Naoto Takenaka

Naoto Takenaka

Born: March 20, 1956
in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Naoto Takenaka is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Yokohama, Kanagawa, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to former idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi.

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Movies for Naoto Takenaka...

Desire in the Rain
Title: Desire in the Rain
Character: Oyaji
Released: November 29, 2024
Type: Movie
Based on the manga "Ame no Naka no Yokujo" by Yoshiharu Tsuge (published in 1981 by Hokutoshobo).
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Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 2
Title: Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction Part 2
Character: Head of the invaders (voice)
Released: May 24, 2024
Type: Movie
A large spaceship appears over Tokyo three years before the story starts. A one-sided war against the seemingly harmless aliens ensues, sparking controversy and pacifism. Despite this unique and tragic event, high school girls Koyama Kadode and Nakagawa Ouran behave as if nothing has changed. They live their days like they always have. The focus of this story is not the alien invasion, but human nature, dialogue, growing up, and life.
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Title: My Undead Yokai Girlfriend
Character: Ippongi Takeru
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: TV
College student Tadashi 'Hachi' Inukai is tired of feeling like a loser. But that all changes one day when he accidentally conducts a mysterious ritual he finds online, summoning a demonic yokai to the mortal plane, nicknamed Izzy. Bonded by magic, Hachi and Izzy must figure out how to navigate life, love and murder.
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Dare to Stop Us 2
Title: Dare to Stop Us 2
Released: March 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Sequel to "Dare to Stop Us"
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Title: An Encouragement of Love
Character: Gotetsu Ryuzaki
Released: November 22, 2023
Type: TV
The top student at a prestigious prep school risks it all when he falls in love and boldly breaks the institution's strict "no relationships" rule.
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Six Singing Girls
Title: Six Singing Girls
Character: Matsune
Released: October 27, 2023
Type: Movie
Two men with opposite personalities, Kayashima and Uwajima, accidentally wander into a beautiful village after a car accident. When they wake up, they are imprisoned by six beautiful but strange girls who live in the village. Kayashima is at the mercy of the girls' instinctive behavior, but is gradually drawn to the pure beauty of girls, who are at one with nature. Uwajima is attracted to one attractive girl and steps into forbidden territory. The six girls were incarnations of catfish, pit vipers, owls, dormice, bees, plants, and other creatures of nature disguised as humans. What they wanted from the men...
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Title: Fujiko F. Fujio Sci-Fi Short Drama
Released: April 9, 2023
Type: TV
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まくをおろすな!
Title: まくをおろすな!
Character: Basho Matsuo (松尾芭蕉)
Released: January 20, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: I Will Be Your Bloom
Character: Trinity Kasuga
Released: October 18, 2022
Type: TV
Asuka had once realized her goal to become a teacher, but after a gutting failure, she gives up her dream profession and becomes extremely withdrawn. After a series of events, she finds herself becoming a live-in housemother for a dorm… where the boy-band septet 8LOOM live together! At the dorm, she is reunited with her former student Dan—as a teacher, Asuka used to encourage him to go for his dreams. Inspired by Dan's leadership in the band and his passion for making his dream come true, Asuka, too, regains the passion she had in her teaching days and comes to terms with her own failure.
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Sayonara, Band Apart
Title: Sayonara, Band Apart
Released: July 15, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: Ikemen Domoyo Meshi wo Kue
Character: Shin Oji
Released: July 10, 2022
Type: TV
Ikeda Yoshimi, a 28-year-old editor of a literary magazine who loves otome games and loves good-looking guys, will be in charge of a gourmet magazine even though she is not good at eating with ultra-small meals. However, she notices that when she eats with good-looking men, her appetite increases, and she pursues "good-looking rice" to improve her small meals.
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The Broken Commandment
Title: The Broken Commandment
Released: July 8, 2022
Type: Movie
At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.
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Title: You Will Gradually Want More
Released: July 7, 2022
Type: TV
Suzuki Kirara was freeloading in a cafe owned by her housemate, Ono Nozomi, and worked part-time while looking for a job. One day, Kirara by sheer chance meets Homura Shin, who forcibly invites her to become a presenter for a TV shopping program. Homura was the production manager of Lefon Retailing, a company that runs TV shopping programs. After being suddenly thrown into the world of TV shopping and through her involvement with people like Kaieda Asuka, a popular navigator, and Sakuraki Yuu, a formerly popular child actor presenter, Kirara gradually grows as a presenter.
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The Way of the Househusband: The Cinema
Title: The Way of the Househusband: The Cinema
Character: Kikujiro Eguchi
Released: June 3, 2022
Type: Movie
The most notorious househusband in history appears!! The sinister yakuza who left behind many legends in the underworld, "The Immortal Dragon". He washed his hands of the yakuza lifestyle, and the new path he chose… was "househusband"! In the never-before-seen narrative, "Tacchan" charmed living rooms everywhere. And now the "ultimate spokesman for housewives (and househusbands) everywhere,"the Yakuza Househusband, returns!
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The Way of the Househusband: Burst Into Laughter! Click SP
Title: The Way of the Househusband: Burst Into Laughter! Click SP
Character: Kikujiro Eguchi
Released: May 27, 2022
Type: Movie
Taking place a year and a half after the final episode of the 2020 live-action series, it features a recap of said series and brand new stories set prior to the 2022 movie.
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Title: Mischievous Kids Assemble!
Released: April 9, 2022
Type: TV
A new educational variety "Waruiko Atsumare" that both children and adults can enjoy suddenly started on NHK Educational TV from 8:25 on September 13 (Monday). While it was difficult to go out freely, E-Tele cooperated with Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori if they could learn about society while having fun and laughing for both children and adults. In this program, everyone who is curious and tries to come into contact with various values ​​is called "Waruiko". And, we will deliver in omnibus format various planning corners that will lead to "learning". A way of looking at things unique to this era. People who are professionally active in a certain field. It is a program that fosters a soft sensibility to face the world with free ideas.
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Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
Title: Your Turn to Kill: The Movie
Character: Hiroshi Tokoshima
Released: December 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin?"
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Title: The Scales of Justice
Character: Kiyotaka Saionji
Released: September 25, 2021
Type: TV
A genius lawyer who changed jobs from a doctor, while suffering from the tragedy of false accusations, leads an out-of-force team to uncover the truth of numerous difficult cases and save the souls of those involved in the case.
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Title: Tokyo Houchi Shokudou
Character: Shohei Yamanaka
Released: September 16, 2021
Type: TV
Mano Hideko is a former judge who left Tokyo after getting tired of judging people. She traveled 120km south to an island called Oshima. There, she met Komiyama Nagisa, a young girl who was born and raised on the island. For some reason, Hideko decided to help Nagisa at her izakaya "Kazemachiya", which was passed down from her grandfather. Hideko then begins her "second life" as she meets many customers who have various troubles in their lives.
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The Grapes of Joy
Title: The Grapes of Joy
Released: May 14, 2021
Type: Movie
Haruna travels to Okayama, where her grandmother asks her to bring some Alexandria grapes as a present. Haruna loses her wallet and only manages to buy two “Riku no Hoju”. On her return to Hokkaido, she goes to look for a job at Minamoto Kitchoan, the company that produces the grapes her grandmother likes. She gets the job and is assigned to the vineyards. There, she meets Yashiki Tatsuya, who teaches her all the details of grape growing. Later, Haruna’s sister asks her to return to Hokkaido. But the floods bury the vineyards under the mud, and Haruna decides to stay and save them.
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Inside Zokki
Title: Inside Zokki
Released: May 14, 2021
Type: Movie
"ZOKKI" is a unique film directed by Naoto Takenaka, Takayuki Yamada, and Takumi Saitoh. It is a live-action adaptation of a short story collection by manga artist, Hiroyuki Ohashi. The people of Gamagori City, Aichi, where the film will be shot, were particularly happy in 2020 when the production started. For the past eight years, volunteers from Gamagori, including printers, bakers, and pubs, have been working to bring the film to the city, and now the city of Gamagori has decided to get involved and fully support the film "ZOKKI"! A number of happenings occur in the once peaceful place of Gamagori. The film was shot by a gorgeous cast and staff. And a group of amateurs struggle to somehow make the film more exciting. "URAZOKKI" is a story about the "behind-the-scene" of a group of people who come together to make a film. That's what the film was supposed to be like....
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Title: Voice Spring!
Character: Enjo Kinkakuji
Released: April 29, 2021
Type: TV
Set in a voice acting school, it depicts the growth of girls chasing dreams.
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The Blue Danube
Title: The Blue Danube
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
The soldiers no longer know why they are at war, and when it even started. Daily and dutifully they march to the river and shoot at the opposite village from 9 to 5 – orders are orders after all. They’ve done so for decades. When private Tsuyuki is transferred to the marching band, people keep asking him what use music is in times of war.
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Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Title: Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Character: Michizora Hotaka
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led his army to invade Owari Province territory, now in Aichi Prefecture Nagoya City area, was the leader Nobunaga of this surprising burst of death. After the war, the Imagawa clan who originally dominated the Tokaido region fell away, and the victorious Oda Nobunaga quickly expanded his power in Central Japan and the Kinki region, laying the foundation for his future control of the central government of Japan.
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Over the Sky
Title: Over the Sky
Character: Mogari (voice)
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: Movie
Mio is a girl in high school who slacks off. She and her childhood friend Arata and best friend Madoka spend their after-school days in Ikebukuro hanging out. One day, Madoka tells Mio that she loves Arata, and Mio realizes that she loves Arata, too. But she’s scared of their relationship falling apart and lies, saying she’ll help them. Mio deliberately acts coldly to Arata, and they get into a fight. She decides to work things out with Arata, but gets into a car accident on her way to meet him. She wakes up in a mysterious world. It's the Ikebukuro she knows, but something’s different...
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Perfect Education: étude
Title: Perfect Education: étude
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: Movie
Ayano, a middle-aged female director met Aoi, young attractive actor at the audition for her new film. Ayano soon felt something different in Aoi and the audition goes far beyond the moral.
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Title: The Way of the Househusband
Character: Tenjakukai
Released: October 11, 2020
Type: TV
An infamous yakuza sets out to master the Way of the Househusband! "The Immortal Dragon"—an infamous and feared yakuza who has left behind countless legends in the underworld—has decided to wash his hands of his dark past and become… a "househusband"! Under the watchful eye of the neighborhood, the yakuza, and the police, witness this gangster-turned-husband's style of "justice and family love." A thrilling slapstick drama where the ultimate househusband faces struggles from every side! Can Tatsu protect his beloved family and neighborhood when they are caught up in an incident?
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Title: Zannenna Ikimono Jiten
Released: October 8, 2020
Type: TV
A short show based on a popular children's book that introduces the surprising characteristics of animals that are somewhat funny and cute.
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Onmyouji Takiyasha Hime
Title: Onmyouji Takiyasha Hime
Released: March 29, 2020
Type: Movie
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Not Quite Dead Yet
Title: Not Quite Dead Yet
Character: Buddhist priest
Released: March 20, 2020
Type: Movie
After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
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Enter the Fat Dragon
Title: Enter the Fat Dragon
Character: Mr. Endo
Released: January 23, 2020
Type: Movie
After being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of escorting convicts to Japan. When a convict in his custody mysteriously dies, he must team up with citizen Thor to solve the mystery.
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On-Gaku: Our Sound
Title: On-Gaku: Our Sound
Character: Ōba (voice)
Released: January 11, 2020
Type: Movie
When you're a bored teenager looking for thrills, sometimes the only thing you can turn to is rock 'n roll. Having no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, a feared trio of high school delinquents nevertheless decide they are destined for musical glory in a quest to impress their only friend Aya, avoid a rival gang, and – most importantly – jam out.
