Ryo Katsuji

Ryo Katsuji

Born: August 20, 1986
in Tokio, Japan
Ryo Katsuji (born August 20, 1986 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Horikoshi High School.

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Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
Title: Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
Character: Chikuma Takahiro
Released: March 31, 2023
Type: Movie
Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able to solve the most difficult of cases, but he has a secret. He is actually a lousy detective and relies on the genius skills of his assistant Anna Mikami to solve cases. Their partnership continues.
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Title: Marriage is Difficult for a Ninja
Character: Otonashi Yuki
Released: January 5, 2023
Type: TV
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The World Laughs
Title: The World Laughs
Released: August 7, 2022
Type: Movie
This is a human drama written by Keralino Sandorovich showcasing people fascinated with and obsessed with laughter in Shinjuku in the mid-1950s.
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Title: 東京は24時
Released: April 1, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: Neighbor Chikara
Character: Kanato Homma(本間 奏人)
Released: January 20, 2022
Type: TV
Nakagoshi Chikara is married and has two children. His family lives together at a complex in Tokyo. He introduces himself as a novelist, but he is actually a ghost writer and writes essays for famous people. He is usually busy with his writing and doing house chores, but, when he sees people who need help, he can't ignore them. He approaches those people and asks them if they are doing okay and if they have a problem.
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Title: Doctor White
Character: Natsuki Takumi [CDT Dermatologist]
Released: January 17, 2022
Type: TV
A collapsed woman, wearing white clothes, is found at a park in the early morning hours. The woman introduces herself as Byakuya. Except for her name, she doesn't remember anything else about herself. She doesn't know general stuff either, but she holds extensive medical knowledge and has a genius-like diagnostic ability. With just the smallest amount of information, she is able to diagnose any disease. She begins to work with a diagnosis team at a hospital.
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志村けんとドリフの大爆笑物語
Title: 志村けんとドリフの大爆笑物語
Released: December 27, 2021
Type: Movie
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Title: Nemesis
Character: Chikuma Takahiro
Released: April 11, 2021
Type: TV
Kazama Naoki is a crack detective at the private investigation firm Nemesis in Yokohama. He has a brilliant mind like Sherlock Holmes and solves every difficult case. But the true detective is actually his talented assistant Mikami Anna. The two of them, who make quite an odd duo, are searching for Anna’s father Hajime. He is a scientist and went missing all of a sudden. Together with Kurita Kazuaki, the owner of Nemesis who is Hajime’s good friend, Anna and Kazama seek clues to his disappearance. As they take on one puzzling trick-ridden case after another, they seem to find a hint related to her father each time that brings about a new riddle. Then they learn that the key to solving the mystery of his disappearance is a 20-year-old incident that has been buried in darkness. What Anna does not yet realize is that both Kazama and Kurita are connected to this incident.
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Greatest Gift of Life
Title: Greatest Gift of Life
Character: 野村
Released: January 4, 2021
Type: Movie
Ryosuke lives in a small house in Toshima, Tokyo. Since his wife died, he has adjusted to living alone. He used to teach at a university and he now works as a translator. Meanwhile, Ryosuke has one child, Yuriko. She is married to Shigeyuki, who works as a teacher. Yuriko and Shigeyuki live in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture. One day, Yuriko visits her father Ryosuke without advance notice. Ryosuke is surprised by her sudden visit. Yuriko doesn't give any reason for the visit. Ryosuke only learns that Yuriko isn't sure how long she will stay. They haven't talked as father and daughter in a long time. They begin to live together in a nervous, but warm atmosphere.
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Title: 人生最高の贈りもの
Character: 野村
Released: January 4, 2021
Type: TV
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Silent Tokyo
Title: Silent Tokyo
Character: Daiki Izumi
Released: December 4, 2020
Type: Movie
On Christmas Eve, a TV broadcasting station receives a phone call. The caller warns "I have set up a bomb at Ebisu in Tokyo." A contract worker for the TV broadcasting station and a housewife are accused by the Ebisu police as being the culprits. During this chaotic situation, a mysterious man silently watches as everything unfolds. A video clip is then uploaded to an online video website. The video contains a demand to talk with the Prime Minister during a live broadcast or a bomb will be detonated at 6 pm in Shibuya, Tokyo. Who is behind the bombings and who will stop them?
