Kenji Mizuhashi

Kenji Mizuhashi

Born: January 13, 1975
in Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Kenji Mizuhashi...

Godzilla Minus One
Title: Godzilla Minus One
Released: November 3, 2023
Type: Movie
Postwar Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
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Title: Captured Hospital
Character: Kiyoshi Hitachi
Released: January 14, 2023
Type: TV
The story is set in a big hospital which is infiltrated and taken over by an armed group wearing devil masks. Musashi Saburo a police officer on leave of absence has to save the hostages within a set time limit.
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Title: Invisible
Character: Takuya Wakatsuki
Released: April 15, 2022
Type: TV
A detective obsessed with justice receives a surprising offer of help from a mysterious figure in the criminal underworld known as "Invisible."
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Love Stories From Fukuoka 17
Title: Love Stories From Fukuoka 17
Character: Shoichi Kobayashi
Released: March 11, 2022
Type: Movie
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Saikoyou Keisatsukan 2
Title: Saikoyou Keisatsukan 2
Released: June 28, 2021
Type: Movie
A police officer rehired after retiring investigates a case.
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Rika - Jisho 28 Sai no Junai Monster
Title: Rika - Jisho 28 Sai no Junai Monster
Released: June 18, 2021
Type: Movie
A dead body in a suitcase is found on a mountain. The body is identified as Takao Honma. 3 years ago, he was kidnapped by Rika Amamiya and went missing. Detective Jiro Okuyama tries to catch Rika Amamiya. He uses a dating app, while using a fake name, and finally finds Rika Amamiya, but he becomes attracted to Rika Amamiya.
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Title: Honeys
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: TV
Three beautiful sisters work at “Dark Money” Honey's Loan in a multi-tenant building in Tokyo recovering a debt brilliantly from a vicious debtor.
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Mo-Ruerani
Title: Mo-Ruerani
Character: Keiichi Mizuno
Released: February 6, 2021
Type: Movie
The owner of an established photo studio, collapses from illness. His son Shinta, who was raised by his divorced wife, comes home. One day, an elderly woman named shows up at the studio and beckons Shinta to come with her. They arrive at a grassy field where Shinta finds about the secret of the "singing voice" that keeps echoing in his memory and about his father's feelings.
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Runway
Title: Runway
Character: Takumi
Released: November 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Midori is in her late 30's and is a cutout picture artist. She has anxiety about her future. Takano is a 25-year-old bureaucrat at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. He is under a heavy workload and he becomes lethargic at his workplace. One day, he sees a list of people who committed suicide due to temporary employment. On that list, he becomes interested in a 25-year-old young man who killed himself. Takano begins to investigate the background of that young man. --asianwiki
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Title: Vile Van! 2 ~Seven Samurai Edition~
Character: Yoshitaka Yoda
Released: October 26, 2020
Type: TV
"The strongest youth drama from Nagoya where you can laugh and cry". The stage of the first bullet is Village Unguard in the AEON MALL!
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Broken Heart of the 56th Year
Title: Broken Heart of the 56th Year
Released: July 11, 2020
Type: Movie
Apprentice chef Saori Nakagawa suddenly travels to Tokyo in 1964 to meet Ryuichi Kikuchi, a cook. From Kikuchi who devotes himself to cooking, Saori learns what is really important. The love of two people over 56 years.
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Title: MIU404
Character: Etori
Released: June 26, 2020
Type: TV
The Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours. Detective Kazumi Shima is selected as a new member of MIU. He is intelligent, with excellent observation and communication skills. Yet, he does not trust other people. He is unable to find a partner in MIU and is ordered to partner with Police Officer Ai Ibuki, who works at a police substation. Ibuki applied for MIU, but he failed. He is in excellent physical condition, but he lacks knowledge and experience as a detective. Shima learns about Ibuki's background and he becomes more nervous. Finally, Shima has his first meeting with Ibuki.
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さぶ
Title: さぶ
Released: January 11, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi
Released: November 16, 2019
Type: TV
Kanoko Saho is fired from her father's company, Fawn. She worked hard in the manufracturing world but was fired regardless. In the background is the ploy of person called a "headhunter". Watari Kaori, who calls herself a headhunter, appears in front of Saho. As a result, Saho begins working at the same headhunting company, "Forteflows", as Watari. Saho works confronting clients while a dark cloud begins to drift over Fawn.
