Mayu Matsuoka
Biography: Mayu Matsuoka (松岡 茉優, Matsuoka Mayu, born February 16, 1995) is a Japanese actress. She has been awarded the Tama best Emerging Actress Award and Fumiko Yamaji Freshman Actress Award in 2016. She gained international attention as an ambassador of the Tokyo International Film Festival for 2017 and her role in the Palme d’Or winning film Shoplifters.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 15, 1995
Deathday: N/A
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Little Forest: Four Seasons
2018-03-22
Little Forest: Four Seasons
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-22
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Nagisa no koibito tachi
2016-01-01
Nagisa no koibito tachi
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Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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実録ドラマスペシャル 女の犯罪ミステリー
2016-03-17
実録ドラマスペシャル 女の犯罪ミステリー
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-17
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Masked Hearts
2023-10-27
Masked Hearts
Overview: 26 years old Hanako is on the verge of directing her first-ever feature film, achieving her childhood dream. Although she’s being hindered by an older male assistant director, she has a fateful encounter with a man named Masao, and her life at last begins to take on a whole new luster. However, the underhanded actions of an unscrupulous producer cause Hanako to have her personal project stolen. After being dumped into despair, she quietly stokes her rage, and makes a pledge to keep fighting, and never back down! Entangling Masao, her hopeless father and two older brothers (who she’s been out of touch with for over 10 years) in her obsessive quest, Hanako audaciously attempts to make her dream come true, her way!
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-27
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People of the Isono Family ~Ms Sazae 20 years from now~
2019-11-24
People of the Isono Family ~Ms Sazae 20 years from now~
Overview: It's 20 years later and the Isono family is having a rough time. Katsuo is facing a series of professional setbacks. Wakame is having a tough time coming up with original designs. Tarao is in the process of job hunting but can't find what he wants to do. Sazae wants to do her best to return happiness to her family in the face of an impending storm during the Bon Odori competition.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-24
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Chips
2012-04-07
Chips
Overview: Tadashi Imamura is a burglar who idolises Ozaki, a star baseball player he shares a birthday with. One day he realises their connection is much deeper than that and decides to find out more.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-07
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Hell Dogs
2022-09-16
Hell Dogs
Overview: Bent on revenge, a traumatized ex-police officer must infiltrate a yakuza organization by befriending one of the group's most unhinged members.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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Sylvanian Families the Movie: A Gift from Freya
2023-11-23
Sylvanian Families the Movie: A Gift from Freya
Overview: The rabbit girl Freya is trying to make everyone happy, with the Sylvanian village's annual star festival serving as the backdrop.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-23
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The Kirishima Thing
2012-08-11
The Kirishima Thing
Overview: A story about the disappearance of Kirishima, a star athlete of the volleyball club, and how his disappearance affects every person in school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-11
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Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021
2022-03-04
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Little Star Wars 2021
Overview: One day during summer vacation, a palm-sized alien named Papi appears from a small rocket that Nobita picks up. He is the president of Pirika, a small planet in outer space, and has come to Earth to escape the rebels. Doraemon and his friends are puzzled by Papi’s small size, but as they play together using the secret tool “Small Light”, they gradually become friends. However, a whale-shaped space battleship comes to earth and attacks Doraemon, Nobita and the others in order to capture Papi. Feeling responsible for getting everyone involved, Papi tries to stand up to the rebels. Doraemon and his friends leave for the planet Pirika to protect their dear friend and his home.
Genres: Animation Science Fiction Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-04
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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
2014-08-30
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
Overview: Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-30
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Love Exposure
2009-01-31
Love Exposure
Overview: The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-31
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Screaming Class
2013-06-14
Screaming Class
Overview: Kana is an ordinary high school student. One day, her photo is selected for a magazine and, because of this, Kana receives attention from popular student attention Rio. The attention though is not the kind Kana wanted. Kana is bullied by Rio and her friends. A rumor exists that a ghost exists in the old school building. The ghost is able to grant someone's wish, but that person will lose something important to them. The ghost is a former student named Yomi, who died in an accident 12 years ago. Kana decides to go see the ghost. The next day, Kana is a member of Rio's group, but Kana's friend Erika is now bullied. More tragedy awaits …
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-14
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Little Forest: Winter/Spring
2015-01-28
Little Forest: Winter/Spring
Overview: Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-28
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Strayer's Chronicle
2015-06-27
Strayer's Chronicle
Overview: In the early 1990s, experiments were carried out secretly in Japan. Two different methods were used in the experiments. One method involved forcing stress upon expecting parents and when the baby was born, provoke the baby into mutations and develop their special abilities. The other method involved birth to babies having abilities of animals and insects. The special abilities were derived from gene manipulation. Subaru, Saya and others were born from those experiments.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-27
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ノンレムの窓
2022-04-05
ノンレムの窓
Overview: "Non-rem sleep" means deep sleep. Are the three mysterious short stories that we broadcast this time a dream? Or is it real? Dreams and reality, reality and unreality ... The mysterious bakarhythm world that goes back and forth between them is the "non-rem window."
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-05
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Amachan
2013-04-01
Amachan
Overview: Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.
Genres: Drama Music Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-01
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Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946
2023-08-10
Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946
Overview: Post-war Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Adults who are swayed by the US military stationed in the country and swayed by US intentions cannot afford to care about children who should be protected. The war orphans, who had no choice but to survive on their own, were used to shining shoes for American soldiers, picking up cigarettes, and sometimes committing crimes. However, at some point, they came across a "cleaning" job. They work hard instead of committing crimes and earn money by being appreciated by people. The orphans begin to regain their smiles through experiences that make them feel like they should be alive. The children started to have a modest dream of "renting a house and living" with their own earnings, but they were attacked by an even harsher reality...
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-10
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Scroll
2023-02-03
Scroll
Overview: The story describes how youngsters struggle to cope with the gap between their ideals and reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-03
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Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story
2013-06-01
Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story
Overview: Keisuke Kinoshita sits easily alongside Ozu, Kurosawa and Naruse as one of Japan’s most respected legends of cinema. Made to commemorate the centenary of Kinoshita’s birth, this biographical drama chronicles formative hardships and personal encounters to provide a rare glimpse into the life of one of Japan’s most acclaimed screen directors. Includes archival footage from 49 of the films he produced during his career at Shochiku.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-01
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Cats Don't Come When You Call
2016-01-30
Cats Don't Come When You Call
Overview: Mitsuo is a boxer who prefers dogs but ends up looking after two cats that his brother rescues.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-30
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Chihayafuru: Part II
2016-04-29
Chihayafuru: Part II
Overview: After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-29
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Chihayafuru: Part I
2016-03-19
Chihayafuru: Part I
Overview: When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-19
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2018-02-03
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Overview: Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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Houkago Lost
2014-08-02
Houkago Lost
Overview: Little Trip: Chairperson Ayako and Yuki, who sometimes skips school, become close. They run away. Rakugaki Uwagaki: Satomi used to be a member of art club, but she stopped drawing. Due to a cultural festival, she decides to draw again. Baion: Kuroi likes recording the sounds of daily life. One day, she meets Rika. Rika begins to enjoy recording the sounds of daily life with Kuroi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-02
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Tremble All You Want
2017-12-23
Tremble All You Want
Overview: Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming fixation has prevented her from even considering another candidate for boyfriend until an office colleague asks her out.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-23
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Chihayafuru: Part III
2018-03-17
Chihayafuru: Part III
Overview: Story takes place 2 years after "Chihayafuru Part 2" and Chihaya is now a high school senior.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-17
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Shoplifters
2018-06-02
Shoplifters
Overview: After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-02
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Listen to the Universe
2019-10-04
Listen to the Universe
Overview: Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is a former child prodigy who stopped playing when her mother died. One is a Julliard student. One is a new face and yet comes recommended.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-04
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The Wonderland
2019-04-26
The Wonderland
Overview: The story follows Akane, a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist, Hippocrates, and his student, Pipo, who both tell her they're on a mission to save the world. Together, they set out from the basement for "Wonderland," and Akane finds herself labelled Wonderland's savior.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-04-26
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One Night
2019-11-08
One Night
Overview: A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-08
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Kuroido Goroshi
2018-04-14
Kuroido Goroshi
Overview: March 1952, the only doctor in the village Shiba had found a dead body of Sanako. The cause of death is overdose of sleeping pills. Sanako had been suspected for killing her own husband so Dr. Shiba’s sister Kana is guessing that she has committed suicide due to being tormented by killing her husband. Everyone who was in Mr. Kuroido’s house is the suspect, including all the members of Kuroido family, butler, secretary, maids, etc. The Detective Suguro (Hercule Poirot) will investigate the case. Dr. Shiba will be assisting him. As things are searched by them, a shocking fact has been brought to light…
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-14
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Theatre: A Love Story
2020-07-17
Theatre: A Love Story
Overview: The director of a theatre company is in crisis and his actors have lost confidence in him. One day he meets a woman wearing the same shoes as him, immediately sparking chemistry between the two.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-17
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Lesson of the Evil
2012-11-10
Lesson of the Evil
Overview: Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-10
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Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
2020-02-21
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
Overview: Tai is now a university student, living alone, working hard at school, and working every day, but with his future still undecided. Meanwhile, Matt and others continue to work on Digimon incidents and activities that help people with their partner Digimon. When an unprecedented phenomenon occurs, the DigiDestined discover that when they grow up, their relationship with their partner Digimon will come closer to an end.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-02-21
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Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
2016-07-16
Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
Overview: Ash meets the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion when it crashes down from the sky, creating a cloud of dust—and a mysterious force binds the two of them together! Volcanion despises humans and tries to get away, but it’s forced to drag Ash along as it continues its rescue mission. They arrive in a city of cogs and gears, where a corrupt official has stolen the ultimate invention: the Artificial Pokémon Magearna, created 500 years ago. He plans to use its mysterious power to take control of this mechanical kingdom! Can Ash and Volcanion work together to rescue Magearna? One of the greatest battles in Pokémon history is about to unfold!
Genres: Family Adventure Animation Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-16
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Samulife
2015-02-07
Samulife
Overview: Nagaoka is a former high school teacher. He decides to start a school with an ideal learning environment. To achieve this goal, he struggles to make money by running a bar and a publishing company.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-07
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A Silent Voice: The Movie
2016-09-17
A Silent Voice: The Movie
Overview: Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
Genres: Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-17
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Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021-03-26
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Overview: Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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RAFT
2011-08-24
RAFT
Overview: A boy named Shogo landed on the island. He approaches a man making a raft on the beach and tries to help him with the work. The subtle air that flows between the two. They seem to know each other well, but they are also like others. The truth behind a marine accident three years ago then became clear. A child went out on a raft to the sea and went missing. The man was the father of the missing child, and Shogo was a close friend who made a raft with the child.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-08-24
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Mr. Love Chemistry 2
2015-09-18
Mr. Love Chemistry 2
Overview: Despite working as a matchmaker, Sosuke is an awkward person. He works with Shion and they bicker over their different beliefs of love and marriage.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-18
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