Suzu Hirose
Biography: Suzu Hirose (広瀬 すず Hirose Suzu, born 19 June 1998 in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka) is a Japanese actress and model. Hirose performed the role of Suzu Asano, the titular little sister, in Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2015 live action adaptation of the manga Umimachi diary, originally written and illustrated by Mangaka Akimi Yoshida. In Our Little Sister she stars as a football playing teenager who gets adopted into the Kamakura home of her elder half-sisters after the death of their alienated father. The Kouda sisters first meet her at the funeral in the town where he settled for his second marriage. The film was screened in competition for the Palme d'Or enabling Hirose to attend the Cannes Film Festival. For her performance as Suzu she was awarded the Japan Academy Prize for "Newcomer of the Year" and received the "Best New Actress" award from Kinema Junpo, among other accolades. Hirose and Koreeda collaborated again for The Third Murder. In March 2016 Hirose first appeared as a competitive karuta and Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poetry obsessed high school student in part one of Norihiro Koizumi's (小泉徳宏 Koizumi Norihiro) Awesome film series, performing the lead role of Chihaya Ayase in his big-screen, live-action, adaptation of cartoonist Yuki Suetsugu's comic strip, better known in English under its romanised Japanese title Chihayafuru. Her performance in the first part, poetically titled Chihayafuru: Kami no ku, or "upper phrase" was followed in a second part, titled Shimo no ku, in April that same year and earned her "Best Actress" nominations. Hirose reprised her role in a third part, titled Chihayafuru: Musubi, the conclusion of the film trilogy, for which principal photography wrapped in June 2017 and which is scheduled for release in Japanese theatres in Heisei 30, the following year.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 19, 1998
Deathday: N/A
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Unreachable
2025-04-04
Unreachable
Overview: Three young women live together in an old house in a corner of Tokyo. They are not related by blood, but they have been bound together by a strong bond for 12 years. They care about each other and spend their own ordinary days together. The matter of unrequited love arises for them that they can't tell anyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-04-04
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The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
2020-12-11
The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
Overview: A new interpretation of "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which is historical text of the three states of Wei, Shu, and Wu in China.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-11
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
2020-11-14
Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
Overview: Coin Laundry Story: Hashimoto Manabu is a temporary worker who has been laid off and has no choice but to live on part-time work. One day, he finishes washing his work clothes at a coin laundry and is about to put it into a dryer but the dryer just will not start. .. Story: Tatemoto Masako works for Shinwa Stationery’s General Affairs Department. She seems to be a typical office staff but she possesses a strange ability to manipulate people using the power of words.. Imaginary Friend Story: Harada Saki is a university student majoring in clinical psychology. At a lecture, she learns about imaginary friends created by a figment of imagination. It is said to be most common for those who are an only child or the eldest son or daughter. ... Update Kazoku Story: Three generations of the Kurosaki family live together under one roof. But they have not been a happy for a long time and the scene when they eat breakfast as a family has changed into a savage one....
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Horror Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-11-14
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Kyrie
2023-10-13
Kyrie
Overview: Luca lost her family in the Great East Japan Earthquake causing her not to be able to speak. However, her singing voice shakes the hearts of those who listen to her. It is a hymn of compassion played by Luca and the people.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-13
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Hōkago Tachi
2013-01-01
Hōkago Tachi
Overview: An omnibus movie that centered on "tutors"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
2022-03-05
Tsuda Umeko: Osatsu ni Natta Ryugakusei
Overview: Tsuda Umeko was born in December 31, 1864 and became a pioneer in women's eductation. In 1871, Tsuda Umeko, with her father's recommendation, went to the United States to study at the age of 6. She was the youngest of the group of females to travel there. They were the first Japanese female students to study overseas at their government's expense. 11 years after studying in the United States, Tsuda Umeko returns to Japan. She wants to become a woman who is helpful to her culture, but she is shocked by the low status of women in Japan. (Source: AsianWiki)
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-05
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Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve 30th Anniversary Short Movie
2013-11-20
Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve 30th Anniversary Short Movie
Overview: A short Christmas Eve love story which came with the special 30th Anniversary Edition of Tatsuro Yamashita's "Christmas Eve" album.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-20
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Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
2023-03-31
Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
Overview: Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able to solve the most difficult of cases, but he has a secret. He is actually a lousy detective and relies on the genius skills of his assistant Anna Mikami to solve cases. Their partnership continues.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-31
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Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
2021-03-26
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Overview: Drama set in the historical Warring States Era of Japan. Tokaido name Imagawa Yoshimoto personally led his army to invade Owari Province territory, now in Aichi Prefecture Nagoya City area, was the leader Nobunaga of this surprising burst of death. After the war, the Imagawa clan who originally dominated the Tokaido region fell away, and the victorious Oda Nobunaga quickly expanded his power in Central Japan and the Kinki region, laying the foundation for his future control of the central government of Japan.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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Our Little Sister
2015-06-13
Our Little Sister
Overview: Three sisters live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father – absent from the family home for the last 15 years – dies, they travel to the countryside for his funeral, and meet their shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu, they invite her to live with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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The Water Flows to the Sea
2023-06-09
The Water Flows to the Sea
Overview: High school student Naotatsu travels to live at his uncle's house. In the pouring rain, he is picked up at the nearest station by a strange adult woman named Sakaki who guides him to an unexpected share house where a life together begins.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-09
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Rage
2016-09-17
Rage
Overview: A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-17
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The Boy and the Beast
2015-07-11
The Boy and the Beast
Overview: Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Drama Family Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-11
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Hero's Island
2025-09-19
Hero's Island
Overview: Set in post-war Okinawa, Japan, Gusuku had 3 close childhood friends: On, Yamako and On's younger brother Rei. On was the oldest of the group and he was like a leader to everybody else. He was also a heroic figure to them. On led his friends into the U.S. military base and they stole supplies to give away to the local residents. Everybody in the neighborhood praised On. One night, they entered the U.S. military based to steal supplies. During their raid, On was chased by U.S. soldiers and went missing. Years later, Gusuku now works as a police officer. Yamako is an elementary school teacher. Rei is a member of the yakuza. These three people are still unable to get over the disappearance of On. They chase after the truth behind On's disappearance and uncover a shocking answer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-09-19
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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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Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
2025-02-21
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
Overview: The story of the love triangle of real-life actress Hasegawa Yasuko, poet Nakahara Chuya, and critic Kobayashi Hideo.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-02-21
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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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Ghost Band
2013-12-10
Ghost Band
Overview: Nishioka, a musician who has lost his passion for music and is living a life of self-indulgence, is fired by his contracted music production company.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-10
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Crows Explode
2014-04-12
Crows Explode
Overview: A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-04-12
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The Apology King
2013-09-28
The Apology King
Overview: Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-28
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Let's Go, Jets!
