Toshiya Nagasawa

Toshiya Nagasawa

Born: September 6, 1961
in Osaka, Japan

Movies for Toshiya Nagasawa...

Samurai Sensei
Title: Samurai Sensei
Character: Yodo Yamauchi
Released: November 16, 2018
Type: Movie
Hanpeita Takeichi, a samurai, finds that he has travelled through time to modern-day Japan. He's taken in by an old man who runs a cram school, and begins to work as a teacher there.
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Title: Fugitive Flower
Character: Detective Izaki
Released: April 14, 2018
Type: TV
Young wife Sakiko is arrested for the murder of her husband. Despite her claim of innocence, that claim is not heard. Sakiko escapes and chases the real criminal who killed her husband. Her only clue is a sight of a tattoo on the murderers back. Sakiko hides in the city at night to find the real culprit. Offering her body to see the back of the men she seeks out, Sakiko must uncover the truth to the murder of her husband before it is too late.
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Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 5
Title: Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 5
Released: November 23, 2017
Type: Movie
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Neko Ninja
Title: Neko Ninja
Character: Jinrai
Released: May 20, 2017
Type: Movie
Kagerota is a young ninja who embarks on his first mission: stealing the goldfish from a wealthy samurai. He succeeds, but then a mysterious fat cat starts following him. His distinctive red nose leads Kagerota to believe that the feline stalker is actually the reincarnation of his long last father, a legendary ninja who left him when he was ten years old.
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Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4
Title: Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4
Released: March 30, 2017
Type: Movie
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Conquest 11
Title: Conquest 11
Released: March 30, 2017
Type: Movie
The eleventh film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2
Title: Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2
Released: February 25, 2017
Type: Movie
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Conquest 10
Title: Conquest 10
Released: February 17, 2017
Type: Movie
The tenth film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Conquest 9
Title: Conquest 9
Released: January 18, 2017
Type: Movie
The Ninth film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Don's Road Season 2 Vol.2
Title: Don's Road Season 2 Vol.2
Released: December 31, 2015
Type: Movie
Itoda-gumi was excommunicated from the Mishima-gumi, but the situation changed completely when Ando (Hitoshi Ozawa) was welcomed as a wakagashira. He succeeded in destroying the Mishima-gumi by inviting an internal strife in the Sekishin Houkou Renmei to overthrow him. However, Mishima (Shunya Nagasawa), who sees Ando as dangerous, continues to attack him.
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Don's Road Season 2
Title: Don's Road Season 2
Released: September 9, 2015
Type: Movie
In the past, two major organizations, the Renjo-gumi in the east and the Yamamura-kai in the west, attempted to establish an oligopoly and brought about a systemic order in yakuza society, but both of them dissolved and disappeared. As a result, independent organizations have fallen into a chaotic state where they greedy for profits with ambiguous boundaries. There was a man who had returned from America. The man's name is Ando (Hitoshi Ozawa). Under Ando, ​​men with an iron will and passionate ambition gather together, aiming to revive the way of chivalry that is thicker than blood. He was about to swing down the iron hammer of a man's righteousness against Japanese gangster society.
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Title: JINXED
Character: Hitoshi Mizutani
Released: January 9, 2015
Type: TV
Set in Osaka, high-spirited yakuza Kuwabara and buttoned-down construction consultant Ninomiya form an odd couple as they rail against the city’s “bad elements” drawn to money like sharks to the scent of blood. Laced with the characteristic witty banter of the Osaka dialect here is a gritty, hard-boiled drama that explodes with violent thrills and impact that defies all expectations.
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Title: Kumokiri Nizaemon
Released: April 10, 2013
Type: TV
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
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Title: Tada's Do-It-All House
Released: January 11, 2013
Type: TV
In the fictional town of Mahoro on the outskirts of Tokyo is Tada Benriken, a small business which does odd jobs. Its owner is the solemn and level-headed Tada Keisuke, and his unexpected guest, the easygoing but vague Gyoten Haruhiko, a former junior high school classmate who showed up one day and started to sponge on him. The two of them get on like oil and water, and yet are somehow inseparable. They receive queer, dubious incoming odd job requests which they accept, and what comes into view are the friendship between them as well as the backgrounds of their clients.
