Toshiyuki Nishida
Biography: Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行, Nishida Toshiyuki, born November 4, 1947, died October 17, 2024) was a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 (2003). Outside Japan he is best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in Monkey.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 04, 1947
Deathday: October 17, 2024
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Free and Easy 17
2006-08-05
Free and Easy 17
Overview: Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting married, but a dark shadow now seems to loom over her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-05
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The Housekeeper Saw!
2015-12-05
The Housekeeper Saw!
Overview: Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around Nobuko, having been given some pearl earrings as a present sometime before, decides to attend an exhibition for a pearl described as being the world's most expensive one. That pearl is owned by the Iwakura family, who run a large pearl company. While looking at the pearl however, Nobuko is pulled away by a handsome man who seems to have some connection to the family. So when Nobuko finds one of her pearl earrings missing and probably taken by that man, she decides to work as a housekeeper for the Iwakura family until the man shows up again and she can get her earring back. But the Iwakura family that Nobuko is now working for has plenty of secrets beyond just pearls that she'll have to sort out if she wants her earring back...
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-05
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Space Battleship Yamato
2010-12-01
Space Battleship Yamato
Overview: In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-12-01
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The Magic Hour
2008-06-07
The Magic Hour
Overview: A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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The Ramen Girl
2008-02-08
The Ramen Girl
Overview: An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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Tokyo Zance
2001-07-27
Tokyo Zance
Overview: Six well-known Japanese directors from various genres and one of the hottest actresses from Hong Kong, Kelly Chen, contributed to this omnibus film with their impressions of life in Tokyo. Kazuna Iida, Takanori Jinnai, Kelly Chen, Naoko Nozawa, Katsuhiko Hibino, Takashi Matsuo and Shin Yamagishi are amongst Japan's most active and talented filmmakers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-27
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Phone Call to the Bar
2011-09-10
Phone Call to the Bar
Overview: In the Susukino red light district of Sapporo, a private detective (Yo Oizumi) drinks alcohol with his driver Takada (Ryuhei Matsuda) in his favourite bar. There he receives a phone call from a woman who identifies herself as Kyoko Kondo. The woman asks the detective to complete a simple task. The detective, having an excellent sense for danger, thinks the work is easy and accepts the case. The next day he begins the investigation.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-10
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The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979-10-06
The Man Who Stole the Sun
Overview: A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-10-06
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Edo Porn
1981-09-12
Edo Porn
Overview: The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-09-12
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A Letter to Momo
2012-04-21
A Letter to Momo
Overview: A shy 11-year-old's life takes a strange turn when she discovers three hungry goblins living in the attic of her new house. She misses her old life. She misses her father so very much. Until she makes some new ghoulish friends.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Animation Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-21
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Hayabusa
2011-10-01
Hayabusa
Overview: May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-01
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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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The Silk Road
1988-06-25
The Silk Road
Overview: In 1026, students in western China are shanghaied into the forces of crown prince Li Yuanhao of Xi Xia, who wants to control the length of the Silk Road. One student is Zhao Xingde, who becomes the favorite of his commander, Zhu Wangli. While sacking a fortress, Xingde discovers Tsurpia, princess of the Uighur. He hides her; they fall in love. When he's sent away to study Xixian, he leaves Tsurpia in Zhu's care, but returns to find her engaged to Li. Tragedy follows, and he and Zhu enter a pact to take revenge when Li arrives at Dun-Huang, the region's seat of learning and culture. Against overwhelming odds, they find a surprising way to leave a monument to their life and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-06-25
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Star Watching Dog
2011-06-10
Star Watching Dog
Overview: An abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified middle-aged man and a dog who seems to have died months later. This is the story of the life of the loving and faithful dog and his owner told from the dog's point of view. City hall employee Kyousuke Okutsu is assigned to uncover the man's identity for a proper funeral. As he investigates the situation, he remembers his late family and his own dog's unfailing loyalty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-10
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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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A Ghost of a Chance
2011-10-29
A Ghost of a Chance
Overview: Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost herself. And so the fun begins in the courtroom when Prosecutor Osano starts to cross examine.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-29
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Devil's Flute
1979-01-20
Devil's Flute
Overview: Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the backdrop of wealth, this film is loaded with twists and turns and surprises at every corner.
