Kaori Momoi
Biography: Kaori Momoi (桃井 かおり, Momoi Kaori, born April 8, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Momoi was born in Tokyo, and at the young age of 12 traveled to London to study dance at the Royal Ballet Academy. After 3 years she returned to Tokyo, later graduating from Japan's Bungakuza School of Dramatic Arts. In 1971, Momoi debuted in director Kon Ichikawa's Ai Futatabi (To Love Again) beginning a career that has already spanned 35 years and over 60 films. As an actress, she has worked with some of the most notable films directors in Japan, including Akira Kurosawa (Kagemusha, 1980), Tatsumi Kumashiro (Seishun no Satetsu, 1974), Yoji Yamada (The Yellow Handkerchief, 1977 and Otoko wa Tsuraiyo, 1979), Shohei Imamura (Why Not?, 1981), Shunji Iwai (Swallowtail Butterfly, 1996), Jun Ichikawa (Tokyo Yakyoku, 1997), Mitani Koki (Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, 1997), Yoshimitsu Morita (Like Asura, 2003) and, most recently, Takashi Miike (IZO, Sukiyaki Western Django). She has also performed in The Sun (2005) directed by Alexander Sokurov and appeared in director Rob Marshall's film Memoirs of a Geisha. For her film performances in Japan, Momoi has won many awards. She has won the Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actress twice and Best Supporting Actress once and was selected Best Actress at the 1983 New York International Film Festival for her role in Giwaku (Suspicion). Popular among Japanese of all ages and a recognized trend setter, Momoi is never idle, pursuing various projects in producing, directing, screenwriting, and design in addition to her acting. She has also released some 15 record albums as a singer and is a much sought after essayist. She won the award for best actress at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Giwaku. Her latest movie is Maris Martinson's movie "Amaya", which was released on September 17, 2010. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kaori Momoi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Known For
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005-12-06
Memoirs of a Geisha
Overview: In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-06
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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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The Yellow Handkerchief
1977-09-30
The Yellow Handkerchief
Overview: The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-09-30
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Kagemusha
1980-04-26
Kagemusha
Overview: Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-26
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Izo
2004-09-07
Izo
Overview: Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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To Love Again
1971-04-01
To Love Again
Overview: A Japanese girl and a French boy make strides in overcoming the cultural barriers that prevent them from fully expressing the love they have for one another.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-04-01
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Bounce Ko Gals
1997-10-18
Bounce Ko Gals
Overview: Filmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Jonko runs a group of high school girls involved in paid dating, Raku is a street dancer, and Togo was brought up in the US and back in Japan for one year wants to escape to New York. Their contact with the world of talent scouts and yakuza places them in danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-18
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Sukiyaki Western Django
2007-09-15
Sukiyaki Western Django
Overview: A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Western Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-15
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Crossfire
2000-06-10
Crossfire
Overview: Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don't arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge.
Genres: Thriller Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-10
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Revival Blues
2004-10-08
Revival Blues
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-10-08
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円都 YEN TOWN
1996-10-18
円都 YEN TOWN
Overview: Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-18
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I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985-03-02
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
Overview: On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinjuku West Exit Bus Terminal. In the burning flames, Mitsuko, who was exhausted by her affair, suddenly thought of suicide. As a result, she escaped too late from the bus and suffered a serious injury. From there, she was hospitalized for a long time. As she gradually recovered, the wife of her affair partner, Soroku Sugihara, died of cancer. Soroku proposed to Mitsuko again, and they lived together. Due to Soroku's mounting debt, they decided to flee to Tojinbo. With the desperate persuasion of her acquaintances, Mitsuko regained her desire to "live again."
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-03-02
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Don't Mind
1990-03-03
Don't Mind
Overview: Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-03-03
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No More Comics!
1986-03-24
No More Comics!
