Sadawo Abe

Sadawo Abe

Born: April 23, 1970

Movies for Sadawo Abe...

Last Mile
Title: Last Mile
Released: August 23, 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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Title: Extremely Inappropriate!
Character: Ogawa Ichiro
Released: January 26, 2024
Type: TV
Ichiro is a PE teacher in 1986 feared by his students for a "tough love" approach, harsh tongue and frequently “inappropriate” behavior. He’s also a dad trying to raise a rebellious daughter after having lost his wife to illness. When he gets transported in time to 2024, he encounters modern sensibilities that teach him about empathy but also gives people of today a reason to rethink their own political correctness in this time traversing comedy about change.
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Revolver LILY
Title: Revolver LILY
Released: August 11, 2023
Type: Movie
In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was murdered and holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. But with an army of soldiers after them, they must fight to survive.
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Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”
Title: Woman’s Lib Vol. 15 ”Mo Gaman Dekinai”
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: Movie
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Shylock's Children
Title: Shylock's Children
Character: Masahiro Nishiki
Released: February 17, 2023
Type: Movie
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Taiga Dorama ga Umareta Hi
Title: Taiga Dorama ga Umareta Hi
Released: February 4, 2023
Type: Movie
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of TV broadcasting in Japan, and the 60th anniversary of the Taiga drama, this special depicts the struggles of creating the first Taiga drama.
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The World of Tsudaman
Title: The World of Tsudaman
Released: November 23, 2022
Type: Movie
The World of Tsudaman
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I Am Makimoto
Title: I Am Makimoto
Character: Makimoto
Released: September 30, 2022
Type: Movie
Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone and bury them at a cemetery. Makimoto doesn't like to socialise with his colleagues or listen to them. By doing his job, he meets various people and slowly begins to change his life.
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Title: Fill In the Blanks
Character: Saeki (佐伯)
Released: June 25, 2022
Type: TV
News of "revived people" who should have died humans come back to life was reported all over the world. Meanwhile, Tetsuo Tsuchiya wakes up in the conference room where he works, but his colleague reports that he died of suicide three years ago. However, Tsuchiya, who had a wife and a son and lived a happy life, could not commit suicide, and thought that he was actually killed, lives while pursuing the reason for his death. It depicts how you know the meaning of things, dying, and happiness. 日本語 English
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Drive In California
Title: Drive In California
Released: May 27, 2022
Type: Movie
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Lesson in Murder
Title: Lesson in Murder
Character: Yamato Haimura
Released: May 6, 2022
Type: Movie
Masaya is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Haimura. He was convicted for nine murders and received the death penalty. Back when Haimura was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle-school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Haimura confesses to having committed eight murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Haimura.
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THE BEE
Title: THE BEE
Released: November 24, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: 月影花之丞大逆転
Released: March 20, 2021
Type: TV
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Title: Furimun Sisters
Released: November 12, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: Mothers in Love
Character: Marutarō Konjakutei
Released: October 30, 2020
Type: TV
Follows the lives of three mothers, who have sons that attend the same school.
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Title: 劇場の灯を消すな!本多劇場編
Released: September 26, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: 劇場の灯を消すな!Bunkamuraシアターコクーン編
Released: July 5, 2020
Type: TV
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MOTHER
Title: MOTHER
Character: Ryō Kawada
Released: July 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Shuhei is leading a tough life. His alcoholic mother Akiko can only hook up with bad guys and order Shuhei to go get money from his disapproving grandparents instead of going to school. Except raising the little half-sister, his rock-bottom life seems to have no end.
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Switch
Title: Switch
Character: Komazuki Nao
Released: June 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Prosecutor Komazuki Nao from the Yokohama District Public Prosecutors Office’s Minato Mirai branch and lawyer Tsutaya Madoka (Matsu Takako) from the law firm Yokohama Gold dated for seven years since the time they were in school. Even after they broke up, they have continued to be hopelessly linked to each other.
