Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Born: February 17, 1955
in Yamanashi, Japan
Character actor Shun Sugata (菅田 俊 Sugata Shun) was born on February 17, 1955 in Yamanashi, Japan as Masamichi Shibuya. Often cast in violent, villainous roles he can be instantly recognized by his deep, gruff voice and imposing stature. His most notable roles include the intimidating mob enforcer Takayama in Takeshi Miike's Ichi the Killer and the corrupt police commissioner in Tokyo Gore Police.

He has also had minor roles outside Japanese cinema in Quention Tarantino's Kill Bill and The Last Samurai as well as playing the main villain opposing Scott Adkins in Ninja 2.

Movies for Shun Sugata...

The Parades
Title: The Parades
Character: Nakata
Released: February 28, 2024
Type: Movie
A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.
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Fearless
Title: Fearless
Released: August 25, 2023
Type: Movie
This is Fearless
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Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi
Title: Geats Extra: Kamen Rider Tycoon meets Kamen Rider Shinobi
Character: Ryo Murasame
Released: June 18, 2023
Type: Movie
Keiwa and Sara are transported to the World of Shinobi where they assist Rentaro and his allies in fighting the powerful Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.
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ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
Title: ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
Released: April 7, 2023
Type: Movie
Nasu Kano, known as Nu, has a developmental disability. As soon as she was born, her mother abandoned her in a coin locker. One day, Nu meets Kazuma Kurosako, who has just been released from prison and was attempting to make money by selling substances near Nu's coin locker. Kurosako gradually become interested in Nu and began posting Nu's paintings on social media on a whim. When Kurosako is contacted by a famous overseas artist interested in buying a painting of Nu's, he initially wants to sell it for a high price for his own profit. As he spends more time with pure-hearted Nu, Kurosako gains a more selfless conscious. All of a sudden, Nu collapses from leukemia.
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The Setting Sun
Title: The Setting Sun
Released: November 4, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: Tokyo Vice
Character: Ishida
Released: April 7, 2022
Type: TV
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.
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Just Remembering
Title: Just Remembering
Character: Bar Customer
Released: February 11, 2022
Type: Movie
A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love story inspired by a Jim Jarmusch masterpiece, set in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Black Crow 0
Title: Black Crow 0
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Prequel in the "Black Crow" series about an agency that resolves underworld troubles, set in Shinjuku's red-light Kabukicho district. The story focuses on the protagonist's hidden past. Rookie police officer Kanzaki gets posted to an area that has descended into anarchy. He gets a hand from fellow police officer Hyodo and they strive to do their jobs. Then, a criminal group's hideout gets burglarized and the incident escalates into murder.
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Black Crow 3
Title: Black Crow 3
Character: Kanai
Released: September 3, 2021
Type: Movie
Mashiba Riku , who has a past of betraying his friends and going on the run, he comes to Black Crow leader Kanzaki Kuroto and his right-hand man Masato Yuya. Riku says he is setting up a problem resolution agency called White Knight.
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Nebagiba New World
Title: Nebagiba New World
Released: July 10, 2021
Type: Movie
A former boxing gym owner and his younger brother rise up to help a boy and his teacher's daughter from a vicious religious group that preys on good people.
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Tomorrow's Dining Table
Title: Tomorrow's Dining Table
Character: Tsuneo Fujisaki
Released: May 28, 2021
Type: Movie
3 women are happy and busy raising their boys named Yu. Due to some little thing, their lives fall apart. Their anger and anxiety unconsciously head towards their sons Yu.
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Title: The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Released: April 9, 2021
Type: Movie
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
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A Family
Title: A Family
Character: Takeda Makoto
Released: January 29, 2021
Type: Movie
Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.
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Title: Byplayers ~Meiwakiyaku no Mori no 100-nichikan~
Released: January 8, 2021
Type: TV
Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of serial dramas and movies from various TV stations at once in this remote studio. It is a drama full of battles for ratings between studios, clashes between young, mid-career, and big names, and a heartwarming story of friendship and bonding. Also, the self-deprecation and parodies are enhanced by the fact that the actors play a role of themselves.
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Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk
Title: Shitamachi Ninkyoden Hawk
Released: February 13, 2020
Type: Movie
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Black Crow 2
Title: Black Crow 2
Character: Kanai
Released: March 30, 2019
Type: Movie
One day, Chizuru (Nana Asakawa) and Mioto (Aino Kuribayashi) enters problem-solving office Kurogarasu. The two girls look naive, but Chizuru is a leader of a enjo kosai group. Their group makes money by having young girls date older men for money. Thugs are threatening Chizuru for money. Chizuru pays 2.5 million yen to the problem-solving office Kurogarasu for their help. Kuroto (Tsubasa Sakiyama), Yuya (Keisuke Ueda) and Hina (Moga Mogami) take the case and begin to investigate the thugs, but they find something unexpected.
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Black Crow 1
Title: Black Crow 1
Character: Kanai
Released: March 9, 2019
Type: Movie
Kazuki works as a rookie host at a host club. One of his regular customers is Mai, but she disappears. Mai has a tab of 6 million yen with the host club. The bar owner orders Kazuki to find Mai within a week or Kazuki will have to pay back her debt. Kazuki turns to problem-solving office Kurogarasu. There, Kuroto, Yuya and Hina are hired by Kazuki to find Mai and he offers them 3 million yen.
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Kingdom The Man Who Became the Leader
Title: Kingdom The Man Who Became the Leader
Released: January 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Yakuza original video
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YOKOHAMA BLACK 6
Title: YOKOHAMA BLACK 6
Released: November 22, 2018
Type: Movie
The sixth 'YOKOHAMA BLACK' film.
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Elegy 3
Title: Elegy 3
Released: July 10, 2018
Type: Movie
Third film in the 'Elegy' trilogy.
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The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Title: The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
Character: Maruman, Police Chief
Released: July 7, 2018
Type: Movie
In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.
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Elegy 2
Title: Elegy 2
Released: May 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Second film in the 'Elegy' trilogy.
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Butterfly Sleep
Title: Butterfly Sleep
Character: Ryuji Ayamine
Released: May 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Ryoko Matsumura is a popular writer in her 50's. She also knows that she has Alzheimer’s. Ryoko Matsumura begins to teach at a university. She meets a young Korean man in his 20's. They become attracted to each other.
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日本統一27
Title: 日本統一27
Released: March 25, 2018
Type: Movie
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The Outsider
Title: The Outsider
Character: Prison Warden
Released: March 9, 2018
Type: Movie
A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
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Elegy
Title: Elegy
Released: March 6, 2018
Type: Movie
First film in the 'Elegy' trilogy
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YOKOHAMA BLACK 5
Title: YOKOHAMA BLACK 5
Released: January 25, 2018
Type: Movie
The fifth 'YOKOHAMA BLACK' film.
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ZVP
Title: ZVP
Character: Zatoichi
Released: December 9, 2017
Type: Movie
In feudal Japan, blind Swordsman Zatoichi comes to the aid of a noblewoman carrying a secret treasure, and must fight cyborg ninjas and a powerful and mysterious Samurai.
