Satoshi Tsumabuki

Satoshi Tsumabuki

Born: December 13, 1980
in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, Japan
Satoshi Tsumabuki (born December 13, 1980) is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese band Basking Lite.

Movies for Satoshi Tsumabuki...

All Lives
Title: All Lives
Released: May 6, 2024
Type: Movie
TV Tokyo's 60th anniversary special drama. This is a human drama about a doctor struggling with his life and a patient who has been told he has little time left to live, as they travel around the world in search of answers to the eternal questions of what people live for and what they leave behind.
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Title: Get Ready!
Character: Eisuke Hazama
Released: January 8, 2023
Type: TV
This dark medical drama examines the meaning of human life, centring on a team of unidentified black-market doctors who undertake any kind of surgery with superhuman surgical skills and exorbitant medical expenses. Hazama Eisuke, also known as "Ace", is a genius surgeon who works as a patissier during the day. He has an operating room equipped with the latest equipment in the basement of his patisserie, where he performs surgeries on patients who have been abandoned by others. Shimoyamada Jo, also known as "Joker", is a brilliant international lawyer and a negotiator with patients.
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A Man
Title: A Man
Character: Akira Kido
Released: November 18, 2022
Type: Movie
Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.
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Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Title: Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Character: Taichi Torii
Released: August 13, 2021
Type: Movie
An medical student unwillingly assists in human experiments on American POWs during WWII and gets sentenced to death in the Yokohama War Trials. His wife fights for a reduction of sentence.
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Detective Chinatown 3
Title: Detective Chinatown 3
Character: Noda Hiroshi
Released: February 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Following the excitement of first Bangkok and then New York, a big murder case takes place in Tokyo. Chinatown master detectives Tangren and Qinfeng are invited to take up the mystery. Adding to the excitement are the other detectives on the CRIMASTER international detective list as well as the current top rank, Q. Yet another hilarious battle of wits is set to take place...
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Title: Dangerous Venus
Character: Hakuro Teshima
Released: October 11, 2020
Type: TV
Hakuro is single and works as a veterinarian. His father died when Hakuro was a child and his mother later remarried into the wealthy Yagami family. Although Hakuro was brought into the Yagami family through his mother's marriage, he does not feel like part of the Yagami family. Especially, when compared to his younger step-brother who possesses the same blood as his family. After the death of Hakuro's mother, Hakuro dropped Yagami from his name and broke off relations with that family. Hakuro has a strong sense of justice and sincerity in his actions. He is very susceptible to beautiful women. One day, he meets a woman. The woman introduces herself as the wife of his stepbrother and informs him that his stepbrother is missing. As Hakuro and the woman trace his stepbrother's whereabouts, Hakuro becomes involved in the Yagami family's fight over a three billion yen inheritance.
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The Asadas!
Title: The Asadas!
Character: Yukihiro Asada
Released: October 2, 2020
Type: Movie
Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.
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I Never Shot Anyone
Title: I Never Shot Anyone
Character: Tomoya Imanishi
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.
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Not Quite Dead Yet
Title: Not Quite Dead Yet
Character: Crown Hotel manager
Released: March 20, 2020
Type: Movie
After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
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Red
Title: Red
Character: Akihiko Kurata
Released: February 21, 2020
Type: Movie
A married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a friend’s wedding. They haven’t seen each other in ten years, but they begin an affair.
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Title: Detective Chinatown
Character: Noda Hiroshi(野田昊)(archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2020
Type: TV
Strange crimes occur in Thailand as the ranking for the world's best detective sees a shift. New detectives come into the picture to tackle three difficult cases.
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The 47 Rōnin in Debt
Title: The 47 Rōnin in Debt
Character: Hannojo Sugaya
Released: November 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai Kuranosuke Oishi decides to take revenge on Kira, planning an attack with the help of accountant Chosuke Yato… but they don't have enough in their budget.
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When a Tree Falls
Title: When a Tree Falls
Character: Satoshi Kayama
Released: September 21, 2019
Type: Movie
A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by multiple people.