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Talking the Pictures
Title: Talking the Pictures
Character: Tomio Aoki
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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SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3
Title: SHANAŌ: Les Garçons-Bonbons 3
Character: Taira no Kiyomori
Released: November 22, 2019
Type: Movie
The third movie in Léona Hirota's 'Candy Boys' series.
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Dosukoi! Love
Title: Dosukoi! Love
Character: Yokohama Kenji
Released: November 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Ayane Sukehira (Kang Ji-Young) is an overweight woman who loves chocolate. Because of her love for chocolate, she has moved to Italy which is famous for its chocolates. There, Ayane Sukehira gets involved in an accident and she passes out. When Ayane Sukehira wakes up, she finds that her appearance has totally changed. She is now a beautiful woman. Ayane Sukehira travels back to Japan and she begins work as an esthetician. She still is not interested in dating and she buries herself in eating chocolate and playing games. One day, popular idol Takumi Minato invites her for dinner
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Title: Banjo no Himawari
Released: September 8, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: 허당 보디가드
Released: August 18, 2019
Type: TV
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Toshimaen: Haunted Park
Title: Toshimaen: Haunted Park
Released: May 10, 2019
Type: Movie
Saki, Anju, Chiaki, Ami, and Kaya reunite for the first time in years. The five of them excitedly decide to go Toshimaen Amusement Park, a place that was very important to them when they were younger. None of them know that they're about to enter a nightmare…
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Crystal Frog
Title: Crystal Frog
Character: Chef
Released: May 10, 2019
Type: Movie
Benjamin visits Tokyo to see Miko. At her place, he finds a photo that caught his attention. It was taken at the winery 40 years ago. There are Benjamin, his deceased wife, and Miko's parents in it. Miko starts to tell a story behind it.
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Title: Your Turn To Kill
Character: Hiroshi Tokoshima
Released: April 14, 2019
Type: TV
Nana and Shota are a newlywed couple and Nana is 15 years older than Shota. Nana works as a designer and Shota works as a gym trainer. They both enjoy mystery. The newlywed couple then move to an apartment and they attend a resident’s meeting there. Nana and Shota become involved in murder cases that take place at the apartment. Residents get murdered one by one. Some residents have a motive, but those suspects have an alibi. Because of this, an arrest has yet to be made.
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Title: Yaji x Kita Ganzo Tokaidochu Hizakurige
Character: Jippensha Ikku
Released: April 6, 2019
Type: TV
Based off of the most popular novel of the Edo era, Yaji x Kita follows the titular characters in several comedic situations involving the women the two stumble upon on their journey to "find themselves".
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A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Title: A Gambler's Odyssey 2020
Character: Kusomaru
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Boyatetsu travels to the year 2020 in Tokyo from the year 1945. Tokyo is now plagued by a decreasing population and an increase in unemployment.
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Samurai Marathon
Title: Samurai Marathon
Character: Mataemon Kurita
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: Movie
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
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Fly me to the Saitama
Title: Fly me to the Saitama
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: Movie
People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo is a male high school student and the son of the Tokyo governor. Physically, Momomi Hakuhodo looks like a girl. One day, he meets mysterious male transfer student Rei Asami. They are attracted to each other, but Rei Asami is from Saitama Prefecture.
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Title: Cheers to Miki Clinic
Character: Mimori Daiki
Released: January 12, 2019
Type: TV
Tsukumo Katsumi is a surgeon who lost his job after causing the death of a patient in a medical mishap. He comes to work for Miki Clinic on the recommendation of Professor Mimori whom he studied under. The clinic’s director Miki Shoichiro opened the practice for VIPs who want to receive medical treatment in secret. Tsukumo tries to get accustomed to his new workplace but discovers another side to Miki Clinic. It will do everything possible to fulfil any request, based on the belief that if the anxieties and major concerns of patients are solved, their emotions will stablise and they can to focus on their treatment. Together with the other doctors of the clinic, Tsukumo takes on patients’ off-the-wall requests.
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One Piece: Stampede
Title: One Piece: Stampede
Character: Tabi/Horo (voice)
Released: January 3, 2019
Type: Movie
The world's boldest buccaneers set sail for the great Pirate Festival, where the Straw Hats join a mad-dash race to find Gol D. Roger's treasure. There's just one little problem: An old member of Roger's crew has a sinister score to settle.
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漆黒の男たち 第二章
Title: 漆黒の男たち 第二章
Released: December 25, 2018
Type: Movie
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漆黒の男たち
Title: 漆黒の男たち
Released: November 25, 2018
Type: Movie
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Run! T High School Basketball Club
Title: Run! T High School Basketball Club
Character: 管理人
Released: November 3, 2018
Type: Movie
Yoichi plays basketball at his junior high and is capable. He is granted a scholarship and attends a high school with a superlative basket team. Instead of welcoming the boy the students there decide to bully and harass the new player leading Yoichi to a new high school and basketball team. Expectedly, the basketball team is not the best. The team will have to soon play against the team from the school Yoichi was in before.
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Exorcism of Mary Lamb
Title: Exorcism of Mary Lamb
Released: October 27, 2018
Type: Movie
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Title: Suits
Character: Keiichiro Hijirisawa(聖澤 敬一郎)
Released: October 8, 2018
Type: TV
Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he thinks the only way to satisfy his clients is to win. He is getting close to becoming a senior partner at the law firm. Shogo Kai's boss worries about his focus on winning above all else. As a condition of his promotion at the law firm, his boss asks him to hire a young lawyer as an associate. Shogo Kai interviews prospective young lawyers and meets Daiki Suzuki. Daiki Suzuki has high intelligence and his memory ability is amazing.
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The Hungry Lion
Title: The Hungry Lion
Character: Principal
Released: September 15, 2018
Type: Movie
A high-school teacher is arrested for having sexual relations with a minor. Young Hiromi finds herself in the eye of the storm when she is suspected of featuring in her teacher’s leaked sex video and her innocence is questioned by everyone around her.
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Penguin Highway
Title: Penguin Highway
Character: Hamamoto's Father (voice)
Released: August 17, 2018
Type: Movie
A fourth-grader investigates the mysterious reason behind the sudden appearance of penguins in his village, which is somehow related to a power from a young woman working at a dental clinic.
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Title: Ashita e no Chikai
Released: March 25, 2018
Type: TV
A human drama about a former detective pastor and people with conflicts. Shotaro (Kenichi Hagiwara), who quit his job as a detective after losing his wife and became a pastor, is confronted by Murata (Jun Murakami), an ex-murderer who served his time for interrogation as a detective. Shotaro is asked by Murata to accompany him on a trip to see Murata's mother who lives in the countryside.
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Kuinige Killer
Title: Kuinige Killer
Character: Jason
Released: March 21, 2018
Type: Movie
A family restaurant faces hard times due to customers running out on their bills. In his past, Shogo Kawatani was a premiere athlete. Now, Shogo Kawatani works for the family restaurant. His job is to catch customers who run out on their bills.
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Reon
Title: Reon
Character: Reo Asahina
Released: February 24, 2018
Type: Movie
Dumped, fired from her job, Reon’s day couldn't get any worse. Then a freak accident causes her to swap bodies with her old company’s womanizing CEO.
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Colors of Wind
Title: Colors of Wind
Character: Master
Released: January 26, 2018
Type: Movie
Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
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Title: Orphan Black – 7 GENES
Character: Wakita
Released: December 2, 2017
Type: TV
Sara Aoyama, a broke and desperate single mother who wishes to live with her daughter Moe in peace, witnesses the shocking suicide of a woman who looks just like her. When she decides to steal the woman’s identity to run away from her problems, she unlocks a world of secrets and a whole heap of trouble. Sara discovers she doesn’t just look like this woman, she’s genetically identical: a clone – and she’s not the only one. As she finds more clones just like her, she comes to see them as a family. Sara must protect them, and herself – because someone is trying to kill them, one by one.
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Title: Town Factory's Woman
Character: 勝俣勉
Released: November 24, 2017
Type: TV
Arimoto Hikari is a 32-year-old housewife. She has a husband and a son. One day, she visits her father Taizo who recently collapsed from overworking. Hikari Arimoto learns from a doctor that her father has 4 days left to live. Her father raised Hikari to one day run his company, instead of his now deceased son, but Hikari rebelled against her father and chose to become a housewife. Hikari now decides to run her father's company and announces her plans. She faces difficulties including her husband going to America for work and some company employees, including Katsumata and Junzo, who are opposed to her Hikari becoming the CEO. ~~ Based on the novel "Machi Koba no Musume" by SuwaTakako.
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Manhunt
Title: Manhunt
Character: Mamoru Ito
Released: November 19, 2017
Type: Movie
Accused of a murder he didn't commit, a prosecutor sets out on a mission to clear his name.
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Cinema Capriccio
Title: Cinema Capriccio
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 14, 2017
Type: Movie
Documentary about the crazy cinephile Atsushi Tsuboi, vice president of the Nagoya art theatre "cinemaskhole".
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Temple
Title: Temple
Character: Ryo
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Three American tourists follow a mysterious map deep into the jungles of Japan searching for an ancient temple. When spirits entrap them, their adventure quickly becomes a horrific nightmare.
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Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
Title: Les Garçons-Bonbons 2: l'Oiseau du paradis
Released: July 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Kitazawa Haku had watched a movie and dreamed he was in a parallel universe. Meanwhile, Ryū, the older brother of Haku's friend Takeru, is facing down boys' bar owner Rokujō. Then Ryū becomes fascinated with Kikiyō standing behind Rokujō. On the day of the yearly festival, Haku suddenly disappears. Takeru disappears while in search of Haku. Ryū disappears while following Kikiyō. And then Rokujō also disappears.
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Title: Samurai Gourmet
Character: Takeshi Kasumi
Released: March 17, 2017
Type: TV
Recent retiree Takeshi rediscovers his passion for food and life by getting in touch with his inner warrior and eating what he truly desires.
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Gold Medal Man
Title: Gold Medal Man
Character: principal
Released: October 22, 2016
Type: Movie
Senichi was born in 1964, when the entire nation was excited about the Tokyo Olympics. As an elementary student, Senichi won a footrace and got a taste of what winning felt like. Since then, Senichi takes part in various competitions including drawing and usually wins. He keeps struggling to win gold medals at competitions.
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Title: Cain and Abel
Character: Kurosawa Kosuke
Released: October 17, 2016
Type: TV
Takada Yu is an employee of a development firm. His father has favored his high-achieving older brother and been indifferent to Yu since young. So Yu craves for his father’s love and wants his recognition somehow. Then one day, Yu encounters a woman. Although it was the worst possible meeting, he gradually starts to have romantic feelings for her through work and an unexpected development. But ironically enough, she turns out to be the girlfriend of his older brother. Yu begins to realize what he truly treasures and matures as a person as he struggles with this complicated romance and with his older brother and father.
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Title: Wife of Soseki Natsume
Character: Masanosuke Shiobara
Released: September 24, 2016
Type: TV
Nakane Kyoko (Ono Machiko) grew up in a wealthy family and was raised by her strict father Shigekazu (Tachi Hiroshi) who did not see learning as a necessity. At 19, Kyoko was introduced to Natsume Soseki (Hasegawa Hiroki) as a prospective marriage partner. The two of them were drawn to each other and got married. Soseki took up a post in Kumamoto as a high school teacher and this was the beginning of their new married life. Although Soseki was an extraordinary intellectual, he did not know the warmth of family because he was given up for adoption as a child. In an attempt to understand her husband, Kyoko tried to read what he read, interacted with his friends and joined difficult conversations. But she was not exactly successful. Then she miscarried their first child and her attempted suicide because of loneliness caused a commotion. How would husband and wife overcome this crisis?