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Underdog: Part One
Title: Underdog: Part One
Character: Shun Miyagi
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: Movie
Tells the story of three bottom-dog boxers who gets used as punching bags. Pro boxer Suenaga Akira fell off the path to greatness but still tries to crawl his way to the top. Omura Ryuta is a youngster who grew up in foster care. Miyagi Shun, a TV celebrity with famous parents, takes a shot at boxing as part of a TV show. Three underdogs with very different back stories put their pride on the line as they exchange blows.
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Underdog: Part Two
Title: Underdog: Part Two
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: Movie
Suenaga finds his life on the verge of collapsing as violence consumes those around him. However, he finds a worthy opponent in Omura, an up-and-coming wunderkind who is trying to escape his violent past. The men's fight for redemption culminates in a climatic match brimming with raw, testosterone-fueled emotions. Upholding the Rocky Balboa spirit of learning to get hit and keep moving forward, Underdog is a tough, uncompromising epic that deserves a spot in the pantheon of great boxing films.
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Title: ゲルニカ
Released: September 24, 2020
Type: TV
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劇場の灯を消すな!サンシャイン劇場編
Title: 劇場の灯を消すな!サンシャイン劇場編
Released: August 1, 2020
Type: Movie
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America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru
Title: America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru
Character: Kiichi Miyazawa
Released: February 24, 2020
Type: Movie
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Masquerade Hotel
Title: Masquerade Hotel
Character: Man Who Cross-dressed
Released: March 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
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Title: Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
Character: 美川秀信
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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Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
Title: Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special
Released: November 10, 2018
Type: Movie
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Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken
Title: Gintama 2: Rules are Made to Be Broken
Character: Shige Shige Tokugawa
Released: August 4, 2018
Type: Movie
The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis.
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Title: My Moochy Boyfriend
Character: Ryosuke Ikeme
Released: July 28, 2018
Type: TV
28-year-old Sho Himonya is passionate about two things in his life: one is to love his girlfriend Yuriko Kasuga and the other thing is to not work. One day, he gets kicked out of his parents' home. He moves in with his girlfriend Yuriko. Yuriko Kasuga is 26-years-old and works as a nurse. She works hard and struggles to change Sho Himonya.
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Title: BG: Personal Bodyguard
Character: Satoru Inukai
Released: January 18, 2018
Type: TV
Akira Shimazaki (Takuya Kimura) lives with his middle school student son. He used to work as a bodyguard, but, due to an incident, he now works as a security guard at a construction site. The private security company where he works establishes a new bodyguard division. Hiding his past as a bodyguard, Akira Shimazaki begins work as a novice bodyguard.
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巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
Title: 巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
Character: 神林裕太 暁光新聞社・記者
Released: October 4, 2017
Type: Movie
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Title: Ties: A Miraculous Colt
Character: Natsuo Tajima
Released: March 23, 2017
Type: TV
Based on novel "Kizuna ~ Aru Jinba no Monogatari~” by Akihiro Shimada (published from June, 2012 to December, 2012 in horse racing portal site ‘netkeiba.com’).
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Title: Rent-a-Rescue
Character: Roi KiI
Released: October 9, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Battleship Musashi
Released: September 3, 2016
Type: TV
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'Kutabare' Bocchan
Title: 'Kutabare' Bocchan
Released: June 22, 2016
Type: Movie
27-year-old Yazaki Junpei has come back to his hometown of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture for the first time in 10 years after working in Tokyo. As the grandson of the bad guy “Red Shirt” who was punished by Bocchan in Natsume Soseki’s novel Bocchan, he has hated this town which continued to be regarded with disdain, since childhood. An old man picks a quarrel with Junpei inside a streetcar as he heads to his parents’ home in Dogo. Could this man be the Bocchan who once acted violently with free abandon in Matsuyama!?