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大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」
Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.14「もうがまんできない」
Released: April 2, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: Kirei 〜 The Woman Who Met Up With God 〜
Released: December 18, 2019
Type: TV
There is “another Japan,” which is divided into three countries and has been in ethnic conflict for 100 years. In the middle of the conflict, a young girl (Ikuta Erika) was kidnapped and confined by a group calling itself “National Liberation Army.” However, the girl has escaped from them to the outside world for the first time in 10 years. She befriends a girl whose father runs a business recycling artificial soldiers made from soybeans. They meet the group of boys including Harikona (Ryunosuke Kamiki) who has the ability to make flowers bloom. Keeping watch over Kegare is her adult self, Misa. This empathetic play transcends time and space. As past, present, and future get jumbled up, Kegare finally confronts an unpleasant memory that she should have forgotten. (Source: @floren646730)
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Bird
Title: Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Bird
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
Japan, 1590. Wandering samurai band together to take on the lord of Skull Castle in this “Bird” version of the dynamic show performed in a 360º theater.
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Title: Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
Character: 田畑政治
Released: January 6, 2019
Type: TV
Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before Tokyo hosts the event again in 2020. The first half tells the story of marathon runner Kanakuri Shiso, who became one of the first Japanese nationals to participate in the Olympics in Stockholm in 1912. The second half features Tabata Masaji, the coach who laid the foundations of Japanese swimming and helped bring the games to Tokyo for the first time in 1964.
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LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
Title: LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
Character: Sin
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this time, Sin meets Fūka, who is a street musician. When Fūka sings, her voice is so small. Due to Fūka, Sin looks back upon his past.
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Title: anone
Character: Kaji Mochimoto
Released: January 10, 2018
Type: TV
A solitary young woman and a lonely widow make a tentative connection as a pile of fake money brings trouble to their lives and newcomers to their town.
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Birds Without Names
Title: Birds Without Names
Character: Jinya Sano
Released: October 28, 2017
Type: Movie
An unstable young woman pines for the ex-boyfriend who nearly beat her to death – and who has mysteriously disappeared.
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Title: Grade A Reversal
Released: January 13, 2017
Type: TV
Shin'ichi Sakurai is married to Kanako and they have a daughter named Kaori. Both, Shinichi and Kanako received only a middle-school-level education. Even though they don't have much money, they are a happy family. At work, though, Shin'ichi experiences effects of only having a middle school education. One day, Shin'ichi sees Kaori’s poor score for a national test. He freaks out and decides to improve Kaori's education. Thus, 41-year-old Shin'ichi begins studying with Kaori and instructs her for the upcoming middle school entrance exam.
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Sniper
Title: Sniper
Character: Akira Kijima
Released: October 2, 2016
Type: Movie
Detective Ryoko Kozuki receives a demotion after having an affair with a superior. She succeeds in arresting a rapist in an undercover operation that puts her at risk. Her achievement immediately becomes the talk of the precinct, but no one approaches her because of her past. Ryoko is determined to bring criminals to justice. She takes on “The Prime Ministerial Candidate Snipe Case” which took place 15 years earlier.
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Teacher Gappa
Title: Teacher Gappa
Character: Sentaro Osawa
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Twenty-four-year-old country bumpkin Aiko is a new teacher who has arrived at a new town and a new primary school. When nervous she blurts out her local dialect. This seals her nickname and reputation. Nonetheless, she is determined and strives to do her best for her students. She is an inspiration soon.
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The Magnificent Nine
Title: The Magnificent Nine
Character: Juzaburo Kokudaya
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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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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Double Meaning: Chain Reaction
Title: Double Meaning: Chain Reaction
Released: September 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years.
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Unfair: the end
Title: Unfair: the end
Character: Yuji Kokubo
Released: September 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to take on the organization, but Natsumi becomes involved in a new case. She gets closer to the final enemy.
