Masanobu Takashima

Masanobu Takashima

Born: October 27, 1966
Masanobu Takashima (高嶋政伸 Takashima Masanobu, born 27 October 1966) is a Japanese film and television actor.

Movies for Masanobu Takashima...

黄金の刻〜服部金太郎物語〜
Title: 黄金の刻〜服部金太郎物語〜
Character: Yoshimura Hideyuki
Released: March 30, 2024
Type: Movie
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Title: Hiroshige Blue
Released: March 23, 2024
Type: TV
Utagawa Hiroshige, along with Katsushika Hokusai, is widely recognized in the world of Ukiyo-e, Japanese Woodblock Print. However, it is lesser known that Hiroshige was also a firefighter while he painted. This drama depicts the untold story of Hiroshige and his wife, Kayo.
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The Floor Plan
Title: The Floor Plan
Released: March 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Amemiya is an unpopular Youtuber who specializes in the occult. One day, his manager brings him a home floor plan. His manager tells him that the layout looks like an ordinary home floor plan, but the layout contains an inscrutable point. Amemiya begins to look carefully at the floor plan and Kurihara, who is an architect and a fan of mysteries, joins him. They try to reveal the mystery behind the house. Meanwhile, Yuzuki contacts Amemiya and tells him that she knows something about the house he posted on his YouTube channel. She joins Amemiya and Kurihara to reveal the mystery of the house, but she also seems to have a secret.
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Glass Castle
Title: Glass Castle
Character: Kurata Fuminori
Released: January 4, 2024
Type: Movie
Centers around a disturbing murder case that occurs during a company trip. In the wake of the incident in which the company’s general manager is killed by someone, unexpected internal problems are revealed that had previously been thoroughly concealed to this point. Matoba Ikuko is a plain, gloomy and unfriendly general worker, but her work is fast and accurate. She becomes interested in the case and decides to lead her own investigation. Mikami Tazuko is a hardworking sales manager who witnesses her manager’s affair while on the trip and begins to develop her own theories through her private social media diary.
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Title: Logically Impossible! Detective Ryoko Kamizuru Is on the Case
Character: 神崎恭一郎
Released: April 17, 2023
Type: TV
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ホリデイ~江戸の休日~
Title: ホリデイ~江戸の休日~
Released: January 6, 2023
Type: Movie
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We Couldn't Become Adults
Title: We Couldn't Become Adults
Character: Takayuki Onda
Released: November 5, 2021
Type: Movie
Prodded by a friend request, a feckless forty-something recalls his past relationships from the 90s onward, looking for his vanished hopes and dreams.
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Title: Kareinaru ichizoku
Character: Akutagawa
Released: April 18, 2021
Type: TV
Daisuke Manpyō is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyō is in for difficult times as he attempts to block the merger between his bank and another.
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Title: Red Eyes
Released: January 23, 2021
Type: TV
Kyosuke Fushimi is a former detective from e Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department's Homicide Division who currently works as a special agent of KSBC (Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department Investigation Analysis Center). He uses his genius brain and knowledge of past crimes to solve difficult cases. He also make use KSBC's latest investigation ability to find the serial killer who murdered his lover.
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Doctors~The Strongest Doctor~2021 New Year SP
Title: Doctors~The Strongest Doctor~2021 New Year SP
Character: Masanobu Takashima
Released: January 10, 2021
Type: Movie
『DOCTORS』is back! Played by Sawamura Ikki, Surgeon Daisuke Sagara is back again during the new year of 2021. Masanobu Takashima, the director of the group, is preparing for the 100th anniversary of his Dojo General Hospital. However, the management condition of the deficit continued...Reiko hanamura, who was in charge of the loan section, was hospitalized at the hospital...
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Title: No Matter How Much the Night is Dark
Released: November 22, 2020
Type: TV
Shiga Michinari was a well-respected deputy editor-in-chief of a major publishing company "Shukan Shuncho". However, his reputation and happiness hit the bottom when his son Kensuke was involved in a stalker's murder case and later committed suicide. People around Michinari suddenly became cold to him. He was demoted and abused by the company and reporters. In addition, his daughter Nanami became violent while his beloved wife couldn't handle the pressure and left home. Michinari could no longer stand the situation and decided to investigate the incident which Kensuke was involved in.