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Title: 桜坂近辺物語
Character: (Episode 2)
Released: March 7, 2016
Type: TV
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Title: Candy House
Character: Saegusa Hiroki
Released: October 21, 2015
Type: TV
Sakurai Taro’s parents died young. His grandmother, Akiko, has been making great effort to protect her struggling candy store, Sakuraya, in the old part of Tokyo, but it's not easy. Taro eats candy with regular customers such as chilhood friend Saegusa Hiroki who aspires to be a scriptwriter, and talk nonsense, like in their youth. However, they realize this unfettered, comfortable existence will end some day with the passage of time. Then Taro’s ex-classmate, Kimura Reiko, comes back home with her son after a divorce. He and his friends start to notice what is truly important to them as they face up to their pasts, dreams and pains.
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Title: The Gutsy Frog
Character: Goro
Released: July 11, 2015
Type: TV
Live-action version of the popular 70's japanese manga and anime, "Dokonjô Gaeru". In this version, Hiroshi, Kyôko, and the rest of the classmates are 30 years old. The setting is modern day Japan, and of course, Hiroshi still wears Pyonkichi (aka Raponchi) on his shirt.
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Title: Yamegoku - I Will Quit Yakuza
Character: Naomichi Sano
Released: April 16, 2015
Type: TV
Nagamitsu Bakushu is a mysterious police officer who mans a hotline within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Organised Crime Department for breakaway yakuza members. After receiving a phone call, the detective in charge has to make contact with the yakuza, protect him, fix things up with the organised crime group which the yakuza belongs to, and finally place the yakuza in a respectable occupation. Although Bakushu ended up supporting the rehabilitation of yakuzas, she somehow treats them like enemies and gets the people around her involved.
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The Case of Hana & Alice
Title: The Case of Hana & Alice
Character: Koutarou Yuda (voice)
Released: February 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa has just moved to a new house with her recently divorced mother and enrolled at a school where a strange rumor lingers among the students about "Judas," who is said to have been murdered over a year before. She is told that if anybody knows his fate it would be Hana Arai, the recluse in the house next door who has been unable to bring herself to attend class since "Judas" disappeared.
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Title: Great Selection Taxi
Character: Yohei Asakura
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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The Vancouver Asahi
Title: The Vancouver Asahi
Character: Kei Kitamoto
Released: September 29, 2014
Type: Movie
In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs, but the Vancouver Asahi baseball team have a sense of fair play and smart tactics that set them apart from the brute force of their opponents. Under the guidance of new team captain Reggie Kasahara, can they be able to rise above all the negativity to win the tournament? This film is based on the true story of Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was inducted into The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Crows Explode
Title: Crows Explode
Character: Kenichi Ogisu
Released: April 12, 2014
Type: Movie
A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.
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Title: Summer Nude
Character: Takashi Yaino
Released: July 8, 2013
Type: TV
Asahi Mikuri‎ya works at a photography studio, located near the sea. In the past, Asahi Mikuri‎ya dreamed of becoming a famous photographer, but now he as a cameraman for weddings and school events. Asahi Mikuri‎ya was also in love with a woman, but she suddenly left him. Natsuki Chiyohara‎ then appears in Asahi's life. Natsuki works as a manager at a well known Italian restaurant in Tokyo. During the worst moment in her life, when her boyfriend dumps her, Asahi appears and even takes a picture of that moment. Natsuki begins work as a chef at the "House of Sea," located in the same seaside town where Asahi lives. Asahi's former senior classmate runs the restaurant. Natsuki and Asahi have their past in common and they begin to get closer. Meanwhile, Taniyama is Asahi's former junior classmates. She holds feelings for Asahi.
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Kid's Police
Title: Kid's Police
Released: March 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Detectives in the special investigation team in Kanagawa go after criminal organization "Red Venius," based out of Yokohama. While pursuing the gang, the detectives turn into children due to exposure to a special gas. Dekachou (Fuku Suzuki) and the other detectives continue their investigation via an order from the National Police Agency. "Red Venius" then gives notice that they will they will assassinate the President of Tadzhikistan in Japan.
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Reunion
Title: Reunion
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: Movie
The Movie depicts 10 days after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. At a morgue house in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, the workers treat the dead with dignity as they hand over the bodies to their families. Retired funeral worker (Toshiyuki Nishida), finds himself volunteering at the morgue house.