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Title: キネマと恋人
Released: June 19, 2019
Type: TV
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Paradise Next
Title: Paradise Next
Character: Makino
Released: June 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Wisecracking Makino shows up from Japan and meets Shima, a yakuza living quietly in Taipei. Makino says he knows about the incident that prompted Shima to come to Taiwan. Shima finds out that someone wants Makino dead, and they both head for Hualien, a city in eastern Taiwan.
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It Comes
Title: It Comes
Character: Hideki Tahara
Released: December 7, 2018
Type: Movie
To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.
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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Title: The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tournament. At the age of 26, his dream of becoming a professional shogi player collapses due to an age restriction. After he quits playing shogi, he becomes desperate. With the support of his peers, including Yuya Suzuki, and his love of shogi, Shoji Segawa begins to play shogi again. A miracle happens to him.
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What a Wonderful Family! 3
Title: What a Wonderful Family! 3
Character: Shoto Hirata
Released: May 25, 2018
Type: Movie
At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.
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Title: Innocent Days
Character: Sasaki Shinichi
Released: March 18, 2018
Type: TV
Sasaki Shinichi looks at his childhood friend Tanaka Yukino in court. Yukino is sentenced to death. She went to her ex-boyfriend’s apartment and caused his wife and child to burn to death. Shinichi knows his childhood friend and perceives that she is innocent. He wants to save Yukino and meets people who knew her including her sister and former classmates. ~~Based on the novel "Innocent Days" by Kazumasa Hayami.
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Detective Chinatown 2
Title: Detective Chinatown 2
Character: Noda Hiroshi
Released: February 16, 2018
Type: Movie
Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren (by Wang Baoqiang) tricked Qin Feng (by Liu Haoran) to New York, to attend the World Detective Contest,. Later on, behind the crazy competition, Qin and Tang discovered the real hidden facts of this contest.
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Tornado Girl
Title: Tornado Girl
Character: Yuji Koroki
Released: September 16, 2017
Type: Movie
Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.
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What a Wonderful Family! 2
Title: What a Wonderful Family! 2
Character: Shota Hirata
Released: April 20, 2017
Type: Movie
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.
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Traces of Sin
Title: Traces of Sin
Character: Takeshi Tanaka
Released: February 18, 2017
Type: Movie
Tanaka is going through a tough time trying to support his younger sister Mitsuko, recently arrested and hold up in jail. As an investigative reporter, he immerses himself into a story about a shocking murder case gone cold; a family was brutally murdered a year ago and the case remains unsolved.
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Title: Ashiato Hime
Released: January 18, 2017
Type: TV
NODA MAP, led by Hideki Noda, broadcasts its 2017 performance of "Princess Footprints" . This work is a tribute to Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII.
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Museum
Title: Museum
Character: The Frog Man
Released: November 12, 2016
Type: Movie
In Tokyo, Japan, several grotesque murders take place on rainy days. Detective Sawamura, who is in charge of the case, soon discovers that his own family is connected to the crimes.
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Rage
Title: Rage
Character: Yuma Fujita
Released: September 17, 2016
Type: Movie
A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.
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Kidnap Tour
Title: Kidnap Tour
Character: Takashi
Released: August 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Haru is a rather cool fifth-grade elementary school student who shares the same tastes as her mother’s younger sister Yuko (Kaho) and can tell Yuko what she really feels. On the first day of the summer vacation, Haru is kidnapped. The culprit is her free-spirited father Takashi who disappeared from home two months ago.
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The Magnificent Nine
Title: The Magnificent Nine
Character: Jinnai Asanoya
Released: May 14, 2016
Type: Movie
Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.
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What a Wonderful Family!
Title: What a Wonderful Family!
Character: Shota Hirata
Released: March 16, 2016
Type: Movie
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
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Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
Title: Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
Released: November 28, 2015
Type: Movie
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The Assassin
Title: The Assassin
Character: The Mirror Polisher
Released: August 27, 2015
Type: Movie
9th century China. 10-year-old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
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The Vancouver Asahi
Title: The Vancouver Asahi
Character: Reji Kasahara
Released: September 29, 2014
Type: Movie
In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs, but the Vancouver Asahi baseball team have a sense of fair play and smart tactics that set them apart from the brute force of their opponents. Under the guidance of new team captain Reggie Kasahara, can they be able to rise above all the negativity to win the tournament? This film is based on the true story of Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was inducted into The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Lady Maiko
Title: Lady Maiko
Character: Yuichiro Akaki
Released: September 13, 2014
Type: Movie
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.