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Title: Keisei Saimin no Otoko
Character: Kobayashi Ichizo
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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Parasyte: Part 2
Title: Parasyte: Part 2
Character: Migi (voice)
Released: April 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Alien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only manages to take over one human's, Shin Izumi, right arm. Together they grow and co-exist, all the while the other aliens are making meals of other humans; Shin feels he must put a stop to it all, but his alien, Migi, doesn't see why.
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Title: Crazy for Me
Character: Haruta Kojima
Released: April 8, 2015
Type: TV
Everyone has a worry or two in life. Not to mention all the anxieties of the modern world that add to our list of worries. Crazy For Me is a romantic comedy centered around 4 melancholy individuals who have all had their fill of failures and agonies in the past. Laugh and cry with them in their journey to overcome their problems in this light, heartwarming comedy.
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A Farewell to Jinu
Title: A Farewell to Jinu
Character: Yosaburo Amano
Released: April 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.
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Parasyte: Part 1
Title: Parasyte: Part 1
Character: Migi (voice)
Released: November 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Alien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only manages to take over one human's, Shin Izumi, right arm. Together they grow and co-exist, all the while the other aliens are making meals of other humans; Shin feels he must put a stop to it all, but his alien, Migi, doesn't see why.
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Memories of Mom
Title: Memories of Mom
Character: Takehiro Omori
Released: July 5, 2014
Type: Movie
After years of trying, Kyoko and her husband Takehiro are finally pregnant. But their joy at the prospect of becoming parents ends suddenly when they learn Kyoko has stage four cancer. They now must face agonizing decisions that force them to choose between the life of Kyoko or the health of their baby. Adapted from a true story.
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Nuigulumar Z
Title: Nuigulumar Z
Character: Boosuke
Released: January 25, 2014
Type: Movie
A gothic lolita merges with a teddy bear to fight zombies and save the world.
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The Apology King
Title: The Apology King
Character: Ryoro Kurojima
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: Movie
Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.
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Miracle Apples
Title: Miracle Apples
Character: Akinori Kimura
Released: June 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens...
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Title: 八犬伝
Released: March 20, 2013
Type: TV
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Double Meaning: Yes or No?
Title: Double Meaning: Yes or No?
Character: Yuji Kokubo
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: Going My Home
Character: Taro Tokunaga
Released: October 9, 2012
Type: TV
Ryota, a timid salaryman who has difficulties fitting in at home and work has his average life changed after his estranged father falls ill. Along with his wife Sae and their only child Moe, he travels to his father's country town, where he begins to uncover his father's mysterious past spent searching for a mythical creature.
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Dreams for Sale
Title: Dreams for Sale
Character: Kanya Ichizawa
Released: September 8, 2012
Type: Movie
After losing their restaurant in a fire, a husband and wife come up with a strange plan to rebuild their shattered finances: marrying the husband off to a series of lonely women and defrauding them.
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Blazing Famiglia
Title: Blazing Famiglia
Character: Atsushi Yokota
Released: September 8, 2012
Type: Movie
"Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters. Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei (Kento Hayashi). One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather together again after the daughter of a member is assaulted. Tetsu, worried about his day to day life, nevertheless regains the passion from his biker days. Tetsu then finds out that Ken Igarashi (Jun Murakami) is the man behind the attack. Ken Igarashi has had a grudge against Tetsu for a long time.
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Paikaji Nankai Sakusen
Title: Paikaji Nankai Sakusen
Character: Sasaki
Released: July 14, 2012
Type: Movie
Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote Island. While there, Sasaki's belongings are stolen by four homeless men. Sasaki then lives with three other people: a survivalist, a city man and a girl who speaks Kansai dialect. One day, Sasaki hears news about the four homeless men and decides to get revenge ...
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Title: 大人計画「ウェルカム・ニッポン」
Released: March 28, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: Taira no Kiyomori
Released: January 8, 2012
Type: TV
Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a samurai. Together with his stepfather, he wiped out piracy along Japan's western coast, becoming a full-fledged warrior samurai. In an age when samurai were looked down on as members of the lower class, Kiyomori was skillful at winning the hearts and minds of the people. By rounding up surrendered pirates and achieving other successes, Kiyomori eventually became the de facto ruler of Japan.
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Friends: Naki on Monster Island
Title: Friends: Naki on Monster Island
Character: Gōyan (voice)
Released: December 17, 2011
Type: Movie
Offshore, shrouded in fog, there is a mysterious island that is said to be the home of a family of monsters. It is strictly forbidden to approach it. But one day a human child, Mushroom, it loses and coming face to face with the mysterious creatures that live there. The arrival of Mushroom, makes panic on the island because the monsters are actually terrified of living humans.
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Double Meaning
Title: Double Meaning
Character: Yuji Kokubo
Released: September 23, 2011
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.' Just as a girl asks the team for help finding her missing father, a man calls to say he has four hostages and makes a cryptic request.
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Unfair: the answer
Title: Unfair: the answer
Character: Yuji Kokubo
Released: September 17, 2011
Type: Movie
After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato, is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.
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Title: Marumo's Story
Character: Mamoru Takagi
Released: April 24, 2011
Type: TV
Marumo no Okite is a Japanese television series which premiered on Fuji TV on April 24, 2011. This television series stars Sadao Abe as Mamoru Takagi, a public relations officer with a stationery company. It also stars child actors Fuku Suzuki and child actress Mana Ashida as Mamoru's late friend Jun-ichiro's twin children. The television series was broadcast as part of the Fuji TV's Dramatic Sunday time slot, which airs every Sunday from 9pm to 9:54pm.
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Oba: The Last Samurai
Title: Oba: The Last Samurai
Character: Suekichi Motoki
Released: February 11, 2011
Type: Movie
In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.
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Title: 大人計画「母を逃がす」
Released: December 1, 2010
Type: TV
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The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Title: The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Character: Sugishita
Released: October 1, 2010
Type: Movie
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
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Title: 離婚同居
Released: May 11, 2010
Type: TV
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No More Cry
Title: No More Cry
Character: Yuta Yamagishi
Released: November 14, 2009
Type: Movie
Abandoned by his father as a boy, Yuta grows up as the foster son of a restaurant owner and takes over the restaurant at the owner's death. Cheery, always smiling, always helpful, Yuta is known as Yama-chan, the friend everyone turns to. When Yuta discovers he had a hitherto unknown baby brother, he sets out to track him down. But the baby brother, Yusuke, has grown up to be half of a successful comedy team, the Kinjo Brothers, and Yusuke's professional "brother" has just written a best-selling book about their adventures growing up together. Yuta's appearance on the scene threatens to reveal that the book is a complete fiction and to set all three "brothers" into conflict with each other.
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Title: The Waste Land
Character: Hideo Tawara
Released: October 15, 2009
Type: TV
Iki Tadashi is a military leader named who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After 11 years of imprisonment, he is released. He returns to Japan and begins readjusting to life as a civilian, rejecting an offer from his former colleague to work on a defense project. Tadashi has decided to never involve himself in war again, much to the joy of his family. Instead, he attempts to set off on a new path working at a major trading company. --Tokyograph
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Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Title: Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
Character: Okita Kazushi
Released: August 22, 2009
Type: Movie
Taishi lives with his father Kazushi. His mother left home when Taishi was very young and he barely has any memories of her. He believes that his mother left home to study in Paris. His favorite moments come once a week when he receives a letter from his mother. But one day, during Taishi's summer vacation, he learns that his mother isn't in Paris but in Shodoshima, Japan. Taishi then decides to take his pet dog with him and bicycle from his hometown of Yokohama all the way to Shodoshima. On his 500 kilometers trip to Shodoshima, Taishi meets various peoples and touches their hearts, while leaving behind small miracles. What Taishi doesn't know about his mother is that she suffers from memory loss and that's why she lives apart from her family. Taishi's father Kazushi soon learns that his son has left for Shodoshima and he sets out to find his son.
