Sansei Shiomi
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 12, 1948
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Known For
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019-10-18
Show Me the Way to the Station
Overview: A young girl, Sayaka, develops a heartwarming friendship with an old man named Hasu. Based on an award-winning novel by Ijuin Shizu.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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Child by Children
2008-09-27
Child by Children
Overview: Haruna is a lively tomboy in the 5th year at elementary school. One day, while playing with Hiroyuki, a boy whom she has known for a long time, they play a game of putting their private parts together. A sex education lesson given by a new teacher, Yagi, makes Haruna suspect that she might be pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-27
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Fa no tofu
2011-06-11
Fa no tofu
Overview: This drama depicts the turbulent daily life of the heroine, who works in the family's tofu shop, and her father and daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-11
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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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Yakuza: Like a Dragon
2007-03-03
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Overview: Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pursued by a former associate, the baseball-bat-wielding psycho Gorō Majima, who has a grudge to settle with Kiryū.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-03
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Deka Matsuri
2003-01-11
Deka Matsuri
Overview: 12-part omnibus made under the rules: "the main character is a detective" "at least one gag per minute" "the length must not exceed 10 minutes"
Genres: Comedy Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-11
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Crows Zero
2007-10-26
Crows Zero
Overview: The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself do it as he reminds him of his youth.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-26
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Villain
2010-09-11
Villain
Overview: Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-11
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Eureka
2000-05-18
Eureka
Overview: In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-18
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The Villain Company Wolf's Soul
1991-03-08
The Villain Company Wolf's Soul
Overview: A unique group of individuals who stand out in the Japanese film industry.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-03-08
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The Shootist 3
1991-12-13
The Shootist 3
Overview: The biggest crisis has come to Matsushita, a shootist who has passed through numerous shrines!
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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Run the Beast
1990-12-14
Run the Beast
Overview: The beast that lives in a cool man is awakening now!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-14
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Drive
2002-08-24
Drive
Overview: Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h speed limit even under the extreme situation.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-24
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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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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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A Chorus of Angels
2012-11-03
A Chorus of Angels
Overview: Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later forced to leave after an accident occurs. 20 years later, Haru learns that one of her former students has committed a crime, and eventually returns to the island once more.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-03
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Japan Organized Crime Boss
1969-07-08
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Overview: Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-08
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河の恋人
2006-01-01
河の恋人
Overview: A day in the life of Kiriko, who has not told anyone about her father's disappearance.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Memories Corner
2011-10-08
Memories Corner
Overview: Young French journalist Ada Servier arrives in Kobe to cover the memorial ceremonies of the big earthquake from 1995. Fifteen years after the disaster the city’s wounds have finally disappeared but the former victims continue to suffer. Among them is Kenji whose past is hiding a secret that only Ada is willing to hear...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-10-08
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April Story
1998-03-14
April Story
Overview: In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-03-14
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Tokyo Rendezvous
2008-09-19
Tokyo Rendezvous
Overview: A salaryman debates selling his grandfather's land to pay off his father's debt.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-19
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Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
1996-12-28
Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
Overview: Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-28
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A Lush Life
2009-06-13
A Lush Life
Overview: The story involves an aloof thief, a young man who turns to God after his father’s suicide, a manipulative marriage councilor, a man who recently lost his job, and several others whose lives become intertwined in various unexpected ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-13
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Girl in the Sunny Place
2013-10-11
Girl in the Sunny Place
Overview: A new salesman named Kosuke Okuda happens to meet Mao Watarai, a friend from his middle school days. Back then, Mao was called stupid and bullied, but now she is an attractive woman. Kosuke and Mao fall in love and decide to marry, but Mao has a secret.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-11
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Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
1997-06-14