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Title: The Confession of the Sirens
Character: Kudo Kenji [Detective]
Released: October 18, 2020
Type: TV
Asakura Takami is a reporter working for news programme "Afternoon JAPAN" which is currently in danger due to continous scandals. To recover the honor of "Afternoon JAPAN", Takami decides to follow senior reporter Satoya Taichi to cover the abduction case of a high school girl. Through interviewing a classmate, Takami found out that the girl was bullied. However, another girl who is suspected to be the culprit actually suffered from a rape incident 6 years ago.
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Title: M -beloved one-
Character: Ōhama
Released: April 18, 2020
Type: TV
Set in the 1990's, high school student Ayu lives with her mother and grandmother in Fukuoka. She works as a model, but, to pursue an acting career, she goes to Tokyo with her grandmother. While attending a high school, she picks up acting work, but only minor roles. One day, Ayu meets Masa, who is the executive director of record label A Victory. He decides to make Ayu into a singer. According to Masa, Ayu prepares to make her debut as a singer. Meanwhile, she encounters jealousy from rivals at her record label. Trusting Masa, Ayu endures her problems. She also develops feelings for Masa and Masa also holds feelings for her.
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Masked Ward
Title: Masked Ward
Character: Hospital Director Tadokoro
Released: March 6, 2020
Type: Movie
On-call substitute doctor Shugo suddenly finds himself faced with a terrifying criminal in a clown mask. The assailant demands that Shugo treat injured high school student Hitomi. The perpetrator sets siege to the building and Shugo finds himself confined with 64 unknown patients.
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Howling Village
Title: Howling Village
Character: Akira Morita
Released: February 7, 2020
Type: Movie
After her brother goes missing, a young psychologist visits an infamous haunted and cursed location known as ‘Howling Village’ to investigate his disappearance and uncover her family’s dark history.
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Title: Byouin no Naoshikata ~Doctor Arihara no Chousen~
Released: January 20, 2020
Type: TV
Based on the true story of Aizawa Hospital in Matsumoto City, Nagano, a hospital in crisis faces bankruptcy due to mismanagement and overwhelming debt. Enter Dr. Shuhei Arihara, who leaves a promising career in Tokyo to save his hometown's hospital. He is aided in his task by Ryosuke Kurashima, Deputy Chief of Shinkai Bank and Lending Division, in introducing reforms to save the hospital and prevent a bank-planned sale behind the scenes.
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Apparel Designer
Title: Apparel Designer
Released: January 10, 2020
Type: Movie
HIRAKATA a major apparel manufacturer in financial crisis, decides to launch a new brand to revive its fortunes, and brings back Yuji Fujimura (Masanobu Takashima) who left the company after a previous conflict with the president. and gathers a group of young craftsmen under his wing, including patterner Kyoko Kayeda (Akane Hotta), assistant Seita Yoshino (Hiroki Iijima), and shoemaker Yuriko Kishimoto (Miyuu Nishimura).
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Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
Title: Harassment Game Akitsu VS Katoku Woman
Released: January 10, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Two Weeks
Character: Kaname Shibasaki
Released: July 16, 2019
Type: TV
Daichi has served time for murder, and is now living a life without hope. One day he is suddenly told by his former love that he has an 8 year old daughter called Hana, who is suffering from leukemia. Although he is shocked, when it becomes clear he can save Hana by being her donor, fatherly love overwhelms him and he finds meaning in life again. However, a conspiracy leads to his arrest for murder. Unless he takes the transplant surgery scheduled in two weeks, he can’t save his daughter’s life. Desperate, he starts his great escape.
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Title: Detective Akechi Kogoro
Character: Sawai Masakazu
Released: March 30, 2019
Type: TV
Dangerous hacker group “Phantom 20” is known internationally. They begin an attack on Hikari Bank in Japan. Kenjiro Namikoshi (Teruyuki Kagawa) is the chief of the criminal investigation section at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He leads the investigation into the group. Kenjiro Namikoshi thinks of Kogoro Akechi (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who holds vast knowledge on hacking and leads BD team hacker group. To ask him for advisor help on the investigation, Kenjiro Namikoshi sends Yoshio Kobayashi (Atsushi Ito).
