Seiichi Tanabe

Seiichi Tanabe

Born: April 3, 1969
in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Seiichi Tanabe...

Title: The Courier
Character: Ken Shiratori
Released: January 13, 2024
Type: TV
A restaurant owner moonlights as a courier who fulfils delivery requests from various clients, who each have various circumstances that lead to the necessity of requesting his services.
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Title: Gifted
Released: August 12, 2023
Type: TV
Natsuki Amakusa (Masuda Takahisa), an overconfident genius detective with extraordinary deduction skills, meets Yuya Shiki (Ukisho Hidaka), a cool high school student who guessed the culprit at the scene of a suspected suicide. Yuuya possesses a special talent that allows him to see the shadows of murderers.
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Title: Isn’t It a Ripoff?: The Job of a New Member of the Intellectual Property Department
Released: April 12, 2023
Type: TV
Fujisaki Aki is an employee at "Tsukiyono Drink", a medium-sized beverage manufacturer. She has been transferred to the Intellectual Property Department, that is in charge of managing intellectual property rights. Together with her superior, Kitawaki Masayoshi, who is a licensed patent attorney, the two work together to overcome various challenges faced by the company.
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Title: Deep Crime Unit
Character: Akio Totsuka
Released: January 16, 2022
Type: TV
Niina Masayoshi is the leader of DCU. The group was newly created by the Japan Coast Guard and stands for Deep Crime Unit. Their mission is to find evidence and dead bodies hidden underwater, that are crucial to solving criminal cases. Niina Masayoshi never gives up investigating the truth.
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Title: ONLY JUST MARRIED
Character: Satoshi Morita
Released: October 19, 2021
Type: TV
27-year-old Akiha Ōkado, who vows to stay single, gets a proposal to enter into a fake marriage from 30-year-old Shū Momose, who wants to get the status of a married man for some reason. Through living together as a fake couple, their relationship gradually changes.
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Title: My Love Mix-Up!
Character: Masahiro Taniguchi
Released: October 9, 2021
Type: TV
Aoki has a crush on Hashimoto, the girl in the seat next to him in class. But he despairs when he borrows her eraser and sees she's written the name of another boy—Ida—on it. To make matters more confusing, Ida sees Aoki holding that very eraser and thinks Aoki has a crush on him!
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祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
Title: 祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
Released: August 20, 2021
Type: Movie
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Joou no Houigaku ~Shikatsushi~
Title: Joou no Houigaku ~Shikatsushi~
Released: May 31, 2021
Type: Movie
A genius forensic scientist pushes around one of her students while investigating a case.
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Garden of Camellias
Title: Garden of Camellias
Released: April 9, 2021
Type: Movie
The story centers on Kinuko who lives together with her granddaughter Nagisa in the house she once shared with her late husband and where she raised her children. On a spring morning, on the important 49th day after her husband’s passing, the goldfish he had been taking care of suddenly dies. Kinuko wraps its body in camellia flowers and buries it in the garden. She spends her day thinking of the past, cherishing her memories and trivial events. The financial burden of taking care of the house and the garden is becoming too heavy for her and she now faces the logical decision of selling the place…
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Title: An no Lyric -Sakuragi An, Haiku Hajimetemimashita-
Released: February 27, 2021
Type: TV
An Sakuragi is a college student with no friends, she enjoys admiring "words" on her neighborhood bulletin board and anonymously writing rap lyrics. At that very moment, while singing to herself she utters a lyric and ends up being approached by Renjou Subaru, a man who works at a major advertising agency.
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Title: MOCOMI
Released: January 23, 2021
Type: TV
Mokomi Shimizu has the ability to understand the feelings of things with no emotions. This includes stuffed toys, stones, and even plants. Due to her mysterious ability, Mokomi has been living in her own world and does not interact with anyone. One day, Mokomi decides to step out of her world and grow up while gathering various experiences. Her sudden change has also influenced her family members, who each have their own worries.
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Title: 探偵・由利麟太郎
Character: Inspector Todoroki [Kyoto Prefectural Police Department]
Released: June 16, 2020
Type: TV
Yuri Rintaro used to work as the chief of the First Investigation Division in Tokyo. Due to a case, he resigned from the police force and moved back to his hometown of Kyoto. Now, he works as a forensic psychologist in Kyoto. After receiving requests from the police, he helps them with their investigations. His investigation method involves careful observance of the crime scenes and he uses trace techniques learned from a hunter. He met that hunter in the Rocky Mountains, USA, during his school days. His assistant in Kyoto is Mitsugi Shunsuke. Mitsugi admires Yuri and runs the website "Yuri Rintaro no Jikenbo," which records Yuri's performance.