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Stand by Me Doraemon
Title: Stand by Me Doraemon
Character: Adult Nobita (voice)
Released: August 8, 2014
Type: Movie
Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
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Title: All About My Siblings
Character: Asahi Sato
Released: July 9, 2014
Type: TV
Five siblings struggle to live together after their parents have passed away. Arguments are a norm, and each have their own problems with studying, finding a job, marriage, etc. But no matter how dysfunctional their family can be, blood is thicker than water and the ties that bind will keep them together through thick and thin.
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The World of Kanako
Title: The World of Kanako
Character: Detective Asai
Released: July 4, 2014
Type: Movie
When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
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Our Family
Title: Our Family
Character: Kousuke Wakana
Released: May 24, 2014
Type: Movie
The emotional journey of a four-member family that fails to recognize that it is rapidly growing apart until the mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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The Little House
Title: The Little House
Character: Takeshi
Released: January 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
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Judge!
Title: Judge!
Character: Kiichiro Ota
Released: January 11, 2014
Type: Movie
A major advertising festival is held each year to determine the best television commercial in the world. A rookie ad man at a big advertising company named Otan is selected as a judge on the festival jury. Meanwhile, a coworker also named Ota (although the Japanese characters are slightly different) poses as his wife so that he can attend an open party which is held nightly. Knowing that he’ll get fired if his company doesn’t win the Grand Prix, he’s forced to resort to a variety of desperate tactics.
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The Kiyosu Conference
Title: The Kiyosu Conference
Character: Nobukatsu Oda
Released: November 9, 2013
Type: Movie
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
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A Chair on the Plains
Title: A Chair on the Plains
Character: Juzo Togashi
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sales for a camera company. One of his clients is Jujo Togashi who owns the shop Camera Togashi. The two men are friends and become captivated by a picture with only a chair sitting in a field of grass. Kentaro and Jujo know of a 4-year-old boy Keisuke through Kentaro's eldest daughter. 4-year-old Keisuke is traumatized from being abused by his mother. Kishiko Shinohara is the owner of an antique shop. Kentaro Tooma has feelings for her.
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Tokyo Family
Title: Tokyo Family
Character: Masatsugu
Released: January 18, 2013
Type: Movie
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.
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Tokyo Family
Title: Tokyo Family
Character: Shuji Hirayama
Released: January 18, 2013
Type: Movie
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.
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Fly with the Gold
Title: Fly with the Gold
Character: Kota
Released: November 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda, a North Korean spy pretending to be a college student, Kitagawa's younger brother Haruki and a former elevator engineer. These 6 men are about to carry the boldest of schemes to bypass the bank's high-tech defense system.
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Title: Keigo Higashino Mysteries
Released: July 5, 2012
Type: TV
11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories.
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For Love's Sake
Title: For Love's Sake
Character: Makoto Taiga
Released: June 16, 2012
Type: Movie
Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu, who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko, a gang member who eyes Makoto.
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Smuggler
Title: Smuggler
Character: Ryōsuke Kinuta
Released: October 22, 2011
Type: Movie
To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
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My Back Page
Title: My Back Page
Character: Masami Sawada
Released: May 28, 2011
Type: Movie
In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later, Sawada interviews activist Umeyama with senior reporter Nakahira. Umeyama boasts that his group will steal arms and take action in April. Sawada doubts Umeyama's claims but is attracted to his personality. An incident occurs... Sawada hears news that a man was killed at a army post...
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Villain
Title: Villain
Character: Shimizu
Released: September 11, 2010
Type: Movie
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
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Surely Someday
Title: Surely Someday
Character: Police Officer A
Released: July 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's upcoming festival. When the festival is abruptly concealed, they come up with a dimwitted strategy of faking a bomb threat to the school in order to force the principal to change his mind. Their plan seems to work at first, but when a real bomb goes off, the group is forced to take responsibility for the explosion and they are kicked out of school. Three years later, more details of the incident is revealed as the youth look back on the past.
