Ken'ichi Ishii
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 24, 1946
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Known For
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
1999-12-11
Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Overview: An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as it's true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-11
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Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
2001-09-14
Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
Overview: Fight fiercely with a duo of hitmen to protect the witnesses of the trial!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-14
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Ah, A Sharp Detective
2001-07-13
Ah, A Sharp Detective
Overview: Kuroki is crazy about gambling and Shirakawa loves unrivalled women. The pair are investigating a bank robbery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-13
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Cursed Songs: Chi-Manako
2008-03-22
Cursed Songs: Chi-Manako
Overview: Misaki is a popular bar hostess whose policy is to 'live on presents'. She is haughty and wants nothing but the most expensive and exclusive. One night, she finds a rabbit and takes it home, setting off the story of an unimaginable tragedy. It is an 'animal panic horror' film with a new edge presenting an allegory of the worst in the modern materialistic world. This is the first full-length feature film for Yuichi Kanemaru, who has worked as assistant director to Kaneto Shindo, Yasuo Furuhata and Takashi Miike. And Tomoko Tabata's dynamic performance in her first horror movie is a definite highlight.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-03-22
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The King of Minami: Insurance Embezzler
1997-05-02
The King of Minami: Insurance Embezzler
Overview: #19 in the series, following "Con Man Elimination."
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-02
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Shintokumaru
1997-10-15
Shintokumaru
Overview: The film depicts the fatal, forbidden love between Nadeko, who is bought by a shop selling her mother, and her son-in-law, Jisumaru.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-15
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Remembering the Cosmos Flower
1997-05-03
Remembering the Cosmos Flower
Overview: Akiko returns to her home village in Japan after seven years in South America, where she contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. The town, thick with paranoia, is quick to ostracize the ailing Akiko. With only her best friend and her mom in her corner, Akiko suffers awful discrimination at school and at home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-03
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Harikomi
1991-09-26
Harikomi
Overview: When a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect’s ex-lover, who is trapped in an abusive marriage.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-09-26
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Ekiro
2009-04-11
Ekiro
Overview: An employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective Yobuno (Koji Yakusho), who is set to retire himself, is charged with the investigating the missing person case. Det. Yobuno quickly finds more mysterious as he delves into the case, but a woman named Keiko Fukumura (Eri Fukatsu) surfaces who may hold the key to case.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-11
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Menkyo ga nai!
1994-02-11
Menkyo ga nai!
Overview: A popular movie star named Hiroshi Nanjo faces a huge problem in filming his new action flick when they find out he hasn't got a license to drive. He is sent to a driving school and...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-02-11
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Quiet Don 2
1992-01-24
Quiet Don 2
Overview: Part two of twelve.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-24
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Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969-11-14
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
Overview: Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-11-14
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It's Tough Being a Man
1969-08-27
It's Tough Being a Man
Overview: Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting and ruining Sakura's chance to marry someone, as well as just being a real pain to those around him. There is a sentimental side to him also, and the best way to describe him is that he grows on you.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-08-27
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970-01-15
Tora-san, His Tender Love
Overview: Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-01-15
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Hellywood
1982-06-05
Hellywood
Overview: In the far-off future of 2001, a young boy from outer space lands on earth inside a flying peach. The boy (named Apple) is adopted by a Catholic priest, but soon disappears. Three schoolgirls decide to search for him, and soon find evidence that he is being held captive in a trendy dance club. What is the club owner doing with him, and will his adopted father ever see him again?
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-05
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Gosei Sentai Dairanger: The Movie
1993-04-17
Gosei Sentai Dairanger: The Movie
Overview: The Dairanger must save children who are transforming into playing cards by the powers of the Duke of Cards.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-04-17
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The Nearest Place to the Sky
1994-10-15
The Nearest Place to the Sky
Overview: Kitagawa, a top salesman with an impressive record, is hiding a dark secret—he borrowed the 9 million yen of his record from loan sharks. One day, while being pursued by the Yakuza, he escapes to a rooftop where he unexpectedly meets a mysterious elderly woman and an office worker. Soon, the rooftop transforms into a serene escape, as they find themselves playing nostalgic childhood games like "Kick the Can" and "Red Light, Green Light." But beneath the surface, all three of them are hiding a significant secret...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-15
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Odd Detective 15
2017-04-06
Odd Detective 15
Overview: The body of Shinsuke Maeda, a wealthy older man, is discovered in his garden. While at first glance it appears that he missed his step while exiting into the garden and hit his forehead on a flowerbed rock, it is established that a safe installed in the living room has been emptied. It seems that, the night before, Maeda left the hospital he was staying at of his own will and came home, and was robbed immediately after returning. His daughter Yumie Nagano insists that Chikako Inui, a woman her father had been seeing, must be the perpetrator. She says that Maeda was thinking of getting married to Chikako soon. However, Chikako finds Yumie and her husband suspicious. Troubled by debts incurred by opening their ramen store, they pestered Maeda and he pushed them away. She calmly points out that Maeda gave her a will in which he left all of the 50 million plus yen hidden in the safe to her, so she had no reason to steal from him.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-06
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Women Can't Be Beaten
1969-10-01
Women Can't Be Beaten
Overview: An uptight young man comes to suspect that his factory worker girlfriend has a secret involving his boorish older brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-10-01
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Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970-02-26
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
Overview: After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-26
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Tora-san's Runaway
1970-08-26
Tora-san's Runaway
Overview: After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-26
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A Madcap Corporation
1983-12-17
A Madcap Corporation
Overview: A comedy of a yakuza family that goes into show business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-17
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Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
2001-10-06
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
Overview: During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the Onmyoji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. Now, Seimei (Mansai Nomura), a talented member of the clan, must face down his master, Doson (Hiroyuki Sanada), in the hopes of restoring peace to the kingdom.
Genres: Drama Horror History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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Quiet Don
1991-05-31
Quiet Don
Overview: Part one of a twelve part direct to video film series. Based on the comic by Tatsuo Nitta.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-31
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Battle Heater
1989-11-03
Battle Heater
Overview: Furuchi and Hama are two unsuccessful repair agents and electronic engineers. One day Furichi finds a so-called Kotatsu heater. Soon after this Furichi dies in a traffic accident. But with the help of a stun gun succeed Hama Furichi bring back to life, but also Kotatsu heater comes alive then.
Genres: Comedy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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Shinjuku Boy Detectives
1998-04-29
Shinjuku Boy Detectives
Overview: In the streets of ultra-modern Shinjuku, Sosuke, a young would-be detective, all of a sudden attacked by a monster robot and falls unconscious. Determined to unravel the mystery, Sosuke joins forces with four members to fight against the robot. Will they be successful?
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-29
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The King of Minami 35
2006-10-27
The King of Minami 35
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-27
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School in the Crosshairs
1982-10-11
School in the Crosshairs
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Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-11
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