Ryo Ishibashi

Ryo Ishibashi

Born: July 20, 1956
in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
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Ryo Ishibashi (born July 20, 1956) is a Japanese actor and international celebrity. He is known around the world for his roles in the classic Japanese Horror films Suicide Club and Audition. He is also recognized in America for his role as Nakagawa in The Grudge and The Grudge 2.

Ishibashi was born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Kyūshū, Japan. He started his career by starting his own band called the ARB (Alexander Ragtime Band) in 1977. The band made their debut in 1978, and made over a dozen albums until they broke up in 1990. Recently, Ishibashi has resumed his musical activity and re-formed ARB with an album, Real Life in 1998. In 1986, Ishibashi made his movie debut in the film A-Hômansu in which ARB's 13th single "After 45" was used as its theme song. Ryo Ishibashi has been concentrating on his acting career, and has appeared in several movies outside his native country Japan, and became an internationally recognized celebrity.

He won the award for Best Actor at the 11th Yokohama Film Festival for A Sign Days.

Ishibashi has been married to Mieko Harada since 1987 and has three children.

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Movies for Ryo Ishibashi...

Title: Modern Love Tokyo
Character: Kosuke Hayami
Released: October 21, 2022
Type: TV
This seven-episode anthology features a cast of leading actors and depicts various forms of "love," such as love almost forgotten, love between sons and mothers, and love that transcends borders.
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Title: Involvement in Family Affairs
Character: Keiichi Miyama
Released: April 21, 2022
Type: TV
Sato, a young woman from a modest family, marries Kenta, a young man from a well-to-do and respected family. She settles in the family's home, where she meets the father, Keiichi, a strict man, Mihoko, the unfriendly sister-in-law and Akito, the elder brother. Although not everyone sees the union of Kenta and Sato in a very good light, the father seems to have great plans for our heroine.
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Parasite in Love
Title: Parasite in Love
Character: Yuichi
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: Movie
A man named Kengo Kosaka is germaphobe, Due to his disorder, he is also a lonely young man. Meanwhile, high school student Hijiri Sanagi has Ommatophobia. Both Kengo Kosaka and Hijiri Sanagi do not expect to find love with another person.
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Masquerade Night
Title: Masquerade Night
Character: Yasushi Fujiki
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.
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The Cinderella Addiction
Title: The Cinderella Addiction
Character: Masaaki Fukuura
Released: February 5, 2021
Type: Movie
Fukuura Koharu works at a child welfare office and plunges into despair overnight. Then she meets Daigo, a private-practice doctor raising his 8-year-old daughter on his own. She resolves to build a happy household, but things don't go as expected.
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心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
Title: 心の傷を癒すということ 劇場版
Released: January 29, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: To Heal the Heart
Character: An Tekkei
Released: January 18, 2020
Type: TV
An Kazutaka is a young, bashful psychiatrist whose jazz piano skills are as good as a pro. Right after they have their first child, the Great Hanshin Earthquake strikes. Although his family is affected by the disaster, he begins to search for what he can do as a psychiatrist. As he listens to the stories of disaster victims, he realises that he can help not by treating them, but restoring their capacity to heal. Later on, he compiles his observations of the disaster-hit area as a psychiatrist into a book and wins a prize for social sciences.
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Title: To Heal the Heart
Released: January 18, 2020
Type: TV
An Kazutaka is a young, bashful psychiatrist whose jazz piano skills are as good as a pro. Right after they have their first child, the Great Hanshin Earthquake strikes. Although his family is affected by the disaster, he begins to search for what he can do as a psychiatrist. As he listens to the stories of disaster victims, he realises that he can help not by treating them, but restoring their capacity to heal. Later on, he compiles his observations of the disaster-hit area as a psychiatrist into a book and wins a prize for social sciences.
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Dancing Mary
Title: Dancing Mary
Character: Yakuza thug
Released: October 3, 2019
Type: Movie
Kenji is the youngest member of a team in charge of building a large shopping center. But, to create the new complex, an old dance floor must be destroyed, and every effort to tear down the building is boycotted by a mysterious power. In fact, there is a rumor that the place is cursed, and the construction team thought about hiring exorcists, but none of them seems to find the solution.