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Yatterman
Title: Yatterman
Character: Dr. Kaieda
Released: February 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Gan and his girlfriend Ai are mild-mannered toy shop owners by day but, when evil lurks, they transform into superheroes Yatterman 1 & 2. With the help of a dog-shaped robot, Yatterwoof, they take on the Doronbow gang, lead by the sexy Lady Doronjo. Together, they must stop the evil gang from finding the four magical skull pieces that will allow them to control the world!
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My Grandma
Title: My Grandma
Character: Yoichi Shigeta
Released: December 6, 2008
Type: Movie
Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves houses, it is his motto to take great care of the family who live in the house. However, he has been working so hard that he has forgotten to cherish his own family. When he looks after a client who wants to leave her father-in-law in a nursing home, it reminds him of his grandmother whom he loved so much. Father's death, grandmother's struggle with disease, and home care - those were grueling times, but the memories have become invaluable for Tomohiro. He realizes his family is the most precious thing of all. On a day off, he and his family decide to visit his mother who lives alone in their old hometown.
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Title: OLにっぽん
Released: October 8, 2008
Type: TV
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Paco and the Magical Book
Title: Paco and the Magical Book
Character: Horigome
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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Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta
Title: Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta
Character: Akira Kuroki
Released: July 8, 2008
Type: Movie
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Fall Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Fall Special
Character: Soutarou Honda
Released: October 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2007 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. Mirai Dousoukai - starring Ishihara Satomi. 2. Countdown - starring Abe Sadao. 3. Jihanki Otoko - starring Joshima Shigeru. 4. Gomi Onna - starring Matsushita Yuki. 5. 48% no Koi - starring Shiraishi Miho. Synopsis: A "trainee angel" named Natsumi works on Earth for an advertising company. In order for her to become a fully-fledged angel, Natsumi must facilitate the meeting of a man and a woman who are destined "by fate" to spend their lives together, and she has her sights on a man who works in the same building.
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Maiko Haaaan!!!
Title: Maiko Haaaan!!!
Character: Kimihiko Onizuka
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: Movie
Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.
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Unfair: the movie
Title: Unfair: the movie
Character: Yuji Kokubo
Released: March 17, 2007
Type: Movie
When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger.
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Ten Nights of Dreams
Title: Ten Nights of Dreams
Character: I
Released: January 27, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series
Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series
Character: Nekota
Released: October 28, 2006
Type: Movie
After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost form however only his most trusted friends can see him, and his meddling in the lives of the living results in the return of Ozzy and a long dead team of American baseball players who drowned off the shores of Kisarazu. It's down to Bussan and the Cats to save the day and restore the town to order, but can Bussan bring himself to say bye-bye once and for all?
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Unfair: Code Breaking
Title: Unfair: Code Breaking
Released: October 3, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: Dare Yori mo Mama wo Aisu
Released: July 2, 2006
Type: TV
A heartwarming home drama told from the perspective of 11-year-old Kaoru (Nagashima), who says his family is often called weird/unusual. It revolves around the lives of stay-at-home dad (Tamura), lawyer and breadwinner mother (Ito), tomboyish oldest daughter (Uchida) and SNAG oldest son (Tamayama). A mysterious neighbor (Kobayashi) also gets involved.