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Moonless Dawn
Title: Moonless Dawn
Character: Ko's father
Released: July 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Kou created songs and uploads them to the Internet, and Yuka and Saki enjoy his music as fans, always listening with deep interest and admiration. Their final summer vacation has begun as junior high school students.
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The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer
Title: The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer
Character: Fuyuki Tajima
Released: April 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Sexually abused as a child by her step-father, Kyoko is now an adult who lives with three other roommates, one of them a lesbian who's attracted to her. Amidst misunderstandings and more abuse at the hands of her mother, Kyoko is faced with a wave of murders, her mental state worsening.
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Title: Maison de Police
Character: Naoto Makino
Released: January 11, 2019
Type: TV
Hiyori Makino is a rookie detective who is passionate about her work. One day, a video clip depicting a person being burned alive, is posted on the internet. Investigators believe this is a copycat crime of a murder that took place 5 years ago. Hiyori Makino visits ex-detective Soichiro Natsume who investigated the case 5 years ago. Soichiro Natsume lives is at a share house where only ex-police officers can live.
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Our Departures
Title: Our Departures
Released: November 30, 2018
Type: Movie
Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
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Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote
Title: Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
Character: Yumoto
Released: September 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Akiko Sakata was a hikikomori during her school days. She was withdrawn from social life and isolated. She goes to Tokyo and becomes a scriptwriter.
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Title: Giver: Revenge's Giver
Character: Machida
Released: July 14, 2018
Type: TV
Giba (Ryo Yoshizawa) and several of his colleagues work at a revenge agency. A mysterious girl called "Taker" leads the group. Giba lacks emotion for a person. The revenge agency takes on revenge requests on behalf of their clients. Their clients include a woman who is a victim of a fraud marriage and the family of a victim killed by a serial murderer.
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Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
Title: Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
Released: August 22, 2017
Type: Movie
World War II comes to an end. Tokyo is a destroyed place, without law, driven by hunger and greed. From over 100,000 pages of declassified CIA documents and hours of newly discovered footage, recorded by American occupation charges and private individuals, the documentary shows Tokyo during this crucial year, Year Zero. Observed from the point of view of a young man who finds himself transported in time, the NHK documentary uses color images and state-of-the-art video techniques to reveal how a desperate population is published as the foundations of today's megalopolis.
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Strange Tales of Love and Strangers
Title: Strange Tales of Love and Strangers
Released: August 11, 2017
Type: Movie
A Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love is a stupid thing and the land is unusually dry as Yuwen’s heart because of no rains. Yuwen struggles to speak Japanese but learns Japan culture and relationships from her host family and neighbors. As she opens her heart little by little, rain falls on the small village after a long time.
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Opening Night
Title: Opening Night
Character: Ooyagi
Released: March 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Aspiring child actress Nanoka (Nanoka Hara) hopes to follow in her late mother's footsteps and become an actress. She is more talented and pretty than her rivals, but she finds it difficult to land parts. One day, she hears that a play, which her mother performed, will be staged again. She takes part in the audition to play the lead role which her mother also played.
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Bōkyō
Title: Bōkyō
Character: (segment "Mikan no hana")
Released: September 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito" Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.
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Title: Stone's Cocoon
Character: Yaginuma Takaaki
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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Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku
Title: Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku
Released: April 18, 2015
Type: Movie
The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and unemotional detective known for seeing through the lies of others. But Inukai has a young daughter in need of a kidney transplant, so when the first crime is followed by two similar crimes, Inukai is caught between his roles as a detective and a father.
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Revenge Court
Title: Revenge Court
Character: Assistant Inspector Yuasa
Released: February 7, 2015
Type: Movie
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Title: Ghost Writer
Character: Tomoyuki Tsubota
Released: January 13, 2015
Type: TV
Two women are bound by their mutual passion for writing. Tono Risa is already a successful writer. Her books are all best sellers and have been made into movies, putting increasing pressure on Risa to keep churning out masterpieces. The professional pressures and her personal responsibilities begin to make Risa feel overwhelmed and dejected. Yuki is a young woman who moves to Tokyo with the dream of becoming a published writer someday. When she is about to give up on that dream, Yuki is offered a job to work as Risa’s assistant by her editor. The two women start off a little stilted but eventually form a friendship and a productive working relationship. As Yuki’s role gradually increases from being an assistant to a ghostwriter for Risa, will Risa feel threatened by Yuki’s ambition?
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埋もれる
Title: 埋もれる
Released: March 16, 2014
Type: Movie
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Title: Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
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Title: Dandarin Rules
Character: Yuji Onda
Released: October 2, 2013
Type: TV
Labor Standards Inspectors... are you aware of their existence? For the sake of the 52 million actively employed people across the nation, the government had set up this body to help ensure that there is safety at workplaces. Danda Rin, is an example of a very diligent and strict inspector. She doesn't compromise when it comes to the rules. The story opens with the transfer of Danda Rin to the new Labor Standards Inspector office. "She had caused her boss at her ex-office to go bald!!" is the rumor that accompanies her to her new office. Danda Rin is someone who doesn't do things in half measures, which is totally unlike the laidback male colleagues in the office. "Unpaid overtime", "Managers in name only", "Power harassment by managers"; these are all the things she fights against!
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Hameln
Title: Hameln
Character: Nakamaru
Released: September 6, 2013
Type: Movie
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The Sango Ranger
Title: The Sango Ranger
Character: Ranger Koji Hirata
Released: June 15, 2013
Type: Movie
On Ishigaki Island, conflict brews over a large-scale bridge construction project. One day, Yajima (Sho Aoyagi), a public official from the Ministry of Environment, is sent to Ishigaki Island. Yajima announces to his colleagues that he is absolutely opposed to the bridge construction project and that he wil become a coral ranger who protects the coral reef there. This surprises his colleagues.
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Penance
Title: Penance
Character: Tanabe
Released: May 29, 2013
Type: Movie
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
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Judas
Title: Judas
Character: Beethoven
Released: January 26, 2013
Type: Movie
High school student Erika is sick and tired of her weakness. By chance, Erika begins working at a cabaret night club. She eventually becomes the top lady in the night world and is known by her nickname Kurumi. In the process, she manipulates men and makes a lot of money from them. Deep down inside though, Erika suffers from loneliness and fear. A man then appears in front of her.
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Before the Vigil
Title: Before the Vigil
Released: January 15, 2013
Type: Movie
Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of his wife's lovers. Matsui goes to those men and informs them of Tatsuya's condition. The other women in the lives of those men are shocked and begin to re-examine their views of their men.
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Title: Lucky Seven
Released: January 16, 2012
Type: TV
Lucky Seven Rakkīsebun is a 2012 Japanese television drama broadcast by Fuji Television from January 16 to March 19, 2012. It stars Jun Matsumoto and Eita.
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Title: Penance
Character: Teacher Tanabe
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: TV
The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them.
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Title: Solitary Gourmet
Released: January 4, 2012
Type: TV
Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
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Title: HUNTER - Women After Reward Money
Character: Yasuo Yamamoto
Released: October 11, 2011
Type: TV
On a return flight to Japan, cabin attendant Isaka Rei arrests a thief at Narita Airport’s International Terminal, and receives a reward of 1 million yen. However, she is half-forced to resign from her job as a cabin attendant because of this roundup. Furthermore, her younger sister, Akane, has made her a guarantor and disappeared, leaving her 10-year-old daughter, Haru behind. Rei starts to live with a reluctant Haru at ‘Shunkato’, the small eating house that Akane has been running. There is a firsthand account of Akane meeting a ‘Shunkato’ customer on the day she went missing. Rei brings the photograph of the man whom Akane met to Tsukishima Police Precinct, and learns that there is a 1 million yen bounty because he is a wanted criminal. The lack of motivation of the attending detective, Gondo Takeshi of the precinct’s Community Safety Division, spurs her to decide that she has to arrest this criminal who has some sort of connection to her sister. And so, Rei becomes a bounty hunter together with the ladies who gather at ‘Shunkato’.