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle
Title: Seven Souls in the Skull Castle
Released: January 12, 2013
Type: Movie
After the demise of warlord Nobunaga ODA, Japan was about to be unified by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI. However, there was one man in Kanto region that was defiant to it. That man, who named himself TenmaOh (Mirai MORIYAMA) and leads the KANTO DOKURO-TO, an armed group hiding in the pitch-black DOKURO-JO (skull castle), once worked for NOBUNAGA. Sutenosuke (Shun OGURI) happens to rescue a woman who has been chased by the KANTO DOKURO-TO, which was headed by the bloodthirsty madman TenmaOh.
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A Chorus of Angels
Title: A Chorus of Angels
Character: Naoki
Released: November 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later forced to leave after an accident occurs. 20 years later, Haru learns that one of her former students has committed a crime, and eventually returns to the island once more.
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Title: Josei Hitoku Sosakan Hara Maki
Released: July 13, 2012
Type: TV
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Title: Kid Police
Character: Shin Kunimitsu
Released: April 10, 2012
Type: TV
A middle-aged veteran detective at the special investigation division of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department has his body transformed into that of a child by breathing in a special gas when he chased after an evil organization named ‘Red Venus’. In the drama, Suzuki will play a middle-aged veteran detective at the special investigation division of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department whose body transformed into that of a child by breathing in a special gas when he chased after an evil organization named ‘Red Venus’.-tokyohive.com
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Title: Doppleganger
Character: Takizawa Yusuke
Released: February 12, 2012
Type: TV
Two women (both played by Nagasawa Masami), who look identical, search for the secret behind their births and, in the process, discover about forbidden medical technologies and the mystery of life.
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UN-GO episode:0 INGA-RON
Title: UN-GO episode:0 INGA-RON
Character: Shinjuurou Yuuki (voice)
Released: November 19, 2011
Type: Movie
Prequel film of UN-GO telling the encounter of Shinjuurou and Inga.
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Title: Un-Go
Character: Shinjuurou Yuuki (voice)
Released: October 14, 2011
Type: TV
Un-Go is set in a war-torn Tokyo, in a near-future Japan. In response to Japan sending their military abroad as peacekeeping forces, terrorists launched multiple attacks on Japan, killing many people and destroying much of its cityscapes. Some time after the war receded to a period of uneasy peace, the Japanese Parliament passed the "Information Privacy and Protection Act", which gives the Japanese government control over the Internet. Detective Shinjuurou Yuuki and his strange partner Inga make a living in solving crimes and exposing human souls, all influenced in some way by the dystopian backdrop.
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At River's Edge
Title: At River's Edge
Character: Shinzō
Released: August 2, 2011
Type: Movie
A samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married with his own younger sister. As a loyal samurai he has to accept the mission even though he has inner conflicts.
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Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
Title: Hankyu Railways - A 15-Minute Miracle
Character: Keiichi Kosaka
Released: April 29, 2011
Type: Movie
"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the commuters is Shoko (Miki Nakatani), an office worker in her 30s who lost her boyfriend to a younger colleague. There's also a college student (Erika Toda) who is so easily persuaded by her no good boyfriend. Other commuters include a grandmother & granddaughter, a house wife, a female high school student, and a female otaku college student. Although the train ride takes only 15 minutes between two stations, the lives of these commuters are changed as they interact with each other...
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Title: Rebound
Character: Kensaku Kazami
Released: April 27, 2011
Type: TV
After a failed relationship, Nobuko puts her all into dieting and finds success. She begins to work for her favorite fashion magazine, and just when her new life is falling into place she meets Taiichi, a handsome patissier. However, when Nobuko eats cakes, she can't stop - moreover, if she gains weight, she'll be fired. In the end, will Nobuko rebound...?
