Rei Dan
Biography: Mayumi Yamazaki (山崎 まゆみ Yamazaki Mayumi, born August 4, 1971), known professionally as Rei Dan (檀れい Dan Rei), is a Japanese actress. She began her career as a member of the Takarazuka Revue. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for Kabei: Our Mother.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 04, 1971
Deathday: N/A
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Love and Honor
2006-12-01
Love and Honor
Overview: A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-01
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Pandemic
2009-01-17
Pandemic
Overview: ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more cases begin arriving, a medical officer from the World Health Organization named Eiko Kobayashi is dispatched to the area. At the rate the virus is spreading, the entire city’s transportation system and infrastructure would be brought to a halt within 3 months. Within 6 months it could spread to tens of millions of people--reaching a death toll far worse than any war.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-17
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Ace Attorney
2012-02-11
Ace Attorney
Overview: Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-11
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Ninja Kids!!!
2011-07-23
Ninja Kids!!!
Overview: The film stars Seishiro Kato as Rantaro who is sent to a ninja training school by his parents. During the summer, their teacher is invaded by a group of rival ninjas culminating in a race to ring a bell on top of a mountain.
Genres: Action Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-07-23
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Kyoto Story
2010-09-18
Kyoto Story
Overview: Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Kota. He is the son of the local tofu maker and has begun a moderately successful career as a stand-up comedian. A visiting lecturer from Tokyo falls head-over-heels in love with Kyoko and asks her to go abroad with him to Beijing, where he has to spend the next few years for his research. But Kyoko cannot decide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-18
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7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies
2013-03-15
7 Days of Himawari & Her Puppies
Overview: Set within an animal shelter, where if the owner of an animal doesn't claim their pet in 7 days, the animal is put to sleep. Himawari, is a female dog and a mother. She tries to desperately save her baby dogs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-15
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Silent Parade
2022-09-16
Silent Parade
Overview: Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her murder. That suspect was previously arrested for another girl's murder, but he was released due to a lack of evidence. Detective Shunpei Kusanagi investigated the prior murder case. The same suspect was then released due to a lack of evidence for the most recent murder case. The released man returned to his town, where everybody hated him. On the day of the autumn festival parade, the man was killed. Physicist Manabu Yukawa, Detective Kaoru Utsumi and Detective Shunpei Kusanagi work together on his case.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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Life Back Then
2011-11-19
Life Back Then
Overview: Kyohei Nagashima (Masaki Okada) has shut away the world. During his high school days he was the target of bullying and experienced horrifying moments. Now as a young adult Kyohei takes a new job. He works for a company that specializes in cleaning out the homes of recently deceased individuals. With his new job Kyohei meets co-worker Yuki (Nana Eikura). Yuki has also experienced a traumatizing event as a teen and has also shut herself away from the world. These two young people form a bond as they go through the homes of the recently departed people. They gradually open up to each other and in the process to the world. Yet, their fragile psyches may or may not be ready for such changes ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-19
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Snow Prince
2009-12-12
Snow Prince
Overview: 10-year-old Sota lives with his grandfather and a dog named Chibi in a small snowy village. They live in such a poverty that Sota cannot even afford to go to school, but however hard the situation is, Sota never holds a bad feeling against anyone around and keeps his dream alive to become a painter. He has been friends with Sayo, a girl brought up in a wealthy family, ever since they were little despite the difference of their family position, which Sayo’s father has uneasy feelings against. In spite of the difficulties he faces, Sota manages to complete a piece of painting which he wishes to give Sayo. He and Chibi goes down a snowy night path to Sayo’s house to find that her father’s storage is on fire... What waits for Sota and Chibi gently reminds that genuine happiness always exists in your heart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-12-12
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そうか、もう君はいないのか
そうか、もう君はいないのか
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
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Sun and Bolero
2022-06-03
Sun and Bolero
Overview: Starring Rei Dan, this is the third film directed by Yutaka Mizutani. Riko Hanamura (Rei Dan) is the leader of a local amateur symphony orchestra, which has been active with members who love music very much. However, Riko is not doing well, and she finally decides to disband the orchestra after 18 years of operation. She plans to hold the last farewell concert...
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-03
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Kabei: Our Mother
2008-01-26
Kabei: Our Mother
Overview: Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-26
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Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
2010-12-25
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
Overview: In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of the Asano family in Ako domain is shocked to learn that his feudal lord, Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori (Tamayama Tetsuji), had stabbed Kira Kozukenosuke Yoshinaka (Nishida Toshiyuki), the master of ceremonies, at Edo castle. Lord Asano was ordered to commit ritual suicide and the Ako clan abolished. Facing up to the gravity of this unfair ruling, since only one party was being punished instead of both as would be usual, Oishi decides to lead the loyal former retainers in an attack on Lord Kira so that he could take Kira’s head to his lord’s gravesite so that Lord Asano could finally rest in peace.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-12-25
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Osoi Shiawase
2015-11-23
Osoi Shiawase
Overview: Part of the Shûhei Fujisawa New Drama Series.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-23
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Mystery Trilogy Special
2015-11-30
Mystery Trilogy Special
Overview: This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-30
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3 Beautiful Lies
2016-01-04
3 Beautiful Lies
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-04
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Your Lie in April
2016-09-10
Your Lie in April
Overview: Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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王家に捧ぐ歌
2005-02-02
王家に捧ぐ歌
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-02
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Higanbana - Women's Crime File (Higanbana: Onnatachi no Hanzai Fairu)
2014-10-24
Higanbana - Women's Crime File (Higanbana: Onnatachi no Hanzai Fairu)
Overview: Nagisa, the heroine, has the ability to “synch” with all the powerful emotions that linger in crime scenes. When this happens though, she blacks out. Even in her day-to-day life, she can hear people's evil intentions and true colors and senses their lies and deception. That is why she always wears headphones in order to shut out people's emotions. She works well with her colleagues at the "Red Spider Lily" (Higanbana) unit, who are all brutally honest acid-tongued women with no qualms about speaking their minds. "Red Spider Lily" is an eclectic unit that includes a science geek, a single mom, and a woman who grew up abroad. Seen by many as a department that's been taken off the main career track, "Red Spider Lily" turns out to be full of fabulous detectives!
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-24
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Don't Lose Heart
2013-11-16
Don't Lose Heart
Overview: Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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Laplace's Witch
2018-05-04
Laplace's Witch
Overview: An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
Genres: Mystery Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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What the War Meant
2008-12-24
What the War Meant
Overview: The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period between the Imperial Conference (Gozen Kaigi) on September 6, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-24
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KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
2018-09-07
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
Overview: Kasane Fuchi is the daughter of a beautiful, legendary actress. Kasane has excellent acting skills as well, but she is not attractive. She has a hard time due to her unattractiveness. Kasane has a lipstick left behind by her late mother. The lipstick holds a strange power. Whenever Kasane applies the lipstick and kisses someone, she takes that person's face. Meanwhile, Nina Tanzawa is a beautiful actress with poor acting skills. She meets Kasane Fuchi and their fates change.
Genres: Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-07
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Marmalade Boy
2018-04-27
Marmalade Boy
Overview: Two sets of parents divorce and marry each other, while their children Miki and Yuu are caught in the middle and start falling for each other.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-27
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Kohaku no yume
2018-10-05
Kohaku no yume
Overview: a TV drama special based on the life of SUNTORY's founder Shinjiro Torii
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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Free and Easy 18
2007-09-08
Free and Easy 18
Overview: Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
2021-03-19
Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie
Overview: At the end of the TV series of the same name, it is revealed that the husband works for the Public Security Bureau, and their marriage is a cover to keep her under surveillance. In spite of his mission, he falls in love with Nami and tries to convince her not to get involved in other people’s affairs. She is being monitored as a state-level security risk, and the bureau is unwilling to tolerate any more trouble from her. However, to save a friend, Nami runs out of the house and risks everything she has to confront the enemy. When she comes home, she finds her husband pointing a gun at her! A gunshot echoes through the quiet, upscale neighborhood…The movie picks up where the controversial ending of the drama series left off!!
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-19
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Spring Special
2013-05-11
Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Spring Special
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-11
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Chuzai Keiji 2021 SP
2021-05-24
Chuzai Keiji 2021 SP
Overview: Terajima Susumu VS Dan Rei! "Chuzai San" is back with a special drama that involves a huge "parent-child" secret and bone mystery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-05-24
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Chichi kara no tegami
2007-12-23
Chichi kara no tegami
Overview: Inuzuka (Hirotaro Honda), who asked about Mamiko (Rei Dan)'s disappeared father, Shinkichi (Ren Osugi), and her lover, Keiichi (Tetta Sugimoto), was murdered. A "letter" from her disappeared father holds the key.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-23
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Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy
2011-04-29
Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy
Overview: Long time ago in ancient Japan, human beings could still see Yokai monsters and were afraid of them. However, as time passed and civilization and enlightenment progressed, people started forgetting about them... Though a son of the leader of all Yokai monsters, Mikoshi Nyudo, an adorable looking monster, Tofu Boy, has no talent in scaring the human beings. He is always scolded by his father and laughed at by his monster friends. One day, he decides to go on a journey to find out about the meaning of his life as a Yokai monster and to see his mother he's never met before.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-29
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Luna / Blue Moon Blue
2000-04-03
Luna / Blue Moon Blue
Overview: On Crescent Island, off the coast of England, a new archaeological site is being excavated: the Lunar Palace. The tycho of Uranus Net Company, Brian Keyes, is sponsoring a beauty contest on the island to choose "a companion for the moon prince", based on local legends. Rock star Alex is invited out to judge the contest. While there he stumbles upon a necklace on the site. The female archaeologist Eileen demands the return of an important artifact, and sparks fly between their two stubborn personalities. Meanwhile we learn that Brian Keyes is not what he seems — he is actually working on mind-control and genetic alterations with the help of his mad scientist. While fleeing from Brian, who wants Alex's genius DNA, Alex, Eileen and their friends stumble across a hidden chamber belonging to the ancient Lunar Palace. (Takawiki)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-04-03
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El Dorado
1997-11-27
El Dorado
Overview: Moon Troupe's stage play.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-11-27
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疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
2023-01-04
疑念 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-04
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黒の斜面
2016-01-24
黒の斜面
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Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-24
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Now the Violets are Blooming / Love Sonata
2001-07-02
Now the Violets are Blooming / Love Sonata
Overview: In the feudal days in Europe, Baron Ochs von Lerchenau, a prodigal and philogynous country noble, has squandered all his property, going bankrupt. He has accordingly decided to marry Sophie von Faninal, the only daughter of a wealthy and freshly peered Viennese bourgeois. He has broken free of his local love, Margarete, and has left for Vienna with a few followers, including Nikolaus, virtually in a manner of moonlight flitting.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-02
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A Love Story in 1914
2004-06-06
A Love Story in 1914
Overview: At Montmartre, Paris in 1911, the cabaret Le Mirliton is tightly packed with an audience eager to hear Aristide Bruant sing. He is the proprietor of the cabaret and enjoys great popularity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-06
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