Makiya Yamaguchi
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 14, 1973
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
ミュージカル「るろうに剣心 京都編」
2022-05-17
ミュージカル「るろうに剣心 京都編」
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-05-17
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Yatsuhakamura
2019-10-12
Yatsuhakamura
Overview: During the Sengoku period, villagers brutally killed eight samurai, and in the Taisho era, the head of an old family murdered 32 villagers in the Eight-Tomb Village. Terada Tatsuya, who had long been estranged from the Terada family, returns as its successor. However, this return is the beginning of a tragedy. Grandfather, half-brother, monks, nuns... one after another, people related to the family are murdered. Yet, the truth remains elusive. In the midst of this, Tatsuya stumbles into a massive cave system. What he sees there is a wax figure of the head of the Terada family wearing the samurai armor. Meanwhile, Kindaichi, who has uncovered the secret of Tatsuya's birth, finds himself at the same cave. At that very moment, Tatsuya is cornered deep within the cave by villagers who fear the curse.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-12
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Confessions
2010-06-04
Confessions
Overview: Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-04
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After the Rain
2000-01-22
After the Rain
Overview: A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-22
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Family
2023-11-03
Family
Overview: Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist's own life experience, this film portrays the loss and regeneration of the life of four men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Taisho Roman Tanteitan -Eden no Utahime-
2023-07-05
Taisho Roman Tanteitan -Eden no Utahime-
Overview: In the sixth installment of Taisho Roman Tanteitan, Kai Todo, "the Japanese Sherlock Holmes," takes on a serial murder case.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-07-05
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Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
2006-01-30
Samurai Justice: The Female Bodyguard
Overview: A chance encounter on the road leads to the unusual need for a female bodyguard to protect the granddaughter of an old friend of Akiyama Kohei, a wealthy merchant who plans to bypass his son-in-law as head of the company. When Daijiro’s wife Mifuyu takes on the job strange things start to happen, including the brutal slaughter of company employees. With the backing of Lord Tanuma, a chief elder on the ruling council, Kohei, Daijiro, and Mifuyu form a plan to foil the kidnappers plot and save the girl from certain death.
Genres: Action Drama History Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-30
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Zato Ichi: Blind Swordsman Tribute
2009-07-24
Zato Ichi: Blind Swordsman Tribute
Overview: A hidden gem has arrived in the form of a stage play performed in tribute to a pair of Japan’s greatest stars. On the 35th anniversary of his becoming an entertainer Matsudaira Ken chose to honor his mentor, the legendary superstar Katsu Shintaro by portraying Zato Ichi, the Blind Swordsman in a play based on the original film on the same stage that Katsu had played the role 40 years before in a stage presentation. Not pleased with the direction that Zato Ichi’s image had been taken in some productions, he has breathed new life into the character by following the image that Katsu Shintaro had created for his signature role.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-24
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Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
2015-09-26
Terminal Station Series - Umbrella of Goodwill
Overview: Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo. According to her husband Takeshi, the murdered Chieko Akiba was a top salesperson at the insurance company where she worked, but quit her job three months ago and planned to open a beauty salon after buying the building which happens to be the crime scene. The call history on her mobile phone reveals the victim answered a call at 8:16 PM and is presumed to have been murdered immediately afterwards. However, Ushio is surprised to hear who was on the other side of the call: Kyoko Yamano, a woman who accompanied Ushio under an umbrella on a rainy night one year ago and whose husband was killed by someone that very night...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-26
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Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
2005-01-11
Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
Overview: Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when he meets an elderly fencing instructor who may be the target of a group of thieves planning a major armed robbery. At the same time dojo master Daijiro saves the life of man who, although skilled in archery has an aversion to killing and a woman artist comes into town where she is in danger of being raped by one of the thieves. From the pen of noted author Ikenami Shotaro, creator of such classics as Bandit Ve. Samurai, Hunter In The Dark, The Last Samurai, and Hissatsu-The Professional Killers! Brilliant storytelling that leads to superb swordsmanship!
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-11
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Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
2004-12-14
Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
Overview: The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest they uncover a plot by one of the clan officials that could change the course of history.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-14
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Kenji no Honkai
2016-12-03
Kenji no Honkai
Overview: Prosecutor Sakata of the Yonesaki District Public Prosecutors Office and his colleague Shoji are pulled into assisting the Tokyo Office’s Special Investigation Department to investigate influential Diet lawmaker Okouchi and Masumoto of a technical skills foundation. The two men are believed to be involved in a bribery case. But a key witness in this scandal commits suicide, and the next person believed to hold the key to the case, the foundation’s accountant, has disappeared.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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Ninomiya Kinjirou
2019-06-01
Ninomiya Kinjirou
Overview: Ninomiya Kinjirou is a biopic follows the life of the eponymous character, an 18th century peasant boy who worked to rescue over 600 poor villages and hamlets from financial ruin by developing new economic policies.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-01
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Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & Mountains
2017-04-08
Kyotaro Nishimura's Travel Mystery 67: Murder in Hakone - Leaves & Mountains
Overview: Detective Kamei of the First Investigation Division receives a request from lawyer Shinichi Nakamura, the son of his deceased close friend, to re-investigate a car accident. Akiko, the wife of Yasuo Furuki, a painter from Hakone, died in the accident 5 months earlier by crashing into a guardrail. Nakamura's client, Akiko's younger sister Yuki Izeki, suspects that she was actually murdered by Furuki for insurance money. Overwhelmed by these thoughts, Yuki had sent an email reading "I'll never forgive that man. I'm going to kill him and avenge my big sister," announcing a murder to Nakamura. In the middle of their conversation, Nakamura receives a call from Hakone PD confirming that Yuki had turned herself in that morning...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-08
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Grim Reaper Case Book
2020-06-12
Grim Reaper Case Book
Overview: Genshiro Kusaka, who runs a detective business in the Edo city, had a contract with Shinigami Juran. A "prostitute serial murder case" occurred at the Great Yukaku in Yoshiwara. How does both Genshiro and the Shinigami gonna solve it?
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-06-12
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Don't Forget About Niini
2009-08-29
Don't Forget About Niini
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-29
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Premium Stage "Hamlet"
2017-07-02
Premium Stage "Hamlet"
Overview: This work by British director John Caird is one of the four major tragedy by William Shakespeare. In this performance version, the title role will be played by Uchino, uncle Claudius and father's ghost will be played by Hayashi Kunimura, Ophelia will be played by Shihori Kanjiya, Gertrude will be played by Yuko Asano, and Horatio will be played by Yukiya Kitamura.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-02
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A Samurai in Time
2024-08-17
A Samurai in Time
Overview: A samurai who gets hit by lightning wakes up to find himself on a film set in the present day and starts to work as an extra on samurai films.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-08-17
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Bayblues: 25 Years and 354 Days
2014-09-26
Bayblues: 25 Years and 354 Days
Overview: "I'm definitely going to be the best." This is the path that these young baseball players once chose to take to become entertainers. Just when they were sure they would finally make it, after struggling to reach the top amidst a burning sense of urgency, their partner was struck by fulminant hepatitis. Hoping for the recovery of their partner, to whom they had entrusted their lives, they continued to hide their anguish from those around them... This moving story is still talked about by entertainers to this day, depicting the sudden death of a young genius manzai comedian and the raw, passionate story of their short but passionate youth, piercing the heart. (translation)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari
2007-07-30
Long Wedding Road! Tokyo vs. Osaka Wakeari Kon Monogatari
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-07-30
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