Overview: Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-24
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The Youth Killer
1976-10-23
The Youth Killer
Overview: Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-23
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The Sun
2005-02-17
The Sun
Overview: A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2005-02-17
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Helter Skelter
2012-07-14
Helter Skelter
Overview: Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-14
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Bitterness of Youth
1974-06-29
Bitterness of Youth
Overview: A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-06-29
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The Assassination of Ryoma
1974-08-02
The Assassination of Ryoma
Overview: Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-02
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Emperor
2012-09-14
Emperor
Overview: As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
1996-03-23
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Overview: There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-03-23
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No More Easy Life
1979-12-25
No More Easy Life
Overview: Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-25
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Hong Kong Confidential
2010-09-16
Hong Kong Confidential
Overview: One week in one of the most exotic and picturesque cities of the world. The day of changes comes when Amaya meets a charming Englishman, Paul and it dramatically changes Amaya's perception of her cultural and personal identity.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-16
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Tokyo Lullaby
1997-06-20
Tokyo Lullaby
Overview: Hamanaka Koichi returns to his wife Hisako and family in a sadder, run-down section of eastern Tokyo after having run away from home years before. He gives no explanation of his absence and his family asks no questions. It is only through the questions that a young writer named Asakura, who is secretly in love with Hisako, poses of local shop owners, that we learn that Hamanaka's disappearance may be related to the fact that the woman everyone thought he would marry, Tami - who runs the cafe across the street from the Hamanaka electric store - had ended up tying the knot with another man who died soon thereafter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-20
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The Many Faces of Chika
2005-01-05
The Many Faces of Chika
Overview: When her husband is hospitalized with tuberculosis, Chika has a series of three relationships: with a teacher in her hometown, with a student in Tokyo, and with an aging gangster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-05
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Lost Lovers
1971-11-05
Lost Lovers
Overview: A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-11-05
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Kidnapping Blues
1982-10-09
Kidnapping Blues
Overview: A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-09
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The Island Tales
2000-02-11
The Island Tales
Overview: A group of disparate characters find themselves trapped overnight on a island somewhere off the coast of mainland China. The circumstances force them to overlook their preconceptions of one another, and they forge a kinship that goes to the heart their identities.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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OKI - In the Middle of the Ocean
2014-04-11
OKI - In the Middle of the Ocean
Overview: Psychological thriller connecting three different people in the mysterious vortex, trying to untangle the dramatic fight of border between the truth and fantasy. Rob, a former real estate broker, unemployed, starts following a strange Japanese woman, Oki, who constantly moves from house to house. He drags his roommate Wylie into the investigation during which they have to face the dark past and curse of Oki, while dealing with the history of their own.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-11
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Oh Lucy!
2014-09-10
Oh Lucy!
Overview: Setsuko, a 55-year-old single 'office lady' in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, 'Lucy,' by her young unconventional English instructor. 'Lucy' awakens desires Setsuko never knew she had. When the instructor suddenly disappears, Setsuko must come to terms with what remains--herself.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-10
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Goaisatsu
1991-01-23
Goaisatsu
Overview: An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-23
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Dream Stadium
1997-06-21
Dream Stadium
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Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-21
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Tadon and Chikuwa
1998-12-05
Tadon and Chikuwa
Overview: A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers' conversations. Chikuwa is about a writer who faces a creativity bottleneck.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-05
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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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Last Chestnuts
2010-08-25
Last Chestnuts
Overview: One day, a mother who used to be hospitalized in Tokyo comes to Kashihara city in Nara prefecture to find her son. But the only clue she has is the digital camera which her son forgot at the hospital.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-25
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Dreaming Awake
2008-10-18
Dreaming Awake
Overview: Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students, Daisuke. The brash, headstrong young man is fixated on with the Second World War. He feels a sense of frustration at the irrational sacrifice of young people's lives during the war six decades earlier. Daisuke finds that he can vent his frustrations to Kimuro, who experienced the war firsthand. Kimuro's wife, Emiko, is also troubled by memories of the war. She lost a loved one in the war and has never gotten over it. And Kimuro himself also has something from the past that he has yet to face. He believes that the burden of his unresolved past will eventually be the death of him. When Daisuke's neurosis causes him to quit school, life changes for all three of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-18
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The Girl of Silence
1995-06-17
The Girl of Silence
Overview: 14 year old Nakamura is sexually abused by her stepfather. She invents a friend who is coming to her rescue when she really needs it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-17
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The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
2007-05-05
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
Overview: Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and more food in this fabulously fulfilling gourmet comedy. Reveling in Japan's love for food-themed shows, the film revolves around a culinary battle of David and Goliath proportions, cheekily parodying Japanese cooking shows with Iron Chef-like editing, excited running commentary, and comedic how-to segments. The Yakiniku Movie also shines a light on the food culture of Japan's resident Korean population, proving that tasty food transcends all boundaries.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-05
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Tales of Mexico
2017-10-20
Tales of Mexico
Overview: The space will be witness of dreams, hopes, disappointments and dramatic destinies of its residents, delivering an intimate human history of Mexico through the decades. La Habitación will reunite eight directors that will expose the reality of each historical period resulting in a profound and inspiring portrait of modern Mexico.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-10-20
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READY! LADY
1989-11-18
READY! LADY
Overview: Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She comes to Tokyo, relying on her aunt Moeko, a career woman who works as a manager at a major city bank. The two, who have completely different personalities, quarrel constantly whenever they see each other.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-11-18
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The Most Suitable Profession for Women
1990-12-22
The Most Suitable Profession for Women
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-22
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Suspicion
1982-09-11
Suspicion
Overview: A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business magnate Fukutaro Shirakawa, who perishes. Riding alongside him and surviving unhurt is his second wife, Kumako. It soon comes to light that Kumako’s husband was insured for 300 million yen and she is arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband for the insurance money. The newspapers denounce her as an evil woman, while the public is in no doubt about Kumako’s crime. Ritsuko Sahara is chosen as her defence attorney but the pair clash over almost everything...