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Last Attack: Hikisakareta Shima no Kioku
Title: Last Attack: Hikisakareta Shima no Kioku
Released: August 15, 2016
Type: Movie
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Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost’s Fateful Moment
Title: Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost’s Fateful Moment
Character: Sennin
Released: August 6, 2016
Type: Movie
After chasing the mysterious Kamen Rider Dark Ghost, who had suddenly appeared, Takeru Tenkuji arrives at a strange village full of historical figures. Attempting to gather 100 Eyecons, Alain’s dead brother Argos - Kamen Rider Dark Ghost - wishes to create the Ultimate Eyecon and turn everyone on Earth into ghosts. Meanwhile, Makoto’s father Daigo Fukami is seen in the village. Transforming into Kamen Rider Zero Specter, is Daigo an ally or an enemy?
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One Piece Film: GOLD
Title: One Piece Film: GOLD
Character: Double Down / Whitejack (voice)
Released: July 23, 2016
Type: Movie
The glittering Gran Tesoro, a city of entertainment beyond the laws of the government, is a sanctuary for the world’s most infamous pirates, Marines, and filthy rich millionaires. Drawn by dreams of hitting the jackpot, Captain Luffy and his crew sail straight for the gold. But behind the gilded curtains lies a powerful king whose deep pockets and deeper ambitions spell disaster for the Straw Hats and the New World alike.
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Title: Kamen Rider Ghost: Commemoration! Short Stories
Character: Sennin
Released: July 10, 2016
Type: TV
Kamen Rider Ghost: Commemoration! Short Stories is a miniseries created to promote the film Kamen Rider Ghost: The 100 Eyecons and Ghost's Fateful Moment. It serves as a prequel to the movie.
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かげろう絵図
Title: かげろう絵図
Released: April 8, 2016
Type: Movie
After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimely death when he was about to expose the corruption of the shogunate becomes determined to expose the collusion between Kannouji, and the unforgivable relationships between the ladies in waiting of the inner palace and the monks. Nui is undertaking this undercover investigation without regard for the danger she is putting herself in, for the sake of Shinnosuke whom she secretly loves
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Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis
Title: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Ghost & Drive: Super Movie Wars Genesis
Character: Sennin
Released: December 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Shortly after Shinnosuke Tomari (Ryoma Takeuchi), Kamen Rider Drive, eradicates the Earth of the 108 Roidmudes, he is put on a special assignment to investigate paranormal activity elsewhere in the city. He heads to the temple Daitenkū-ji to speak with witnesses Akari Tsukimura (Hikaru Ohsawa) and Onari (Takayuki Yanagi), but as he is interrogating them, a Gamma appears and steals an Eyecon from the temple, prompting Takeru Tenkūji (Shun Nishime), Kamen Rider Ghost, to fight it, even though to Shinnosuke it seems that Kamen Rider Ghost is fighting no one at all as he cannot see the Gamma
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125 Years Memory
Title: 125 Years Memory
Character: Kudo
Released: December 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night of 16 September 1890 the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul is caught up in a typhoon and sinks off the Japanese coast. Risking their own lives, local villagers are able to rescue 69 Turkish sailors. Although being very poor and having hardly to eat, the villagers share what little they have with strangers from a country 9,000 kilometers away. 95 years later, during the Iran-Iraq War, more than 300 Japanese are stranded in Tehran. In the morning of 19 March 1985 a Turkish Airlines aircraft takes off for Tehran to evacuate the Japanese. But the remaining Turks at Tehran Mehrabad Airport still need to be convinced that they won't be able to board their own country's rescue flight.
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Bittare!!!
Title: Bittare!!!
Released: November 28, 2015
Type: Movie
A single father and judicial clerk named Tsutomu's violent past in organized crime threatens to catch up to him when his daughter is taken hostage.
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必殺仕事人2015
Title: 必殺仕事人2015
Released: November 19, 2015
Type: Movie
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Title: Stars in the Deep
Character: Jinnai Kimihiko
Released: October 10, 2015
Type: TV
Miyuki Amaya belongs to the sailing team of manned submersible research ship 6K (Shinkai 6500) at JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology). She dreams of piloting the 6K. Her father was a pilot and a researcher, but died from a disease. Miyuki Amaya’s purpose is to research the deep-sea because her father told her about the deep-sea when she was little. Now, she is a cadet of the pilot. One day, Miyuki Amaya has a chance to get on the 6K, but she finds a tape in her father’s locker. The tape contains horrific images. The image is of an unknown giant creature and pilots that were left alone in the deep-sea. Her father's last moments are contained in the images. The images are totally different from she imagined as the beautiful deep-sea. Miyuki Amaya is now horrified. Can she safely return from the deep-sea?
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Gonin Saga
Title: Gonin Saga
Character: Myojin
Released: September 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Seiji is a third generation "Gosei kai" gang member. He works to build up the group's strength. Meanwhile, a journalist investigates a case that occurred 19 years ago. He meets Hayato, Daisuke and Asami.
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The Big Bee
Title: The Big Bee
Released: September 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline the helicopter will be dropped. 8 hours is given as the deadline. Making the situation even more dire, a young child is in the helicopter.
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Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
Title: Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
Character: Ehara
Released: August 29, 2015
Type: Movie
For this 16th Anniversary Special, Inagaki Goro is our host once again for 6 spooky tales based on tales from real people and performed here by an all-star cast. A young man who returns to his family's home after leaving Tokyo finds something else may have followed after him; a young girl dreams of darkness and a small shrine that draws ever closer; a woman with a failed business makes a go at it with a company with a bizarre dormitory, one with a past secret; a police officer receives a call from what appears to be a dead woman who wants his help; a woman taking documents to a food company finds time slipping away without her noticing; a single man who runs a restaurant sees an unusual family living down the hallway from him.
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Title: Age Harassment
Character: Tetsutarou Takayama
Released: July 9, 2015
Type: TV
Emiri Yoshii begins work at a general trading company. Due to her family's failure in business, she had to give up her dream of earning a MBA in America. Now, she hopes to become an executive of a company. Emiri is sent to the general affairs department at the trading company. She freaks out when she learns that lower level employees have to wear uniforms and she has to deal with everything from changing light bulbs to ordering business cards. Nonetheless, she works hard to pay off her family's debt. Emiri then finds herself in the crosshair of coworkers. Senior female employees are perturbed that she doesn't drink coffee with them and skips their gatherings. Meanwhile, the male employees like working with her, but only when they need an attractive women for matters like entertaining clients. The male employees do not give her serious work. Emiri, who appears popular among the male employees, soon becomes an outcast among the senior female employees. She becomes fed up with her situation and takes action.
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Welcome to Our Home
Title: Welcome to Our Home
Character: Hiroki Mase
Released: April 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Kenta Kurata (Masaki Aiba) lives with his father, Taichi (Akira Terao), his mother, Keiko (Kaho Minami), and his younger sister, Nana (Kasumi Arimura) in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kenta Kurata possesses a timid personality, which he picked up from his father. Kenta doesn't like his father. One day, while waiting for the train, Kenta warns a man who pushed a woman and cut in line. Kenta is surprised that he spoke out with his normally timid personality. After that incident, Kenta's family home is targeted by an unknown person with flowers from their garden being pulled out and the seat of a bicycle being torn. Also, Kenta's younger sister Nana is stalked by her ex-boyfriend. Kenta and his family try to find out who is responsible.
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Candy Boys
Title: Candy Boys
Released: February 28, 2015
Type: Movie
In EDO, the fabulous wonderland where only men exist, the most beautiful courtesan is Shiratori Dayū. His apprentice's suicide made him desolate, and he finds love when he meets the most popular and sexy candy boy, Furimatsu, at the "Candy Shop." However, the town of EDO bans romantic relationships, and a rare disease starts to spread.
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Hibi Rock
Title: Hibi Rock
Character: Takeshi Matsumoto
Released: November 22, 2014
Type: Movie
Young rocker Takuro meets pop star Saki at one of his band's shows. When she asks him to write a song for her, their views on life and music collide.
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25
Title: 25
Released: November 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups and seize their money. One day, the Chief of Police becomes aware that 2.5 million yen in seized money is missing. He orders Shintarou and Koichi to bring the money in by tomorrow morning. Shintarou and Koichi are in big trouble. They then read an article about a pension fund embezzlement case involving 6 billion yen. The prime suspect of the pension fund embezzlement case spent most of that money, but he has 2.5 billion yen left.
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Title: Black Suit Story
Released: October 24, 2014
Type: TV
The story tells of Ge Cheng Yongwu, the brother who became a criminal, and Guiwu, the brother who became a police officer in the police room to search for a lesson of criminal police. The younger brother was arrested because he was found to be identical to the suspect's DNA in the attempted murder.
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Title: Women Does Not Allow That
Character: Yoshikatsu Kodama
Released: October 21, 2014
Type: TV
31-year-old Urara Iwasaki (Kyoko Fukada) makes an error during her first trial as an attorney which hurts her client. Urara Iwasaki thinks law isn't right for her and she quits her job. She now has a debt of 4 million yen and earns a living by doing part-time work. Meanwhile, Rinka Ebisawa (Shinobu Terajima) is a competent lawyer, but its revealed she used excessive ways in her cases and is dismissed from her law firm and disbarred. She can't work as a lawyer anymore. By chance, Rinka meets Urara.
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Lady Maiko
Title: Lady Maiko
Character: Tomi
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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Title: A Sinner's Lie
Character: Hisayuki Kajio
Released: August 31, 2014
Type: TV
Serious legal thriller starring Hideaki Ito which depicts the glory and the darkness of an infamous and highly paid lawyer.
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Miracle classroom
Title: Miracle classroom
Character: Onda
Released: June 28, 2014
Type: Movie
Yanagi Shuji is terrible at being a monk, as he just wants to have fun all the time. His father is the Chief Monk of the Yagira Temple, and Shuji is expected to take over the role eventually.Unfortunately, Shuji is not only not cut out to be a monk, one day, he becomes deep in debt... 10 million yen's worth! In order to repay his loan, he decides to take on the job of teaching literature at a prep school. To be able to earn big bucks, he has to be a charismatic teacher, one that is popular with the students and be in demand all the time. To that end, Shuji decides to put on a bright yellow suit, and help his students learn through comedy and funny jokes.
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Title: The Next Generation: Patlabor
Released: March 8, 2014
Type: TV
In a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is created to handle crimes relating to these machines.
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Title: Heartbroken Chocolatier
Character: Makoto Koyurugi
Released: January 13, 2014
Type: TV
After graduating from high school, Sota Koyurugi studies bakery at an institute. In high school, he fell in love with beautiful Saeko. Because of Sota's effort, he is able to have a romantic relationship with Saeko right before Christmas. Saeko though tells Sota that she will be unable to meet him on Valentine's Day, but can meet him on the day before Valentine's Day. On that day, Sota gives Saeko chocolate that he made, but she doesn't accept his gift. Saeko tells him that she didn't think they were dating. Sota is heartbroken, but he doesn't give up hope. To make Saeko love him, he travels to France with little money and studies chocolate there. This is because Saeko loves chocolate. 5 years later, Sota becomes a first-class Chocolatier. Now back in Japan, Sota opens his very own store.
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Judge!
Title: Judge!
Character: Man at bar
Released: January 11, 2014
Type: Movie
A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese characters are slightly different) poses as his wife so that he can attend an open party which is held nightly. Knowing that he’ll get fired if his company doesn’t win the Grand Prix, he’s forced to resort to a variety of desperate tactics.
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Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
Title: Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
Character: Honda
Released: November 16, 2013
Type: Movie
Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching out for his elderly mother. Suffering from increasing dementia since her husband's death, Mitsue (Harue Akagi) is a constant source of comic energy or annoyance for Yuichi, and he and his son must soon decide if they should put her in a home for the elderly. Jumping back in time, we see how Mitsue (played by Kiwako Harada) tracked the tumult of the latter half of the 20th century, being raised as one of 10 brothers and sisters, surviving the war, and having to push her alcoholic husband (Ryo Kase) along in life. "Pecoross" is directed by the oldest active film director in Japan, Azuma Morisaki, who creates an emotionally complex work that is only the more profound and life-affirming for its cartoonish portrayal.