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Castle of Sand
Title: Castle of Sand
Released: March 28, 2019
Type: Movie
A bruised and battered corpse in Shibuya, Tokyo has the attention of the local cops. A veteran detective is assigned to the case. The last utterance of the victim is one clue that detective Imanishi has to work on. Yet, the case becomes more tangled quickly. Elsewhere, a prodigy named Waga Eiryo is composing an orchestral piece. Remake of The Castle of Sand (1974).
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Title: 遠藤憲一と宮藤官九郎の勉強させていただきます
Released: November 12, 2018
Type: TV
An unprecedented program in which Kenichi Endo, an actor who is active on the front lines as a famous by-player, and Kankuro Miyato, a scriptwriter who has worked on numerous movies, dramas, and stages, study "making the roles of famous actors". Broadcast. A one-situation drama written by Miyato and starring Endo. I thought that the shooting of the drama was completed safely, but due to a trouble, I decided to retake it. Instead of the co-star who has returned, a famous actor who was present at the scene will appear in a hurry. What kind of change will be made by different actors playing the same role in the same story? ??
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Title: The Real Culprit
Released: September 23, 2018
Type: TV
In 2008, Isao Sudo is found dead in Shizuoka Prefecture. He ran a used car store in Tokyo. Detective Satoru Kusaka from Shizuoka Prefecture investigates the death of Isao Sudo. He learns that in 1974, Isao Sudo's son was kidnapped and killed in Shizuoka Prefecture. In 1988, Seiichiro Shigeto (Takaya Kamikawa) was appointed to lead a team of 6 detectives and they reinvestigated the kidnapping and murder case involving Isao Sudo's son. Detective Satoru Kusaka has a hunch that the case involving the death of Isao Sudo's son will lead to the case involving the death of the father. Detective Satoru Kusaka meets Seiichiro Shigeto to gather information.
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Hibiki
Title: Hibiki
Character: Mitsuharu Yanamoto
Released: September 14, 2018
Type: Movie
A high school girl with overwhelming literary talent shakes up the lives of those around her with her brilliant spontaneity.
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Title: Hagetaka
Released: July 19, 2018
Type: TV
During turbulent economic times in Japan, Masahiko Washizu leads a foreign investment fund and is criticized for being a vulture. He tries to buy a bank and another company that are experiencing financial depression.
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Laplace's Witch
Title: Laplace's Witch
Character: Toru Takeo
Released: May 4, 2018
Type: Movie
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
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Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Title: Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Released: January 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.
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Title: My High School Business
Character: Keisuke Kagaya
Released: October 14, 2017
Type: TV
Rosuke Narumi works at a trading company and he is pretty good at his job. He dates Satoko Matsubara. The trading company has a business relationship with a private high school experiencing some difficulties. One day, Rosuke Narumi is appointed as the principle of the private high school. Rosuke Narumi soon discovers how different the work environment is from his previous job. So the school can run in the black, Rosuke Narumi implements cost cutting measures. School staff members including Chihiro Mashiba oppose his plan.
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Title: Black Leather Notebook
Character: Tsuneo Hashida
Released: July 20, 2017
Type: TV
Haraguchi Motoko works as a temp at a bank. To pay off debt that she inherited from her parents, she also works as a hostess at a club in Ginza. Motoko Haraguchi is finally able to repay the debt. At this time, there's chatter that the temp employees will be laid off at the bank. Motoko Haraguchi decides to carry out a scheme she has prepared secretly. She transfers money from accounts opened illegally to her bank account. Altogether, Motoko Haraguchi embezzles 180 million yen. Using her “Kurokawa no Techo” (Black Leather Notebook) which has a list of the illegally opened accounts, she fights against bank branch managers and opens a club in Ginza.
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Title: Black Leather Notebook
Character: Tsuneo Hashida
Released: July 20, 2017
Type: TV
The story of how a bank clerk becomes a Ginza nightclub owner.