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Title: The Naked Director
Character: Ikezawa
Released: August 8, 2019
Type: TV
Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts the character, his art, vision and his interactions with the approving and disapproving folk around him.
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Masquerade Hotel
Title: Masquerade Hotel
Character: Yasushi Fujiki
Released: March 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
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Title: Smoking
Character: Sabe
Released: April 20, 2018
Type: TV
Seeking a greater justice, a band of homeless assassins flays their human targets and delivers the tattooed skins as proof of a contract fulfilled.
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Title: The Price
Released: November 18, 2016
Type: TV
Based on a novel by Jun Ioka, the Hulu series follows the relationship between Keisuke Okuyama, a brilliant attorney and his troubling client Tatsuya Ando who tormented and robbed him of his family in the past.
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Title: メガバンク最終決戦
Released: February 24, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Stock Price Crash
Character: Chiharu Zaizen
Released: October 19, 2014
Type: TV
In defiance to his superiors, a credit officer stands his ground in denying a grocery chain additional loans. Then the terrorist attacks begin.
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Title: Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out
Character: Shogo Dojima(堂島 正吾)
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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Title: Lady Joker
Released: March 3, 2013
Type: TV
One day, a suspicious-looking audio CD is delivered to Shiroyama Kyosuke, the company president of Hinode Beer, the industry’s top brewer. Shiroyama is shaken by the contents which pin the company down for its past misdeeds.
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Title: Wonderful Single Life
Character: Toru Higuchi
Released: October 11, 2012
Type: TV
"Kekkon Shinai" follows the lives of single people in their 30's and 40's.
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Black Dawn
Title: Black Dawn
Character: Shotaro Ariga
Released: June 2, 2012
Type: Movie
In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same time, leaked information comes in about enriched uranium from the Korean peninsula. Sumimoto of the external affairs fourth division suspects that a conspiracy has been hatched to rock Japan-Korean relations.
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Ace Attorney
Title: Ace Attorney
Character: Gou Karuma (Manfred von Karma)
Released: February 11, 2012
Type: Movie
Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.
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Mitsuko Delivers
Title: Mitsuko Delivers
Character: Jiro
Released: November 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents believe she is happy and successful in America and are unaware that she has secretly returned to Tokyo. Making the biggest decisions on the slightest whim, she moves back into the tenement street where she lived as a child. The move changes lives, reignites old romances and creates a supportive circle of love that may be exactly what Mitsuko needs.
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Title: Perfect Report
Released: October 17, 2010
Type: TV
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Box: The Hakamada Case
Title: Box: The Hakamada Case
Character: Police officer Tatematsu
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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Sasori
Title: Sasori
Character: Jyono
Released: August 8, 2009
Type: Movie
A ruthless pack of thugs force mild-mannered, caught-in-the-middle-of-something-bigger Nami to murder her fiance's sister, decidedly ruining her pending marriage and landing the poor girl in the most brutal women's prison ever seen. Inside the hellblocks, she decides to stop being a victim at all costs, and ends up becoming stronger and even more vicious than the craziest inmates in the pen. She eventually escapes in a most unusual way, gets valuable fight training from a mysterious mountain man and returns to the streets in order to make the thugs who ruined her life pay.
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MW
Title: MW
Character: Kazuyuki Sawaki
Released: July 3, 2009
Type: Movie
A live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s mature manga masterpiece MW (pronounced “moo,” like a cow), created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tezuka. When a top secret chemical compound called MW infects an island near Okinawa, the military is sent in to kill all the victims and cover up the incident. A survivor named Michio Yuki (Hiroshi Tamaki) grows up to become a highly-successful banker, but he is slowly being driven mad by the effects of MW. After committing a series of ruthless crimes to get revenge against the people responsible for the cover-up, he decides that the only way to truly get revenge is to unleash MW on the world and exterminate the entire human race. Takayuki Yamada stars as Father Garai, a priest desperately trying to save Michios soul—and possibly his own in the process—but not necessarily doing much to stop the crime spree.