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Tenshin
Title: Tenshin
Character: Okakura Tenshin
Released: November 16, 2013
Type: Movie
Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pupils, Taikan Yokoyama, Shunsou Hishida, Kanzan Shimomura, Buzan Kimura.
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TAP: Perfect Education
Title: TAP: Perfect Education
Released: November 9, 2013
Type: Movie
In Okinawa, a down-and-out middle-aged yakuza underling named Shidara kidnaps and confines a high school girl named Yui, the daughter of a fellow yakuza’s mistress.
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The After-Dinner Mysteries
Title: The After-Dinner Mysteries
Character: Kenta Koenji
Released: October 30, 2013
Type: Movie
Kageyama (Sho Sakurai) works as the butler for rich heiress Reiko Hosho (Keiko Kitagawa). Reiko happens to be a novice detective but lacks certain deductive skills needed by detectives. Because of this Reiko relies on Kageyamaa to help her solve cases. Meanwhile, Kageyama isn't afraid to mince words and often calls out Reiko with his sharp tongue!
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Sweet Whip
Title: Sweet Whip
Character: Daigo
Released: September 21, 2013
Type: Movie
When Naoko was a freshman in high school she was kidnapped and imprisoned by a man who lived next door. For one month, she went through hell. Finally, she killed the man and escaped. Now as an adult, Naoko is a doctor specializing in infertility treatment, but she also has another side. Naoko is a popular master in a S&M club.
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Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express
Title: Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express
Character: Ken Katakura
Released: September 12, 2013
Type: Movie
Ken Katakura (Naoto Takenaka) has worked as a salaryman for the past 25 years. He's on his way to Malaysia to stop his daughter's wedding. Unfortunately for Ken, the plane makes an emergency landing in a remote part of Malaysia, far from the capital city of Kuala Lumpur where he needs to go. With only 2 days left until his daughter marries, Ken looks for a way to get to Kuala Lumpur. Ken then comes across an odd Chinese truck driver named "Mary" and, with his help, sets out for Kuala Lumpur.
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009-1: The End of the Beginning
Title: 009-1: The End of the Beginning
Character: 020, Boss of Agent 009-1
Released: September 7, 2013
Type: Movie
In a universe where the Cold War never ended and growing conflicts result in the rapid advancement of technological warfare, the cyborg spy Mylene Hoffman of the 00 Organization battles the agents of the Eastern block in a game of high tech espionage.
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Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend
Title: Hello, My Dolly Girlfriend
Character: Department Head Oikawa
Released: June 15, 2013
Type: Movie
A lonely otaku is fired from his job. He is rescued in a ruined building by a strange girl in a sailor suit. When he wakes up, the girl becomes a figure. The young man and the pretty figure begin to live together.
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Title: Jikenya Kagyou
Character: Goshimada Masaharu
Released: May 17, 2013
Type: TV
Jotaro Fukamachi is a poor middle-aged detective who live separated with wife and children. He rent the office in second floor of the building owned by beautiful dentist Reiko Sugimoto (Eriko Sato).
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Jikenya Kagyou 事件屋稼業
Title: Jikenya Kagyou 事件屋稼業
Released: May 17, 2013
Type: Movie
Jotaro Fukamachi (Akira Terao) is a poor middle-aged detective who separated with wife and children. He rent the office in second floor of the building owned by beautiful dentist Reiko Sugimoto (Eriko Sato).
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Angel Home
Title: Angel Home
Character: Kousuke Awano
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
The "Himawari So" ("Sunflower House") is a group home for mentally underdeveloped adults. Manga artist Itpon Aijo (Naoto Takenaka) begins to work at the "Himawari So". He moves into the home with his daughter Mako (Shihori Kanjiya), who is mentally underdeveloped. Uyan (Takayuki Takuma) is a resident at the group home. Uyan and Mako begin to develop feelings for each, but Itpon becomes worried about them.
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The Intermission
Title: The Intermission
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: Movie
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup. Unique guests visiting the theater draw a human pattern during breaks.
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Title: ×××HOLiC
Character: Doctor
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: TV
Yūko Ichihara is the sexy owner of a strange store which offers to make any wishes come true for a price. Kimihiro Watanuki has a special type of blood that attracts spirits and ghosts. He goes into the shop owned by Yūko Ichihara and asks her to get rid of the spirits. Yūko offers to do so if he works part-time at the store.
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Oyari Haishaku
Title: Oyari Haishaku
Character: Akame Kotoji
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Kotoji Akame (Naoto Takenaka) is a shabby, middle aged low-ranking samurai of small stature. One day, in a drinking contest, he misses sending his lord off as he leaves Edo for Kuju. Released from service for this blunder, Akame becomes a wandering samurai. He goes on to steal lances from many feudal lords' processions. For Furuta, suffering defeat is out of question. To protect his domain and family, he takes it on himself to meet Murase and proposes an alliance between the Wako, Fuki and Ushizu domains. With the fate of the feudal families in their hands, Furuta and Murase pursue Akame. Each with something to protect, the men fight desperately over the lances.
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Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
Title: Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
Character: Juushoku (voice)
Released: October 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Hamaji, a young huntress from the mountains, stumbles into the middle of a shogun’s vendetta against a group of human-dog hybrids, the Fusé. Rumors of Fusé murdering innocent people in the bustling city of Edo have sparked a bounty for their heads. Along with her brother, Hamaji joins the hunt for this dangerous quarry, but after accidentally befriending one of them, Hamaji is torn between two worlds: her life as a self-reliant huntress, and the young woman her new friend has helped her to uncover.
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Eight Ranger
Title: Eight Ranger
Released: July 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Set within the devastated city of Eight City, the Eight Rangers protect the city and go against the evil Dark Kuruseido.
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Title: I Love Tokyo Legend - Kawaii Detective -
Character: Ichio Tannai
Released: April 13, 2012
Type: TV
Tsukiko Otonashi is a fashionista who is too beautiful to be a detective. She is also intrigued by urban legends so much so that she believes all crimes are somehow linked to these legends. She even conducts her investigations in such a way as to prove them to be true. Tsukiko also likes to make use of whatever she can. She especially likes to enlist the help of crime lab officer Hitoro Katsuura, who happens to have a crush on her. Many other unique characters will make appearances as she investigates the crimes related to urban legends, using odd and exquisite techniques.
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Kazoku Kashimasu ~ Family Complex
Title: Kazoku Kashimasu ~ Family Complex
Character: Tosaki Ryunosuke
Released: April 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Yamamura Shuji (Tamaki Hiroshi) runs staffing "Family Romance Company" - a company that rents out people to act like their client's family members for occasions like weddings, funerals & meeting with teachers. One day, a customer, who wants to be loved by a family, comes to the "Family Romance Company." The customer's name is Tosaki Ryunosuke (Takenaka Naoto), who only has only one month left to live. Yamamura Shuji takes on the request of Tosaki Ryunosuke, but something which Yamamura Shuji does not expect occurs in the process.
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I am alone, walking on the straight road
Title: I am alone, walking on the straight road
Released: March 17, 2012
Type: Movie
I tried to symbolize the emotion of loneliness with the motif of the poet, Taneda Santoka, who has broken the haiku form. Cutout method depicts subtle face expressions of the man who is slightly drunk in the mountain.
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Robo-G
Title: Robo-G
Character: Man in a Public Lavatory
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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I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
Title: I Don't Want to Kidnap Anyone Anymore
Character: Sliderman
Released: January 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Ohno plays the role of Tarui Shotaro, an ordinary guy who dreamed of becoming a hero when he was a child, but now gets by as a part-time worker. The unexpected story unfolds when one day, the daughter of a yakuza boss asks him to plan a make-believe kidnapping. Sato Ryuta plays Shotaro's co-worker who helps him with the kidnapping. Kanjiya Shihori plays Satsuki, the eldest daughter of the Hanazono yakuza clan, while Narimiya Hiroki plays Satsuki's college senpai who joined the Hanazono clan after graduation. Takahashi Katsumi plays the head of a rival organization who has fallen in love with Satsuki. Kitaoji Kinya plays Satsuki's father and the head of the Hanazono clan.
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Conqueror of Shura 2
Title: Conqueror of Shura 2
Released: November 15, 2011
Type: Movie
The second 'Conqueror of Shura' film.
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Conqueror of Shura: Final Edition
Title: Conqueror of Shura: Final Edition
Released: November 12, 2011
Type: Movie
The final 'Conqueror of Shura' film.
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Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Title: Karate-Robo Zaborgar
Character: Dr. Daimon
Released: October 15, 2011
Type: Movie
An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them.
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Title: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Character: Tajiri
Released: October 15, 2011
Type: Movie
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
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Ninja Kids!!!
Title: Ninja Kids!!!
Released: July 23, 2011
Type: Movie
The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain.
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Conqueror of Shura
Title: Conqueror of Shura
Released: April 23, 2011
Type: Movie
The first 'Conqueror of Shura' film.
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Title: Bartender
Character: Kase Goro
Released: February 4, 2011
Type: TV
Upon return from Paris, Sasakura Ryu spends some time wandering amiss, but after some time he decides to start anew by becoming a bartender. On a daily basis as a bartender, he helps solve the various problems burdening his customers, including work and love and family troubles, one cocktail at a time. Furthermore, what will happen to the romantic relationship between Ryu, who seeks the best cocktail, and Kurushima Miwa, who ispertinent to his growth as a person. Also in the drama you'll see the fateful showdown between Kuzuhara Ryuichi, referred to as Mr. Perfect, and Master Kase Goro. -- TV Asahi
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Title: Freeter, Ie wo Kau
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: TV
Freeter, Ie wo Kau is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji Television and on Kyodo Television in 2010. The story revolves around Take Seiji, who quits his job after three months. With no dreams, no savings, and a poor relationship with his family, he becomes a hikikomori. However, after his mother falls ill with depression, he ends up having to take on a part-time job at a construction site. Because of that, he soon decides to work towards rebuilding his life: "Even though I'm just a freeter, I'm going to buy a house for the sake of my family." One of the people he meets at the construction site is Chiba Manami, who graduated from a top-class university and joined a well-known general contracting firm. Manami is the complete opposite of Seiji. But while their personalities clash at first, they gradually come to understand each other. --Tokyograph
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A Night in Nude: Salvation
Title: A Night in Nude: Salvation
Character: Jiro / Kurenai
Released: October 2, 2010
Type: Movie
A beautiful mother and her two daughters run a bar in a town. They have a dream of becoming rich, reforming the building, and living as celebrities. With no chance of their dream coming true with just their everyday earnings, they had another face - blinding the elderly with their beauty, putting on insurance coverage and seeking to get rich quick by murdering. However, their scheme begins to collapse from one little mistake.
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Title: The Fugitive: Plan B
Character: Hiroki (Kieko's father)
Released: September 29, 2010
Type: TV
During the Korean War, a vast amount of money disappeared. Now, some 60 years later, the money has reappeared, leading to a frantic chase across the globe.
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BECK
Title: BECK
Released: September 4, 2010
Type: Movie
Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.
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Surely Someday
Title: Surely Someday
Character: Takeo Kishi
Released: July 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's upcoming festival. When the festival is abruptly concealed, they come up with a dimwitted strategy of faking a bomb threat to the school in order to force the principal to change his mind. Their plan seems to work at first, but when a real bomb goes off, the group is forced to take responsibility for the explosion and they are kicked out of school. Three years later, more details of the incident is revealed as the youth look back on the past.