Genres: Mystery Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-01-20
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Castle Under Fiery Skies
2009-09-12
Castle Under Fiery Skies
Overview: The year is 1575 in feudal Japan. Oda Nobunaga's (Kippei Shiina) forces defeat Takeda Katsuyori, when Nagashino Castle was besieged during the Battle of Nagashino. The next year Oda Nobunada decides to build a lavish new castle symbolizing his unification of various factions. The castle named Azuchi Castle will be built near water and high enough to be seen from the capital city of Kyoto. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Kenichi Yamamoto's novel of the same name received the 33rd Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Art Direction.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-12
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Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
2016-07-03
Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
Overview: Kojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he is suffering from a complicated CTEPH (chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension). Kantaro Kurosu is the director of the Cross Medical Center. He asks Michiko Daimon to perform surgery on Kojiro, but, right before his surgery, she is deprived of “the most important weapon as a surgeon.”
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-03
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Ballad of Orin
1977-11-19
Ballad of Orin
Overview: A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-11-19
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Free and Easy 11
2000-02-05
Free and Easy 11
Overview: Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but Su-san remains in low spirits over business matters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-05
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A Class to Remember
1993-11-06
A Class to Remember
Overview: A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-06
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What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2022-02-04
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
Overview: A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and bloat. If it explodes, the nation will be destroyed.
Genres: Comedy Drama Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-02-04
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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002-06-16
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Overview: A Japanese film that tells the tale of the birth of VHS. It follows Kagatani Shizuo, an electronics employee who rallies his coworkers to save their jobs by increasing sales. They do this by developing the VHS standard. They battle with Sony and their standard and ultimately prevail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-16
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Reunion
2013-02-23
Reunion
Overview: The Movie depicts 10 days after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. At a morgue house in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, the workers treat the dead with dignity as they hand over the bodies to their families. Retired funeral worker (Toshiyuki Nishida), finds himself volunteering at the morgue house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-23
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Free and Easy 7
1994-12-23
Free and Easy 7
Overview: Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later, Hama-chan sees her again at a dentist's office.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-12-23
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広島 昭和20年8月6日
2005-08-29
広島 昭和20年8月6日
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-29
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Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta
1984-09-29
Kōgen ni ressha ga hashitta
Overview: At a certain high school in Karuizawa, students relied on ordinary local trains for their commute, but with only seven trains running per day, missing one meant spending two or three hours killing time in town. This sparse train schedule on the Shinetsu Main Line
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-29
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The Kiyosu Conference
2013-11-09
The Kiyosu Conference
Overview: After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2013-12-14
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Overview: In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu. But, Yasunobu is cold to his new wife, and he's more interested in swordplay than cookery.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-14
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A Class to Remember II
1996-10-19
A Class to Remember II
Overview: The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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Fly with the Gold
2012-11-03
Fly with the Gold
Overview: Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda, a North Korean spy pretending to be a college student, Kitagawa's younger brother Haruki and a former elevator engineer. These 6 men are about to carry the boldest of schemes to bypass the bank's high-tech defense system.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-03
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Free and Easy Special
1994-07-16
Free and Easy Special
Overview: Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but Michiko entertains Su-san late into the night. When he gets drunk and ends up spending the night, Hama-chan, begins to question his boss's relationship with Michiko.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-16
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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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Maestro!
2015-01-31
Maestro!