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Title: Rescue: Pride of Orange
Released: January 24, 2009
Type: TV
Kitajima Daichi has wanted to join the rescue squad and wear the same orange uniform ever since he was saved by them as a child. When the squad calls for young firefighters to join, he and some other men take the challenge to go through the tough training. Together, they live through hard times and joy as they save lives while living on the edge themselves.
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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Title: Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Character: Ryuji Mogi
Released: September 3, 2008
Type: Movie
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
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The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Title: The Most Beautiful Night In The World
Character: Kinichi Nihei
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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Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
Title: Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
Character: Michihisa Suto
Released: November 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist, is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist.
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The Investigation Game
Title: The Investigation Game
Character: Yousuke Sone
Released: October 27, 2007
Type: Movie
Police superintendent Makishima suffered a demotion transfer after he failed to capture the suspect in a kidnapping case of a boy, who was subsequently killed, and made a blunder in the press conference. Six years later, Makishima is improving his performance at Ashigara station, when he is summoned by the prefectural police headquarters and asked to take on the investigation of a serial child murder case which has reached a deadlock. Makishima, still bearing an emotional scar from the previous case, accepts the request, and pushes through an unprecedented investigation, where Makishima appears on TV as the person responsible for the investigation and appeals to the killer directly in order to bring him into the open. Despite being caught in disputes within the police force and facing criticism from rival TV stations, Makishima talks to the camera as the whole nation watches on. "This is for the killer. Go to sleep trembling in fear tonight."
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War
Title: War
Character: Shiro Yanagawa
Released: August 24, 2007
Type: Movie
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing?
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Shamo
Title: Shamo
Character: Principal Saeki
Released: May 17, 2007
Type: Movie
Ryo Narushima is a student who has served prison time for killing his parents. Once he is released, he trains to become a professional kick-boxer.
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Dream Cruise
Title: Dream Cruise
Character: Eiji Saito
Released: May 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim situation that awaits them all.
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The Happiness
Title: The Happiness
Released: November 23, 2006
Type: Movie
the story of a vagrant (Ishibashi) who arrives in a town in Hokkaido. With only a threadbare suit, an old pair of sneakers and a bag containing all his worldly possessions the proprietors of a local convenince store (played by Jun Murakami and Akemi Sakurai) taske pity on the man and bring him in.
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The Grudge 2
Title: The Grudge 2
Character: Det. Hideto Nakagawa
Released: October 12, 2006
Type: Movie
A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.
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Trapped Ashes
Title: Trapped Ashes
Character: Head Monk
Released: September 12, 2006
Type: Movie
Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.
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Waru: The End
Title: Waru: The End
Released: August 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.
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Waru
Title: Waru
Released: February 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulting in the wanted and are chased of all families mob in Japan. They may however be a little unexpected help from the police.
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Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Title: Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Character: Warden Tsuchiya
Released: February 11, 2006
Type: Movie
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.
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Title: Rondo
Character: Yoshihiko Isaki
Released: January 15, 2006
Type: TV
Japan and Korea's biggest names star in this big-scale drama. Nishijima Sho is a Japanese detective whose father was murdered in Korea when he was still a boy. In hopes of discovering the truth behind his father's death, Sho is working undercover in a huge secret organization. Choi Yuna is a Korean woman who visits Japan in search of her missing father. She opens a Korean restaurant with her younger sister, but soon faces the mercy of fate. The couple meets in a corner of Tokyo and fall in love. But what waits ahead of them. A "rondo" of fate, love, and history is about to begin.
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Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Title: Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Character: Kinzo Daidoji
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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Title: Haru and Natsu
Character: Unno Commander
Released: October 2, 2005
Type: TV
As Haru emigrates from Japan with her family to the coffee plantations in Brazil, Natsu is left behind in the care of spiteful relatives. Losing all contact, each must make her own way in an unforgiving world. Hardships abound in the struggle to survive in war-torn Japan and in the face of anti-Japanese sentiment in Brazil, financial ruin, familial pressure, abandonment and lost love. However they also experience the precious joy of survival and success. Now, after 70 years, Haru comes back to Japan to find her estranged sister.