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恐竜超伝説 劇場版ダーウィンが来た!
Title: 恐竜超伝説 劇場版ダーウィンが来た!
Released: February 21, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
Character: Susumu Sudo
Released: January 9, 2020
Type: TV
Onda Kokoro is an oncologist called Dr Onkoro for short by the people around her and teased that she was born for this path. She got married to Takumi, whom she had known since she was a student, and they had a son. Life was going smoothly for her. But three months ago, her husband fell in an accident and remained unconsciousness even though he underwent emergency surgery. Although Kokoro puts on a brave face at work, she still has not been able to accept reality. One day, she meets Kajiyama Kaoru, a competent gastroenterologist who has transferred to work at the hospital. Kaoru understands the need for oncology as a surgeon and gives emotional support with her sunny personality as a colleague. She becomes a dear friend whom Kokoro feels is sudden a ray of light in her personal and professional life…
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Title: The House on the Slope
Character: Yamazaki Yoichiro
Released: April 27, 2019
Type: TV
Yamazaki Risako lives with her husband Yoichiro and 3-year-old daughter Fumika. One day, she receives a notification from the court that she has been selected as an alternate member of the jury for a shocking criminal case. The defendant in the case is Ando Mizuho, a full-time housewife who is the same age as Risako. She is on trial for causing the death of her 8-month-old daughter by dropping her into the bathtub. As a mother herself, Risako feels repulsed that Mizuho killed her own child. However, after the trial opens, Mizuho’s circumstances remind Risako of her own past and she soon becomes confused with the chaotic feelings that have lain dormant in her. (Source: jdramas.wordpress.com)
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Snow Flower
Title: Snow Flower
Character: Miyuki's Doctor
Released: February 1, 2019
Type: Movie
A terminally ill girl, who dreams of going to Finland to see the northern lights, falls in love
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Title: My Uncle ~ WATAOJI ~
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: TV
Hikari Ichinose failed at work and in love. She is desperate but finally lands a new job. Her employer is a production company which currently creates a variety show. Hikari Ichinose works with Director Chiba at the variety show. He has a foul mouth but is passionate about his work. Hikari Ichinose as an AD (assistant director), has difficult times at her job. One day, she sees Oji-san who introduces himself as a fairy. Nobody can see or hear Oji-san except for Hikari Ichinose. Since then, Oji-san follows her.
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Title: My Uncle ~ WATAOJI ~
Character: Izumi Masaya [producer]
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: TV
Hikari Ichinose failed at work and in love. She is desperate but finally lands a new job. Her employer is a production company which currently creates a variety show. Hikari Ichinose works with Director Chiba at the variety show. He has a foul mouth but is passionate about his work. Hikari Ichinose as an AD (assistant director), has difficult times at her job. One day, she sees Oji-san who introduces himself as a fairy. Nobody can see or hear Oji-san except for Hikari Ichinose. Since then, Oji-san follows her.
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Title: Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
Released: January 6, 2019
Type: TV
With graduation 10 days away, homeroom teacher Hiiragi gathered all 29 students of class 3-A and proclaims them his hostages. His last lesson regards the death of a student that passed away a few months before. Nobody will be able to graduate until the truth is known.
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Bleach
Title: Bleach
Character: Kisuke Urahara
Released: July 20, 2018
Type: Movie
High school student Ichigo Kurosaki lives an ordinary life, besides being able to see ghosts and the blurry memories of his mother's death under strange circumstances when he was a kid. His peaceful world suddenly breaks as he meets Rukia Kuchiki, a God of Death.
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Title: 捜査会議はリビングで!
Released: July 15, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: School Lawyer
Released: April 21, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: I'm Your Destiny
Character: Shokichi Karasuda
Released: April 15, 2017
Type: TV
Makoto Masaki and Haruko Kogetsu are both 29 years old and single. Since they were children, they have passed each other at various places like on the beach and shrines. Yet, the two are not aware of each other at all. One day, a man appears in front of Makoto Masaki and introduces himself as God. He tells Makoto Masaki about his destined soul mate and that she works next door. When he faces Haruko Kogetsu, he tells her "I'm your destiny."