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Title: Goodbye Alma
Character: Taichi Asahina
Released: December 13, 2010
Type: TV
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Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
Title: Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
Character: Descartes Shaman (voice)
Released: September 18, 2010
Type: Movie
The year is 2314 AD, two years have passed since the defeat of the Innovators and the exposure of the A-Laws' crimes against humanity. The A-Laws have been abolished and their infrastructure integrated into the Earth Sphere Federation Army. However, the world's exposure to GN Particles has resulted in many people awakening as True Innovators. Celestial Being has returned to the shadows to rebuild and quietly observe the infantile peace. However, an abandoned probe from an expedition to Jupiter 130 years ago approaches Earth bringing a new crisis with it, one that threatens all of mankind. While Celestial Being begins their final mission to save humanity from an unimaginable threat, Gundam Meister Setsuna F. Seiei is about to discover the true purpose of his evolution as an Innovator. Aeolia Schenberg's plan has moved into its final stage...
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Surely Someday
Title: Surely Someday
Character: Kyohei
Released: July 17, 2010
Type: Movie
Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's upcoming festival. When the festival is abruptly concealed, they come up with a dimwitted strategy of faking a bomb threat to the school in order to force the principal to change his mind. Their plan seems to work at first, but when a real bomb goes off, the group is forced to take responsibility for the explosion and they are kicked out of school. Three years later, more details of the incident is revealed as the youth look back on the past.
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Title: MIOKA –MY LAST DAYS WITH YOU–
Character: Kasagi Kunihiko
Released: July 10, 2010
Type: TV
One day, Taichi, an ordinary university student, meets Mioka, a girl who is like a storm. Taichi finds himself drawn to Mioka, who lives freely as she wishes without holding back, and they eventually fall in love. However, Mioka tells Taichi of her shocking truth. She has an incurable brain disease, with no medicine or treatment that can help her.
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Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Episode Competition
Title: Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Episode Competition
Released: April 4, 2010
Type: Movie
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Title: Tokyo Dogs
Character: Keiichi Horikawa
Released: October 19, 2009
Type: TV
Kanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen sense of judgement but is cold and inflexible. Kanade lost his father in a murder as a young boy, which drove him to become a detective. Maruo Kudo is a former motorcycle gang member now special detective with the Japanese police department. These two opposite characters team up on a case in which secrets are held by a young lady named Yuki Matsunada.
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The Shock Labyrinth
Title: The Shock Labyrinth
Character: Motoko
Released: October 15, 2009
Type: Movie
The horror-thriller follows a group of teenagers dealing with the disappearance of one of them, Yuki, at an amusement park's haunted house. On a rainy day 10 years later, Yuki inexplicably returns. However, no sooner is she united with her former friends than she collapses, and the group rushes Yuki to a nearby hospital. But after checking in, they discover that things are not quite as they seem at the medical center. As the night wears on, the group sinks deeper and deeper into the events from a decade ago that led to Yuki's disappearance.
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Waiting for Good News
Title: Waiting for Good News
Released: February 28, 2009
Type: Movie
General store manager Akio (Tetsuji Tamayama) lives a carefree live in Okinawa with his dog, Kafu. One day he receives a strange letter from a woman named Sachi, but that’s not any person he’s familiar with. It turns out that the letter was a response to a joke wish he hung up at a Shinto shrine months earlier. Then one day, Sachi (Maiko) shows up and the two begin a relationship.
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Brass Knuckle Boys
Title: Brass Knuckle Boys
Character: Masaru
Released: February 14, 2009
Type: Movie
A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them on behalf of her company. What Kanna did not know was that the Brass Knuckle Boys consists of all middle aged men.
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Title: Shoni Kyumei
Released: October 16, 2008
Type: TV
With recent shrinkage of pediatric care, pediatrician Aoyama Sora decides to stand up to the hospital management and reestablish the specialty.
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Title: Cat Street
Character: Mine Koichi
Released: August 28, 2008
Type: TV
A story about a talented child actress who wins back her dream after retiring from acting. Keito was once a popular child actress, but she had shut herself away from society for 10 years after a traumatic acting incident. She is now 17 years old and incidentally enrolls to a free school for dropouts where she makes true friends. Together, they build trust and find the meaning of life. --NHK
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Title: Mirai koshi Meguru
Character: Yuki Ebisawa
Released: January 11, 2008
Type: TV
Meguru Yoshida (Kyoko Fukada) is an English instructor at a cram school who is forced to support her family after her debt-ridden father disappears. Meguru has a strange condition. Whenever she eats too much, she has visions of what the future holds for those in her presence. One day, while eating barbecued beef, she realizes that her boyfriend, Yuki, will become bald and fat 20 years down the line. She becomes discouraged with the idea that she may end up living her life with Yuki, especially after attending a party with some former classmates who she finds will turn into very handsome men.