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Title: Seven Ms. Prisoners
Character: Yujiro Naito
Released: April 21, 2017
Type: TV
Kamiwatari Kotone is a geisha in Kyoto. While she is sleeping after a night of drinking, her fellow geisha is killed. Kotone Kamiwatari is falsely accused of her murder and is sent to prison. There, she is bullied by other prisoners, but Kotone relies on her training from senior geishas to persevere. She also learns why she was framed for murder and sent to prison.
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Title: Cain and Abel
Character: Takada Takayuki
Released: October 17, 2016
Type: TV
Takada Yu is an employee of a development firm. His father has favored his high-achieving older brother and been indifferent to Yu since young. So Yu craves for his father’s love and wants his recognition somehow. Then one day, Yu encounters a woman. Although it was the worst possible meeting, he gradually starts to have romantic feelings for her through work and an unexpected development. But ironically enough, she turns out to be the girlfriend of his older brother. Yu begins to realize what he truly treasures and matures as a person as he struggles with this complicated romance and with his older brother and father.
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Title: 99.9 Criminal Lawyer
Released: April 17, 2016
Type: TV
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
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The Man of the Political Economy
Title: The Man of the Political Economy
Released: September 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity business. As a follower of Fukuzawa Yukichi, he inherited the spirit of independence, self-respect and the people. He rose up alone from the ruins of the war. It was the fight of an unconventional, stubborn old man over 70 with an indomitable will. Minister of Trade and Industry Ikeda Hayato admired Matsunaga like a father while Prime Ministers Yoshida Shigeru and Konoe Fumimaro, Shirasu Jiro (Takagawa Yuya) and others were in awe of his unfathomable passion.
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Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
Title: Honto Ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Natsu Hen 2015
Character: Mitamura
Released: August 29, 2015
Type: Movie
For this 16th Anniversary Special, Inagaki Goro is our host once again for 6 spooky tales based on tales from real people and performed here by an all-star cast. A young man who returns to his family's home after leaving Tokyo finds something else may have followed after him; a young girl dreams of darkness and a small shrine that draws ever closer; a woman with a failed business makes a go at it with a company with a bizarre dormitory, one with a past secret; a police officer receives a call from what appears to be a dead woman who wants his help; a woman taking documents to a food company finds time slipping away without her noticing; a single man who runs a restaurant sees an unusual family living down the hallway from him.
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Title: Keisei Saimin no Otoko
Character: Ikeda Hayato
Released: August 22, 2015
Type: TV
A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK.
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April Fools
Title: April Fools
Character: Detective
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and sex addict Wataru Makino, Ayumi discovers she’s pregnant. However, when she tells Wataru, he dismisses her claim as a bad April Fools joke. Refusing to believe he could possibly be the father of Ayumi’s baby after just one night together, Wataru takes a woman named Reiko on a date to an Italian restaurant. However, Ayumi also shows up, leading to a major incident.
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Assassination Classroom
Title: Assassination Classroom
Character: Akira Takaoka
Released: March 21, 2015
Type: Movie
A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no. The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota. The creature is called Teacher Koro. Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro. When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.
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Title: Stock Price Crash
Character: Tetsuya Ninohe
Released: October 19, 2014
Type: TV
In defiance to his superiors, a credit officer stands his ground in denying a grocery chain additional loans. Then the terrorist attacks begin.
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Tsuyoki ari
Title: Tsuyoki ari
Released: July 2, 2014
Type: Movie
Based on the novel "Tsuyoki Ari" by Seicho Matsumoto In her past, Isako Sawada ran a restaurant. She then met Nobuhiro who is 31 years older than her and an executive of a corporation. They eventually married. Nobuhiro owns a large mansion and his money is managed by housekeeper Saki Tsubaki. Isako Sawada doesn't like that arrangement, but she hides her contempt because she has a plan. Her plan is to become a widow in 3 years and inherit one billion yen from her husband. Isako Sawada schemes to have Nobuhiro die in an apparent natural manner and she is having a relationship with another man.
