Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Born: January 23, 1954
in Mikasa City, Hokkaido, Japan
He is a Japanese actor.

Movies for Fumiyo Kohinata...

Title: Believe -君にかける橋-
Character: Isoda Noritaka
Released: April 25, 2024
Type: TV
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Title: Gekokujô Kyuji
Character: Inuzuka Mikio
Released: October 15, 2023
Type: TV
Based on a true story depicted in the non-fiction book “Gekokujou Kyuuji Mie Kenritsu Hakusan Koukou Koushien Made no Miracle.” The story follows Nagumo Shuuji, a social studies teacher at Mie Prefecture’s Etsuzan Senior High School, who was a former baseball player up until university when he quit after sustaining an injury. Thereafter, he worked as a sports trainer but returned to university at 32 years old in order to pursue his dream of becoming a teacher. However, his peaceful daily life goes through a change after he’s appointed to be the advisor of his school’s baseball club that is on the verge of abolition.
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The War of Announcers
Title: The War of Announcers
Character: Shimomura Hiroshi
Released: August 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Dramatization of The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and its announcers activities to support the Japanese military's fight during the war. Based on the facts, depicts the hidden relationship between broadcasting and the war.
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Title: Vivant
Character: Toshihiko Nagano
Released: July 16, 2023
Type: TV
Yusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment was mistakenly sent to GFL, a local infrastructure company involved in a solar energy plant to be built in the Balkan Republic in Central Asia. Suspected of involvement, he heads to the Balkan Republic to collect the difference of $90 million. With the cooperation of his CIA friend Sam, Nogi obtained information that the terrorist al-Zaer had laundered the full amount of the contract money into diamonds and brought it out.
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Title: THE DAYS
Character: Azuma
Released: June 1, 2023
Type: TV
Blamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly, invisible threat — an unprecedented nuclear disaster.
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Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Title: Yudo: The Way of the Bath
Character: Tadashi Yokoyama
Released: February 23, 2023
Type: Movie
Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their eclectic collection of townsfolk customers show them the value of the bath goes way beyond a scrub and soak.
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Ichikei’s Crow Special
Title: Ichikei’s Crow Special
Character: Komazawa Yoshio
Released: January 14, 2023
Type: Movie
Adapted from the manga "Ichikei no Karasu” (イチケイのカラス) by Asami Rito (浅見理都). This special is a sequel to the movie of the same name.
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Ichikei's Crow The Movie
Title: Ichikei's Crow The Movie
Released: January 13, 2023
Type: Movie
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It's in the Woods
Title: It's in the Woods
Released: September 30, 2022
Type: Movie
Set in an actual forest said to be rife with supernatural phenomena, this next-gen horror film is based on witness accounts of people who saw "It" and the protagonists’ encounter with the mysterious "It".
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Title: Guardian of the Market
Character: Kiyomasa Todo
Released: July 11, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Disliked Inspector Otonashi Ichiroku
Character: Otonashi Ichiroku
Released: May 6, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Stendhal's Love Theory
Character: Stendhal
Released: March 18, 2022
Type: TV
Satoko, a librarian is not confident with herself because she has never been in a relationship although she is 30 years old now. She encounters a gentleman named Ryosuke and falls in love with him instantly. A man who proclaims he is "Stendhal", the author of the French literature "Love Theory" suddenly appears in front of Satoko who hopes to change herself every day. It is a good thing for Satoko who is surprised at seeing this "illusion" which, in her mind, appears because she is so worried about her love. What's more, to make Satoko and Ryosuke have a blossoming love, Stendhal guides Satoko with love secrets and gradually changes her! In this way, they two will become closer. However, Satoko has a "certain past secret" she does not want to be known by anyone...
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Wooden Straw
Title: Wooden Straw
Character: Yoshiki Tominaga
Released: February 26, 2022
Type: Movie
Haruna, a determined employee at Aucent Homes, excels in sales due to her tenacity. She's reassigned to the PR department led by Okuzawa Toko, known for being respected but feared. Participating in an event, Haruna realizes her company's role in promoting environmental goals beyond home building. A heavy rain triggers her childhood trauma of losing her home to a landslide. At an event, she learns about the importance of proper forest management to prevent disasters. She conceives the idea of recycled wooden straws, facing opposition internally, particularly from Toko. Despite challenges, Haruna persists driven by her desire to prevent others' suffering. The story unfolds as she navigates obstacles to make wooden straws a reality.
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The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -
Title: The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -
Character: Richard
Released: January 14, 2022
Type: Movie
Dako, Boku-chan and Richard commit their next con on Malta Island.
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Title: Don't Call It Mystery
Released: January 10, 2022
Type: TV
University student Kuno Totono is the type who constantly questions what is taken for granted in society and develops his own theories based on his vast knowledge and unique set of values. One day in autumn, the police come to see him. His university schoolmate has been murdered at a park nearby and the police apparently regard Totono with suspicion. He is asked to come with them for questioning. In the interrogation room, the police are manipulated by Totono who tends to digress from the topic and poke at their contradictions. He even correctly guesses that one of them is troubled about not getting along with the wife and ends up giving advice. However, Totono’s fingerprints are eventually discovered on the murder weapon.
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Kanrikan King
Title: Kanrikan King
Character: Hideo Sudo
Released: January 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Alumni of a renowned high school's golf club gather to bid farewell to their retiring adviser. During the event, houseman Hirayama Yuta falls from a terrace into the sea. Detectives Nihei Jiro and Miyama Chiaki investigate, initially deeming it an accident. Mysterious Director Ouga Toichi arrives, suspecting foul play and starts a discreet investigation. Ouga coerces Nihei and Chiaki to join. Evidence mounts against the accident theory, especially when student Okumura Aoi, who had conflicts with Yuta, emerges. Ouga, determined to find the truth, uncovers threats and attacks targeting alumni. The trio suspects a serial murderer targeting the golf club graduates, possibly orchestrated by a mastermind known as the Joker.
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新春ドラマスペシャル 緊急取調室 特別招集2022〜8億円のお年玉〜
Title: 新春ドラマスペシャル 緊急取調室 特別招集2022〜8億円のお年玉〜
Released: January 3, 2022
Type: Movie
Three months after the operation of the "Emergency Case Response Investigation Team" (commonly known as "Kintori") was suspended, under Kajiyama Katsutoshi (Tanaka Tetsushi), the director of the Special Investigation Headquarters for the 800 million yen robbery. , Kazuhisa Iwaki (Koji Okura), deputy director general of the Metropolitan Police Department, gave a top-secret order. Surprisingly, the fingerprints of a man found on the premises of a private house the other day match the fingerprints left on the cash truck that was robbed of 800 million yen! In other words, there is a high possibility that the person who died was the suspect in the 800 million yen robbery. Aiming to solve the case as soon as possible, Iwaki decides to "temporarily operate Kintori and call in the necessary personnel" as a special measure! Kajiyama is ordered to gather personnel immediately and carry out the interrogation of the residents of the private house.