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Vigilante
Title: Vigilante
Character: Takeo Shindo
Released: December 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Original work from director Irie Yu of Memoirs of a Murder and the "8000 MILES: SR Saitama's Rapper" series. Set in a provincial city, the story depicts men who are trapped in a vicious downward spiral. Eldest son Ichiro absconded as a youth. Second son Jiro is a city councilman. Youngest son Saburo manages a call girl service. The death of their father brings together three brothers who have pursued different paths in life, and the situation deteriorates as their inescapable fates intertwine once again.
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Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 5
Title: Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 5
Released: November 23, 2017
Type: Movie
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Unification Of Japan 25
Title: Unification Of Japan 25
Released: November 3, 2017
Type: Movie
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Unification Of Japan 24
Title: Unification Of Japan 24
Released: September 3, 2017
Type: Movie
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Strong Man Chapter 3
Title: Strong Man Chapter 3
Released: July 14, 2017
Type: Movie
The Third and final 'Strong Man' film.
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Unification Of Japan 23
Title: Unification Of Japan 23
Released: July 7, 2017
Type: Movie
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The Wild Ones:  The Osaka Yakuza War
Title: The Wild Ones: The Osaka Yakuza War
Released: June 16, 2017
Type: Movie
Sakamoto Toshiya (Kawahara Hideyuki), a young assistant head of the Yamashinkai, is imprisoned himself after his partner is killed in a feud with the Takahara family. When Sakamoto was released from prison eight years later and returned to the Yamashinkai, the organization was already under the control of the Takahara family and was involved in the sale of shabu, which was a taboo practice. Sakamoto tries to rebuild the organization with Yamahashi and his subordinate, Asada, but the Takahara family spots him and the chairman, Hirano, excommunicates him.
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Tatara Samurai
Title: Tatara Samurai
Character: Sakichi
Released: May 20, 2017
Type: Movie
In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-quality steel made there.
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Unification Of Japan 22
Title: Unification Of Japan 22
Released: May 5, 2017
Type: Movie
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Blade of the Immortal
Title: Blade of the Immortal
Released: April 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
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Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4
Title: Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4
Released: March 30, 2017
Type: Movie
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Unification Of Japan 21
Title: Unification Of Japan 21
Released: March 3, 2017
Type: Movie
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Gokudō tenka fubu
Title: Gokudō tenka fubu
Released: January 27, 2017
Type: Movie
A yakuza society that has turned into a world of warring states, a story of inferiority unfolded by men who aim to unify the world with force. Conquer this turbulent world and win the unification of Japan...!!
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Title: Zero: Dragon Blood
Released: January 7, 2017
Type: TV
Rei Suzumura continues to hunt Horrors in a certain city. One day, he meets a young woman in love with photography, Alice Hiromi. After witnessing Makai Knight ZERO in action, she develops an interest in Rei. Meanwhile, a carriage crosses a far away bridge. The carriage contains a coffin in which a man lies. That man is none other than the Dragon Knight, who used the power of Dragons to hunt Horrors.
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Unification Of Japan 20
Title: Unification Of Japan 20
Released: January 6, 2017
Type: Movie
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Silence
Title: Silence
Character: Samurai Commander
Released: December 22, 2016
Type: Movie
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
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Men in the Underworld: Final Chapter
Title: Men in the Underworld: Final Chapter
Released: November 24, 2016
Type: Movie
The final 'Men in the Underworld' film.
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Unification Of Japan 19
Title: Unification Of Japan 19
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: Movie
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Unification Of Japan 18
Title: Unification Of Japan 18
Released: September 2, 2016
Type: Movie
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Yuriko's Picture Book
Title: Yuriko's Picture Book
Released: July 30, 2016
Type: Movie
Onodera Yuriko sets off for Sweden where her husband, Major General Onodera Makoto, is stationed as a military attache in Stockholm during World War II. Called the "god of intelligence", Makoto is an intelligence officer of the Russian service of the Japanese Army General Staff. Fluent in Russian and German and trusted by the spies of many countries because of his integrity, his office would eventually become the most important Japanese intelligence post in Europe. From the day of her arrival in Stockholm, Yuriko helps her husband's intelligence activities. She encrypts the highly classified information obtained by Makoto and sends it in coded telegrams to the General Staff Headquarters in Japan every day. Husband and wife have jointly undertaken this intelligence work for confidentiality.
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Men in the Underworld: Chapter 5
Title: Men in the Underworld: Chapter 5
Released: July 14, 2016
Type: Movie
The fifth 'Men in the Underworld' film.
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64: Part 2
Title: 64: Part 2
Character: Urushibara
Released: June 1, 2016
Type: Movie
1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
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Conflict II
Title: Conflict II
Character: Otani
Released: May 29, 2016
Type: Movie
When Tendokai's headquarters are attacked, underboss Washio Kazuma orders his trusted lieutenant to investigate a possible mole inside the family.
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Conflict
Title: Conflict
Character: Otani
Released: May 28, 2016
Type: Movie
Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.
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64: Part 1
Title: 64: Part 1
Character: Urushibara
Released: May 7, 2016
Type: Movie
1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
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I Am a Weapon
Title: I Am a Weapon
Released: March 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A piano teacher struggles with the dark legacy of his family: he once witnessed his father beating a man to death. Fearing a genetic inclination for violence he struggles to stay sane when he is pulled down the dark path of an illegal firm that sells revenge for hire.
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Men in the Underworld: Chapter 4
Title: Men in the Underworld: Chapter 4
Released: February 26, 2016
Type: Movie
The fourth 'Men in the Underworld' film.
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Strong Man Chapter 2
Title: Strong Man Chapter 2
Released: February 19, 2016
Type: Movie
The Second 'Strong Man' film.
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Men in the Underworld: Chapter 3
Title: Men in the Underworld: Chapter 3
Released: January 22, 2016
Type: Movie
The third 'Men in the Underworld' film.
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Strong Man
Title: Strong Man
Released: January 15, 2016
Type: Movie
The first 'Strong Man' film.
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Title: Utenai Keikan
Released: January 10, 2016
Type: TV
The drama depicts the conflicts of elite police officers torn between career aspirations and justice.
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Gonin Saga
Title: Gonin Saga
Character: Yuzuru Matsuura
Released: September 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Seiji is a third generation "Gosei kai" gang member. He works to build up the group's strength. Meanwhile, a journalist investigates a case that occurred 19 years ago. He meets Hayato, Daisuke and Asami.
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Don's Road Final
Title: Don's Road Final
Released: February 19, 2015
Type: Movie
The final 'Don's Road' film.
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Men in the Underworld: Chapter 2
Title: Men in the Underworld: Chapter 2
Released: February 19, 2015
Type: Movie
The second 'Men in the Underworld' film.
