Makoto Togashi
Biography: Makoto Togashi is a Japanese actress known for her versatile performances in film and television. She began her acting career in the late 1990s and has since appeared in numerous productions. Notable film credits include Cure (1997), Memories of Matsuko (2006), and Guilty of Romance (2011), where she portrayed Mitsuko Ozawa. Togashi's work has been recognized for its depth and complexity, contributing significantly to contemporary Japanese cinema.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 05, 1973
Deathday: N/A
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Taboo
1999-12-18
Taboo
Overview: Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
Genres: Drama History Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-18
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THE LAST GOZE
2020-10-23
THE LAST GOZE
Overview: A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). Becoming a goze due to her blindness at seven-years-old, Haru was strictly trained with a parent's affection by her once kind mother, Tome.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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Inugami
2001-01-27
Inugami
Overview: Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.
Genres: Horror Romance Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-27
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Guilty of Romance
2011-09-30
Guilty of Romance
Overview: In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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Tomie: Replay
2000-02-11
Tomie: Replay
Overview: Infected with Tomie's blood, a surgeon disappears, leaving his daughter, Yumi, to try to discover Tomie's identity and to solve the mystery of her father's disappearance.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
2001-10-14
Jitsuroku Yozakura Ginji 2
Overview: Straight to video sequel
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-14
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Cure
1997-12-27
Cure
Overview: A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.
Genres: Crime Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-12-27
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Miss ZOMBIE
2013-09-14
Miss ZOMBIE
Overview: A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home - a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she seems harmless enough. Perhaps she can help clean up outside?
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-14
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Enclosed Pain
2000-11-25
Enclosed Pain
Overview: Yuri and Takumi are brother and sister who faced unusually harsh treatment by their father. An act of brutality keeps them extremely close together until an older couple occupy the house where their secret was buried.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-25
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Brother
2000-12-13
Brother
Overview: A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-13
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Walking Man
2019-10-11
Walking Man
Overview: Atomu (Shuhei Nomura) was raised by his mother in a poor environment. He is now a young adult, but he stutters and has timid personality. To support himself, Atomu works part-time for a used junk collecting company. Atomu finds inspiration in rap music and his life changes.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-11
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Frost
2008-01-26
Frost
Overview: Shun is a young man, who sells his paintings on a city corner. Kasumi is a children's story writer, living alone in a mountain in Shinsyuu. One day, they happen to meet each other in the city crowd, and they immediately connect. However, they must first deal with Shun's childhood abuse which has left him unstable.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-26
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Dog Race
1998-09-26
Dog Race
Overview: Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't play by the rules. He busts a drug ring, but not before sampling a few of the wares, and he closes down an underaged prostitution ring after enjoying the company of a school girl hooker. One of duties is to shake down sniveling Korean gangster Hideyoshi (Ren Osugi) for information. In spite of their positions on opposite sides of the law, the two discover that they share a fair amount in common. A disregard for the law and the love of a comely prostitute from China named Momo-chan (Makoto Togashi). Though Hideyoshi is running an illegal alien smuggling ring with her and has lusted for her from a far for quite a while, Nakayama manages to bed her first. When she does finally appear in Hideyoshi's bed, she's unfortunately a corpse.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-26
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Angry Rice Wives
2021-01-08
Angry Rice Wives
Overview: In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-08
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蝉の女 愛に溺れて
2012-09-22
蝉の女 愛に溺れて
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-22
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