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Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum
Title: Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum
Released: November 2, 2021
Type: Movie
A mystery which blurs the line between fantasy and reality. When unsuccessful teen novelist (Matsu Takako), is troubled with her latest novel, her editor is chief (Kamiki Ryunosuke) helps her write a mystery set in "A Christmas Carol" in which the Scrooge (Fumiyo Kohinata) is murdered.Just as she's about to go to sleep, relieved that she's finally finished writing, she realizes, "He's not the killer! He's not the murderer!. Just as she is about to contact her editor to rewrite the story, an incident occurs in real life.
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Masquerade Night
Title: Masquerade Night
Character: Kazuhiko Nose
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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Title: Ichikei's Crow
Character: Komazawa Yoshio
Released: April 5, 2021
Type: TV
Michio Iruma is a former lawyer. He now works as a judge in the first criminal court (commonly known as "Ichikei") of the Tokyo District Court. He is an unusual judge. To avoid issuing wrong judgements, Michio Iruma seeks out the truth in cases by performing on-site inspections by himself. Due to this, lawyers and prosecutors are afraid of him.
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Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Title: Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Character: Akira Ikebe
Released: March 19, 2021
Type: Movie
At the end of the TV series of the same name, it is revealed that the husband works for the Public Security Bureau, and their marriage is a cover to keep her under surveillance. In spite of his mission, he falls in love with Nami and tries to convince her not to get involved in other people’s affairs. She is being monitored as a state-level security risk, and the bureau is unwilling to tolerate any more trouble from her. However, to save a friend, Nami runs out of the house and risks everything she has to confront the enemy. When she comes home, she finds her husband pointing a gun at her! A gunshot echoes through the quiet, upscale neighborhood…The movie picks up where the controversial ending of the drama series left off!!
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Title: Dangerous Venus
Character: Kenzo Kaneiwa
Released: October 11, 2020
Type: TV
Hakuro is single and works as a veterinarian. His father died when Hakuro was a child and his mother later remarried into the wealthy Yagami family. Although Hakuro was brought into the Yagami family through his mother's marriage, he does not feel like part of the Yagami family. Especially, when compared to his younger step-brother who possesses the same blood as his family. After the death of Hakuro's mother, Hakuro dropped Yagami from his name and broke off relations with that family. Hakuro has a strong sense of justice and sincerity in his actions. He is very susceptible to beautiful women. One day, he meets a woman. The woman introduces herself as the wife of his stepbrother and informs him that his stepbrother is missing. As Hakuro and the woman trace his stepbrother's whereabouts, Hakuro becomes involved in the Yagami family's fight over a three billion yen inheritance.
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The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
Title: The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
Character: Richard
Released: July 23, 2020
Type: Movie
Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide), and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) target the Fuu Family for their next heist. Raymond Fuu, who was the head of the Fuu Family, passed away and he left behind 10 trillion yen. Dako, Boku-chan and Richard scheme to gain the inordinate inheritance. --asianwiki
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Title: MIU404
Character: Shigeo Gamagori
Released: June 26, 2020
Type: TV
The Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours. Detective Kazumi Shima is selected as a new member of MIU. He is intelligent, with excellent observation and communication skills. Yet, he does not trust other people. He is unable to find a partner in MIU and is ordered to partner with Police Officer Ai Ibuki, who works at a police substation. Ibuki applied for MIU, but he failed. He is in excellent physical condition, but he lacks knowledge and experience as a detective. Shima learns about Ibuki's background and he becomes more nervous. Finally, Shima has his first meeting with Ibuki.
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Title: Ima da kara, shinsaku drama tsukuttemimashita
Character: Michio Shishido
Released: May 4, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: 70才、初めて産みました~セブンティウイザン。
Character: 江月朝一
Released: April 5, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: Kyojo
Character: Hideo Yomoda(四方田 秀雄)
Released: January 4, 2020
Type: TV
Kimichika Kazama is an instructor at a police academy. He is keenly observant and watches over his students. He is calm as an instructor and has charisma, but strict. Students with various backgrounds attend the police academy with their own reasons of becoming police officers. They feel pressure having to follow the strict rules and have anxiety about getting kicked out of the academy. How many students will graduate among the 90 students? What is the real purpose of Kimichika Kazama giving hardship to the students?
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Talking the Pictures
Title: Talking the Pictures
Character: Shigezo Tachibana
Released: December 13, 2019
Type: Movie
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.
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Title: 프리즌 오피서
Released: August 24, 2019
Type: TV
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The Great War of Archimedes
Title: The Great War of Archimedes
Character: Sekizo Uno
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
It is the early 1930s and the command of the Japanese Imperial Navy determines to construct the world's biggest and most formidable battleship, Yamato. One of the admirals, Yamamoto Isoroku, disagrees. He recruits the upstart and mathematics' expert Tadashi Kai who discovers there are discrepancies between the official cost estimates and the actual figures. They soon find out that they have stumbled upon a conspiracy.
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Eien no Nispa
Title: Eien no Nispa
Character: Nabeshima Naomasa
Released: June 7, 2019
Type: Movie
Takeshiro Matsuura was a Japanese explorer who was the first person to document the inner reaches of what is now known as Hokkaido. He explored the area extensively during the mid 19th century and created a map of the island that included parts which had been ignored by earlier cartographers. He visited Ainu communities and compiled records of the large numbers of the population who had been conscripted for forced labor far from their homes. Matsuura suggested the name Hokkaido for the area
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The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
Title: The Confidence Man JP: Fortune
Character: Richard
Released: May 18, 2019
Type: Movie
How much of a role does luck play in a person's life? Some people believe you create your own luck. Kingpin Akutsu Akira relies only on himself to get what he wants. Dako gets a taste of her own medicine when Akutsu cheats her of her money to avenge his friend, who was a victim of Dako's scam. Will Dako give in to her fate? How will she climb out of the rut this time?
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The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -
Title: The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -
Character: Richard
Released: May 17, 2019
Type: Movie
In Hong Kong, Dako, Boku-chan and Richard take a huge amount of money from people who are greedy.
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An Artist of the Floating World
Title: An Artist of the Floating World
Character: Moriyama Seiji
Released: March 30, 2019
Type: Movie
In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.
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Masquerade Hotel
Title: Masquerade Hotel
Character: Kazuhiko Nose
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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Restaurant from the Sky
Title: Restaurant from the Sky
Character: Otani
Released: January 25, 2019
Type: Movie
Wataru, his woman Kotoe and daughter Shiori are ranchers and dairy farmers in Hokkaido in northern Japan. He is following in his father's footsteps. A visiting chef cooks an unforgettable meal with his ingredients, which prompts the family to open their own restaurant and reproduce the magic.
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Title: Maison de Police
Character: Atsuhiko Takahira
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: TV
Hiyori Makino is a rookie detective who is passionate about her work. One day, a video clip depicting a person being burned alive, is posted on the internet. Investigators believe this is a copycat crime of a murder that took place 5 years ago. Hiyori Makino visits ex-detective Soichiro Natsume who investigated the case 5 years ago. Soichiro Natsume lives is at a share house where only ex-police officers can live.