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Title: 更生補導員・深津さくら 殺人者の来訪~告解者~
Released: March 26, 2017
Type: TV
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The 100th Love with You
Title: The 100th Love with You
Character: Shuntaro Hasegawa
Released: February 4, 2017
Type: Movie
On July 27th, university student Aoi Hinata has an accident. When she wakes up, Aoi Hinata finds herself in a classroom from one week before the accident.
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Title: ホテル警備隊 田辺素直
Released: December 25, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Splinter
Released: October 8, 2016
Type: TV
Haruyuki Kuranaga, a city hall officer, is a man who lives a stressful life. He is irritated by being between his boss and subordinate, unreasonable orders from the citizens, suspicious behavior of his wife, mysterious harassment…and so on. He only enjoys complaining to his pet arowana and drinking low-malt beer. Many cases and troubles surge against him just like a chain reaction of the misfortune, however, he holds out even though he is involved in troubles. And he becomes aware of his sense of justice! He is awaken to a fight!! The troubles which easily occur for anybody else is described humorous, pathetic and ironic. This is a drama for everybody who lives stressful life and also ones who is far from any stress or thorns. Let’s fight against difficulties together with Haruyuki!
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Title: Love of Sage
Character: Sawamura Ryoichi
Released: August 20, 2016
Type: TV
A woman has trained her ex-best friend's son to be her sexual slave for 20 years because her best friend stole her first love. What was meant to be revenge. Ending will come with great impact.
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Title: The Last Restaurant
Released: April 26, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Utenai Keikan
Released: January 10, 2016
Type: TV
The drama depicts the conflicts of elite police officers torn between career aspirations and justice.
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Mr. Max Man
Title: Mr. Max Man
Character: Yosuke Takakura
Released: October 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Masayoshi is a young announcer who has worked at a broadcasting station for 3 years. He is the secondary presenter for a morning information program, but he always makes mistakes. Masayoshi also has a crush on co-worker Yuko, whom he has known since he was a child, but he can't seem to get any closer to her. Masayoshi then puts on a pair of glasses that he finds at work. He realizes the glasses gives him superhuman powers. Masayoshi decides to become a righteous hero.
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Title: Keiji 7-nin
Character: Yoshiki Ebisawa
Released: July 15, 2015
Type: TV
Amagi Yu is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division from the Lost and Found Centre. The Twelfth Section is called the “graveyard of detectives” and ridiculed as the “banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent”. Its assembled detectives Samura Kosuke, Yamashita Takumi, Nagasawa Keita, Mizutani Tamaki and Katagiri Masatoshi are elite and yet oddballs. Amagi appears fixated with time which seems to have no relation with a case. Raising questions about the timelines of the perpetrator and victim derived from the estimated time of death, time of crime, time of alibi and time limit, he searches for the meaning of “blank time” which arises from this. He obsesses over the weight of every minute and second of time because of some incident.
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Mother's Trees
Title: Mother's Trees
Released: June 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Mitsu Tamura (Kyoka Suzuki) is the mother of 7 sons. Her sons are sent to the battlefield and 6 of her sons die on the battlefield. To mend her broken heart, she talks to 7 paulownia trees which she planted whenever one of her sons left for the battlefield.
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Vampire in Love
Title: Vampire in Love
Character: Rikihiko
Released: April 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Kiira seems like an ordinary young girl, who likes to talk with her friends and to dress up. Her ultimate goal is to become the world's best baker, but what differentiates her from others is that she is a vampire. She has never told anyone her secret, including her childhood friend Tetsu, whom she played with everyday and liked as a child. After her parents died when Kiira was only 12-years-old, she had to go live with her relatives and lost contact with Tetsu. Now, 8 years later, Tetsu appears at the bakery where Kiira is working part-time. Kiira is ecstatic to see her first love again. Soon, they are dating and Kiira dreams of having a family with Tetsu. Kiira also becomes filled with worries because she is vampire.
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Title: Fight! Bookstore Girl
Character: Tashiro Toshiyuki
Released: April 14, 2015
Type: TV
Pegasus Bookstore is going through hard times due to competition from internet bookstores. Kitamura Aki and Nishioka Riko are employees at Pegasus Bookstore. Aki is 23 years old. She has a strong will and freewheeling personality. She places her job and dreams above marriage. Riko is a 40-year-old single woman. She is the vice-manager at the bookstore. She has pride in her work. The two women have completely different personalities.