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-09-11
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USB
2009-06-06
USB
Overview: Yuichiro wants to be an film director but his widowed mother wants him to become a doctor. As radiation leaks permeate the city, he tries to clear his debts by signing up for a dangerous medical experiment...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-06
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Why Not?
1981-01-08
Why Not?
Overview: The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-01-08
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Sweet Scent of Eros
1973-03-24
Sweet Scent of Eros
Overview: Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. They move into a house which Etsuko (Kaori Momoi) inherited from her parents. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a communal lifestyle. They eat, have sex, and generally share everything together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-24
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979-08-04
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
Overview: Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-08-04
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Greetings from Fukushima
2016-03-10
Greetings from Fukushima
Overview: A young German woman bonds with an elderly Japanese woman while touring the Fukushima region of Japan in the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-03-10
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Gone Without Saying Goodbye!
1981-10-20
Gone Without Saying Goodbye!
Overview: This TV drama special depicts the obsession of a sister and two detectives searching for her missing brother who witnessed the crimes of a political fixer.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-20
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The Woman Next Door
1981-05-01
The Woman Next Door
Overview: A 1981 TV movie based on a short story by Kuniko Mukoda, starring Kaori Momoi and Jinpachi Nezu. A housewife is slowly tempted by a mysterious man who she overhears one day through the wall of her apartment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
2022-04-15
優作について私が知っている二、三の事柄
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-15
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3.11 A Sense of Home
2011-11-04
3.11 A Sense of Home
Overview: In memory of the Japanese earthquake on 3.11, each director presents a 3 minute and 11 second short film in tribute to those who were lost that day.
Genres: Animation Drama Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-04
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Gate of Youth 2
1982-01-23
Gate of Youth 2
Overview: Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-01-23
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CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
2022-04-15
CLUB DEJA-VU ONE NIGHT SHOW 松田優作・メモリアル・ライブ
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-15
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詐欺の子
2019-03-23
詐欺の子
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-23
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Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
1986-08-23
Onyanko the Movie - One Shot Crisis!
Overview: The story revolves around a hardcore Onyanko Club fanatic who decides he wants to kill the girls to prevent the young, cute idols from getting old and married - in a sense, to preserve their youth for eternity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-23
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A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
1998-09-26
A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
Overview: A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie, watch as the events unfold on TV. Some decide to run for their lives, some take it as a sign of the apocalypse, some go completely crazy, but most of the townspeople wait and watch, and wonder where the monster will head next.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-26
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The Yen Family
1988-05-14
The Yen Family
Overview: Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-05-14
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Main Theme
1984-07-14
Main Theme
Overview: A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-14
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Ghost in the Shell
2017-03-29
Ghost in the Shell
Overview: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-29
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Tomorrow
1988-08-13
Tomorrow
Overview: On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-13
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Light of Africa
1975-06-21
Light of Africa
Overview: Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-06-21
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Love Bites Back
1988-07-01
Love Bites Back
Overview: Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. One day, he gets a phone call from a woman named Sanae, an old elementary school classmate of his.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-01
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Magic Kimono
2017-12-01
Magic Kimono
Overview: “Magic Kimono” tells the story of middle-aged Japanese woman Keiko, who has been living in a shell for decades due to a family tragedy in Kobe. The modest act of eating and the sensations it gives us provided Keiko a lifeline to survive. Unwillingly, she joins a group of Japanese women traveling to Northern Europe to participate in a kimono show in the fairytale-like art nouveau world of Riga. During her performance, Keiko suddenly comes face to face with her husband, who disappeared twenty years ago and now wants to read-dress their relationship and who Keiko has become.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Hawaiian Dream
1987-08-29
Hawaiian Dream
Overview: Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well. When they get busted by the chief of police, they're forced to make a deal and and help get a local crime boss masquerading as a benevolent celebrity arrested.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-08-29
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Like a Rolling Stone
1994-10-01
Like a Rolling Stone
Overview: Tanaka is a yakuza who collects 'protection money' from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Tanaka is not an archetypal yakuza; he travels by public transport. But he does have two mistresses: Ayumi, who runs a nightclub, and Yoshie, a brothel-keeper. When Tanaka's boss ends up in hospital, second man Kurauchi exerts increasing pressure on Tanaka. Tanaka deliberately has himself wounded by a fighter to dodge several of Kurauchi's demands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-01
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I'm No Angel
1977-05-15
I'm No Angel
Overview: A young couple lives together in a small apartment and struggles to keep their relationship together, despite inertia and financial hardship. Based on the comic Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-05-15
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Faces of a Fig Tree
2006-12-23
Faces of a Fig Tree
Overview: Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-23
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Toriko 3D Movie: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!!
