Mickey Curtis
Biography: Mickey Curtis, born 23 July 1938, is a Japanese actor, singer, and TV celebrity. He began his entertainment career in 1958 as an actor, and later became a rockabilly singer. In 1967, he became internationally known through his avant-garde rock band "Mickey Curtis & The Samurai". After five years, Mickey disbanded the group and returned to Japan in 1972, where he began producing other musicians. He speaks Japanese, English, French, German, Italian and Thai fluently. His birth name was Brian Kachisu, from a Japanese father, and Canadian mother. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mickey Curtis , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: July 23, 1938
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Known For
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
2001-09-01
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
Overview: The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren't the only ones hunting him.
Genres: Action Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-01
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Fires on the Plain
1959-11-03
Fires on the Plain
Overview: In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-11-03
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Paper Moon
2014-01-07
Paper Moon
Overview: Rinka Umezawa is a housewife who pursues things that will bring her small happiness in life. Her husband Masabumi holds a stern belief that he will support his wife Rinka. The couple do not have children. Rinka begins to work part-time at a bank. She visits her clients' homes. Sometimes, she even helps her elderly clients' with their house chores. This builds a strong level of trust with her clients. One day, she visits client Kojo Hirabayashi's. At his home, she meets his grandchild Kota who came to ask for money. Her encounter with Kota changes her. Soon, Rinka embezzles one hundred million yen from her bank and runs away. Two years later, Rinka's former high school friends Yuko Okazaki and Aki Nakaji trace her embezzlement case and face their own darkness.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-07
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Blues Harp
1998-07-15
Blues Harp
Overview: Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards growing jealousy of Chuji.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-15
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Yakuza Demon
2003-06-25
Yakuza Demon
Overview: Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto is unable to pay his share of funds for the oncoming battle but tells executives of the Family that he would fight at the front line instead. In the wish to protect Muto, Seiji has him arrested by the police. Ignoring the Family executives' mocks of "Muto escaped to prison", Seiji prepares for the battle and attacks like a demon on behalf of his boss...
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-25
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Cafe Isobe
2008-07-05
Cafe Isobe
Overview: Sakiko is a typical teenager in many ways. She hates her divorced father, who chases after every skirt he sees. She does not know, if she will ever be loved by the other sex. When her dad suddenly inherits a lot of money and becomes really lazy, she hates him even more. He finally decides to start his own cafe, where Sakiko, of course has to help. From this moment, strange customers and good-looking waitresses form the center of tension between father and daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-05
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Deadball
2011-07-23
Deadball
Overview: Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has been sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory for hardened criminals. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of her sadistic assistant, Ilsa. After arriving at the hellhole, Jubeh soon learns from governor Mifune that his long-lost, younger brother Musashi had also done time there after a murder spree, but had since died mysteriously…
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-07-23
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Bounce Ko Gals
1997-10-18
Bounce Ko Gals
Overview: Filmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Jonko runs a group of high school girls involved in paid dating, Raku is a street dancer, and Togo was brought up in the US and back in Japan for one year wants to escape to New York. Their contact with the world of talent scouts and yakuza places them in danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-18
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A Charming Devil
1965-05-15
A Charming Devil
Overview: Movie adaptation of the TV series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-05-15
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Desperado Outpost
1959-10-06
Desperado Outpost
Overview: When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-10-06
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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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Princess in an Iron Helmet
2006-02-04
Princess in an Iron Helmet
Overview: Tamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother, and simply refuses to grow up. Ever since her father left the family, she's stopped trusting people, and now lounges around in her own small, claustrophobic world. Wearing an iron helmet whenever she steps outside, she ventures only to her mom's beauty salon, the mechanic shop, and the bakery - the source of her greatest joy in life, sweet buns. Her world is static, insular, and safe, and there's no need to change - that is until her cat runs away, the bakery closes, and her mom falls in love with another man.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-04
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8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
1992-06-04
8 Man - For All Lonely Nights
Overview: After Tokyo police officer Yokoda is killed in the line of duty, his chief decides give Yokoda's body to Dr. Tani for use in a secret scientific experiment: Yokoda's brain will be transplanted into a super-powered robot body, making him into an unstoppable policeman of the future. The supercop develops problems, however, when he begins to remember his human past. Then there is the matter of Dr. Tani's other cyborg, who has become a super-powered homicidal maniac.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-04
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Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters
2008-06-12
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters
Overview: Set in World War II, the film depicts the story of the real-life Japanese battleship, the Yamato, which is confronted in the Pacific Ocean by giant monsters, including the most fearsome of them all, Reigo.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-12
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Wild Life
1997-04-05
Wild Life
Overview: An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn't understand. Before long he's caught between two yakuza bosses and a mysterious thief who motivation is unknown. Add in the boss' daughter who has a crush on him and watch him struggle to make sense of it all and come out alive.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-05
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Jazz Daimyo
1986-04-19
Jazz Daimyo
Overview: Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-19
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NINE-ONE - The Legend of Kunoichi Youju
1995-06-23
NINE-ONE - The Legend of Kunoichi Youju
Overview: It's the fate of a Kunoichi to bear a child. What are the "monsters" that attack the revived Kunoichi warriors of the modern age?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-23
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Balloon 2
1995-07-08
Balloon 2
Overview: Second Fuusen movie that has absolutely nothing to do with the prior Fuusen movie.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-07-08
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Karaoke Terror
2003-11-08
Karaoke Terror
Overview: One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-08
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Good-bye Debussy
2013-01-26
Good-bye Debussy
Overview: 16-year-old Haruka lost the people she loved the most in a fire. Haruka is also physically and emotionally wounded from the fire, but she still dreams of becoming a pianist. She takes part in an upcoming competition. Inauspicious incidents then occur around her. Musical student Yosuke, who teaches piano to Haruka, tries to solve the case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-26
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Swallowtail Butterfly
1996-09-14
Swallowtail Butterfly
Overview: The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
Genres: Drama Crime Music Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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Noroime
2000-12-01
Noroime
Overview: A woman is slaughtered. The police suspect her colleague named Kayo of the murder. But Kayo's blind young brother Seiji gives evidence in favor of Kayo. And more someone whom Kayo has a grudge against are massacred. Kayo tries to solve the mystery.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-01
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Kamikaze Taxi
1995-04-29
Kamikaze Taxi
Overview: A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-04-29
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We're No Angels 2
1993-12-24
We're No Angels 2
Overview: Joe and his delivery company friends are back. This time they become embroiled in the evil plot of a corrupt politician.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-24
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Big Shots Die at Dawn
1961-04-09
Big Shots Die at Dawn
Overview: An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-04-09
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H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories
2007-08-28
H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories
Overview: In the bleak, disturbing and suspenseful universe of H.P. Lovecraft, endless horrors await. From ravaging cannibals to ancient rituals come to life, there's no escape for these hapless souls, whether they come across the Danwich outskirts or even the gruesome cover of the Necronomicon.
Genres: Horror Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-28
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Forget Me Not
2015-03-28
Forget Me Not
Overview: Takashi Hayama is a third year high school student. He falls in love with Azusa Oribe at first sight and they begin to date. One day, Azusa tells Takashi "people who meet me, forget about me several hours later." Takashi doesn't believe Azusa, but by chance he realizes that he forgot about Azusa. So he won't forget Azusa, Takashi begins to leave a note for himself and Azusa.
Genres: Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-28
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Yokohama Story
2013-11-16
Yokohama Story
Overview: 25-year-old Nanami is managing an amateur band. She is broke, cannot pay her rent, and the singer has run off. Yoshinori is 65. His wife dies the day before his retirement. Having suddenly lost everything, he becomes desperate. After the two accidentally meet, Nanami moves into Yoshinori's place and invites a few other people to become their flatmates – the beginning of an extraordinary life together.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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Agitator
2001-10-28
Agitator
Overview: When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-28
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Out-of-range Woman (Director's Cut)
2008-08-27
Out-of-range Woman (Director's Cut)
Overview: Riding a scooter with Seven left at home, Keita went on a solo trip. Along the way, he meets a mysterious woman. She behaves strangely and elusively. Keita's scooter broke down, and he has to stay overnight at a hot spring inn. A strong yakuza gives him mysterious advice. (director's cut for episodes 19 and 20 of the 'Cellphone Investigator 7' TV show).
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-27
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Keita's First Dream of the New Year (Director's Cut)
2009-01-07
Keita's First Dream of the New Year (Director's Cut)
Overview: Under Anchor Headquarters is strictly off limits to all outsiders to protect the confidentiality of their activities. However, one day at lunchtime, Chigusa allowed the agents to "deliver", and this iron rule collapsed. Each of them was excited about the first event and asked for what they liked. However, the Chinese restaurant that received a sudden large order took a lot of time to cook, and there is no sign that it will arrive even after the lunch break. With so much hunger and impatience, the agents gradually get angry. Meanwhile, the news of a large-scale cyber attack arrived at the Kasumigaseki Central Information Management Center. (Director's cut of episode 35 of the Cellphone Investigator 7 TV show).
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-07
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Girls Behind Bars
1960-07-31
Girls Behind Bars
Overview: A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a lodge during a blizzard. This ski action romp has the tempo of a musical, and Okamoto Kihachi's style is on full display. Tsuruta Koji makes a special appearance as a senior member of the mountain club.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-07-31
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Fishing Master
2002-03-08
Fishing Master
Overview: This film depicts the battle of a man with miraculous bass fishing skills. Rei Kurokami, also known as the "Bass Eraser", stands up to restore the lake, whose ecosystem has changed due to the construction of Leisure Land.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-03-08
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001-11-03
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Overview: A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-03
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The Big Boss
1959-01-15
The Big Boss
Overview: Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-15
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Gunhed
1989-07-22
Gunhed
Overview: High-concept Sci-Fi adventure about an island that actually is a computer called Kyron 5, itself created to design and manufacture super-advanced robots to be used as slaves for the rest of the world. One day Kyron decides that human beings are unnecessary, so it declares war on the world. But Kyron cannot be tamed, and after many lives are lost in the attempt, mankind decides to leave Kyron to its own devices.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-07-22
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Pro Golfer Oribe 2: Par is Fine
1994-05-14
Pro Golfer Oribe 2: Par is Fine
Overview: The second film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-05-14
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Fishing Master 2
2002-07-12
Fishing Master 2
Overview: The continued adventures of fishing master Rei Kurokami, as he tries to protect his local lake and friends from yakuza and land developers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-12
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The Man Who Got Picked Up by a Stray Cat
2019-02-23
The Man Who Got Picked Up by a Stray Cat
Overview: A man working for a publishing company becomes unable to force himself to go to work anymore. His wife is about to get fed up with him, when he happens to meet a black stray cat in a park. It's thanks to the cat that his life is slowly starting to change for the better.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-23
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Drowning Love
2016-11-05
Drowning Love
Overview: Natsume Mochizuki works as a teen model in Tokyo, but she learns that she has to move to her father's hometown of Ukigumo. She is in a desperate situation because she can't do the things she wants to do in Ukigumo. One day, she meets Koichiro Hasegawa. He is the successor of the Hasegawa family. His family is wealthy and is respected in the area. Natsume Mochizuki and Koichiro Hasegawa become attracted to each other, but something changes their fate.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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Blueprint of Murder
1961-01-03
Blueprint of Murder
Overview: Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-01-03
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The Last Gunfight
1960-01-03
The Last Gunfight
Overview: Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-01-03
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Bright Young Maidens
1958-10-07
Bright Young Maidens
Overview: In order to get Kanako (Izumi Yukimura) married, her mother places a rental listing in the student medical school newsletter and attempts to find a suitable lodger who will catch the eye of her daughter.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-10-07
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In a Lonely Planet
2011-01-01
In a Lonely Planet
Overview: Mari lives a comfortable life as a single woman. She has a nice job at a company and resides in an apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. A couple lives next to door to her. Mari can hear them argue or making happy conversations everyday. One night, when Mari comes back home, she sees her next door neighbor sitting in front of his door and shivering from the cold. He locked himself out.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Tokyo Dragon
1997-11-22
Tokyo Dragon
Overview: When I was young, Takato Kuroda took a hand at seeing "Qi" at my grandfather Shigaru who was a great feng shui, but since I closed my eyes with fear, I could not see myself ever since. From the complex with respect to the deceased grandfather, Dragon has developed a software to look at attention with computers, and has an office of management consultant. This summer, Tokyo was suffering from extreme weather which rain continues for over 20 days, and urban function was deprived. One day, a who visited an old shop owner and Suzuki with an introduction of an owner and Yazaki ...
Genres: Fantasy Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-11-22
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Sasuke and His Comedians
1963-12-11
Sasuke and His Comedians
Overview: Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical powers he says came from a meteor that crashed onto the Earth…
Genres: Fantasy Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1963-12-11
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Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch
2018-01-27
Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch
Overview: A quiet woman receives a social media request from a middle-school friend, who she doesn’t remember fondly. The two meet at a hotel’s restaurant where they find a room numbered 666 containing Rokuroku, a long-neck woman wearing a red kimono.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-27
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Lily Festival
2001-08-26
Lily Festival
Overview: Sachi Hamano's Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies' sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-08-26
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Korekara monogatari - Shonen tachi no buruusu
1988-12-18
Korekara monogatari - Shonen tachi no buruusu
Overview: 片や会社の社長でデザイナー、片やスポーツマンでモデルという道を歩む生まれも育ちも異なる2人の高校生の友情を描く。 One is a designer and company president, the other an athlete and model. Although on different paths in life and from different backgrounds, in high school these two were once good friends. This movie tells the story of their friendship.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-18
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Love on the Rainbow
1965-03-31
Love on the Rainbow
Overview: A seamstress seeks the love of her life while helping a troubled couple.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1965-03-31
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Go for Broke
1985-07-13
Go for Broke
Overview: At a Japanese school, a desperate student council struggles with a recurring problem. The aggressive and relentless members of the Yagyu biker gang stop by the school each semester to beat up the kids, steal their lunch money and vandalize their belongings. The kids want to fight back but realize they're too weak and undermanned against the bikers, and so they hire a handful of tough gals to train and defend them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-13
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Izo
2004-09-07
Izo
Overview: Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-07
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Until I Meet September's Love
2019-03-01
Until I Meet September's Love
Overview: Shiori has just moved to a new apartment. One evening, she hears a mysterious voice that claims to be "from the future" asking her to trail Susumu Hirano, who lives next door. Shiori in an attempt to solver the mystery began to investigating more and more about Hirano until she gets attracted to him.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-01
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Custom Made 10.30
2005-10-29
Custom Made 10.30
Overview: Sisters "Manamo" and "Minamo" live separately in Hiroshima and London since the divorce of their parents. The elder sister Manamo lives in Hiroshima with her mother, she is a high school student, but moonlights at a Japanese cabaret-club. After her mother remarries and moves to Yamaguchi Prefecture, Manamo lives by herself in Hiroshima. One day, her younger sister Minamo returns from London to visit Manamo. It is ten years since they have lived together, and they argue every day.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-29
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After the Storm
2016-05-21
After the Storm
Overview: Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-21
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Survival Family
2016-12-12
Survival Family
Overview: A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-12
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The Big Wave
1961-04-02
The Big Wave
Overview: Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves on the other. Yukio's younger sister Setsu follows then and dreams of becoming a pearl diver. Toru is preparing to go fishing with his father when a bell tolls and a danger flag is hung high on the hill behind the village to warn of an impending tidal wave by the village patriarch, known as Old Gentleman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-02
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Tengu gaiden
2007-06-27
Tengu gaiden
Overview: A young girl meets a strange Old Monk.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-27
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God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
2013-06-28
God Tongue: Kiss Pressure Game The Movie
Overview: Hitori Gekidan gets off a crew bus, assuming he will participate in a travel program. He overhears people in the monitoring room announce the beginning of the "24 Hour Kiss Pressure Game." He is then assaulted by attractive actresses pleading for a kiss as well as deadly mercenaries and zombies attempting to kidnap him. Soon he grasps his character and situation. He is Shogo Kawashima aka The Desert Reaper and he is on the run with Aoi Tsukasa (Aoi Tsukasa). For unknown reasons, the Red Shadow, who raised him, wants him back.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-28
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Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2013-09-14
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Overview: In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-14
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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
1999-11-07
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Overview: Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-07
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Bikuu: The Movie
2015-11-14
Bikuu: The Movie
Overview: Bikuu is a Dark Slasher that receives an order from the Senate to take out a rogue priest that has fallen to the darkness, claiming souls using the Soul Insertion technique.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-14
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Mother Country
1962-04-29
Mother Country
