Yukiya Kitamura

Yukiya Kitamura

Born: April 29, 1974

Movies for Yukiya Kitamura...

Title: My Undead Yokai Girlfriend
Character: Tenkai
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: TV
College student Tadashi 'Hachi' Inukai is tired of feeling like a loser. But that all changes one day when he accidentally conducts a mysterious ritual he finds online, summoning a demonic yokai to the mortal plane, nicknamed Izzy. Bonded by magic, Hachi and Izzy must figure out how to navigate life, love and murder.
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The Parades
Title: The Parades
Character: Kanda
Released: February 28, 2024
Type: Movie
A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.
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Masked Hearts
Title: Masked Hearts
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
26 years old Hanako is on the verge of directing her first-ever feature film, achieving her childhood dream. Although she’s being hindered by an older male assistant director, she has a fateful encounter with a man named Masao, and her life at last begins to take on a whole new luster. However, the underhanded actions of an unscrupulous producer cause Hanako to have her personal project stolen. After being dumped into despair, she quietly stokes her rage, and makes a pledge to keep fighting, and never back down! Entangling Masao, her hopeless father and two older brothers (who she’s been out of touch with for over 10 years) in her obsessive quest, Hanako audaciously attempts to make her dream come true, her way!
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Kyrie
Title: Kyrie
Character: Bon Negishi
Released: October 13, 2023
Type: Movie
Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.
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Title: たそがれ優作
Character: Kitami Yusaku
Released: October 7, 2023
Type: TV
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駐在刑事SP 2023
Title: 駐在刑事SP 2023
Released: September 25, 2023
Type: Movie
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Life of Mariko in Kabukicho
Title: Life of Mariko in Kabukicho
Character: Musaka Tozuka
Released: June 30, 2023
Type: Movie
A small bar in Tokyo's red-light district run by an undercover detective with a tragic past links together a group of eccentrics, a search for aliens, FBI investigators, bizarre love affairs and assassins.
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The Water Flows to the Sea
Title: The Water Flows to the Sea
Character: Tatsuo Kumazawa
Released: June 9, 2023
Type: Movie
High school student Naotatsu travels to live at his uncle's house. In the pouring rain, he is picked up at the nearest station by a strange adult woman named Sakaki who guides him to an unexpected share house where a life together begins.
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Title: Police and Prosecutor, Sometimes Judge
Character: 二階堂俊介(北村有起哉)
Released: April 13, 2023
Type: TV
In this sequel to Police and Prosecutor, Nakaido, the passionate gymnastic-teacher-turned-police-detective, is still eager to arrest criminals by all means and be appreciated by victims. He plunges into cases without any care for compliance issues.
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Title: Utsubora
Character: Mizorogi Shun
Released: March 24, 2023
Type: TV
One day, a beautiful woman named Aki dies mysteriously. Sakura appears in front of popular novel writer Mizorogi and introduces herself as Aki’s twin sister. In fact, Mizorogi stole Aki’s novel "Utsubora." Sakura, who has Aki’s original manuscript of "Utsubora," makes some suggestions to Mizorogi.
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Title: The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
Character: Takeshi Ishida
Released: January 12, 2023
Type: TV
Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.
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Doomsday Detective
Title: Doomsday Detective
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: Movie
Shinjiro, who runs a humble detective agency using a coffee shop in a certain town as his office, gets into trouble at a dark gambling den and is forced to take on a troublesome job by Kyoichi, an executive of the Kasahara clan, a yakuza gang he knows well. The task is to investigate an arson case that is suspected to involve the Chinese mafia Barretto, with whom the Kasahara-gumi has a rival gang. In addition, Shinjiro is asked by Michiko, whose Filipino parents were deported in the past, to search for her best friend, a Kurdish woman who mysteriously disappeared. However, as he pursues the two cases, he finds himself caught up in a war between two huge underworld organizations.
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駐在刑事SP 2022
Title: 駐在刑事SP 2022
Released: October 17, 2022
Type: Movie
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A Hundred Flowers
Title: A Hundred Flowers
Character: Tetsuya Osawa
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Diagnosed with dementia, Yuriko's mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son Izumi, memories of the mother feel as vivid as when he lived them. One in particular, when he believed she had disappeared, haunts him terribly.
