Yuriko Hirooka

Yuriko Hirooka

Born: May 31, 1965
in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Yuriko Hirooka...

A Girl Named Ann
Title: A Girl Named Ann
Released: June 7, 2024
Type: Movie
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Title: A Town Without Seasons
Character: Taeko
Released: August 9, 2023
Type: TV
It follows a group of people who are still living in temporary housing 12 years after a natural disaster called "Nani" destroyed their town.
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Yes, I Can't Swim
Title: Yes, I Can't Swim
Character: Atsuko Ashino
Released: June 10, 2022
Type: Movie
Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and people, still he decides on the spur of the moment to enroll in a swimming class. There he encounters the teacher Shizuka Usuhara, who ignores his last-minute hesitation and enrolls him.
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Title: Ultramarine Area
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: TV
Kim Jun Hee, a member of the immensely popular five-membered band, Indigo AREA, has suffered setbacks and deep wounds, and now her boyfriend, the vocalist, suddenly announces that he is leaving the band. The story depicts the process of Jun Hee escaping from her narrow world of values, regaining her music, and becoming a strong "human being," while also finding the connections that are essential to survive. A new slice-of-life story of healing and courage.
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It's a Flickering Life
Title: It's a Flickering Life
Released: April 16, 2021
Type: Movie
The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale of love and friendship spanning a lifetime, the "god of cinema" that Go has worshipped since he was young will transcend time, and work a miracle in the lives of one family.
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Title: Kawa no Hotori de
Released: April 2, 2021
Type: TV
Toshi-chan and BB live in a hut with a blue sheet on the banks of the Tama River. Having lived there for several years, they are familiar with the area. The two of them gather cans across town from 4 am in the morning and sleep at 7 pm in order to save money on electricity at night. While they do not have substantial income, they are not particularly concerned about money. They are carefree each day and take pride in being homeless men who can support themselves. Nao, a young female actress from a small theatre company, visits Toshi-chan and BB one day. She is playing a heroine who has a grand romance with the leader of homeless men in her next performance and asks to interview them. This is the beginning of a long night for the trio…
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Title: Yell
Released: March 30, 2020
Type: TV
NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. They meet each other through music and overcome hardships together. Yuichi composes songs that became "Yells" for people all over Japan in the Showa Era (1926-1989) in which radical changes were going on. 
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2019 Rain Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2019 Rain Special
Released: June 8, 2019
Type: Movie
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Hard-Core
Title: Hard-Core
Released: November 23, 2018
Type: Movie
The life story of a treasure hunter who lives in the countryside of Gunma in Japan. He is pure and kind, but has no communication skills and has a mind of his own. His sole friend is his co-worker. This man has never had sex. The friends find a robot one day. The robot wants to stay with the men. A bond is formed. The men resolve to change their lives.
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Black Dahlia
Title: Black Dahlia
Released: August 20, 2018
Type: Movie
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Title: Half Blue Sky
Character: Tomiko Saionji
Released: April 2, 2018
Type: TV
Suzume is a girl born to a family running a small restaurant in Gifu Prefecture. She loses her hearing in one ear from a disease. Encouraged by her loving parents and childhood friend, she lives through an eventful life with a tenacious spirit.
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Title: Home Sweet Tokyo
Character: [Employee at the hot bath]
Released: November 19, 2017
Type: TV
Englishman Bryan Jenkins was living peacefully with his Japanese wife Itsuki and daughter Alice in London, when his Japanese mother-in-law suddenly passes away, and the family decides to uproot to Tokyo to look after his father-in-law Tsuneo.
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Let Me Eat Your Pancreas
Title: Let Me Eat Your Pancreas
Character: Kyoko's Co-worker
Released: July 28, 2017
Type: Movie
A dying girl meets a nonchalant boy who found out her secret. She decided to fulfill her bucket list with none-other-than the boy who couldn't care less about the world.