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Title: Legal V
Character: Soichiro Tenma
Released: October 11, 2018
Type: TV
Takanashi Shoko is a former lawyer. She was disbarred from the law profession due to an incident. Later, she persuades a university professor, who is accredited as a lawyer, to open a law firm. Takanashi Shoko hires a lawyer and assistants to work at the law firm. The team goes after legal victory. They go up against a large firm in a civil suit. While working on the suit, the team experiences difficult situations.
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Title: Born to be a Flower
Character: Ichima Tsukishima
Released: July 11, 2018
Type: TV
After an unexpected encounter, perfect Momo meets mediocre Kazama and they fall in love. Watch this romance unfold as they struggle to be together!
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The Crimes That Bind
Title: The Crimes That Bind
Released: May 24, 2018
Type: Movie
Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei Matsumiya who is a cousin of Detective Kyoichiro Kaga , have difficulties in solving the case. They can't find a connection between Michiko Oshitani and Mutsuo Koshikawa. They soon learn that Michiko Oshitani came to Tokyo to visit Hiromi Asai . They graduated from the same school, but there isn't a connection between Hiromi Asai and Mutsuo Koshikawa. Detective Yuhei Matsumiya finds something near Michiko Oshitani's body. That something has the names of 12 bridges surrounding the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo. Detective Kyoichiro Kaga learns of the clue and becomes agitated. There's a connection with his late mother
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Title: The Confidence Man JP
Character: Richard
Released: April 9, 2018
Type: TV
Dako is a con woman. She stays at a suite in a luxury hotel and schemes to take money from vicious wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan and Richard. Boku-chan is a sincere and timid young con man. Richard is a veteran con man. Dako is able to master knowledge from various professions in a short period of time and disguises herself as someone working in that field. Along with Boku-chan and Richard, they carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
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ミッドナイト・ジャーナル 消えた誘拐犯を追え
Title: ミッドナイト・ジャーナル 消えた誘拐犯を追え
Released: March 30, 2018
Type: Movie
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Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Title: Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.
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Fullmetal Alchemist
Title: Fullmetal Alchemist
Character: Hakuro
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Two alchemist brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their dead mother goes horribly wrong.
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Mixed Doubles
Title: Mixed Doubles
Character: Tatsuro Tomita
Released: October 21, 2017
Type: Movie
To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a table tennis prodigy decides to take part in a mixed doubles table tennis tournament.
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Title: Inuyashiki: Last Hero
Character: Ichiro Inuyashiki (voice)
Released: October 12, 2017
Type: TV
Aliens replace middle-aged Inuyashiki's body with a combat robot. He uses it to fight high schooler Shishigami, who's using the same power selfishly.
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Mary and The Witch's Flower
Title: Mary and The Witch's Flower
Character: Doctor Dee (voice)
Released: July 8, 2017
Type: Movie
Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.
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Last Cop The Movie
Title: Last Cop The Movie
Character: Haruhiko Jinno
Released: May 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Based on the German TV series "Der letzte Bulle."
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Survival Family
Title: Survival Family
Character: Yoshiyuki Suzuki
Released: December 12, 2016
Type: Movie
A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
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Title: The Prime Minister's Chef
Character: Ichiro Ato
Released: July 22, 2016
Type: TV
The heroine is the Prime Minister’s Chef, a post revived after 70 years since the Yoshida Cabinet. A 25 year old female chef, Kurumi Ichiki is appointed to the post skipping over veteran chefs for her extraordinary talent. And the female genius chef sails into the Prime Minister’s residence, which is still very much male dominant, and takes it over and captivates VIPs and politicians with her exquisite culinary skills. An exciting and entertaining culinary drama filled with wide variety of mouthwatering dishes from authentic highbrow French cuisine to down-to-earth creative cross-culture dishes popular among today’s young gourmets.
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Title: Sleepeeer Hit!
Character: Ryu Mikurayama
Released: April 12, 2016
Type: TV
Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she had to give up on her dream due to an injury. In the end, she ends up working at weekly manga magazine "Vibes." The publishing industry is going through a turbulent time due to ebooks. Members of the editorial department struggle to come up with ways to sell more manga books. She learns about editing from her senior editors and becomes fascinated with the edition world, interacting with manga writers, and discovering new manga artists. But what surprises her the most is that in a competitive world such as manga publishing, not all dreams come true, and even when they do, they come with a price...
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Tensai Bakabon
Title: Tensai Bakabon
Released: March 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Bakabon (Okarina) lives with his Papa (Ueda Shinya), Mama (Matsushita Nao) and younger brother Hajime-chan (Hayasaka Hirara). His bumbling Papa is a free spirit, hates lies and does not have a regular job while his beautiful, kind Mama lovingly watches over Papa. Honest and naive Bakabon and child genius Hajime-chan love him too. The family gets along well and lives happily. One trouble after another occurs around Papa and people get caught up in the uproar. Strangely enough, the bonds of the respective families deepen right after that. One day, when Papa is on a bus, an elderly lady gets a phone call. She is asked to bring money to her grandchild. It seems that she is being cheated in a “It’s me, It’s me!” scam. While the passengers on the bus are worrying for the elderly lady, Papa declares all of a sudden, “Leave it to me!” When Papa and the elderly lady get off the bus, she gets another phone call pestering her for money. Papa takes the phone and announces, “I’m Bakabon’s Papa!”
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Title: Sumika Sumire
Character: Soun Amano
Released: February 5, 2016
Type: TV
Kisaragi Sumi is a 20-year-old university student. But do not be surprised that she is a 65-year-old inside. Under pressure to help out with the family business from a young age, she could not have a youth. Even afterwards, she devoted her entire life to taking care of first her grandmother and then her father and mother. Sumi finds herself turning 65 without ever having had a boyfriend. She takes a little pride in having lived with integrity. But after her mother passes away, she has the sudden thought of regaining her youth once more and making a fresh start in life. A miracle happens to her. One day when Sumi wakes up, she has the appearance of a 20-year-old. Despite being bewildered by this unbelievable reality, she introduces herself as Sumire and gets another try at youth.
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Title: Love That Makes You Cry
Character: Seijiro Ibuki
Released: January 18, 2016
Type: TV
Follows the story of love, friendship and growth of six young men and women who move from countryside to the big city of Tokyo, each with their own dreams and aspirations. Among them is Sugihara Oto and Soda Ren. After her mother died, Oto was raised by adoptive parents in Hokkaido. Although she has given up on having any high hopes or big dreams for her future, she still remains positive and faces life with optimistic attitude. One day, she finds out the fact that her adoptive parents are planning to marry her to the wealthy man in town in order to solve their financial debt. Soda Ren was raised by his grandfather in Fukushima. Ren works hard on one job after another in order to earn the money to buy back his grandfather's land so that they can start farming again. By chance, Oto and Ren meet in Hokkaido and they decide to move to Tokyo to find new life to change their fate and future. However, as soon as they arrive Tokyo, they get separated in the crowds...
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Mozu The Movie
Title: Mozu The Movie
Character: Shunsuke Tsuki
Released: November 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Lone wolf detective with an enormous personal grievance seeks to connect the mysterious death of his daughter to an urban legend of a villain who terrorizes Japan by insinuating himself into people's dreams and the collective psyche of the Japanese people.