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Title: Keiji Narusawa Ryou
Released: May 29, 2010
Type: TV
Ryou Naruzawa (Kenji Sakaguchi), a detective at the Asagaya station, along with his partner Satoko Hagio (Akiko Yada) and senior detective Atsuo Ishii (Kenichi Endo), are Arrested Shigeru Majima (Kazuma Suzuki) serial female murderer. However, just before the indictment, a bomb threat arrives at the investigation headquarters was the beginning of all nightmares. The demand is for the release of the arrested murderer, Majima.
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Mutant Girls Squad
Title: Mutant Girls Squad
Released: May 22, 2010
Type: Movie
Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.
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Title: Moon Lovers
Character: Tetsuji Maruyama
Released: May 10, 2010
Type: TV
Rensuke Hazuki, the president of Regolith, a rapidly growing interior manufacturer in Japan, is planning to expand into China. Rensuke boarded the bustling city of Shanghai . What awaits Rensuke there is an encounter with Maemi Ninomiya, an interior designer who has worked with him, Yuzuki Onuki, a popular model who is the daughter of a wealthy family, and Ryu, a Chinese woman who has a girlfriend Shuumei. The meeting with these three women brings a turning point in Rensuke's life.
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One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Title: One Piece: Strong World Episode 0
Character: Shiki (voice)
Released: April 24, 2010
Type: Movie
The introductory chapter to the movie, Strong World, which depicts the events surrounding Gold Roger's execution.
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Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
Title: Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II
Character: Franz Strezemann
Released: April 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Nodame and Chiaki mutually decide that it would be for the best if they parted ways for a while so Nodame can practice for an upcoming competition. However, when things don’t go her way, she gets impatient and depressed. While Nodame is away, Chiaki’s former pianist Rui Son returns to take her place. To make matters worse, Rui and Chiaki are set to play the song Nodame dreams of playing with Chiaki herself: Ravel’s “Concerto in G Minor”.
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Perfect Education: A Maid for You
Title: Perfect Education: A Maid for You
Character: Taira
Released: January 30, 2010
Type: Movie
The seventh film of “The Perfect Education” series tells the tale of a man and a girl who pursue love to the point of madness. With erotic dances and love scenes shot in 3D, the film dpicts a “pure love” story tied with sexual desires. “Welcome home, Master!” Kabashima is a regular at the maid cafe. He is head over heels in love with Ichigo, a maid who works there. On her birthday, he is waiting for her by the back door, she exits finally…several hours later, she awakes only to find herself surrounded by thin, plywood walls, her feel, hand, and mouth bound and gagged with packing tape. Amid the darkness, Kabashima quietly opens his mouth, “this is our house. Let’s live intimately together.”
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Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I
Title: Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I
Character: Franz Stresseman
Released: December 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Chiaki is an aspiring conductor who faces the challenge of leading an orchestra which is made up of substitutes. Nodame gives her support to her beloved as she works hard towards achieving her dream to pass a promotion exam at their music conservatory. Will Chiaki be able to revive a broken down orchestra and launch his musical career? What will become of Nodame and Chiaki's relationship?
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Title: のだめカンタービレ 最終楽章
Character: フランツ・フォン・シュトレーゼマン
Released: December 19, 2009
Type: TV
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One Piece: Strong World
Title: One Piece: Strong World
Character: Shiki (voice)
Released: December 12, 2009
Type: Movie
20 years after his escape from Impel Down, the legendary pirate Shiki, the Golden Lion, reappears causing massive upheaval to the Marines. During his long seclusion, he was able to come up with a scheme to bring the World Government to his knees. On his way to execute the plan, Shiki crosses paths with the Straw Hat Pirates and becomes so impressed with Nami's knowledge of meteorology that he abducts her to forcedly enlist her into his crew. Luffy and the gang end up on a strange land populated with monstrous beasts as they desperately search for Shiki and Nami.
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RoboGeisha
Title: RoboGeisha
Character: Rojin Kanai
Released: October 3, 2009
Type: Movie
Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.
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20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Title: 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Character: Pierre Ichimonji
Released: August 19, 2009
Type: Movie
The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?
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Yamagata Scream
Title: Yamagata Scream
Character: Yamazaki / Leader of Red Barons
Released: August 1, 2009
Type: Movie
High school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to fulfill a graduation requirement. Their teacher, Mr. Kachi, plans a mandatory club trip to a small village called Oshakabe in Yamagata prefecture to study remnants of an ancient clan of warriors called the ochimusha who displayed legendary cowardice in battle. When they arrive, the local villagers hold a special ceremony and construct a "super shrine". As a result, an 800-year seal is broken, unleashing a curse that causes the ochimusha to rise from the grave.
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Title: BOSS
Character: Junichiro Yoshino
Released: April 16, 2009
Type: TV
Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man's heart, so she remains unable to find a husband.
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On Next Sunday
Title: On Next Sunday
Character: Kōji Kamifuji
Released: April 11, 2009
Type: Movie
After her boyfriend leaves Korea to study in Japan, So-ra decides to do the same. When she finally arrives in Japan So-ra discovers that her boyfriend has already quit school and gone back to Korea. Sora is now enrolled in film school and remains in Japan. At first she struggles to adept to life in Japan. She then comes across an odd man named Matsumoto, who collects discarded glass bottles. Sora starts to document this man with her video camera and in the process learns more about herself. --http://asianwiki.com/This_Sunday
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Saikin rettō
Title: Saikin rettō
Released: April 4, 2009
Type: Movie
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Shinjuku Incident
Title: Shinjuku Incident
Character: Inspector Kitano
Released: March 22, 2009
Type: Movie
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.
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Title: Kami no Shizuku
Character: Robert Doi
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: Passenger
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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Where The Legend Lives
Title: Where The Legend Lives
Released: November 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the ancient country of Yamatai. His obsession sprouted from a day when he discovered ancient ceramics while repairing railroad tracks. Now completely blind, Kohei relies on his wife (Sayuri Yoshinaga) to guide him through the country and read the maps in their pursuit of Yamatai.
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Tokyo!
Title: Tokyo!
Character: Pizza-Delivery Girl's Boss (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Released: August 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
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The Sky Crawlers
Title: The Sky Crawlers
Character: Bar Owner (voice)
Released: August 2, 2008
Type: Movie
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a war as entertainment, organized and operated by adults. But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their day-to-day lives to the full.
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Cyborg She
Title: Cyborg She
Character: Math Professor
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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700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police
Title: 700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police
Character: Coach
Released: April 5, 2008
Type: Movie
After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank the local police officer. It starts with simple speeding pranks but gradually moves to more elaborate and bizarre pranks.
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Postman
Title: Postman
Released: March 22, 2008
Type: Movie
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The Black Swindler: Movie
Title: The Black Swindler: Movie
Character: Toru Ishigaki
Released: March 8, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: 4 Shimai Tantei Dan
Released: January 18, 2008
Type: TV
The story features a team of four sleuthing sisters.
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Nodame Cantabile in Europe
Title: Nodame Cantabile in Europe
Character: Franz Strezemann
Released: January 4, 2008
Type: Movie
This 2 night special takes off during their graduation, where Chiaki-senpai & Nodame left for Europe. The first special centered on Chiaki's story, the story tells about Chiaki's dream to be a conductor. Nodame on the other hand attended the conservatory to attain her dream to one-day play the piano for Chiaki. After her hard work, Nodame was given a chance to have a mini recital. During the recital, Chiaki saw her worth and realized that he cannot go on with out her
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Sword of the Stranger
Title: Sword of the Stranger
Character: Shoan (voice)
Released: September 29, 2007
Type: Movie
Pursued by formidable Chinese assassins, young Kotaro and his dog run into No Name, a mysterious stranger who gets pulled into the chase. The unlikely companions form a bond over saving the dog from a poison attack, but chaos erupts when the assassins find Kotaro, and No Name must face his past before a horrible fate is met again.
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The Longest Night In Shanghai
Title: The Longest Night In Shanghai
Character: Chihiro Yamaoka
Released: June 26, 2007
Type: Movie
A successful Japanese make-up artist collides with a tough-talking Shanghai taxi driver in this romantic dramedy that twists traditional roles by making the beauty expert a male and the cab driver a feisty female. Although he works in a glamorous industry, Naoki Mizushima can't help but notice that his life is anything but beautiful. Can the uncouth Lin Xi help him make over his life for the better?
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Title: Hotelier
Character: Masakazu Morimoto
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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The Brutal Hopelessness of Love
Title: The Brutal Hopelessness of Love
Character: Katsuragi
Released: March 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Famous movie actress Nami is being interviewed by a magazine reporter about her new film in which the plot resembles her real life. Her actor husband Yosuke has an affair with a young actress Junko whereas in the movie, Nami acts as an actress whose husband has an extramarital relationship with a young girl, with Yosuke as the husband and Junko as the new girl friend. In the course of the interview, Nami falls into deep thoughts and flashbacks about her lascivious encounters with strangers in a night train, in the movie as in the reality. Despite whether her intention is to revenge her husband or to satisfy her own desires, Nami demonstrates bewitching charm in a series of intercourse with different men, positions and locations. Director Takashi Ishii attempts to explore female sexual psychology through perfect blends of aesthetic nudity and violence.
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26 Years Diary
Title: 26 Years Diary
Character: Ichima Hirata
Released: January 27, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, Shyon (Lee Taesung) travels from Korea to broaden his horizons, studying in Japan he meets Yuri (High and Mighty Color's lead singer, Maakii). Both share similar interests in music and sports as they become closer while dealing with language and racial barriers.
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I Just Didn't Do It
Title: I Just Didn't Do It
Character: Tomio Aoki
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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Cat-Eyed Boy
Title: Cat-Eyed Boy
Released: October 16, 2006
Type: Movie
A film adaption of the manga Cat Eyed Boy by famous horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The film follows a strange boy with cat like features.
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Title: Nodame Cantabile
Character: Franz Strezemann
Released: October 16, 2006
Type: TV
Megumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a preschool teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized. Shinichi Chiaki is Momogaoka's top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he is trapped in Japan because of his childhood phobia of airplanes and the ocean. They meet by accident and sparks fly!
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Title: A Song to the Sun
Character: Miura Osamu
Released: July 14, 2006
Type: TV
Amane Kaoru lives a night life, not because she wishes so, but because she is infected with the xeroderma pigmentosum virus. This virus defects the ability to repair damage caused by the sun's rays. Although she cannot expose her body to the sunlight, she dreams of becoming a singer, even if remaining positive has been ruined many times due to her illness. One night, playing outside, she meets Fujishiro Kouji, who has lost his job and hope, and becomes someone who reminds him of his long forgotten music passion.
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Crab Goalkeeper
Title: Crab Goalkeeper
Released: May 26, 2006
Type: Movie
From Minoru Kawasaki, the director of "The Calamari Wrestler," "Executive Koala," "The Entire World Sinks Except Japan," and "The Rug Cop," comes the epic story of a giant crab who washes ashore, befriends a boy, finds love, and becomes a sports legend. The film has been described by Kawasaki as being 'like Forrest Gump...but with a crab.'
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Catch a Wave
Title: Catch a Wave
Character: Duke Kawahara
Released: April 29, 2006
Type: Movie
Three high school students decide to challenge the legendary surf at Shonan Beach.
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Title: Red Miracle
Character: Yuuya Oohara
Released: April 9, 2006
Type: TV
From 1974's Akai Meiro (『赤い迷路』) to 1980's Akai Shisen (『赤い死線』), the Akai ("Red") series had 10 parts. Shown as the Akai Series 2005 last year, the remakes Akai Giwaku in June starring Ishihara Satomi and Akai Unmei in the fall season starring Ayase Haruka have received much acclaim. Hence this spring, Akai Kiseki will be broadcast as the 11th part in the series. Akai Kiseki revolves around the basic plot of a star in the female figure-skating world who falls in love with a youth who had killed someone in the past and portrays various trials and tribulations these star-crossed lovers have to go through to pursue their forbidden love. With the theme that "it is possible to illuminate one's life based on one's efforts," we launch this fresh modern installment of the Akai series. Fukada Kyoko is trying out figure-skating for the first time in this show, and be sure not to miss scenes where she appears in the skating costumes and gorgeous clothes.
