Eiji Okuda
Biography: Eiji Okuda (奥田瑛二 Okuda Eiji, born 18 March 1950) is a Japanese actor and film director. Born in Kasugai, Aichi, he was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 1990 Japanese Academy Awards for his performance in Sen no Rikyu. He won the award for best actor at the 37th Blue Ribbon Awards for Like a Rolling Stone.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 18, 1950
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Death of a Tea Master
1989-10-07
Death of a Tea Master
Overview: Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master's death.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-10-07
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The Sea Is Watching
2002-07-27
The Sea Is Watching
Overview: O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-27
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巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
2017-10-04
巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-04
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99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie
2021-12-30
99.9 Criminal Lawyer: The Movie
Overview: Hiroto Miyama works with rookie lawyer Honoka Kono on a team that specializes with criminal cases for Madarame Law Firm. Atsuhiro Sada has become the director of the law firm. One day, the law firm receives a request about a case that took place 15 years ago. The case was about a poisonous wine incident.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-12-30
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Revival Blues
2004-10-08
Revival Blues
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-10-08
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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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Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011-02-18
Milocrorze: A Love Story
Overview: Three tales of love told through wildly intoxicating, colorful stories. When platinum redhead Ovreneli Vreneligare was just a little boy, he fell in love in the park. Sharing a juice box with the stunningly gorgeous Milocrorze, he took her home to his cat, Verandola Gorgonzola, and made her his girlfriend until the fickle beauty abandoned him, and he covered the hole in his heart with a pot lid he found lying on the ground. This is only the beginning of his story but it’s not the end of his heartbreak. MILOCRORZE: A LOVE STORY is a candy-flavored anthology of hopeless l’amour, and it has many victims.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-02-18
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An Adolescent
2001-09-28
An Adolescent
Overview: Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping with married women. But his whole world changes when he meets Yoko.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-28
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The Cold-Hearted Sea
1984-11-17
The Cold-Hearted Sea
Overview: A film adaptation of the novel of the same title written by Hiroshi Hatayama (畑山博).
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-11-17
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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012-08-25
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Overview: In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
Genres: Adventure Action Fantasy War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-25
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Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
2016-10-05
Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor
Overview: Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician Yohei Tachibana. Shinichi then receives a mysterious message from his friend Samon Kondo. His friend is in charge of space development at The The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The message talks about a scandal related to space development. Samon soon goes missing after sending the message. Shinichi begins to see a connection between the two cases.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-05
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Goodbye Cruel World
2022-09-09
Goodbye Cruel World
Overview: Anzai, Mutoh, Hamada, Hagiwara, and Miru are in a car headed to a love hotel used by the Sugiyama Clan for money laundering. This one night only gang succeed in robbing them blind and though they were supposed to go their separate ways after splitting the money, the five end up being hunt down by a detective hired by the clan and clan members themselves. An ending nobody ever even dreamed of.
Genres: Crime Documentary Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-09
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No More Easy Life
1979-12-25
No More Easy Life
Overview: Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-25
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1921
2021-07-01
1921
Overview: Tells the story of a Communist Party's early history during the turbulent era, examining the remarkable Chinese revolutionary leaders' zeal and contrition for the ascension of the Chinese people.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-07-01
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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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Jesus is My Boss
2001-09-01
Jesus is My Boss
Overview: A warring Yakuza awakens to Christianity and becomes an evangelist. The film is modelled on the real-life "Mission Barabbas," a Christian evangelistic group of ex-Yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-01
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Onibi: The Fire Within
1997-04-19
Onibi: The Fire Within
Overview: After spending over half his life in prison, ex-hitman Kunihiro is determined to go straight. But the shortcomings of the new gangs mean that he is soon having to call on his old-school yakuza talents. And when he falls for Asako, a beautiful piano player, she unknowingly ignites a fire within Kuni that will immolate everything and everybody around him. Regarded by many as his masterpiece, Onibi has all the hallmarks of a Mochizuki film, with the gangster elements tightly compressed and controlled to allow space in which a subdued romance can bloom. Coming from a background in porno cinema, this master of sexual relations injects a fresh passion and tension into the macho world of the yakuza film.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-19
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Death on Gokumon Island
2016-11-19
Death on Gokumon Island
Overview: Shortly after the end of the war, Kindaichi Kōsuke, visiting a remote island in the Seto Inland Sea, arrives at the powerful Kitō family on the island guided by the monk Ryouzen. There, Kindaichi encounters a beautiful woman named Sanae and encounters three sisters with unconventional and outlandish appearances that don't quite fit the island's atmosphere. And then, one evening, the youngest sister disappears... Kindaichi Kōsuke is rebooted into action!
