Ippei Kanie
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 08, 1976
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
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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Cursed Songs 2: Nu-Meri
2008-09-25
Cursed Songs 2: Nu-Meri
Overview: There's something wrong at the Pacific Institute...something wrong and evil. For young Mari, whose family has worked in the finishing industry for generations, her studies in advanced genetics and marine bio-engineering represent not just her own future, but that of her entire family. But when her friend Nanako is mysteriously discovered dead, Mari's dreams turn into her worst nightmares! Because not only was Nanako's body covered with fishbites, she was also growing scales! Now, as a new wave of deaths and tragedies engulf the Pacific team, it becomes all too clear that someone....something...has a new future in mind for all human kind. For centuries man has taken from the ocean, never dreaming what might lurk beneath the waves; now the revelation has begun...and this time, we're the sushi!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-25
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Owl
2003-02-07
Owl
Overview: A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to stray to their cabin with sex, and kill them. All goes well until a local cop shows up and, then, an old relation.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-07
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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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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002-06-16
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Overview: A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ultimately prevail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-16
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Red Moon
2004-02-07
Red Moon
Overview: Namiko Morita, who lived in Otaru, moved to this area with her husband, Yutaro, and opened the brewery "Morita Brewery". Eventually, they succeeded in this business and lived happily while raising three children. However, in August 1945, the situation changed completely due to the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-07
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10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal
2004-01-25
10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal
Overview: Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for terminal cancer.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-25
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Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38
2015-08-29
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 38
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-29
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Rain of Light
2001-12-08
Rain of Light
Overview: This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972 wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time the police finally caught up with them, it was discovered that they had murderously turned upon themselves in a bizarre extension of their radical philosophy. This event virtually marked the end of the Student Revolution.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-08
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Blossoms Bloom
2014-04-05
Blossoms Bloom
Overview: Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to slip by the wayside. As his elderly father begins to show signs of dementia, Shunsuke takes the family on a trip in a desperate attempt to pull them together before it is too late. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Masashi Sada's short story of the same name received the awards for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Music at the 1st Asia International Film Festival in Taipei.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-04-05
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The Eternal Fountain
2012-06-16
The Eternal Fountain
Overview: The Eternal Founntain was broadcast as the Saturday Drama Special on NHK. Laywer Akio Yamauchi takes over the court-appointed attorney for Yoji Kuramoto who confesses to murdering his wife. While following Kuramoto's action in Yamanaka and being sure of his innocence, Yamauchi remembers his wife who passed away 12 years earlier.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-16
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Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit
2011-01-03
Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit
Overview: Bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon has always kept the rule to "never kill, never rape, never steal from the poor", passed down to him by the gang's previous leader. He has never been arrested, and for that, he always thought he would have a peaceful death. But one day, after talking to a young one-armed homeless girl, he decides to break up his gang and turn himself in.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-03
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Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version
2013-11-22
Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version
Overview: Todo Shunnosuke is a movie director who passed away thirty years ago. Just before his death, he told his wife about three short films which contained a secret. Years later, Todo's wife, who is on the verge of death, asked Madame Marmalade to solve the mystery. (2nd part of the 2-part Quiz movie : the audience gets to find out the answers to some questions asked in the "Question Version" film, and the people who got the answers right get their names placed in the film).
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-22
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Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question Version
2013-10-25
Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question Version
Overview: Todo Shunnosuke is a movie director who passed away thirty years ago. Just before his death, he told his wife about three short films which contained a secret. Years later, Todo's wife, who is on the verge of death, asked Madame Marmalade to solve the mystery. (1st part of the 2-part Quiz movie : questions were asked to the audience at the end of the screening and the answers were given in the follow-up film, "Answer Version").
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-25
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