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The Superdry Films
Title: The Superdry Films
Released: February 26, 2005
Type: Movie
A Japanese Anthology
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The Grudge
Title: The Grudge
Character: Det. Hideto Nakagawa
Released: October 22, 2004
Type: Movie
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
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Title: 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Kinzō Daidōji
Released: April 3, 2004
Type: TV
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Last Love, First Love
Title: Last Love, First Love
Released: December 3, 2003
Type: Movie
A Japanese salaryman in Shanghai falls in love with two women, one of whom is terminally ill.
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g@me.
Title: g@me.
Released: November 8, 2003
Type: Movie
A young ad executive's life has been turned upside down when a vicious client ruins his three billion yen project. Through his chance meeting with the disgruntled daughter of his enemy, he plans a vengeance scheme. The young woman agrees to play the victim of his bogus kidnapping. The movie is based on the novel Geimu No Na Wa Yuukai ('The name of the game is kidnapping') by popular mystery novelist Keigo Higashino.
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Title: Beginner
Character: Hiroya Nozaki(野佐木 恍也)
Released: October 6, 2003
Type: TV
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Moon Child
Title: Moon Child
Character: Inspector Lorry
Released: April 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's footsteps as a vampire with the gift of eternal life and the curse of blood thirst. Over time, their tight friendship becomes corrupted because of their rivalry and love for the same woman.
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Aiki
Title: Aiki
Character: Masatsugu Hiraishi
Released: November 29, 2002
Type: Movie
When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club will take him on -- that is, until an aiki jujitsu master helps the young man develop techniques uniquely tailored to a wheelchair. What starts off as a sad film revs up into an exciting and fun series of epiphanies in which the young man realizes his situation isn't as hopeless as it seems.
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Character: Norio Mikumo
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
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Title: Psycho Doctor
Character: Kohei Kitamura
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
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Dog Star
Title: Dog Star
Released: April 27, 2002
Type: Movie
A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained him as a puppy. While attempting to get to know her (as he runs along behind her and sniffs for her around town) he eventually falls in love with her.
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Suicide Club
Title: Suicide Club
Character: Detective Kuroda
Released: October 29, 2001
Type: Movie
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
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Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Title: Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Straight to video sequel
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Brother
Title: Brother
Character: Ishihara
Released: December 13, 2000
Type: Movie
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
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Film Noir
Title: Film Noir
Character: Yuji Hamazaki
Released: November 4, 2000
Type: Movie
The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the snow that surrounds them. The take on Melville's "Samoraï" from -67 is obvious, but Kobayashi turns the image around and portrays the killer as the weakest person in the movie - haunted by his demanding wife and the moaning contractor, who is one of the most mysterious characters ever portrayed in a movie.
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Audition
Title: Audition
Character: Shigeharu Aoyama
Released: October 6, 1999
Type: Movie
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
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The Central Quicksand
Title: The Central Quicksand
Released: August 4, 1998
Type: Movie
A tremor struck the Information Industry Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The prosecution arrested a local contractor on suspicion of bribery, and then the brunt was directed to the Information Industry Bureau. The interviewee was Akihiko Kurahashi (Shinobu Tsuruta), the leader of the non-carrier group. Previously, Kiichiro Yamada (Ken Ogata), a clerk who lived next door in the government building, couldn't help but sympathize with Kurahashi, who had succeeded in his career.
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An Obsession
Title: An Obsession
Character: Detective Saga
Released: December 20, 1997
Type: Movie
Police detective Sosuke is shot down while chasing down a suspect. While he is unconscious, his gun is stolen. He recovers, but loses his wife and resigns from the police force. All of a sudden, his lost gun used in a series of crimes.