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-19
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修羅の花道2
2012-03-25
修羅の花道2
Overview: Takamasa Ishida returned to Yokosuka after the war. Ishida, who met the boss Gihachiro Oshizuka and expanded his power as a substitute, decided to further play a central role in the Inamura-kai community.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-25
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Luminous Moss
1992-04-25
Luminous Moss
Overview: A headmaster and a novelist, looking for inspiration, regard a strange natural phenomenon before sharing stories of their own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-25
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A Spoiling Rain
2023-11-10
A Spoiling Rain
Overview: The story is about a film director, Kutani, who lives in the dying pink film industry, and an aspiring screenwriter, Iseki, and their loved one, Shoko, whose dream of a film she has clung to begins to crumble, and how their lives intersect.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-10
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Akira and Akira
2022-08-26
Akira and Akira
Overview: Akira Yamazaki and Akira Kaido are new employees at Industrial Central Bank. They are both outstanding at their jobs and fierce rivals, but they come from totally different backgrounds. When Akira Yamazaki was a child, his father's factory went bankrupt and his family ran away in the middle of the night. Because of that experience, Akira Yamazaki wants to work as a banker to save people. On the other hand, Akira Kaido was born into a family that runs a large company. He works with a calm demeanor. Due to a case, Akira Yamazaki receives a demotion. Akira Kaido continues to be successful at work, but his family's company is on the verge of bankruptcy due to their family-oriented management style. The employees there and their families are all in a crisis situation. With this desperate situation unfolding, the reversal of fate of these two men begin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-26
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Deep River
1995-04-01
Deep River
Overview: A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-04-01
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Wheels and Axle
2023-08-03
Wheels and Axle
Overview: Manami was born into a wealthy family, but she hates her family lineage as fake. She meets Jun, a wealthy gay man. June took Manami to a night club and she gets interested in Seiya, a host guy who has had sex with Jun for business.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-03
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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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Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History
2003-06-14
Sutegoro: The Three Kajiwara Brothers' Turbulent Showa History
Overview: The story of Asaki (Eiji Okuda) and his younger brother Shinji (Sho Aikawa). The elder brother has established himself as an author of sports manga. The younger brother engages in vigorous bare-knuckle brawls with local yakuza and well-known brawlers. The distance between them grows little by little, and the younger brother struggles in the shadow of his elder brother's light. Strong enemies and incidents appear one after another.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-14
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Detective Chinatown 3
2021-02-12
Detective Chinatown 3
Overview: Following the excitement of first Bangkok and then New York, a big murder case takes place in Tokyo. Chinatown master detectives Tangren and Qinfeng are invited to take up the mystery. Adding to the excitement are the other detectives on the CRIMASTER international detective list as well as the current top rank, Q. Yet another hilarious battle of wits is set to take place...
Genres: Action Comedy Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-02-12
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シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
2022-07-02
シネマスコーレを解剖する。 コロナなんかぶっ飛ばせ
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-02
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Goaisatsu
1991-01-23
Goaisatsu
Overview: An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-23
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Runin: Banished
2004-10-01
Runin: Banished
Overview: In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a dismal existence on the island, without help or support of any kind from those back on the main four islands.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ
1987-09-30
松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-09-30
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Black Kiss
2004-10-01
Black Kiss
Overview: Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-01
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Chicken Phoenix
2022-04-15
Chicken Phoenix
Overview: Childhood friends Sota, and Rakuto are on a journey to find the Phoenix, which shouldn't exist. As adults, there remains a dark shadow over each of them as their lives have progressed, thus they seek a bit of escapism in their travels. Parallel to their own story, is the mysterious bride. Not to mention a deserted youkai snack bar in the underworld, a gang from an SM Castle, an agricultural rapper, a young man on a bike trip, a monk peaching about enlightenment, the owner and operator of an empty movie theater, and more that the duo meet on their aimless journey. The hints of the true colors of life are within the journey, so what kind of Phoenix are they looking for?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-15
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Les Misérables
2019-01-06
Les Misérables
Overview: This feature drama, produced to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fuji TV, is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic masterpiece Les Miserables set in the 1990s in Japan. In Kobe in 1993, Jun Baba gets taken to a juvenile prison due to a killing of a man who cheated his mother out of all her money in self-defense. One day, he hears that his younger brother, who has been desperately ill, is in a critical condition and breaks out. However, he finds out his brother is already dead. In the depth of despair, he tries to kill himself but is saved by a man who runs a self-support facility. He begins to live at the place, and befriends with Takumi Watanabe aspiring to be a lawyer. In 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake hits and their friendship comes to an end. Crushed under the debris, Takumi persuades Jun to live his life instead. Jun swears to live on assuming Takumi's identity.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-06
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Be Sure to Share
2009-06-01
Be Sure to Share
Overview: Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it's too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble Shiro faced connecting to his strict father who was also his teacher and soccer coach. With a consuming secret of his own, Shiro, now in his late twenties and about to get engaged, must eventually learn how to share the pain of it with his loved ones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993-10-08
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Overview: Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-08
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300 Million
2010-07-03
300 Million
Overview: Katagiri, a highly ambitious young detective, teams up with older detective Takiguchi, who is about to retire, to investigate a murder that took place by Sumida River. Katagiri is annoyed by Takiguchi's pushiness, but is surprised to hear that the victim was a suspect in the 300 million yen robbery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-03
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The Sea and Poison
1986-10-17
The Sea and Poison
Overview: Two interns and a nurse are interrogated by American MPs for their involvement in an atrocity during the war: the vivisections of a downed American air crew.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-17
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A Yakuza in Love
1997-09-06
A Yakuza in Love
Overview: When an innocent young country girl falls for a low level yakuza, she enters a completely different world in which the line between good and evil are quickly blurred. Through great ups and downs their love will be tested, but the ultimate test lies in whether or not they will survive the downward pull of the lifestyle they have chosen.
Genres: Drama Action Romance Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-06
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スペシャルドラマ 必殺仕事人
2018-01-07
スペシャルドラマ 必殺仕事人
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-07
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A Story of Modern Chivalry
1997-10-08
A Story of Modern Chivalry
Overview: A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-08
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Chameleon
Chameleon
Overview: A Filipino transgender woman, Marie, who is drawn into the Yakuza gangster life after befriending Ai, the rebellious daughter of a powerful Yakuza boss. Set against the pulsating background of the 1990s nightlife in Sapporo, Hokkaido, the film charts the almost impossible decisions Marie faced and her tumultuous journey to discovering family, love and ultimately her true identity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
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Blood Bead
2015-08-28
Blood Bead
Overview: Shuji Tokita (Eiji Okuda) is a film director and a professor at a university. He goes through a difficult time trying to film his new movie. He believes his movies reflect his own personal expriences. A female high school student, Ritsuko (Yukino Murakami), appears in front of Shuji.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-28
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This Country’s Sky
2015-08-01
This Country’s Sky
Overview: Set in Tokyo, Japan near the end of World War II. 19-year-old Satoko (Fumi Nikaido) lives with her mother (Youki Kudoh) and her aunt. The war is turning more grave. Even though Satoko is near the age to get married, she can't even think of marriage due to the unstable situation. Satoko then begins to communicate with her neighbor, Ichikawa (Hiroki Hasegawa). He has avoided military service due to failing his physical test. As Satoko communicates with Ichikawa, she begins to awake as a woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-01