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The Interrogator Special
Title: The Interrogator Special
Released: September 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Yukiko Makabe is the only female interrogator in a department full of men. Their job is to question suspects immediately after a crime, using interrogation skills and psycho-analysis to solve crimes. As the only female in the department, Yukiko has a different perspective and style from her colleagues. This brings her success in her interrogations of suspects, but Yukiko continues to be troubled by an unsolved cold case from years ago.
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AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Title: AnoHana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Character: Atsushi Yadomi
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: Movie
High school student Jinta is a hikikomori and lives in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. One summer day, when Jinta is absorbed in a video game, a girl suddenly appears in front of him. The girl is Jinta's childhood friend Meiko, but it seems impossible because Meiko died on a summer day. Meiko wears the same white dress when she died, but she looks a little taller. She tells Jinta that she has a wish and that's why she came back as a ghost, but Meiko can't remember what her wish was. To grant Meiko's wish, Jinta along with his friends Atsumu, Naruko, Chiriko, Tetsudo and Meiko gather together for the first time in 7 years. Jinta soon realizes that he is the only one able to see Meiko.
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Hero
Title: Hero
Character: Takayuki Suetsugu
Released: July 18, 2015
Type: Movie
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
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Title: The God of Risk
Character: Seiichiro Shirakawa
Released: July 8, 2015
Type: TV
Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the USA and the Japanese government. He is known as a legend in crisis management and known as "The God of Risk." To deal with numerous problems and scandals, Sunrise, the largest general trading company, hires him.
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Prophecy
Title: Prophecy
Character: Tadashi Shitaragi
Released: June 6, 2015
Type: Movie
The cyber crime investigation division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department finds a video on website "YOURTUBE." In the video, a man covered by a newspaper, warns that a fire will be set at a food processing company. More crime notices are soon found involving violent crimes. Geitsu is the main guy behind the group "Shinbunshi," which has posted the videos. He used to work as a temporary employee at an IT company, but was unfairly dismissed. He then begins doing manual labor work and meets the other members of "Shinbushi."
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Title: Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist
Character: Kazuo Ennoji
Released: April 22, 2015
Type: TV
A psychiatrist, Rintaro Hino, listens closely to the aching hearts of people, relieving them of their pain. His practice is growing but despite his achievements, Dr. Rintaro himself falls short in one department: love.
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Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Title: Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Character: Masao Tsuzaki
Released: April 11, 2015
Type: Movie
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
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Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Title: Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Character: Masao Tsuzaki
Released: March 7, 2015
Type: Movie
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
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Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory
Title: Haruko's Paranormal Laboratory
Released: January 22, 2015
Type: Movie
Haruko is a girl who prefers to cuddle up to her old-fashioned TV set. In this wondrous story, a television can transform into a man: and this is by no means the end of the strange cheerfulness.
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Lady Maiko
Title: Lady Maiko
Character: Kanpachiro Ichikawa
Released: September 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.
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My Little Nightmare: The Movie
Title: My Little Nightmare: The Movie
Character: Mannosuke Koto
Released: May 3, 2014
Type: Movie
New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that looks transfer student Kanji appeared as a prince. Ayami Mutoi tries to keep that to herself. She actually likes the prince in her dream.
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Title: MOZU
Character: Shunsuke Tsuki
Released: April 10, 2014
Type: TV
An explosion take place in a street of Tokyo. Many people were killed or seriously injured. One casualty is Chihiro, the wife of Public Security chief inspector Kuraki Naotake. While trying to find why his wife was being implicated in the explosion case, Kuraki comes into contact with Public Security sergeant Akeboshi Miki and Metropolitan Police Department inspector Osugi Ryota who are also investigating this case.
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Hoshi Shin'ichi Mystery Special
Title: Hoshi Shin'ichi Mystery Special
Released: February 15, 2014
Type: Movie
A collection of five short stories by Hoshi Shinichi
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Title: Emergency Interrogation Room
Character: Haruo Koishikawa
Released: January 9, 2014
Type: TV
Yukiko Makabe takes a transfer to a special interrogation team "Kintori".
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The Kiyosu Conference
Title: The Kiyosu Conference
Character: Nagahide Niwa
Released: November 9, 2013
Type: Movie
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
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The Sango Ranger
Title: The Sango Ranger
Character: National Park Section Chief Hiroki Hayami
Released: June 15, 2013
Type: Movie
On Ishigaki Island, conflict brews over a large-scale bridge construction project. One day, Yajima (Sho Aoyagi), a public official from the Ministry of Environment, is sent to Ishigaki Island. Yajima announces to his colleagues that he is absolutely opposed to the bridge construction project and that he wil become a coral ranger who protects the coral reef there. This surprises his colleagues.
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Title: The Last Hope
Character: 코마키 토시아키
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: TV
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Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
Title: Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
Character: Oda Hironari
Released: October 27, 2012
Type: Movie
This is the continuation and final part of Double Face SP, the Japanese remake of the highly successful 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. This special focuses on Police Inspector Takayama Ryosuke (Kagawa Teruyuki) who had been secretly supplying police information to the organized crime group, the Oda-gumi. Once a young street thug, Takayama was taken under the wing of Oda Hironari (Kohinata Fumiyo), the leader of Oda-gumi. Dressed, fed, and educated, Takayama was instructed to become a police officer and work as a mole for the group. Now, he is tasked to get close to Suenaga Mari (Aoi Yu), a daughter of an influential politician.
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Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen
Title: Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen
Released: October 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Two men, a detective and a gang member, infiltrate each other's organization. Soon they find their fates intertwined.
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Title: My Little Nightmare
Character: Koto Bannosuke
Released: October 13, 2012
Type: TV
Beautiful and young, Ayami has a solid reputation as a dedicated and reliable elementary teacher, but her true character is solely clandestine. Ayami does not believe in love and trust, and her values make her oblivious to other people's matters. Almost devious, she is always scheming so she never has to deal with responsibility and troubles that spur around her. One day, a new student Yuiko enrolls in her homeroom class. It does not take long for Ayami to find out that Yuiko has an ability to predict the future through the dreams she sees in her sleep; dreams which are symbolic and require proper interpretation to understand the upcoming occurrences. But when Yuiko begins to have nightmares of people around them, Ayami, though unwillingly, must team up with Yuiko to try to change the tragic fate of those around them... But can they properly assess what Yuiko's nightmares truly mean and change what may already be destined?
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Beyond Outrage
Title: Beyond Outrage
Character: Kataoka
Released: September 3, 2012
Type: Movie
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.
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The Eternal Fountain
Title: The Eternal Fountain
Character: Yoji Kuramoto
Released: June 16, 2012
Type: Movie
The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes over the court-appointed attorney for Yoji Kuramoto who confesses to murdering his wife. While following Kuramoto's action in Yamanaka and being sure of his innocence, Yamauchi remembers his wife who passed away 12 years earlier.