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012
Title: Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012
Character: Jaba
Released: February 19, 2012
Type: Movie
This show is based on the jidaigeki TV series “Hissatsu Shigotonin,” which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. Shigotonin is a group of hired assassins to bring justice to those who were able to escape the long arm of the law. Noriyuki Higashiyama and Masahiro Matsuoka return from the 2009 special. Emi Wakui and Koki Tanaka are new in this TV movie.
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Title: Quartet
Character: Tsukamoto
Released: January 18, 2011
Type: TV
Shun is a third generation descendant of a Japanese orphan left behind in China during World War II. Takeru is a lonely and reckless young man whose family was murdered when he was a child. Shun, Takeru and Kasumi, who has an equally troubled past and background, become collaborators after being hired by Kuchinawa in a police undercover operation to take on a drug cartel in a Chinatown. The drama follows their ability to work together and grow individually.
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Hanjiro
Title: Hanjiro
Released: October 9, 2010
Type: Movie
Japanese history explodes across the screen in the life story of Hitokiri Nakamura Hanjiro, one of the great heroes of the Meiji Restoration. From his earliest beginnings as a country samurai raising sweet potatoes whose exceptional sword skills impressed Saigo...
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Title: Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō
Released: October 5, 2010
Type: TV
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Large Robbery 2 - Gang of Guys -
Title: Large Robbery 2 - Gang of Guys -
Released: May 11, 2010
Type: Movie
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Gang Connection
Title: Gang Connection
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Former head of the Ryozankai, Hyuga (Matsukata Hiroki), returns to the street for the first time in eight years. However, his boss has passed away and his brother Ryudo (Nagasawa Toshiya) has taken over the post of chairman. Hinata is excommunicated and loses his place in the company, but he hears about a dark deal. Together with his frenemy Eri (Yabe Miho), Oshiki (Sone Harumi) and informant Natsukawa (Sone Yuta), he hatches a plan to rob 300 million yen from the transaction site. The contents of the information, which is traded at an unbelievable price, are enough to shake Nagatacho to its core...
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Gang Connection - Conclusion
Title: Gang Connection - Conclusion
Released: January 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Hyuga (Matsukata Hiroki) and his group lost the 300 million yen they had robbed due to Eri's (Yabe Miho) betrayal. Despite the fact that the only thing left in their possession is a stuffed bear, the Ryozankai are determined to push Hinata hard. What is their purpose...? The black conspiracy hidden behind the stuffed bear and a man's pride. All will be revealed in this magnificent conclusion!
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The Yakuza Principal 2
Title: The Yakuza Principal 2
Released: December 21, 2007
Type: Movie
After successfully saving his newly acquired daycare center, “Little Chicks Family”, Junji is met with yet another issue. A member of the rival yakuza family, the Yashiki, begins to work in the shadows against him. Will Junji be able to foil Yashiki's plot to overthrow the Okawa Family, all while taking care of four kids?
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The Yakuza Principal
Title: The Yakuza Principal
Released: October 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Junji, the protagonist of FM89.3MHz, must become the principal of a nursery school in Kabukicho after the death of Okawa Clan's boss.
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Kegareta daimon
Title: Kegareta daimon
Released: June 25, 2007
Type: Movie
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Murder of the Inugami Clan
Title: Murder of the Inugami Clan
Character: Saruzo
Released: December 16, 2006
Type: Movie
Inugami Sahei, who built up the wealth of the Inugami Clan, passes away, leaving a will with Furudate, his legal adviser, for his daughters Matsuko, Takeko and Umeko, all of whom have different mothers, and for their sons, as well as for Nonomiya Tamayo, the granddaughter of a person to whom Sahei feels heavily indebted. The will states that all his assets are inherited by Tamayo alone, on the condition that she marries one of the sons of the daughters. Furudate's assistant learns the content of the will, and seeks advice from Kindaichi Kosuke, a private detective, as he senses the air of unease. Shortly afterwards, murders start to occur one after another in the clan.