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Chasuke's Journey
Title: Chasuke's Journey
Released: February 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Things are hectic in heaven. Dozens of scribes sit before a long scroll incessantly scribbling away. They are composing the biographies of earth-dwellers. What is invented by the men in heaven is lived out below. And their employer, God, is increasingly vehement in demanding avant-garde ideas. Take, for example, the beautiful Yuri, a girl who dies in a car crash. Some of the heavenly scribes find this very dull and send former gangster Chas, who has become a heavenly tea-boy, back down to earth with instructions to save Yuri no matter what. And so Chas ends up in Okinawa, gets to know the earth-dwellers, interferes in their fates, becomes celebrated as 'Mr Angel' and is hounded by brutal enemies. His falling in love with Yuri is of course a foregone conclusion. But no one could anticipate what happens next. Not even God himself
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Don's Road 14
Title: Don's Road 14
Released: January 15, 2015
Type: Movie
The fourteenth 'Don's' Road' film.
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Men in the Underworld
Title: Men in the Underworld
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
The first 'Men in the Underworld' film.
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Don's Road 13
Title: Don's Road 13
Released: November 5, 2014
Type: Movie
The thirteenth 'Don's Road' film.
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25
Title: 25
Released: November 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups and seize their money. One day, the Chief of Police becomes aware that 2.5 million yen in seized money is missing. He orders Shintarou and Koichi to bring the money in by tomorrow morning. Shintarou and Koichi are in big trouble. They then read an article about a pension fund embezzlement case involving 6 billion yen. The prime suspect of the pension fund embezzlement case spent most of that money, but he has 2.5 billion yen left.
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Title: Great Selection Taxi
Character: Hayami
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: TV
Edawakare is the driver of Sentaxi, a marvellous vehicle which is able to take a passenger back to his or her “life’s turning point”. His cool appearance is at odds with his talkative, meddlesome, sweet-toothed character. He gives advice to passengers who are flustered after failing in their life’s choice.
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Don's Road 12
Title: Don's Road 12
Released: August 8, 2014
Type: Movie
The twelfth 'Don's Road' film.
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Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai
Title: Heisei Rider vs. Showa Rider: Kamen Rider Wars feat. Super Sentai
Character: Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX / Ambassador Darkness (voice)
Released: March 29, 2014
Type: Movie
The Underground Empire Badan makes its move, intending to invert the world. Kouta and Mai are pulled through one of these inversions where the discover a boy named Shu, who also holds the power to invert the world. As the Riders fight to protect Shu, Fifteen appears again, seeking Shu. As Kouta flees, past Riders gather and fight one another, split between the Showa and Heisei era Riders. But, the truth of Badan is not as it seems…
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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Title: Ninja: Shadow of a Tear
Character: Goro
Released: December 27, 2013
Type: Movie
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one.
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Tokyo Bitch, I Love You
Title: Tokyo Bitch, I Love You
Released: December 7, 2013
Type: Movie
Sex worker Hatsue is having an affair with a married man named Yoshinori, whom she first met as a client. He feels oppressed by his life with his wife and his secret trysts with Hatsue bring him peace of mind.
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Playback
Title: Playback
Released: November 10, 2012
Type: Movie
Haji is an actor on the cusp of turning 40, who has gotten stuck in life. At the invitation of an old friend, he visits his hometown for the first time in ages. On the way Haji has an accident, and wakes up to find himself transported back to high school with his adult body in tact.
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Beyond Outrage
Title: Beyond Outrage
Character: Okamoto
Released: September 3, 2012
Type: Movie
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Outrage Beyond.
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Dirty Hearts
Title: Dirty Hearts
Character: Sasaki
Released: July 21, 2012
Type: Movie
In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil, Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. Some were hunted down and assassinated - by their own countrymen - causing the start of a new, private war. Dirty Hearts is a thriller and love story told by the wife of one of the fanatics dedicated to preach Japanese victory. Little by little, she watches her husband, a hard-working immigrant, become an assassin and their love story fade away.
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Helpless and Reckless
Title: Helpless and Reckless
Character: Aoki
Released: February 1, 2012
Type: Movie
Narumi, who has an aggressive personality, stabbed her colleague and went to prison. After serving her time, Narumi is released and goes back to her hometown where she grew up. Narumi goes to her younger brother Kei's home. At a young age, their parents died in a accident and Kei is the only one left Narumi can rely on. After Narumi sees Kei and his girlfriend Kana living together happily, Narumi decides to take her brother back. Narumi reveals a secret between her and Kei.
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Cut
Title: Cut
Character: Masaki
Released: December 17, 2011
Type: Movie
Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his films, has been executed by his own yakuza gang for failing to repay his debts.
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Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days
Title: Abe Sada: The Last Seven Days
Character: Officer Urakawa
Released: June 18, 2011
Type: Movie
In May 1936, the “Abe specific incident.” shook the entire country of Japan. It is said that Abe had a live-in maid (Yuma Asami), the owner of the restaurant’s employer Ishida (Nobuyuki Matsuda) was killed, that the cut is more localized. With respect to neither confirm nor deny the crime, frustrated by the testimony of the specific criminal Urakawa Abe (Shun Sugata). And the relentless questioning of Urakawa, we are told the circumstances leading to death and cut from the bodies of penis. Result of fierce passion between men and women debauched erratic, and saw two people … and the constant questioning after the incident, and the constant “last seven days” to depict that Katsuaki the in the here and now Abe no specific story that you have to watch it!
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Title: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Character: Boss Benta
Released: March 27, 2011
Type: Movie
An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is a complete edit of the two-part martial arts action films Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. The film was originally scheduled to be released as one part. However, due to the film's over 4 hour running time, it was split into two parts.
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Strangers in the City
Title: Strangers in the City
Character: Yukio Ohmori
Released: November 20, 2010
Type: Movie
Former high school teacher Kazuo Hatano (Toru Nakamura) reunites 12 years later with Masako Tezuka (Manami Konishi). Masako Tezuka was his former high school student whom he married after her graduation. Their marriage became a scandal & the couple divorced ...
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Heaven's Story
Title: Heaven's Story
Character: Suzuki
Released: October 2, 2010
Type: Movie
A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can kill him with his bare hands.
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Bunraku
Title: Bunraku
Character: Uncle
Released: September 1, 2010
Type: Movie
In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.
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Awaremi Mumashika
Title: Awaremi Mumashika
Released: July 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Atsuo Kashiwagi, an enthusiastic member of the village council, decides to invent a mysterious beast to make his village famous. Against all objections of his relatives, he goes through with his plan and starts organizing the first "viewings". The plan initially works out well and brings in a lot of money, many people dropping by hoping to catch a glimpse of the Yeti-like beast. But then the commotion gets out of hand leaving the whole village is in chaos.
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300 Million
Title: 300 Million
Released: July 3, 2010
Type: Movie
Katagiri, a highly ambitious young detective, teams up with older detective Takiguchi, who is about to retire, to investigate a murder that took place by Sumida River. Katagiri is annoyed by Takiguchi's pushiness, but is surprised to hear that the victim was a suspect in the 300 million yen robbery.