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夜の女たち
Title: 夜の女たち
Released: September 3, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: The Incident Is Happening Around It
Character: Makoto Tanizaki
Released: August 1, 2022
Type: TV
Although there are many criminal articles, this drama does not solve any cases. Instead, a 15-minute comedy drama that focuses on the detectives' troubles and "small cases" that occur around the incident. Fuka Koshiba plays Ichika Mano, a detective who wants to do everything on her own and is not good at relying on others. Mano's buddy is Kazuto Udagawa (played by Masashi Kasamatsu). He is the exact opposite of Mano, rational and efficient, and has no hesitation in asking people for favors. A comedy drama with a new sensation, in which a pair of young detectives with such contradictory personalities unfolds while sometimes involving the people around them.
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Title: Lost Man Found
Character: Hirayama Heigo
Released: June 26, 2022
Type: TV
Satoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the industry, but his luck begins to change when he finds an airplane ticket belonging to a talent agency CEO. Time passes, and Satoru makes a name for himself as an actor. He gets a call from America. Hoping it is a Hollywood offer, he instead hears about his estranged older brother.
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Title: I Told You to Forget It
Released: April 23, 2022
Type: TV
Paravi exclusive drama
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Title: Sensei no Otoriyose
Released: April 8, 2022
Type: TV
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Prior Convictions
Title: Prior Convictions
Character: Naoji Takamatsu
Released: January 28, 2022
Type: Movie
Kayo is a probation officer who forges ahead with her job. Continuing to work closely with ex-convicts, she is assigned to Kudo who had committed murder. As she endeavors to rehabilitate him, Kudo suddenly disappears and emerges as a suspect in a case.
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Title: Kamiki Ryunosuke's Filming Break
Character: Kojiro Sanada
Released: January 6, 2022
Type: TV
Depicts how Ryunosuke Kamiki spends his days off during breaks in shooting dramas and movies.
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Title: Zenkamono
Character: Naoji Takamatsu
Released: November 20, 2021
Type: TV
Agawa Kayo is an upright young woman who earns a living by working part-time at a convenience store. She suffered trauma from some experience in the past and a certain incident makes her decide to become a volunteer probation officer. A volunteer probation officer is a civil servant who helps rehabilitate juvenile delinquents and criminals but receives no pay. They are simply volunteers with a sense of public spirit. After going through a workshop, Kayo who has just become a volunteer probation officer is put in charge of her first case, Saito Midori. The owner of an accessory shop, Midori behaved violently towards an employee and has been released on parole after serving a two-year sentence for extortion and assault. Under the guidance of probation officer Takamatsu Naoharu, Kayo struggles to help her find her place in society.
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Title: Mushoboke
Released: October 3, 2021
Type: TV
Depicts the life of a former yakuza who was released for the first time in 14 years.
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Title: A school where students can start over
Character: Yamano Kohei
Released: August 21, 2021
Type: TV
A high school with poor academic performance has various problematic students who cannot receive proper education due to abuse or poverty. The hot-blooded teachers here take the role of gathering these students and help them to get back on their feet.
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Chuzai Keiji 2021 SP
Title: Chuzai Keiji 2021 SP
Character: Kunihiro Kakurai
Released: May 24, 2021
Type: Movie
Terajima Susumu VS Dan Rei! "Chuzai San" is back with a special drama that involves a huge "parent-child" secret and bone mystery.
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Title: 5-Meter Radius
Character: Ebihara Kaori
Released: April 30, 2021
Type: TV
The uneasy, little snags in life. Why am I alone in parenting? Why is this strange man scolding me? They are personal, perhaps mundane, and never newsworthy. But one outlet for the nameless disquiet that exist within a "five-meter radius" is a weekly women's magazine. A young editor and an unorthodox veteran journalist cover every topic with an empathetic stance. A look at modern society through the small but real incongruities we all feel close to home.
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Under the Open Sky
Title: Under the Open Sky
Character: Iguchi Hisatoshi
Released: February 11, 2021
Type: Movie
Mikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving 13 years of sentence for murder. Hoping to find his long lost mother, from whom he was separated as a child, he applies for a TV show and meets a young TV director Tsunoda. Meanwhile, he struggles to get a proper job and fit into society. His impulsive, adamant nature and ingrained beliefs cause friction in his relationship with Tsunoda and those who want to help him.