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Kumo to Saru no Kazoku
2023-03-01
Kumo to Saru no Kazoku
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-01
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Before the Vigil
2013-01-15
Before the Vigil
Overview: Matsuoi and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted husband. Tsuya is then diagnosed with a cancer and later goes into a coma. Matsuoi then thinks of his wife's lovers. Matsui goes to those men and informs them of Tatsuya's condition. The other women in the lives of those men are shocked and begin to re-examine their views of their men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-15
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If Cats Disappeared from the World
2016-05-14
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Overview: A postman learns that he doesn't have much time left to live due to a terminal illness. A devil then appears in front of him and offers to extend his life if he picks something in the world that will disappear. The man thinks about his relationships with ex-friends, ex-lovers, relatives and colleagues who will be sincerely sad when he dies.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-14
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Stay Mum
2024-06-07
Stay Mum
Overview: Chisako Satoya, a writer, and her father, Kozo, had a long-standing feud and had been living apart for a long time. However now that Kozo, who lives alone, has dementia, she returns to her hometown to begin taking care of him.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-07
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Detective Chinatown 3
2021-02-12
Detective Chinatown 3
Overview: Following the excitement of first Bangkok and then New York, a big murder case takes place in Tokyo. Chinatown master detectives Tangren and Qinfeng are invited to take up the mystery. Adding to the excitement are the other detectives on the CRIMASTER international detective list as well as the current top rank, Q. Yet another hilarious battle of wits is set to take place...
Genres: Action Comedy Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-02-12
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See You at the Campground
1995-10-07
See You at the Campground
Overview: Japanese romantic comedy film.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-07
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Black Jack
2024-06-30
Black Jack
Overview: Adapted from the manga series "Black Jack"
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-30
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Surgical Designs in Flames
1986-05-24
Surgical Designs in Flames
Overview: A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-05-24
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64: Part 1
2016-05-07
64: Part 1
Overview: 1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-07
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64: Part 2
2016-06-01
64: Part 2
Overview: 1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-01
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The Old Capital
2016-12-03
The Old Capital
Overview: Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on whether her daughter Mai will take over her position with the changing of times. Mai is a college student and has not decided whether to take another job or take over the dry goods store. Meanwhile, Mitsuko Nakata runs a forestry in the outskirts of Kyoto. Mitsuko is Chieko Sanda’s twin sister, but they were separated at an early age. Mitsuko is in serious financial difficulties. Mituko's daughter, Yui, has talent in art and she goes to France. There, Yui feels a sense of powerlessness. Mitsuko notices and goes to Paris to see her daughter. Mai travels to Paris to take part in an event to show Japanese culture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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Déracine
2004-11-27
Déracine
Overview: A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art dealer. He can feel alive only if he keeps painting, but unable to find something to fill his void inside, he tries to drown himself in alcohol. Drawn to Jouji, Kyoko commissions him to paint for her. The two travel to a secluded mountain-side, and there Jouji becomes inspired both by the natural surroundings and Kyoko herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-27
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The Pianist
1991-01-31
The Pianist
Overview: Jean and her sister, played by Macha Grenon, have a life long infatuation with the Japanese Pianist who once lived across the street from them during their high school years. The film is set during the family's reunion on Vancouver Island and flashes back and forth over the last 10 years. By coincidence, Yoshi who is now a world famous Pianist is giving a concert in Vancouver and Amy is anxious to see him again but her sister curiously is not at all interested. The girls explore old passions, stalking, sibling rivalry and wrong life choice based on the fantasies of their youth.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-31
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Minazuki
1999-10-23
Minazuki
Overview: Akira's wife walks out on him, leaving him to confide in his gangster brother-in-law. Using only a cryptic note as a clue the two brothers go on a road trip to find his wife. After a series of violent encounters with strangers, Akira meets a prostitute. The pair start a relationship. After Akira finds his wife, he questions whether he still wants to be with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-10-23
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Falling Camellia
2018-09-28
Falling Camellia
Overview: During the Edo period, a gifted swordsman was exiled from his clan when he questioned the misconduct of his leader. Years after, his dying wife wish was for him to go back to his clan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-28
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Like a Rolling Stone
1994-10-01
Like a Rolling Stone
Overview: Tanaka is a yakuza who collects 'protection money' from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him. Tanaka is not an archetypal yakuza; he travels by public transport. But he does have two mistresses: Ayumi, who runs a nightclub, and Yoshie, a brothel-keeper. When Tanaka's boss ends up in hospital, second man Kurauchi exerts increasing pressure on Tanaka. Tanaka deliberately has himself wounded by a fighter to dodge several of Kurauchi's demands.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-01