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Union Bosozoku  Japan-Korea Union
Title: Union Bosozoku Japan-Korea Union
Released: November 25, 2006
Type: Movie
1977, the "Crazy Horse" runaway tribe was created This strongest team, called invincible, later changed its name to "Japan-Korea Union" and became a coalition of nearly 500 people in total
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Title: Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Character: Yagyu Tajima-no-kami Munenori
Released: September 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
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The Great Yokai War
Title: The Great Yokai War
Released: August 6, 2005
Type: Movie
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
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Azumi 2: Death or Love
Title: Azumi 2: Death or Love
Character: Yukimura Sanada
Released: March 12, 2005
Type: Movie
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
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Shibuya Story
Title: Shibuya Story
Released: March 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.
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Ultraman: The Next
Title: Ultraman: The Next
Character: Tsuyoshi Kurashima
Released: December 18, 2004
Type: Movie
First Lieutenant Shun'ichi Maki of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is a prestigious F-15 Eagle jet pilot (or "driver" as he is called in the film). A lifelong fan of flying since he was a child, being a pilot is his ultimate dream. Unfortunately, his duties distance himself from his wife, Yoko, who always ends up being neglected, and his son, Tsugumu, who has a congenital blood disease and has a high risk of dying at a young age.Maki decides to quit the Air Force to devote more time to his family and to spend whatever is left for his son. He takes a part-time job as a commercial tour guide run by a kindly group of people who allow him time to work and to also take care of his family.
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Title: 稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
Character: Shintarō Satomura
Released: April 3, 2004
Type: TV
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Concrete
Title: Concrete
Released: February 11, 2004
Type: Movie
A high-school girl is kidnapped by gang lords and held captive for several months. Over this time, she repeatedly beaten, raped, and tortured. On the 25th of November 1988, four youths abducted and held Furuta Junko in the house of one of the captors. Subjected to rape, torture, and humiliation, Junko had no hope of escape as the manhunt was stalled by the captors forcing her to tell her parents that she was ok. For 41 harrowing days, Junko had to endure unimaginable suffering at the hands of these four individuals. Finally, after losing in a game of mahjong solitaire, they beat her with an iron dumbbell and set on fire with lighter fluid. She died later that day from shock. In an attempt to hide their crime they buried her in cement and thus the name 'Concrete Encased High School Murder Case' was born as Japan had to confront the horrors of this crime. The perpetrators disposed the drum in a tract of reclaimed land in Koto, Tokyo.
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Title: 夏樹静子サスペンス 軽井沢別荘殺人事件 夏樹静子”Cの悲劇”
Released: July 13, 2003
Type: TV
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Spy Sorge
Title: Spy Sorge
Character: Miyagi
Released: June 14, 2003
Type: Movie
A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is attached to the ideals of freedom and rule of the masses. Sorge is able to feed the Soviet Union useful information regarding the Axis allies and their movements in Asia and beyond.
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Gun Crazy: Episode 2: Beyond the Law
Title: Gun Crazy: Episode 2: Beyond the Law
Character: Joichiro
Released: December 31, 2002
Type: Movie
An idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the law is rocked when she is unable to prevent a rapist from walking free. Her disillusionment of the judicial system is complete when her next case goes disastrously wrong, her corrupt boss is killed by her disappointed gangster clients, and she only narrowly escapes the same fate when a gun-toting stranger bursts into the office and shoots the men dead.
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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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Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II
Title: Gokudô seisen: Jihaado II
Released: July 8, 2002
Type: Movie
The second installment of the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the original draft of Shigenori Takechi under the supervision of Takashi Miike of "IZO". A hot-blooded yakuza challenges a "holy war" against a company that earns a lot of money in a villainous way. Big actors such as Taishu Kase and Hiroki Matsukata set aside.
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Gokudô seisen: Jihaado
Title: Gokudô seisen: Jihaado
Released: July 8, 2002
Type: Movie
The first in the "Gokudo Seisen" series, a hard-line action OV that presents the original draft of Shigenori Takechi under the supervision of Takashi Miike of "IZO". It depicts the activities of the martial arts yakuza who challenge the major general contractors who are plotting wrongdoing. Actors such as Taishu Kase and Hiroki Matsukata performed well with the men living in Shuraba.
