Masako Motai
Biography: Born in Shibuya, Tokyo. A Japanese actress joined in Shasha Co.. Started acting in around 1972, created an acting band called Gekidan Sanjyumaru with Eri Watanabe in 1979. At the time she was directing, yet she began to act later on. In 1984, she played a role of a teacher in a TV drama called "Takeshi's Gakumon no Susume". In 1985, she started appearing in many TV dramas and shows such as "OH! Takeshi" and "Haru no Hato" etc.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 17, 1952
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Kamome Diner
2006-06-11
Kamome Diner
Overview: On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-06-11
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Glasses
2007-09-22
Glasses
Overview: An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-22
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Gemini
1999-09-15
Gemini
Overview: When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-15
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The Exam
1999-07-03
The Exam
Overview: Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-03
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After All, I Love Cats the Three Onda Sisters’ Great Kyoto Troubles
1990-10-21
After All, I Love Cats the Three Onda Sisters’ Great Kyoto Troubles
Overview: 1990 Original Video
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-21
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Toilet
2010-08-28
Toilet
Overview: A 30-something Gundam fan and engineer is forced to live with his recluse brother Maury and younger sister Lisa to take care of their Japanese grandmother after their mother's funeral.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-28
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Space Girl Morumo 1/10
1987-05-04
Space Girl Morumo 1/10
Overview: Fuji Television film based on the manga of the same name by Hiroshi Aro.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-05-04
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Akko's Secret
2012-08-31
Akko's Secret
Overview: 5th-grader Atsuko Kagami, nicknamed Akko, comes into possession of a magical mirror that lets her transform into anything she wishes. Wanting to grow up beautiful, she gets a job at a cosmetics company, and finds true love. What will Akko do to keep the company afloat and her secrets hidden? Only her technical magical compact can help!
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-31
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Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
2006-08-19
Hanada Shonenshi the Movie: Spirits and the Secret Tunnel
Overview: Ichiro Hanada is a mischievous boy who gains the ability to see and talk to ghosts after a near-death experience. (live-action adaptation of the manga )
Genres: Mystery Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-19
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Pool
2009-09-12
Pool
Overview: A story of 6 days with 5 people gathered around a small sparkling pool at Chiang Mai in Thailand. 4 years ago, Kyoko started to live in Thailand and has been working in a Guest house outside in Chiang Mai, leaving her mother and her daughter Sayo, in Japan. Just before the graduation of University, Sayo sets foot on Thailand to visit her mother with mixed feelings. However, emotional experiences with the people living there changes such feelings toward her mother.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-12
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Mother Water
2010-10-30
Mother Water
Overview: Blessed with several large rivers, interconnected streams and springs, Japan's ancient capital, Kyoto, anoints the land with a bountiful source of water. In this tranquil setting, three women join the flow of a small community with the subtle presence of a spring breeze. Setsuko , the proprietor of a whiskey-only bar; Takako, the owner of a coffee shop along the waterway; Hatsumi, a maker of tofu so delicious it seems to spring forth from the clear water. Under their subtle influence, other townspeople gradually begin their own streams too: Yamanoha, a local worker for a furniture workshop; Otome, the owner of a neighborhood public bath; Jin, a young man who assists him at the bath; Makoto, a wayfarer about the town. Among their daily lives, there is Poplar, a small child with a perpetually friendly smile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-30
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I Just Didn't Do It
2007-01-20
I Just Didn't Do It
Overview: A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-20
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Beijing Watermelon
1989-11-18
Beijing Watermelon
Overview: Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters Li, a poor college student from China.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-11-18
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Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992-12-19
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
Overview: A comedy about a young woman who has terminal cancer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-19
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Round About Midnight
1999-11-06
Round About Midnight
Overview: While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-06
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The Choice of Hercules
2002-05-11
The Choice of Hercules
Overview: When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-11
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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
2012-01-21
Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
Overview: The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-21
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Teacher and Stray Cat
2015-01-28
Teacher and Stray Cat
Overview: Following the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat called Mii, who was being fed by his wife, not only continues to drop by, but also seems to be visiting the altar Kyoichi has set up for his deceased wife. While uncomfortable with the cat and its visits, he nonetheless takes up a search when Mii goes missing. The endeavour connects him with the town's folk and reveals that he is not alone.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-28