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Kissho Tennyo
Title: Kissho Tennyo
Released: June 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A story about Sayoko Kano, a junior high school student, who is believed to be a descendent of an Indian goddess. Sayoko is a kind of femme fatale, who uses her supernatural power to control people, especially men.
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Title: Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Character: Hiraguri
Released: April 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
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Happy Dining Table
Title: Happy Dining Table
Character: Bengaku Oura
Released: January 27, 2007
Type: Movie
On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the latest episode in her family's parade of problems. Three years ago her father attempted suicide, and since then, things haven't been quite the same, with her mother (Ishida Yuriko, Miracle in Four Days) moving out and her studious older brother (Hiaraoka Yuta, Be With You) giving up school. Amidst the family drama, Sawako finds her own balance, working hard in school and developing a romance with cheerful transfer student Oura (Katusji Ryo, Aegis). But more obstacles lie ahead, changes that will throw her already fragile life further awry.
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Title: Haken no Hinkaku
Character: Tsutomu Asano
Released: January 10, 2007
Type: TV
Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on the dot. But her cynical nature indicates she has something painful to hide. Satonaka Kensuke has just been promoted to head S&F's new Marketing Division. Saddled with a rag-tag group of subordinates, he is struggling to lift his division off the ground. When Oomae is placed in Kensuke's department, she finds herself doing more work than she's ever done before. This is a timely drama that examines the different attitudes toward temp workers and regular employees, and the ways to overcome frictions in interpersonal relationships. This follows an October report on labor conditions by the Labor Ministry, which showed that, after regulations were relaxed, the proportion of regular employees to Temps had doubled compared to that of eight years ago.
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SOUL TRAIN ソウルトレイン
Title: SOUL TRAIN ソウルトレイン
Released: December 22, 2006
Type: Movie
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Hana
Title: Hana
Character: Soemon Aoki
Released: June 3, 2006
Type: Movie
In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
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Returning the Favor
Title: Returning the Favor
Character: Takumi Makiuchi
Released: March 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Kitahara Kazunori was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in the fall of his second year in high school, and thereafter spent a year and 10 months battling the disease. Although he studied hard for the university examinations and was successfully admitted to his first choice, [the prestigious] Tokyo University, he only managed to visit it for a day before passing away. After that, last January [i.e. 2005], Kazunori's mother compiled the thoughts he had left behind and published it as a book, and it was adapted into this drama. Even as Kazunori had to fight his serious illness, he received support from his friends, school teachers and family members, and had warm relations with many people. This drama illustrates the 1 year and 10 months young Kazunori persevered together with the people around him.
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Origin: Spirits of the Past
Title: Origin: Spirits of the Past
Character: Agito (voice)
Released: January 7, 2006
Type: Movie
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary.
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Title: Satomi Hakkenden
Character: Daikakumasanori Inumura
Released: January 2, 2006
Type: TV
"Satomi Hakkenden" tells the tale of eight samurai brothers and their adventures, with themes of loyalty and family honor, as well as Confucianism, bushido and Buddhist philosophy. "Satomi Hakkenden" is based off a 19th century 106 volume epic novel written by Kyokutei Bakin. The novel was written over a period of 30 years. Kyokutei Bakin had gone blind before finishing the tale, consequently, dictating the final portions to his daughter-in-law Michi.
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Hanging Garden
Title: Hanging Garden
Character: Morisaki
Released: October 8, 2005
Type: Movie
On the surface, the Kyobashis appear to be a happy family. Despite a family agreement that they are all open with each other, the entire household knows the opposite is true.