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The Long Season Revue
Title: The Long Season Revue
Character: Self
Released: March 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A film dedicated to the band Fishmans and their "Long Season Revue" tour in 2005, the first since the death of frontman Shinji Sato.
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Princess in an Iron Helmet
Title: Princess in an Iron Helmet
Character: Tamako's father
Released: February 4, 2006
Type: Movie
Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father left the family, she's stopped trusting people, and now lounges around in her own small, claustrophobic world. Wearing an iron helmet whenever she steps outside, she ventures only to her mom's beauty salon, the mechanic shop, and the bakery - the source of her greatest joy in life, sweet buns. Her world is static, insular, and safe, and there's no need to change - that is until her cat runs away, the bakery closes, and her mom falls in love with another man.
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Title: The Battle at Sekigahara
Character: Ishida Mitsunari
Released: January 31, 2006
Type: TV
The Japanese Self-Defence Force suddenly time-travels to 1600s Japan in the middle of the epic battle of Sekigahara. With the latest weapons at their side, they join the battle.
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Title: GARO
Character: Eiichi Anami
Released: October 7, 2005
Type: TV
"Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns. But by the blade of Knights, Mankind was given hope." The Makai fight a secret war against the demon forces known as Horrors, evil creatures that manifest themselves through darkness to devour Humanity. On the frontlines are the Makai Knights, given the task of watching over a district and eliminating any Horrors that manifest there. GARO follows the tales of the Knights bearing the title of ‘Golden Knight Garo’, and their duty to vanquish the Horrors and protect Humanity from the darkness.
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Sayonara Color
Title: Sayonara Color
Character: Shohei Sasaki
Released: August 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Shohei works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to recognize Michiko, his first love from high school. Shohei has been leading a dissolute bachelor life, paying for the company of high school girls and dating an older woman who works in a local bar, but in reality, for the last twenty years, he has not forgotten Michiko. Unfortunately though, Michiko doesn't remember him at all. Shohei becomes more and more persistent in his attempts to get her to recall their past. At first she is annoyed by his overtures, but gradually warms to the doctor. Under Shohei's kind and patient care, Michiko's condition improves and her cancer becomes operable. The operation is a success, but now Shohei himself learns that he has terminal cancer.
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The Great Yokai War
Title: The Great Yokai War
Character: Lamp-Oil
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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Title: Aikurushii
Character: Tetsuo Mashiba
Released: April 10, 2005
Type: TV
Yuki, mother of the Mashiba family, is the grease that keeps this well-oiled machine running and its seven members happy and healthy. But when Yuki herself falls ill and needs to be hospitalized, the rest of the family must cooperate and make sacrifices in order to keep everything running smoothly and make ends meet.
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Bewitched in Tokyo SP
Title: Bewitched in Tokyo SP
Released: December 21, 2004
Type: Movie
Christmas Special following the series.
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Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story
Title: Perfect Education 5: Amazing Story
Character: Ikuo
Released: December 18, 2004
Type: Movie
Because of the desolate landscape, Kobayashi chose snow-covered Hokkaido (the most northern island of Japan) as the setting for Amazing Story, a light-erotic drama about a lonely man, Kenji, who kidnaps the woman of his dreams. The woman is Harumi, a hairdresser in the deserted town where Kenji has just arrived. It's never really busy in her business. Harumi's husband is a gambling addict and spends all Harumi's money. Maybe that's why Harumi doesn't try very hard to escape when Kenji kidnaps her. His concern about her and his boundless worship probably help, too. Something strange and beautiful blossoms between the kidnapper and his victim, but can this be the basis of a long and happy encounter?
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Swing Girls
Title: Swing Girls
Character: Tadahiko Ozawa
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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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
Title: Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
Released: August 21, 2004
Type: Movie
8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series.
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実録・名古屋やくざ戦争 統一への道
Title: 実録・名古屋やくざ戦争 統一への道
Released: June 25, 2004
Type: Movie
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Prayer Beads
Title: Prayer Beads
Character: (segment "Real")
Released: May 8, 2004
Type: Movie
This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror.
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Title: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Character: Kim (voice)
Released: March 6, 2004
Type: Movie
Cyborg detective Batou is assigned to investigate a series of murders committed by gynoids—doll-like cyborgs, which all malfunctioned, killed, then self-destructed afterwards. The brains of the gynoids initialize in order to protect their manufacturer's software, but in one gynoid, which Batou himself neutralized, one file remains: a voice speaking the phrase "Help me."
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 2
Title: Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 2
Released: February 2, 2004
Type: Movie
An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.
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Title: Bewitched In Tokyo
Character: Ichio Suzuki
Released: January 16, 2004
Type: TV
Arisa is fascinated by humans. So much so that she leaves the magic world. But the broom she uses is faulty and she winds up in Japan. There she meets Joji Matsui who works at an advertising agency. Joji has been assigned by his boss Ichio Suzuki the difficult task of winning over Shiori Nomo who is in charge of corporate communications at a client. However a little word from Arisa helps Joji win over Shiori and his agency gets the opportunity to pitch. Arisa and Joji fall in love and marry. Arisa swears never to use magic again as she and Joji begin their strange witch/human married life.
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Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi
Released: January 10, 2004
Type: TV
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The Making of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Title: The Making of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
This making of segment offers a lot of interview comments with the crew behind it, although does so in a rather rapid fashion. The most interesting element of this is probably learning a bit more behind how the movie was created from an animation standpoint, in particular the insight around animating the robots.
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Title: Princess Hiro
Character: Masahiko Amakasu
Released: November 1, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: The Lion Teacher
Character: Yuzuke Takamura
Released: October 13, 2003
Type: TV
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Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
Title: Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
Character: Masamura
Released: August 30, 2003
Type: Movie
A shy, nerdy man, Takeru finds a schoolgirl hooker Lily is unconscious in a Tokyo park, so he decides to bring her home and lock her up in a secret basement. Although Lily is afraid of him, in fact, Takeru didn't do anything to hurt her. After Lily begins to uncover a shocking episode
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Title: Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game
Character: Guest
Released: July 27, 2003
Type: TV
After participating to a previous show where they have to bet or be challenged to any kind of competitions, the losing members of the Gaki no Tsukai are selected to spend 24 hours in a setting which they have no knowledge of the theme nor the course of the events. They are exposed to various absurd and crazy situations nonstop for 24 hours and must refrain from laughing. If they do so, hang-men appear and hit the rule breakers with a weapon (the weapon varies every year).
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Title: Water Boys
Character: Mr. Isomura
Released: July 1, 2003
Type: TV
Water Boys is a Japanese television drama series aired in Japan on Fuji Television in 2003. There is a fairly large cast due to the amount of members in each team. There were 32 swimmers in this drama who were carefully chosen to fit their roles, but none of them had ever done synchronized swimming before.
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Azumi
Title: Azumi
Character: Kiyomasa Katô
Released: May 10, 2003
Type: Movie
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.
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Title: Tokyo Love Cinema
Character: Kaoru Edogawa
Released: April 14, 2003
Type: TV
Masaki Takasugi worked at a department store before starting COCOMO, a small film distribution company. Now the owner of his own company, Masaki travels around the world in search of outstanding films that are yet to be discovered. Not so long ago, one film that Masaki purchased and distributed became a mega hit, but that was where his luck ran out. Now, his company is suffering from financial difficulties, and will probably go under in less than a year. For Masaki, nothing is more important than work. So when it comes to the question of marriage, his answer is, "it can wait."
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The Blue Light
Title: The Blue Light
Character: Shishobako no Otoko
Released: March 15, 2003
Type: Movie
Shuichi Kushimori is a 17 year old high school student who lives happily with his mother and stepsister. One day, without warning, his estranged stepfather returns home from a long absence. He quickly falls into a circle of drinking and starts abusing his ex-wife and daughter. When he begins making sexual advances towards Shuichi’s stepsister, Shuichi is compelled to take matters into his own hands.
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Teacher's suitcase
Title: Teacher's suitcase
Character: Man with Newspaper
Released: March 11, 2003
Type: Movie
Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass - from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms - Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.
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Title: Good Luck!!
Character: Naito Jane
Released: January 19, 2003
Type: TV
Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. He can't seem to please Captain Koda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with stubborn and straight-talking mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash for which Captain Koda feels he is responsible. What follows is a story of 21st century love, dreams, and passion.
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Perfect Education 3
Title: Perfect Education 3
Released: December 7, 2002
Type: Movie
A lonely young Japanese student, Ai Narushima (Kana Ito) goes on a field trip with her school. At night she decides to take a taxi into the city. The Chinese taxi driver, Bo Tony Ho, is also a lonely soul and on a whim, decides to kidnap the young student. He takes her to the countryside and confines her in a room for days. The taxi driver doesn't abuse the student, but at night attempts to cuddle next to her. Eventually the lonely young Japanese student realizes he is as lonely as she is.
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Trick: The Movie
Title: Trick: The Movie
Character: God No. 001
Released: November 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Disaster befalls a village's inhabitants every 300 years. A popular self-styled magician named Naoko (Yukie Nakama) is summoned as a deity to rid the people of their anxiety. But there are many would-be deities there, each posing as a god. When a series of bizarre incidents occur, Naoko is cornered with a genius physicist (Hiroshi Abe) and Detective Yabe (Katsuhisa Namase). Do deities actually exist, or are they charlatans?
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恋に唄えば♪
Title: 恋に唄えば♪
Released: November 3, 2002
Type: Movie
A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone on Earth.
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Muscle Heat
Title: Muscle Heat
Character: Tajima, the Street Better
Released: October 25, 2002
Type: Movie
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug.
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Title: 100 Tales of Horror
Character: Ashiya Dosan
Released: August 13, 2002
Type: TV
There are all kinds of people living in the back street tenement houses in old Edo. One of them is Ashiya Dosan, the descendant of an Onmyoji who made a name for himself back in the Heian period. Unfortunately, unlike his forefathers, Dosan has not made much of a living off the fortune telling and amulet peddling that he does.
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Ping Pong
Title: Ping Pong
Character: Butterfly Joe
Released: July 20, 2002
Type: Movie
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
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The Happiness of the Katakuris
Title: The Happiness of the Katakuris
Character: TV Reporter / Singer
Released: February 23, 2002
Type: Movie
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
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Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Title: Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
Released: December 15, 2001
Type: Movie
Based on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him. Genji is played by a woman actress from the all-female Takarazuka theatre. The two interrelating stories are also interrupted occasionally by fantasimical musical clips from a past Japanese teen-idol, Seiko Matsuda.
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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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Agitator
Title: Agitator
Character: Higuchi
Released: October 28, 2001
Type: Movie
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.
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Title: 恋人はスナイパー
Released: October 11, 2001
Type: TV
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Waterboys
Title: Waterboys
Character: Isomura
Released: September 15, 2001
Type: Movie
In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.
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Red Shadow
Title: Red Shadow
Character: Shirokage
Released: August 11, 2001
Type: Movie
The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and defeat the enemy to build a world of peace. Akakage, Aokage, and Asuka are rookie ninjas under the tutelage of Shirokage. Their life is a series of perilous missions that entail intrigue, deception and intimidation.
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Perfect Education: 40 Days of Love
Title: Perfect Education: 40 Days of Love
Released: June 23, 2001
Type: Movie
A young girl, who lost her father at her early age, is kidnapped by a school teacher. He strips, binds and attempts to rape her. For the next few days she tries to escape but in vain. Later, she becomes used to the life with him. Even when she has a chance to run, she chooses to stay. Slowly, their relationship becomes a creepy half-paternal, half-romantic liaison.