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Ringo no usagi
Title: Ringo no usagi
Released: August 2, 1997
Type: Movie
About an energetic kindergarden student and the people around him
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Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
Title: Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
Released: June 14, 1997
Type: Movie
A yakuza search for his past
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Two Punks
Title: Two Punks
Character: Otani
Released: December 21, 1996
Type: Movie
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and straight society. Neither wants to be a Yakuza, but normal life presents problems.
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Back to Back
Title: Back to Back
Character: Koji
Released: August 29, 1996
Type: Movie
An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.
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Kids Return
Title: Kids Return
Character: Local Yakuza Chief
Released: July 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited 5
Title: Yakuza Ladies Revisited 5
Released: June 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The wife of a recently deceased yakuza boss is caught in a conflict between the candidates for his succession and must protect her beloved daughter.
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The Crossing Guard
Title: The Crossing Guard
Character: Jefferey
Released: November 15, 1995
Type: Movie
Unable to move on from the loss of his daughter, Freddy, now a shell of the person he was before, swears to kill the man responsible for her death.
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Another Lonely Hitman
Title: Another Lonely Hitman
Character: Takashi Tachibana
Released: June 30, 1995
Type: Movie
After serving 10 years in prison due to a drug-induced assassination of a rival gang boss Tachibana (Ryo Ishibashi) enters a world that's nothing like it was when he went in. Once a respected and feared Yakuza mastermind, he now must try and adapt within the confines of the new generations vision of honor. As he still garners a somewhat decent amount of respect he just tries to get by. Hooking up with a prostitute he's been in passing by with he begins to feel some sense of comfort. Upon stumbling across her being beaten down by her pimp, Tachibana can't just sit by and do nothing. So he commences in putting down an old school Yakuza ass whipping, thus beginning a showdown with the "now" boss, Sato.
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Natural Woman
Title: Natural Woman
Released: December 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Based on the book of the same name by Rieko Matsuura, the film depicts an ultimate love between two women.
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Title: Okane ga Nai!
Released: July 6, 1994
Type: TV
Kentaro lives in the suburbs with his two little brothers. They are poor, but they are happy. The factory Kentaro works for, though, goes bankrupt on pay day and Kentaro finds himself out of a job and with even less money. The brothers are thrown out of their apartment and Kentaro, a born optimistic until then, decides that he must aggressively pursue "money". This drama depicts the success story of Kentaro in his search for money and a better life.
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Blue Tiger
Title: Blue Tiger
Character: Gan
Released: April 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger on his chest. She is turned into an obsessed person and has an identical red tiger etched into her skin. She then tracks down the killer and plots his death. This leads her into the world of the Japanese Mafia
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American Yakuza
Title: American Yakuza
Character: Shuji Sawamoto
Released: December 22, 1993
Type: Movie
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate in the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
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The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
Title: The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER
Released: November 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A man with darkness in his eyes has returned from hell for revenge.
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Harikomi
Title: Harikomi
Released: September 26, 1991
Type: Movie
When a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect’s ex-lover, who is trapped in an abusive marriage.
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Via Okinawa
Title: Via Okinawa
Character: Sachio
Released: June 9, 1989
Type: Movie
During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With exhausting displays of energy, Sai presents a whirlwind romance between a local rocker and the daughter of a mixed American-Okinawan marriage.
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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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Leave My Girl Alone
Title: Leave My Girl Alone
Character: Kashima
Released: December 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a wealthy young boy who has just become an orphan himself…
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A Homance
Title: A Homance
Character: Michio Yamazaki
Released: October 10, 1986
Type: Movie
A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.
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So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
Title: So Long, My Partner: Rock Is Sex
Character: Rachi
Released: November 20, 1982
Type: Movie
First production by Directors’ Company. The film depicts the lives of a young man with dreams of becoming a rock superstar and his two friends.
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Future War 198X
Title: Future War 198X
Character: Narrator (voice) / Richter (voice)
Released: October 30, 1982
Type: Movie
An American scientist constructs a laser satellite with hopes of preventing any nuclear conflicts from occurring. However, after a fatal error from both the US and the USSR governments, war breaks out and humanity faces a new bloodshed.
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第三の時効
Title: 第三の時効
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie