Yuko Takeuchi
Biography: Yuko Takeuchi (竹内 結子 Takeuchi Yūko, born April 1, 1980 in Saitama, Saitama, Japan) was a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's Asadora television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She has gone on to star in many TV shows, movies, and commercials.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 01, 1980
Deathday: September 27, 2020
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Ring
1998-01-31
Ring
Overview: A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-31
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Resurrection
2003-01-18
Resurrection
Overview: When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-18
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Be with You
2004-10-30
Be with You
Overview: When two souls find one another, nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji after the loss of wife and mother Mio. Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the rains come." On the first anniversary of her passing, Takumi and Yuji are taking a walk in the woods when they come across a woman sheltering from a monsoon downpour.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-30
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Closed Note
2007-09-09
Closed Note
Overview: Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a inconspicuous mirror. In that compartment, Kae finds a notebook, that turns out to be a diary belonging to the previous tenant. Later that evening Kae starts to read the diary. The writer of the diary is Ibuki Mano, a young lady about to embark on her first year as an elementary school teacher. Ibuki is also in love with a man named Takashi, who may or may not hold similar feelings for Ibuki.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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Flowers
2010-06-12
Flowers
Overview: Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-12
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Golden Slumber
2010-01-30
Golden Slumber
Overview: When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer.
Genres: Action Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-30
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The Glorious Team Batista
2008-02-09
The Glorious Team Batista
Overview: Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged hearts. Normally this procedure has only a 60% success rate, but "Team Batista" has achieved a run of 26 straight successes....when suddenly 3 patients in a row die on the operating table. Very disturbed, the lead surgeon requests an independent investigation. The hospital turns to Dr. Taguchi who is a specialist in psychosomatic disorders who is shocked to at the assignment because she knows nothing in particular about surgery. Assured, however, that this very lack of insider specialized knowledge is in fact the "objectivity" required, she diligently begins to investigate in her own polite, but persistent manner.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-02-09
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1778 Stories of Me and My Wife
2011-01-16
1778 Stories of Me and My Wife
Overview: Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. Since that time, the couple has always been together and eventually married.One day, Setsuko complains of a stomach ache and is hospitalized. Sakutaro then learns that his wife has colon cancer. Sakutaro takes the advice from his doctor that laughter helps the immune system and proceeds to write a short story for his wife every day. At first, Setsuko was expected to live for only 1 more year, but she lived for 5 more years and Sakutaro eventually wrote 1,778 short stories for his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-16
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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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The World According to Chocolat
2007-10-13
The World According to Chocolat
Overview: This work is based on the 2007 Sony Ericsson Foma SO903i mobile advertising idea to extend into a 50-minute fantasy movie with Yuko Takeuchi as Chocolat who's younger sister Noriko met Chocolat's old boyfriend during a storm in a bus stop. They went to cafe and started reminiscing using their mobile phone about Chocolat's death 7 years earlier in an accident...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-13
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Heaven's Bookstore
2004-06-05
Heaven's Bookstore
Overview: Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-05
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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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Strawberry Night
2013-01-25
Strawberry Night
Overview: Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case ...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-25
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No More Cry
2009-11-14
No More Cry
Overview: Abandoned by his father as a boy, Yuta grows up as the foster son of a restaurant owner and takes over the restaurant at the owner's death. Cheery, always smiling, always helpful, Yuta is known as Yama-chan, the friend everyone turns to. When Yuta discovers he had a hitherto unknown baby brother, he sets out to track him down. But the baby brother, Yusuke, has grown up to be half of a successful comedy team, the Kinjo Brothers, and Yusuke's professional "brother" has just written a best-selling book about their adventures growing up together. Yuta's appearance on the scene threatens to reveal that the book is a complete fiction and to set all three "brothers" into conflict with each other.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-14
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Airport 2013
2014-05-02
Airport 2013
Overview: When there's a transfer flight delay, a put-upon ground staff worker at a small town airport has to deal with a family that has plenty of problems of their own. Shot in a single take, "Airport" focuses on familial and romantic relationships and the secrets that often hold them together.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-02
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The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
2009-03-07
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Overview: A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-07
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Midnight Eagle
2007-11-23
Midnight Eagle
Overview: A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan's Defense Force must reach the craft before the enemies do.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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Cape Nostalgia
2014-08-29
Cape Nostalgia
Overview: Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-29
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Spring Snow
2005-10-09
Spring Snow
Overview: Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-09
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Innocent World
1998-10-03
Innocent World
Overview: High school student Ami was born through a fertilization technique. Her brother is developmentally challenged and is immature for his age. They go on a trip and when they arrive at a clinic decide to stay with the doctor and his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-03
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Dog in a Sidecar
2007-06-23
Dog in a Sidecar
Overview: The film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a real-estate agent, while helping out the folksy proprietor of a neighborhood fishing pond. There she meets a shy girl who needs her help baiting a hook and reminds her of herself in the fourth grade.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-23
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014-01-19
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Overview: In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-19
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Revenge Court
2015-02-07
Revenge Court
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-07
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The Inerasable
2016-01-30
The Inerasable
Overview: A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-30
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Creepy
2016-06-18
Creepy
Overview: After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami asks him to reopen an old case.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-18
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The Magnificent Nine
2016-05-14
The Magnificent Nine
Overview: Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-14
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かもしれない女優たち
2015-06-23
かもしれない女優たち
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-23
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Night of the Shooting Stars
2003-04-12
Night of the Shooting Stars
Overview: Working long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami. Shogo's therapy visits for his muteness and blindness happen to frequently coincide with Kana's shift, which enables the nurse to get to know the handsome artist well enough to start falling in love with him. Fate intercedes, however, when Shogo is killed after being hit by a car - a development that utterly crushes Kana's will to live. Shogo's spirit is transported to heaven, where it is given the chance to return to Earth to assist Kana through her grieving and to renew her sense of faith in the world - with the only caveat being he cannot reveal his identity to Kana.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-12
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Kidan Piece of Darkness
2016-01-23
Kidan Piece of Darkness
Overview: Based on Fuyumi Ono's best-selling books, these 10 tales of spookiness by six Japanese horror directors are designed to chill viewers to the bone.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-23
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Cheap Flight!!
2013-03-01
Cheap Flight!!
Overview: Aizawa Miharu (Takeuchi Yuko) receives an order to work for Cherry's Airlines from major airline. Cherry's Airlines is a low cost, budget carrier. The concept for Cherry's Airlines is to provide little to no service, all for the lowest cost to the passenger. Miharu struggles with her new job, because she is trained to provide excellant service from her previous company. Miharu begins to feel gloomy from struggling with her amateur colleagues and against the low cost policy of her company. Nevertheless, Miharu works hard for Cherry's Airlines first flight.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-01
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles
2018-10-26
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Overview: Satoru is a young man with a warm heart. He has a cat named Nana, but, due to circumstances, he can't raise cat Nana anymore. He travels with Nana to find a person who will take care of Nana. During his travels, he meets various people like his childhood friend and his first love. His unknown past and secret are revealed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-26
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A Long Goodbye
2019-03-26
A Long Goodbye
Overview: Mari and Humi learn from their mother that their father has dementia on his 70th birthday. They help prepare their mother for his farewell and prepare themselves for the emotions to follow.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-26
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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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The 47 Rōnin in Debt
2019-11-22
The 47 Rōnin in Debt
Overview: Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai Kuranosuke Oishi decides to take revenge on Kira, planning an attack with the help of accountant Chosuke Yato… but they don't have enough in their budget.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-22
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Kamoshirenai Joyûtachi - 2016 -
2016-10-10
Kamoshirenai Joyûtachi - 2016 -
Overview: If actresses Hirosue Ryoko, Igawa Haruka and Saito Yuki chose different paths at the turning point in their lives, what kind of life would they be leading?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-10
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Strawberry Night
2010-11-13
Strawberry Night
Overview: Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-13
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The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -
2019-05-17
The Confidence Man JP - The Movie -
Overview: In Hong Kong, Dako, Boku-chan and Richard take a huge amount of money from people who are greedy.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-17
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Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
2013-01-26
Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
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Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-26
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Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
2015-11-28
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
Overview: "Box" Shuko Yoshino (played by Yuko Takeuchi), a researcher at a medical university, was suddenly hit in the head while working. When she woke up, she found herself locked in a sealed metal box. Ryota Murakami (played by Satoshi His Wife), a single office worker in "Glasses Bring Happiness", accidentally received a smart glasses. With the help of the glasses, he began to interact with the beautiful woman. Ayumu Miura (played by Mizuki Yamamoto); "Fierce House" Yukiko (Played by Miki Nakatani) Moved into a new house with her daughter Zhuli, but there seemed to be a terrible grudge living here; Hatsuno (played by Takashi Abe), the head of the financing department of "×", accidentally found a × on his forehead, but the people around him couldn't see it at all. Shotaro (played by Shinnosuke Manjima) is experiencing a difficult moment in life. When he was pushed to the extreme, he suddenly told the first lie in the world, and he and his two friends embarked on a magical journey.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-28
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The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
2020-07-23
The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
Overview: Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide), and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) target the Fuu Family for their next heist. Raymond Fuu, who was the head of the Fuu Family, passed away and he left behind 10 trillion yen. Dako, Boku-chan and Richard scheme to gain the inordinate inheritance. --asianwiki
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-23
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