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Villon's Wife
Title: Villon's Wife
Character: Okada
Released: October 10, 2009
Type: Movie
This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival
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No Boys, No Cry
Title: No Boys, No Cry
Character: Toru
Released: May 28, 2009
Type: Movie
A couple of smugglers don't know what to do when one day their boss gives them a kidnapping job.
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Pandemic
Title: Pandemic
Character: Tsuyoshi Matsuoka
Released: January 17, 2009
Type: Movie
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more cases begin arriving, a medical officer from the World Health Organization named Eiko Kobayashi is dispatched to the area. At the rate the virus is spreading, the entire city’s transportation system and infrastructure would be brought to a halt within 3 months. Within 6 months it could spread to tens of millions of people--reaching a death toll far worse than any war.
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Title: Heart of a Samurai
Released: January 4, 2009
Type: TV
Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu. Production began on April 27, 2007. The story is based on the novel Tenchijin by Masashi Hisaka and was adapted for screen by scriptwriter Eriko Komatsu. The series' music composer was Michiru Oshima. The protagonist of the drama, Naoe Kanetsugu, was taught by Uesugi Kenshin in his youth that to conquer the world is a trifling matter, but what matters is to live one's life with righteousness. After Uesugi's death, Naoe supports Uesugi Kagekatsu, who holds the destiny of Echigo province.
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School Days with a Pig
Title: School Days with a Pig
Character: Mr. Hoshi
Released: October 31, 2008
Type: Movie
A sixth grade teacher raises a pig with his class.
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Paco and the Magical Book
Title: Paco and the Magical Book
Character: Muromachi
Released: September 13, 2008
Type: Movie
There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond one day due to a car accident. She is reading the same picture book everyday. Onuki starts bonding with Paco after some incident, and begins to doubt his way of living. He starts wanting to do something for Paco with his remaining life, and comes up with a brilliant idea. This pleases Paco, but their fate is?
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Tokyo!
Title: Tokyo!
Character: Takeshi (segment "Interior Design")
Released: August 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
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Children of the Dark
Title: Children of the Dark
Character: Hiroaki Yoshida
Released: August 2, 2008
Type: Movie
A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network. In the darkest corners of Thailand, child prostitution and organ sales flourish. In order to save a child's life, another life must be taken. An outraged Japanese journalist and a passionate young Japanese NGO member attempt to save "children of the dark" from being consumed by arrogance and greed. However, the harsh realities of life intervene... Adapting Yan Sogil's book, which unflinchingly portrays the tragic realities unfolding today, filmmaker Junji Sakamoto directs a talented multinational cast to bring these stark events to life.
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The Magic Hour
Title: The Magic Hour
Character: Bingo
Released: June 7, 2008
Type: Movie
A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
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Welcome to the Quiet Room
Title: Welcome to the Quiet Room
Character: Komono
Released: October 20, 2007
Type: Movie
28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.
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High and Low
Title: High and Low
Character: 竹内銀次郎
Released: September 8, 2007
Type: Movie
At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom - that is, until he learns that the kidnappers have mistakenly abducted not Gondo's son, but the child of Gondo's chauffeur. Now Gondo must decide whether the other man's child is equally worth saving.
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The Haunted Samurai
Title: The Haunted Samurai
Character: Bessho Hikoshiro
Released: June 22, 2007
Type: Movie
A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and separated from his wife and son, he moves in with his disapproving elder brother and his wife. He meets his old class rival Enomoto Takeaki, now a commander of a naval ship, and is later told by a kindly noodle shop owner that Enomoto's rise in social status came about after he prayed at a shrine in Mukojima. Stumbling home drunk one night, Hikoshiro falls down a riverbank and comes across a small run-down shrine which he is convinced is affiliated to the one in Mukojima. Pressing his hands together in prayer, he unwittingly invites the unwanted attentions of the gods of poverty, pestilence and death..
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Tokyo Rhapsody
Title: Tokyo Rhapsody
Released: May 12, 2007
Type: Movie
"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.
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Dororo
Title: Dororo
Character: Hyakkimaru
Released: March 15, 2007
Type: Movie
Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.
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Tears for You
Title: Tears for You
Character: Yotaro Shingaki
Released: September 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A love story about two step-siblings, Yota and Kaoru. Long ago, Yota's mother married Kaoru's jazz-playing father, effectively merging the two families. Unfortunately, Kaoru's father skipped town, and Yota's mother passed away, but not before imparting a dying wish to her young son to take care of Kaoru.
