Dankan
Biography: Dankan (ダンカン, born 3 January, 1959) is a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 30 films since 1990.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 03, 1959
Deathday: N/A
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La
2019-04-05
La
Overview: The vocalist of a broken up band tries to get the group back together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-04-05
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Yankee Gurentai Nanbo no Monjai! 2
1994-01-14
Yankee Gurentai Nanbo no Monjai! 2
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-14
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Dead or Alive
1999-11-27
Dead or Alive
Overview: Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-27
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Boiling Point
1990-09-15
Boiling Point
Overview: Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-15
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Suspect X
2008-10-04
Suspect X
Overview: A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-04
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Goku Sagi 2
2015-01-25
Goku Sagi 2
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-25
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Goku Sagi 3
2015-05-25
Goku Sagi 3
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-25
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Extraneous Matter Complete Edition
2022-01-15
Extraneous Matter Complete Edition
Overview: Compilation of the four short films in the Extraneous Matter series.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-15
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Promise of August
1995-08-26
Promise of August
Overview: Three college girls arrive in the countryside in search of an area where marijuana grows. Hitchhiking, they stop the car of a suicidal man, who falls in love with one of the girls at first sight.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-08-26
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Stray Dogz 9
2020-07-25
Stray Dogz 9
Overview: Loan shark Tsukasa does good business serving women-in-need, but he struggles to recoup his loans when a shrewd yakuza uses his idea against him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-25
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Eyes of the Spider
1998-04-11
Eyes of the Spider
Overview: Nijima, a white-collar worker, finds the man responsible for his young daughter's murder. He tortures and interrogates the man, who maintains his innocence, before killing and burying him. He returns to his ordinary life feeling listless and hollow, until he encounters a man that introduces himself as an old friend. The man offers Nijima a new job, and subsequently introduces Nijima to his band of hired killers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-11
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Getting Any?
1995-02-11
Getting Any?
Overview: While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-02-11
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Goku Sagi 4
2015-07-25
Goku Sagi 4
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-25
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Cafe Isobe
2008-07-05
Cafe Isobe
Overview: Sakiko is a typical teenager in many ways. She hates her divorced father, who chases after every skirt he sees. She does not know, if she will ever be loved by the other sex. When her dad suddenly inherits a lot of money and becomes really lazy, she hates him even more. He finally decides to start his own cafe, where Sakiko, of course has to help. From this moment, strange customers and good-looking waitresses form the center of tension between father and daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-05
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Box: The Hakamada Case
2010-05-29
Box: The Hakamada Case
Overview: Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-29
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Suicide Bus
1998-08-11
Suicide Bus
Overview: A young girl named Mitsuki receives a ticket for a bus tour from her uncle. The tour appears to be normal (expect that everyone appears to be quite sombre), but Mitsuki learns its true purpose: the other passengers and the tour manager have a suicide pact to send the bus over a cliff so their families can collect the insurance money.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-11
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Bad Money Hunting
2000-02-17
Bad Money Hunting
Overview: A man disappears, leaving a large amount of debt.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-17
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Innocent Seven
2005-08-13
Innocent Seven
Overview: Seven families are aboard a bus towards a field camp for their vacation. At this camp, it becomes clear that this is not a common trip. The parents are of the kind that abused their children or were visited by children's services, and at the camp they are offered to sell their children for a large sum of money, because there were customers that needed healthy internal organs.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-13
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Seventeen Motors
2019-12-14
Seventeen Motors
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-12-14
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Thousand and One Nights
2022-10-06
Thousand and One Nights
Overview: Tomiko, a middle-aged woman, waits patiently for her husband, who disappeared thirty years ago, to return. She lives alone in a declining fishing village, and continues to search tirelessly for her husband. One day she meets Nami, whose husband has also disappeared.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-06
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BeRLiN
1995-12-22
BeRLiN
Overview: When a woman whose job is to professionally date men disappears suddenly, a TV crew who wanted to film a documentary about women like her begin searching for her. Coincidentally, a salary-man who saw the disappeared woman and wants to meet her again is found and joins the crew. Together they follow the clues. She has an amulet, which looks like a small bag, which she always hangs from her neck. It contains a piece of the Berlin wall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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The Two in Tracksuits
2008-07-18
The Two in Tracksuits
Overview: A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through their days while wearing old jerseys left by a deceased grandmother. The following summer, the two once again leave the stifling heat of Tokyo, as if escaping to the mountain cottage. However, the next summer is very different.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-18
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The Snow White Murder Case
2014-03-29
The Snow White Murder Case
Overview: Beautiful Noriko Miki works at a cosmetic company. One day, Noriko is murdered. People begin to suspect her co-worker Miki Shirono might have killed her. Television begins to cover her story. A TV show interviews Miki Shirono's colleagues, family, people from her hometown. Rumors turn into fear. Is she a wicked a woman?