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Arigatou
1996-07-20
Arigatou
Overview: Erotic drama based on the comic by Naoki Yamamoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-20
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May Love Be Restored
1980-04-29
May Love Be Restored
Overview: A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-29
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Born Bone Born
2018-07-21
Born Bone Born
Overview: A visibly pregnant Yuko returns home to find her family still grappling with the recent passing of her mother, Emiko, while her father becomes increasingly withdrawn and her older brother hopelessly combative.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-21
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Kitanai yatsu
1995-08-12
Kitanai yatsu
Overview: Based on the manga by Satosumi Takaguchi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-08-12
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Blowing in the Winds of Vietnam
2015-10-17
Blowing in the Winds of Vietnam
Overview: After Misao divorced, she moved to Vietnam. She has always admired the country. There, she works as a Japanese language teacher. She learns that her brother-in-law is taking her mother with Alzheimer's into a facility. Misao decides to take her mother to Vietnam instead. At first, her mother is uncomfortable adapting to life in a strange land. Her mother comes around though and embraces the warm people in Vietnam. One day, her mother is injured and Misao faces the reality in nursing her.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-17
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Pride
1998-05-23
Pride
Overview: Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-23
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A Long Walk
2006-04-01
A Long Walk
Overview: A lonely retired girl's High School Principal who's lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old apartment in a country town. There he forms a relationship with a neglected little neighborhood girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-04-01
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Dare to Stop Us
2018-10-13
Dare to Stop Us
Overview: In Spring 1969, 21-year-old Megumi Yoshizumi goes to Wakamatsu Production. The company makes films popular with young people. Pink film director Koji Wakamatsu gathers there with young talented people who are all fascinated with movie making. When they are not making movies, they spend their time smoking, drinking alcohol, scouting for actresses and looking for material for their next film. When filming begins, everybody immerses themselves into the production and will do everything on the filming set from running, shouting to acting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-13
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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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The Wicked Reporter
1993-07-19
The Wicked Reporter
Overview: Matsuzaki is a racing tipster for a sports paper, a lowlife who spends half his time drunk, hangs out with yakuza and other riff-raff, and complicates his sex life by succumbing to advances from his girlfriend's sister.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-07-19
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Through the Night
2002-11-02
Through the Night
Overview: When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, but like everything around them there and owing to the forces around them, there is as much chance that these may burn to ashes and be destroyed or be the beginning of something new.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-02
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The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting
1994-11-19
The Wicked Reporter 2: The Rebirth of Horserace Betting
Overview: The continuing adventures of Matsuzaki, a racing tipster for a sports paper. Matsuzaki befriends a mysterious old track bettor named Tokudaiji. The man turns out to be a well-connected millionaire and invites Matsuzaki to his home.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-11-19
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Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
1979-04-28
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
Overview: Yuichi prides himself on the fact that he is a family man but contrary to his conception of an ideal family life, at age 24, his wife has already run out on him. In utter confusion, he tries to reason out where he had gone amiss that such a thing should happen out of the clear blue sky. About this time, Yuichi helps Ayako, a young girl, embroiled in trouble. She returns Yuichi's kindness by making off with his precious camera. Then she returns and since his wife has washed her hands of him, he forces himself on Ayako who acts as if she had been waiting for him to enter her. Suddenly, Yuichi's wife returns...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-04-28
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Beyond the Shining Sea
1986-07-12
Beyond the Shining Sea
Overview: Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-07-12
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Prison Gate Island
2016-11-19
Prison Gate Island
Overview: In 1946, on a fictional island called Gokumon-tou, located in the Inner Sea of Seto, the famous detective Kindaichi intended to pass his convalescence after the invitation of his war buddy Kitou Chimata, the successor son of the powerful clan of the Kitou Family. But Kindaichi arrives alone, bringing the bad news of Chimata's death. However, the truth is that Kindaichi is not on the island to recover. Before Chimata died, she uttered the words: "My sisters will be killed!" Indeed, as the three sisters are murdered one by one in horrible and strange ways, Kindaichi desperately tries to find the culprit and in the process discovers the intrigues of the family, secrets, island mentality, discrimination, and eccentricities, With the backdrop of the turbulent postwar period.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-19
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Snowland Revisited
2002-01-19
Snowland Revisited
Overview: Kunio Shibano was bankrupted. He visits a snowland spa area to commit suicide. But he meets Geisha Moeko, and she gives him power to face life one more time...