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It's Only Talk
Title: It's Only Talk
Character: Noboru
Released: June 10, 2006
Type: Movie
Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She is single and unemployed, and suffers from manic depression. The movie begins with Yuko moving to Kamata Town.
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Title: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Character: Exceedingly Handsome Guy
Released: June 3, 2006
Type: Movie
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
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Spring Snow
Title: Spring Snow
Character: Kiyoaki Matsugae
Released: October 9, 2005
Type: Movie
Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan.
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Title: Slow Dance
Character: Riichi Serizawa
Released: July 4, 2005
Type: TV
A man who constantly applies the brake in his life, a woman who could do with a brake in her life. They have their careers but they are both failures in love. Afraid to face each other directly, instead of focusing on feelings, they choose to focus on their positions, meeting each other, falling in love!? They are already adults but still have some way to go when it comes to putting their foot on the ground. This summer, a feel-good love story...
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世にも奇妙な物語 ~2005 春の特別編~
Title: 世にも奇妙な物語 ~2005 春の特別編~
Character: 内尾雄太
Released: April 12, 2005
Type: Movie
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Title: Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Character: Phantom Yaji
Released: April 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
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Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Title: Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Character: Windchime Seller
Released: March 19, 2005
Type: Movie
One of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.
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Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Title: Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Character: Yukito Origasa
Released: March 5, 2005
Type: Movie
A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.
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Thirty Lies or So
Title: Thirty Lies or So
Character: Sasaki
Released: December 18, 2004
Type: Movie
Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down comforters, shoddy encyclopedias, and a panda suit. However, the actual scam they’re about to run takes a back seat to the trust issues between the group.
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69
Title: 69
Character: Kenichi Yazaki
Released: July 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.
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Title: Orange Days
Character: Kai Yuuki
Released: April 11, 2004
Type: TV
A psychology major meets a prickly violinist on campus. As they communicate through sign language, their new relationship helps them face their fears.
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A Day on the Planet
Title: A Day on the Planet
Character: Nakazawa
Released: February 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki & her boyfriend Nakazawa join the party and get drunk easily after the friendship reunion. Kate has a crush on one of the cute guy who doesn't have any interests on her though. The cheerful and unforgettable night is full of joy while the whales and the thief incidents also attract the attention of them. Before the sunrise, seven friends meet again on the beach so as to witness the fade of youth days.
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Title: Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Character: Tsuneo
Released: December 13, 2003
Type: Movie
Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.
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Dragon Head
Title: Dragon Head
Character: Teru Aoki
Released: July 30, 2003
Type: Movie
Teru Aoki (青木 輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.
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Farewell, Kuro
Title: Farewell, Kuro
Character: Ryosuke Kimura
Released: July 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.
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Title: Say Hello to Black Jack
Released: April 11, 2003
Type: TV
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池袋ウエストゲートパークスープの回
Title: 池袋ウエストゲートパークスープの回
Character: 齐藤富士男
Released: March 28, 2003
Type: Movie
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Jam Films
Title: Jam Films
Released: December 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
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Title: Lunch Queen
Character: Nabeshima Junzaburo
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: TV
Lunch no Joō is a Japanese drama series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2002. It stars Yuko Takeuchi, Yōsuke Eguchi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, and Shinichi Tsutsumi. Natsumi loves lunchtime and food. Nothing excites her more than to walk down the street thinking about where she'll eat lunch. One day, a man Kennichiro interrupts Natsumi as she's about to eat her favorite rice omelet and drags her outside and begs her to come home with him so that he can introduce her to his family. He explains to her that his father is sick and after leaving on bad terms, the only way he'll be allowed back home is to return with a fianceé. Natsumi is left with quite the predicament.
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Sabu
Title: Sabu
Character: Sabu
Released: May 14, 2002
Type: Movie
When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.