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A Family
Title: A Family
Character: Nakamura Tsutomu
Released: January 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.
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Title: Can't write! ~A life without scenario~
Character: Mitsuo Shoji
Released: January 23, 2021
Type: TV
Keisuke Yoshimaru is a screenwriter, but instead of working, he is responsible for all household chores. On the other hand, Keisuke's wife, Nami, is a popular novel writer under the name "Ririko Kōsaka". Nami is the breadwinner with outstanding fame and income. Keisuke is somehow satisfied with his current life, but, one day, the main writer of a prime-time drama suddenly drops out, and Keisuke was given the opportunity to write again. Although Keisuke starts writing with full of expectations, he begins to be swayed by various problems.
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Title: Higuma
Character: 島寺先輩 / Shimadera
Released: December 18, 2020
Type: TV
A soothing drama about the daily life of a bear cub.
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The Real Thing
Title: The Real Thing
Character: Shin'ichi Wakita
Released: October 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Kazumichi Tsuji is a bored office worker in questionable relationships with two women at work. One day he meets the intriguing Ukiyo Hayama at a convenience store. However, having her in his life brings nothing but trouble.
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All the Things We Never Said
Title: All the Things We Never Said
Character: Murderer
Released: October 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Atsuhisa Yamada is an ordinary man, with a wife and a 5-year-old daughter. He is close to his childhood friend Takeda. One day, Atsuhisa Yamada leaves his office during work hours and goes back home early. There, he witnesses his wife and an unknown man having sex, but Atsuhisa Yamada is unable to express his feelings like anger, frustration, and depression. His relationship with his wife and his friend Takeda becomes distorted.
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The Asadas!
Title: The Asadas!
Character: Kenzo Shibukawa
Released: October 2, 2020
Type: Movie
Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.
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Title: Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi
Character: Tōru Katōno
Released: April 12, 2020
Type: TV
Detective Goro Akechi has a passion for fine dining. Good-looking but incredibly quirky, he solves food-related crimes by using, well, food. He treats Ichigo Kobayashi like his assistant and drags her into all sorts of cases, even though she's perfectly happy just running her food truck.
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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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Title: Pareto's Miscalculation: Caseworker Murder Case
Released: March 7, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: The Real Thing
Character: Shin'ichi Wakita
Released: October 15, 2019
Type: TV
Kazumichi Tsuji is a bored office worker in questionable relationships with two women at work. One day he meets the intriguing Ukiyo Hayama at a convenience store. However, having her in his life brings nothing but trouble.
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When a Tree Falls
Title: When a Tree Falls
Character: Kazuya Ebisawa
Released: September 21, 2019
Type: Movie
A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by multiple people.
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Title: Cicada Boy
Character: Ogawa Kunio
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: TV
Okawa Yuka is living out the daily motions of life but doesn't understand her reason to keep living. After a confrontation with a co-worker, she decides to end it all but fails when she stops herself from squishing a cicada. That cicada returns the favor by transforming into a man, named semi, for seven days because he thinks it will make her happy. The downside is, he has no idea how to live as a human.
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Title: Hotarugusa
Character: Todoroki Heikuro
Released: July 24, 2019
Type: TV
Nana is a servant of the Kazahaya family, She is from a samurai family. Her father was about to reveal wrongdoings within the domain but had to commit ritual suicide for a crime he hadn't done. Ichinoshin tries to correct the wrongdoings, but end up being a target himself. After finding out her father's enemy is the man behind it all, Nana decides to protect Ichinoshin and his children, as she had promised Sachi, Ichinoshin's late wife.
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The Journalist
Title: The Journalist
Character: Kazumasa JInno
Released: June 28, 2019
Type: Movie
It is the job of the press to cover corporate crime, government plots and society. It is in this context that young female reporter on the beat Erika rolls up her sleeves and goes to work regarding what seems to be a government cover up. She is dealing with a government bureaucrat called Sugihara. It seems as if a clash is inevitable.
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A Long Goodbye
Title: A Long Goodbye
Character: Arata
Released: March 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
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The Seal Of The Sun
Title: The Seal Of The Sun
Character: Nabeshima
Released: March 6, 2019
Type: Movie
At 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experiences a black out due to the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The cooling system fails at the nuclear power plant and the temperature of the nuclear reactor rises. The worst case is coming. Scientists face an unexpected situation and government officials are confused by lack of information. Residents says goodbye to their hometown before evacuating.