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What a Wonderful Family! 2
Title: What a Wonderful Family! 2
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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Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31
Title: Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31
Released: December 12, 2016
Type: Movie
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Shiratori Reiko: The Movie
Title: Shiratori Reiko: The Movie
Character: Masae Akimoto
Released: June 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Japanese TV drama Shiratori Reiko, which is based on the original Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! shōjo manga by Yumiko Suzuki, will be receiving a feature length theatrical film in June of 2016.
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What a Wonderful Family!
Title: What a Wonderful Family!
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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Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Title: Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Released: December 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Nobuko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji (Kazunari Ninomiya) appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.
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Ghost Theater
Title: Ghost Theater
Released: November 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Sara, a young actress, is able to land the leading role in big theater play, but soon learns that somebody or something is trying to end the production at all cost, which puts Sara in deadly danger.
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Wood Job!
Title: Wood Job!
Character: Yuki's Mother
Released: May 10, 2014
Type: Movie
After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.
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The World Within a 3-Km Radius
Title: The World Within a 3-Km Radius
Released: March 2, 2013
Type: Movie
2013 movie.
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A Story of Yonosuke
Title: A Story of Yonosuke
Character: Housekeeper
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: Movie
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
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必殺仕事人2013
Title: 必殺仕事人2013
Released: February 17, 2013
Type: Movie
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Title: Solitary Gourmet
Character: 笹川仁美
Released: January 4, 2012
Type: TV
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
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Shikei Kijun
Title: Shikei Kijun
Character: Toshiko Togane
Released: September 25, 2011
Type: Movie
Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…
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Title: A Little Princess
Character: Onuma Hideko
Released: October 17, 2009
Type: TV
Shōkōjo Seira is a 2009 Japanese drama television series based on the children's novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Mirai Shida stars as Seira, the daughter of a rich boss of a mining company. Due to her father's sudden death in a mining accident, Seira has overcomes many ordeals at the Millenius Seminary boarding school because she is unable to pay her school fees. Shōkōjo Seira aired on Saturdays from 7:56pm on the Tokyo Broadcasting System between 17 October 2009 and 19 December 2009.
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Brass Knuckle Boys
Title: Brass Knuckle Boys
Character: Sachiko Shimizu
Released: February 14, 2009
Type: Movie
A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them on behalf of her company. What Kanna did not know was that the Brass Knuckle Boys consists of all middle aged men.
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Title: Abarenbo Mama
Character: Sachiko Kanai
Released: October 16, 2007
Type: TV
22-year old Kawano Ayu was brought up way out in the country. She's a rough-mannered tomboy. When she meets Tetsu, a divorced beautician, the two fall in love and get married. Immediately after their happy new life begins, they are visited by a 5-year old boy, Yuki, who claims to be Tetsu's son. Ayu reluctantly becomes the boy's mother, but has no idea how to raise a child. What's more, at kindergarten, she must confront the elegant mothers of the neighborhood. Ayu's humorous life as a rookie mother begins.
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Kitaro
Title: Kitaro
Character: Mrs. Tanaka
Released: April 28, 2007
Type: Movie
Kitaro is a half human, half creature who keeps an eye on the human society to save them from the evil attacks from another world. He finds that a magical ball that controls all powers had been brought into the human world, and stops it from falling into the wrong hands.
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Ghost Train
Title: Ghost Train
Released: September 30, 2006
Type: Movie
On her way to school, high school girl Nana sees a train accident. Then Nana and her friend Kanae start to come across various bizarre phenomena, including red fingerprints and a female spirit who 'lives' on the station platform. One day, Nana's younger sister is lost, and the only possibility seems to be that she had been taken by these spirits. The missing tracks. The predictions that a mysterious woman makes.
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Title: 竜馬がゆく
Released: January 2, 2004
Type: TV
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Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
Title: Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
Released: August 30, 2003
Type: Movie
A shy, nerdy man, Takeru finds a schoolgirl hooker Lily is unconscious in a Tokyo park, so he decides to bring her home and lock her up in a secret basement. Although Lily is afraid of him, in fact, Takeru didn't do anything to hurt her. After Lily begins to uncover a shocking episode
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安楽椅子探偵と笛吹家の一族
Title: 安楽椅子探偵と笛吹家の一族
Released: June 13, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
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: The Life of Bangaku
Released: March 5, 2002
Type: TV
Bandaku Ajikawa (Koji Yakusho) is a ronin who lost his parents when he was young and is lonely for the rest of his life. His swordsmanship is top-notch, he hates lying and has an honest personality... Produced by Eizou Kyoto, this drama is to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Director Kon Ichikawa.