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Title: NHKスペシャル 未解決事件
Released: July 29, 2011
Type: TV
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Talks
Released: April 13, 2011
Type: TV
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.
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In a Lonely Planet
Title: In a Lonely Planet
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Mari lives a comfortable life as a single woman. She has a nice job at a company and resides in an apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. A couple lives next to door to her. Mari can hear them argue or making happy conversations everyday. One night, when Mari comes back home, she sees her next door neighbor sitting in front of his door and shivering from the cold. He locked himself out.
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28½
Title: 28½
Character: Producer
Released: July 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Crew and actors prepare for Mamoru Oshii's stage version of Tetsujin 28.
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Onobori monogatari
Title: Onobori monogatari
Released: July 17, 2010
Type: Movie
A young man moves from the countryside to Tokyo, while experiencing hardships and happiness, in his pursuit to become a comics artist.
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Title: Absolute Zero
Character: Satoru Miki
Released: April 13, 2010
Type: TV
Izumi Sakuragi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.
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Miyoko
Title: Miyoko
Character: Shinichi Abe
Released: July 4, 2009
Type: Movie
Based on the life of pioneering manga artist Shinichi Abe, "Miyoko asagaya kibun" starts from the 1970's in Asagaya District of Tokyo where Shinichi Abe began his career with then model girlfriend Miyoko.
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Tokyo Neo Mafia 3
Title: Tokyo Neo Mafia 3
Released: March 25, 2009
Type: Movie
The third volume of the appointed drama starring Jun Murakami. It was a short run that was enlivening'Tokyo Mahouya'with his friends, but his friends were killed by the strategy of Yamaryu Gumi Wakato Iwagami. Meanwhile, Ginya Yabuki returns to Kabukicho and begins to struggle again to obtain his utopia.
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Tokyo Neo Mafia 2
Title: Tokyo Neo Mafia 2
Released: January 25, 2009
Type: Movie
Yabuki Ginya and a short run who jumped out of the Sanryu group and became stubborn in order to stick to their own goodwill. As they disappear and those who are fascinated by the darkness expose their desires, an organization called "Tokyo Mahouya" that raises funds through its own route emerges. A short run that suddenly appeared in front of Shibamon, who remained alone and rebuilt the group. Guided by Ginya's will, he will build "Tokyo Mahouya" with his compatriots who carry a sad fate, and will survive Kabukicho again. However, the monsters who nest in the darkness cannot leave the route where huge wealth sleeps... Toru Minegishi, the real last appearance. Praying Meifu...
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Someday's Dreamers
Title: Someday's Dreamers
Released: December 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Suzuki Sora is a cheerful country girl from the small town of Bie. She made a promise to her father, and following this promise applies and is accepted for a magic intership in Tokyo, where she will face the life in a big city. While training to get better with her magic, she meets a mysterious boy also practicing to become a mage. While he can not use magic that well and he seems distant and cold at first, Sora’s fate intertwines with his and the two are thrown together, learning a lot of new things about life and each other.
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Tokyo Neo Mafia
Title: Tokyo Neo Mafia
Released: November 25, 2008
Type: Movie
A drama presented by Jun Murakami. Shimon and Short Run, who started walking on the road of the yakuza in Tokyo, were waiting for Yabuki Ginya. Ginya, who grew up together in his hometown, stabbed a local yakuza and entered the juvenile training school because of Tsuruoka, who he admired as a man. He entrusts his sister Ryoko, who is the only relative, to his friends... In Kabukicho, Shinjuku, the men meet again, and the legend of the demons who nest on a sad night begins here!!
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Love Center
Title: Love Center
Character: Yusagi Inaba
Released: July 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Every day, a high school girl, Chikako, visits a shrine to wish for true love. One day, she receives a strange text message from the "Love delivery center" and is persuaded to text her ex-boyfriend. When he responds, a bizarre love triangle forms between him, her, and her best friend Haruka.
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Konna otona no onnanoko
Title: Konna otona no onnanoko
Character: Junichi Nakano
Released: November 10, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on the comic book by Marie Abiko.