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Fortuna's Eye
Title: Fortuna's Eye
Character: Takeo Kurokawa
Released: February 15, 2019
Type: Movie
Shinichiro Kiyama is completely alone in the world. One day, he realizes he possesses "Fortuna's Eye", an ability through which people whose death is drawing near appear transparent to him. It is a gift that torments him. Then he meets a cheerful, optimistic girl Aoi Kiryu who makes him feel at ease. Shinichiro develops feelings for her, but after a brief period of happiness, Aoi's body suddenly starts turning transparent.
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Mario
Title: Mario
Released: December 17, 2018
Type: Movie
It's the year 2023. The development of artificial intelligence has come a long way in recent years. When a policeman gets seriously injured and won't be able to recover his consciousness, a scientist decides to implant an artificial intelligence called "Mario" inside his brain. The final command for this newborn man: Be free. When he sets out on his little journey to understand the concept of being free, being human, he meets the 16 year-old son of the scientist who is about to take his own life... The two of them form a precious bond.
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Title: Stationed Detective
Released: October 19, 2018
Type: TV
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Hibiki
Title: Hibiki
Character: Hitoshi Kijima
Released: September 14, 2018
Type: Movie
A high school girl with overwhelming literary talent shakes up the lives of those around her with her brilliant spontaneity.
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Title: Unnatural
Character: Riichi Shishido
Released: January 12, 2018
Type: TV
Mikoto Misumi is a pathologist at UDI (Unnatural Death Investigation) Lab. She can't stand neglecting unnatural deaths and believes there must be a truth behind the deaths. Team members that work with her are autopsy doctor Kai Nakado, recorder Rokuro Kube, clinical test technologist Yuko Shoji and UDI director Yasuo Kamikura. They work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.
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Title: Segodon
Character: Oyama Kakunosuke
Released: January 7, 2018
Type: TV
Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.
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Chūzai keiji SP 2017
Title: Chūzai keiji SP 2017
Released: October 13, 2017
Type: Movie
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Sekigahara
Title: Sekigahara
Character: Ii Naomasa
Released: August 26, 2017
Type: Movie
The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
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Premium Stage
Title: Premium Stage "Hamlet"
Released: July 2, 2017
Type: Movie
This work by British director John Caird is one of the four major tragedy by William Shakespeare. In this performance version, the title role will be played by Uchino, uncle Claudius and father's ghost will be played by Hayashi Kunimura, Ophelia will be played by Shihori Kanjiya, Gertrude will be played by Yuko Asano, and Horatio will be played by Yukiya Kitamura.
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Sniper
Title: Sniper
Character: Katsumi Naruse
Released: October 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Detective Ryoko Kozuki receives a demotion after having an affair with a superior. She succeeds in arresting a rapist in an undercover operation that puts her at risk. Her achievement immediately becomes the talk of the precinct, but no one approaches her because of her past. Ryoko is determined to bring criminals to justice. She takes on “The Prime Ministerial Candidate Snipe Case” which took place 15 years earlier.
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Over the Fence
Title: Over the Fence
Character: Koichiro Hara
Released: September 17, 2016
Type: Movie
A recently divorced and traumatized man moves to Hakodate, Hokkaido and attends a vocational college to learn carpentry along with several other students who are in the same boat as he. When a couple of the guys go to a hostess club the man meets an unconventional girl who likes him and a relationship is born.
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The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Title: The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Character: Shiota Hayao
Released: March 12, 2016
Type: Movie
A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...
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Title: The Phantom Thief YAMANEKO
Character: Kenichiro Todo(藤堂 健一郎)
Released: January 16, 2016
Type: TV
Yamaneko is notoriously elusive, but wherever he shows up, enormous amounts of money gets stolen. Evidence of the audacious crime is left scattered all over the place. In every episode, Yamaneko the hero thief throws a splash of “rotten justice” in your face. Pretentiously calling himself a “genius thief,” Yamaneko is arrogant and acts like he's the king of the world. Everything he does is bold and daring, but he remains elusive. There is indeed no match for Yamaneko. He goes by one creed alone—“I will steal but I won’t deprive.” Why does he steal? Just what is he all about?