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Ace Attorney
Title: Ace Attorney
Character: Kotaro Haine (Yanni Yogi)
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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Title: The Holy Monsters
Character: Shiro Okubo
Released: January 19, 2012
Type: TV
The drama has Okada playing the part of Shiba Kengo, a pure-hearted young surgeon who is dedicated to his work. He gets transferred from a prestigious university hospital to a financially troubled hospital, but there he meets a capable and cool-headed chief nurse named Kasugai Yuka (Nakatani), who teaches him the reality of the medical world. The pure Kengo must face various obstacles and challenges as he tears off the “masks” of respected professionals – doctors, nurses, and educators – and uncovers their true natures.
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Title: Taira no Kiyomori
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: TV
Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a samurai. Together with his stepfather, he wiped out piracy along Japan's western coast, becoming a full-fledged warrior samurai. In an age when samurai were looked down on as members of the lower class, Kiyomori was skillful at winning the hearts and minds of the people. By rounding up surrendered pirates and achieving other successes, Kiyomori eventually became the de facto ruler of Japan.
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Title: Taira no Kiyomori
Character: Minamoto no Tameyoshi
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: TV
Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a samurai. Together with his stepfather, he wiped out piracy along Japan's western coast, becoming a full-fledged warrior samurai. In an age when samurai were looked down on as members of the lower class, Kiyomori was skillful at winning the hearts and minds of the people. By rounding up surrendered pirates and achieving other successes, Kiyomori eventually became the de facto ruler of Japan.
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Title: Solitary Gourmet
Character: まめぞ 主人
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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A Flawless Concierge
Title: A Flawless Concierge
Released: November 5, 2011
Type: Movie
A comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests.
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A Ghost of a Chance
Title: A Ghost of a Chance
Character: Joji Danda
Released: October 29, 2011
Type: Movie
Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost herself. And so the fun begins in the courtroom when Prosecutor Osano starts to cross examine.
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Title: DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon
Character: Yoshio Matsuda
Released: October 27, 2011
Type: TV
Donoue General Hospital runs into a budget deficit, even though the doctors drive expensive imported cars and live an outlandish lifestyle. Office manager Momoi finds surgeon Kosuke Sagara through a medical website. Kosuke Sagara arrives at the hospital and tells the director of the general hospital to decide on his pay after watching his work. Kosuke Sagara informs the hospital that he had previously quit his job at a university hospital and taken a year sabbatical.
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Smuggler
Title: Smuggler
Character: Kenji Nishio
Released: October 22, 2011
Type: Movie
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
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Title: Bull Doctor
Character: Nobuo Takeda
Released: July 6, 2011
Type: TV
Bull Doctor is a Japanese television drama series that aired on NTV from 6 July to 14 September 2011.
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Inukai san chi no inu
Title: Inukai san chi no inu
Character: Inukai
Released: June 25, 2011
Type: Movie
Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. Mr. Inukai has a strong dislike for dogs, but while he is working on the island his family takes in a Samoyed dog to fill in the father's absence, the family decides to raise the dog. At first Mr. Inukai opposes the family taking the dog in, but he can't persuade his family to abandon the dog. When Mr. Inukai arrives back in Tokyo, he now has to has to live with the Samoyed dog. Can he?
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Title: Taro no Tō
Released: February 26, 2011
Type: TV
A life story of Taro Okamoto, one of the most prominent Japanese avant-garde artists of the 20th Century. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2011, the drama depicts his struggle for the completion of his emblematic work "The Tower of Taro," known as the symbol of the Osaka Expo in 1970, and his eccentric relationships with his family.
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Mesen
Title: Mesen
Released: December 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Akari Dojima (Yukie Nakama), an illustrator, is the third daughter of Chairman Dojima, the head of a construction company. During her childhood, she had an accident which left her crippled and forced her to spend her life in a motorized wheelchair. The sudden suicide of Akari's father sets off a chain of events. Members of Dojima family and their servants are killed one after another and an investigation begins. After that, the body of their driver (Kitaro), who had hung himself, is found in the garage...
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Title: Kyukei no Koya
Released: November 26, 2010
Type: TV
Set in 1945, near the end of WW II, Kenichiro Nogami is reported to have died in a Swiss hospital. In fact, Kenichiro Nogami is working behind the scenes to save Japan from destruction. For this cause, Kenichiro Nogami has left behind his wife and nation to work in hiding. Meanwhile, a murder takes place and detectives Jiro Suzuki & Shoichi Soeda investigate. Clues lead to Kenichiro Nogami ...
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Title: Perfect Report
Released: October 17, 2010
Type: TV
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Sword of Desperation
Title: Sword of Desperation
Character: Tsunai Hashina
Released: July 10, 2010
Type: Movie
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.
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Title: Hammer Session!
Character: Kenichi Mizuki
Released: July 10, 2010
Type: TV
Hammer Session is an 11-episode Japanese drama series broadcast in 2010, and based on a 3-volume manga series by Tanahashi Namoshiro, released in 2006.
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Outrage
Title: Outrage
Character: Kataoka
Released: May 17, 2010
Type: Movie
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
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Title: The Metropolitan Police Missing Person Investigation Section
Character: Daichi Norizuki
Released: April 16, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: The History of Our Family
Character: Nobusuke Kishi
Released: April 9, 2010
Type: TV
Wagaya no Rekishi is a Japanese three-part television mini-series, shown on Fuji TV from April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010 to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The show was known for its star-studded cast.
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About Her Brother
Title: About Her Brother
Character: Susumu Komiyama
Released: January 30, 2010
Type: Movie
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.
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The Tragedy of W
Title: The Tragedy of W
Character: 中里右京
Released: January 11, 2010
Type: Movie
The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...
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Sideways
Title: Sideways
Character: Michio Saito
Released: October 31, 2009
Type: Movie
A struggling writer and his engaged buddy hit the road for California wine country. Remake of the 2004 film 'Sideways'.
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Title: Jin
Character: 勝海舟
Released: October 11, 2009
Type: TV
A brain surgeon named Minakata Jin has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period. He is soon attacked by a samurai, but he escapes with the help of a man named Kyotaro. Kyotaro suffers a serious injury to the head while trying to protect him, but Jin manages to save his life despite a lack of proper medical equipment. Because of that, Kyotaro's sister Saki begins taking an interest in Jin and becomes his assistant. Meanwhile, Jin is determined to find a way back to the present.
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Gravity's Clowns
Title: Gravity's Clowns
Character: Masashi Okuno
Released: May 23, 2009
Type: Movie
On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When a series of arson attacks strike the neighborhood, clues left at the crime scenes seem to be somehow related to the Okunos. Izumi and Haru try to get to the bottom of mystery, slowly unveiling a tragic family secret that has come back to haunt them.
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Title: Konkatsu!
Character: Kunio Amemiya
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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20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Title: 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Released: January 30, 2009
Type: Movie
Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy.
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Title: Triangle
Character: Maruyama Keita
Released: January 6, 2009
Type: TV
The series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Goda Ryoji suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective. In 2008, he meets Sachi, a traveling artist in Paris, and shortly after Goda's return to Japan, he becomes involved in the expired murder case when another detective receives an anonymous phone call.
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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Title: K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Character: Ringmaster
Released: December 20, 2008
Type: Movie
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
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Title: Prisoner
Character: Ube Hajime
Released: November 16, 2008
Type: TV
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Happy Flight
Title: Happy Flight
Character: Captain
Released: November 15, 2008
Type: Movie
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.