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Running on Empty
Title: Running on Empty
Released: February 20, 2010
Type: Movie
The beautiful Azami is tired of her penniless and lazy boyfriend, Hideji. Determined to break up with him, she must first get back all the money she has given him over the years. She hatches a plot in which she fakes her own kidnapping to get Hideji to pay a ransom. Things get hilariously complicated when all parties involved act to their own agendas.
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Tochka
Title: Tochka
Released: October 24, 2009
Type: Movie
A woman and a man meet on an abandoned tochka along the seashore in Hokkaido, Japan.
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The Unbroken
Title: The Unbroken
Character: Tatsuro Shikata
Released: October 23, 2009
Type: Movie
Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for National Air Line. He is ordered to return to head office after ten years, and continues to struggle. When a National Air Line plane is involved in the worst air disaster in Japanese history, he is assigned to console and provide restitution to the families of the victims.
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Wangan Midnight: The Movie
Title: Wangan Midnight: The Movie
Released: September 12, 2009
Type: Movie
After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to believe it's cursed; hence its nickname "Devil Z." Akio also discovers that the Z's first owner shared his first and last name, and was killed in the car during a race with the Blackbird. Meanwhile, fashion model Reina Akikawa joins the rivalry between Akio and Tatsuya with her modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
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Daydream
Title: Daydream
Released: September 5, 2009
Type: Movie
An artist named Kurahashi and a female artist named Cheiko wait in a dentist's waiting room. The man feels attracted to the woman but says nothing to her. Later in the examining room, both patients are going under anesthesia, but the man looks over at the woman and sees the dentist and nurse taking off her clothes, while sucking her body for blood like vampires. The man and woman escape from the dentist's office, but their horror is only about to begin...
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Kanikôsen
Title: Kanikôsen
Released: July 4, 2009
Type: Movie
On board at the boat Kanikosen, where fish and crabs preserves, forced workers to work under miserable conditions, with minimum wages. Some can not cope with conditions and even death from malnutrition, and is also the supervisor of the more vicious variety. Shinjo, one of the employees, trying to convince the others that they will get good luck and fortune in his next life, and persuades them because they commit suicide to get there faster. It ends, however, in a single major failure. Rather than flee Shinjo being picked up by a Russian ship. Once there, he is overwhelmed by the social conditions that are completely different from those he has just left and decided therefore to return to Kanikosen to save their employees.
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Zen
Title: Zen
Released: January 10, 2009
Type: Movie
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).
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The Soup of Heaven
Title: The Soup of Heaven
Released: October 19, 2008
Type: Movie
Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to go in search of it.
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Tokyo Gore Police
Title: Tokyo Gore Police
Character: Tokyo Police Commissioner
Released: October 4, 2008
Type: Movie
In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
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Sisterhood
Title: Sisterhood
Released: September 20, 2008
Type: Movie
Teenage stepsisters Yui and Ai form a close bond as a result of the neglect and abuse from their respective parents. Fearing separation from each other when their parents plan to divorce, they run away together to Tokyo and, in order to survive steal a briefcase which they later discover belongs to the yakuza. This puts them in great danger. Tanida, a kind-hearted yakuza member, comes to their rescue and becomes the protective and loving parent figure they never had. But for how long will he be able to save them from harm?
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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Title: Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
Character: Inspecteur Fuji
Released: September 3, 2008
Type: Movie
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer Shundei Oe, considered by him to be the master of manipulation.
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Chameleon
Title: Chameleon
Released: July 5, 2008
Type: Movie
Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men kidnapping a middle-aged man in the parking garage. Goro records the man on his cell phone without knowing he could be in big trouble.
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Johnen: Love of Sada
Title: Johnen: Love of Sada
Character: Otoku
Released: May 31, 2008
Type: Movie
When photographer Ishida first sees Sada, the wife of a new acquaintance, his photo shoot with Sada turns quickly into a steamy affair of mind-blowing proportions
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Dark Love: Rape
Title: Dark Love: Rape
Released: March 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A young woman moves into an apartment that is rigged with hidden cameras.A voyeur watches her every move and begins a strange relationship with her.
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Tear Jar
Title: Tear Jar
Character: Shugo
Released: February 21, 2008
Type: Movie
A magazine editor loses his wife to cancer and he keeps her ashes in a jar. When he begins dating her sister, he becomes overwhelmed with guilt.
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Title: Engine Sentai Go-Onger
Character: Gang Father
Released: February 17, 2008
Type: TV
The Barbaric Machine Clan “Gaiark” was exiled from the Machine World by the Engines, who are huge machines that have their own will. With the exile, the Gaiark switched their target to the world of humans and attacked to pollute the Earth in order to make the Earth more habitable for them. This is when three young individuals with hearts of justice stand up as Go-ongers.
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Be a Man!! Samurai School
Title: Be a Man!! Samurai School
Character: Onihige
Released: January 26, 2008
Type: Movie
Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts becomes good friends with Hidemaro an underachieving weakling. Omito Date, former student leader, plans his revenge against his former school. Now leader of an evil army from rival Kanto Gogakuren school he fully intends on taking over Otokojuku.
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Glory to the Filmmaker!
Title: Glory to the Filmmaker!
Character: Hisamatsu
Released: June 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
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Zero Woman R
Title: Zero Woman R
Released: May 26, 2007
Type: Movie
A mysterious female spy is recruited to infiltrate the Japanese underworld and gather evidence for a clandestine secretive branch of the Tokyo Police Department.
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Investigator of the Public Security Police
Title: Investigator of the Public Security Police
Released: May 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Ken Kariba, who was transferred to the Public Security Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, was investigating allegations of kidnapping of Japanese groups in Europe amid a series of explosions in various parts of Japan and the spread of fear of terrorist attacks with bombs. It eventually led to a series of terrorist attacks and, gradually, to a great conspiracy.
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Dororo
Title: Dororo
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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MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent
Title: MURAMASA Final Chapter: Advent
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: Movie
The final installment in the series of fantasy swordplay action movies starring Riki Takeuchi.
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Invisible War
Title: Invisible War
Character: Mayor of Maisaka
Released: February 10, 2007
Type: Movie
Kitahara Shuji, an ordinary business man turns into a spy for his town's war against a neighboring town in a Dystopian society.
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MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui
Title: MURAMASA Chapter 11: Kamui
Released: December 21, 2006
Type: Movie
The eleventh installment in the series of fantasy swordplay action movies starring Riki Takeuchi.
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Prisoner No. 07: Reina
Title: Prisoner No. 07: Reina
Released: November 24, 2006
Type: Movie
Hanako Nanjo stars in this sexy, violent film from director Kosuke Suzuki (Stop the Bitch Campaign). She commits a crime to help her sister in prison, only to discover that that politicians and prominent business men are using the prison for their own desires! Now she's desperately looking for a way out, can she do it?
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MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi
Title: MURAMASA Chapter 10: Kutsuyomi
Released: October 27, 2006
Type: Movie
The tenth installment in the series of fantasy swordplay action movies starring Riki Takeuchi.
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Yakuza Don
Title: Yakuza Don
Released: September 25, 2006
Type: Movie
Kazuki moves to Tokyo, aspiring to rise to the top in his Yakuza group. Working directly under his group's kumicho (the Yakuza don) and surviving the group in-fightings, he learns what it really takes to be Yakuza.
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MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi
Title: MURAMASA Chapter 9: Hoshiyomi
Released: August 30, 2006
Type: Movie
The ninth installment in the series of fantasy swordplay action movies starring Riki Takeuchi.
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MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi
Title: MURAMASA Chapter 8: Tsukiyomi
Released: June 24, 2006
Type: Movie
The eighth installment in the series of fantasy swordplay action movies starring Riki Takeuchi.
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「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1
Title: 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 1
Released: June 23, 2006
Type: Movie
The hit series “Super Scary Stories,” which has been made into a film many times in Takeshobo's original horror collection, is now available as a TV drama. The series has recorded unprecedented viewer ratings for a late-night horror drama due to its overly realistic setting.
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「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2
Title: 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 2
Released: June 23, 2006
Type: Movie
The hit series “Super Scary Stories,” which has been made into a film many times in Takeshobo's original horror collection, is now available as a TV drama. The series has recorded unprecedented viewer ratings for a late-night horror drama due to its overly realistic setting.
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「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3
Title: 「Chō」Kowai Hanashi TV Kanzen-ban Episode 3
Released: June 23, 2006
Type: Movie
The hit series “Super Scary Stories,” which has been made into a film many times in Takeshobo's original horror collection, is now available as a TV drama. The series has recorded unprecedented viewer ratings for a late-night horror drama due to its overly realistic setting.
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Confessions of a Dog
Title: Confessions of a Dog
Character: Hassei Takeda
Released: May 7, 2006
Type: Movie
Takeda is an honest police officer, father and husband, but after he’s promoted to detective he quickly becomes embroiled in dirty back room dealings, blackmail, and corruption that goes right to the top of the force. Meanwhile, renegade investigator Kusama must decide whether he should shake the foundations of Japanese law enforcement with the information that has come into his possession about the police.
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MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi
Title: MURAMASA Chapter 7: Orochi
Released: April 27, 2006
Type: Movie
The seventh installment in the series of fantasy swordplay action movies starring Riki Takeuchi.
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MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon
Title: MURAMASA Chapter 6: Golden Dragon
Released: January 28, 2006
Type: Movie
The sixth installment in the series of fantasy swordplay action movies starring Riki Takeuchi.
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Aishiteyo
Title: Aishiteyo
Released: December 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Miyuki is a single mother with a 10-year old boy Keiji. She is eager to make him a child model. Eventually, Keiji begins to get jobs rather constantly. But Keiji himself doesn't like the job much. He only does it because it pleases his mother, who hates empty pages in the schedule book. One day they attend a big audition. While Keiji wins first stages of the audition, he begins to feel distance from the mother. It makes things worse for him when she has a new boyfriend..
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Dead Run
Title: Dead Run
Character: Shuji's Father
Released: December 17, 2005
Type: Movie
Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes increasingly isolated at school and drifts into criminal activity.
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Under the Same Moon
Title: Under the Same Moon
Character: Joji Sugyama
Released: November 19, 2005
Type: Movie
When Tetsuya (Yosuke Kubozuka) was 10-years-old he met Emi (Meisa Kuroki), who suffered from a heart disease. In hopes to cure Emi's condition, Tetsuya decided to become a doctor. Following through on his dreams, Tetsuya is now a doctor and is about to marry Emi. One day though, Tetsuya hears about Don (Edison Chen). Tetsuya remembers the times he spent with Emi and Don as a child and also feels insecure about Don.
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Ikusa
Title: Ikusa
Released: October 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Adult video store clerk, Issa, feels like a total loser after losing his job and being dumped by his girlfriend. He is blessed by a stroke of luck when his invention, a curry package squeezing tool, suddenly gains immense popularity. Not only does his invention attract buyers and money, it even attracts unwanted attention from the Yakuza.
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Onmyō Girl: One
Title: Onmyō Girl: One
Released: June 24, 2005
Type: Movie
The first volume of the action horror drama starring popular idol Minako Komukai.
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Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
Title: Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: Movie
Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly corroding the clan's cohesion. Ginji, it turns out, was mired in debt. After Ginji borrowed a small fortune to build a luxury resort, his bank went belly up and stopped financing the loan. Frantic for funds, he decided as a last resort to rat out his boss who had skimmed five-billion yen from the gang. Soon everyone assumes that Idei did the hit. Convinced that Idei is being framed, Tamaki sets out to find the real killer.
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Young Wife Detective Wild Honey
Title: Young Wife Detective Wild Honey
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A story of a wife who searches for a deceased person instead of a husband who works the detective business.
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Ghost Shout
Title: Ghost Shout
Released: December 18, 2004
Type: Movie
Yoko Sakaki: 24 years old. Occupation: Ghost Negotiator. With her tomboyish attitude and severely bad mouth, she helps ghosts leave this world by shouting at them. But, that work is almost done - she and her boyfriend Toshio are about to get married, and their dream is to open a tofu shop together. However, she has kept her profession a secret from him, instead telling him she is a flight attendant... While out with him one night, Yoko gets a call from work telling her that a ghost has appeared in Hachioji... She goes to bust the ghost with her unreliable new partner, Yanagida, but can she hold on to her relationship at the same time?
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Murder Net
Title: Murder Net
Released: November 6, 2004
Type: Movie
Ai (Sorami Imura), who attends a girls' school in Tokyo, spends her student life with her classmates from middle school, Fuyumi, Chiharu, Akiko and Yoko. One day, a chain mail called "murder net" arrives on Ai's mobile phone. According to rumors, "You can kill someone by including the name of the person you want to kill and sending it to them." Ai didn't believe the rumors at all, but Fuyumi tells Ai to put her name on and send it, and Ai reluctantly sends her the name of Fuyumi. Immediately after that, Fuyumi jumps from the roof and commits suicide. After Fuyumi's death, a mysterious accident occurrs one after another, and the teacher dies... Did Fuyumi die due to the "murder net" sent by Ai?
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Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama
Title: Tsukineko Ni Mitsu No Tama
Released: October 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Oosumi, a dummy artist, makes the figure of Mari who is the wife of a gangster called Kurokin. Oosumi decides to run away with Mari, but Mari disappears. One night, Kaako, a musician's wife, meets a ghost cat and she is possessed by Mari's spirit.
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[Is A.]
Title: [Is A.]
Released: October 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Detective Mimura was living peacefully with his loving wife and son when the latter two were killed in an explosion caused by a 14-year-old boy, Yuya. Four years later, when Yuya is released from juvenile detention centre, Mimura's feelings towards the boy have evolved from grief to outright hatred, and he must cope with the pain. Meanwhile, Yuya's father quits his job as a teacher and dedicates himself to compensate the victims and to take care of his son. While the adults are trying to come to terms with their disrupted lives, Yuya is about to test the law again...
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Title: 陰陽少女
Released: October 6, 2004
Type: TV
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Izo
Title: Izo
Character: Monk Soldier
Released: September 7, 2004
Type: Movie
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
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HEAT -Incandescence- PART II
Title: HEAT -Incandescence- PART II
Character: Fujimaki
Released: May 28, 2004
Type: Movie
A young man suddenly rises to the top of the underworld in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Other crime bosses now conspire to take him down.
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Marebito
Title: Marebito
Character: MIB
Released: May 22, 2004
Type: Movie
A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Title: Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Character: Boss Benta
Released: April 16, 2004
Type: Movie
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
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Damned Files 8
Title: Damned Files 8
Released: March 26, 2004
Type: Movie
This is the eighth volume of a series of one-episode horror dramas based on rumored haunted spots, real-life stories, and accidents that have occurred in various parts of the Tokai region.
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The Last Samurai
Title: The Last Samurai
Character: Nakao
Released: December 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Title: Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Character: Boss Benta
Released: October 10, 2003
Type: Movie
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
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Alive
Title: Alive
Character: Matsuda
Released: June 21, 2003
Type: Movie
Tenshu is imprisoned and sentenced to death for murdering the men who raped his girlfriend. However, he manages to survive his execution and is presented with an option: face another execution attempt or subject himself to their bizarre and dangerous experiments.
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Madness in Bloom
Title: Madness in Bloom
Released: October 19, 2002
Type: Movie
Yamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to "clean" the streets of Shibuya from bad elements. After rightist gang boss, Aota takes an interest in the three, the boys gradually become influenced by him, but start to go their different ways.
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Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere
Title: Gun Crazy: Episode 1: A Woman from Nowhere
Character: Takara Shuhei
Released: August 23, 2002
Type: Movie
A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.
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Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Scream
Title: Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Scream
Released: July 17, 2002
Type: Movie
2002 Original Video.
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Don Woman 3
Title: Don Woman 3
Released: July 10, 2002
Type: Movie
It's 'Don Woman 3'... Are you ready to see?
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Graveyard of Honor
Title: Graveyard of Honor
Character: Toshi Nishizaki
Released: June 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
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No Problem 2
Title: No Problem 2
Character: Kazuo Ota
Released: February 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Kimura wins a trip to Hong Kong, but once he arrives, he is mistaken as a hitman and is assigned to kill Yumiko, the female successor to the Ota Group conglomerate. When Kimura falls for his target instead, he must learn kung-fu from a local (Yuen) to fight off the yakuza assassin "Invincible" assigned to finish the job.
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Ichi the Killer
Title: Ichi the Killer
Character: Takayama
Released: December 22, 2001
Type: Movie
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
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Don Woman 2
Title: Don Woman 2
Released: October 31, 2001
Type: Movie
It's 'Don Woman 2'... you already knew!
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Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Title: Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Straight to video sequel
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Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
Title: Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
Released: September 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Fight fiercely with a duo of hitmen to protect the witnesses of the trial!
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Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Dance
Title: Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Dance
Released: July 20, 2001
Type: Movie
2001 original video.
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Otoko Michi 6 The End
Title: Otoko Michi 6 The End
Released: July 13, 2001
Type: Movie
Only one person challenges the final battle against the corrupt state power.
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Ah, A Sharp Detective
Title: Ah, A Sharp Detective
Released: July 13, 2001
Type: Movie
Kuroki is crazy about gambling and Shirakawa loves unrivalled women. The pair are investigating a bank robbery.
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Don Woman
Title: Don Woman
Released: February 15, 2001
Type: Movie
Yakuza Girl Boss film.
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Pulse
Title: Pulse
Character: Boss
Released: February 3, 2001
Type: Movie
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
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Otoko Michi 4
Title: Otoko Michi 4
Released: December 8, 2000
Type: Movie
Takizawa joins a professional thief and carries out an assault.
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Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
Title: Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
Released: November 10, 2000
Type: Movie
A cocaine deal is about to go down between yakuza and Hong Kong triad gangsters and a small time porn peddler is used as a mole by a dirty cop.
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Otoko Michi 3
Title: Otoko Michi 3
Released: October 13, 2000
Type: Movie
A lone wolf hits the sneaky plot of a lone organization that is aiming to expand it's power over traces of Ninryukai!
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Otoko Michi 2
Title: Otoko Michi 2
Released: August 4, 2000
Type: Movie
The second instalment depicting the fateful confrontation of Takizawa.
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Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2
Title: Nagaremono Yokohama Gokudo War 2
Released: July 14, 2000
Type: Movie
A fierce outlaw shakes the gangster world!
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雀狼伝 必殺!!亜空間殺法
Title: 雀狼伝 必殺!!亜空間殺法
Released: June 21, 2000
Type: Movie
Mitsuru Ando is a professional mahjong player who makes his living by betting on mahjong. The film depicts how he developed his special technique, the "Subspace Killing Technique," while battling with a number of skilled mahjong players.
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Otoko Michi
Title: Otoko Michi
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: Movie
A man falls in love with a man with his spiritual past.
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Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
Title: Nagaremono Yokohama Yakuza War
Released: March 10, 2000
Type: Movie
The life and death of the men who are bound by violence.
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Tomie: Replay
Title: Tomie: Replay
Character: Kenzô Morita
Released: February 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Infected with Tomie's blood, a surgeon disappears, leaving his daughter, Yumi, to try to discover Tomie's identity and to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.
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Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
Title: Yakuza Blood Wind Record Unreliable Crest
Released: January 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Tachibana, who was once regarded as the next young leader of the gangster group but lost the promotion battle to rival Yamamoto, is now a central figure in a group of outlaws who have been banished from yakuza society. He was repeating the wrongdoings of. One day, in exchange for 100 million bounties from Yamamoto, he receives a request to crush the Kanto Wide Area Gangster Association and Iron Heart.
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Taboo
Title: Taboo
Released: December 18, 1999
Type: Movie
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
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Title: The Woman of S.R.I.
Released: October 21, 1999
Type: TV
Mariko is a forensic scientist working at the Kyoto PD Crime Lab. Her credo is “science never lies” and she delves into the truth of the case with her colleagues with their specialized skills and knowledge in forensic medicine, physics, chemistry etc. Mariko’s steadfast belief in science makes her stand against conventional institutional ethics of the police department, diehard detectives averse to scientific investigation and sometimes even with her own colleagues, but she stays faithful to her belief in science and continues to pursue the truth.
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Wild Criminal
Title: Wild Criminal
Character: Tadokoro
Released: July 24, 1999
Type: Movie
Tomoyo was the lover of Udo, a leading member of the Japanese mafia. When Udo disappears with a bundle of dirty money, she is a suspected accomplice. tomoyo is a woman who has always depended on men, and she often sleeps with them in order to survive. Yuki spent all her time around dangerous men, until her luck finally ran out. Beaten, raped and left in the trunk of a car, she ends up overhearing Udo as he assassinates his fellow mafia agents. Yuki is a woman who has always confronted men, and she often spills blood in order to survive. Thrown together by chance, Tomoyo and Yuki must work together, or die at the hands of the syndicate. They're always ready to love, always read to kill, and never ready to trust.
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Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward
Title: Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward
Released: June 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Saeki, a man who was once a big brother of Hitoshi, has returned to the sand group after 10 years in prison. Saeki was an extremely war hawk, and he was a man known all over the country, let alone Kanto. Shortly after his release, he launched the Saegumi Saekikai, absorbed his prison friends, and began to throw ripples in the sima. When a Shimano amateur screams at the old-fashioned forcible way of doing business, Hitoshi speaks directly to Saeki. However, Saeki, the big brother of the world, has no ears to hear, and on the contrary, he integrates the disturbing elements of the Kanto Ichienkai and expands his power ?!
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Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage
Title: Hot Blooded Yakuza at the Shopping District! - Chapter 1: The Rage
Released: June 15, 1999
Type: Movie
"A wave of recession hits the Kirigaoka Central Shopping Street in a certain town. One by one, the shops succumb to Angel A's pressure. Finally, the second generation of shopkeepers in the Kirigaoka Central Shopping Arcade, all of whom are strong ex-biker gang members, stand up! In order to protect the local shopping arcade, their ‘community development’ campaign has begun."
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Ley Lines
Title: Ley Lines
Released: May 22, 1999
Type: Movie
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.
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Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
Title: Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
Released: May 14, 1999
Type: Movie
Heisei Zankeiden is finally complete! Seven years ago, the man who fought to take over the organization is back. He seeks out the truth of the conflict from prison and heads for revenge.
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
Title: Ando Gumi Gaiden Group Wolf Genealogy 3
Released: May 14, 1999
Type: Movie
The first of three V-Cinema sequels.
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Danger de mort
Title: Danger de mort
Released: May 8, 1999
Type: Movie
The story of a young man and woman who set out to revenge the death of her mother. The lovers enter a mysterious world where space and time are twisted, where love is more dangerous than death.
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Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
Title: Shin-Karajishi Kabushiki-Kaisha
Released: February 20, 1999
Type: Movie
Remake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.
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Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
Title: Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Blade Dos Barks!
Released: November 13, 1998
Type: Movie
A lone wolf yakuza vs detective. It was supposed to be an undercover investigation into the Yakuza organization… A drama of friendship and betrayal between men living in different worlds.
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License to Live
Title: License to Live
Character: Shinichiro Yoshii
Released: November 7, 1998
Type: Movie
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that his family once ran.
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Shura ga Yuku 8
Title: Shura ga Yuku 8
Released: July 29, 1998
Type: Movie
The 8th gangster action that depicts the familiar Hongo-gumi facing the Tokyo Waterfront City Development Project, which is a wide-area gangster in the Kansai region.
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密告(チクリ) マル暴裏捜査
Title: 密告(チクリ) マル暴裏捜査
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
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Eyes of the Spider
Title: Eyes of the Spider
Character: Hinuma
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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Be-Bop High School 2-2
Title: Be-Bop High School 2-2
Released: February 3, 1998
Type: Movie
It's a quarrelling masterpiece against Tachibana commerce led by Kikunaga!
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Blood
Title: Blood
Released: January 22, 1998
Type: Movie
Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him.
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My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness
Title: My Sky [Detective Edition] Punishment of Darkness
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
A bureaucrat in the Ministry of Health and Welfare is murdered. The wealthy detective Ippei Yasuda's line of investigation reveals Takeshi Tsumeyu, a psychiatrist who heals the worries of big names in the political and business world and works behind the scenes as a fixer in the shadows of politics and economics. Ippei buys up the raw materials for Moonsault to fight Tsumeu, who manipulates people at will with the devil's drug, Moonsault, but...
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My Sky (Detective Edition)
Title: My Sky (Detective Edition)
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Ippei Yasuda, the scion of the Yasuda Zaibatsu who has continued his wandering journey, becomes a detective and corrects evil! Recognized for outstanding grades at the police academy, Ippei is assigned to the Kyobashi police station as a new detective.
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The Way to Fight 3
Title: The Way to Fight 3
Released: October 22, 1997
Type: Movie
The third film in 'The Way to Fight' series.
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Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!
Title: Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!
Released: July 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Tachibana of Mutsumi Yato Kogyo, whose leader was assassinated. He is glared at the work of the hostile organization Konan Service, but his big brother Kurosaki is well rounded up with his traces as bait. Masa and Jun, who are the thugs, ignore the unsuccessful executives and aim for the Konan service leader who was the chairman of the Mutsumikai, but failed! Jun is captured and killed. Kurosaki tries to secure Yato Kogyo in exchange for Jun's life.
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Ayamariya Business
Title: Ayamariya Business
Released: June 29, 1997
Type: Movie
1997 V-Cinema film.
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The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
Title: The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
Character: Toshi Yoshioka
Released: May 31, 1997
Type: Movie
Second half of the violent tale of revenge from actor Sho Aikawa and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! It's been five years since he left the force, lost his wife, and waged all out revenge, and now our hero is idling his time with a failing yakuza group. When he discovers the secret of one of his superiors, he takes up the gun of vengeance and realizes that his life has only been to serve that purpose.
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Kawaki no machi
Title: Kawaki no machi
Released: January 18, 1997
Type: Movie
A hard-boiled story about a young man who wakes up to the ferocity within himself, swaying between violence and love as he walks a devastating path.
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Shin Shizukanaru Don
Title: Shin Shizukanaru Don
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Part one of a six part direct to video film series. Sequel to the Shizukanaru Don film series.
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I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
Title: I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
Released: November 8, 1996
Type: Movie
Set in a metropolis in the 21st century, this unique erotic drama depicts youth colored by sex, drugs, and violence with a touch of science fiction.
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A Weapon in My Heart
Title: A Weapon in My Heart
Character: Hoshi
Released: October 4, 1996
Type: Movie
A detective and his partner track down a call girl with information about a drug cartel. After taking her into custody, they are attacked by cartel members. The detective and the woman manage to escape, but they are soon hounded by a professional hitman hired to eliminate them and recover the heroin stolen by the woman.
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Organ
Title: Organ
Character: Nakanishi
Released: July 6, 1996
Type: Movie
Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers. Things go haywire during a raid on the group's surgical headquarters. Numata barely escapes, while a wounded Tosaka gets left behind. Through a series of surreal and gory events, the identities of the organ dealers are revealed as Numata plans his revenge.
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Be-Bop High School 3
Title: Be-Bop High School 3
Released: June 14, 1996
Type: Movie
Toru and Hiroshi heard that if you bring the runaway girl back, you will get a lot of thanks, but again you get into trouble with a woman.
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Heat After Dark
Title: Heat After Dark
Released: June 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Heat After Dark is director Ryuhei Kitamura's first theatrical release. This 50 minute film is predominantly a character study within an intense action drama. Those familiar with Kitamura's later works, perhaps especially Versus will realize this is the beginning of his characetristic modus operandi. Here, the well defined characters consist of the innocent (the cop), the relatively good (Atsuro Watabe), the relatively bad (Shinichi Suzuki), and the absolutely bad (Shigeru Izumiya ), and a few other Yakuza hoodlums thrown in for entertainment.
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Shabu
Title: Shabu
Released: May 28, 1996
Type: Movie
Makabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if he wants to destroy himself. He steals a mistress of the boss of a big yakuza syndicate by force. He takes over the yakuza group he belongs to, by killing the old boss. When he tries to use 'shabu' as the main finacial resource of his group, it leads to the serious confrontation with another big yakuza syndicate.
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Attack! Yan Mama Gang
Title: Attack! Yan Mama Gang
Released: July 21, 1995
Type: Movie
Ayako, who was the leader of the ladies gang until five years ago, washed her hands of gang life at the time of her husband's death. Now, she and her daughter-in-law are on a trip. With gangsters targeting children in the port town, things quickly become dangerous.
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Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Title: Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Heist
Released: April 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members, fortunately they are rescued by a kindly Kindergarten teacher.
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Kirikomi
Title: Kirikomi
Released: February 8, 1995
Type: Movie
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Title: Juukou B-Fighter
Character: Ryuzaburou Tatewaki / Bill Goldy
Released: February 5, 1995
Type: TV
Juukou B-Fighter, was a 1995 Japanese tokusatsu television series. B-Fighter is short for "Beetle Fighter". It was part of Toei's ongoing Metal Hero Series. It dealt with three members of the prestigious Earth Academia fighting against the evil forces of the otherworldly Jamahl Empire. The action footage and props were later used for Big Bad Beetleborgs.
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Jingi 6: Full Overkill War
Title: Jingi 6: Full Overkill War
Released: January 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Kanto Ichienkai, the largest Yakuza organization in the Kanto region. The conflict with the Iwami-gumi was won by the activities of Hitoshi Kamibayashi (Takeuchi), acting head of the sand-gumi, and Yoshiro Yazaki (Sakakibara), the chairman of the sand group, and the Ichienkai seemed to have regained peace. However, the lump of the Iwami-gumi war becomes a spectacular revenge drama and attacks the Ichienkai. It started with a proposal by Sakai, the new chairman of the Ichienkai, to return to the Ichienkai, which was split with the Iwami group. The Takayama group, whose leader was killed by the angry party, was furious at this proposal, and left the Ichienkai to collide with the angry party! On the other hand, Hitoshi and Yoshiro will embark on measures against the Takayama group.
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Nobody
Title: Nobody
Released: May 28, 1994
Type: Movie
Three elite salarymen find themselves in a bar fight with a group of threatening but mysterious men. When the mystery men come looking for revenge, the salarymen find themselves embroiled in a deadly game...
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Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
Title: Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
Released: May 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Detective Suwon was involved on the war on drugs in Yokohama because of his mischief.
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Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
Title: Eleven Without Honor or Humanity
Released: November 22, 1993
Type: Movie
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Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
Title: Kiriko, A Woman Who Loved the Gangsters
Released: September 25, 1993
Type: Movie
A drama depicting the heroine who loved another yakuza man while being the wife of the group leader, in the battle of the internal conflict of the yakuza organization.
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Kekko Kamen 3
Title: Kekko Kamen 3
Character: Kaoru Mayuzumi
Released: April 23, 1993
Type: Movie
A teacher sent out by Toenail Of Satan to the prestigious Sparta Academy had students receive the highest-ranked humiliation punishment in the name of shame ...
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Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
Title: Bastard LAST DOWN TEN
Released: February 12, 1993
Type: Movie
A man who has no choice but to act as an agent for anything and will play a role in the conflict between the gangsters.
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Dance till Tomorrow
Title: Dance till Tomorrow
Released: June 22, 1991
Type: Movie
Live action adaption of Naoki Yamamoto's romantic comedy manga series.
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Summer of the Lion Kings
Title: Summer of the Lion Kings
Released: January 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time, Katsu, who met Osamu who belongs to the conflicting Dainippon Kyokushinkai, feels the real gangster scent of Osamu.
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Blowback: Love & Death
Title: Blowback: Love & Death
Character: Ratts
Released: January 2, 1991
Type: Movie
A betrayed gangster seeks to avenge his dead partner, with the help of a beautiful restaurant owner and a mysterious bounty hunter.
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Balloon
Title: Balloon
Released: May 12, 1990
Type: Movie
Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.
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Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
Title: Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
Released: April 21, 1990
Type: Movie
Lone wolves join forces and plunge into a reckless fight with the organization.
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Water Moon
Title: Water Moon
Released: December 16, 1989
Type: Movie
As the monk Ryuun, whose past and origin make him prone to internal and external fits, leaves the temple towards Tokyo, he gets to catch a glimpse of enlightenment resonating with the blind Kanoko.
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Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
Title: Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering
Character: Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX (archival)
Released: October 16, 1988
Type: Movie
A TV special, centered on introduction of Kamen Rider Black RX.
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The Monster Bus
Title: The Monster Bus
Released: July 30, 1988
Type: Movie
Based on the comic book by Hiroyuki Murata.
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Abunai Deka
Title: Abunai Deka
Character: Hyodoh
Released: December 12, 1987
Type: Movie
When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Takayama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu pharmaceutical laboratory. However, a bungled attempt to catch the murderer leave Takayama and Oshita reassigned to the lackluster task of patrolling public bathrooms to keep them out of trouble.
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The Lady in a Black Dress
Title: The Lady in a Black Dress
Released: March 14, 1987
Type: Movie
A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion ....
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Fireflies in the North
Title: Fireflies in the North
Released: September 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
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Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
Title: Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!!
Character: Ryo Murasame / Kamen Rider ZX
Released: January 3, 1984
Type: Movie
Ryo Murasame is an aircraft pilot, one day he was taking his sister out on a ride along the Amazon when they were shot down by an UFO. They survived, captured by the Badan Empire with his sister killed while Ryo became the Combat Roid known as ZX. His memory is erased by the Badan Empire and worked as their agent of evil. This does not last long as an accident occurs which causes Ryo to regain his memory and escapes Badan. A year later, Ryo begins his attack on Badan as they finish the preparations on their doomsday weapon: the Space Break System. However, a coordinated attack by the Kamen Riders disables the Badancium 84 supplies needed for Space System to work When Ryo arrives, he thinks Kamen Rider V3, Riderman and Kamen Rider Super-1 are enemies until they get him to listen as only one truck full of Badancium 84 makes it to the Badan's base run by Ambassador Darkness.
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Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
Title: Tasogare ni hyōteki o ute
Released: January 5, 1982
Type: Movie
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Title: Denshi Sentai Denziman
Character: Akimoto
Released: February 2, 1980
Type: TV
Denzimen are warriors who fight against the Vader Clan, a clan that tries to pollute the Earth with sludge. Denzimen fight using the Super Science of the Denzi people. This was the first Super Sentai Series to introduce transforming robots.