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Title: Blood on the Tracks
Character: Kohei Sono
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: TV
An ex-detective, Kagawa, is found dead in a park in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Swearing revenge, detectives of the #1 investigation team, including Tozawa (Shosuke Tanihara), begin to investigate Kagawa’s death. Meanwhile, Sono (Masanobu Takashima), at the public security bureau, orders his subordinate Shimizu (Taizo Harada), to uncover the truth behind the case in secret. Sono believes the maintenance of trust held by the general public for the police could be jeopardized if anything afoul is discovered in the case stemming from the police. Sono wants to coverup the case as unsolved if the police are involved.
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Title: Emergency Interrogation Room
Character: Koichi Terao
Released: January 9, 2014
Type: TV
Yukiko Makabe takes a transfer to a special interrogation team "Kintori".
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Title: DOCTORS2 最強の名医
Character: 모리야마 스구루
Released: November 7, 2013
Type: TV
Surgeon Sagara Kosuke changed the mentalities of the doctors and nurses at Dogami General Hospital with a mixture of severity and cajoling. Before that, the hospital appeared to be a hopeless case. All the director Dogami Tamaki and administrator Momoi Shoichi thought of was its finances while the doctors did not care about patients. But Sagara is not the typical medical hero who is a stifling, hot-blooded, good person. He would stop at nothing to improve the hospital for patients and adjust his strategies according to the challenges and parties involved. Now the problem of the hospital’s next successor rapidly surfaces and intensifies the antagonism between Sagara and Moriyama Takashi.
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Title: Honey Trap
Character: Kyosuke Kobayashi
Released: October 19, 2013
Type: TV
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Double Meaning: Yes or No?
Title: Double Meaning: Yes or No?
Character: Kengo Kazami
Released: March 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' The team investigates a grisly video circulating online that asks viewers to answer 'yes' or 'no' questions with potentially deadly outcomes.
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Title: Saki
Character: Shigeyuki Sudo
Released: January 8, 2013
Type: TV
From the 2011 drama, Utsukushi Rinjin, Nakama Yukie reprises the character Saki. This time round, as Saki Amihama, she will be targeting men. With the facade of an angel, she draws men to her, only to lead them to a destructive end. Like a moth to the flame... but where is the line drawn between the saint and the devil?
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One in a hundred thousand
Title: One in a hundred thousand
Character: Kyoichi
Released: December 15, 2012
Type: Movie
Tamura Masakazu plays Shohei Yamauchi, a freelance reporter obsessed with finding out the truth about a traffic accident in which his beloved daughter died. Judging by the photo of the accident, which appeared in the news described by photojournalists as "one coincidence in a hundred thousand", and the survivor's testimony that "I saw a red fireball" immediately before the accident, the circumstances of the accident are questionable. The film is based on a late masterpiece by Seicho Matsumoto.
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The Last Message
Title: The Last Message
Character: Masumi Tachihara
Released: June 30, 2012
Type: Movie
Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill indiscriminately.
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Title: After School is Mystery Time!
Character: Okura Soshigaya
Released: April 24, 2012
Type: TV
A huge fan of the Hiroshima Carp baseball team, you the viewer become the story protagonist, Ryo Kirigamine, vice-president of the Young Detectives Club at Tokyo’s Koigakubo Academy. In the search for truth, each week the school club gets tangled in perplexing local crimes and mysteries, including murder! Ryo is a self-avowed super detective, but tends to get lost in the maze of clues at critical junctures of a case. But never fear; there are plenty of people to come to get her back on track, including the biology teacher, Hiromi Ishizaki. Take part in an intricately-constructed, hardcore mystery every week.
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Title: DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon
Character: Suguru Moriyama
Released: October 27, 2011
Type: TV
Donoue General Hospital runs into a budget deficit, even though the doctors drive expensive imported cars and live an outlandish lifestyle. Office manager Momoi finds surgeon Kosuke Sagara through a medical website. Kosuke Sagara arrives at the hospital and tells the director of the general hospital to decide on his pay after watching his work. Kosuke Sagara informs the hospital that he had previously quit his job at a university hospital and taken a year sabbatical.