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-29
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Dark Love: Rape
2008-03-01
Dark Love: Rape
Overview: A young woman moves into an apartment that is rigged with hidden cameras.A voyeur watches her every move and begins a strange relationship with her.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-03-01
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Noroi: The Curse
2005-08-20
Noroi: The Curse
Overview: A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-20
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Again
2013-11-16
Again
Overview: High school student Hatsumi lives with her mother. Her father passed away. She then meets 18-year-old Ryutaro who works at a waste paper collection field. They fall in love.Ryutaro is then unable to contact Hatsumi and jumps to the conclusion that Hatsumi hates him. When they meet again, Ryutaro loses control of his emotions and a horrific incident occurs. Hatsumi becomes conflicted with her mixed emotions towards Ryutaro. She makes a decision.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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Two Punks
1996-12-21
Two Punks
Overview: Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and straight society. Neither wants to be a Yakuza, but normal life presents problems.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-21
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Misty
1997-05-03
Misty
Overview: Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-03
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Moriyamachu Driving School
2016-07-09
Moriyamachu Driving School
Overview: Kiyotaka Sato (Shuhei Nomura) is a university student. He is sociable, but he looks like he doesn't have interest in those around him. During his summer vacation, Kiyotaka Sato plans to get his driver's license to impress schoolmate Matsuda (Yukino Kishii). At this time, a yakuza boss (Ken Mitsuishi) orders Todoroki (Kento Kaku) to get his driver’s license. Todoroki doesn't show his feelings outwardly. Later, Todoroki drives a car without a driver’s license and he hits Kiyotaka Sato. To cover up the accident, Kiyotaka Sato is placed in a car and taken to away. He arrives at an unofficial driving school. The driving school is run by the Uehara family. There, Kiyotaka Sato and Todoroki learn that they graduated from the same high school. They spend their summer at the driving school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-09
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Evergreen Love
2016-06-04
Evergreen Love
Overview: Sayaka works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki, collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to live together. Itsuki teaches Sayaka about cooking wild herbs and collecting wild herbs, but he has a secret.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-04
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One More Time, One More Chance
1996-12-21
One More Time, One More Chance
Overview: A romance that takes place one summer in the countryside between an out-of-job musician, Hanabi, and a girl, Hibana.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-21
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Tokyo Ghoul
2017-07-16
Tokyo Ghoul
Overview: A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a fugitive on the run.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-16
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Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
2015-09-26
Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
Overview: Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo. According to her husband Takeshi, the murdered Chieko Akiba was a top salesperson at the insurance company where she worked, but quit her job three months ago and planned to open a beauty salon after buying the building which happens to be the crime scene. The call history on her mobile phone reveals the victim answered a call at 8:16 PM and is presumed to have been murdered immediately afterwards. However, Ushio is surprised to hear who was on the other side of the call: Kyoko Yamano, a woman who accompanied Ushio under an umbrella on a rainy night one year ago and whose husband was killed by someone that very night...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-26
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Immoral: Indecent Relationship
1995-04-25
Immoral: Indecent Relationship
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-04-25
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Dr. Hikojiro
2015-10-03
Dr. Hikojiro
Overview: One day, Hikojiro receives an emergency call from inn proprietress Shino Ogawa to examine Tadahiko Mori, a guest complaining of stomach pain. Mori, who owns an art gallery in Tokyo, has come to Kyoto on a trip with his only daughter, high school student Nanami. Hikojiro gives him his business card, telling him to contact him if the pain comes back. However, the next day, Mori is found dead...!
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-03
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Soften!
2014-10-31
Soften!
Overview: The school has its own baseball team. The trouble is that there are nine of them and several of the girls are too weak, too small, too fat, too inexperienced, etc. They are in trouble. What is more, their manager is a janitor. The girls want to win in this adaptation of a popular manga in Japan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-31
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000-12-09
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Overview: Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-12-09
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The Man with Two Hearts
1996-05-11
The Man with Two Hearts
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-11
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Fukushima 50
2020-03-06
Fukushima 50
Overview: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Ain't No Tomorrows
2008-11-22
Ain't No Tomorrows
Overview: 17 year-old Hiruma is desperate to get laid and takes out his sexual urges on Anpai, a fat boy who has "boobs." His classmate Tomono, a sickly loner, is in a serious relationship with their married teacher.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-22
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God Raiga Vs. King Ohga
2020-05-05
God Raiga Vs. King Ohga
Overview: The giant monster Raiga returns, rising in Atami Harbor and attacking the city. A second kaiju, Ohga, soon joins the chaos, and the two monsters clash, destroying large sections of the city. Defense forces launch two new weapons, the giant tank Kamikaze and the drill tank Gokumei, to meet the the monster invasion head on. But as the beasts work their way to Tokyo, will they be enough to stop the monsters from laying waste to the city?
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-05-05
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Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
2017-12-31
Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-31
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Doppelganger
2003-09-27
Doppelganger
Overview: Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-27
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Flames of a Flower
2024-12-20
Flames of a Flower
Overview: Shimada, a former Self-Defense Force member, suffers from severe PTSD following the loss of a comrade in a firefight in war-torn South Sudan, a tragedy covered up by the government. Shining a light into Shimada's solitary life in illegal arms manufacturing is a job as an apprentice at a traditional Japanese fireworks factory. There he begins crafting fireworks alongside the master artisan and fellow craftsmen who embrace fireworks that illuminate people's peaceful lives. Yet, parallel to Shimada's journey, his comrades-in-arms with unresolved feelings team up on radical acts to expose the government's cover-up, escalating tensions and pulling Shimada back into the darkness he thought he'd left behind.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-12-20
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