Pinocchio: A Man Without Nationality
Overview: A yakuza search for his past
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-14
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Seven Days War 2
1991-07-06
Seven Days War 2
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Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-06
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Open House
1998-06-20
Open House
Overview: A struggling model and a troubled divorcee face loneliness and desperation in Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-20
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Swallowtail Butterfly
1996-09-14
Swallowtail Butterfly
Overview: The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
Genres: Drama Crime Music Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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Flowers
2010-06-12
Flowers
Overview: Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-12
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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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Hard Luck Hero
2003-01-01
Hard Luck Hero
Overview: The story of three pairs of characters involved one way or the other with the yakuza and a rigged boxing match and fleeing the thugs one way or the other. Filmed as a showcase of the Japanese boy band V6, Hard Luck Hero has food, drink, cars, kickboxing, debt, shooting, theft, blackmail and music.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Blessing Bell
2002-12-08
Blessing Bell
Overview: Existential study on a misplaced workers and ex-prisoner who moves through the city and his influence on other characters' lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-08
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Iden & Tity
2003-01-01
Iden & Tity
Overview: If you loved movies such as Shonen Merikensack and GS Wonderland, then this one, which predates the former, will impress you as well. The story is set in the 80s rock scene and revolves around Nakajima (Kazunobu Mineta), the lead singer of a band called 'Speed Way'. Because he refuses to write trite, pop-friendly songs he is constantly at odds with his own record company. However, he refuses to bend on his rock principles simply for better record sales. The most interesting parts of this movie is how they pay homage to music icon, Bob Dylan who gave the filmmaker his blessing, which is no small feat itself, especially for a Japanese indie debut.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Fly, Daddy, Fly
2005-07-09
Fly, Daddy, Fly
Overview: Suzuki’s world is shattered when his teenage daughter is brutally attacked. The assailant, Ishihara, son of a politician, brazenly mocks Suzuki as he throws him cover-up money. Angry, Suzuki finds he has no answer to Ishihara and in venting his anger, loses his daughter’s trust too. A sleep-deprived, crazed Suzuki goes to Ishihara’s school wielding a knife. He does not find Ishihara, but instead forms an alliance with an odd group of school misfits called the Zombies. The group’s elusive leader, Pak Sun Shin, decides to train Suzuki, who quits his job and embarks on a punishing programme to win back freedom for his daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-09
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007-04-14
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Overview: Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-04-14
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Fireworks from the Heart
2010-09-25
Fireworks from the Heart
Overview: On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a social recluse. Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-25
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MARKS
1995-04-22
MARKS
Overview: Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-04-22
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993-10-08
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Overview: Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-08
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Tobi ga kururi to
2005-10-01
Tobi ga kururi to
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-01
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Three Year Delivery
2006-01-28
Three Year Delivery
Overview: Fuyuko (Tomoko Nakajima), begins the film nine months pregnant, but doesn't deliver until her third year, to the bafflement of all around her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-28
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Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2009-02-07
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Overview: Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young. Yoshida soon realizes that Asahiyama Zoo is facing a financial crisis and the zoo director Takizawa (Toshiyuki Nishida) has been doing everything in his power to save the zoo from closing down. Moved by Takizawa's passion, Yoshida and other zoo keepers came to share the zoo director's belief that one's dreams can come true, and together they tackle this seemingly impossible task of revitalizing Asahiyama. A breakthrough arrives in the form of “Behavioral Exhibition,†a method that is pioneered by Ashiyama's zoo keepers and which eventually makes the zoo renowned throughout the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-02-07
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Monday
2000-04-29
Monday
Overview: A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-04-29
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Midsummer's Equation
2013-06-28
Midsummer's Equation
Overview: Masaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead outside the inn where he's staying, Yukawa begins to unravel the connections that tie the victim to the activist daughter of the innkeepers, and a precocious boy who first appears on a train—and keeps popping up. It's a Sherlock Holmes mystery with an environmental twist, and one that should please fans of a classic whodunnit.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-28
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Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2008-09-26
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Overview: In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing them that they have only 24 hours left to live. The film follows a young man tasked with delivering these messages, as well as the victims.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-26
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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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Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
1995-01-28
Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
Overview: The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-28
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Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
2006-01-06
Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Overview: The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written word. Kousuke Kindaichi started life in the novels of Seishi Yokomizo, written and set in post-war Japan. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, Kindaichi is still very much a unique character, giving the Japanese their very own literary hero-detective. Young Hajime Kindaichi is a young man with bad dandruff and worse dress-sense (decades before Columbo), who wears a trademark, scruffy sunhat. He also happens to be better than the police at deductive reasoning. Having gained publicity for solving a high-profile murder case, the detectives allow him to work with them again. This story is slimmer than the twisty plots of Inugami and Village, but is graced by the presence of Chiaki Kuriyama (Battle Royale, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Great Yokai War) in the title role.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-06
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The Gentle 12
1991-12-14
The Gentle 12
Overview: The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one juror voices second thoughts.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-14
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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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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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Between Calmness and Passion
2001-11-10
Between Calmness and Passion
Overview: An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-10
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Renai Shousetsu
2004-06-19
Renai Shousetsu
Overview: A love story starring Tamaki Hiroshi, Konishi Manami, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Hirayama Aya and Kamiki Ryunosuke. Hiroyuki, a fourth-year law student who has just broken up with his girlfriend Miwa, is approached by Satoshi, a student at the same university, on his way home from school and asked to do something strange. He wants to make a will for himself. Satoshi, who calls himself the "God of Death," begins to tell him about his mysterious past. He wants to get close to people but cannot. He says that everyone he was close to would die. So he has lived his life without befriending or loving anyone since he was a child. But when Satoshi meets a woman named Mizuki, he unexpectedly falls in love with her. And that was the beginning of a very sad love story...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-19
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Ichigo Chips
2005-02-19
Ichigo Chips
Overview: Ichigo no kakera deals with a female manga artist Ichigo Nekoda (Miyazawa), whose career is heading into a downward spiral as she can't reinvent the success of her 12 year old hit the Cherry Road. Now in her early 30's she's become quite fond of alcohol and egoism to some annoyance of her loyal manager Tomoko (Kajiwara), who isn't willing to leave her side even though the financial strains of her client are also becoming her personal burdens. Ichigo still gets greeted by her female fans and willingly signs autographs, but getting praised for work that she's done over a decade ago doesn't digest as smoothly as one would assume. Her on and off man, who happens to also be her editor steers toward the off days more than usual as he also grows tired of Ichigo's uninspired ways. But when the going gets tough, Ichigo heads down to a transvestite bar where she's more than welcomed with words of wisdom and a few hard drinks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-19
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Free and Easy 6
1993-12-25
Free and Easy 6
Overview: Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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Outrage Coda
2017-10-07
Outrage Coda
Overview: Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-07
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Jyukai: The Sea of Trees Behind Mt. Fuji
2005-06-25
Jyukai: The Sea of Trees Behind Mt. Fuji
Overview: Near the slopes of Mount Fuji, there is a so called suicide forest, an infamous place where people who are tires of living have their last breath of air. The four different stories of this film all revolve around this place.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-25
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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 Ice Ruts
2016-11-05
The Ice Ruts
Overview: Mayu Daimon is a woman who does not remember her mother's face, and her father is the only person she has blood relationship in this world, but he is going to die soon. Mayu has just started a new life as a detective at the Criminal Investigation Division which deals mainly with murder cases soon, and has to handle with two corpses of old men continuously. One corpse found frozen buried in the snow and the freezing sea. Soon with a detailed investigation she finds out a connection between the two cases which seemed to be completely different at first glance. It was just the breach to open a history of an incident which had origin back to the 1960s in Aomori Prefecture. Growing more and more as a detective, Mayu has to unravel the mystery of a case which goes beyond time and space and which ends in Hokkaido with a result that no one expected.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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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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First Love
2019-05-31
First Love
Overview: One night in Tokyo, Leo, a young boxer, meets his first love, Monica, an imprisoned sex worker. Caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme, they find themselves pursued by a corrupt cop, a yakuza, his nemesis, and a female assassin.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-31
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Get Up!
2003-10-05
Get Up!
Overview: A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-05
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Kagerô 2
1996-02-10
Kagerô 2
Overview: An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-10
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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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Seventeen
2003-07-28
Seventeen
Overview: Maiko is a 17 year old aspiring picture book writer who was abandoned by her widowed father at the age of 3 and has lived in a foster home ever since. She meets Lisa, also 17, and the two quickly form a bond of understanding as they help each other work out their problems. Lisa holds a grudge against her mother for paying more attention to the men she brings home than her own daughter and Maiko begins to doubt her artistic dream will ever come to fruition after a book editor judges her writing ability harshly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-28
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Hold Me and Kiss Me
1992-11-14
Hold Me and Kiss Me
Overview: Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and resist the infection, she finds new friendship and companionship with a journalist named Miyuki and a man named Akira.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-11-14
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Love Letter
1995-03-25
Love Letter
Overview: Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to also be called Itsuki Fujii.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-25
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A Song I Remember
2011-10-23
A Song I Remember
Overview: At a train station in the suburbs of Tokyo, an accident takes place causing death and injury. Tsuyoshi is at the scene and witnesses the death of a woman. Right before the accident occurred, Tsuyoshi took a photograph of the woman, who carried a gentle look. Later, Tsuyoshi learns the woman has a daughter named Kiriko. Tsuyoshi meets Kiriko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-23
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Patio
1992-11-14
Patio
Overview: As an engaged couple, Shinichi Kida and Mari Egawa spend a romantic night on a premarital trip to the southern island, but Shinichi suddenly disappears the next morning. Mari searches for her classmates Yu Sawamoto and Shinichi who happened to meet again, but a large amount of insurance money was paid to Shinichi...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-11-14
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Soup Opera
2010-10-02
Soup Opera
Overview: Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-02
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Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle
2007-01-05
Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle
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Genres: Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-05
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Star Watching Dog
2011-06-10
Star Watching Dog
Overview: An abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified middle-aged man and a dog who seems to have died months later. This is the story of the life of the loving and faithful dog and his owner told from the dog's point of view. City hall employee Kyousuke Okutsu is assigned to uncover the man's identity for a proper funeral. As he investigates the situation, he remembers his late family and his own dog's unfailing loyalty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-10
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Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! The Movie
1994-02-19
Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! The Movie
Overview:
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-02-19
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Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! 2
1993-07-09
Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! 2
Overview:
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-07-09
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Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
2004-10-09
Nanako and Nanao: the Day They Became Sister and Brother
Overview: Nanako is an ordinary high school girl who lives with her mother, who is a taxi driver. One day, suddenly she has a younger brother - Nanao, the son of her late father's mistress. While Nanao's mother is being put in jail, Nanako's mother decides to take care of him. Nanako doesn't like it at all. Everything Nanao does irritates her. Shortly afterwards, Nanako's mother becomes very sick. In fact, she doesn't have much time left. Since she is in hospital, Nanako is forced to live with Nanao alone...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-09
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Shodo Girls: Blue Blue Sky
2011-03-05
Shodo Girls: Blue Blue Sky
Overview: Shinko (Karin Aiba) is a high school student from Hamamatsu. Due to university admission pressures, she struggles with her mother. She hasn't really made conversation with her mom in a year. Shinko's friend Misato (Mayuu Kusakari) then recommends to her to join the school's calligraphy club. Shinko is impressed by Teacher Yatsushiro's (Kazuki Namioka) words. Teacher Yatsushiro is the one who takes care of the calligraphy club. Shinko decides to join the calligraphy club.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-05
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Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! Dengeki no 17 Sai
1995-01-13
Kyō Kara Ore Wa!! Dengeki no 17 Sai
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-13
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Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
2008-07-16
Kirato Saw Honorable Death With No Surrender ~ Mizuki Shigeru's War
Overview:
Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-16
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God's Puzzle
2008-06-07
God's Puzzle
Overview: A set of twins -- one a hard-working student and the other a drifter -- team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one of their own.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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Keijitachi no Natsu
1999-04-01
Keijitachi no Natsu
Overview: The TV movie follows a detective with a burning sense of justice who risks his life to pursue a corruption case involving the prime minister's office.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-04-01
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The Solitary Gourmet
2025-01-10
The Solitary Gourmet
Overview: Upon receiving a message from an old friend’s daughter, Goro arrives in Paris and learns of the elderly man’s wish to taste a particular soup he had in his childhood before he dies. Deciding to help, Goro sets out on a quest to find this mysterious soup, traveling through Japan, braving a storm, and even ending up in South Korea.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-10
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