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Title: SCANDAL
Character: Ryutaro Kastunuma
Released: October 19, 2008
Type: TV
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Title: Nanase Once More
Character: Hida Seiichiro
Released: October 9, 2008
Type: TV
A suspense story about a girl with an ability to read people's mind. Together with her psychic friends, Nanase, the telepath, tries to save others from danger and fight those who threaten her power. The drama deals with friendship and social tendency to exclude strangers.
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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Title: 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Character: Yamane
Released: August 19, 2008
Type: Movie
In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?
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The Magic Hour
Title: The Magic Hour
Character: Kenjuro Hasegawa
Released: June 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
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Cyborg She
Title: Cyborg She
Character: TV Reporter
Released: May 31, 2008
Type: Movie
Cyborg She follows the burgeoning romance between an ordinary college student and his sassy love interest - who happens to be a time-traveling cyborg with superhuman powers. One day, a beautiful cyborg girl appears in front of a dull university student. Even though the cyborg starts to like him, she can’t truly feel emotions, so the boy has no choice but to say goodbye. Missing her, he continues his lonely existence. One day, a disastrous earthquake hits Tokyo and the cyborg girl saves his life. In that moment, she starts to have feelings like a real human being.
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Title: 81Diver
Character: Suzuki Hobbito
Released: May 3, 2008
Type: TV
Sugata Kentaro used to be one of the most hopeful trainee to be a professional Shogi (Japanese chess) player, but fails at the final test. Now he has become a "Shinkenshi," a gambler who plays Shogi for money, and boasts his 182 wins in a row. But he is devastated when he is beaten completely by a young woman known as "Ukeshi" who takes any challenges and never loses. As Shogi means everything to him, he decides to train himself harder to become the strongest player. Based on a popular comic, this comedy drama is about a young man's exciting journey to reorganize his life through a series of tough challenges in Shogi guided by a mysterious girl.
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Wenny Has Wings
Title: Wenny Has Wings
Character: Masayuki Fukuda
Released: April 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Masato and his wife Keiko are a happy couple, with their children Eiji and Erina. He, she and Eiji are plunged into despair, after Eiji and Erina are involved in a car accident whereby Erina dies.
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Title: Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
Character: Kita Yoshio
Released: January 8, 2008
Type: TV
Can a coward commit suicide? Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close friend's death anniversary as his suicide date, which is 11 days away. The number 11 has been quite significant throughout his life: he was born on November 11th; his roll call number at school was #11; and 11 years ago, he and his wife, Mizuho, went through a divorce. Debt-laden and feeling unneeded to the world, he sells off all his belongings and plans for his death date. However, on the 1st day, he meets Yashiro Heita as well as numerous other characters who will cause him to experience the most eventful 11 days of his life.
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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Title: Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Character: Yasunari Kawabuchi
Released: November 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with Junnosuke, an orphan he's taken under his wing at the urging of pretty Hiroi, who continues to manage a nearby tavern. Chagawa dreams of publishing a successful novel and settling down with Hiroi and Junnosuke, but his day job running the candy store keeps him busy, and Hiroi mistakes his tight schedule for a lack of interest in her. Hiroi has also embarked on a secret career as a burlesque dancer, which isn't doing much to improve her opinion of men. At the Suzuki household, seven-year-old Ippei isn't happy to be sharing the house with a guest, his distant cousin Mika who is the same age but far more demanding. Mutsuko, the apprentice female auto mechanic, is still staying with the Suzukis, and she's becomes the object of the affections of Takeo, a downbeat young man who is studying cooking.
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Hero
Title: Hero
Character: Takayuki Suitsugu
Released: September 8, 2007
Type: Movie
After six years away, D.A. Kuryu Kohei (Kimura Takuya) returns to his former Josai branch of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, just in time for a brewing storm. Kohei's first case starts out simple enough. The suspect, a blonde-haired security guard, had already confessed to manslaughter, but he suddenly retracts his confession and takes things to court with big-shot defense attorney Gamo (Matsumoto Koshiro). It turns out that the security guard is a key alibi witness in a high-profile political corruption case, and the results of his case will directly affect the next. With the media, politicians, and a special investigative team breathing down his back, Kohei must handle the case with care (and flair) to find out the truth.
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Into the Faraway Sky
Title: Into the Faraway Sky
Released: August 18, 2007
Type: Movie
A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time comfortably passes by. But this former paradise is now being stirred up by a fight amongst its people over constructing an airport. This is a tale of three young people exploring youth and friendship as they reach out into the sky.
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Say Hello for Me
Title: Say Hello for Me
Character: Goro Toyama
Released: June 2, 2007
Type: Movie
"Say Hello for Me" is a love story and talks about three people's childhood friendship and their reunion after 15 years of separation.
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Spring Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Spring Special
Character: 興水
Released: March 26, 2007
Type: Movie
***Sainou-dama A talentless young musician receives a spam email advertising "Talent Balls"--three lollipops which when eaten will awaken your hidden talents and turn you into a savant. However, what awakens within him turns out to be far from what he expects. ***Virtual Memory A women is understress at her job and goes to a store that offers her a machine that allows her to live other peoples memories. What happens when she starts selling hers? ***Funsadan Kyouiku A new teacher finds that her pay is based off her popularity with the students, so she starts to create problems for herself to solve. ***Gozen 2-ji no Chime A writer gets a call at his front gate every day at 2 am, but no one believes him. And then a murder happens and none of the cameras pick the criminal up. ***Kaisou Densha An old man revisiting memories on the subway.
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セレンディップの奇跡
Title: セレンディップの奇跡
Released: March 12, 2007
Type: Movie
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I Just Didn't Do It
Title: I Just Didn't Do It
Character: Shogo Muroyama
Released: January 20, 2007
Type: Movie
A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
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Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle
Title: Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle
Released: January 5, 2007
Type: Movie
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Nobunaga's Coffin
Title: Nobunaga's Coffin
Released: November 5, 2006
Type: Movie
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Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Title: Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
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Christmas on July 24th Avenue
Title: Christmas on July 24th Avenue
Character: Goro Honda
Released: November 3, 2006
Type: Movie
Sayuri Honda (Miki Nakatani) claims she has no interests in love affairs. She refuses to take things as they are for she fancies her harbor town of Nagasaki as Lisbon, Portugal. But on Christmas, encouraged by the season of romance, she tries to materialize her once-in-a-lifetime love with the man of her dreams.
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series
Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series
Character: Tabuchi
Released: October 28, 2006
Type: Movie
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the return of Ozzy and a long dead team of American baseball players who drowned off the shores of Kisarazu. It's down to Bussan and the Cats to save the day and restore the town to order, but can Bussan bring himself to say bye-bye once and for all?
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Rainbow Song
Title: Rainbow Song
Character: Yasujiro Sato
Released: October 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Tomoya Kishida is working as a staffer in a television studio when he hears about the death of his close friend, Aoi Sato. This sparks his recollection of the events in life they shared from meeting at a record store, shooting a short film as part of their university film club, to saying their last goodbyes. Though in love with each other, neither had the courage to confess their feelings before it was too late.
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Aoi byoten
Title: Aoi byoten
Character: 白井良介
Released: September 8, 2006
Type: Movie
The sudden death of a journalist stirs up young editor Noriko's curiosity. While investigating the case, Noriko uncovers the dark secrets hidden behind the journalist's death and its relationship to a popular female novelist.
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Udon
Title: Udon
Character: Ryoichi Fujimoto
Released: August 26, 2006
Type: Movie
Kosuke is 31, and tired of his hometown where nothing happens. On a whim, he departs for New York with dreams of making it big. 6 months later, he straggles home... defeated, and saddled with debt. Awaiting him are his old friends, a caring sister, a disgruntled father ...and a bowl of noodles. Namely, "udon" noodles. The town is built around udon, sustained by udon, nationally famous for udon.
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Title: Attention Please
Character: Shinya Sakurada
Released: April 18, 2006
Type: TV
Yoko, a sort of modern tomboy, almost by chance gets her sights set stubbornly on becoming a Cabin Attendant (CA), a type of woman the men are all fond of, but a role which is completely out of character for her. (This is a drama about young people including a girl who wishes to work on the stage of big sky) The headstrong Yoko Misaki (Aya Ueto) is a boyish girl who loves rock’n roll but hates dishonesty and has never once worn high heels. A chance comment by one of her friends causes her to aim for the job of a cabin attendant on an airline, which is completely out of character. Although she also feels the work is not up her alley, Yoko starts to prepare for the entrance examination with vigor, exhibiting her inborn never-say-die spirit and miraculously passing the examination. Naively assuming that she would immediately become a cabin attendant upon passing the test, Yoko of course has stiff training awaiting her.
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Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Title: Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Character: Seishi Yokomizo
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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Always - Sunset on Third Street
Title: Always - Sunset on Third Street
Character: Yasunari Kawabuchi
Released: November 11, 2005
Type: Movie
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower as it rises steadily above the skyline during construction in 1958.
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Pray
Title: Pray
Released: October 15, 2005
Type: Movie
Our story begins with two losers, Mitsuru and Maki, driving down the road with a drugged and kidnapped little girl in the back of their car. They owe lots of yen for drugs and a kidnapping scheme seemed to only possible way to get the money. The problem is, that when they call to make ransom demands, the people state that their daughter died a year ago, so who the hell do they have in their custody? The kidnappers are holed up in an old school, turns out it was the school that Mitsuru used to go to and it's now abandoned. Or, SEEMINGLY abandoned.
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The Deep Red
Title: The Deep Red
Character: Yukihiko Akiba
Released: September 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a result of a horrible multiple homicide. The first person traumatized is the lone survivor of the terrible family bloodbath, a girl who grows up to be a pretty college student. The second person affected by this heinous crime is the daughter of the murderer, a young girl who ends up becoming a tattooed bartender. A full decade after the crime, the killer is finally going to be executed, and the surviving member of the massacre decides to reach out and befriend the murderer's daughter. A tentative, odd sort of friendship blossoms between these two people, both of whom seem to have little in common personally, and every reason in the world for not wanting to meet. Yet they do, but not without reservations. And really, is this friendship quite what it seems? Or is it all part of some twisted plan for vengeance?
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Touch
Title: Touch
Character: Shingo Uesugi
Released: September 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will take Minami to the tournament.
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World's End / Girl Friend
Title: World's End / Girl Friend
Character: Saloon's manager
Released: September 10, 2005
Type: Movie
Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like her and really wants to cheer her up, but he can't manage to express his real feelings or stop picking up other women. Misawa is dumbfounded by Shinnosuke's behavior but also has complex feelings of love for his friend.
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Title: Ruri's Island
Character: Yonemori Shomei
Released: April 16, 2005
Type: TV
Ruri, having been abandoned by her mother to a foster care facility, lives a life of reckless abandonment. When Nakama Yuzo, a kind man but for a trigger-happy temper, runs into Ruri he realizes that perhaps she's the child he's been looking for. Yuzo lives in Hatomijima, a small insland in Okinawa where the population is 49 and the average age group is 61. There are no children. The island has only one school - a primary school. If a child is not enrolled in the school, it will be closed. As a result, society will abandon the island and in a few years, it will cease to have any inhabitants. To save their island, the locals decide to bring in a foster child. Ruri is their candidate, and with her she brings the hope of the island's survival.
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Ashura
Title: Ashura
Character: Nanboku Tsuruya IV
Released: April 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
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Silver Angel
Title: Silver Angel
Character: Shouichi Kitajima
Released: December 18, 2004
Type: Movie
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Be with You
Title: Be with You
Character: Dr. Noguchi
Released: October 30, 2004
Type: Movie
When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the rains come." On the first anniversary of her passing, Takumi and Yuji are taking a walk in the woods when they come across a woman sheltering from a monsoon downpour.
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Otakus in Love
Title: Otakus in Love
Released: October 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Live-action adaptation of a madcap manga about art, opposites, love and a whole lot of cosplay.
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Title: Medaka
Released: October 5, 2004
Type: TV
Takako Meguro, a typical office worker known to her friends as Medaka, starts a new career as a night school teacher when her company restructures. At first, she's not so crazy about her new job and gets by with a minimum of effort. But as she continues, she finds out it's quite a challenge after all. Her students range from a high school dropout to a salaried worker, and also include a self-employed fellow, and a cabaret hostess, in short, a motley crew! What's more, half of them are older than her and, to make matters worse, one of them is a elementary school classmate. But a certain turn of events results in Medaka's becoming a really dedicated teacher! Although she's surprised herself at this change of character, her trials are just about to begin.
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八つ墓村
Title: 八つ墓村
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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Swing Girls
Title: Swing Girls
Character: Yasumi Suzuki
Released: September 11, 2004
Type: Movie
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.
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69
Title: 69
Character: Yoshioka
Released: July 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.
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Title: 大人計画「ドライブイン カリフォルニア」
Released: May 1, 2004
Type: TV
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Casshern
Title: Casshern
Character: Dr. Kozuki
Released: April 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become prey to new diseases. Professor Azuma's "neo-cell" project, which is supposed to be the answer to mankind's hardships, becomes a nightmare come true when mutants spawned from the experiment escape and declare war on the human race. Azuma's son Tetsuya, who was killed during the previous war, is reborn into the cyborg Casshern as mankind's last hope against the new mutant threat. This live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name.
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Title: 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Seishi Yokomizo
Released: April 3, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: The Way We Live
Character: Keiichi Inoue
Released: January 6, 2004
Type: TV
The theme of this drama series is the bonds between parents and children and between husband and wife. What does it mean to love another person? What does it mean to live? And what is true happiness? One day a man is suddenly told by his wife that she wants a divorce. He had always thought he was a good husband. Up to now, he had always complied with her wishes. But without telling him why, she gathers up all her belongings and leaves, leaving behind only their 7-year-old daughter. So now life as a twosome begins for him and his daughter Rin. But there's an awkward atmosphere in the house. Unwillingly performing household chores he's not used to doing and left to care for Rin, Tetsuro becomes angry and stressed out, without really knowing how Rin feels inside.