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Shadow of the Wraith
Title: Shadow of the Wraith
Character: Nakada Kimie
Released: June 23, 2001
Type: Movie
Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.
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By Player
Title: By Player
Character: Yoshiko
Released: December 2, 2000
Type: Movie
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.
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Title: The Story of One Century
Character: Support Role
Released: August 28, 2000
Type: TV
The Story of One Century tells the stories of three women, living in three different Japanese eras: Taisho (1912-1926), Showa (1926-1989) and Heisei (1989-present). The first generation takes place in the 1920s at the time of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Togura Aya, coming from a wealthy and influential family, marries against her will to a wealthy man Yokoyama Heikichi, who can help her father tide over his financial difficulties. It seems to be a wrong move, and life goes on meaninglessly for her, until she makes up her mind to follow her heart (Kota Yashiro, a man with a humble background).
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Audition
Title: Audition
Character: Michiyo Yanagida
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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Gemini
Title: Gemini
Character: Toshiko
Released: September 15, 1999
Type: Movie
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
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The Exam
Title: The Exam
Released: July 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
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Will to Live
Title: Will to Live
Released: January 15, 1999
Type: Movie
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home for the abandonment of the original. The film won the Golden St. George and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
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Begging for Love
Title: Begging for Love
Character: Toyoko's co-worker
Released: September 25, 1998
Type: Movie
During a quest to find a Taiwanese father's grave, disturbing memories of child abuse are aroused.
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The Key
Title: The Key
Character: Taki
Released: October 18, 1997
Type: Movie
Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been that her husband is dissatisfied with her lack of passion during lovemaking. All this changes after they meet the young Mr. Kimura
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The Tokyo Siblings
Title: The Tokyo Siblings
Character: Yoshiko Hayashi
Released: January 14, 1995
Type: Movie
Living in an old Tokyo district, Kenichi works at a second-hand bookshop to support his sister, Yoko, a high school student. When Yoko graduates, she starts work at a photo shop. By the time, Kenichi's girlfriend has decided to marry someone else as she is tired of waiting for him. When Yoko starts dating Kenichi's best friend, Makoto , he is strangely resentful, but when Makoto is involved in a fatal accident, brother and sister resume their routine life.
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I'm not Afraid of the Hospital. The Reason I got Sick 2!
Title: I'm not Afraid of the Hospital. The Reason I got Sick 2!
Released: July 1, 1994
Type: Movie
DTV sequel to The Reason I got SIck, but this time it's a standalone instead of an anthology.
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The Brutal Insanity of Love
Title: The Brutal Insanity of Love
Released: June 26, 1993
Type: Movie
A policewoman (Megumi Yokoyama) investigates the apparent suicide of a college coed. The prime suspects include the girl's professor, who may have been having an affair with her, and the professor's wife, who frequents lesbian bars. Gruesome axe murders and mutilations ensue, leading Yokoyama to a shocking discovery.
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Maria's Stomach
Title: Maria's Stomach
Released: July 21, 1990
Type: Movie
A carnivorous monster lives on the island of Sipang. A group of office ladies band together to fight it.
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Nekketsu After School Club 1
Title: Nekketsu After School Club 1
Released: March 1, 1990
Type: Movie
1990 original video.
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Nekketsu After School Club 2
Title: Nekketsu After School Club 2
Released: March 1, 1990
Type: Movie
1990 Original Video film.
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Nekketsu After School Club 3
Title: Nekketsu After School Club 3
Released: March 1, 1990
Type: Movie
1990 Original Video.
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Fancy Dance
Title: Fancy Dance
Character: Madonna
Released: December 23, 1989
Type: Movie
Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Title: Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Character: Tokyo Shoji Employee
Released: November 26, 1988
Type: Movie
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.