Risa Akikawa
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 12, 1952
Deathday: N/A
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Detective Story
1983-07-16
Detective Story
Overview: Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard his daughter until she leaves. Shuichi finds the job annoying and wants to quit. But he also has a screwed-up ex and alimony to pay. Things go from bad to worse when Naomi and Shuichi stumble upon a murder which might involve the yakuza. They decide to find out who committed the murder but God knows what it will lead to.
Genres: Drama Romance Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-16
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On the Road
1982-04-17
On the Road
Overview: Model Reiko Higa is injured after being hit by a car pursued by motorcycle cop Tomishima. Tomishima's supervisor refuses his request to apologize to Reiko, as it would be an admission of police responsibility. Forced to give up her career, Reiko leaves Tokyo to return to her hometown on Okinawa, travelling by road up to Kagoshima, and Tomishima pursues her in order to apologize.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-17
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Weekend Shuffle
1982-10-23
Weekend Shuffle
Overview: First mainstream film directed by Genji Nakamura, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1974 short story of the same title.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-23
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Baptism of Blood
1996-02-24
Baptism of Blood
Overview: A fatal skin disease forces a beautiful actress to retire from the screen. She puts a sinister plan into motion to transplant her brain into her own daughter Sakura. She hears her mother's unbelievable confession of her past, tries to escape in vain. After the horrible operation, she starts a new life as a normal little girl. And she seduces the piano teacher, tries to inherit her mother's properties.... Then a police detective who is suspicious of her mother's sudden disappearance starts sniffing around her...
Genres: Horror Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-24
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Miss Lonely
1985-04-12
Miss Lonely
Overview: Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-12
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Nogare no machi
1983-10-15
Nogare no machi
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-10-15
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Early Spring Story
1985-09-14
Early Spring Story
Overview: A high school student Hitomi poses as a university student and ends up in falling in love with middle-aged Okawa, her dead mother's ex-boyfriend. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization of her mother's romantic dream...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-09-14
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Cute Devil
1982-08-10
Cute Devil
Overview: While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental hospital. While recovering, her brother-in-law, Kouji, decides to look after her, and she goes to his house to act as a governess for Kouji's sister Keiko's daughter, Alice – who Ryoko becomes increasingly sure had something to do with her sister Fuyuko’s death.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-10
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妻という名の他人
1984-05-12
妻という名の他人
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-05-12
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