2017-03-11
Let's Go, Jets!
Overview: Female students, including Hikari Tomonaga, from a high school cheerdance club follow strict instructions from their teacher Kaoruko Saotome. They compete at the USA Cheerdance Championship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-11
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A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills
Overview: Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow's memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
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The Third Murder
2017-09-09
The Third Murder
Overview: A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-09
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My Teacher
2017-10-28
My Teacher
Overview: Hibiki Shimada, a normal 17-year-old high-school student, still does not know how to fall in love—although surrounded by love "experts"—until one day she realizes she's fallen in love with her hot and nice 26-year-old teacher, Itō. She then takes a path to make her teacher understand how she feels for him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-28
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Fireworks
2017-08-18
Fireworks
Overview: Moshimo, Japan. The annual fireworks festival is about to take place and a group of schoolboys, arguing over whether they are round or flat when viewed from different angles, set out to find it out.
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-18
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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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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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Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
2018-08-31
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Overview: A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-31
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Last Letter
2020-01-17
Last Letter
Overview: It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-17
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Lupin III: The First
2019-12-06
Lupin III: The First
Overview: The iconic "gentleman thief" Lupin III returns in an action-packed, continent-spanning adventure, as Lupin III and his colorful underworld companions race to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Bresson Diary, before it falls into the hands of a dark cabal that will stop at nothing to resurrect the Third Reich.
Genres: Adventure Action Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-12-06
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Not Quite Dead Yet
2020-03-20
Not Quite Dead Yet
Overview: After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-20
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The Man of the Tokyo Olympics
2014-10-11
The Man of the Tokyo Olympics
Overview: After the end of the second world war, Fred Wada Isamu (Osawa), an American of Japanese descent who runs a fruit and vegetable shop in Los Angeles. One day, Wada sees a newspaper article on the search for someone of Japanese descent who can look after Japanese athletes coming to the United States to compete in the national swimming championship, and offers his family. Several months later, Kiyokawa (Mitsuishi), the Japanese swimming team’s coach, and the swimmers Hashizume (Katsuji), Furubashi (Nakao) and others arrive in the United States. The Japanese swimming team breaks one world record after another and sets nine world records. It is joyous news for Japan. Several years later, Wada and his wife receive a phone call from Tabata Masaji (Nishida Toshiyuki), the chairman of the Japanese Swimming Federation and general secretary of the Japanese Olympic Committee. Tabata says he would like some form of help from Wada in their bid for the Tokyo Olympics...
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-11
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A Morning of Farewell
2021-05-21
A Morning of Farewell
Overview: Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and staff Seiji. Seiji, who worked with Sawako at the university hospital, followed her and works with her again. Mahoroba Clinic provides home healthcare to patients. Sawako visits the patients' homes and provides treatment there. At first, she has a hard time due to the different system. She becomes acclimated to the different system and finds a way to deal with the patients, their lives, and their families. --asianwiki
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-05-21
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Air Girl
2021-03-20
Air Girl
Overview: Komari Sano's parents ran a small Tokyo factory that manufactured aircraft parts. With her parents' influence, Komari Sano dreamed of becoming a pilot. During World War II, her older brother died as a kamikaze pilot and her parents died during the bombing of Tokyo. Komari Sano became an orphan and lived with her aunt. Her aunt ran a ryotei (high end traditional restaurant). After the war, all aerial activities were initially banned in Japan. After long negotiations with the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, Sizuo Matsuki, who is the security chief of Civil Aviation Bureau, finally launched Japan's civil aviation. Komari Sano applies for the position of a cabin attendant.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-20
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Wandering
2022-05-13
Wandering
Overview: In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next two months in peace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-05-13
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At the Bench
2024-11-15
At the Bench
Overview: At the Bench is an anthology film showing glimpses of the everyday life of various people that gather by this little bench.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-15
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