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Title: にっぽん!歴史鑑定
Released: April 6, 2015
Type: TV
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Pale Moon
Title: Pale Moon
Character: Masafumi Umezawa
Released: November 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?
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Title: Dear Sister
Character: Soichiro Sakuraba
Released: October 16, 2014
Type: TV
Growing up, sisters Misaki and Hazuki couldn't have been more different. Misaki's charming personality and popularity stood in sharp contrast to the older, more responsible yet timid Hazuki. After high school, the two lose touch once Misaki leaves their home, only to be reunited many years later, when Misaki returns, harboring a secret.
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Title: TEAM -警視庁特別犯罪捜査本部
Released: April 16, 2014
Type: TV
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Title: Salt of the Earth
Character: Taiichi Yukinaga
Released: February 16, 2014
Type: TV
Kensaku Kamimura is an archeologist. He makes a discovery that overturns history. Kensaku's discovery proves humans existed in Japan at a time where it was previously thought they did not. The small village of Shiona, where Kensaku made his discovery, also feels an influx of new people coming to the area. Kensaku's discovery is to be written into textbooks with the help of editor Rina Sakuma. Rina becomes attracted to Kensaku as they spend time together. Meanwhile, the bone of a female student is discovered at an excavation site where Kensaku works. The female student went missing 13 years ago. Detective Taichi Yukinaga, who worked on the case back then, resumes his investigation. A scholar visits Rina and tells her that Kensaku's discovery has been manipulated.
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Title: SRO~警視庁広域捜査専任特別調査室~
Released: December 9, 2013
Type: TV
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Title: Husband’s Woman
Character: Mugitaro Komatsubara
Released: October 24, 2013
Type: TV
Yamagishi Hoshimi, an only child, lost her father at an young age and was raised only by her mother, who works as a temporary worker at a large company. Her boss Komatsubara Mugitaro supports her a lot with her goal to become a regular employee soon. Mugitaro's wife Hishiko believes that her husband is having an affair with his subordinate Hoshimi due to his high interest in her and decides to meet her personally. At this moment, Hoshimi and Hishiko collide and happen to swap bodies. After the first confusion, they decide to continue to live the lives of each other for the moment. Mugitaro doesn't know about this strange occurrence and is more than bewildered about the completely different reactions from his "girlfriend" and his wife.
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淋しい狩人
Title: 淋しい狩人
Released: September 20, 2013
Type: Movie
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Title: 八犬伝
Released: March 20, 2013
Type: TV
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Title: The Last Hope
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: TV
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Title: Neo Ultra Q
Character: Jin Haibara
Released: January 12, 2013
Type: TV
Ultra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monstrous appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.
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Title: Answer ~ Keishichô Kenshô Sôsakan
Character: Shinichi Nagatomo
Released: April 18, 2012
Type: TV
With the progress made in forensic science, the number of cases of arrested criminals proven innocent because of new DNA tests have been increasing. The police always expect to swiftly solve cases. As crime scene detectives try to measure up to those expectations, they occasionally jump to wrong conclusions. Thus, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's First Investigative Division set up the Evidence Verification Section and gave it the important task of validating cases that have been closed within a limited time in order to prevent wrongful convictions from happening as a result of out of control investigators at crime scenes. But its actual job is to correct typographical errors and omissions and stamp investigation reports with the words 'verification completed', and then send it over to public prosecutors. The members of the section headed by a veteran detective who worked his way up and has lost passion for his work, are a little idiosyncratic and somewhat difficult. It is merely a titular section meant to call the attention of the public to the fairness of the police. Deputy Inspector Shinkai Akira (Mizuki Arisa), a career elite who has been sidelined as a result of some incident, is assigned to be the new leader of the Evidence Verification Section. A sharp-minded female who gives the impression of an eccentric person, Akira breaks away from the bureaucratic work and genuinely starts to validate evidence, demonstrating her ability to take action and sense of justice in order to rally her disillusioned subordinates. Discovering new facts from small doubts in the reports, she overturns cases that should have been solved and finds the true criminals. -- Jdrama Weblog
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Title: Becoming a Doctor at Age 37
Character: Kazuaki Morishita
Released: April 10, 2012
Type: TV
The drama portrays the hard struggles of a 37-year-old man who decided to quit his job as a salaryman at a food company and is now working as a medical intern at a university hospital.