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Title: Winter Sakura
Character: Ishikawa Koichi
Released: January 16, 2011
Type: TV
"Fuyu no Sakura" is described as a pure love story with similarities to the popular Korean drama "Winter Sonata" (titled "Fuyu no Sonata" in Japan). Kusanagi plays a gentle glass craftsman in Yamagata who has no experience in love. Imai plays an older housewife with a husband and daughter who goes on a trip alone to Yamagata, hoping to see sakura trees blooming in winter. She gets into an accident, but is saved by Kusanagi. He ends up tending to her, and the two are soon drawn to each other.
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Title: 桂ちづる診察日録
Released: September 4, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: The History of Our Family
Character: Hideo Itokawa
Released: April 9, 2010
Type: TV
Wagaya no Rekishi is a Japanese three-part television mini-series, shown on Fuji TV from April 9, 2010 to April 11, 2010 to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The show was known for its star-studded cast.
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Title: MR.BRAIN
Released: May 23, 2009
Type: TV
Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating matters.
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Title: 西村京太郎サスペンス十津川捜査班
Released: May 8, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: Rinjo
Character: Masumi Tachihara
Released: April 15, 2009
Type: TV
Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill indiscriminately.
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The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Title: The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Character: Toshihiro Numata
Released: March 7, 2009
Type: Movie
A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits.
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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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Death Note: L Change the World
Title: Death Note: L Change the World
Character: Daisuke Matoba
Released: February 7, 2008
Type: Movie
"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve the case all by himself for the very first time.
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A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies
Title: A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies
Released: December 8, 2007
Type: Movie
The touching and dramatic tale of the relationship between a Japanese family, their dog and her three puppies, set against the backdrop of a devastating earthquake and the ensuing chaos, rescues and heroism.
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Free and Easy 18
Title: Free and Easy 18
Released: September 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.
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Lost & Found at Tokyo Station
Title: Lost & Found at Tokyo Station
Character: Kohei Mochizuki
Released: May 5, 2007
Type: Movie
A woman is murdered on a train and the station employees help to solve the mystery.
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Title: 妻は多重人格者
Released: March 24, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Dangerous Sister
Character: Ikuo Takeda
Released: October 17, 2005
Type: TV
Ito Misaki stars as the number-one cabaret/hostess club girl. Hailing from the Miyazaki countryside, she has been told since her youth that all she has is a beautiful face. Her brilliant younger brother (played by Moriyama Mirai) who aims to become a doctor, is her only pride. For his sake, she is willing to put up with all sorts of hardships in a display of unconditional love.
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Godzilla: Final Wars
Title: Godzilla: Final Wars
Character: Major Kita
Released: December 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.
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Infection
Title: Infection
Character: Dr. Uozumi
Released: October 2, 2004
Type: Movie
Infection takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. In a hospital death is just a breath away.
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Title: Batsu Kare
Released: July 1, 2004
Type: TV
He's divorced and a bit hopeless. Although considered a "loser," he's still a good person. She is in her 30s. Unmarried and no kids, she is considered by some to be a bit of a loser too which is a stab in the heart for any woman. There are men who are not offensive, but somehow useless. Men in their 30s, divorced and on top of that, a bit useless. Popular, but lightweights. That they are serious, but a bit dense is another mark against them. But there are some women, for whom this is actually a turn on. This is a different love story about guys like this and the women that surround them. It shows men and women in their 30s losing their way and making mistakes as they strive for happiness in a real and candid way.
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Title: The Bubble
Character: Tetsuya Sudo
Released: January 5, 2001
Type: TV
It's the glittering 80s, and Japan's bubble economy is in full swing. There is a fortune to be made for those who have the brains, determination and pure luck. Tetsuya and Tomoyo are two ordinary, but ambitious people in their prime who have chosen to take part in the money game. They hook up with self-made billionaire Okitsu, who guides them through the "Bubble." A master of the game, Okitsu plays for revenge, not money. He conspires to destroy Kurihara, a ruthless financier whose sole weakness is his only daughter. The plot twists amid a complex web mired in greed, desire and dreams. Spinning with intrigue, the ultimate game of wits has begun for stakes too deadly to imagine.