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5 Centimeters per Second
Title: 5 Centimeters per Second
Character: Takaki Tohno (voice)
Released: March 3, 2007
Type: Movie
Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
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Die Silbermaske
Title: Die Silbermaske
Character: Taro Hirai
Released: December 23, 2006
Type: Movie
Sabine is able to transform into a silver superhero through the power of the Ring of Nibelungen. She travels to Japan where she searches for her father and battles the forces of Dr. Caligari.
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The Catch Man
Title: The Catch Man
Released: October 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Takashi, an unemployed young man, is entrusted with a "catch ball shop" by a stranger he meets in the park. While accepting people's feelings through catch ball, Takashi himself remembers the important things that he had forgotten.
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Colors
Title: Colors
Released: July 15, 2006
Type: Movie
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Funky Forest: The First Contact
Title: Funky Forest: The First Contact
Character: Mizuhashi
Released: October 25, 2005
Type: Movie
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
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Sunday's Dream
Title: Sunday's Dream
Released: October 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy regarding redundancy. However, Shinobu soon gets remarried to Sakamoto depriving Kazuya of a place to stay. He then meets Sachiko who works in a salon where sexual pleasure is offered to men. They promise to have a date on the next Sunday by the sea.
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Title: GARO
Character: Manager Hideyuki Shiranami
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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Gina K
Title: Gina K
Released: August 27, 2005
Type: Movie
"Gina K" tells the story of the daughter of a famous stripper, who reveals her family history so she can stand proud as a vocalist. On stage she's feverish, but when she comes down she's just another girl.
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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Title: Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Character: Policeman
Released: July 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.
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Samurai Commando Mission 1549
Title: Samurai Commando Mission 1549
Character: Kinoshita
Released: June 11, 2005
Type: Movie
An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. At the same time an imaginary-number anomaly thought to be caused by interference from the past begins eroding the present.
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Tomie: Beginning
Title: Tomie: Beginning
Character: Kenichi Yamamoto
Released: April 9, 2005
Type: Movie
Within days after the mysterious new student Kawagami Tomie joins a high school classroom, all hell literally breaks loose. Simple in-fighting between boys and girls over Tomie's oppressive shadow soon gives way to mind-breaking violence, culminating in a grizzly dissection that ultimately leads to suicide, insanity, and even more violence.
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Jam Films 2
Title: Jam Films 2
Released: December 24, 2004
Type: Movie
Jam Films 2 features 4 short films by different Japanese directors.
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Nibanme no kanojo
Title: Nibanme no kanojo
Released: November 27, 2004
Type: Movie
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Canary
Title: Canary
Character: Junana
Released: November 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system.
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A Blue Automobile
Title: A Blue Automobile
Character: Mikimoto Ogina
Released: November 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Richio, a young DJ, is as emotionally non-existent as no other man on the planet. He uses his tough exterior to avoid attachments to people and society.
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Kiss & Hurt
Title: Kiss & Hurt
Character: Sakurai
Released: October 30, 2004
Type: Movie
Shun Kosaka has a dream of becoming a novelist and lives in a byte at convenience stores at night. He happened to meet Natsuki, and his life began to change. However, they get involved in an incident related to the local mafia.
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Cream Lemon
Title: Cream Lemon
Character: Hiroshi Nonomura
Released: September 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Based on the classic adult manga of the same title, this film depicts the love between a stepbrother and sister discovered one weekend when their parents go away. The relationship must come to an end, but not before it changes their lives forever.
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Tokyo Noir
Title: Tokyo Noir
Released: September 24, 2004
Type: Movie
In this excursion into Tokyo's dark side, a sexually repressed woman finds liberation by turning tricks at night a sex worker is taken by surprise when her ex drops by and a sex blogger finds strange kinship with a loner.
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The Taste of Tea
Title: The Taste of Tea
Character: Maki Hoshino
Released: July 17, 2004
Type: Movie
A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
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Trouble Maker Lucy
Title: Trouble Maker Lucy
Character: Franky
Released: April 24, 2004
Type: Movie
A nasty trigger girl, named Lucy who always making any trouble and bother everyone's around her life. With her behavior lead to the chaos in everywhere she goes. It seems, when the trouble happened she wills be happy as her favorites. Meanwhile, she has to encounter with her opponent, Hanako in such funny competition. Then, a fierce battle Lucy and Hanako ensues.
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Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
Title: Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
Released: April 23, 2004
Type: Movie
An omnibus drama directed by the genius Sion Sono. Popular idols such as Sakura Mizutani and Yoko Mitsuya will appear, and a fantastic and mysterious story will unfold. Includes Chapter 1 "Woman in the Viewfinder", Chapter 2 "No Memory Woman", Chapter 3 "Virtual Love", and Chapter 4 "Love Doctor".
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Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Title: Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Character: Yuichi Sakai
Released: March 13, 2004
Type: Movie
A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.
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L'amant
Title: L'amant
Released: February 5, 2004
Type: Movie
When three older men buy a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Chikako for a year's-worth of sexual services -- her motivation, aside from money, is never explained -- the relationships among the men (whom she calls A. B and C) keep shifting in ways that redefine power and sex.
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Saru
Title: Saru
Released: December 6, 2003
Type: Movie
Five young men participate in an experiment drug test, which is known as a short-term, high-paying part-time job.
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Seventh Anniversary
Title: Seventh Anniversary
Released: November 22, 2003
Type: Movie
Each time Lulu is heartbroken small stones come out of her body. The doctor tells Lulu they are kidney stones. She collects them in memoriam of love.
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FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
Title: FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
Released: November 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"
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The Suicide Manual
Title: The Suicide Manual
Character: Yu Tachibana
Released: October 24, 2003
Type: Movie
After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound by the Suicide Manual.
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Age 17
Title: Age 17
Character: Kenji
Released: June 21, 2003
Type: Movie
Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades.
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Cop Festival: New Beginning
Title: Cop Festival: New Beginning
Released: May 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Fourth installment in Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 8 films.
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 1
Title: Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 1
Released: February 3, 2003
Type: Movie
An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.
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North Point - Friends
Title: North Point - Friends
Released: February 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Japanese TV movie from 2003
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The Phantom of August
Title: The Phantom of August
Released: December 7, 2002
Type: Movie
Mamoru works as an illustrator in Tokyo. He and his girlfriend decide to visit his hometown of Onomichi. It is a bitter-sweet homecoming, for Mamoru has not been home in eight years. Upon his return, he experiences flashbacks of his ex-girlfriend, who died eight years ago. Feeling a sense of vulnerability, he visits the temple that he used to frequent in the past. There he sees a vision of Megumi, his ex-girlfriend...
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Rock'n'Roll Mishin
Title: Rock'n'Roll Mishin
Character: Katsuo
Released: September 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Kenji has a dull life. He is unmotivated at the office, and unable to break off a lukewarm relationship with his girlfriend. Then, he meets an old classmate from high school, Ryoichi. Ryoichi says he's starting up a clothing brand with a group of friends. One day, Kenji visits their atelier, or workplace, and is fascinated by the sense of freedom that they share. As his relationship with them deepens, Kenji finds it harder and harder to accept the old world he comes from. One day, he punches his boss and quits his job. Now a proper member of Ryoichi's team, it's the start of a new and carefree life for him. However, it is short-lived. The clothes they make do not sell as well as they hoped for. Short on cash, energy, and ideas, the negative feedback loop forces each of them to start struggling in a search for alternative paths.
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Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
Title: Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
Released: August 24, 2002
Type: Movie
A girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts becoming more like her and tearing her world apart.
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YADO: Tsukiyono-mura Yamanba Densetsu
Title: YADO: Tsukiyono-mura Yamanba Densetsu
Character: Detchi
Released: February 23, 2002
Type: Movie
A sensual drama depicting the world of lust that unfolds in an inn deep in the mountains.
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Title: R-17
Released: April 12, 2001
Type: TV
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Pulse
Title: Pulse
Character: Taguchi
Released: February 3, 2001
Type: Movie
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
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The Guys from Paradise
Title: The Guys from Paradise
Character: Filipintaro
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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Moonlight Whispers
Title: Moonlight Whispers
Character: Takuya Hidaka
Released: October 23, 1999
Type: Movie
Satsuki and Takuya are high school students who meet at kendo practice, where they bash one another with wooden swords. They begin an awkward romance, but Takuya soon reveals a masochistic side to his desires. He has been stealing Satsuki's soiled clothing and secretly surveilling her while imagining her subjugation of him. Disgusted, Satsuki rejects him but he persists, and she discovers her own pleasure in manipulating and humiliating him.