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A Heartful of Love
Title: A Heartful of Love
Character: Teruyoshi Nunokawa
Released: October 8, 2005
Type: Movie
Hiroshi, a 30 year-old businessman, has traveled back in time 20 years. He encounters Kazumi, a young woman who was gravely ill. Hiroshi regarded this as an opportunity to help the young woman from his past, the memory of whom he had always cherished.
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Aegis
Title: Aegis
Character: Kou Kisaragi
Released: July 30, 2005
Type: Movie
The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ship's captain, send the rest of the crew overboard and take control of the vessel. The ship is carrying a secret biological weapon which the terrorists are now threatening to use to level Tokyo! Only a stowaway NCO, Sengoko (played by Sanada Hiroyuki from Ring and Twilight Samurai) is in a position to stop them - but does he really have what it takes to save the day? Playing like a cross between a sea-faring version of Top Gun and Die Hard, director Sakamoto Junji shows that it's not just Hollywood that can produce thrill-a-minute action spectaculars.
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Title: It was sudden, like a storm...
Character: Keisuke Kase
Released: January 14, 2004
Type: TV
Kozue Ogawa is a housewife and has been married to Hideo for seven years. They don't have any children, but as they live with her parents at their flower shop, every day is still lively. She is happy with her life and her husband, but she wonders if it is enough. From time to time, she is gripped by this doubt that she cannot raise with anyone. Kozue starts a part-time job in the editing department of the magazine where she used to work. Her former colleague is now working hard as the editor-in-chief. One rainy day, Kozue meets a young man. He is Takuma Fukazawa, a high school student. He seems somehow shrouded in sadness. He is a dance teacher. In the dance studio, there is just the two of them. Takuma curls his hands around Kozue's body, and his dance instruction begins. Their unexpected closeness causes Kozue to hesitate. With her heart pounding, she pushes Takuma's hands away and runs home. But the throbbing in her chest continues. It can't be. But what is this feeling?
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Title: The Eldest Boy and His Three Elder Sisters
Character: 米山 健一
Released: October 12, 2003
Type: TV
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Song of the Canefields
Title: Song of the Canefields
Released: September 28, 2003
Type: Movie
Hirayama Koichi and his wife Michiko eloped from Osaka to Okinawa, where they lived happily with their five children. When war erupts, their eldest son is drafted into the Imperial army. As fighting spreads, the family takes refuge far from the city, but soon, child after child is drafted to serve in various branches of the military and in organizations supporting the war cause. Koichi himself is faced with a moral dilemma when he is ordered to kill a wounded American soldier.
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Battle Royale II: Requiem
Title: Battle Royale II: Requiem
Character: Haruya Sakurai
Released: July 5, 2003
Type: Movie
It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist group, Wild Seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in Tokyo on Christmas Day, killing 8000 people. In order for the government to study the benefits of "teamwork", the new students work in pairs, with their collars electronically linked so that if one of them is killed, the other dies as well. They must kill Nanahara in three days - or die.
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Title: Stand Up!!
Released: July 4, 2003
Type: TV
Stand Up!! is a Japanese television drama which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, centers around the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high school summer vacation. A 6-DVD Box Set featuring all eleven episodes, as well as six individual volumes were released in Japan on December 18, 2003.
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Touch a Dream
Title: Touch a Dream
Character: Jun (youth)
Released: April 26, 2003
Type: Movie
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Title: Goodbye Mr Ozu
Released: October 9, 2001
Type: TV
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All About Lily Chou-Chou
Title: All About Lily Chou-Chou
Character: Terawaki Shioske
Released: October 6, 2001
Type: Movie
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
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Title: Mariya
Released: July 4, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Forever Child
Released: April 10, 2000
Type: TV
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Title: Sayoko is Back
Character: Yukio Karasawa
Released: April 8, 2000
Type: TV
Nishihama Junior High School is haunted by the legend of Sayoko. Every three years a student is chosen to play the role of Sayoko by his or her predecessor. Sayoko has three missions to accomplish. If they are completed it is to the advantage of the school. If not, the school is doomed... Shu has been chosen to be Sayoko. Disbelieving the legend, Shu lets his pal Rei assume the role. But, when the new term begins, one of the tasks has already been completed. By whom? This is just the prelude to a string of spooky happenings.