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The Mohican Comes Home
2016-04-09
The Mohican Comes Home
Overview: Eikichi left his hometown in Hiroshima for Tokyo. He tried to find success with his music band, but failed. Several years later, Eikichi goes home to tell his father, Osamu, that his girlfriend is pregnant. His father curses him out, but he is also excited to have a grandchild. Osamu has a party to celebrate the news, but, at the party, he collapses and goes to the hospital. Eikichi struggles to make his father happy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-09
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Yoshino's Barber Shop
2004-04-10
Yoshino's Barber Shop
Overview: In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day, a drastic change occurs when a transfer student with bleached hair comes from Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-10
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Many Happy Returns
1993-11-20
Many Happy Returns
Overview: Kazuo encounters a religious group travelling around Japan performing "miracles". He discovers they are fakes, but is intrigued by the showmanship of the group, and becomes involved with them. The group is split into two, some members concentrating on spiritual teachings, and the others using the facade of religion to make money. The business faction dismiss the old spiritual master and choose Kazuo to lead their group.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-20
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Four Days of Snow and Blood
1989-06-17
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Overview: Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-17
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Love Is Five Seven Five
2005-03-26
Love Is Five Seven Five
Overview: A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournament.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-26
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Mountain Days with Tom
2015-12-26
Mountain Days with Tom
Overview: Hana, Toki and Toki’s daughter Toshi begin to live in the countryside. Hana’s nephew Akira, who just graduated from middle school, also lives with them. Doing farm work everyday, Hana and Toki get used to life in the countryside with help from couple Gen and Shiori. One day, Toshi and Akira decide to raise a cat to catch rats. A cat named Tom then begins to live with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-26
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Always - Sunset on Third Street
2005-11-11
Always - Sunset on Third Street
Overview: Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer Junnosuke strive alongside them in postwar Tokyo's evolution.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-11
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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
2007-11-03
Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Overview: Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with Junnosuke, an orphan he's taken under his wing at the urging of pretty Hiroi, who continues to manage a nearby tavern. Chagawa dreams of publishing a successful novel and settling down with Hiroi and Junnosuke, but his day job running the candy store keeps him busy, and Hiroi mistakes his tight schedule for a lack of interest in her. Hiroi has also embarked on a secret career as a burlesque dancer, which isn't doing much to improve her opinion of men. At the Suzuki household, seven-year-old Ippei isn't happy to be sharing the house with a guest, his distant cousin Mika who is the same age but far more demanding. Mutsuko, the apprentice female auto mechanic, is still staying with the Suzukis, and she's becomes the object of the affections of Takeo, a downbeat young man who is studying cooking.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-03
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BECK
2010-09-04
BECK
Overview: Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-04
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Last Friends
1995-06-03
Last Friends
Overview: Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared for the hardships of war. Through their shared trials and sacrifices, they grow closer as friends, and hope to return together to better days. This movie was released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-03
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Hello, Goodbye
2017-07-15
Hello, Goodbye
Overview: Hazuki and Aoi are classmates but their relationship outside class is fraught, and outside school non-existent. But when both girls are drawn to helping an elderly woman, they're forced to interact, confronting their differences and similarities as well as their deepest secrets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-15
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Tokyo Oasis
2011-10-22
Tokyo Oasis
Overview: In Tokyo, actress Touko leaves the filming set of her latest project and comes across three people by random chance: she gives a ride to a man named Nagano, whom she has never met before; at a small theater, runs into Kikuchi, a former screenwriter; lastly, meets Yasuko at the zoo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-22
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Nekonade
2008-06-28
Nekonade
Overview: The highly disciplined human resources manager Taro Onizuka starts to heal and change as he raises the kitten he found in a park.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-28
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À la carte Company
1987-05-10
À la carte Company
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-05-10
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Yume Camera 2
1987-03-02
Yume Camera 2
Overview: Second part of the Fujiko Fujio omnibus TV drama special production.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-02
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