2011-03-19
Toriko 3D Movie: Kaimaku! Gourmet Adventure!!
Overview: Teran Plains' village was attacked by a giant starving Gerold, and the village's youngster, Peck, sought Toriko for help. But lying ahead in wait is something much more ferocious and hideous than just a Gerold.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-19
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Invitation of Lust
1975-04-05
Invitation of Lust
Overview: Hirobe is a lonely man. After witnessing her girlfriend die with a terminal illness, he wanders through the city like a shadow. One day, he meets Masako and they begin an affair. Masako is in an unhappy marriage with Yazawa, who is also cheating on her with a younger lover. The tension builds up to an unforgiving, yet quiet climax...
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-04-05
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Did the Red Bird Escape?
1973-02-17
Did the Red Bird Escape?
Overview: A young outlaw can’t escape his rebellious past despite connections to a well to do family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-02-17
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Until Evening
1980-09-20
Until Evening
Overview: Intellectual collegue professor Sasa becomes obsessed with beautiful Sugiko, a virgin. Eventually, luring her to a love hotel.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-09-20
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Heaven Sent
1979-12-28
Heaven Sent
Overview: Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a six-year-old child at their door, claiming that Shinsaku—or four other men—is the child's father! Sayoko and Shinsaku set out on a journey to find the real father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-28
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Get to the Punchline
2019-10-02
Get to the Punchline
Overview: Rumi Hayachine is a 2nd-year high school student living in Tono who loves to daydream about and draw supernatural spirits. One day, her beloved grandmother decides to move out saying, “I want to do what I want with my life.” At school, Rumi is pressured to think about her future but cannot decide what path she wants to take. When her best friend Kie says she wants to go to university in Tokyo, Rumi feels even more abandoned by everyone around her. However, Kie secretly submits a drawing made by Rumi into a contest, and it wins an award. This gives Rumi the extra bit of confidence she needs to find her path in life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-02
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Ready to Shoot
1990-11-17
Ready to Shoot
Overview: A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-17
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1997-11-08
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Overview: A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-11-08
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The Brightest Roof in the Universe
2020-09-04
The Brightest Roof in the Universe
Overview: 14 year-old schoolgirl Tsubame is into university student Toru. She sees him in her area and really wants to be his. She struggles with how to inform him of her love. Then her stepmother becomes pregnant and she is distracted with that development. The one reliable part of her life is the calligraphy class she attends, but then she runs into a woman.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-09-04
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Candy Boys
2015-02-28
Candy Boys
Overview: In EDO, the fabulous wonderland where only men exist, the most beautiful courtesan is Shiratori Dayū. His apprentice's suicide made him desolate, and he finds love when he meets the most popular and sexy candy boy, Furimatsu, at the "Candy Shop." However, the town of EDO bans romantic relationships, and a rare disease starts to spread.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-28
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Hee
2016-02-13
Hee
Overview: Years after she related to him the story of her parents’ death in a fire, for which – rightly or wrongly – she feels responsible, Japanese psychiatrist Dr. Sanada meets his former patient Azusa once again. Back then, she lambasted him for being wrong for the job. Back then, he let slip that she isn’t actually crazy. Now she’s a prostitute living in precarious circumstances in Los Angeles and is accused of murder, with her memories once again moving inexorably towards a fire. Sanada assesses her in the presence of an investigator who appears not to understand Japanese. Is Azusa now mentally ill for real? Was she back then? And why does the description of her tormentors upset him so?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-02-13
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Dance, Subaru!
2009-03-19
Dance, Subaru!
Overview: Subaru and her twin brother Kazuma share a dream in becoming ballet dancers, but their passion is discouraged by their father. After Kazuma's death from a hereditary illness, dancing became Subaru's only happiness and she yearns to lose herself in dance. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she runs into cabaret owner Isuzu, who recognizes the talent in Subaru and trains her in her nightspot. But to become a professional ballerina, Subaru has to overcome harsher challenges than merely satisfying the cabaret drunkards. Spurred on by her rivaling dance companions, Subaru enters an international dance competition, to vie for recognition and a scholarship to any top ballet company in the world. Subaru and her companions soon discover that there are more to compete than the championship, and tests of friendship, betrayal and self-worth come one after another. Gradually the youngsters learn about themselves as dancers, as persons and as friends.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-19
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Like Asura
2003-11-08
Like Asura
Overview: The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-08
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I Never Shot Anyone
2020-07-03
I Never Shot Anyone
Overview: Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-03
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The Yellow Handkerchief
2009-11-19
The Yellow Handkerchief
Overview: A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-19
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Single Girl
1983-06-04
Single Girl
Overview: Story set in Yokohama.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-06-04
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