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Stereo Future
Title: Stereo Future
Character: Ryuutarou Takayama
Released: June 5, 2001
Type: Movie
Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.
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Quartet for Two
Title: Quartet for Two
Character: Sasaki Shoutarou
Released: March 31, 2001
Type: Movie
Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a submissive husband. Minako, who works for a construction company, loves her job and is progressing in her successful career, while her husband eagerly takes care of the house and the kids. He buys groceries, he cooks, he does the laundry – constantly. The couple’s arguing intensifies until Minaka files for divorce. Their older daughter Mari isn’t that upset by her parent’s problems as she’s more interested in the piano piece she’s got to play with her mother at a concert organised by her music school; admittedly, she’s also rather interested in her music teacher. But her younger brother Toru feels betrayed by his mother and can’t manage to reconcile himself to his father’s role as a housewife. A partial reconciliation occurs at Minako and Mari’s concert, where their entrance on stage is met with loud applause.
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School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
Title: School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
Released: March 27, 2001
Type: Movie
"Kaibyo Densetsu" - Maki (Chizuru Ikewaki), who finds it strange that her best friend appears as a living spirit, goes to check on her. "Nanika ga Tsuite iru" - (Atsushi Itô) performs at a live concert under the direction of a female teacher who appears in front of him, and learns the truth behind the mysterious incident. "Hanako-san" - In order to escape from the curse of Sakurako, who committed suicide because of them, a former member of the newspaper club and his friends begin the Hanako-san ritual.
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Title: Nanohana no Oki
Released: January 4, 2001
Type: TV
A romance of a man who risked his life at sea on a Kitamae ship during the Edo period. Based on the famous book "Offshore of Rape Blossoms" by Ryotaro Shiba, the movie tells the story of Kahei Takadaya, a great merchant who lived a turbulent life and single-handedly conducted diplomacy with the great Russian power.
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Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
Title: Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons
Character: Narrator
Released: December 8, 2000
Type: Movie
The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and defeat the evil spirits. Accompanying her on her journey are two veteran warriors who served her father, and Tarō, a young kappa, or river spirit, whom she has adopted as her little brother. Along the way, the two warriors have doubts about Tarō’s loyalties, and the young kappa himself must decide if he will stand with his own species or with the humans who have cared for him.
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By Player
Title: By Player
Character: Taiji Tonoyama
Released: December 2, 2000
Type: Movie
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.
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Chinpira
Title: Chinpira
Released: November 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Osamu rescues a girl who was being chased by two punks and is soon mixed up with the Yakuza
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The Guys from Paradise
Title: The Guys from Paradise
Released: October 30, 2000
Type: Movie
Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salary man Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his lawyers will clear up this misunderstanding fairly quickly. However, he soon comes to the realization that his innocence means less than how much bribe money he’s able to come up with for his release. It becomes apparent that Kohei is going to have to get to know his fellow inmates a little better, as he’s obviously in this situation for the long haul; but meeting a female inmate from a nearby jail certainly makes his transition to the criminal life a little easier to take.
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Title: Straight News
Released: October 11, 2000
Type: TV
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Pokémon 3: The Movie
Title: Pokémon 3: The Movie
Character: Sully Snowdon / Entei (voice)
Released: July 8, 2000
Type: Movie
When Molly Hale's sadness of her father's disappearance gets to her, she unknowingly uses the Unown to create her own dream world along with Entei, who she believes to be her father. When Entei kidnaps Ash's mother, Ash along with Misty & Brock invade the mansion looking for his mom and trying to stop the mysteries of Molly's Dream World and Entei!
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Freeze Me
Title: Freeze Me
Character: Baba
Released: May 27, 2000
Type: Movie
Chihiro is raped by three men and it is captured on video camera. She leaves her hometown and prepares to marry a colleague five years later, when one of the rapists arrives and says the others are on their way. He behaves like her long-lost lover and mistreats her again. Chihiro takes revenge, kills him and puts him in a freezer. The other rapists are awaiting a similar fate...
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Making of Gemini
Title: Making of Gemini
Character: Self
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Shin'ya Tsukamoto's film "Gemini".
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Title: Legendary Teacher
Character: Ryuji Asai(浅井 龍次)
Released: April 15, 2000
Type: TV
A man who appears to have no particular passion for anything ironically proves effective with troubled high school students. Known as a legendary savior of problem schools, he shows up one day to salvage what's left of a class that had fallen apart completely. His highly unpredictable reactions and controversial advice to students shock the teachers and staffs much as they do the problem students themselves.
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School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Title: School Ghost Story: Curse Special
Character: Teacher Sasaki
Released: March 28, 2000
Type: Movie
Japanese horror film with four segments.
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Title: Yamada Ikka no Shinbou
Released: October 17, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Open tonight!
Released: September 18, 1999
Type: TV
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Gemini
Title: Gemini
Character: Rich Man
Released: September 15, 1999
Type: Movie
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
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Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
Title: Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi - Special 1
Released: August 27, 1999
Type: Movie
The first special of the Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi drama series.
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Ley Lines
Title: Ley Lines
Character: Wong
Released: May 22, 1999
Type: Movie
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.
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The Accomplice
Title: The Accomplice
Released: April 10, 1999
Type: Movie
This hard-boiled action starring Naoto Takenaka is directed by popular manga artist Kazuhiro Kiuchi. 8 years ago Brazilian mafioso Carlos had brought the Japanese yakuza organization to its knees. He breaks out of prison while being transported back to Brazil and then begins to seek to get even with the organization.
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The Perfect Education
Title: The Perfect Education
Character: Iwazono
Released: January 30, 1999
Type: Movie
Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep and everlasting scar in his mind. He kidnaps her in search of a perfect marriage and intends to lock her in the room and 'educate' her to perform perfect sex where body and soul are united.
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Amateur Singing Contest
Title: Amateur Singing Contest
Released: January 15, 1999
Type: Movie
Traditional Japanese pop singer Reiko (Muroi) decides to enter a well-known TV program for amateur singers along with a confused teenager (Ôtomo) and a 40-year-old father of four (Bito).
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Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Title: Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Character: Riichi's father
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: Movie
Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.
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Andromedia
Title: Andromedia
Character: Kurosawa
Released: July 11, 1998
Type: Movie
After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the form of a computer program called AI. His jealous brother-in-law, wanting to get his hands on the technology for profit, sends his client to steal it and Mai’s father is killed in the process. Learning of her capture, Mai’s old friends race to free AI from her captors so that she won’t fall into the corporate clutches that threaten to erase her soul.
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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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Steel & Lead
Title: Steel & Lead
Character: ヒットマン
Released: November 15, 1997
Type: Movie
A hard-boiled film that follows a detective who will be killed the next morning should he fail his mission, the yakuza assigned to watch over him, and the friendship that develops as they work together.
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Title: Koi no Tamerai
Released: October 31, 1997
Type: TV
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Tokyo Fair Weather
Title: Tokyo Fair Weather
Character: Mikio Shimazu
Released: October 18, 1997
Type: Movie
This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.
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Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu
Title: Ishoku Manga-shi 33-nen no Kiseki ~ Garo no Jidai o Yomu
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 1997
Type: Movie
A documentary exploring the history and influence of the alternative manga magazine, Garo, with various artist and director interviews.
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Moonlight Serenade
Title: Moonlight Serenade
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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Gonin 2
Title: Gonin 2
Character: Shohei Ogiwara
Released: June 29, 1996
Type: Movie
Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager Toyama burns for revenge against the mobsters who raped and caused the death of his wife. Before long, the yakuza and Toyama arrive at the women's hideout.
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Shall We Dance?
Title: Shall We Dance?
Character: Tomio Aoki
Released: January 27, 1996
Type: Movie
A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ballroom dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
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Title: Hideyoshi
Character: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Released: January 7, 1996
Type: TV
A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga. With an extraordinary combination of intelligence, bravery and military skill, Hideyoshi rose to near-absolute power and greatly expanded upon Nobunaga's unification of Japan's warlords. This series also focused on Hideyoshi's personal life, particularly his relationships with his mother and his wife, and the pair's rivalry for influence over him.
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Secret Liaisons
Title: Secret Liaisons
Released: October 28, 1995
Type: Movie
Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.
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Tokyo Fist
Title: Tokyo Fist
Character: Ohizumi
Released: October 21, 1995
Type: Movie
A businessman, Tsuda, runs into a childhood friend, Kojima, on the subway. Kojima is working as a semiprofessional boxer. Tsuda soon begins to suspect that Kojima might be having an affair with his fiancée Hizuru. After an altercation, Tsuda begins training rigorously himself, leading to an extremely bloody, violent confrontation.
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Gonin
Title: Gonin
Character: Shohei Ogiwara
Released: September 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.
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East Meets West
Title: East Meets West
Character: Tommy, Tamejiro
Released: August 12, 1995
Type: Movie
A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco when a band of thieves steal the money the diplomats are carrying. The two set off on a chase across the American west to catch the robbers.
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Sharaku
Title: Sharaku
Character: Ōta Nanpo
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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The Mystery of Rampo
Title: The Mystery of Rampo
Character: Edogawa Rampo
Released: May 27, 1995
Type: Movie
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts, his publisher shows him a newspaper with an account of events just like his forbidden story. As the film progresses, fantasy and reality intermingle in a tale that draws heavily on influences from Poe and Stoker's Dracula. The film's strongly Expressionistic direction skillfully combines a variety of media (animation, computer-generated imagery, grainy black-and-white fast film stock, color negatives) for artistic effect.
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Story of Four Sisters
Title: Story of Four Sisters
Released: January 28, 1995
Type: Movie
Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda.
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119
Title: 119
Character: Tatsuya Tsuda
Released: November 5, 1994
Type: Movie
In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly... until one day. The monotony of their daily lives is interrupted by the appearance of a beautiful female college student, Momoko, who comes to visit her aunt. After catching a glimpse of Momoko, both Tatsuya and Nobuyuki can't stop thinking about her. Since then, the small town is not so quiet anymore…
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Alone in the Night
Title: Alone in the Night
Released: October 22, 1994
Type: Movie
An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the drugs they claim he stole from them. Afterwards Nami attempts to commit suicide, but after being rescued by a mysterious yakuza she decides to infiltrate the gang and get revenge.
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Like a Rolling Stone
Title: Like a Rolling Stone
Released: October 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Tanaka is a yakuza who collects 'protection money' from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Tanaka is not an archetypal yakuza; he travels by public transport. But he does have two mistresses: Ayumi, who runs a nightclub, and Yoshie, a brothel-keeper. When Tanaka's boss ends up in hospital, second man Kurauchi exerts increasing pressure on Tanaka. Tanaka deliberately has himself wounded by a fighter to dodge several of Kurauchi's demands.
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Be-Bop High School
Title: Be-Bop High School
Released: February 19, 1994
Type: Movie
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A Night in Nude
Title: A Night in Nude
Character: Kojiro / Tetsuro Muraki
Released: December 18, 1993
Type: Movie
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who she says she is. She's on the run from her Yakuza boyfriend, and Jiro is going to be unwittingly entwined in the situation.
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Chibusa
Title: Chibusa
Released: October 9, 1993
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin. Played as a double feature with Crepe (1993).
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Patlabor 2: The Movie
Title: Patlabor 2: The Movie
Character: Shigeki Arakawa (voice)
Released: August 7, 1993
Type: Movie
A Japanese police unit who use giant anthropomorphic robots (called Labors) is caught up in a political struggle between the civilian authorities and the military when a terrorist act is blamed on an Air Force jet. With the aid of a government agent, the team gets close to a terrorist leader to stop things from going out of control when after the military is impelled to impose martial law.
