Toru Nakamura

Toru Nakamura

Born: September 5, 1965
in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan
Toru Nakamura (仲村 トオル Nakamura Tōru, born September 5, 1965) is a Japanese actor. His real name is Tōru Nakamura (中村 亨 Nakamura Tōru).

Nakamura co-starred in Bok Geo-il's 2009 Lost Memories along with Jang Dong-gun and in Lou Ye's Purple Butterfly with Zhang Ziyi and Liu Ye.

He co-starred in Junji Sakamoto's 2010 film Strangers in the City with Manami Konishi.

Movies for Toru Nakamura...

The Dangerous Detective Is Back
Title: The Dangerous Detective Is Back
Character: Toru Machida
Released: May 24, 2024
Type: Movie
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Title: Destiny
Character: Nogi Koichiro
Released: April 9, 2024
Type: TV
When an estranged friend resurfaces after 12 years, a prosecutor starts connecting disjointed events to unveil the truth behind her father's tragic death.
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Title: The Decagon House Murders
Character: Nakamura Seiji
Released: March 22, 2024
Type: TV
The drama tells the story of a group of seven university students who travel to a deserted island where a strange decagonal mansion stands. It was the scene of a grisly mass murder six months earlier, and events soon turn ominous.
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Title: Fermat’s Cuisine
Character: Shibuya Katsuhiro
Released: October 20, 2023
Type: TV
After Gaku Kitada, a talented mathematics scholar, suffers setbacks on his dream of becoming a mathematician, he meets Kai Asakura, a young but similarly talented chef, as he is running his own food business, and joins Kai in an attempt at something new.
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Title: Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case
Character: Genma Keisuke
Released: April 17, 2023
Type: TV
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Title: さらば、銃よ 警視庁特別銃装班
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: TV
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Shin Kamen Rider
Title: Shin Kamen Rider
Character: Hongo Takeshi's Father
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?
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Kumo to Saru no Kazoku
Title: Kumo to Saru no Kazoku
Released: March 1, 2023
Type: Movie
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広島ジャンゴ2022
Title: 広島ジャンゴ2022
Released: April 13, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: 優しい音楽~ティアーズ・イン・ヘヴン 天国のきみへ
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: TV
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Gentle Music
Title: Gentle Music
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: Movie
The "wheels of mystery" begin to move when a man working at a small shipyard meets a female student who seems to get upset at the sight of him. While they eventually get closer and end up dating, they need to take a step forward as their pasts come in between.
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Love Mooning
Title: Love Mooning
Character: Takashi Takizawa
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Hiroshi, who runs a mental clinic, has never recovered from the shock of his wife’s suicide. One day, Ayako, a mysterious patient comes to his clinic….
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Title: JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
Character: Eiichi Higashiyama
Released: October 10, 2021
Type: TV
In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama gathers young and talented bureaucrats and launches Japan Future Promotion Conference, which is to benefit the future of Japan. Keishi Amami of the Ministry of the Environment and Kōichi Tokiwa of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry are members of that conference.
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Title: The Snitch's Serenade: Tokyo Metropolitan Police Case File
Character: Keiichiro Nouma(能馬 慶一郎)
Released: August 22, 2021
Type: TV
After a junior detective dies in the line of duty during an active investigation, Detective Masaki Sara of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police First Investigation Division is transferred to Section 1 of the Personnel Division, the internal affairs unit that investigates officers suspected of misconduct. Still traumatized by his past, Masaki is forced to carry out his duties as a lonely outcast as his colleagues shun him as a snitch. One day, a message arrives. It's a tipoff that Saiko Minaguchi, Masaki's former colleague in the First Investigation Division, is leaking confidential information. Although Masaki is reluctant to investigate someone he used to work with, he obeys his boss and starts looking into Saiko. He soon discovers a link to an unresolved murder and some buried facts about the death of his junior detective Saito. What shocking truth awaits Masaki beyond his suspicions and inner conflict?
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Title: August is at the Batting Cage at Night
Character: Tomohiro Ito
Released: July 7, 2021
Type: TV
Natsuha Mai is a 17-year-old high school student. She begins to work part-time, during her summer vacation, at her uncle's batting cage center. There, she meets a mysterious man named Ito Tomohiro. He is a former professional baseball player and he claims that he can discern a person's worries by looking at their batting swing. Ito Tomohiro comes to the batting center every night that Natsuha Mai works and watches female customers take batting practice. He tries to solve their worries by using baseball theory.
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ベイジルタウンの女神
Title: ベイジルタウンの女神
Released: March 20, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: Monochrome no Hanten
Released: November 9, 2020
Type: TV
Two opposing police divisions investigate an incident where an entire family was stabbed to death.
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Title: 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ
Released: October 26, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: Chinmoku no Alibi
Released: October 26, 2020
Type: TV
A police detective who does not laugh chases after an alibi hidden in an incident.
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Title: ワケあって火星に住みました〜エラバレシ4ニン〜
Character: 钟近宏树
Released: January 25, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: A BUTTERFLY EFFECT –The Murder Analysis Team–
Character: Kisaragi Isao
Released: November 17, 2019
Type: TV
Tōko Kisaragi is a detective in the Investigation 1 Section 11 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Her senior, Detective Hideaki Takano, has decided to move to the Public Security Bureau. Hideaki Takano's transfer will be carried out in one week. During this time, a murder takes place. A wealthy man is found dead in his home. His throat has been cut and a blue flower placed within the wound. Also, the victim's wife, Mayumi, is missing. A newspaper then receives an email from Kurasuta 16, professing themselves as the murderer. The email also implies the location of Mayumi. Since Detective Hideaki Takano is soon to transfer to the Public Security Bureau, Tōko Kisaragi feels more pressure and responsibility to solve the crime.
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Title: SIGN
Character: Akiyoshi Date
Released: July 11, 2019
Type: TV
A forensic science laboratory has had hard times due to shortage of manpower. Takashi Yuzuki is a pathologist at the forensic science laboratory. One day, a popular singer dies. An autopsy is requested for the dead singer. Powerful entities are behind the singer's death. Takashi Yuzuki tries to reveal the truth.
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Title: A Lone Scalpel
Released: January 13, 2019
Type: TV
Tetsuhiko Toma is a surgeon who studied in the United States. He begins work at a private hospital in a rural area in Japan. He believes that people should receive the same level of care at all hospitals. Guided by those principles, he takes on challenging surgeries and saves the lives of patients. Tetsuhiko Toma attempts an internal organ transplant for the first time in Japan, but the health care system blocks him.
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As a Father of Murderer Son
Title: As a Father of Murderer Son
Character: Fujii Tomoyasu
Released: September 21, 2018
Type: Movie
Keiichi Yoshinaga, who works for a major construction company receives a sudden phone call from his ex-wife, Junko Aoba. She tells Keiichi that their second son, Tsubasa, who lives apart, has been arrested for murdering his classmate. Keiichi immediately meets Tsubasa, but for some reason he keeps silence. Since Tsubasa shows no signs of reflecting upon his conduct, he is possibly going to an open trial. To overcome this situation, Keiichi consults a lawyer Kyoko Kanzaki who has a child of the same age.
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Title: Last Chance
Character: Tetsuo Kashimura
Released: July 16, 2018
Type: TV
After a merger forces him to quit his banking job, Tetsuo Kashimura meets the CEO of an investment company who talks him into restoring a restaurant franchise.
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Title: BG: Personal Bodyguard
Character: Kōmei Ryū(劉 光明)
Released: January 18, 2018
Type: TV
Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works establishes a new bodyguard division. Hiding his past as a bodyguard, Akira Shimazaki begins work as a novice bodyguard.
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Memoirs of a Murderer
Title: Memoirs of a Murderer
Character: Toshio Sendo
Released: June 10, 2017
Type: Movie
The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.
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Title: Crystal's Beating
Character: Kisaragi Isao
Released: November 13, 2016
Type: TV
From a gruesome murder to a series of bomb blasts, it's explosive storytelling from beginning to end! This “Crystal's Beating” (Suishō no Kodō) is the sequel to the immensely popular crime suspense drama series “Cocoon of Stone” (Ishi no Mayu), and the long-awaited second instalment in the “Murder Analysis Team” (Satsujin Bunseki-han) series.
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Zen and Bones
Title: Zen and Bones
Character: Narration
Released: August 26, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.
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Title: Your Home Is My Business
Character: Dai Yashiro
Released: July 13, 2016
Type: TV
She's single, beautiful and wears clothes that are a bit flashy, but she never smiles in front of her clients. Machi is a real-estate saleswoman who is known for closing the deal no matter who the client is--100% of the time. "There isn't a house I can't sell." She sticks her nose in the private issues of her clients and uses a vast range of tactics to help solve their problems... and sells the house while she's at it! "The kind of home you live in becomes a true reflection of your life." Because the home itself can sometimes even change your life, Machi will pour her heart and soul into finding the right home for you. "Being a real estate agent means having your clients surrender their life to you."
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64: Part 2
Title: 64: Part 2
Character: Shinji Futawatari
Released: June 1, 2016
Type: Movie
1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
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64: Part 1
Title: 64: Part 1
Character: Shinji Futawatari
Released: May 7, 2016
Type: Movie
1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
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Title: 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ
Released: April 18, 2016
Type: TV
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Saraba Abunai Deka
Title: Saraba Abunai Deka
Character: Toru Machida
Released: January 30, 2016
Type: Movie
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Something Like, Something Like It
Title: Something Like, Something Like It
Character: Bar owner
Released: January 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.
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Title: Stone's Cocoon
Character: Kisaragi Isao
Released: August 16, 2015
Type: TV
The body of a person who died an unnatural death is discovered encased in mortar like concrete in the basement of an abandoned building. Why was the person murdered this way? The next day, the investigation task force receives a phone call from the criminal who calls himself Tremi during a meeting to discuss the investigation of the case. Then, in a short time after her transfer to the First Investigative Division, Kisaragi Toko becomes the negotiator. Tremi mocks and provokes the police while offering hints regarding the murder. A second murder soon occurs just as Tremi had warned. The victim's head has been covered with concrete as they had expected. What is the criminal's motive and why is the criminal fixated with concrete? The criminal's surprising actual target soon emerges...
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Pla-Baroque
Title: Pla-Baroque
Character: Takahashi
Released: February 22, 2015
Type: Movie
Yu Kuroha, a female detective from the Kanagawa PD Mobile Unit, discovers bodies of fourteen men and women frozen to death in a rental container. When the wills of the dead persons were found, her boss decides to treat the case as a simple group suicide. But Kuroha persists that they have to find the leader who assisted this mass murder. She finds out that the number of wills outnumbers the bodies by one. One person did not commit suicide…! Kuroha is a skilled sniper but also a delicate woman who takes refuge in cyberspace. The drama portrays her gaining maturity as a person and a detective by solving the mystery of a group suicide by standing against the mastermind of the case.
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
Released: October 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Five bizarre tales for the fall of 2014. ***Surprise ***Hashiru Toriteki ***Mirai Dorobou ***Hieru ***Fanamo
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Title: Great Selection Taxi
Character: Hirano
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: TV
Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life’s choice.
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Climbing to Spring
Title: Climbing to Spring
Character: Takashi Asakura
Released: June 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?
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Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos
Title: Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos
Character: Keisuke Shiratori
Released: March 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Physician Kohei Taguchi and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare investigator Shiratori soon become involved in major reforms to the death investigation system of the country and localities when a letter arrives threatening the destruction of Tojo University Hospital and Kerberos Tower in 3 months. Before the pair are able to uncover the truth, an unprecedented rash of suspicious deaths occur which can’t be explained through autopsy. On the day of the AI (Autopsy Imaging) Center’s opening and introduction of a revolutionary new MRI machine called “Leviathan”, further incidents rock the medical community.
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Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
Title: Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
Character: Katsuyuki Maruyama
Released: April 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.
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A Chorus of Angels
Title: A Chorus of Angels
Character: Abe
Released: November 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later forced to leave after an accident occurs. 20 years later, Haru learns that one of her former students has committed a crime, and eventually returns to the island once more.
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西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所~狙われた男~
Title: 西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所~狙われた男~
Character: Kyosuke Akiba
Released: September 14, 2012
Type: Movie
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Title: Presumed Guilty
Character: Journalist Kayama
Released: March 25, 2012
Type: TV
Journalist Kayama Seiji who is covering the war zone, gets shocking news that Shinozuka Yoshio, the criminal serving time for the murder of a young girl 12 years ago, is actually innocent. At that time, Kayama reported on that case. Convinced that Shinozuka was the criminal, Kayama had proceeded to write the news stories, but he is proved to be wrong after the passage of 12 years. Shinozuka's lawyer, Ishihara Yoko, holds a press conference where she criticises the sloppy investigation by the police and speaks of suing for the suffering during the 12 years that Shinozuka had lost. However, Shinozuka's daughter, Miho has mixed feelings for her father who is released from prison at this late stage.
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Title: 棘の街 刑事 上條元
Released: June 18, 2011
Type: TV
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チーム・バチスタSP2011~さらばジェネラル!天才救命医は愛する人を救えるか~
Title: チーム・バチスタSP2011~さらばジェネラル!天才救命医は愛する人を救えるか~
Released: January 2, 2011
Type: Movie
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Strangers in the City
Title: Strangers in the City
Character: Kazuo Hatano
Released: November 20, 2010
Type: Movie
Former high school teacher Kazuo Hatano (Toru Nakamura) reunites 12 years later with Masako Tezuka (Manami Konishi). Masako Tezuka was his former high school student whom he married after her graduation. Their marriage became a scandal & the couple divorced ...
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Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
Title: Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
Released: November 6, 2010
Type: Movie
With the recession still occurring in Japan and the area of Osaka thought to be hit hardest by the economic downtown, Osaka's gubernatorial election occurs. The surprise winner of the election is Sekai no Nabeatsu (Atsumu Watanabe). Three months into his gubernatorial term and with little help from national government, Sekai no Nabeatsu declares Osaka an independent country and takes office as its first President. The Osaka Police then receives a message warning of an impending assassination attempt on the President of Osaka. Police Detectives Hayakawa (Daisuke Miyagawa) and Banba (Kendo Kobayashi) then set out to search for the criminal group. Can the bumbling detectives protect the president? Will there be a future for the country?
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Title: Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen
Character: Keisuke Shiratori
Released: April 6, 2010
Type: TV
General Rouge no Gaisen is a 12-episode Japanese medical drama television series broadcast in 2010, a sequel to the series Team Batista no Eikō. Atsushi Itō and Tōru Nakamura reprised their lead roles. The initial season of "Team Batista" aired on Fuji TV in late 2008 and pulled in strong ratings, leading to a follow-up last October in the special episode "Nightingale no Chinmoku." The dramas were based on the first two novels in a best-selling medical mystery series by writer Takeru Kaido. The new season is based on the third novel, General Rouge no Gaisen. Both "Team Batista no Eiko" and "General Rouge no Gaisen" have also been adapted as a feature films, starring Yuko Takeuchi and Hiroshi Abe. Fuji TV will broadcast "Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen" on Tuesdays at 10:00pm, beginning on April 6. New cast members this time include Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ai Kato and Miho Shiraishi.
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Title: Yokoyama Hideo Suspense
Released: March 14, 2010
Type: TV
There are four episodes based on short stories by mystery novelist Yokoyama Hideo. Each episode depicts a stand-alone murder mystery.
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Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi
Title: Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi
Released: November 14, 2009
Type: Movie
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SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Title: SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Released: November 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda. This is a documentary film produced on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the birth of actor Yusaku Matsuda and the 20th anniversary of his death . It is composed of newly shot interviews as well as real voice interviews and treasured videos that were not officially revealed until now.
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I Give My First Love to You
Title: I Give My First Love to You
Character: Dr. Takahito Taneda
Released: October 24, 2009
Type: Movie
Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.
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チーム・バチスタ第2弾 ナイチンゲールの沈黙
Title: チーム・バチスタ第2弾 ナイチンゲールの沈黙
Released: October 9, 2009
Type: Movie
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Title: The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Character: Usui Kojima
Released: June 20, 2009
Type: Movie
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
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Oppai Volleyball
Title: Oppai Volleyball
Character: Kenji Horiuchi
Released: April 18, 2009
Type: Movie
Terajima Mikako became a boys volleyball team coach at a junior high school she has been assigned to. As an incentive for the team members who do not show the slightest enthusiasm, she promises to show them her boobs if they win a game.
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Title: The Flying Tire
Character: Tokuro Akamatsu
Released: March 29, 2009
Type: TV
A tire comes off a moving truck and becomes a deadly weapon, hitting a mother and child. The problem was caused by the vehicle manufacturer's failure to recall the vehicle, but the blame falls on the head of the delivery company who, despairing, searches for evidence that the recall was suppressed. Crossing paths with banks, police, weekly magazine writers, the victim's family, and various others, he eventually gets to the truth of the matter.
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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Title: K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Character: Kogoro Akechi
Released: December 20, 2008
Type: Movie
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
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Title: Team Batista no Eikō
Character: 白鳥圭輔
Released: October 14, 2008
Type: TV
There exists a legendary team of surgical experts in Tojo University Hospital that specializes in the Batista procedure - one of the most difficult cardiac surgeries with the survival rate only at 60%. Ever since its formation, this team has shocked the country by having 27 consecutive post-operative successes, virtually unheard of in the medical community. They basked in the glory until three of the most recent procedures resulted in consecutive deaths on the operating table. Taguchi, a psychosomatic medicine specialist, has been entrusted with the investigation but is in over his head because of his soft nature and having to deal with skills beyond his realm of expertise. Then arrives Shiratori, a cocky Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare investigator. He not only labels Taguchi naive, but speaks with confidence that this is a murder, and the murderer is within this team of elites. As the mystery unfolds, so does the complicated affiliation between each of the seven team members.
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Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Title: Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Character: Kohei Kono
Released: May 31, 2008
Type: Movie
A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the dead man was insured for 300 million yen. The media and the public look at Noriko and her boyfriend Tsukada with suspicion, but they have perfect alibis. Then, Detective Hibiki, who is in charge of the case, and Private Detective Kono become involved in a series of mysterious murder cases.
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Shaolin Girl
Title: Shaolin Girl
Character: Yûichirô Ôba
Released: April 26, 2008
Type: Movie
A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.
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Hanaikusa
Title: Hanaikusa
Released: November 23, 2007
Type: Movie
The tale of hardship, love, determination and life of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto.
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The Kiss
Title: The Kiss
Character: Hasegawa
Released: November 22, 2007
Type: Movie
One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the two start corresponding.
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Title: 宮部みゆき「長い長い殺人」
Released: November 4, 2007
Type: TV
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Title: Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Released: April 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
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Title: The Family
Released: January 14, 2007
Type: TV
"The Family", the program commemorating the 55th anniversary of the launch of the TBS TV station, is a social drama depicting the inside story between bureaucrats, politicians and big businesses over a bank merger revolving around the family discord between Daisuke Manpyou, the owner and president of Hanshin Bank, and his eldest son, Teppei.
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Love Never to End
Title: Love Never to End
Character: Toru Irie
Released: January 13, 2007
Type: Movie
He is Kikuji Murao (Etsushi Toyokawa), a former best-selling novelist who has had a decade-long dry spell that has reduced him to university teaching and magazine hackery. After divorcing his wife (Reiko Takashima) and leaving behind his teenage daughter (Shihori Kanjiya), he meets Fuyuka Irie (Shinobu Terajima), a housewife and mother of three who is a longtime fan.
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Freezing Point
Title: Freezing Point
Character: Keizo Tsujiguchi
Released: November 25, 2006
Type: Movie
The young daughter of Keizo Tsujiguchi, a respected physician who runs his own hospital, is found murdered. Keizo secretly blames his wife Natsue because he suspects her of having an affair with his colleague Murai, and having been too distracted to keep proper watch over the child. Being a proud man, he does not accuse her directly, but concocts, instead, a twisted revenge against her. Pretending it is to comfort his devastated wife, Keizo arranges for them to adopt a baby girl. What he hasn't told Natsue, is that the baby is the orphaned daughter of the murderer, a tragic day-laborer who has hanged himself while in police custody. He plans to reveal the child's origins after Natsue has given her heart to the child-- when it will cause the greatest possible hurt.
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Title: The Animal Trail
Character: Haruki Hisatsune
Released: January 12, 2006
Type: TV
Animal Trail, a natural path made by traffic of wild animals, can sometimes be helpful for people who are totally lost in the wilderness. One day, a woman who is exhausted with her hopeless life unexpectedly meets a gentleman by chance. Out of genuine hope to escape from her misery, she allows her destiny to blindly follow the mysterious instruction given by this stranger. Would this "Animal Trail" ultimately lead her to happiness, or would it lead her to disaster? The life of Tamiko (Yonekura) was miserable, as she had to give up her dream to become a jewelry designer and work for a Japanese style hotel "Hosenkaku" simply to support her physically handicapped husband. One day, Tamiko was approached by a mysterious gentleman Kotaki (Sato) who offers her a unique proposal, "would you be interested in riding a vehicle without a destination?" His words shook Tamiko's desperate soul wanting for a drastic change in her life. In order to free herself from the depressing reality, she cleverly kills her husband by setting her house on fire. Then, through Kotaki's introduction, she becomes acquainted with Kito, a political fixer, and decides to become Kito's mistress. Although she notices that her decision may not be right, she decides to follow her instincts and go for the "animal trail"….
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Blue Swallow
Title: Blue Swallow
Character: The instructor of a flight school
Released: December 29, 2005
Type: Movie
Park Kyung-won, who aspired to become a pilot since a young age, enrolls at an aviation academy in Japan. There she meets a charming exchange student from Korea who she is destined to be with.
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Madamada Abunai Deka
Title: Madamada Abunai Deka
Character: Toru Machida
Released: October 22, 2005
Type: Movie
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Title: Umizaru Evolution
Character: Masaki Ikezawa
Released: July 5, 2005
Type: TV
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Umineko - Inseparable
Title: Umineko - Inseparable
Character: Hirotsugu Akagi
Released: November 13, 2004
Type: Movie
The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grandmother.
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Title: The Black Leather Notebook
Released: October 14, 2004
Type: TV
Ginza is a night town filled with ambition and burning desire… How does a plain bank clerk embezzle an enormous amount of money and jump into the underground world? What is her ultimate goal? Her greatest weapon is a black leather-bound notebook.
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Title: 大人計画「ドライブイン カリフォルニア」
Released: May 1, 2004
Type: TV
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Musume no kekkon
Title: Musume no kekkon
Released: December 14, 2003
Type: Movie
TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'
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Title: Princess Hiro
Character: Hisanobu Touyama (fictional)
Released: November 1, 2003
Type: TV
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Purple Butterfly
Title: Purple Butterfly
Character: Hidehiko Itami
Released: July 4, 2003
Type: Movie
Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.
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Title: Kokoro
Character: Asakura Yusaku
Released: March 31, 2003
Type: TV
Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors know each other like a big family.
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Spring Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Spring Special
Released: March 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring Inagaki Goro 2. Rental Love - starring Iijima Naoko 3. Oikaketai (I want to Chase [Him/Her]) - starring Kyono Kotomi 4. Chozeikin Taisaku Satsujin Jiken (Countering Excessive Taxation Murder Case) - starring Nishimura Masahiko 5. Kage no Kuni (The Country of Shadows) - starring Sakurai Sachiko
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2009: Lost Memories
Title: 2009: Lost Memories
Character: Shojiro Saigo
Released: February 1, 2002
Type: Movie
There are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course. In 1909, an assassination attempt of a Japanese governor fails. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of Japan's Empire & Seoul has become a major city. A Korean resistance group fights for liberty, independence & the restoration of true history. Two cops, Japanese & Korean, investigate the group.
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Unloved
Title: Unloved
Character: Eiji Katsuno
Released: November 5, 2001
Type: Movie
Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he repeatedly tries to make her change her lifestyle and values. While Eiji ponders the reasons of the breakup, Mitsuko falls for one of her neighbours, a young slacker who has the same approach to life as her. But Mitsuko's new lover is fascinated by Eiji's power and social status... A triangle that will inevitably leave one of the characters "unloved".
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Tokyo Raiders
Title: Tokyo Raiders
Character: Takahashi
Released: January 28, 2000
Type: Movie
When a private eye, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track down an elusive mobster, there's more than trouble in the air.
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Title: Ice World
Character: Ujou Takeshi
Released: October 11, 1999
Type: TV
Investigations on a mysterious woman Toko started when Sonoe, a teacher and Toko's fellow faculty member, was found dead as a result of what seemed to be an unfortunate accident. Eiki, an insurance investigator, and Takeshi, an ambitious police detective, find links between this case and the deaths of Toko's 3 fiances, and are determined to uncover the truth.
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Gen-X Cops
Title: Gen-X Cops
Character: Akatora
Released: June 18, 1999
Type: Movie
Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a shipload of explosives.
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Title: The Oar
Released: May 6, 1999
Type: TV
Kiwa is Iwago’s devoted wife. A former wrestling champion, he has become a ‘zegen’: He buys young girls from poor families and sells them to geisha houses. He is quite successful but Kiwa, although she accepts his money, loathes his work. One day Iwago comes back with a young girl he’s bought from a man who wanted to sell her in China. They adopt her and Kiwa raises her, as a respectable girl, with her two sons. But Iwago wants to manage the career of a singer who becomes his mistress and the situation becomes very tense for the couple.
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Title: The Oar
Released: May 6, 1999
Type: TV
Kiwa is Iwago’s devoted wife. A former wrestling champion, he has become a ‘zegen’: He buys young girls from poor families and sells them to geisha houses. He is quite successful but Kiwa, although she accepts his money, loathes his work. One day Iwago comes back with a young girl he’s bought from a man who wanted to sell her in China. They adopt her and Kiwa raises her, as a respectable girl, with her two sons. But Iwago wants to manage the career of a singer who becomes his mistress and the situation becomes very tense for the couple.
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Title: Weekend Marriage
Character: Yahagi Koichi
Released: April 9, 1999
Type: TV
Yoko always seems to say and do the right thing and has forever been the center of attention. Her younger sister, Tsukiko, having been compared to her sister since birth cannot help but feel inferior. Yoko has benefited from this situation for so long that she expects it to last forever. However, when Tsukiko's career takes a turn for the better and she gets engaged, Yoko feels that she must somehow sabotage her sister's success since her own career and marriage are not faring well. Tsukiko decides to defend herself, and the resultant feud threatens to ensnare their family and loved ones.
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Title: Emergency Room 24 Hours
Character: Hayato Teraizumi(寺泉 隼人)
Released: January 5, 1999
Type: TV
Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.
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Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
Title: Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
Character: Toru Machida
Released: September 12, 1998
Type: Movie
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Abunai Deka Forever TV Special '98
Title: Abunai Deka Forever TV Special '98
Released: August 28, 1998
Type: Movie
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Abunai Deka Returns
Title: Abunai Deka Returns
Character: Toru Machida
Released: September 14, 1996
Type: Movie
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Last Friends
Title: Last Friends
Released: June 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared for the hardships of war. Through their shared trials and sacrifices, they grow closer as friends, and hope to return together to better days. This movie was released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
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Title: 毎度おジャマしまぁす
Released: April 11, 1995
Type: TV
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Level
Title: Level
Released: November 26, 1994
Type: Movie
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Title: 29-sai no Christmas
Released: October 20, 1994
Type: TV
Noriko is approaching 30 and is still unmarried. She is a fashion designer, dreaming of success and a Paris Collection. On her 29th birthday her world falls apart. Her boss transfers her from design to managing a bar. Her boyfriend betrays her for another woman. Shocked, Noriko decides to leave home and to move in with her best friend, Aya. The story of one woman's struggle to find happiness and love.
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Blue Tiger
Title: Blue Tiger
Character: Seiji
Released: April 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger on his chest. She is turned into an obsessed person and has an identical red tiger etched into her skin. She then tracks down the killer and plots his death. This leads her into the world of the Japanese Mafia
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The Shootist: Final Episode
Title: The Shootist: Final Episode
Released: January 14, 1994
Type: Movie
Matsushita decides to make a new journey by meeting a fateful woman, Askako, while being chased by a hitman and the police. What awaits him at the end?
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New York Cop
Title: New York Cop
Character: Toshi
Released: August 14, 1993
Type: Movie
Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and Toshi soon become friends, although Hawk's second-in-command, Tito, is suspicious of the newcomer. Will Toshi be able to bring the gang down, or will his cover be blown before he can finish the assignment?
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Passion
Title: Passion
Released: April 25, 1992
Type: Movie
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
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The Shootist 3
Title: The Shootist 3
Released: December 13, 1991
Type: Movie
The biggest crisis has come to Matsushita, a shootist who has passed through numerous shrines!
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
Title: Fukuzawa Yukichi
Released: August 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is one way more global one. His struggle against patriarchal mindset leads his school to become one of the oldest universities in Japan.
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Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
Title: Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
Character: Nobunaga Oda
Released: January 3, 1991
Type: Movie
During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader. One of the first to vie for power in this way was Saito Dosan, the 'Viper'. His son-in-law, Oda Nobunaga, did in fact unite the nation after subduing all of his enemies, yet falling at last to the treachery of one of his most trusted generals. This story is a pre-cursor to those later events as the brilliant military strategist Saito Dosan rises to power and notoriety as a great lord in his own right. Directed by Kudo Eiichi and with a tremendous supporting cast that includes Nakamura Toru as Oda Nobunaga and Chiba Shinichi as Akechi Mitsutsugu, battle scenes of awesome power and a unique view of Japanese history, this is a marvelous production highlighted by the action scenes done by the Japan Action Club (JAC).
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Kinpira
Title: Kinpira
Released: December 22, 1990
Type: Movie
A yakuza boss's daughter starts a pirate TV broadcast.
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Title: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
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The Shootist 2
Title: The Shootist 2
Released: August 10, 1990
Type: Movie
Sequel to 'Sniper THE SHOOTIST'
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Shingo's Ten Duels
Title: Shingo's Ten Duels
Character: Musasabi no Genta
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
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The Shootist
Title: The Shootist
Released: August 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Former policeman Matsushita Hiroshi is a professional marksman shootist. When his keen eye catches his target in the dry urban darkness, the hard, breathless action begins.
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Roppongi Banana Boys
Title: Roppongi Banana Boys
Character: Ryotaro Natsume
Released: August 12, 1989
Type: Movie
A stylish light comedy about the “Banana boys”— two boys who were born and raised in Roppongi who are still growing up. It is based on the light novel of the same name written by Takashi Kitajima
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Mottomo Abunai Deka
Title: Mottomo Abunai Deka
Character: Toru Machida
Released: April 22, 1989
Type: Movie
Taka and Yuji find evidence in a 15-year-old case, but the statute of limitations expires in four days and they're hunting illicit gun manufacturers.
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Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Title: Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Character: Isshin Tasuke / Tokugawa Iemitsu
Released: January 3, 1989
Type: Movie
Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.
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Be-Bop Highschool: The Power
Title: Be-Bop Highschool: The Power
Character: Toru Nakama
Released: December 17, 1988
Type: Movie
A heated argument between middle school thugs leads to a fierce war between two rival high schools when Toru's girlfriend, Shoko, gets involved.
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Love and Action in Osaka
Title: Love and Action in Osaka
Character: Toru Yubari
Released: December 10, 1988
Type: Movie
Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for.
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Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5
Title: Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5
Character: Tôru Nakamura
Released: August 6, 1988
Type: Movie
With thugs under gang leader Shingo attempting to make a name for themselves, Toru and crew must brace for an all-out war between their two schools.
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Matamata Abunai Deka
Title: Matamata Abunai Deka
Character: Toru Machida
Released: July 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Detectives Takayama and Oshita participate in a major drug bust which arouses suspicion that the government may be secretly involved.
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Memories of You
Title: Memories of You
Released: March 5, 1988
Type: Movie
University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Her mother is told by her doctor that the schoolgirl has leukaemia and has only 6 months to live.
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Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
Title: Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
Character: Toru Nakama
Released: December 12, 1987
Type: Movie
College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.
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Abunai Deka
Title: Abunai Deka
Character: Toru Machida
Released: December 12, 1987
Type: Movie
When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Takayama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu pharmaceutical laboratory. However, a bungled attempt to catch the murderer leave Takayama and Oshita reassigned to the lackluster task of patrolling public bathrooms to keep them out of trouble.
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The Shinjuku Love Story
Title: The Shinjuku Love Story
Character: Ichijoji
Released: July 4, 1987
Type: Movie
Ichijoji is a street punk who stumbles across Mari and her cat. Mari and Ichijoji immediately fall in love but are chased by both yakuza and corrupt cops.
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Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March
Title: Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March
Character: Toru Nakama
Released: March 21, 1987
Type: Movie
A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved.
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Title: The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Released: December 13, 1986
Type: Movie
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
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Title: Dangerous Detective
Released: October 5, 1986
Type: TV
Abunai Deka, often shortened to AbuDeka, is Japanese television drama aired by Nippon Television between 1986 and 1987. Starring Hiroshi Tachi and Kyohei Shibata, the series became very popular and spawned films, spin-offs series, and books. The series follows a pair of detectives, Takayama and Oshita, from the Naka-ku branch of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.
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Be-Bop High School 2
Title: Be-Bop High School 2
Character: Toru Nakama
Released: August 9, 1986
Type: Movie
Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.
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Be-Bop High School
Title: Be-Bop High School
Character: Toru Nakama
Released: December 14, 1985
Type: Movie
An upbeat, action-filled drama that depicts the lives of two obnoxious high school students, Koji and Toru, who are caught in exciting and dangerous adventures involving their fellow students. Based on the best selling comic series, “Be-Bop High School” has gained popularity among the young audience, and become an icon of Japan’s pop culture in the 1980’s.
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Title: Pathways of Japan
Character: MC
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The program introduces the history of passageways, trails, or trade routes in various parts of Japan. It delves into the feelings of the predecessors hidden within those roads, the traditions that have been continuously preserved, the craftsmanship that have been passed down, and stories they want to convey to future generations.