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-01-19
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Body and Soul
1997-10-18
Body and Soul
Overview: Yoshihiko now lives with a couple of old friends, a married couple, Ryosuke and Aya. They share a past in several senses. It was Ryosuke who walked off with Yoshihiko’s girlfriend Aya. In doing so, he broke up with his own girlfriend, Reiko. Now they are all back together again and old feelings begin to surface.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-18
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Bedtime Eyes
1987-04-25
Bedtime Eyes
Overview: Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black American GI on the margins of the law.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-04-25
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Majutsu wa Sasayaku
2011-09-09
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
Overview: A woman named Kazuko (Kimura) who was guilty of a “serious crime” in the past, along with three of her friends. Those friends suddenly begin to die one by one. Kazuko learns that one of those deaths is somehow connected to Mamoru (Nakamura Aoi), her younger brother from whom she has been separated ever since their father disappeared 15 years earlier. Although Mamoru knows nothing of his sister, Kazuko is determined to find the killer in order to protect Mamoru and herself.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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Lost Paradise in Tokyo
2010-09-18
Lost Paradise in Tokyo
Overview: Mikio and his older brother Saneo, who is mentally handicapped, live together and have just buried their father. One day, Mikio hires a hooker named Marin for his brother. Marin is an underground singer who goes by the name Fala. A video producer who is filming Fala's documentary finds out about her double life, and proposes to film her and Saneo's sex life. Dreaming about leaving Tokyo with Saneo with a huge sum of money from the film, Mikio and Marin agree to the offer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-18
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Diner
2019-07-05
Diner
Overview: A former murderer and genius chef along with a waitress come together with a group of fantastical assassins in a diner. A girl with a hollowness in her heart, who believes that she belongs nowhere, is thrust into a series of attacks where she must struggle to find her will to live.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-05
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The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away
1996-06-22
The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away
Overview: A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as he stares middle age in the face. At his daughter's school he meets a teacher who's similarily obsessed with horserace betting and who's also frigid - something he does his best to therapize. He also reconnects with his ex-wife, who just so happens to be the literary agent and love interest of another writer of the gambling genre. An epic gambling battle between the two ensues.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-06-22
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Oshin
1984-03-17
Oshin
Overview: Oshin comes from a family of poor rice farmers. Her father and brother must work in the fields and her grandmother and mother, who is expecting another child, barely have enough to eat. In order to make ends meet for her family, 7-year-old Oshin gives up school and decides to become a servant in the household of a wealthy family, where she faces trials and tribulation beyond her worst fears.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-03-17
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Villain
2012-11-30
Villain
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-30
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Dirty Hearts
2012-07-21
Dirty Hearts
Overview: In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil, Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. Some were hunted down and assassinated - by their own countrymen - causing the start of a new, private war. Dirty Hearts is a thriller and love story told by the wife of one of the fanatics dedicated to preach Japanese victory. Little by little, she watches her husband, a hard-working immigrant, become an assassin and their love story fade away.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-07-21
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Wet Red Thread
2005-08-06
Wet Red Thread
Overview: Shigeru meets Ichimi at a club and they get involved. Her yakuza husband complicates matters.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-06
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Bastoni: The Stick Handlers
2002-03-16
Bastoni: The Stick Handlers
Overview: Kazuhiko Nakamura directs this sexually charged wacky comedy set in the world of the Japanese adult video industry. The story follows a young woman's (Amiko Kanetani) foolish attempts to win back a lost love (Shunsuke Matsuoka) by taking the one recourse she believes might actually do the trick: becoming a porn star.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-03-16