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Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
Title: Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
Released: January 29, 1993
Type: Movie
Original Video
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Original Sin
Title: Original Sin
Released: October 20, 1992
Type: Movie
Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.
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Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Title: Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Character: Aoki Tomio
Released: January 15, 1992
Type: Movie
A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.
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Nowhere Man
Title: Nowhere Man
Character: Sukezo Sukegawa
Released: November 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Sukezo, a farmer manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but business does not go well and the family becomes progressively poorer.
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Until the End of the World
Title: Until the End of the World
Character: Custodian
Released: September 12, 1991
Type: Movie
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.
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Taro! Momotaro in Trouble
Title: Taro! Momotaro in Trouble
Character: Captain Rokai
Released: May 25, 1991
Type: Movie
A young boy gets caught up in the machinations of a new religious order, that seeks to revive demonic beings.
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Hiruko the Goblin
Title: Hiruko the Goblin
Character: Takashi Yabe
Released: May 11, 1991
Type: Movie
A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths and eventually battle Hiruko.
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Chizuko's Younger Sister
Title: Chizuko's Younger Sister
Character: Doctor
Released: May 10, 1991
Type: Movie
The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter Mika is suddenly in a dangerous situation, Chizuko returns as a ghost to save her; reunited with her sister, Mika begins spending time with Chizuko again.
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Black Princess 2 Flame Target
Title: Black Princess 2 Flame Target
Released: March 8, 1991
Type: Movie
A female detective realises that the construction company corruption case was not guilty... there was an evil mastermind behind it!
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Heat Wave
Title: Heat Wave
Character: Yasugoro
Released: February 9, 1991
Type: Movie
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
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Carlos
Title: Carlos
Released: January 25, 1991
Type: Movie
V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza.
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BEST GUY
Title: BEST GUY
Character: flight operations officer
Released: December 15, 1990
Type: Movie
Two pilots compete to be the best jet fighter. A commander with a troublesome past, a female director who wants a good scoop, a competition that is looking for their best guy.
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Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo
Title: Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 3: Big Operation in Big Edo
Released: June 22, 1990
Type: Movie
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Peesuke: Gatapishi monogatari
Title: Peesuke: Gatapishi monogatari
Released: May 12, 1990
Type: Movie
Based on the comic book series by Shunji Sonoyama.
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Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
Title: Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
Released: April 21, 1990
Type: Movie
Lone wolves join forces and plunge into a reckless fight with the organization.
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Title: Tales of the Bizarre
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
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Black Princess Hell Angel
Title: Black Princess Hell Angel
Character: Ryoichi Shindo
Released: April 4, 1990
Type: Movie
A violent action film depicting the success of a female investigator in the fight against drug syndicates.
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Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
Title: Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
Released: March 31, 1990
Type: Movie
It is a youth group of third-class university students struggling to get a job at a first-class company.
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Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya
Title: Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya
Released: March 31, 1990
Type: Movie
Filmed entirely in the Shibuya area, the city and youth culture of Shibuya in the 1990s are fully visualized.Theatrical release was also particular about Shibuya, and a special dome was set up at the entrance of Spain Saka and it was independently screened. As for skateboarding , which is the core of the story , professional skateboarders who were active at the time appeared in large numbers and showed off various techniques in the play.
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Universal Laws
Title: Universal Laws
Released: January 27, 1990
Type: Movie
A young man working as a first-class fashion designer decides to give up his business and return to his hometown after the sudden death of his father.
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Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!
Title: Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World 2: I was surprised when I died!!
Released: January 13, 1990
Type: Movie
The second installment of the spirit world guide movie based on the original idea of ​​Tetsuro Tamba, made after the hit of the previous work. Depicts the world after death seen by a man who was sentenced to death for murdering his wife and sent to heaven.
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Female Punisher Zebra 1 Sexy Edition
Title: Female Punisher Zebra 1 Sexy Edition
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
Tamako chases Ricky, the vocalist of the heavy metal band, to the hotel, where he happens to get information about a drug deal. She receives an emergency call from Tamako, and Rino immediately issues a dispatch order to the three elite members of the Zepra Corps. How will she handle the fight between the army and the drug smuggling organization...!? When she learned of the fact that she was being toyed with by a designer, she was the one who chose her death. After hearing her story, her girlfriend Rino and her girlfriend Tamako stand up for her to take her revenge on the man who betrayed her!
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Fancy Dance
Title: Fancy Dance
Character: Mitsuki Kitagawa
Released: December 23, 1989
Type: Movie
Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.
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Title: 愛し方がわからない
Released: October 12, 1989
Type: TV
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Dangerous Stories
Title: Dangerous Stories
Character: Shigeru Yoshida
Released: July 8, 1989
Type: Movie
Three stories with horror and science fiction elements. 1st episode: "The Curse of Tutankhamen" (Tsutankâmen no noroï) by Kazuyuki Izutsu. With Naoto Takenaka. Two clans of Yakuza clash in a bar. 2nd episode: "They came back, tonight too" (Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. With Renji Ishibashi. A polar writer is pursued by two mysterious mountebanks. 3rd episode: "I want to come back to this day" (Ano hi ni kaeritai) by Banmei Takahashi. With Toshiyuki Nagashima. A couple who robbed a bank decides to separate to escape the police.
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
Title: Four Days of Snow and Blood
Character: Asakazu Isobe
Released: June 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
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What's Michael? 2
Title: What's Michael? 2
Character: Takechi (voice)
Released: July 25, 1988
Type: Movie
Michael the tabby cat returns for another series of vignettes. The sketches this time include a send-up of The Fugitive — Richard Kimble is now a veterinarian on the lam. Despite the danger, he must intervene whenever he sees a cat (always Michael) suffering; after treating the patient, he plays a trick on the cat and runs away. Another sketch draws parallels between wandering husbands and wandering house cats, who seem to have similar proclivities. Two more point out what happens when a cat's instincts run up against the requirements of baseball or pro wrestling.
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So What
Title: So What
Released: July 16, 1988
Type: Movie
In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.
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Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 2: Lunna's Secret
Title: Earth Defense Girl Iko-chan 2: Lunna's Secret
Released: July 14, 1988
Type: Movie
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Love Bites Back
Title: Love Bites Back
Character: Uemura
Released: July 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. One day, he gets a phone call from a woman named Sanae, an old elementary school classmate of his.
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The Yen Family
Title: The Yen Family
Character: Hidden wasteman
Released: May 14, 1988
Type: Movie
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
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Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Title: Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
Character: Tetsuro Muraki
Released: May 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Nami is a nurse and the unwilling object of her patients' lust. When she is hit by a car whilst fleeing from the home of her unfaithful boyfriend, the driver of the car takes her as a sexual prisoner.
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Ultimate Teacher
Title: Ultimate Teacher
Character: Ganpachi Chabane
Released: February 6, 1988
Type: Movie
At a run down school the "Ultimate Teacher" Ganpachi is sent to get things back on track and prepare the delinquent students for the real world. But the students don't want Ganpachi ruining the gang they got going so their boss, Hinako, fights back Ganpachi aided by her secret power...her lucky kitty underwear. Things get more interesting when we findout Ganpachi is the result of genetic experiments.
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Psychic Vision: Jaganrei
Title: Psychic Vision: Jaganrei
Character: Yamagishi
Released: January 21, 1988
Type: Movie
Kyoko Sawai, a TV reporter, is making a report about an idol singer named Emi Kato. Emi and her staff are preparing the promotion of her next tune "Love Craft". And as spiritual accidents happen around her, Kyoko finds out that the woman who composed the tune died seven years before.
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Take Me Out to the Snowland
Title: Take Me Out to the Snowland
Character: Tokorozaki
Released: November 21, 1987
Type: Movie
Fumio Yano is an unassuming young businessman in the ski wear line. His own skiing ability is close to professional level, and he assists a former world champion, Tayama, on the sales team. Fumio meets and falls in love with Yu, a young secretary, but initially finds it hard to express his true feelings for her. A St Valentine's Day fashion show provides an unexpected backdrop for crisis resolution, and a mad scramble ensues to beat the clock and make it to a neighboring ski resort in time for the press and photographers. A pack of chocolate is a symbol of true love...
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Oishii Onna-tachi
Title: Oishii Onna-tachi
Released: August 29, 1987
Type: Movie
Yuko is a sexy club singer that used to live with her lover. One day, her lover died in a traffic accident. Yuko is overwhelmed with sorrow, but a man who claims to be her lover's brother suddenly appears, causing a confrontation over the remains. In addition, the manager of the apartment where Yuko lives joins in, and it develops into a big commotion.
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Bedtime Eyes
Title: Bedtime Eyes
Released: April 25, 1987
Type: Movie
Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black American GI on the margins of the law.
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Crybaby Chacha
Title: Crybaby Chacha
Character: Masaru
Released: February 21, 1987
Type: Movie
Chiaki Onoda a young assisstant sound mixer is unhappy with his job, but otherwise he is enjoying life. He loves his cat, his friends, hunting for girls and breakdancing in discos. A funeral forces him to return home and meet his familiy, which (espicially his father) disapprove of his lifestyle.
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Death Shadows
Title: Death Shadows
Released: September 20, 1986
Type: Movie
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high ranking officials. During their investigation on some illegal business, one of them, called “Yazuke the Viper”, finds his abandoned daughter, Ocho, who has now become a mistress of Denzo, a smuggler. After Yazuke’s death, Ocho is also recruited as a “shadows executioner”, with the task of completing her father’s mission.
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Guinea Pig Part 4: Devil Doctor Woman
Title: Guinea Pig Part 4: Devil Doctor Woman
Released: September 10, 1986
Type: Movie
A drag queen doctor named Peter conducts experiments on patients which end up in anguish!
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Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Title: Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
Character: Kenkichi Nagaoka
Released: January 25, 1986
Type: Movie
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Gonza the Spearman
Title: Gonza the Spearman
Character: Fumiemon
Released: January 15, 1986
Type: Movie
The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojō for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to the lord of their clan. To see the sacred tea scrolls Gonza promises to marry the daughter of the family which possesses them, even though he is unofficially engaged to another. When studying the scrolls with Osai, the mother of the house, Bannojō sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.
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Tracked
Title: Tracked
Character: Masasuke Ujiie
Released: October 26, 1985
Type: Movie
When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous crimes--or the detectives hot on his trail.
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Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Title: Terra Warrior Ψ BOY
Character: Marui
Released: July 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Six year old Momoko and Motoharu are turned suddenly into High school students. And more than that they have now psychic powers.
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Monday Drama Land Gegege no Kitaro
Title: Monday Drama Land Gegege no Kitaro
Character: Nezumi Otoko
Released: May 9, 1985
Type: Movie
Released in 1985. A live action adaption of the original manga series, created in 1960 by Shigeru Mizuki.
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Location
Title: Location
Released: September 22, 1984
Type: Movie
The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's 1980 book The Location (Za Rokēshon), an illustrated 229-page document about the cameraman’s experiences with pink cast and crew on the sets of several films produced in the late 1970's.
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People of Twilight
Title: People of Twilight
Character: Utsui
Released: April 20, 1984
Type: Movie
A woman runs a “mistress service” and interviews young women for “dates” with men. Various couples get together but someone is following and watching them.
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Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
Title: Groper Train: Search for the Black Pearl
Released: January 4, 1984
Type: Movie
The world's largest black pearl has vanished without a trace, and it's up to Detective Ippei to track it down. His only clue is the mysterious words of a dying man, who managed to mutter "Pussy Print!" before slipping away forever. Teaming with the man's younger widow Matsuko, Detective Ippei boards a local train and begins taking prints of the female passenger's vulvas in hopes of matching one to the print that Matsuka's husband had in his possession at the time of his death.
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Sennin
Released: April 3, 1971
Type: TV
Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.