Overview: Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who have not yet been rehired, gather for the orchestra. For the first time since they disbanded the orchestra plays together, but they sound horrible. At that time, the conductor Tetsusaburo Tendou appears in front of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-31
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Half a Confession
2004-01-10
Half a Confession
Overview: Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-10
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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 Rainbow Seeker
1996-12-28
The Rainbow Seeker
Overview: A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in Tokushima, whose owner lives to bring entertaining films to the residents of his small town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-28
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Free and Easy 15
2004-08-21
Free and Easy 15
Overview: Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-08-21
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Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001-08-18
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
Overview: Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his home town and spend his days fishing. Su-san and Hama-chan envy his decision, and Hama-chan conspires to visit Takano, even though he has no vacation time left.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-08-18
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The Dream of Russia
1992-06-25
The Dream of Russia
Overview: Sumptuous filming of the journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of Russia. A Russo-Japanese co-production of a unique event in history which was the hit of Cannes and other film festivals but did not receive wide distribution despite its huge scope, high production values, and very human story of culture clash.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-25
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Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
2009-02-07
Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
Overview: Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after years of being bullied at school when he was young. Yoshida soon realizes that Asahiyama Zoo is facing a financial crisis and the zoo director Takizawa (Toshiyuki Nishida) has been doing everything in his power to save the zoo from closing down. Moved by Takizawa's passion, Yoshida and other zoo keepers came to share the zoo director's belief that one's dreams can come true, and together they tackle this seemingly impossible task of revitalizing Asahiyama. A breakthrough arrives in the form of “Behavioral Exhibition,†a method that is pioneered by Ashiyama's zoo keepers and which eventually makes the zoo renowned throughout the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-02-07
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必殺仕事人2019
2019-03-10
必殺仕事人2019
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-10
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Midwinter Camellia
1992-05-30
Midwinter Camellia
Overview: Yasuo Furuhata directs this romantic yakuza flick based on a book by popular romance novelist Tomiko Miyao. Set in 1932, the film centers on Peony (Yoko Minamino), a geisha who was forced into the business at a young age by her dissipated father.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-05-30
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A Farewell to Jinu
2015-04-04
A Farewell to Jinu
Overview: Takeharu Takami (Ryuhei Matsuda) is a bank teller, but he becomes allergic to money. He decides not to use money at all. Takeharu decides to move to a small village in the Tohoku region. There, he encounters residents who are not so easy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-04
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Free and Easy 19
2008-10-25
Free and Easy 19
Overview: Hama-chan joins a company excursion to Oita with the rest of his department including his new junior Daisuke. Beautiful Namiko, the organizer of the trip is a contract employee and her elder brother is a fisherman. Hama-chan, as always sets out to sea for a bout of angling. He is a tad surprised when Namiko's brother consults him about Namiko's status as an unmarried contract worker...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-25
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The Glacier Fox - 35th Anniversary Edition
2013-10-19
The Glacier Fox - 35th Anniversary Edition
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Genres: Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-19
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Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
2010-12-25
Chushingura〜Sono Otoko, Oishi Kuranosuke
Overview: In the spring of Genroku 14 (1701), Oishi Kuranosuke (Tamura Masakazu), the chief retainer of the Asano family in Ako domain is shocked to learn that his feudal lord, Asano Takumi-no-kami Naganori (Tamayama Tetsuji), had stabbed Kira Kozukenosuke Yoshinaka (Nishida Toshiyuki), the master of ceremonies, at Edo castle. Lord Asano was ordered to commit ritual suicide and the Ako clan abolished. Facing up to the gravity of this unfair ruling, since only one party was being punished instead of both as would be usual, Oishi decides to lead the loyal former retainers in an attack on Lord Kira so that he could take Kira’s head to his lord’s gravesite so that Lord Asano could finally rest in peace.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-12-25
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Lost in the Wilderness
1986-06-07
Lost in the Wilderness
Overview: The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of Mt Everest in 1970, Uemura also accomplished several "firsts". He was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, climb Denali solo, and float down the Amazon river solo. In the film, Uemura returns to Tokyo after a stint in Siorapaluk in Northern Greenland. In Tokyo, he reconnects with an old friend and, over coffee, shares his life story - from his days as a college dropout to his successful expedition to the top of Everest.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-06-07
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Station to Heaven
1984-06-09
Station to Heaven
Overview: From a true incident that happened in 1960s Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by a beautiful woman, Kayo (Sayuri Yoshinaga) after her abusive husband is murdered.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-06-09
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Free and Easy 14