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Shikibu monogatari
1990-10-06
Shikibu monogatari
Overview: Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial accident. He lives with his elderly mother and wife near Mt. Aso in rural Kyushu. He seeks solace in a small religious group run by Buddhist nun Chishu-bo who claims to be the 68th descendant of famed 11th century poet Izumi Shikibu. The members of her sect regard her as a living saint. Yet instead of balming his soul, she riles his libido by playing a sexual cat-and-mouse game with the fragile Toyoichi. When she does bed him, it leads to a miracle healing -- followed by a terrible calamity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-06
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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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Yamato
2005-12-17
Yamato
Overview: Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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Investigation of a Typical Love
1992-03-21
Investigation of a Typical Love
Overview: The screenplay is Haruhiko Arai of "Tragedy of W" and "Revolver". The man is a detective who doesn't take on anything other than background checks for marriage and looking for cats. One day, a request for a job that belongs to him comes in. It is from Masako, a married woman who suspects her husband of having an affair.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-03-21
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Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness
1985-06-22
Penguin's Memory: A Tale of Happiness
Overview: Mike is a penguin soldier who returns home after being injured during combat. Estranged from his family and friends, he leaves his hometown and starts to roam adrift through the country.
Genres: Animation War Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-06-22
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One in a Hundred Thousand
2020-11-27
One in a Hundred Thousand
Overview: Rino Sakuragi (Yuna Taira) is a high school student. She is good friends with Ren Kiritani (Alan Shirahama) who attends the same high school. They have been close since their middle school days. Rino holds special feelings for Ren Kiritani, but she is unable to tell him how she feels because he is popular. One day, Ren confesses to Rino that he likes her. They begin to date and enjoy their time together, but Rino is diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-11-27
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Peaceful Death
2020-07-25
Peaceful Death
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-25
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修羅の花道
2012-01-14
修羅の花道
Overview: A period of rapid economic growth. The Sanno-kai, a giant organization in the Kansai region, has expanded into Yokohama. Under these circumstances, Takamasa Ishida, who succeeded to the fifth generation Yokosuka family, is working hard to stop the movement of Sanno-kai.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-14
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Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
2021-04-12
Noukagaku Bengoshi Kaidou Azusa Doubt
Overview: The story describes how Kaidou Azusa, a practising lawyer and a special appointment associate professor doing research on the brain's memories, is engaged to defend a woman Fuyukawa Sayaka accused of killing her sculptor husband and found to have two ex-fiances who also died mysteriously.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-12
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An Artist of the Floating World
2019-03-30
An Artist of the Floating World
Overview: In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-30
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a e i o u
2018-06-22
a e i o u
Overview: A young man struggles to live in a world under war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-22
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Apron Stage
1996-02-10
Apron Stage
Overview: About a group of itinerant actors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-10
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The Mother Returns? AI's Will
2019-01-05
The Mother Returns? AI's Will
Overview: Naoto wants to end his relationship with his stepfather Seiji legally. With this purpose in mind, he visits Seiji’s home for the first time in a long while. He hasn’t been there since his mother Yuri passed away. At his stepfather’s home, Seiji hands Naoto a cellphone. Suddenly, Naoto hears his mom’s voice on the cellphone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-05
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Asshii-tachi no machi
1981-03-28
Asshii-tachi no machi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-03-28
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