Emi Wakui
Biography: Emi Wakui is a Japanese actress. She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 1994 Best Actress award for her performance in Rainbow Bridge, and the 1992 awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer for her performance as Seiko Kawashima in My Sons.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 08, 1970
Deathday: N/A
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The Taste of Tea
2004-07-17
The Taste of Tea
Overview: A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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The Lady Shogun and Her Men
2010-10-01
The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Overview: In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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Robo-G
2012-01-14
Robo-G
Overview: Three engineers cannot make a robot work in time for a science show, and hire a man to inhabit the robot's shell to save their jobs. The robot's performance at the show attracts media attention and scrutiny from a science student.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-14
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The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
2008-12-14
The Silent Sword: Loyalty and Honor
Overview: Keinosuke (Masakazu Tamura) is a ronin (wandering samurai) who lives on the streets although he is a nobleman. There’s just one woman in this world that he loves, Shiho (Emi Wakui) but when he meets her again, she is already someone else’s wife. Her husband is a key person in the Chushingura incident. Love reignites between Keinosuke and Shiho but they get caught up in the spiral of fate of the Chushingura incident...
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-14
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Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love
2023-11-23
Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love
Overview: People of Saitama Prefecture, who have been persecuted by Tokyoites for a long time, stand up for their freedom. Thanks to Momomi Hakuhodo (Fumi Nikaido) and the Saitama Liberation Front, laissez-passer is abolished. The people of Saitama Prefecture can once again enjoy their peaceful daily lives, but the Saitama Liberation Front heads toward its next goal. This leads to a big case.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-23
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022
2022-01-09
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022
Overview: Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022 is a continuation of the Hissatsu Shigotonin series. This was the SP released in 2022.
Genres: Drama Crime History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-09
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Angel, My Song Is Your Song
1992-11-07
Angel, My Song Is Your Song
Overview: A young man finds out that his ex-lover has only one week left to live, and with the help of angels, he scrambles to change his fate. A love story in which popular actor Yuji Oda starred in 1992 during his big break.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-11-07
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Anmitsu Hime
2008-01-06
Anmitsu Hime
Overview: At age 16, a tomboy princess, Princess Anmitsu, has no love interest in her life and worries her parents. Despite their concern, Anmitsu runs away from the castle to venture into the commoners' life. During her daring adventure, she befriends a group of children who make a living by pick-pocketing. At the same time, she finally meets her prince charming Senbei, the leader of the group. However, she soon finds herself in an awkward position when she learns of the children's new plot: they are planning to steal the treasures from her own castle. Will she be able to put a stop to it without revealing her true identity?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-06
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Birthday Present
1995-10-28
Birthday Present
Overview: Japanese film directed by Michio Mitsuno.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-28
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必殺仕事人2020
2020-06-28
必殺仕事人2020
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-06-28
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スペシャルドラマ 必殺仕事人
2018-01-07
スペシャルドラマ 必殺仕事人
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-07
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必殺仕事人2019
2019-03-10
必殺仕事人2019
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-10
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必殺仕事人2015
2015-11-19
必殺仕事人2015
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-19
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必殺仕事人2014
2014-07-27
必殺仕事人2014
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-27
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必殺仕事人2016
2016-09-25
必殺仕事人2016
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-25
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必殺仕事人2013
2013-02-17
必殺仕事人2013
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-17
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必殺仕事人2013
2013-02-17
必殺仕事人2013
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Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-17
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My Sons
1991-10-12
My Sons
Overview: Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-10-12
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Boat to the Moon
2014-10-04
Boat to the Moon
Overview: At a small station in a very small town somewhere in Japan, a woman with eyes as beautiful as the sky, sits at a bench. A man comes to the same station to get a train back to the city, and here he meets this beautiful lady but finds that she is blind. This movie tells the fantasy love story of a day where a man and woman meet accidentally in a small town.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-04
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Nadeshiko Tai
2008-09-20
Nadeshiko Tai
Overview: The story is set in Chiran, Kagoshima, the site of a secret base used to launch kamikaze missions during the war. At the time, a group of young girls known as the Nadeshiko Tai were gathered to help out at the base. The drama will be part documentary and it is based on the experiences of 78-year-old Shoko Nagasaki, a survivor of the Nadeshiko Tai.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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Deadly Professional 2023