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Title: 大人計画「まとまったお金の唄」
Released: May 14, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Iryu: Team Medical Dragon
Character: Arase Monji
Released: April 13, 2006
Type: TV
Ryutaro Asada was the chief surgeon of Team Medical Dragon, a globally active emergency medical care team that worked in refugee camps. After his return to Japan, this amazingly talented surgeon starts work at a university hospital, where he uncovers one case of corruption after another and takes on a lot of powerful contenders in this heroic drama. The struggles between the hospital and the patients, the infighting among the hospital staff, and the patients who get involved in those struggles are all depicted in a realistic manner in a drama that has an overwhelming feeling of speed. Here’s a human drama depicting a thrilling battle between life and death, a totally new, outstanding form of entertainment.
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Helen the Baby Fox
Title: Helen the Baby Fox
Character: Police
Released: March 18, 2006
Type: Movie
A young boy named Taichi Ogawara finds a fox cub on the side of the road and takes it home as a pet. He discovers it is blind, deaf, and mute. Because of this, he names it Helen, after Helen Keller.
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Title: Angels with Broken Wings
Released: February 27, 2006
Type: TV
A miniseries starring famous actresses, based on the short story collection "Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi" by the author Yoshi. This dark drama has a different story for each episode, as the name of the series "Angels With Broken Wings" hints, the common theme is women who have lost their way in life. The series touches subjects like prostitution, peer pressure, gambling, theft and isolation.
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Title: Unfair
Character: Kokubo Yuji
Released: January 10, 2006
Type: TV
A no-nonsense detective with a reputation for pushing limits investigates a rash of brutal murders connected by a series of cryptic short stories.
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The Great Yokai War
Title: The Great Yokai War
Character: Kawatarō
Released: August 6, 2005
Type: Movie
A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
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Title: Tiger and Dragon
Character: Ryuhei Yanaka
Released: April 15, 2005
Type: TV
A young yakuza thug apprentices with an indebted comic "rakugo" performer, whose not-so-fashionable son runs a clothes shop in the Harajuku backstreets.
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Title: Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Character: Kin-kin
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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Year One in the North
Title: Year One in the North
Released: January 14, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
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The Birth of Unicorn Ryuji
Title: The Birth of Unicorn Ryuji
Character: Unicorn Ryuji
Released: November 26, 2004
Type: Movie
The back-story of Unicorn Ryuji from 'Kamikaze Girls'
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.8「轟天VS港カヲル」
Released: September 8, 2004
Type: TV
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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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Kamikaze Girls
Title: Kamikaze Girls
Character: Ryuji 'the Unicorn' / Doctor
Released: May 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...
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Eiko
Title: Eiko
Character: Atsushi Ono
Released: February 28, 2004
Type: Movie
Eiko Akimori is a 23-year-old woman who lives alone in an apartment. One day, Eiko is made to buy a big stone ring that brings happiness from a catch sales on the way home from work.
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JAPANESE NAKED TRIBE
Title: JAPANESE NAKED TRIBE
Released: November 22, 2003
Type: Movie
The story takes place when the Shin-Okubo district of Tokyo was still known as Okubomura, where the yakuza are running a real estate business called Misato Kogyo. Starting with the mule AF, who carries 'cargo' inside his own butt hole, the gang members, each of whom has their own complex personality, greatly admire the gang leader Joaquin. But after he is hospitalized after his car accident scam goes wrong, they plan to rebuild the organization together with the new gang leader, a dope friend.
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
Character: Kaoru Nekota
Released: November 1, 2003
Type: Movie
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisarazu Cat's Eye. Their funny adventures range from playing gigs to solving a mystery surrounding counterfeit money, but Bussan's impending death is never far away.
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.7「熊沢パンキース03」
Released: July 30, 2003
Type: TV
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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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Title: ぼくの魔法使い
Released: April 19, 2003
Type: TV
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Title: Kokoro
Character: Nakajima Gin
Released: March 31, 2003
Type: TV
Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors know each other like a big family.
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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: 吉冈刑事
Released: March 28, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: Mama no Idenshi
Released: October 11, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: The Private Detective Mike
Character: Makoto
Released: July 1, 2002
Type: TV
Mike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the ladies and a soft spot in his heart, especially for his kid sister Akane. Mike's so down on his luck he'll take any case, from finding a lost pet to spying on cheating spouses. But every now and then, along comes a client with dubious and dangerous case… and that's when Mike shows his stuff.
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Title: 大人計画「春子ブックセンター」
Released: May 15, 2002
Type: TV
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The Labor Cop
Title: The Labor Cop
Released: April 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Due to the effect of the prolonged great depression, finally even the police have to introduce a part-time job system for its employees. Although his main job is a steeplejack, one man is also employed as a day-laborer detective. He spends his days waiting for an incident to occur so he will be called in to investigate. On the other hand, Yasu is not only a graduate of The University of Tokyo with a successful IT business, he is also member of the Nagasaka yakuza clan. Moreover, he is a favorite of the clan leader.
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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: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.6「キラークイーン666」
Released: October 19, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: 大人計画「マシーン日記」
Released: July 6, 2001
Type: TV
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エロスの果て
Title: エロスの果て
Released: March 14, 2001
Type: Movie
A boy genius named "Kadokawa" invents the ultimate anesthetic for SM play. Kadokawa's madness is turned into reality by his childhood friends Oyamada and Saigo. "A near-future science fiction work that will burn out the "endless everyday life.
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Title: 大人計画「エロスの果て」
Released: March 14, 2001
Type: TV
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Gore from Outer Space
Title: Gore from Outer Space
Character: Kiyohiko
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A mother is accused of murdering her daughter but when she tells her tale, things don't seem to make sense. Her husband says they have no daughter, there's a psychic that can trace phone calls, a blonde who sings the US anthem, a house with no bathroom, some Lynchian dream sequences, aliens, breeding experiments, very quirky FBI agents, and some other random events.
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Title: Summer Snow
Released: July 7, 2000
Type: TV
A love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly, and a young woman with an ailment that has placed restrictions on her life. Natsuo has been looking after his younger brother and sister since the death of their parents. He has also been running the family bicycle shop. Yuki becomes the only person in the world in whom he can confide. For Yuki, Natsuo becomes the catalyst that has her trying to break out of her cocoon.
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Title: Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Character: Hamaguchi
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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Uzumaki
Title: Uzumaki
Character: Mitsuru Yamaguchi
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
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Title: 大人計画ウーマンリブvol.4「ウーマンリブ発射!」
Released: October 27, 1999
Type: TV
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Shomuni
Title: Shomuni
Character: Masao
Released: November 28, 1998
Type: Movie
Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda
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After Life
Title: After Life
Character: Young Watanabe
Released: September 11, 1998
Type: Movie
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.
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Title: Suwiito Debiru
Released: July 13, 1998
Type: TV
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Eyes of the Spider
Title: Eyes of the Spider
Character: Hoshi
Released: April 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Nijima, a white-collar worker, finds the man responsible for his young daughter's murder. He tortures and interrogates the man, who maintains his innocence, before killing and burying him. He returns to his ordinary life feeling listless and hollow, until he encounters a man that introduces himself as an old friend. The man offers Nijima a new job, and subsequently introduces Nijima to his band of hired killers.
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Title: 大人計画「生きてるし死んでるし」
Released: December 17, 1997
Type: TV
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Title: D×D
Character: Akira Hatayama
Released: July 5, 1997
Type: TV
Two young men have a special ability: they can sense ghost spirits. With this special ability they try to solve mysteries / crimes.
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Love Hotel Night 2
Title: Love Hotel Night 2
Released: July 5, 1996
Type: Movie
Sequel to the Pinku TV Movie 'Love Hotel Night'
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Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Title: Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Character: Hiroshi Fujimoto
Released: March 23, 1996
Type: Movie
There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences.
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Splatter: Naked Blood
Title: Splatter: Naked Blood
Character: Eiji Kure
Released: February 20, 1996
Type: Movie
A scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.