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Robo-G
Title: Robo-G
Character: Suzuki's Son-in-Law
Released: January 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Three engineers cannot make a robot work in time for a science show, and hire a man to inhabit the robot's shell to save their jobs. The robot's performance at the show attracts media attention and scrutiny from a science student.
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Title: Deka Kurokawa Suzuki
Released: January 5, 2012
Type: TV
Deka Kurokawa Suzuki is a Japanese television drama series.
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Title: The Scent of an Artificial Flower
Released: November 27, 2011
Type: TV
“Zouka no Mitsu” portrays the story of a beautiful criminal (Dan), who makes incomprehensible demands, saying, “If you want to pay, you decide the amount.” Tanabe will play the role of detective Hashiba, who tracks the criminal down.
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Title: Odd Family 11
Character: Minoru Sanada
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: TV
Minoru Sanada is a cameraman with little skills in his profession. His wife Megumi runs a cafe, but the cafe doesn't have any customers. Yet, the couple has 8 chidren.
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.12「サッドソング・フォー・アグリードーター」
Released: June 10, 2011
Type: TV
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Runway Beat
Title: Runway Beat
Character: Raito Mizorogi
Released: March 19, 2011
Type: Movie
Transfer student Biito “Beat” Mizorogi, talented in fashion design, bring classmates together to stage a fashion show for the school's annual festival.
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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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Gene Waltz
Title: Gene Waltz
Character: Goro Kiyokawa
Released: February 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Doctor Rie (Miho Kanno) is know as the Joan of Ark of Obstetrics & Gynecology. She works in a challenging environment with clinics shutting down due to lack of doctors and the system itself breaking down. Dr. Rie then helps an infertile woman conceive with a surrogate mother which is prohibited in Japan...
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Title: 三代目明智小五郎〜今日も明智が殺される〜
Character: 明智 中五郎
Released: April 15, 2010
Type: TV
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Liar Game: The Final Stage
Title: Liar Game: The Final Stage
Character: Arata Sendo
Released: March 6, 2010
Type: Movie
In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT.
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Genkai in a Black Company
Title: Genkai in a Black Company
Character: Takumi Fujita
Released: November 21, 2009
Type: Movie
After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many 'black companies', known for overworking their employees.
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Title: A Little Princess
Character: Yukio Aran
Released: October 17, 2009
Type: TV
Shōkōjo Seira is a 2009 Japanese drama television series based on the children's novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Mirai Shida stars as Seira, the daughter of a rich boss of a mining company. Due to her father's sudden death in a mining accident, Seira has overcomes many ordeals at the Millenius Seminary boarding school because she is unable to pay her school fees. Shōkōjo Seira aired on Saturdays from 7:56pm on the Tokyo Broadcasting System between 17 October 2009 and 19 December 2009.
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Title: Twin Spica -- Odyssey to Space
Character: Takahito Sano
Released: June 11, 2009
Type: TV
The sky's the limit for five teenagers who learn true friendship through intense training and competition in the elite national school for astronauts. Prepare for a bumpy ride, as they vie for their tickets to outer space.
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Title: The Flying Tire
Character: Yuta Sawada
Released: March 29, 2009
Type: TV
A tire comes off a moving truck and becomes a deadly weapon, hitting a mother and child. The problem was caused by the vehicle manufacturer's failure to recall the vehicle, but the blame falls on the head of the delivery company who, despairing, searches for evidence that the recall was suppressed. Crossing paths with banks, police, weekly magazine writers, the victim's family, and various others, he eventually gets to the truth of the matter.
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Brass Knuckle Boys
Title: Brass Knuckle Boys
Character: Telya
Released: February 14, 2009
Type: Movie
A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them on behalf of her company. What Kanna did not know was that the Brass Knuckle Boys consists of all middle aged men.
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Title: Kami no Shizuku
Character: Issei Tomine
Released: January 13, 2009
Type: TV
Kami no Shizuku is a Japanese multi-award-winning television comedy series, based on the manga series The Drops of God. Produced by Nippon Television and featuring Kazuya Kamenashi, Seiichi Tanabe, Riisa Naka, Nozomi Sasaki, and Yuki Uchida, it was first broadcast on January 13, 2009, and ran till March 10, 2009.
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Happy Flight
Title: Happy Flight
Character: Kazuhiro Suzuki
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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All Around Us
Title: All Around Us
Character: The Chief Justice
Released: June 7, 2008
Type: Movie
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
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Title: Over-the-Shoulder Lover
Character: Yusuke Kakizaki
Released: July 5, 2007
Type: TV
This is the dramatized version of the Naoki Award-winning novel by author, Kei Yuikawa. Moe Hayasaka is an office worker in an import service company who cannot devote herself in romance. On the other hand, Moe’s close friend, Ruriko Murono, who snatches Moe’s boy friend away to marry him for her third time, is interested in nothing but romantic affairs. Through their love and friendship, this drama portrays women in their 30s being rocked by marriage, divorce, infidelity, and work.
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Title: Hotelier
Character: Kouhei Ogata
Released: April 12, 2007
Type: TV
An incident in the past causes Ogata Kouhei (Tanabe Seiichi) to resign his position and leave the country in shame. Now, at the hotel's 30th anniversary, the hotel is facing a crisis; the president has just been submitted to the hospital, and the hotel is facing a potential takeover. Under his request, assistant manager Odagiri Kyoko (Ueto Aya) goes to Korea in order to convince Kouhei to return. Kyoko is caught up in an incident when her purse is stolen when she meets Mizusawa Keigo (Oikawa Mitsuhiro), who tries to help her. Ultimately, Kyoko comes back to Japan unsuccessful. However, under the advice from Korean hotel manager Shin Dong Hyuk (Bae Yong Jun), Kouhei returns to Tokyo Ocean Hotel as the position of the new general manager. Upon his return however, Kyoko once again meets Mizusawa Keigo. Little does Kyoko know, not only does Keigo want to take over the Tokyo Ocean Hotel, but he also carries affections for her.
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Title: Samurai Banners
Released: January 7, 2007
Type: TV
Fūrin Kazan was the 46th NHK Taiga drama beginning on January 7, 2007. It was aired throughout 2007. The four characters from left to right are wind, woods, fire, and mountain. The title is a reference to the war banner used by Takeda Shingen, which in turn was taken from Sun Tzu's The Art of War. It means "Swift as the Wind, Silent as a Forest, Fierce as Fire and Immovable as a Mountain."
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Title: Damens Walker
Released: October 12, 2006
Type: TV
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Berna
Title: Berna
Character: Ryuichi Motonaga
Released: September 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A blind woman acquires a guide dog, and faces prejudice in 1980s Japan.
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Aoi byoten
Title: Aoi byoten
Character: 崎野竜夫
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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Honey and Clover
Title: Honey and Clover
Character: Harada
Released: July 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
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World's End / Girl Friend
Title: World's End / Girl Friend
Character: Nakamoto
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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In the Pool
Title: In the Pool
Character: Kazuo Ômori
Released: May 21, 2005
Type: Movie
A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.
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Flic
Title: Flic
Character: Ikuo Namekawa
Released: January 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Kazuo Murata is a detective who has lost his wife and eventually the meaning of his existence.
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The Many Faces of Chika
Title: The Many Faces of Chika
Character: Kazuya
Released: January 5, 2005
Type: Movie
When her husband is hospitalized with tuberculosis, Chika has a series of three relationships: with a teacher in her hometown, with a student in Tokyo, and with an aging gangster.
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Thirty Lies or So
Title: Thirty Lies or So
Character: Kutsunai
Released: December 18, 2004
Type: Movie
Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down comforters, shoddy encyclopedias, and a panda suit. However, the actual scam they’re about to run takes a back seat to the trust issues between the group.
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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: Minami's Girlfriend
Character: Seiichiro Kusakabe
Released: July 8, 2004
Type: TV
Everything started when a high school couple, Chiyomi and Minami had a mysterious and ominous fortune cookie at a Chinese restaurant… “If you stay close to him, he will become great and the two of you will be together for a long time. However, when the two of you drift apart, horrible thing will happen”. Just as the prophesy, on the very day when Minami decided to leave Chiyomi, a magical curse struck Chiyomi. Believe it or not, it shrunk her into a size of merely 16 cm tall! What would happen when a tender boyfriend and a miniaturized girlfriend secretly starts living together?
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Loved Gun
Title: Loved Gun
Character: Akira Hayamada
Released: May 13, 2004
Type: Movie
A story about a hitman named Hayamada who carries a distinctive red gun. As the film progresses we discover the reason for his work, and how he came to be alone. His aim right now is to reach a desitination, but he’s late.
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Title: Divorce Lawyer
Character: Masaki Takagi
Released: April 15, 2004
Type: TV
Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own office. She confidently sets out to build her business, but soon her former firm is putting up obstacles and interfering, causing Takako's employees and clients to drift away. She finally puts together a new staff consisting of a college student who knows little about the law, a girl who applied for the job in hopes of meeting a rich guy, a hard-nosed lawyer, and a paralegal who hasn't passed the bar exam yet. Takako reluctantly handles divorce cases with her incompetent crew. For an elite lawyer like her, divorce cases are the most boring and unrewarding cases that exist. Through clashing with her employees and clients, Takako soon becomes a very mature and tough lawyer. "Divorce Lawyer" also tells the story of how difficult it is to judge love and relationships in legal terms.
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Tracing Jake
Title: Tracing Jake
Released: February 7, 2004
Type: Movie
Inuyama is intrigued by the existence of "Jake," a mysterious crocodile that has been sighted in many countries around the world. He continues to travel around the world, listening to the testimonies of various people of different ages, nationalities, and sighting situations who have seen "Jake".
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Milk White
Title: Milk White
Released: January 17, 2004
Type: Movie
Takayuki (Takao Osawa) is an elementary school teacher in Tokyo. He is seized with Behçet's syndrome, and will gradually lose his sight. He resigns from his job and leaves his girlfriend, Yoko (Yuriko Ishida) to return to his hometown, Nagasaki, where his mother lives. Takayuki spends his days strolling around Nagasaki, to imprint familiar scenes on his memory. Yoko visits him and insists on staying. Takayuki has major concerns for her future, and his own life. He drives her away, for her own good. After days of affliction, the two reunite. The story leads to an emotive conclusion, the end of his spiritual journey.
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Half a Confession
Title: Half a Confession
Released: January 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.7「熊沢パンキース03」
Released: July 30, 2003
Type: TV
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Farewell, Kuro
Title: Farewell, Kuro
Character: Heigo Saigusa
Released: July 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.
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Life Is Journey
Title: Life Is Journey
Released: June 21, 2003
Type: Movie
LIFE IS JOURNEY is an anthology of four stories about people who live in solitude, but who yearn for togetherness. Each day brings chance meetings and reluctant partings, joy and pain. The first vignette, "Life", portrays half of a woman's life in one-scene, one-cut, nine-minute sequence. "N" is a comical take on a man abandoned by his lover. "Ya" explores the bond of female friendship as one woman consoles a brokenhearted girlfriend. In "Nowhere", a man and a woman roam the streets of a foreign land in search of lost time.
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Title: You're My Pet
Character: 蓮實 滋人
Released: April 9, 2003
Type: TV
Tramps Like Us is a Japanese josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa. It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet. It also deals with the romantic attraction between Sumire and her pet. It was serialised by Kodansha and was released in 14 volumes between 2000 and 2005, with an additional side-story volume being released in 2002. The volumes, barring the side-story volume, were published in English and German by Tokyopop, French by Kurokawa and Italian by Star Comics. The manga was adapted to a TV drama series that aired in Japan on TBS in 2003, and a South Korean film due out in 2011.
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Resurrection
Title: Resurrection
Character: Eye doctor
Released: January 18, 2003
Type: Movie
When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
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Title: ナイト ホスピタル
Character: Kotaro Azuma
Released: October 14, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: California Dreamin'
Released: April 12, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Thinking Of Your True Love
Released: April 11, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Pretty Girls
Character: Ryo Takamine
Released: January 9, 2002
Type: TV
Looking for a job, Hana gets work at the Andrews Department Store, but her boss hates her and gives her impossible work to do. Her bubbly nature and creativity soon bring success to every job she is assigned though, and the president even wonders if her mysterious charm can rally the company and pull them out of their financial difficulties. But the President and Ryou, his straight-laced son, have different ideas about running the company. Perhaps if she finds true love for Ryou, she can soften his hard heart. Anything seems possible with Hana's never-ending optimism, which is the basis for this heart-warming and humorous story of the power of positivity!
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Title: 恋人はスナイパー
Released: October 11, 2001
Type: TV
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Hush!
Title: Hush!
Character: Katsuhiro Kurita
Released: September 9, 2001
Type: Movie
Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.
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Title: R-17
Released: April 12, 2001
Type: TV
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Harmful Insect
Title: Harmful Insect
Character: Ogata
Released: March 16, 2001
Type: Movie
13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
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Ring 0
Title: Ring 0
Character: Hiroshi Tôyama
Released: January 22, 2000
Type: Movie
Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
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Autumn Blossoms
Title: Autumn Blossoms
Released: October 30, 1999
Type: Movie
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Title: Spiral
Character: Kyosuke Oda
Released: July 1, 1999
Type: TV
Spiral is the sequel to the TV drama The Ring: The Final Chapter, based on the novel Spiral by Koji Suzuki. In a potent brew that is frightening audiences, this new type of horror blends traditional Japanese occult-like myths and curses with present-day elements such as viruses, genetic engineering and cloning. Six people die in an office building where a murder once took place. When the authorities investigate the scene of the odd incident, they find the fingerprints of a man who had already been executed.
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Title: Miracle of Love
Character: Hijiri Tatsuhiko
Released: April 15, 1999
Type: TV
After finding out about her surprise pregnancy, Janesuda was labeled as her lover, Atiruj's life-destroyer. Despite the taunts from the people around her lover, she tried to be patient and persevere to make her relationship work. However, love isn't always sweet. When she discovered that love was beginning to disappear for Atiruj, Janesuda decided to leave everything behind with a hurt heart. Atiruj continues to live his life mercilessly and with a cold heart.
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激しい季節
Title: 激しい季節
Character: 井上英樹
Released: August 1, 1998
Type: Movie
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Blues Harp
Title: Blues Harp
Character: Kenji Shindô
Released: July 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards growing jealousy of Chuji.
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Mind Game
Title: Mind Game
Released: April 4, 1998
Type: Movie
Japanese film directed by Hiromasa Taguchi.
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April Story
Title: April Story
Character: Yamazaki
Released: March 14, 1998
Type: Movie
In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
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Title: Glass Mask
Character: Hayami Masumi
Released: July 7, 1997
Type: TV
The Glass Mask drama is based on a very popular manga of the same name by Suzue Miuchi, about a young girl named Maya whose dream is to be an actress. A legendary former stage actress, Tsukikage Chigusa, watches Maya as she reenacts drama episodes she's seen on TV. She approaches Maya and has her join her acting company, Tsukikage Theater. Tsukikage holds the production rights to a legendary masterpiece called "The Crimson Goddess," in which she had played the title role until a terrible accident burnt her face beyond surgical repair. She's been searching all of these years for someone to play the role which only the most talented actress could play, and maybe she's found that someone in Maya... --synopsis by awrittensin
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Title: Psychometrer Eiji
Released: January 11, 1997
Type: TV
Eiji, an average high school student, and his 2 friends stumble onto a crime scene. When he touches something with one of his hands, he is able to receive brief impressions of the past of the object - psychometry. Determined to solve crimes, a woman detective finds out about his ability and tries to persuade him to use it, even resorting to food bribes for he and his friends.
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Home of Acorns
Title: Home of Acorns
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Slice of life drama about a couple and their young disabled daughter.
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I Am Juice
Title: I Am Juice
Character: Maeda
Released: July 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Two female lovers meet in a college class. After graduation, they run a temp company which is the front for a detective agency dealing in blackmail information.
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Title: Futari no Shiso Gemu
Released: July 7, 1996
Type: TV
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Kagerô 2
Title: Kagerô 2
Released: February 10, 1996
Type: Movie
An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.
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How Old Is the River?
Title: How Old Is the River?
Character: Tsuguo
Released: November 11, 1995
Type: Movie
Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they're unexpectedly joined by a female cousin.
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Title: Miss Diamond
Released: October 19, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Summer Department Store Story
Released: July 4, 1995
Type: TV
Within the hectic environment of a modern department store, new employees struggle to learn their jobs and maintain balance in their personal lives and relationships. Their laughter, tears, and anger reveal the depth of human drama that is played out in everyday settings.
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Title: Station
Released: January 14, 1995
Type: TV
Three rail employees must expect the unexpected while working together in Tokyo's busiest train station.
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Title: Oh! Expecting a baby!
Released: October 10, 1994
Type: TV