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g@me.
Title: g@me.
Character: Cop
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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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
Character: Kosuke Tabuchi
Released: November 1, 2003
Type: Movie
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit money, but Bussan's impending death is never far away.
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Title: Papa for One Summer
Character: Syuji Sotokoba
Released: July 2, 2003
Type: TV
A high school student’s mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew. Marimo sets off to meet him, but is completely shocked when she finds someone very different from the father she envisioned. Her father, Shinpei, a 38-year-old would-be private detective, is shocked too, and doesn’t believe her until he sees the paperwork. With Marimo muttering “The worst father in the world” and Shinpei lamenting the loss of his freedom, these two are about to learn how difficult and rewarding a father/daughter relationship can be.
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Jusei: Last Drop of Blood
Title: Jusei: Last Drop of Blood
Released: June 14, 2003
Type: Movie
After serving a jail sentence, a former leading yakuza (Takaaki Ishibashi) has gone straight. He has married and is now holding a regular job. However, he is continually harrassed by a police inspector who cannot forgive his past. Meanwhile a major gang war erupts. With his former gang in danger of being exterminated, will his loyalties draw him back in?
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Title: The Way I Live
Character: Kaneda Benzo
Released: January 7, 2003
Type: TV
Boku no Ikiru Michi is a 2003 Japanese television drama series.
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Title: Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu
Character: Yamaguchi Yukihiro
Released: October 16, 2002
Type: TV
This drama is based on a story that ran for 14 years in the Kodansha published weekly manga Morning. Yoshinori Yanagisawa is an economics professor at International Cultural University. He keeps to the right of the sidewalk when he walks, and doesn't cross the street any place other than a crosswalk. He loves low-cost, great tasting dried fish, and will walk to the end of the earth to get one. No matter what has happened to him during his day, he always goes to bed at 9 p.m. Today, Yoshinori's day began with an argument with his daughter Setsuko about whether to cross the street at a crosswalk or not.
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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: HR
Character: Kobotoke
Released: October 9, 2002
Type: TV
A situation comedy set in a fixed-time high school in Tokyo.
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The Mars Canon
Title: The Mars Canon
Character: Kohei
Released: September 28, 2002
Type: Movie
A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relationships, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out.
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Title: Big Money
Character: Shuji Tatsumi
Released: April 11, 2002
Type: TV
"Big Money!" is a human drama with a suspense twist about a young man who learns the tricks of the trade about stock exchange from a well-experienced investor. The backdrop of this story is the elaborate world of banking and the stock market.
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Dark Water
Title: Dark Water
Character: Kunio Hamada
Released: January 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
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Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye
Character: Tabuchi
Released: January 18, 2002
Type: TV
Kisarazu Cat's Eye is a humorous Japanese television show and movie series. To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies: Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series and Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series.
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Emergency Room 24 Hours Special 2002
Title: Emergency Room 24 Hours Special 2002
Character: Chiharu Kanbayashi
Released: December 31, 2001
Type: Movie
After surviving from an incident of Cruise ship hijacking, both doctor Tamaki and the boy injured in the incident, Ryota Inamoto, suffered from different degrees of PTSD. Meanwhile, Doctor Chiharu Kanbayashi's wife is about to give birth to their first children. Would these doctors and patients succeed in overcoming their problems and welcome a happy new year?
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Last Scene
Title: Last Scene
Released: November 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited to his onscreen counterpart, Keiko, who recently announced her retirement from acting in order to get married. Feeling frustrated and helpless, Ken turns to alcohol as he begins to provoke fights, attempts to lure a girl into bed, and argues with his wife, who came to visit him at the studio. All she says is thank you and leaves Ken puzzled. Ken Mihara, once a budding young star, takes a job as an extra. Although he's past his prime, he still manages to infuse a young filmmaker with the motivation to pursue her dreams as a director.
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Turn
Title: Turn
Released: October 13, 2001
Type: Movie
Maki is a talented copper plate artist, however, just before her first gallery show, she gets struck by a truck. When she comes to she is at home. When she ventures outside, the city is deserted and she knows something is deeply wrong. Each day repeats; she wakes up at 2:15 in the afternoon. Gradually things start change, the phone rings, and she finds that she is not alone...
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Title: Hero
Character: Takayuki Suetsugu(末次 隆之)
Released: January 8, 2001
Type: TV
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have. Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt. Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him.
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Kaza-hana
Title: Kaza-hana
Character: Renji's Boss
Released: September 14, 2000
Type: Movie
An alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he's impulsively made a suicide pact. Though he's now changed his mind, he agrees to travel with her to Hokkaido, her preferred site for ending it all.
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Off-Balance
Title: Off-Balance
Character: Kiku-chan
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A Japanese drama based off the book by Naoko Uozumi
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Audition
Title: Audition
Character: TV Station Presenter
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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Ring 2
Title: Ring 2
Character: Dr. Kawajiri
Released: January 23, 1999
Type: Movie
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
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Title: Emergency Room 24 Hours
Character: Chiharu Kanbayashi(神林 千春)
Released: January 5, 1999
Type: TV
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.
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Give It All
Title: Give It All
Character: Board of Education Staff
Released: October 9, 1998
Type: Movie
Etsuko - a typical Japanese high school student, who's unlucky in love, an academic failure, and plain bored with life. That's until one day, the view of a boat gliding gracefully in the sea inspires her to take up the oar. Since she's rejected by her school's all-male rowing team, she decides to form her own all-women team. Nothing will ever be the same again.
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Begging for Love
Title: Begging for Love
Character: On
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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Woman in Witness Protection
Title: Woman in Witness Protection
Character: Husband
Released: September 27, 1997
Type: Movie
Biwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very public life of the woman makes their sole witness vulnerable to the killers, the police assign two officers to safeguard her until the trial. In the interim, the lives of Biwako and everyone around her are changed in unexpected ways.
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The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
Title: The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
Character: Hirasawa
Released: March 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. And the criminals he pursues turn out to be as imperfect and oddly human as he is-and just as determined to protect their own families.
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Misty
Title: Misty
Released: December 24, 1996
Type: Movie
Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.
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Title: Furuhata Ninzaburo
Released: April 13, 1994
Type: TV
Furuhata Ninzaburō is a Japanese television series that ran periodically on Fuji Television from 1994 until its final episodes in 2006. It was written by Japanese playwright Kōki Mitani and is often referred to as the Japanese version of Columbo. The series is a police detective drama starring actor Masakazu Tamura as Furuhata Ninzaburo and Masahiko Nishimura as his stereotypically bumbling sidekick, Shintaro Imaizumi. The program aired weekly and featured a guest villain each time, usually a famous talent in Japan. Pop-stars like SMAP, television hosts like Sanma Akashiya and even sports figures like Ichiro Suzuki have been featured on this program. It was one of the most popular television dramas in the history of Japanese television, having spawned several seasons and TV specials.
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Title: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
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私の恋人 Beyond
Title: 私の恋人 Beyond
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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私の恋人
Title: 私の恋人
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
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Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final
Title: Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final
Character: Haruo Koishikawa
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Movie based on the Emergency Interrogation Room series.