreigner named Wilson. Whenever Wilson comes, Yasuo spends his time in the tea-shop "La Gana." Yasuo is asked by his brother Shigeru to teach French to Akiko, a young girl who is studying French songs. Yasuo then learns that he is the winner of an essay contest and will be offered a scholarship to study in France. Akiko, is now pregnant and Yasuo promises to break with Yuriko.
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Saijo katagi
Title: Saijo katagi
Character: Sachiko
Released: April 15, 1959
Type: Movie
Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and child.
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How Sorrowful
Title: How Sorrowful
Released: September 7, 1956
Type: Movie
The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.
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Yukiko
Title: Yukiko
Released: August 3, 1955
Type: Movie
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Diamonds in the Sand
Title: Diamonds in the Sand
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Yoji, a divorced and demoted Japanese man, chooses to head to Manila, believing that nobody is lonely in the Philippines.