Overview: In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the subtroipical climate, the immigrants have to cope with a hard life. But after years of hard work, Yoshio finds work as a teacher while his wife manages to open a small grocery store. But with the war around the corner, life becomes more and more complicated for the Japanese immigrants in a foreign country.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-04-29
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Labyrinth of Cinema
2020-07-31
Labyrinth of Cinema
Overview: When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
Genres: History Fantasy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-31
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The Stupid Teacher
2000-09-30
The Stupid Teacher
Overview: Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-09-30
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Operation Sewer Rats
1962-06-01
Operation Sewer Rats
Overview: Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1962-06-01
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Oshimai no hi
2000-01-15
Oshimai no hi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-15
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She's Just a Shadow
2019-07-19
She's Just a Shadow
Overview: A crime family becomes entangled in a vicious gang war while a serial killer cuts a swath through Tokyo.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-19
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Spring Special
2014-04-05
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Spring Special
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Genres: Mystery Drama Fantasy Science Fiction Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-04-05
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9-NINE
2000-11-04
9-NINE
Overview: Adventures and romances of a young pool hustler in Shibuya.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-04
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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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Pandora's Box
2009-10-10
Pandora's Box
Overview: After Japan's defeat in WWII, "Pandora no hako" follows a young man named Risuke (Shota Sometani) who has contracted tuberculosis. He travels to the countryside to a unique nursing facility to receive treatment for his disease. At the sanatorium all the patients and nurses go by nicknames and Risuke decides to reinvent himself as Hibari. During his stay, Hibari develops realationships with other patients and nurses. After Hibari's friend Tsuikushi (Yosuke Kubozuka) gets discharged from the nursing facility, Hibari writes to him about his relationships with Dakesang (Mieko Kawakami) the chief nurse and Mabo (Riisa Naka) another nurse that is bright and seems to like him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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The Laughing Frog
2002-07-06
The Laughing Frog
Overview: A woman has a fine life with rewarding work, a nice house, and a serious boyfriend in the lowlands of Japan. In walks her long lost husband who years ago disappeared and abandoned her. The wife allows her lost husband to secretly live in her house. More specifically, he lives in the wife's closet. The closet has a peep hole, so he does nothing day and night but watch his wife live her life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-06
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Nine-One II
1996-07-26
Nine-One II
Overview: An erotic bizarre action in which the three sisters of the Ijuin family, descendants of Kunoichi, fight against the hostile Mao Noichi clan.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-26
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Those Who Would Be Einstein
1994-10-14
Those Who Would Be Einstein
Overview: This odd three-parter purports to map the metaphysics of the interpersonal universe, dividing its trio of tales into three, different-toned “planets.”
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-14
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Action Captain Legend: Blood Pact
2003-08-30
Action Captain Legend: Blood Pact
Overview: The fate of three men who have lived as brothers since childhood
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-30
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Every Trick In The Book
2021-08-27
Every Trick In The Book
Overview: Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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Cinema Angel
2015-10-31
Cinema Angel
Overview: A 122 year old movie theater is going to be closed. The staff members, visitors and friends of the old cinema will see the last days of the building and it's history. Then the appearance of a mysterious old man triggers confusion.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-31
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The Elderly Person's Love: Sumo Wrestler of Paper
2010-10-02
The Elderly Person's Love: Sumo Wrestler of Paper
Overview: Having lost his wife, elderly Shogo lives alone in the countryside. Beginning to show signs of dementia, he receives the care of a young helper named Yumi. As he grows closer to Yumi, he begins to see in her his late wife.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-02
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劇場版エンドレスアフェア 終わりなき情事
2014-10-11
劇場版エンドレスアフェア 終わりなき情事
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-11
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One Summer's Day
1999-07-03
One Summer's Day
Overview: Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding relationship between a young lad and an eccentric old man. Fifth-grader Yuta (Takuro Atsugi) is a typical city child looking forward to a summer of reading comic books and playing video games. Instead, he is bundled off to his grandparent's house on the Inland Sea. His grandfather, Yuta's parents explain, has been acting strangely as of late -- he eats the offerings in the family altar and once tried to lead attendants at a funeral in a rousing round of calisthenics. Since his mother and father are swamped with work, and his elder sister (Nana Sano) is studying for college entrance exams, Yuta has been asked to look after Grandpa. The old man takes Yuta on a tour of Onomichi, regaling him with 70 years of its history. Along the way, Grandpa slips in and out of the past, increasingly unable to discern between the two.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-03
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Fudoh: The New Generation
1996-10-12
Fudoh: The New Generation
Overview: In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-12
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