Akihiro Shimizu
Biography: Shimizu has been active in TV, movies and V-cinema. There are many appearances in Kadokawa movie work of the 1980s in the movie.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 12, 1957
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Fall Guy
1982-10-09
Fall Guy
Overview: Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-09
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Road to the Don 23
2004-06-10
Road to the Don 23
Overview: The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-10
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Japan Gangster War Chapter 9
2021-01-01
Japan Gangster War Chapter 9
Overview: The ninth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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Japan Gangster War Chapter 10
2021-02-19
Japan Gangster War Chapter 10
Overview: The tenth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-02-19
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Japan Gangster War 12
2021-11-18
Japan Gangster War 12
Overview: The twelfth 'Japan Gangster War' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-18
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Love Story
1986-10-22
Love Story
Overview: TBS Wednesday Drama Special about a young assistant in love with an older man who works as a photographer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-22
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Young Thugs: Nostalgia
1998-09-26
Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Overview: Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director, Young Thugs – Nostalgia is more concerned with a child’s moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy, and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful, touching, startling vision that is uniquely Miike’s.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-26
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G.I. Samurai
1979-09-17
G.I. Samurai
Overview: A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Genres: Action Science Fiction War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-09-17
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Kamachi
2004-03-13
Kamachi
Overview: Biopic of poet and painter Kamachi Yamada.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-13
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Bounty Dog WANTED!
1995-03-01
Bounty Dog WANTED!
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-01
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Shura's Blood
2004-03-10
Shura's Blood
Overview: A yakuza war breaks out in a small peaceful town in the northern region of Kanto.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-10
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Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Dance
2001-07-20
Gokutsuma Ninkyodo Yasha Dance
Overview: 2001 original video.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-20
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True Record Dainihon Kikusuikai Soryuden
2007-02-25
True Record Dainihon Kikusuikai Soryuden
Overview: 2007 Original Video.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-25
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983-12-10
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Overview: The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-10
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Bad Guy Beach
1995-10-27
Bad Guy Beach
Overview: A private detective called "Kiss Shiro", One day, he is shocked to see a rape video brought by his younger brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-27
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Mrs. Scarlet Rose
2006-05-27
Mrs. Scarlet Rose
Overview: Based on the novel by Oniroku Dan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-27
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Jingi 27: Revenge Bullet
2001-03-16
Jingi 27: Revenge Bullet
Overview: The organization lacking the jin that excommunicated the Kanto Ichienkai was no longer stopped, and there was a smell of kina. Chairman Sakai returns Hitoshi and Yoshiro and tries to balance the organization, but it is difficult due to the opposition of the board of directors. The one who hated the return of Jin and his friends most was Yaguchi, an emerging force who had risen to the board of directors while they were not there. However, Yaguchi also had a big fire inside the group.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-16
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Married Executioner R Mission 1: Bloody Mischief
2002-12-06
Married Executioner R Mission 1: Bloody Mischief
Overview: Akikawa Reiko has been married for three years, has a banker husband and a seemingly happy married life, but has a secret side: she is a state secret agent. One day, newlywed Kaori, who lives next door, commits suicide by jumping from her flat. Reiko sets out to investigate and discovers that boys have been attacking women every day as if it were a game. She also learns that Kahori was raped by these boys, and that they used the photos as material for repeated rapes. Reiko receives an order from the command centre to eliminate the boys and goes to their hideout by herself...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-06
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The Second Is a Christian
1985-09-14
The Second Is a Christian
Overview: The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-09-14
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Karate Cop
1982-04-17
Karate Cop
Overview: A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-17
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Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
2005-08-15
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
Overview: Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-15
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虎の流儀 旅の始まりは尾張 東海死闘編
2022-09-30
虎の流儀 旅の始まりは尾張 東海死闘編
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-30
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Horror!! Three Sisters in the Parasite House
1996-03-20
Horror!! Three Sisters in the Parasite House
Overview: Yoriko wanders in a forest and ends up in a mansion where a man who studies parasites and his three daughters live. Yoriko learns from the girls' mother that she looks exactly like her, and she is asked to work as a housekeeper and begins living at the mansion, but...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-03-20
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Short and Fat
1977-04-29
Short and Fat
Overview: A high-school student rescues his baseball team. Live-action adaptation of Shinji Mizushima's manga "Dokaben".
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-04-29
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Bloo-Sailor Shop of Horrors
1996-01-01
Bloo-Sailor Shop of Horrors
Overview: 3 high school girls decide to sell their underwear to a burusera-shop in Tokyo for pocket money but fail to realize that the latest fetish craze is blood-stained, not only dirty, underwear.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
Overview: A housewife whose memoir of divorce is selected becomes an editorial staff member, something she has always dreamed of. However, her divorce is a fabrication. Unable to back out, the couple decides to "fake a divorce"...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
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Via Okinawa
1989-06-09
Via Okinawa
Overview: During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With exhausting displays of energy, Sai presents a whirlwind romance between a local rocker and the daughter of a mixed American-Okinawan marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-09
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Yakuza Legend: Kill Them All
2005-06-25
Yakuza Legend: Kill Them All
Overview: After serving a term in prison because of shooting the leader of the rival group, Goro finds out that his fellow Yakuza Shiroyama, left the group and living as a normal people.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-25
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The Last Hero
1982-12-18
The Last Hero
Overview: The 8th All-Japan Road Race Championship. The internationally ranked A-level SUGO circuit is on the edge of its seat as the 500 cc final draws near. Akio Kitano and Keishi Ooki face off: private team versus factory team. In the final lap, Akio is overtaken by Ooki and loses by a hair. The reason for his defeat? The difference between their two machines. With their scores tied, the two wait for the next match to settle the score for good.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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Fine, with Occasional Murders
1984-05-26
Fine, with Occasional Murders
Overview: Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-05-26
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Prisoner Maria II
1995-05-24
Prisoner Maria II
Overview: Maria is prisoner No. 206, serving a life sentence for murder. But she goes out from the prison as a hitwoman, because the government secretly uses her special skills to assassinate criminals that are beyond the reach of the law. Her next target is a man called Michael, who has been murdering Japanese women. He is the son of an ambassador...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-24
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The Vanished
2006-03-25
The Vanished
Overview: A young reporter is covering the mysterious case of a child found dead with missing internal organs.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-25
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Nagai Go no Horror Gekijo: Kirikagami
1992-08-28
Nagai Go no Horror Gekijo: Kirikagami
Overview: A Japanese direct-to-video horror film based in an original story by Go Nagai. It is the sequel to Nagai Go no Horror Gekijo: Mannequin, also produced by Taki Corporation and released in 1992.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-08-28
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Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984-10-10
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
Overview: While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-10-10
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Ouran High School Host Club
2012-03-17
Ouran High School Host Club
Overview: Ouran Academy is a prestigious school with most students coming from wealthy families. One of the few students who comes from a modest background is Haruhi Fujioka (Haruna Kawaguchi). Through unexpected circumstances, Haruhi Fujioka ends up joining the male "host club," while hiding her gender. Friendship and love grows between Haruhi Fujioka and the male "host club" members.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-17
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Crab Goalkeeper
2006-05-26
Crab Goalkeeper
Overview: From Minoru Kawasaki, the director of "The Calamari Wrestler," "Executive Koala," "The Entire World Sinks Except Japan," and "The Rug Cop," comes the epic story of a giant crab who washes ashore, befriends a boy, finds love, and becomes a sports legend. The film has been described by Kawasaki as being 'like Forrest Gump...but with a crab.'
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-26
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The Lady in a Black Dress
1987-03-14
The Lady in a Black Dress
Overview: A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion ....
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-14
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修羅のみち8 大阪最終血戦
2003-11-29
修羅のみち8 大阪最終血戦
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-29
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太陽のきずあと
1981-02-14
太陽のきずあと
Overview: Director Chusei Sone, who was active in Nikkatsu romance, took up the megaphone for the first time at Toei and made a coming-of-age film that depicts a group of young people who live freely.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-02-14
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Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki
1985-04-20
Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki
Overview: Koji Tadokoro, the manager of a hot bento shop, lives an ordinary life with his girlfriend Noriko Kinoshita, who works at a nearby supermarket and loves sex. Tonight they are having sex, as if they are going to try to break the Guinness World Record, when suddenly the window opens and Nakagawa, a middle school classmate, appears. Shimizu, who had become a film director, has died. The two go to the funeral, and on the way home they pass a man accompanied by a beautiful woman. That man is none other than his childhood friend, Kimio Kondo. Kimio is the epitome of a money man. He is a doctor working at a university hospital, and on the side, he writes new music lyrics and is popular with nurses and popular singers. The three are excited to see each other again after a long time, and plan a class reunion trip to Kimio's luxurious mansion...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-20
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The Detective Journey
1980-10-04
The Detective Journey
Overview: A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji Kabaya, who repeatedly screw things up, encounter a real robbery during a bank robbery simulation training...
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-10-04
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Stand Up! Vanguard
2012-05-03
Stand Up! Vanguard
Overview: A graduate of American Harvard University with a degree in justice, Daigo is a wanderer who steps into the life of Miura Hiroki after seeing the boy bullied. Becoming employed as a teacher at Hiroki's school, Daigo works continually to unearth the source of Hiroki's sadness and try to revitalize his love for life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-03
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