Kenichi Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagiwara

Born: July 26, 1950
Died: March 26, 2019
in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Kenichi Hagiwara (born 26 July 1950 in Omiya, Saitama, Japan), also known as Sho-Ken, was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s. A teen idol with a legion of loyal fans, Hagiwara was known for his good looks and arrogance, which appealed to both young male and female Japanese fans. After The Tempters, he formed the band PYG along with Kenji Sawada, the first true Japanese supergroup, a unit which included members of The Tigers, The Tempters and The Spiders.

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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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Title: Dokonimo nai Kuni
Released: March 24, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: Kamogawa Shokudo
Released: January 10, 2016
Type: TV
Customers relying on a single line advertisement “Search for food with memories”, finally arrive at Kamogawa Shokudo, which has no signboard or fabric curtain. Those who come to this inconspicuous eatery near Higashi Honganji in Kyoto are people of today who have troubles. Work, family, life, love, interpersonal relationships… Although their troubles are wide-ranging, the eatery’s poster girl Kamogawa Koishi accepts customers’ troubles with sincerity while her father, Nagare uses the instincts and powers of observation honed as a detective, to identify what meals customers truly desire and demonstrates his skills by recreating them. Customers who eat the “food with memories”, which are the fruits of the efforts of Koishi and Nagare, will leave Kamogawa Shokudo, finding the courage to live and pleasures of life.
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Over Your Dead Body
Title: Over Your Dead Body
Released: August 23, 2014
Type: Movie
An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover Miyuki plays Oiwa. However, as they delve deeper into their respective performances, the line between fantasy and reality becomes obscured until the murderous, vengeful themes of the play bleed into their own relationship.
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Tajomaru: Avenging Blade
Title: Tajomaru: Avenging Blade
Released: September 12, 2009
Type: Movie
TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.
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西村京太郎スペシャル 日本一周「旅号」殺人事件
Title: 西村京太郎スペシャル 日本一周「旅号」殺人事件
Character: Inspector Totsugawa
Released: April 20, 2003
Type: Movie
Hiroshi Hamano, a professor at a medical university, is found dead. Going by the results of the autopsy, it appears he committed suicide by jumping off a roof, but going by eyewitness testimony and physical evidence at the scene, Detective Kamei suspects murder. A ticket for a train trip around Japan is found in the professor's pocket. However, nobody then could have known the shocking truth hidden behind the tour the dead man was supposed to attend...
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Title: Fighting Girl
Character: Yuzo Yoshida
Released: July 1, 2001
Type: TV
Sayoko is a tough, 19-year-old with ambition, energy and nowhere to direct it. Her father clearly favors her blind 16-year-old sister. Junior college is unstimulating. She is fired from her part-time job in a dress shop because she is too diligent at catching shoplifters and slaps them around a bit when she does. Even her boyfriend opts out for a more docile girl, but Sayoko doesn't think she is tough enough.
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Desert Moon
Title: Desert Moon
Character: Keechie's Boss
Released: June 19, 2001
Type: Movie
A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.
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Doubles
Title: Doubles
Released: April 21, 2001
Type: Movie
A hard-up locksmith and a vengeful computer nerd meet online, adopting the monikers Key and Gun respectively. Together they hatch a perfect heist against a consulting company -- Gun's former employer. At first everything goes perfectly. Gun's expert hacking from his laptop and Key's veteran touch quickly open the safe. Unfortunately, an overzealous security guard makes an unscheduled visit. After dispatching him, the two flee to the closest elevator, only to get stuck between the eighth and ninth floors
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Title: Genroku Ryoran
Character: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
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Ghost Pub
Title: Ghost Pub
Character: Sotaro
Released: October 29, 1994
Type: Movie
One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.
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Title: Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
Released: January 10, 1993
Type: TV
The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the course of Ryukyuan history dramatically.
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The Triple Cross
Title: The Triple Cross
Character: Kanzaki
Released: September 12, 1992
Type: Movie
Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who is then tracked down amid escalating carnage and spectacular car chases.
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Traffic Jam
Title: Traffic Jam
Character: Rinzo Fuji
Released: April 27, 1991
Type: Movie
A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides that they will go by car to save on expenses. Unfortunately, the long drive from Tokyo to his hometown becomes a much longer journey than expected due to traffic, sickness and other misfortunes and by the time they arrive three days later, they only have time for a short but happy visit.
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1750 Days of Turbulence
Title: 1750 Days of Turbulence
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: Movie
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
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Betrayal tomorrow
Title: Betrayal tomorrow
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
A violent detective who can handle assault and blackmail in a straight forward manner.
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
Title: Four Days of Snow and Blood
Character: Shiro Nonaka
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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Yakuza Ladies 3
Title: Yakuza Ladies 3
Character: Testuro Akamatsu
Released: April 8, 1989
Type: Movie
Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband’s position as the head of the established yakuza clan?
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The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Title: The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Released: October 17, 1987
Type: Movie
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.
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Night Train
Title: Night Train
Character: Masahiko Tamura
Released: January 17, 1987
Type: Movie
A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.
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Women Who Do Not Divorce
Title: Women Who Do Not Divorce
Released: October 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Keiichi (Kenichi Hagiwara) is a weather man. He gets involved with two married women, Yoshiko (Mitsuko Baisho) and Miyoko (Chieko Baisho). Both want to divorce but are trapped in meaningless marriages. While being undecided of who he wants to chose, Keiichi witnesses passions boil to an unforgiving climax.