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Title: The Private Detective Mike
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: TV
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
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Yakuza Wolves: The Yanagawa Gang
Title: Yakuza Wolves: The Yanagawa Gang
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Based on a novel "The Battle Of The Yanagawa-Gumi" by Koichi Iiboshi, it tells the story of criminal Jiro Yanagawa. Released from prison, Jiro joins the notorious Yoshimizu Yakuza family as a member. Not long after however, he sets out to form his own Yakuza clan in Osaka. This sparks a bloody territory war with the Devils Dragons.
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Title: Honmamon
Character: Komuto
Released: October 1, 2001
Type: TV
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Family 2
Title: Family 2
Released: September 21, 2001
Type: Movie
In this continuation of "Family", it is discovered that the one who gave the order to assassinate the Mitsumikai Boss is the one and only Boss of the Japan Mafia: Mr. Nishiwaki. Hideshi finds something odd about the killing and begins to investigate, uncovering the true motives behind this murder. Miike's sequel is chock full of harrowing Boat chases, big explosions, beautiful women sex and drugs! Takashi Miike's Family, Part 2 continues the tale of the yakuza gangster named Hideshi, who must uncover the identity of the man who killed a powerful crime boss.
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Strain 2
Title: Strain 2
Released: May 7, 2001
Type: Movie
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Firefly
Title: Firefly
Character: Daiji
Released: March 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she quits her job and returns to her home town after a 10 year absence.
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Family
Title: Family
Released: March 10, 2001
Type: Movie
When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was secretly sent by their Yakuza boss to eliminate Iwaida. Meanwhile, the mobster Kenmoshi abducts Takashi's wife Mariko and rapes her, trying to force Takashi to deliver his brother to him.
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Strain
Title: Strain
Released: January 12, 2001
Type: Movie
Shingo was sentenced to death for the plot of Shunichiro, the CEO of a large business group. Shunichiro thought that Shingo was dead, but Shingo lived as a Mayo hit man. And the fierce battle between the brothers begins.
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Love/Juice
Title: Love/Juice
Character: Bartender / Club Owner
Released: June 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Twenty-something lesbian Chinatsu shares a one-bedroom apartment with heterosexual Kyoko. Although Chinatsu and Kyoko have a passing attraction, Kyoko is mostly interested in men, especially one who tends the fish in a pet store, who despite her efforts, doesn't seem to be interested in her.
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Owls' Castle
Title: Owls' Castle
Character: Marishiten Dogen
Released: October 30, 1999
Type: Movie
As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins, killing every man, woman and child he found in the village. Years later, one of the survivors has hired a young but skilled assassin to avenge the deaths of his friends and family. His mission: to sneak into the most heavily guarded castle in Japan, and kill the supreme ruler of the country.
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The Night the Angel Turned Away
Title: The Night the Angel Turned Away
Released: July 10, 1999
Type: Movie
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Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
Title: Female Detective Riko: The Virgin's Deep Abyss
Released: September 19, 1998
Type: Movie
The film centers on Riko Murakami, a tough-as-nails detective who is also the single mother of a young boy. At work, she has hit a wall investigating a grisly murder in a hotel room. In her private life, she sweats her son's impeding "park debut" -- when she introduces her son and herself to the young mothers of her neighborhood. Most give her strange almost hostile looks except Sachiko (Keiko Unno), who says her kid is in the hospital. While her son gambles about the playground, Riko and Sachiko exchange child-rearing war stories and soon become friends. Then she learns that the prime suspect of her case is none other than Sachiko's husband. Moreover, she learns that Sachiko's son was in fact the center of a kidnapping case several years ago and the child has been long thought of as dead. Her husband and the detective in charge of child's case both have their own secrets, and soon Riko finds herself and her son threatened.
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Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
Title: Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
Character: Joshima
Released: September 12, 1998
Type: Movie
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Sleepless Town
Title: Sleepless Town
Character: Sun Chun
Released: June 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.
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Sleepless Town
Title: Sleepless Town
Released: June 27, 1998
Type: Movie
Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.
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Sleepy Heads
Title: Sleepy Heads
Character: Ken
Released: October 4, 1997
Type: Movie
Hiro moves from Japan to New York with the dream of becoming a singer-songwriter. Once he meets the lovely Akiko, however, the lives and the lives of his friends Akira and Ken will never be the same.