2023-01-08
Deadly Professional 2023
Overview: An epidemic is spreading through the towns of Edo – it spreads via people, and if you get the fever, your face will turn red like a demon, and then you will die. There is no cure in sight, and people’s anxiety is increasing.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-08
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Princess Toyotomi
2011-05-28
Princess Toyotomi
Overview: National Audit Bureau member Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) & Asahi Gainsbourg (Masaki Okada) travel from their homebase of Tokyo to the city of Osaka. Their mission is to discover any financial irregularities & to ensure the correct use of federal money in the Osaka city government. Their initial audits go smoothly, but things turn more interesting once they enter the Karahori shopping district - the area with a long history reaching back to the Meiji era.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-28
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Again
2015-01-17
Again
Overview: Mie’s father died during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. One day, she finds a bundle of unsent New Year’s cards, which languished there for 28 years. To find out why the cards were never sent, Mie tracks down Haruhiko Sakacho. Haruhiko played on the same high school baseball team with her father. Mie eventually gathers together her father's former teammates to play in the Masters Koshien (a senior league baseball tournament). Mie also uncovers a truth about her father and the baseball team.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-17
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All's Quiet on the Recruit Front
1991-06-22
All's Quiet on the Recruit Front
Overview: New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials. Interviews, tests and activities with odd ideas are carried out. Ohara looks successful in getting an offer from a famous TV station but he is surprised to know he is being set up. With his intelligence, he soon gets the offer, but things never go the way as expected...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-06-22
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School Wars: Hero
2004-09-18
School Wars: Hero
Overview: Set in the mid-1970s, the film is based on the true story of Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, a teacher and former Japanese international rugby union player, who turned-around a failing high school in Kyoto, giving special attention to the rugby team, which included the most disruptive students among its members.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-18
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Last Cop The Movie
2017-05-03
Last Cop The Movie
Overview: Based on the German TV series "Der letzte Bulle."
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-03
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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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MAKOTO
2005-02-19
MAKOTO
Overview: Based on the comic by Mamora Goda.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-19
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Hissatsu shigotonin 2009
2009-01-04
Hissatsu shigotonin 2009
Overview: This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-04
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
2018-09-01
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Overview: After his classmate and crush is diagnosed with a pancreatic disease, an average high schooler sets out to make the most of her final days.
Genres: Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-01
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Strawberry Song
2019-07-05
Strawberry Song
Overview: Kota runs into his old friend Chika on the anniversary of their friend's death. They plan to meet again in a year, but their feelings are complicated.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-05
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012
2012-02-19
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012
Overview: This show is based on the jidaigeki TV series “Hissatsu Shigotonin,” which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. Shigotonin is a group of hired assassins to bring justice to those who were able to escape the long arm of the law. Noriyuki Higashiyama and Masahiro Matsuoka return from the 2009 special. Emi Wakui and Koki Tanaka are new in this TV movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-19
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
2007-07-07
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Overview: A violent fire one evening kills a husband and wife couple and burns their Kazusaya rice shop to ashes. Their daughter Sachi manages to make it out alive, but she claims the fire was set by henchmen from the rival Harimaya shop who abducted her sister. After policeman Watanabe Shogoro hears her story, he begins investigating the case, but desperate to avenge her parents' deaths, Sachi later enlists the aid of a mysterious woman who offers to kill Harimaya for a price. Watanabe soon discovers that there is more to this case than meets the eye.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-07-07
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Anmitsu Hime 2
2009-01-11
Anmitsu Hime 2
Overview: The second Anmitsu Hime TV-movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-11
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Rainbow Bridge
1993-10-09
Rainbow Bridge
Overview: Set in Edo-era Kyoto, this drama depicts the adolescent battles and the love between parents and children who are born and raised in the same tenement house.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-09
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The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
2021-01-22
The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Overview: Kosuke Mikado, who works at a bookstore, has been suffering from a peculiar constitution that ghosts can see from an early age. One day, Kosuke was invited by a exorcist, Rihito Hiyakawa, who came to the bookstore and decided to work with him. The two men, who were requested by the detective Hanzawa to investigate the serial murder case that occurred a year ago, eventually found a body, but the body was cursed. While searching for the truth, they often hear the voice of the murderer who committed suicide...
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-22
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Beppin Town
1989-10-18
Beppin Town
Overview: An amateur op (detective) with a career as a former legal instructor . From the search for a runaway daughter requested by Akiko "Beppin" to the murder case. A mystery drawn with a hard-boiled touch set in Kobe (some locations in Ashiya and Yokohama ). The scenery of Kobe before the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake is included in various background scenes, and you can see the buildings and scenery that can not be seen now.
Genres: Action Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-10-18
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God of Novels
2020-10-02
God of Novels
Overview: Ichiya Chitani (Taiki Sato) made his debut as a novelist when he was in middle school. His novels received severe criticisms and were not popular. Now, Ichiya Chitani is a high school student. His confidence as a writer is shot. One day, an editor proposes that Ichiya Chitani collaborate with his classmate Shiina Koyurugi (Kanna Hashimoto), who is a popular writer, on a novel. The editor wants a novel that can touch the hearts of people around the world. Ichiya Chitani and Shiina Koyurugi have completely different personalities and reside on different levels in terms of popularity as writers, collaborate on a new novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-02
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Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen
2012-10-15
Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen
Overview: Two men, a detective and a gang member, infiltrate each other's organization. Soon they find their fates intertwined.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-10-15
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Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
2012-10-27
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
Overview: This is the continuation and final part of Double Face SP, the Japanese remake of the highly successful 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. This special focuses on Police Inspector Takayama Ryosuke (Kagawa Teruyuki) who had been secretly supplying police information to the organized crime group, the Oda-gumi. Once a young street thug, Takayama was taken under the wing of Oda Hironari (Kohinata Fumiyo), the leader of Oda-gumi. Dressed, fed, and educated, Takayama was instructed to become a police officer and work as a mole for the group. Now, he is tasked to get close to Suenaga Mari (Aoi Yu), a daughter of an influential politician.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-10-27
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Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo
2004-07-17
Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo
Overview: Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo is a remake of a classic 1935 film of the same name by Yamanaka Sadao. Tange Sazen, the one-armd, one-eyed ex-samurai swordsman is the creation of Hayashi Fubo and was one of the most popular characters of the era. This remake is helmed by freshman director Tsuda Toshio, starring Toyokawa Etsushi as Sazen and Wakui Emi as Ofuji, his quick-witted wife. This marks the 34th film in the series of Tange Sazen, and involves an Urn that is worth a million Ryo!.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Radiation House: The Movie
2022-04-29
Radiation House: The Movie
Overview: Iori Igarashi works as a radiographer at a general hospital. He has been depressed, because An Amakasu, whom he loves, has decided to travel abroad to Washington Medical University to learn more as radiologist. The members of Radiation House encourages Iori. One day, An learns that her father is in serious condition. Her father was the only practicing doctor at a small clinic on a remote island. When An arrives, her father tells her to be a doctor who sees patients as a person and not a disease before he passed away. An decides to stay on the island because of a patient that her father cared about. A massive typhoon soon hits the island and a landslide then occurs. An unknown infectious disease spreads afterwards on the island. Iori knows that An is struggling on the remote island and he makes a decision for An and the residents of the island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-29
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010
2010-07-10
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-10
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