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South to the Horizon
Title: South to the Horizon
Character: Ryuji Gondo
Released: August 30, 1986
Type: Movie
Tetsu gets into an argument with some Okinawa yakuza and is murdered by them. His brother Ryo comes to Okinawa shortly thereafter and teams up with Tetsu's girlfriend and Max an ex US soldier to extract revenge.
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Love Letter
Title: Love Letter
Character: Shoichi Takehara
Released: October 5, 1985
Type: Movie
A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.
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The Seburi Story
Title: The Seburi Story
Character: Hajime Kinoshita
Released: May 11, 1985
Type: Movie
The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen when the military police come to take Seburi men away into the army. Still following their own customs that can be harsh at times, and are particularly cruel to women (women must give birth alone and unaided, a woman's adultery is punished by burying her up to her neck in the earth and then leaving her for days), the Seburi are mainly treated with fear and animosity by the non-Seburi townspeople of the region. Along with the hardships arising from cultural clashes, nature's own vagaries present other challenges to the Seburi -- who still lived in tents until the 1950s. Winter avalanches and snowstorms cause as much havoc as the tensions engendered by the slow encroachment of the modern world.
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Capone Cries a Lot
Title: Capone Cries a Lot
Character: Kaiemon
Released: February 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
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Title: 水曜ドラマスペシャル
Released: October 17, 1984
Type: TV
“Monday Drama Special” (Getsuyou Drama Special) is a long-running drama that aired on TBS every Monday from 21:00 to 22:54 (JST) from October 2, 1989 to March 19 , 2001 . program.
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Modori-gawa
Title: Modori-gawa
Released: April 16, 1983
Type: Movie
The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.
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To Trap a Kidnapper
Title: To Trap a Kidnapper
Released: September 25, 1982
Type: Movie
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
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Summer of Demon
Title: Summer of Demon
Character: lemon
Released: May 23, 1981
Type: Movie
A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes. When he begins an affair with the daughter of another clan's retainer, her father tries to poison him but the substance instead claims an innocent victim...
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Kagemusha
Title: Kagemusha
Character: Katsuyori Takeda
Released: April 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
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Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Title: Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Released: May 26, 1979
Type: Movie
Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...
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Village of Eight Gravestones
Title: Village of Eight Gravestones
Character: Tatsuya Terada
Released: October 29, 1977
Type: Movie
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
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Title: 前略おふくろ様
Released: October 17, 1975
Type: TV
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Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
Title: Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
Released: July 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone in the office, she's spotted rolling up her pantyhose by the window cleaner Kurata Katsuo. This was to be their first encounter. Completely enchanted by Kumi, Katsuo does everything he can to get close to her. Katsuo is a man with a terrible past. With the death of his coal miner father, his family was broken up and he was forced to follow in his father's footsteps laboring away in the mud. In spite of this, Katsuo still has dreams. He dreams of living in Resiporuko, a utopian fantasyland that exists only in his imagination. When Katsuo and Kumi finally meet they find themselves unable to communicate. Katsuo spends all his time talking about Resiporuko with a starry look in his eyes, while Kumi dreams of living the high life in the city. One day when the two travel to the seashore, they discover a wounded seagull.
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Light of Africa
Title: Light of Africa
Character: Jun
Released: June 21, 1975
Type: Movie
Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
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Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Title: Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Character: Sakuda
Released: March 20, 1975
Type: Movie
Akira, a Japanese expat working in Amsterdam, falls in love with a Japanese woman at Schiphol Airport who he thinks is his high school love.
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Title: Wounded Angels
Character: Osamu Kogure
Released: October 5, 1974
Type: TV
Two lovable idiot "private detectives" (or at least, that's their cover story —more like gangsters) try to make ends meet on the mean streets of Tokyo.
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Bitterness of Youth
Title: Bitterness of Youth
Character: Kenichiro Eto
Released: June 29, 1974
Type: Movie
A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.
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Title: Katsu Kaishu
Character: Okada Izo
Released: January 6, 1974
Type: TV
Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū "
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Summer Days Across the River
Title: Summer Days Across the River
Released: October 26, 1973
Type: Movie
Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-fashioned spirit and a young tenant.
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The Petrified Forest
Title: The Petrified Forest
Released: September 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.
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The Wanderers
Title: The Wanderers
Character: Mokutaro
Released: April 7, 1973
Type: Movie
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. Though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai code of Bushido; and this tension leads to tragedy.
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Beyond the Rainbow
Title: Beyond the Rainbow
Character: Jiro
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: Movie
One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner of the boat, Okin, decides to let Mari stay with him without asking her any questions. Turmoil ensues with the reaction of the crew when the runaway girl starts working alongside with them.
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Title: Bark at the Sun
Character: Hayami Jun (Macaroni)
Released: July 21, 1972
Type: TV
The detectives of Nana-magari station investigate a wide variety of crimes in 70s Japan, ranging from the mundane to the absolutely bizarre.
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Title: The Drumstick Detective
Released: May 6, 1972
Type: TV
Ginji (Teruhiko Aoi), together with Yasugoro, a bathhouse owner, Toshiro, a ronin, Kojiro, a samurai retainer's son, and Omitsu, a kimono shop owner's daughter .... use drumsticks as a weapon against the evil that lurks in the city of Edo.
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The Rendezvous
Title: The Rendezvous
Character: Akira Nakahara
Released: March 29, 1972
Type: Movie
The brief love story of an attentive young man and a beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during the course of a train ride.
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Price of Life
Title: Price of Life
Character: Akio
Released: July 24, 1971
Type: Movie
Comedy of a phony doctor.
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Memai
Title: Memai
Released: March 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Based on the song by Mari Henmi
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The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Title: The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Character: Kenichi Yamakawa (Shôken)
Released: March 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily.