Hirofumi Arai
Biography: Hirofumi Arai is a third-generation Zainichi Korean former actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 18, 1979
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Blood and Bones
2004-11-06
Blood and Bones
Overview: In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-06
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A Crowd of Three
2010-06-12
A Crowd of Three
Overview: A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up north to visit Kenta's brother at the Abashiri prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-12
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Blue Spring
2001-09-09
Blue Spring
Overview: Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of making him feel powerless.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-09
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A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries
2010-09-02
A Yakuza's Daughter Never Cries
Overview: Yuriko, a daughter of Yakudza boss is lost in Russia. Here she finds Alexey - a young man who is trying to help her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2010-09-02
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Sway
2006-07-08
Sway
Overview: A psychologically thrilling portrait of the severe dysfunction behind a family clinging to decorum and pride.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-08
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Box: The Hakamada Case
2010-05-29
Box: The Hakamada Case
Overview: Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-29
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Confessions
2010-06-04
Confessions
Overview: Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-04
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The Blood of Rebirth
2009-10-13
The Blood of Rebirth
Overview: Based on the Japanese legend of 15th century adventurer, Oguri Hangan Daisukeshige, Toyoda places us in a surreal world of tattooed Japanese slave workers whose real life roles serve more as symbols than actual characters. After being hired by a local despot, Daizen, to massage away a nasty venereal disease, Oguri is viley betrayed after refusing to stay longer.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-13
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Neighbour No. 13
2005-04-02
Neighbour No. 13
Overview: Juzo Murasaki is a young man traumatized by his experience of bullying at school. He returns to his hometown and takes a job on a building site with his old nemesis Toru Akai. But Juzo's trauma has created a monster; he harbors a second personality, Neighbor No. 13, a vicious, brutal and disfigured character intent on exacting a painful revenge on his bully.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-02
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Love Strikes!
2011-09-23
Love Strikes!
Overview: Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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Beyond Outrage
2012-09-03
Beyond Outrage
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-03
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Helter Skelter
2012-07-14
Helter Skelter
Overview: Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-14
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Heaven's Bookstore
2004-06-05
Heaven's Bookstore
Overview: Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-05
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The Samurai That Night
2012-11-17
The Samurai That Night
Overview: Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-17
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009-06-20
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Overview: In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-20
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Liar Game: Reborn
2012-03-03
Liar Game: Reborn
Overview: To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who kept refusing to take part in the game, finds himself in the game. Along with Akiyama, there's 19 other players competing for the prize of two billion yen. Omega, who revived the game, plays the game at the Liar Game office with Alice. Alice sets up the game, chooses the players, and sets the traps.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-03
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69
2004-07-10
69
Overview: Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-10
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A Road Stained Crimson
2012-10-13
A Road Stained Crimson
Overview: Professional killer Ken (Hirofumi Arai) is trying to break away from the yakuza. Taking up work at a local motorcycle shop, he forges a new life under the motherly eye of Yoko (Jun Fubuki), an older woman who owns the shop. However, Ken's dark past isn't letting him go that easily. Akira (Jun Murakami), Ken's ruthless mentor and himself an assassin, has been coming around and pressuring Ken to return to the family. Together with orphaned teenager Tsuyoshi (Niinobu Ryomei), Ken decides to take to the road and settle matters in the only way he knows - by the trigger of his gun. Featuring music by Snake on the Beach, a solo project of legendary singer and guitarist Yusuke Chiba, A Road Stained Crimson takes viewers down the high-octane expressway of bikes, guns and rock 'n' roll.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-10-13
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Kidnap Tour
2016-08-02
Kidnap Tour
Overview: Haru is a rather cool fifth-grade elementary school student who shares the same tastes as her mother’s younger sister Yuko (Kaho) and can tell Yuko what she really feels. On the first day of the summer vacation, Haru is kidnapped. The culprit is her free-spirited father Takashi who disappeared from home two months ago.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-02
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Kiki's Delivery Service
2014-03-01
Kiki's Delivery Service
Overview: A young girl named Kiki must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She leaves on her broom, but first says goodbye to her friends and family. Kiki then begins her new life with her trusted cat Jiji.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-01
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Farewell, Kuro
2003-07-01
Farewell, Kuro
Overview: Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-01
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Love's Whirlpool
2014-03-01
Love's Whirlpool
Overview: A room in a fancy downtown apartment. The evening orgy kicks off with eight men and women meeting for the first time, including an unemployed guy who pays the 20,000 yen party fee with money from his parents, and a female college student whose run-of-the-mill appearance hides a voracious sexual appetite.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-01
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Disconcerto
2014-10-18
Disconcerto
Overview: Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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The Ravine of Goodbye
2013-06-22
The Ravine of Goodbye
Overview: In a valley, with a dense growth of trees, a baby is killed. The baby's mother Satomi is arrested as the prime suspect. The police also learn that Satomi is involved in a romantic relationship with her next door neighbor Ozaki. The information was provided by the neighbor's lover Kanako.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-22
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The Fighter Pilot
2013-12-20
The Fighter Pilot
Overview: A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.
Genres: War Drama Action Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-20
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011-10-15
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Overview: A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-15
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Loved Gun
2004-05-13
Loved Gun
Overview: A story about a hitman named Hayamada who carries a distinctive red gun. As the film progresses we discover the reason for his work, and how he came to be alone. His aim right now is to reach a desitination, but he's late.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-13
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Blazing Famiglia
2012-09-08
Blazing Famiglia
Overview: "Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters. Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei (Kento Hayashi). One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather together again after the daughter of a member is assaulted. Tetsu, worried about his day to day life, nevertheless regains the passion from his biker days. Tetsu then finds out that Ken Igarashi (Jun Murakami) is the man behind the attack. Ken Igarashi has had a grudge against Tetsu for a long time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-08
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Climbing to Spring
2014-06-14
Climbing to Spring
Overview: Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-14
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All Around Us
2008-06-07
All Around Us
Overview: Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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That's the Way!
2011-04-30
That's the Way!
Overview: A rookie editor Hatsumi Takeda becomes an editor of Fujio Akatsuka who is known as the king of gag manga. Hanging out with her, Akatsuka sees through Hatsumi's talent to be crazy, and they gradually become great partners...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-30
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Close Range Love
2014-10-11
Close Range Love
Overview: A smart high school student falls in love with her English teacher after she receives one-on-one tutoring from him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-11
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GO
2001-10-20
GO
Overview: Sugihara, a Japanese-born, third-generation Korean teenager struggles to find a place in a society that will not accept him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-20
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Kanikôsen
2009-07-04
Kanikôsen
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-04
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My Darling of the Mountains
2008-05-24
My Darling of the Mountains
Overview: In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor and a blind masseur cross.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-24
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Villon's Wife
2009-10-10
Villon's Wife
Overview: This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Parasyte: Part 1
2014-11-29
Parasyte: Part 1
Overview: Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-29
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Parasyte: Part 2
2015-04-25
Parasyte: Part 2
Overview: Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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Akame 48 Waterfalls
2003-10-25
Akame 48 Waterfalls
Overview: A man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange characters. He finds a job skewering meat in a dirty old room in a shabby old house filled with prostitutes, gangsters and a weird old tattoo master. He clearly doesn't fit in to this new world, and the inhabitants of it immediately despise him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-25
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R246 STORY
2008-08-23
R246 STORY
Overview: The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7 kilometers long Route 246 passes through Japanese trendsetting areas such as Aoyama, Omotesando, Harajuku, and Shibuya, on its way to Numazu City in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-23
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Jam Films
2002-12-28
Jam Films
Overview: Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-28
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Fish on Land
2012-02-18
Fish on Land
Overview: A college senior (Mirai Moriyama) takes a bicycle trip for his last summer vacation. On his trip he comes across drive-in "HOUSE475" and its manager Seii (Hidetoshi Nishijima). The college senior then helps out at the store and becomes influenced by his experience at "HOUSE475".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-18
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100 Yen Love
2014-11-15
100 Yen Love
Overview: Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home, she passes a gym and meets boxer Kano who trains there in silence...
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-15
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Slapstick Brothers
2011-03-19
Slapstick Brothers
Overview: Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu Ishii (Yuji Ayabe) quits due to their declining popularity and mounting debts. Tobio then attempts to drink his problems away, but the next morning finds himself locked up in a detention center. At the detention center Tobio meets tough dreadlocked Ryuhei Onizuka (Yusuke Kamiji) who has an uncanny knack for comedy. Tobio attempts to recruit Ryuhei to become a partner in a new comedy duo. Once on the outside, they start practicing ...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-19
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The Whispering of the Gods
2005-12-17
The Whispering of the Gods
Overview: Rou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods through his germanium radio, Rou defies God in every which way and puts religion to the test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
2009-10-10
The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio
Overview: Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special Unit. He also boasts that he is the offspring of Kamehameha I and a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth of England. In actuality, the man is a marriage swindler looking for his next big score.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Penance
2013-05-29
Penance
Overview: The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-29
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The Matsugane Potshot Affair
2007-02-24
The Matsugane Potshot Affair
Overview: When a gold ingot and a severed human head are discovered in a small provincial town, the rush to solve the curious case wavers between tragic and darkly humorous.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-24
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Ushijima the Loan Shark
2012-08-25
Ushijima the Loan Shark
Overview: Mirai Suzuki (Yuko Oshima) becomes responsible for her mother's debt which is owed to loan shark Kaoru Ushijima (Takayuki Yamada). To begin paying off her mother's debt, Mirai begins working at a dating cafe. Meanwhile, Jun (Kento Hayashi) is the ambitious and greedy company president for an event group. To borrow money, Jun visits Kaukau Finance owned by Kaoru Ushijima.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-25
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Sayonara
2015-11-21
Sayonara
Overview: The world's first human-android acting duo, called Android Theater Project, is the collaborative brainchild of noted Japanese playwright Oriza Hirata and the leading robotics scientist Hiroshi Ishiguro. "Sayonara" is a remakable android play and has been adapted to feature film by the acclaimed filmmaker Koji Fukada (Hospitalité, Au revoir l’été). In this film project the setting of the story is largely expanded, depicting time and space in a way which can only be achieved in film, examining life and death though the communication between dying human and immortal android.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-21
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Hero
2015-07-18
Hero
Overview: Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-18
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Space Brothers
2012-05-05
Space Brothers
Overview: When Mutta was 12-years-old and Hibito was 9-years-old the two brothers saw what they thought was an UFO flying towards the moon. They made a pact then to become astronauts and one day fly into space together. Fast forward to the year 2025. Older brother Mutta (Shun Oguri) works as for an automotive company and his younger brother Hibito works as an astronaut. Although Mutta failed to follow through on his childhood promise, after losing his job, he receives a phone call from Hibito which reignites his childhood dream of flying into outer space ...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-05
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Bakuman
2015-10-03
Bakuman
Overview: Moritaka Mashiro doesn't want to follow in the path of his uncle who worked as a manga artist, but ultimately died because of exhaustion. Moritaka Mashiro figures he will graduate from school and work at an office. Things change though when falls in love with a girl at school. The girl, who hopes to become a voice actress, tells Moritaka they can marry, but only after they both achieve their dreams. Moritaka then teams up with fellow classmate Akito Takagi to publish their first manga.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-03
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The Actor
2016-01-30
The Actor
Overview: Takuji Kameoka is a 37-year-old bachelor whose occupation is a “miscellaneous actor”. His only interest is drinking. One day he falls in love and his boring life begins to change. The film is based on the book “Actor, Takuji Kameoka” by Akito Inui, a five-time nominee for Japan’s most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa Prize. Satoko Yokohama, a much-admired up-and-coming newcomer, directs the film and we can immediately tell that she is a special talent, with a unique understanding that flows through to her actors and crew.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-30
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Lost and Found
2016-02-23
Lost and Found
Overview: Atsuto was abandoned by his mother when he was young. He now works in the lost and found department at the Hoshigaoka Station. He spends his days imagining about the owner of the lost item, how the item became lost and found. One day, Atsuto learns that his mother committed suicide. His life begins to move ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-02-23
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Akegarasu
2015-05-16
Akegarasu
Overview: Naoki works as a not so popular host at the host club Akegarasu in Shinagawa, Tokyo. His repayment day is coming soon and he has prepared 10 million yen to pay off his debt. Naoki has a party with his co-workers to celebrate this event, but, when he wakes up the next night, he finds that his money is all gone. Naoki asks his co-workers at the club about his money, but all of them say they didn't see it. Did Naoki dream he had 10 million yen? If He doesn't get the money soon, he will be thrown into the bottom of Tokyo Bay. Naoki can't trust anyone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-16
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Emi-Abi
2016-09-03
Emi-Abi
Overview: Up-and-coming manzai stand-up comedy duo Emi-Abi has lost consummate funny man Unno (a surprisingly touching Tomoya Maeno) to an accident, leaving conceited straight man Jitsudo (Ryu Morioka) to contend with his diminished career prospects as a bland, pretty face entertainer. Guided by his manager Natsumi (Haru Kuroki), who demonstrates stronger comedy chops than her own star, Jitsudo comes to learn the circumstances of his friend's passing, as well as the life-and-death stakes of a career in comedy. Demonstrating a careful balance of tone across tragedy and deadpan and gross-out humor, writer/director Kensaku Watanabe expands "Emi-Abi"'s hilarious premise into a strikingly assured meditation on artistic rivalry and self-actualization.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-03
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Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano
2010-09-04
Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano
Overview: A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout's offer to "become somebody else" by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-04
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The Katsuragi Murder Case
2016-06-18
The Katsuragi Murder Case
Overview: The Katsuragi Household that runs a small store may appear serene. But as the younger son Minoru commits a murder on the street, the family is exposed to the public. Is there anybody that is behind this murder case?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-18
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While the Women Are Sleeping
2016-02-27
While the Women Are Sleeping
Overview: Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-02-27
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The Blue Hearts
2017-04-08
The Blue Hearts
Overview: Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-08
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
2003-12-13
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Overview: Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-13
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HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis
2016-05-14
HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis
Overview: News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and disappears, but his biggest enemy yet is about to materialise.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-14
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Psychic Kusuo
2017-10-21
Psychic Kusuo
Overview: Born a powerful psychic, high schooler Kusuo Saiki craves the simple life. But the weirdos in his class make it difficult to conceal his abilities.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-21
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Falling Camellia
2018-09-28
Falling Camellia
Overview: During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish was for him to go back to his clan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-28
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Tornado Girl
2017-09-16
Tornado Girl
Overview: Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-16
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Gintama
2017-07-14
Gintama
Overview: In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-14
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Thicker than Water
2018-02-10
Thicker than Water
Overview: Hard-working Yuria runs a small printing company. Despite her best efforts, she can’t seem to attract the attention of Kazunari, a polite yet aloof client who is more interested in flirting with Mako, Yuria’s ditzy younger sister and employee. Meanwhile, Kazunari has his hands full with Takuji, his rough-hewn brother who was recently released from prison and is crashing at his apartment.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-10
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Lupin's News
2008-09-21
Lupin's News
Overview: The suicide of a female teacher 15 years ago was actually a murder. A new investigation team, spearheaded by Mizorogi, is formed based on new information turned in to the police. Obsessed about cracking cases right up till the statute of limitation, Mizoguchi has a bitter thought about a 300 million yen case that has reached the statute of limitation... When he goes to investigate the male high school student(s) whom the woman had taught and other persons related to the deceased, he sees an unexpected connection with another case...
Genres: Mystery TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-21
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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018-09-07
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Overview: Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tournament. At the age of 26, his dream of becoming a professional shogi player collapses due to an age restriction. After he quits playing shogi, he becomes desperate. With the support of his peers, including Yuya Suzuki, and his love of shogi, Shoji Segawa begins to play shogi again. A miracle happens to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-07
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Judge!
2014-01-11
Judge!
Overview: After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a judge at the world's biggest advertising competition in Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-11
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Typhoon Family
2019-06-09
Typhoon Family
Overview: Ittetsu and Maitsuko are married, but they are not just any normal couple. They robbed a bank and took a cool million or two from the capitalists. Then they duly vanished. Years have passed and their children have congregated to divide their parents' money, but first there is the matter of arrangements and a funeral.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-09
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Aka Medaka
2015-12-28
Aka Medaka
Overview: One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-28
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Himizu
2011-09-05
Himizu
Overview: After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-05
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Radio
2013-03-26
Radio
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-26
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The First Train Runs in Hiroshima
2015-08-10
The First Train Runs in Hiroshima
Overview: Only 3 days after A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a streetcar started running through the town burned to the ground. The drivers were teenage girls working for the train company in place of men. The drama is based on a true story of people who strived for the restoration.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-10
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Attack Girls' Swim Team Versus the Undead
2007-12-25
Attack Girls' Swim Team Versus the Undead
Overview: A psycho scientist sent in to inoculate the luscious young student bodies against a new virus makes a little error in judgment, resulting in a not-so-little flesh-eating zombie problem. Now, with most of the school and all of the teachers running amuck, eating each other, having rabid sex and juggling, it's up to Aki and her new found allies on the Girls Swim Team to take care of business.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-25
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Goku Sagi 3
2015-05-25
Goku Sagi 3
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-25
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