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Title: Wedding Planner SWEET Delivery
Character: Narumi Syuhei
Released: April 10, 2002
Type: TV
This is a love comedy that takes you behind the scenes of the latest bridal businesses, as well as the human drama of engaged couples, seen through the wedding planners' eyes, as they help to put on weddings. Toru Oomori works in the accounting department of a medium-sized firm. Unable to escape restructuring by his company, he gets sent to work at an affiliated company, "Sweet Bridal," as its president. Toru realizes his days as a salaried worker are numbered. That's why he's determined to increase sales, and regain lost ground. But there's just one major problem though... An incident that happened one year ago makes work here, very miserable.
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Title: Tokyo Nukemichi Girl
Released: February 1, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye
Released: January 18, 2002
Type: TV
Kisarazu Cat's Eye is a humorous Japanese television show and movie series. To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies: Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series and Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series.
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Title: Long Love Letter
Character: Fujisawa Ryuta
Released: January 9, 2002
Type: TV
It's January 7, just after the New Year begins. Make up classes are being held for students that aren't keeping up with their daily studies; anxious students are there to discuss their exams; and club activities are still in progress. Asami Akio, a teacher, finds himself at the gate of the school with Misaki Yuka, a woman he met long ago and had lost contact with. Before he can explain their disconnect, a group shudders as an earthquakes rocks the school. When it subsides... nothing is the same.
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Chûshingura 1/47
Title: Chûshingura 1/47
Character: Gunbe Takada
Released: December 28, 2001
Type: Movie
During Japan's feudal period, a noble lord was treacherously killed by a rival. His 47 samurai retainers took their revenge on their master's killer after scattering into society for several years, so as not to be detected. Having completed their task, all 47 then committed ritual suicide. This series, of which this TV movie is the pilot, follows the adventures of one of these samurai as he patiently waits for the chance to fulfill his destiny.
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Waterboys
Title: Waterboys
Character: Suzuki
Released: September 15, 2001
Type: Movie
In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.
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Title: Shotgun Marriage
Character: Takumi Shinjo
Released: July 2, 2001
Type: TV
Ryunosuke, who directs commercials, receives a phone call. On the other end of the phone is a friend from his college days inviting Ryunosuke to come out to the beach. Ryunosuke first turns down the offer because of his workload, but when he learns that some girls are coming, he says yes. Several months later, he hears from Chiyo – a girl he had met at the beach that day – that she is pregnant with his child. Although the news bewilders Ryunosuke at first, he ultimately decides to raise the baby. However, he will later have to face the strong objections from Chiyo’s father, the ever-changing situation at work, and many other obstacles. With help from friends and family, Ryunosuke and Chiyo take a step forward on their way to marriage and the birth of their baby.
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Tomie: Rebirth
Title: Tomie: Rebirth
Character: Takumi Aoyama
Released: March 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.
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Title: Kabachitare!
Character: Kazuya Machida
Released: January 11, 2001
Type: TV
Tokiwa stars as Tamura Nozumi, with a cheerful outlook in life, always choosing to believe in everyone. Fukatsu stars as Sakada Chiharu, an amanuensis (daisho) but goes way beyond her jobscope in carrying out her work. The duo met in a clinic where Sakada helps Nozumi get back at her boss for sexual harassment. Sakada sees a flair in Nozumi to be in the same line of work, but Nozumi is content with her job as a waitress.
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Title: Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Character: Fujio 'Saru' Saitō
Released: April 14, 2000
Type: TV
Living in an area known for its juvenile crime, 21-year-old Makoto has become a member of a youth gang called the G-Boys. Known for his cool head and ability to get things done, Makoto becomes a key troubleshooter for the gang by diffusing tense situations and keeping his friends out of harm's way. However, the death of his girlfriend and an escalating turf war with a rival gang threaten to be more than Makoto can handle.
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Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland
Title: Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland
Released: September 24, 1999
Type: Movie
Arisugawa is a businessman who has been transferred to a local branch office. However, the people at the branch office are all peculiar...
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Title: Omizu no Hanamichi
Released: January 6, 1999
Type: TV
The drama tells the story of a hostess turning 30 years old.
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The Dimension Travelers
Title: The Dimension Travelers
Character: Koichi Iwata
Released: December 26, 1998
Type: Movie
A teenage girl makes a new friend at her school who tells her that she has the ability to travel between worlds.
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Title: Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Released: October 4, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: Golden Horse Awards
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 1962
Type: TV
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times