2003-09-20
Free and Easy 14
Overview: Hama-chan's supervisor is promoted after many frustrating years with his wayward, fishing-obsessed underling, and Hama-chan's new boss naively tries to retrain him. Later, Su-san and Hama-chan go on a business trip, where they meet a beautiful, warm-hearted truck driver.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-20
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Suite Dreams
2006-01-14
Suite Dreams
Overview: New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-14
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Dead Angle
1979-07-04
Dead Angle
Overview: Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-07-04
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The Last Swordsman
1974-11-02
The Last Swordsman
Overview: Personal tale of Okita Soji who fights to survive in a world without pity in the merciless era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-11-02
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The Far Road
1977-09-11
The Far Road
Overview: Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive film tells the story of the wife of a railroad worker in the northern part of Japan. The ferocious local class restrictions work to keep her husband in his place, as does his lack of education.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-09-11
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Love & Peace
2015-06-26
Love & Peace
Overview: A man, who once dreamed of becoming a punk rocker, is working as a low salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He's secretly in love with his colleague. One day, he finds a little turtle on the rooftop, naming it Pikadon.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-26
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Doctor X: The Movie
2024-12-06
Doctor X: The Movie
Overview: The star-studded casts of the drama series come together for the highly anticipated movie adaptation of "Doctor X"! The secret of Michiko Daimon is finally revealed. "I never fail." How was the solitary surgeon Michiko Daimon born? What is the dark and mysterious tumultuous half-life of Michiko?
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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Heavenly Sin
1992-10-03
Heavenly Sin
Overview: Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-03
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The Tattered Banner
1974-05-01
The Tattered Banner
Overview: Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-05-01
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Free and Easy 9
1997-09-06
Free and Easy 9
Overview: Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veteran employee decides to find his boss, a divorced father, a new wife. The supervisor loves a bar hostess “mama-san,” but is unable to confess his true feelings until Hama-chan comes to his rescue.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-06
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Free and Easy 2
1989-12-27
Free and Easy 2
Overview: Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woman saves Su-san when he collapses while fishing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-12-27
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Free and Easy
1988-12-24
Free and Easy
Overview: Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and old man who learns to enjoy life again through his friendship with Densuke. Meanwhile, Densuke is completely unaware that Ichinosuke is the boss of his construction company. The two men become friends through their shared passion for fishing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-24
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Free and Easy 6
1993-12-25
Free and Easy 6
Overview: Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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AIBOU: The Movie
2008-05-01
AIBOU: The Movie
Overview: A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutaka Mizutani) and Kameyama Kaoru (Yasufumi Terawaki), are guarding a female Diet member, Katayama Hinako (Yoshino Kimura). The pair identifies explosives and saves her life. From the clues left at the scene, Sugishita builds up his case and finds a connection between the murder of the TV presenter and the attempted murder of the Diet member. During a painstaking investigation, the savage murder case of a young overseas volunteer five years earlier emerges in the background, and the pair prevents indiscriminate murder at the Tokyo Big City Marathon event by suppressing the perpetrator.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-01
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Galaxy Turnpike
2015-10-24
Galaxy Turnpike
Overview: Set in the year 2265. There is a small restaurant along the main road Galaxy Kaido, which connects Earth and the space colony Uzushio.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-24
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Location
1984-09-22
Location
Overview: The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's 1980 book The Location (Za Rokēshon), an illustrated 229-page document about the cameraman’s experiences with pink cast and crew on the sets of several films produced in the late 1970's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-22
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Outrage Coda
2017-10-07
Outrage Coda
Overview: Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise between Chang and the Hanabishi, and Chang's life is endangered, Otomo returns to Japan to settle things once and for all.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-07
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Out Burn
2014-08-09
Out Burn
Overview: Eiko Yagami (Ryoko Yonekura) is a "Marubo", a unit of Ueno Central Police Station's Organized Crime Division which deals directly with organized gangs to try and keep the peace. However, Eiko has some sidelines: she's a moneylender to her fellow police officers without charging interest in return for information and is also willing to do the odd side job for those on the criminal side for the money. One day, Kasumi (Riho Takada), who is the daughter of Senma-gumi gang's leader (Toshiyuki Nishida), is found stabbed to death. As this threatens to pit gang against gang, Eiko and the police have to hurry and find her killer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-09
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A Living Promise
2016-01-09
A Living Promise
Overview: Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding his company. He receives a phone call from his former co-worker and friend Kouhei, but Kouhei doesn't say anything. Yuma gets the sense that something is wrong and heads to Kouhei's hometown of Shinminato, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. In Shinminato, Yuma meets other people and becomes involved in the Shinminato Hikiyama Festival. His outlook on life begins to change.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-09
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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
2017-09-23
The Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Overview: In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Mystery Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-23
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Free and Easy 10
1998-08-08
Free and Easy 10
Overview: Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar surroundings on his first assignment at a new job.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-08
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Tsubakiyama's Send Back
2006-11-18
Tsubakiyama's Send Back
Overview: When middle-aged salary man Tsubakiyama suddenly dies, he leaves his family high and dry. But suddenly he's given another chance: a few days in which to return to Earth and straighten things out. The thing is, he's come back in the form of a strikingly beautiful young woman.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-18
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Free and Easy 3
1990-12-22
Free and Easy 3
Overview: Su-San invites Hama-chan to go fishing at a place close to his heart after learning about Hama-chan and his wife's fertility problems.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-22
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Free and Easy 8
1996-08-10
Free and Easy 8
Overview: When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-08-10
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Free and Easy 4
1991-12-23
Free and Easy 4
Overview: Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-23
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Free and Easy 5
1992-12-26
Free and Easy 5
Overview: Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-26
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Free and Easy 16
2005-08-27
Free and Easy 16
Overview: Hama-chan meets a friendly US soldier on a trip to Nagasaki with Su-san. Su-san returns to Tokyo and is informed that Hama-chan has gone missing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997-12-27
The Rainbow Seeker 2
Overview: Sequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan. There, he falls in love for a single mother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-12-27
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What the War Meant
2008-12-24
What the War Meant
Overview: The drama stars Beat Takeshi as General Hideki Tojo, who served as Prime Minister of Japan during World War II and was later executed as a war criminal. The story's theme is said to be a look at how the Pacific War began, focusing mostly on the three month period between the Imperial Conference (Gozen Kaigi) on September 6, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-24
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Murder on the Orient Express
2015-01-11
Murder on the Orient Express
Overview: The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-11
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Flowers in the Shadow
2008-01-26
Flowers in the Shadow
Overview: Shinya is in debt as a result of his gambling habit. He attempts to defraud an old woman with a bank transfer scam, but the woman reminds him of his late mother and they start to relate to each other. Meanwhile, Shinya meets a girl called Hisako in town, and ends up helping her to find out the whereabouts of an unsuccessful comedian, Raita, whom her mother was in love with in her youth. Shinya's father, Ryutaro, is disowned by his son after his wife's death. When Ryutaro meets a homeless man called Moses, he starts living on the street as well. One day when the old woman dies, Moses comes to the deceased and confesses his past. Subsequently Shinya resumes communicating with his father Ryutaro.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-26
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There Goes Our Hero
1979-11-03
There Goes Our Hero
Overview: The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve hard work and cooperation.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-11-03
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There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game
1980-12-13
There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game
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Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-12-13
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There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race
1980-05-03
There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race
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Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-05-03
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Karate Cop
1982-04-17
Karate Cop
Overview: A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-17
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4.50 from Paddington
2018-03-24
4.50 from Paddington
Overview: Toko Amano worked as a detective, but to take care of her sick husband she quit her job. After her husband passed away, Toko Amano now works as a crisis management expert. 3 days ago, Toko Amano's former mother-in-law rode on an express train with beds. She witnessed a man strangling a woman and told the train conductor, but he thought she imagined it. The police later searched for the woman's body, but could not find her. Toko Amano boards the same express train that her former mother-in-law rode. She looks for the dead body.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-24
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A Flawless Concierge
2011-11-05
A Flawless Concierge
Overview: A comedy about a concierge at a plush hotel who deals with a series of unusual guests.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-05
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Oka wo koete
2008-05-17
Oka wo koete
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-17
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Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
2002-08-27
Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso
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Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-27
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Get Up!