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Drift Wars
Title: Drift Wars
Released: July 21, 1999
Type: Movie
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Nostradamus Metsuboroku: Idenshi no Shinseiki
Title: Nostradamus Metsuboroku: Idenshi no Shinseiki
Released: July 2, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1999, the human race had reached the time of the end. Military balance is lost in the wake of the nuclear test of a certain country, the threat of nuclear war had been swept.
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Rough KNIGHT 4
Title: Rough KNIGHT 4
Released: February 12, 1999
Type: Movie
The fourth film in the 'Rough Knight' series.
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Rough KNIGHT 3
Title: Rough KNIGHT 3
Released: January 8, 1999
Type: Movie
The third film in the 'Rough Knight' series
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Title: Emergency Room 24 Hours
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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Tomie
Title: Tomie
Character: Kenichi Yamamoto
Released: October 6, 1998
Type: Movie
Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a string of brutal murders, where he also runs across the name "Tomie." How are the two connected?
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New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT 2
Title: New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT 2
Released: August 7, 1998
Type: Movie
The second film in the 'Rough Knight' series.
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New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT
Title: New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT
Released: May 15, 1998
Type: Movie
The first film in the 'Rough Knight' series
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Shibuya Night Wars
Title: Shibuya Night Wars
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A Shibuya-kei violence movie in which ferocious love runs fast. The director is Ataru Oikawa. Beasts that cut through the darkness. Prostitution, yak buying and selling, tear gas bullets and pistols are readily available, and team conflicts are unchecked. Such a city, Shibuya. The bloody struggle between the twin brothers Keita and Yuta, who manage the club "Phantom" and partition Shibuya, and the Ikebukuro team "Lucky's" was also intensifying. Eiji, the leader of "Lucky's", teams up with Tanabe of the yakuza organization Hanyukai to challenge the final battle. They stabbed Toru, one of Keita's team, and abducted and confined Mamoru, who was sending information about "Lucky's" to Keita. And the future of the final battle...
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Heisei Zankeiden: The Wolf Slashes!
Title: Heisei Zankeiden: The Wolf Slashes!
Released: March 13, 1998
Type: Movie
Hideo Sakiki, a man who once crushed a hostile organization by himself, is back. This is because the funeral of the leader who was taken care of. However, the existence of Hideo stimulates other organizations as well as dislike...
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Soft Skin
Title: Soft Skin
Character: Hiromasa Tohno
Released: January 31, 1998
Type: Movie
Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him by faking her kidnapping. While her family frets and worries, Minako has a wonderful time. Eventually, though, she decides it's time to go back to her family. Her lover, however, isn't ready for the fun to end, and Minako's fake kidnapping soon becomes all too real.
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Fishes in August
Title: Fishes in August
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A refined psychological portrait of youths on their way to maturity
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Night of Body's Model
Title: Night of Body's Model
Released: November 8, 1996
Type: Movie
Takahashi moves into a new apartment after a divorce and as she tries to settle in, finds that she is having strange and violent dreams and weird things keep happening in her apartment. Her neighbour likes to listen to her through the wall, and becomes increasingly sensitive to her thoughts and feelings. A scientist father and son also live in the building; the son has an obsession with prosthetic body parts.
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Wet Hot Sake
Title: Wet Hot Sake
Released: February 24, 1996
Type: Movie
The best must be the freshest. The best sake also follows the same principle to brew in which it needs the best and freshest raw materials, and also the freshest virgin to make it? Visiting one of a Japanese pub that seems to offer the best warm sake, Mononobe tries to follow the steps to reproduce the same flavor. However, he suddenly found out that those flavors are actually a combination of sake, sweat, and other bodily secretions of a virgin. As his only daughter is not a virgin anymore, the only way to make the best sake without a pure virgin is...
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Title: Kamen Rider
Character: Shinji Takeuchi
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.