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Aka Medaka
Title: Aka Medaka
Character: Tatekawa Dandan
Released: December 28, 2015
Type: Movie
One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.
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The Driver
Title: The Driver
Character: Keiichi Mamiya
Released: October 11, 2015
Type: Movie
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Kakekomi
Title: Kakekomi
Released: May 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taking refuge in Tokeiji, a monastery in Kamakura.
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Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
Title: Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
Released: April 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the series. In this work, we collaborate with five popular manga artists such as Go Nagai, Junji Ito, Eiichiro Oda, Kazuo Umezu and Masayuki Ishikawa.
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Title: Water Polo Yankees
Character: Hanzo Kuwahara
Released: July 12, 2014
Type: TV
Naoya Inaba (Yuto Nakajima) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he read from abroad. Because of his own experiences and reading manga, he is full of chivalrous spirit. Naoya arrives in Japan to spend one year at a high school in Japan. He is transferred to a technical high school which is about to be closed down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, who he admired as a child, went there, but he soon realizes that there are no real yankee like hero figures. There are only students who spends there days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed, but he happens to play water polo.
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Title: Silent Poor
Character: Yuichi Yamakura
Released: April 8, 2014
Type: TV
Silent poor... the poor and needy whose cries for help are drowned out in today's busling society. Their existence is spreading rapidly across the nation, and as such, the government decided to set up a body to help them. Nationwide, there are now people called Community Social Workers (CSW), and their jobs are to attend to the poor and needy. One such person is Satomi Ryo, and she works at the Shitamachi area's Council of Welfare. The people that she meets in her busy working life are people afflicted with juvenile dementia, those who have shunned society and locked themselves up in their rooms, the homeless... generally people who are in despair over life and the fate dealt to them. Ryo herself had been down the lonely road before, and as a way to pull herself out of her depression, she decided to work as a CSW, in order to help others like her. She strongly believes that one can always start all over again, and it is her belief that helps her to move forward in life.
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A Woman from Ashio
Title: A Woman from Ashio
Released: January 18, 2014
Type: Movie
A story about a woman from Yanaka Village, Tochigi Prefecture, which was abolished by the government due to the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident in the late Meiji Period. The drama depicts the struggle of the woman who gradually matures as a person through her encounters with versatile figures, including socialists and writers, after moving to Tokyo.
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Title: Fukuie Keibuho no Aisatsu
Character: 新井
Released: January 14, 2014
Type: TV
Assistant Inspector Fukuie does not look like an assistant inspector but once she starts an investigation, she takes no notice of anyone as she searches for the key to find out the truth. She does not care for the hierarchical relationship of the organisation or career advancement. If she has doubts, she will not listen to her superior and will persist in investigating to the end. Fukuie’s boss Inspector Ishimatsu is completely different from her. He places importance on the organisation and discipline, is rigid and strait-laced. Ever since Fukuie became his subordinate, his pride has been in tatters because she loves to disregard his instructions and investigate on her own even though this eventually results in success and he gets credit for her achievements. His principle is to investigate using orthodox methods, but the results that Fukuie delivers goes against this and makes him feel ashamed.
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Sotoba Komachi
Title: Sotoba Komachi
Character: Poet
Released: November 3, 2013
Type: Movie
Mishima reset the story in a 1950s urban park. At the beginning of the story, five couples are sitting on the benches and embracing. A 99-year-old lady appears in the park to gather cigarette butts. A poet sees her and admonishes her for disturbing the lovers and for using a park bench that rightfully belongs to those in love. They debate life and love. The old lady confesses that when young she was a beautiful woman and was admired by Captain Fukakusa. Upon describing a dance she attended, she and the poet find themselves at the dance, many years earlier, in Rokumei Hall, a ballroom where many handsome men and beautiful women are dancing. Everyone in the ballroom recognizes the old woman as the beautiful Komachi and comment on her beauty.
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special
Released: October 12, 2013
Type: Movie
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Shiren & Ragi
Title: Shiren & Ragi
Released: October 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Two souls were drawn to each other without any possible escape from their doomed fates. It was in an era when the country was divided in the north and the south. A legendary woman "Shiren"(Hiromi NAGASAKU) who was born to a family of assassins. A young sword fighter "Ragi"(Tatsuya FUJIWARA) who looked up to Shiren with admiration. News was brought to the north that said the King of the South "Godai"(Katsumi TAKAHASHI) has revived who once was assassinated by Shiren. Shiren was once again ordered by "kyougoku"(Arata FURUTA), a high-ranking vassal of the North, to assassinate Godai. Shiren was upset about Godai being still alive whom she believed she had killed. Ragi who sensed Shiren's distress volunteered to accompany her on the mission. Shiren's cold heart started to melt by seeing Ragi's determination to be there for and support her. Finally the moment to attack Godai comes. It was the moment when an astonishing truth was revealed to the two who had shared their love by that time.
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Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
Title: Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
Character: Takahashi
Released: February 9, 2013
Type: Movie
In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his lord’s commands. This is the tragic story of one such loyal samurai, whose love for his family forced him to make the ultimate choice of disobeying the wishes of his lord.
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Title: The Last Hope
Character: 소에지마 마사오미
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: TV
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再会
Title: 再会
Released: December 8, 2012
Type: Movie
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I'm Flash!
Title: I'm Flash!
Released: August 31, 2012
Type: Movie
Rui is the charismatic leader of a new religious group. Consequently, he starts to gain attention from the mass media. After becoming involved in a car accident, Rui goes to a remote island with ex-gangster now bodyguard. On the island, Rui reveals more about his religious group, while a set of ominous events are about to occur.
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Title: Tokkan
Character: Masachika Kagami
Released: July 4, 2012
Type: TV
'Tokkan' tells a story of Suzumiya Miki, a newbie tax collector who learns the strictness and difficulties of working through her job. Miki is called ‘Guuko’ because she often freezes up in front of her cold-hearted boss.
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Title: Innocent
Released: March 24, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: Man of Destiny
Character: Ryo Kiyohara
Released: January 15, 2012
Type: TV
A newspaper reporter (Masahiro Motoki) uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes a key figure in the story.
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Title: Solitary Gourmet
Character: 医師
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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Title: Jiu: Special Investigation Team
Character: Azuma Hiroki
Released: July 29, 2011
Type: TV
The show is based on the "Jiu" suspense novel series by Honda Tetsuya. Motoko (Kuroki) is a fierce, physically capable investigator with a strong battle instinct, while Misaki (Tabe) is more intellectual, kind-hearted, and naive. The two of them are both working to track down Jiu, the ringleader responsible for a series of brutal crimes.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Released: April 13, 2011
Type: TV
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.
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Title: Control - Hanzai Shinri Sousa
Released: January 11, 2011
Type: TV
Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology professor whose skills at behavioral analysis are the key to tracking down the criminals. There's also Teranishi Kei, a shy young detective who's had a crush on Segawa since their days at the academy...
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Title: 25-year-old Grandpa
Character: George
Released: November 15, 2010
Type: TV
46 years ago Kurihara Minoru (Fujiwara Tatsuya) went to the mountains to take pictures, but never returned. Fast forward to the present and he is discovered perfectly preserved in ice. He then miraculously wakes up. The head of the Kurihara household is now Kurihara Norihiko (Takahashi Katsumi), who is Minoru's son and 52 years old. Their is also Minoru's grandson Kensuke (Daito Shunsuke) and granddaughter Mai (Kurashina Kana). Their family is set for upheaval as their grandfather (who still looks 25, but is now 71) returns to their home. At first Minoru can't act comfortably around his family, but as Minoru gets used to the change of times, their family comes around
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Sakurada Gate Incident
Title: Sakurada Gate Incident
Released: October 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.
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Hanjiro
Title: Hanjiro
Released: October 9, 2010
Type: Movie
Japanese history explodes across the screen in the life story of Hitokiri Nakamura Hanjiro, one of the great heroes of the Meiji Restoration. From his earliest beginnings as a country samurai raising sweet potatoes whose exceptional sword skills impressed Saigo...
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Hebi no Hito
Title: Hebi no Hito
Released: September 25, 2010
Type: Movie
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Title: The Metropolitan Police Missing Person Investigation Section
Character: Rui Daigo
Released: April 16, 2010
Type: TV
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The Last Promise
Title: The Last Promise
Character: Genji Morozumi
Released: January 9, 2010
Type: Movie
"Saigo no Yakusoku" is described as a human suspense story involving the hijack of a major building. The members of Arashi play five young men who happen to be inside, and the story depicts their attempt to escape and their interactions with the other people caught up in the incident.
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Play Cards When You Die
Title: Play Cards When You Die
Released: October 15, 2009
Type: Movie
Ichiro Sasaki, 35, is working for a small training school in Tokyo. Though his work and his life are rather dull, he at least gets along somewhat well with his young daughter. He recieves a phone call one day, informing him of the sudden death of one of his colleagues. Shortly after this shocking news, his wife who is now living apart cuts him down further by telling him, "You don't see anything." While walking in the night, Ichiro is struck by an idea: why don't we go there? He heads off holding his daughter's hand. And thus begins a strange little tale of an ordinary father and his daughter.
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Title: My Girl
Character: Hayashi Hirokazu
Released: October 9, 2009
Type: TV
Back in his high school years, Kazama Masamune had a girlfriend four years his senior, who one day left to go study abroad. Now, six years later, Kazama hears that his girlfriend has passed away, and that she had secretly given birth to their daughter, who is now five years old. Kazama then decides to raise his daughter on his own.
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Title: Konkatsu!
Character: Masaru Ito
Released: April 20, 2009
Type: TV
Amamiya Kuniyuki is the unemployed son of a tonkatsu restaurant owner. He finds a job that requires a married person, so he lies by saying that he has plans to marry, and he is forced to keep up the charade using Tobita Haruno, a part-time worker from the restaurant. The relationship between the two is the key of this romantic comedy, though the series also focuses on family and friendship through Nakai's interactions with the other characters. --Tokyograph
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Peeping Tom
Title: Peeping Tom
Released: October 18, 2008
Type: Movie
Two holes appear suddenly on the walls of a cheap apartment where a piddling fiction writer, Makiguri, lives. What he wrote fiercely after that was his own death.
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Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
Title: Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
Character: Akasaki
Released: July 16, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: Security Police
Character: Kaneda
Released: November 3, 2007
Type: TV
SP, also known as Security Police is a Japanese television drama based on the real life security police unit of Japan which is responsible for protecting domestic and foreign VIPs. The series script was written by famed GO author Kazuki Kaneshiro and marks his first time writing for a television drama. The drama centers on a newly recruited SP officer named Kaoru Inoue, who is the only SP officer known in the force to have sharp senses that enables him to conduct his duties by using this ESP sense to take down the threat before it appears to threaten the VIP and the civilians who are caught in the middle. The franchise consists of the TV series, two film adaptations of the series released in 2010 and 2011 with an ongoing manga adaptation.
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Chosyu Five
Title: Chosyu Five
Released: October 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Fictionalised account of the story of the he Chōshū Five (長州五傑 Chōshū Goketsu) who travelled to and studied in Britain in 1863 while Japan was still under sakoku (鎖国 "locked country").
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Backdancers!
Title: Backdancers!
Character: DJ Kem
Released: September 8, 2006
Type: Movie
A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which subconsciously rested on the star power of the singer. When plan A does not work, they cling to plan B. When that does not work, in an act of desperation, they are assigned to plan C by their agency. A fight and unprofessionalism seems to put the Backdancers on permanent ice.
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Trick: The Movie 2
Title: Trick: The Movie 2
Character: Ginzo Isano
Released: June 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Ueda employes Yamada to go a mysterious island in search of a girl (played by Maki Horikita) that disappeared 10 years ago. They discover the island is run by Kobako Sachiko, who can appear and disappear via boxes, among other strange powers.
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Nibanme no kanojo
Title: Nibanme no kanojo
Released: November 27, 2004
Type: Movie
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The Sea Is Watching
Title: The Sea Is Watching
Character: Gonta
Released: July 27, 2002
Type: Movie
O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
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Title: The Private Detective Mike
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: TV
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Title: Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Character: Shintaro Uomi
Released: November 3, 2001
Type: Movie
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
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Darkness in the Light
Title: Darkness in the Light
Character: Koji Asakawa
Released: February 17, 2001
Type: Movie
A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer of 1994 to find himself the prime suspect in the biggest mass-murder case of the decade.
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Siberian Express 2
Title: Siberian Express 2
Released: January 13, 2001
Type: Movie
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Dr. Akagi
Title: Dr. Akagi
Character: Sankichi
Released: May 17, 1998
Type: Movie
At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.