2003-10-05
Get Up!
Overview: A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-05
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Voices in the Wind
2020-01-24
Voices in the Wind
Overview: Eight years after the devastating tsunami, the wounds it left in Japan have still not healed. In her touching search for answers, Haru sets out on a long, eventful journey to her home town, where she lost her family in the flood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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Kohaku no yume
2018-10-05
Kohaku no yume
Overview: a TV drama special based on the life of SUNTORY's founder Shinjiro Torii
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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Kohaku
2017-09-15
Kohaku
Overview: Yoneda Katsumi (Nishida Toshiyuki) is a police sergeant who exudes little presence.One day, Yoneda happens to come across an article on a cafe called Kohaku in a booklet at his regular cafe. Then he abruptly takes leave and heads to Kohaku which is located in Uozu, Toyama Prefecture by bullet train. For some reason, he has documents on an unsolved arson cum murder case which took place in Kichijoji 25 years ago.The owner of Kohaku is Arai Toshio (Terao Akira) who has seemingly sad eyes. They spend time together with his only regular customer, Hirai Sachiko (Suzuki Kyoka), a married woman who works at the port’s fisheries cooperative. Their interactions gradually start to deepen even as they sense the darkness in each other. What is the fate that awaits them?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-15
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Oda Nobunaga
1998-03-25
Oda Nobunaga
Overview: The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a young man Oda was not seen as the right heir to the Oda clan, but through a masterful political marriage arranged by his father, Oda Nobunaga not only gained influence, he also became the Daimyo who joined the three imperial counties to unite Japan.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-03-25
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Free and Easy 18
2007-09-08
Free and Easy 18
Overview: Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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How to speak Japanese
1993-11-03
How to speak Japanese
Overview: Yamada ga machi ni yatte kita (aka How to Speak Japanese)
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-03
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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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Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Episode Competition
2010-04-04
Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Episode Competition
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Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-04-04
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Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
2014-01-02
Shadow Warrior Tokugawa Ieyasu
Overview: Tokugawa Ieyasu is killed at the Battle of Sekigahara. Jirosaburo Serada, who travels all over the country, becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu's shadow warrior and runs country….
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-02
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Happily Ever After
2007-10-27
Happily Ever After
Overview: Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi wrings laughs out of an unlikely topic -- domestic violence -- in this dark comedy about noodle-shop waitress Yukie Morita (Miki Nakatani), who puts up with the fiery temper, gambling and cruelty of her shiftless, ex-gangster boyfriend (Hiroshi Abe). But as flashbacks reveal, there's a reason behind Yukie's unconditional love for her man. Yûko Natori and Mayumi Sada also star.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-27
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Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998-12-23
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
Overview: A traveling ronin perceived as a fool impresses a samurai leader with his fishing skills and gains employment.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-23
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Chichi yo, anata wa erakatta - 1969 nen no oyaji to boku
2009-11-06
Chichi yo, anata wa erakatta - 1969 nen no oyaji to boku
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-06
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Free and Easy 20: Final
2009-12-26
Free and Easy 20: Final
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-12-26
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The Last Town We Saw
2024-09-21
The Last Town We Saw
Overview: The narrative centers on Taichi Tamiya, a television scriptwriter living in modern-day Tokyo with his family. Their ordinary lives are disrupted when they inexplicably time-travel to June 1944, during the height of World War II. Confronted with the harsh realities of wartime Japan—scarcity of resources, constant air raids, and societal pressures—the family struggles to adapt and survive. The story delves into their attempts to navigate this perilous era while seeking a way back to their original time.
Genres: War TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-21
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The Castle of Crossed Destinies
2012-12-22
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
Overview: In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun. Based on the 4th-6th volumes in the manga series "Ooku" by Fumi Yoshinaga.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-12-22
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FLY！～平凡なキセキ～
2012-03-10
FLY！～平凡なキセキ～
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-10
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