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Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen
Title: Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen
Released: January 3, 2000
Type: Movie
This film is the memoirs of Takasugi Shinsaku about the life of his great teacher Yoshida Shoin. Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰, 1830-1859) was one of the most distinguished intellectuals in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. He devoted to developing many Ishin Shishi who made an outstanding contribution to the Meiji Restoration. At least two of his students, Takasugi Shinsaku and Itō Hirobumi later became famous, and virtually all of the survivors of the Sonjuku group became officers in the Meiji Restoration. Takasugi led rifle companies against the shogun's army when it failed to conquer Chōshū in 1864, rapidly leading to the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Ito Hirobumi became Japan's first prime minister. His admirer, Maebara Issei, was later killed rebelling against the Meiji regime. He is now enshrined in Setagayaku-(世田谷区)Tokyo, Japan.
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Extreme Crisis
Title: Extreme Crisis
Character: Special Task Force's Lieutenant
Released: August 29, 1998
Type: Movie
Hot-headed Hong Kong cop Ken Cheung (Julian Cheung) teams with die-hard Japanese Interpol agent Takami (Kenya Sawada) to stop a ruthless gang of Japanese terrorists. The crime fighters must race to find a hidden time bomb filled with noxious gas that threatens the city -- but first they'll have to survive attacks from vicious terrorist thugs. This action-packed adventure is a directorial debut for renowned action choreographer Bruce Law.
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Title: Hideyoshi
Character: Toyotomi Hidenaga
Released: January 7, 1996
Type: TV
A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga. With an extraordinary combination of intelligence, bravery and military skill, Hideyoshi rose to near-absolute power and greatly expanded upon Nobunaga's unification of Japan's warlords. This series also focused on Hideyoshi's personal life, particularly his relationships with his mother and his wife, and the pair's rivalry for influence over him.
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The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
Title: The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
Released: November 13, 1993
Type: Movie
A man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the level of yakuza.
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Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
Title: Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue
Character: Takuya Yuuki
Released: February 20, 1992
Type: Movie
Doctors Kazamatsuri and Onizuka are geneticists researching cures on diseases such as AIDS and cancer by performing experiments to strengthen the human body. The test subject is Shin Kazamatsuri, motorcycle racer son of Doctor Kazamatsuri. Unknown to them, their operation is funded by a syndicate group, who plan to use this research to have the bodies of men strengthened for their own gain—they have already been experimenting in the field of cyborg soldiers, to a less-than-successful attempt. However, they did not count on Onizuka's own secret ambitions; the mad Onizuka wanted to create a new species, by fusing a grasshopper's DNA with the test subject's, in order to start a new civilization and be their god. He has tested on himself, but seems to be having greater success with Shin.
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Yamada baba ni hanataba o
Title: Yamada baba ni hanataba o
Character: Masato Togura
Released: December 15, 1990
Type: Movie
Yamada is the old mistress of a prestigious all-girl high school, who finds a natural enemy in Kamizaki, an outgoing first-year student. However, during Yamada's blind date, their bodies are inexplicably switched
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Title: Tokai no Mori
Character: Yabashi Shinsuke
Released: July 6, 1990
Type: TV
Fresh out of judicial training school, Shinsuke Yabashi becomes a rookie lawyer at the Funamoto Law Firm. When he takes on the role of lead counsel for a case involving a female teacher accused of having an affair with a student's father and killing her husband, Shinsuke boldly asserts her innocence amidst a courtroom where everyone assumes her guilt.
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Title: Tales of the Bizarre
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.
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Title: HOTEL
Character: Akagawa Ippei
Released: January 11, 1990
Type: TV
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Godzilla vs. Biollante
Title: Godzilla vs. Biollante
Character: Major Sho Kuroki
Released: December 16, 1989
Type: Movie
After the previous Godzilla attack, a miniature arms race ensues to collect his cells. Concerned over Godzilla's possible return, the Japanese government uses the cells to create a new bio-weapon, ANEB (Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria). They seeks the aid of geneticist Genshiro Shiragami, who's experiments result in a new mutation.
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Title: Jun-chan's Cheering Song
Character: Ushiyama Kintaro
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy that had been abandoned by his mother. The boy is Yuta and the family will adopt him.
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Title: 浦上伸介事件ファイル
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV