Takeo Nakahara
Biography: Takeo Nakahara (中原 丈雄, Nakahara Takeo, born October 19, 1951) is a Japanese actor from Yunomae City, Kumamoto Prefecture. He is affiliated with Office Sasaki.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 19, 1951
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
2018-01-01
Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Overview: Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File
2007-12-25
The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File
Overview: Matsuda's signature is needed on some final documents to wrap up the Kira case. However, Matsuda refuses to sign. Seeking closure, Soichiro Yagami tells him to visit Ryuzaki so that he may understand L's sense of justice.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-25
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花実のない森
2017-03-29
花実のない森
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-29
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Spring Snow
2005-10-09
Spring Snow
Overview: Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-09
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Rain Fall
2009-04-24
Rain Fall
Overview: A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.
Genres: Thriller Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-24
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The River Breathes
2023-05-20
The River Breathes
Overview: The River Breathes
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-05-20
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Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
2009-12-02
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
Overview: A Japanese assassin falls in love with the Spanish wine seller she was hired to kill.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-12-02
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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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Blue Swallow
2005-12-29
Blue Swallow
Overview: Park Kyung-won, who aspired to become a pilot since a young age, enrolls at an aviation academy in Japan. There she meets a charming exchange student from Korea who she is destined to be with.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-12-29
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The Floating Castle
2012-11-02
The Floating Castle
Overview: In the year 1590, the mighty warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is close to fulfilling his ambition of unifying all of Japan under his banner when he comes across unexpected resistance in the form of a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, a frivolous hedonistic fellow and unlikely candidate for the position of rebel general, finds himself in charge of defending the castle. His odds? An army of 500 men to combat Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army of 20,000.
Genres: History Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-02
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Bushido
2013-10-19
Bushido
Overview: 1732, in the era of Yoshimune Tokugawa. West Japan suffers from a severe famine. Three years after wards, it appeared as though calm had been restored to the domain, but there is word that Jyuzo Matsumiya, the sword fighting instructor sent by the shogunate, is taking some suspicious actions.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-19
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Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
1993-11-20
Kogarashi Monjirō Returns
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Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-20
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奄美殺人珊瑚礁
1997-04-21
奄美殺人珊瑚礁
Overview: A woman's fiancé gets murdered shortly before their wedding and she starts investigating
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-21
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Bayside Shakedown 2
2003-07-19
Bayside Shakedown 2
Overview: The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-19
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Cape Nostalgia
2014-08-29
Cape Nostalgia
Overview: Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-29
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Família
2023-01-06
Família
Overview: One day a young Brazilian man living in Japan crashes his car into the side of the house of a happy family. They take him in after realizing he had been beaten. As they get to know each other they find the bonds of family transcend blood and lineage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-06
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Closing Time
1996-02-01
Closing Time
Overview: A down-and-out scriptwriter spends his days and nights in the bars of Tokyo. When he is thrown out of a joint because it is closing time, there is always a willing lady to spend the rest of the night with. In the street he has countless semi-philosophical discussions with fellow drinkers, male and female, (shot in black-and-white, as prologue to the different chapters) but in the end it often comes down to one thing: the bottle of whisky that has to be finished. An encounter with a homeless young man with AIDS marks a turning point in the life of the writer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-01
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Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
2003-12-13
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Overview: Mothra and her fairies return to Japan to warn mankind that they must return Kiryu to the sea, for the dead must not be disturbed. However Godzilla has survived to menace Japan leaving Kiryu as the nation's only defense.
Genres: Action Fantasy Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-13
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Bizan
2007-05-12
Bizan
Overview: Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushima on Shikoku. The town is famous for its annual Awa Dance Festival. She is told by doctor, Terasawa Daisuke, that her mother has terminal cancer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-12
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
2002-11-02
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
Overview: JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the remains of the original. The machine is discovered to harbor the restless soul of the original monster as Akane must learn to find value in her own life as well.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-02
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Miracle in Four Days
2005-06-04
Miracle in Four Days
Overview: Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short when he jumped in front of a bullet fired by a crazed gunman. The nerves in one hand were severed but he saved the life of Chiori. The tragic incident takes the lives of Chiori's parents, however, and Keisuke becomes her guardian. Not long after their return to Japan, Keisuke discovers Chiori's musical gift.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-04
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The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
2008-09-06
The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Overview: Teru (Yuya Endo) has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on his bicycle. Being a cycling fanatic, who resents defeat, he joins Kamegaoka High School, which used to boast a powerful cycling club. There he meets Hatomura (Yuichi Nakamura), an ace of the club who wants to turn around the club which has deteriorated to the point of dissolution, and Yuta (Hiroki Suzuki), an aloof cycling genius with unshaken confidence in his speed who does not allow others to follow him. Meeting a rival that is faster than him for the first time, Teru joins the club in order to challenge them. His only interest, however, is his own cycling speed. Joining the club teaches Teru the importance of teamwork to support the lead cyclist and to place priority on the victory of the team. --AsianWiki
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-06
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Year One in the North
2005-01-14
Year One in the North
Overview: In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-14
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悪女について
2012-04-30
悪女について
Overview: Erika Sawajiri plays Kimiko, the main character of the story who has died. Although the title implies that it is a story of a “wicked woman,” the original novel was divided into 27 chapters, one for each “testimony” by someone who knew Kimiko at some point in her life, providing a range of perspectives on what kind of person Kimiko was. ~~ Adapted from 1978 novel series "Akujou ni Tsuite" by Ariyoshi Sawako.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-30
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Script
2010-09-03
Script
Overview: Four strangers participate in a psychological experiment in a dark space with nothing else other than a table and four envelopes. They are payed 100.000 yen to sit in there for 10 minutes, but this won’t be as easy as it seems…
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-03
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Musashi
2019-05-25
Musashi
Overview: Musashi returns Japan's legendary swordsman and philosopher to the screen once again. In an original period drama based on the historical facts of the life and travels of the famous Miyamoto Musashi we find an apprentice, an instructor and the account of a famous battle in Japan of the Middle Ages where many questions will be answered.
Genres: Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-25
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Koujin
2018-09-17
Koujin
Overview: It has been 100 years since the Battle of Sekigahara. The Nagatsuno domain and Koyama domain at the southern edge of Tohoku have been at odds for a long time. Soya Danjo , the Nagatsuno domain’s chief retainer, keeps invading and plundering the Koyama domain. His deeds trouble his sister Akane. One day, a young boy from the Koyama domain is covered with injuries after being attacked by an unknown monster. He escapes to a Nagatsuno village and is brought to Akane by the wandering samurai Sakakida Soei. The approaching monster strikes fear. Together with Sakakida and painter Kikuchi Enshu, Akane musters wit and courage to fight against the monster and uncover the mystery of its birth in order to protect her people.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-17
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The Frame
2000-03-11
The Frame
Overview: Japanese director Satoshi Isaka spins this taunt thriller about an ultra-ambitious reporter who soon finds herself on the receiving end of tabloid dirt. Popular television actress Hitomi Kuroki stars as Yuko, an ice-queen TV news editor who is approached by a mysterious man from the PTT Ministry. The man offers her proof, on videotape, that a major university is bribing a particular government official to overlook a massive media merger. The secret transaction has already resulted in the death of one investigator. Yuko promptly broadcasts the damning footage, and high-ranking bureaucrat Aso (Takanori Jinnai) is forced out of office.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-11
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Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
2011-12-23
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
Overview: Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to attack Pearl Harbour, an order he was duty bound to obey which went against his own personal beliefs. While this infamous attack is a low point in Japanese and US history it wouldn’t have happened if the Japanese government had listened to Yamamoto in 1939 and searched for a more peaceful way to end their war campaign, proving his many ominous presages of the outcomes of the attack to come true.
Genres: History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-12-23
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The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
2005-08-27
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Overview: One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki Maya), only exacerbate the situation when they try to help clear his name. Is Muroi guilty as charged or merely taking the fall? What is the truth behind the murder? Two lawyers, one determined to get Muroi, the other resolved to save him, a feud between two police departments, political power plays and legal trappings, all combine to orchestrate Muroi’s downfall.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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Okoge
1992-05-26
Okoge
Overview: A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-05-26
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Library Wars: Book Of Memories
2015-10-05
Library Wars: Book Of Memories
Overview: Iku (Nana Eikura) joined the Library Defense Force after a member from that team retrieved an important book that was targeted for censorship. She is assigned to work under Atsushi’s (Junichi Okada) team. She endures Atsushi's harsh treatment and looks for the member who retrieved her book. She also finds herself becoming attracted to Atsushi. Iku meets female high school student Marie (Tao Tsuchiya) at the library. Maries has a hearing disability. She is also a childhood friend of Mikihisa (Kei Tanaka). Iku senses Marie’s strong feelings for Mikihisa. Asako (Chiaki Kuriyama) works as a clerk for the Library Task Force. She has frequent meetings with curator Shuji (Aoi Nakamura). This creates complicated feelings for Hikaru (Sota Fukushi). One day, Mikihisa is arrested because of a book he recommended to Marie. Official reason given is because the book is unsuitable for disabled people. The members of the Library Task Force are angered by Mikihisa's arrest.
Genres: Romance Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-05
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Young Black Jack
2011-04-23
Young Black Jack
Overview: On Christmas day, a bomb explodes in a shopping mall. The explosion was perpetrated by a serial bomber. A 9-year-old boy Kuro Hazama and his mother Mitsuko (Naho Toda) are seriously and transfered to a university hospital. With the elite skills of surgeon Dr. Jontaro Honma (Masachika Ichimura), Kuro survives, but is shocked to learn his mother is in a coma. Dr. Honma tells Tokio that when medical science advances, Michiko might one day awake. Tokio decides then to become a doctor. 15 years later, 24-year-old Kuro is a medical student and his mother is still in a coma. Kuro researches ways to awaken his mother whilst practising medicine without a licence.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-23
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Kenji no Honkai
2016-12-03
Kenji no Honkai
Overview: Prosecutor Sakata of the Yonesaki District Public Prosecutors Office and his colleague Shoji are pulled into assisting the Tokyo Office’s Special Investigation Department to investigate influential Diet lawmaker Okouchi and Masumoto of a technical skills foundation. The two men are believed to be involved in a bribery case. But a key witness in this scandal commits suicide, and the next person believed to hold the key to the case, the foundation’s accountant, has disappeared.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
2004-02-01
Roving Police Chief Kazama Shohei 2 - Lake Tazawa Murder Case
Overview: A couple died in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, in an apparent double suicide, the circumstances of which were unclear.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-01
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Assassination Classroom: Graduation
2016-03-25
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Overview: Story continues with the students' own conflicts, Koro Sensei’s identity and the fate of the world. The time limit for assassination is approaching.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-25
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Assassination Classroom
2015-03-21
Assassination Classroom
Overview: A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no. The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota. The creature is called Teacher Koro. Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro. When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-21
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
2018-03-25
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Overview: A police detective Shoukokuji Ryuuya from the first section of Metropolitan Police Department is tasked to investigate the murder case of a woman which takes place at a grand party held by a big-time actress but faces the hurdle of finding the true culprit among the large pool of suspects.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-25
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A Distant Cry from Spring
2018-11-24
A Distant Cry from Spring
Overview: A Distant Cry from Spring (TV Movies). After Tamiko Kazami 's husband passes away, she works their dairy farm. People around her oppose her, but she places her cattle out to pasture which her late husband insisted. Tamiko's situation is not very good. Her father-in-law's chronic disease gets worse and she must do all the labor by herself. One night, a man comes to stay the night because of a broken bike. Tamiko asks him "Please work here."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-24
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Bonds
1998-06-06
Bonds
Overview: Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a journalist following him takes an interest in the wife of a boyhood chum, and the wife of another close friend takes an interest in Ise. A couple of murders later, Ise/Haga goes on the run and also sets out for revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-06
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Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery - Soya Honsen Murder Incident
2001-03-10
Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery - Soya Honsen Murder Incident
Overview: While returning from a business trip to Hokkaido, Detective Kamei of the MPD greets a middle-aged traveler in the waiting room of Minami-Wakkanai Station but is ignored by him. On the limited express to Asahikawa, the same man happens to entrust Kamei with a floppy disk before dying. The floppy contains his investigative notes on a murder that happened two years ago...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-10
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Nobunaga's Coffin
2006-11-05
Nobunaga's Coffin
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-05
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Proof of the Man
2017-04-02
Proof of the Man
Overview: In Tokyo, 1974, a young African American is found dead in a lift. A knife is stuck deep into his chest and a streak of tear is running down his cheek. A policeman, Munesue starts to investigate the case. On the same day, there is a grand reception party held on the top floor by Kyoko, a popular beautician adored by everyone as an ideal wife and mother. The investigation reveals the victim was raised in a ghetto in NY, was able to speak a little Japanese, and his dying words was “su to u ha.” Startling connection between him and Kyoko is to be revealed…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-02
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Song of Goodbye
2007-08-18
Song of Goodbye
Overview: It is the second work of the Oita trilogy of Obayashi . Following " Nigori Snow ", Ise Masazo draws a song written by composers and songwriter "Farewell of 22 years old " as a motif and draws a story of love that spans two generations of mother and daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-18
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Death Note
2006-06-17
Death Note
Overview: Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.
Genres: Fantasy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-06-17
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Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
2013-01-01
Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Overview: Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Mr. Rookie
2002-03-23
Mr. Rookie
Overview: Ohara Koji is no ordinary Rookie. He is the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon. Who would have thought that after two major shoulder injuries, 32-year-old Ohara could become a national sensation?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-03-23
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Utsukushii hito saba?
2018-08-18
Utsukushii hito saba?
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-18
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Kitakaze to Taiyo no Hotei
2017-03-17
Kitakaze to Taiyo no Hotei
Overview: "Northern Wind and the Sun "as a set of divorce trials of a lawyer of exactly opposite style.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-17
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Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
2012-03-17
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
Overview: The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-17
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021-04-23
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
Overview: In 1879, Kenshin and his allies face their strongest enemy yet: his former brother-in-law Enishi Yukishiro and his minions, who've vowed their revenge.
Genres: Action Adventure History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-23
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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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