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The Beast Must Die: Revenge
Title: The Beast Must Die: Revenge
Released: May 17, 1997
Type: Movie
The story of a man who is a printer by day, a ruthless killer by night.
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Moonlight Serenade
Title: Moonlight Serenade
Character: Mr. Demobilized
Released: March 15, 1997
Type: Movie
After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.
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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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Knife
Title: Knife
Released: December 6, 1996
Type: Movie
Arina is a beautiful assassin who uses a knife and her own body to kill high-profile individuals in the political and business world. The next task received from the head of the organization, Kojiro, was to eliminate En, an arms dealer from Southeast Asia. Arina tries to get closer to him while he is in Japan. However, due to a partner's mistake, the plan is revealed and she becomes a prisoner...
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After the Wind Has Gone
Title: After the Wind Has Gone
Released: October 5, 1996
Type: Movie
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Helpless
Title: Helpless
Character: Sakanashi
Released: July 27, 1996
Type: Movie
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before setting out for the dangerous trip, Yasuo asks Kenji to take care of his mentally challenged sister, Yuri, and a mysterious black bag.
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Sanctuary - Part 3
Title: Sanctuary - Part 3
Character: Akira Hojo
Released: February 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Standing in the way of Hojo and Asami is Secretary-General Isaoka, and a new enemy, the Russian Mafia. The magnificent war between front and back society has finally reached its climax! What is the incurable disease that hit Asami when the secret bond between the two was revealed? Two men work to transform their lives and reshape Japan.
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Carnival of Wolves
Title: Carnival of Wolves
Character: Kuroda
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Four men plan a robbery in a pub
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Sanctuary - Part 2
Title: Sanctuary - Part 2
Character: Akira Hojo
Released: December 18, 1995
Type: Movie
Two people who lead Japan to "Sanctuary". Hojo aims to unite the Yakuza organization in the Kanto region, and Asami to create a faction "Rifukakai," aiming to destroy Isaoka's system of the ruling Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the connection between Hojo and Asami is revealed.
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The Written Face
Title: The Written Face
Released: September 1, 1995
Type: Movie
In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in the West, but tries to capture her significance. He need not stick close to his model, but draws far more from his own identity - a shift of value takes place, which is nonetheless not a step beyond. THE WRITTEN FACE is an attempt to offer an insight into the Japanese Kabuki star Tamasaburo Bando, one of the last defenders of this ancient and disappearing performing tradition.
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Sharaku
Title: Sharaku
Character: Tetsuzō
Released: June 2, 1995
Type: Movie
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
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Title: Shinjuku Shark
Released: April 9, 1995
Type: TV
Hard-boiled suspense drama series about a detective feared as the "Shinjuku Shark" who bravely stands up to evil.
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Sanctuary
Title: Sanctuary
Character: Akira Hojo
Released: January 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami live different lives in Tokyo, Japan: Hojo is the leader of a small but rising Yakuza clan, while Asami is a politician aiming to become the youngest member of the Japanese parliament. But while they both live in different ways, Hojo and Asami share the same past; both of them were survivors of the Killing Fields of Cambodia. With the aggression and survival instincts they learned in the Cambodian jungles, Hojo and Asami strive in both the Yakuza and political world to reform Japan into their own sanctuary.
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Title: Etorofu Harukanari
Released: November 13, 1993
Type: TV
On the eve of the outbreak of war between Japan and the U.S., U.S. Naval Intelligence sent a spy to Japan to spy on the movements of the Japanese Navy. The spy's name was Kenny Saito. He was a second-generation Japanese American who had served as a volunteer soldier on the Spanish front. Meanwhile, on Etorofu Island, Yuki Okatani, whose father was a Russian sailor, had run away from the island five years earlier, only to return home after being abandoned by a man and fired from her job. Saito soon receives information that the Japanese Navy has decided to launch a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and that the rendezvous point is Monokan Bay on Etorofu Island, and infiltrates Etorofu Island. Yuki meets Saito and falls in love with him, not knowing that he is a spy...
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Basara: Princess Goh
Title: Basara: Princess Goh
Character: Usu
Released: April 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed head is thrown in the Nijo River. She sends Usu, Oribe's servant, to retrieve the head and deliver it to Rikyū's adopted daughter.