Yoshino Kimura
Biography: Yoshino Kimura is a British-born Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She appeared on an episode of the Showtime series Masters of Horror. Kimura won the "Rookie of the Year" prize at the 21st Japan Academy Awards for her appearance in Shitsurakuen.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 10, 1976
Deathday: N/A
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My brother's home
2009-02-14
My brother's home
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-02-14
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Sakuran
2006-12-07
Sakuran
Overview: Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-07
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Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y - Can a Cat Be a Hero?
2019-12-13
Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Academy Y - Can a Cat Be a Hero?
Overview: Set in Y-Academy, an elite school that only allows students with top class abilities to enter. The protagonist, Jinpei Jiba, and his unique friends take on the mysteries of the school as transforming heroes.
Genres: Animation Adventure Action Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-12-13
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KING GAME
2010-08-28
KING GAME
Overview: 5 girls and 5 guys find themselves mysteriously trapped in a room and are forced to play a psychological game of dare.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-28
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The Suicide Song
2007-08-18
The Suicide Song
Overview: Original story by Yasushi AKIMOTO, writer of the mega hit movie One Missed Call (Chakushin Ari) series. As the project was in development with an idea of an "infectious song (Densen-Uta)", one of the staff called out..."There was a real Densen-Uta!" He discovers on the internet of a song back in 1933, Hungary, which caused mysterious deaths of many people. In "Densen-Uta", high school girls get mixed up in the Japanese version of this infectious song, and with the help of third rate gossip magazine reporter, tries to solve the mystery and horror behind the song. They come to know just how real, an urban legend can become.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-18
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Blindness
2008-05-14
Blindness
Overview: When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-14
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Fine, Totally Fine
2008-01-26
Fine, Totally Fine
Overview: Two listless friends and a clumsy girl try to make sense of their lives, and perhaps find love along the way.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-26
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Go! Anpanman: Revive Banana Island!
2012-07-07
Go! Anpanman: Revive Banana Island!
Overview: Clouds and cold may ruin all the sweet fruit on Banana Island, but queen Banna refuses to ask Anpanman for help, while while Baikinman goes to Banana Island in search of the legendary Giant Banana.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-07
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Sukiyaki Western Django
2007-09-15
Sukiyaki Western Django
Overview: A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy Western Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-15
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実録ドラマスペシャル 女の犯罪ミステリー
2016-03-17
実録ドラマスペシャル 女の犯罪ミステリー
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-17
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Lost Paradise
1997-05-10
Lost Paradise
Overview: Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-10
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Isola: Multiple Personality Girl
2000-01-22
Isola: Multiple Personality Girl
Overview: When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped
Genres: Horror Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-22
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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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The Samurai I Loved
2005-10-01
The Samurai I Loved
Overview: A young samurai stuck at the bottom of the hierarchical order attempts to rescue his childhood sweetheart from an evil clan lord after learning of a plot to kill her and her infant child. Bunshiro Maki is a skilled swordfighter who's lethal with a blade, yet still can't rise through the ranks of the system. After his father is accused of plotting against his clan and forced to commit ritual suicide, his longtime love Fuku is sent to Edo to become the clan lord's concubine. A few years later, Fuku has bore the clan lord a son. When Maki learns that the clan has hatched a plan to kill Fuku and her son to secure succession to the throne, he recruits two childhood friends to help thwart the diabolical plot.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-01
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Killer Bride's Perfect Crime
2009-09-12
Killer Bride's Perfect Crime
Overview: Hiroko is about to get married to the handsome Kenichiro when disaster strikes. Her landlord stops by the happy bride-to-be’s apartment where a pair of wayward scissors falls from a shelf and stabs him in the back as he bends forward to pick something up. His body begins to stiffen even before Hiroko realizes what has happened. On the road to Mount Fuji where Hiroko intends to dump the corpse, something falls on the hood of her car out of the blue. That “something” is Fukuko Kobayashi (Yoshino Kimura), who is dying to… die. Fukuko believes that she is irredeemably unhappy and has endeavored to commit suicide again and again. As Hiroko and Fukuko begin their journey to abandon the corpse, a weird friendship begins to build.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-12
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Masquerade Night
2021-09-17
Masquerade Night
Overview: An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-09-17
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The Boy and the Heron
2023-07-14
The Boy and the Heron
Overview: While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
Genres: Animation Adventure Fantasy Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-07-14
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A Hardest Night!!
2005-10-22
A Hardest Night!!
Overview: A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and wakes, songs, dances, and often disgustingly crude jokes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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Forever
2006-10-05
Forever
Overview: Père-Lachaise - one of the world's most famous and beautiful cemeteries - is the final resting-place of a gifted group of artists from all eras and corners of the world. Some - such as Piaf, Proust, Jim Morrison and Chopin - are worshiped to this day. Others have fallen into oblivion, or are visited occasionally by a single admirer. In Forever we see the mysterious, calming and consoling beauty of this unique cemetery through the eyes of people of flesh and blood. Many come for their 'own' beloved: husbands, wives, family and friends. Others Honor 'their' artist by leaving behind a personal message or a flower. While admirers share with us the importance of art and beauty in their lives, the graveyard gradually reveals itself as a source of inspiration for the living. Death offers little consolation except for the passing of time, the melancholia of a moss-covered tomb, and the beauty and power of a piece of music, a poem or a painting Written by Cobos
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-05
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Samurai Gangsters
2008-09-20
Samurai Gangsters
Overview: Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa (Kishibe Ittoku); stinky priest Daigoro (Takashi Sasano); well-known stranger Ishimatsu Mori (Yoichi Nukumizu); beautiful Masagoro Oiwake (Kazuki Kitamura); and others. As Jirocho's fame spreads, he gains more enemies. Among them are Katsuzo Kurokoma (Koichi Sato), who is one of the most powerful in Koshu, and the villain who is also Ishimatsu's nemesis, Masaru Mima (Riki Takeuchi). A traitor also emerges from the family, Yoshikazu Ebisu (Yoshikazu Ebisu). Meanwhile, Jirocho's wife falls ill and other terrible situations occur. Jirocho falls into a pinch of absolute despair. What on earth will he do? What is the fate of his minions? The Jirocho family will face a fierce battle...
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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セレンディップの奇跡
2007-03-12
セレンディップの奇跡
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-12
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Hot Road
2014-08-16
Hot Road
Overview: Teenager Kazuki Miyaichi has always felt unloved by her mother due the circumstances surrounding her birth. Because she harbors anxiety and perceives herself as being worthless to others, she engages in acts of juvenile delinquency. One day, a transfer student from Yokohama named Eri introduces her to Hiroshi Haruyama, a reckless youth who’s a member of the “Nights” motorcycle gang. Kazuki finds herself increasingly drawn to Hiroshi over time, but he soon becomes leader of the Nights and gets caught up in a conflict with a rival gang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-16
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Glass Castle
2024-01-04
Glass Castle
Overview: Centers around a disturbing murder case that occurs during a company trip. In the wake of the incident in which the company’s general manager is killed by someone, unexpected internal problems are revealed that had previously been thoroughly concealed to this point. Matoba Ikuko is a plain, gloomy and unfriendly general worker, but her work is fast and accurate. She becomes interested in the case and decides to lead her own investigation. Mikami Tazuko is a hardworking sales manager who witnesses her manager’s affair while on the trip and begins to develop her own theories through her private social media diary.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-01-04
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Run Ichiro Run
2001-04-28
Run Ichiro Run
Overview: Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired by the baseball player Ichiro. A heartwarming movie about the people who root for the baseball player Ichiro, and their struggles to make their own dreams come true.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-04-28
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Glory to the Filmmaker!
2007-06-02
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Overview: Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-02
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AIBOU: X-DAY
2013-03-23
AIBOU: X-DAY
Overview: Detective Kenichi Itami from the The National Police Agency and Akira Iwatsuki from the cyber investigation team investigate a complex murder case. The victim was under investigation by the cyber investigation team. As Detective Kenichi Itami and Akira Iwatsuki delve deeper into the case, pressure from around makes their investigation even more difficult. Secretly, a national financial doomsday scenario is carried out under the plan of "X Day".
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-23
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テレビ報道記者〜ニュースをつないだ女たち〜
2024-03-05
テレビ報道記者〜ニュースをつないだ女たち〜
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-05
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Can't Protect Anyone
2009-01-24
Can't Protect Anyone
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-24
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Copycat Killer
2002-06-08
Copycat Killer
Overview: Based on the best-selling novel by Miyuki Miyabe. The title “Mohouhan” means “Copycat”, and it tells the story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-08
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Lost and Found
2016-02-23
Lost and Found
Overview: Atsuto was abandoned by his mother when he was young. He now works in the lost and found department at the Hoshigaoka Station. He spends his days imagining about the owner of the lost item, how the item became lost and found. One day, Atsuto learns that his mother committed suicide. His life begins to move ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-02-23
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Dream Cruise
2007-05-12
Dream Cruise
Overview: Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim situation that awaits them all.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-12
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Desperate Sunflowers
2016-06-25
Desperate Sunflowers
Overview: Natsuko Kotani was born to be a swindler. Meanwhile, Tetsuko Ishida is Natsuko’s distant relative. Unlike Natsuko, Tetsuko is an attorney with an upright disposition. Whenever Natsuko makes trouble, Tetsuko is called to solve her troubles. Believing that Natsuko is using her, Tetsuko, with her boring life, begins to change.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-25
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Ichigo Chips
2005-02-19
Ichigo Chips
Overview: Ichigo no kakera deals with a female manga artist Ichigo Nekoda (Miyazawa), whose career is heading into a downward spiral as she can't reinvent the success of her 12 year old hit the Cherry Road. Now in her early 30's she's become quite fond of alcohol and egoism to some annoyance of her loyal manager Tomoko (Kajiwara), who isn't willing to leave her side even though the financial strains of her client are also becoming her personal burdens. Ichigo still gets greeted by her female fans and willingly signs autographs, but getting praised for work that she's done over a decade ago doesn't digest as smoothly as one would assume. Her on and off man, who happens to also be her editor steers toward the off days more than usual as he also grows tired of Ichigo's uninspired ways. But when the going gets tough, Ichigo heads down to a transvestite bar where she's more than welcomed with words of wisdom and a few hard drinks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-19
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AIBOU: The Movie
2008-05-01
AIBOU: The Movie
Overview: A former TV presenter is murdered. On the same day, two police officers from the Metropolitan police Special Mission Task Force, Sugishita Ukyo (Yutaka Mizutani) and Kameyama Kaoru (Yasufumi Terawaki), are guarding a female Diet member, Katayama Hinako (Yoshino Kimura). The pair identifies explosives and saves her life. From the clues left at the scene, Sugishita builds up his case and finds a connection between the murder of the TV presenter and the attempted murder of the Diet member. During a painstaking investigation, the savage murder case of a young overseas volunteer five years earlier emerges in the background, and the pair prevents indiscriminate murder at the Tokyo Big City Marathon event by suppressing the perpetrator.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-01
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Bluestockings
2005-01-23
Bluestockings
Overview: Set during Japan's Taisho Era (1912-1926), "Bluestockings" tells the tale story of a love triangle between wealthy businessman Yuichiro (Etsushi Toyokawa), his wife Akiko (Kyoko Hasegawa), and Kiyoko (Yoshino Kimura).
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-23
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Pro Bono
2014-12-07
Pro Bono
Overview: A young, mentally retarded boy is wrongfully accused of murder, but his family lacks the means to hire an attorney to defend him. The boy’s sister, Kiriko, pleads with an accomplished attorney named Otsuka to defend her brother pro bono. But because of Otsuka’s busy schedule and other priorities, he refuses to take the case. Lacking a proper defense, Kiriko’s brother is eventually convicted of murder, and dies in prison. From that point on, Kiriko is determined to take revenge against Otuska.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-12-07
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My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
2018-09-21
My Dad Is a Heel Wrestler
Overview: Takashi Omura (Hiroshi Tanahashi) was once a popular professional wrestler, but he isn't popular anymore. He now wears a cockroach mask and wrestles as a villain. He is married to Shiori (Yoshino Kimura) and they have an elementary school aged son named Shota (Kokoro Terada). Takashi and Shiori have not yet told their son what Takashi does for a living. One day, Shota finds out that Takashi is a professional wrestler and a villain with a cockroach mask. Shota is shocked and tells a lie to his classmate that his dad is a popular professional wrestler.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-21
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Her Island, My Island
2003-02-15
Her Island, My Island
Overview: A young woman returns to the island where she grew up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-15
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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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Hit Me Anyone One More Time
2019-09-13
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
Overview: Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda’s subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country. The only people aware that he has lost his memory are his three secretaries.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Pretty Proofreader DX
2017-09-20
Pretty Proofreader DX
Overview: It's been one year since Etsuko has been transferred to her dream job at the editorial department of the fashion magazine LASSY. However, she has a difficult time accepting the coldhearted ways of the editorial department and the constant jokes about proofreaders.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-20
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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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Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
2021-03-26
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction
Overview: Hayami Teruya is a dedicated salaryman who does a workman like job as the chief editor for a magazine. He has personal charm, get along with both the publisher and subordinates and runs the ship well. Chatting with his direct boss he picks up a certain vibe. Did he misunderstand that the magazine is doomed and will be terminated? If so, he is not going down without a fight. He will fight to make it through and keep his, and the others', jobs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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Pretty Cure Dream Stars!
2017-03-18
Pretty Cure Dream Stars!
Overview: A mysterious girl named Sakura escaped after her fox friend, Shizuku was arrested. When he managed to escape, she fell to the Human World only to be found by Ichika Usami. Sakura says she is from "Sakuragahara", a world based on ancient Japan that is in danger because a mysterious evil figure named Karasu Tengu has taken over and stolen all the beautiful things in her world. She is also looking for Pretty Cure that represents Sweet, Jewels and Keys. Ichika says that she found the KiraKira PreCure team, which represents sweets. As two Karasu Tengu servants arrived in the human world looking for Sakura, the other members of the KiraKira team were ambushed, only to be saved by Maho Girls PreCure! Team, which represented Jewel and Go! Princess PreCure Team, which represents Key. When they gathered together with Sakura, the three teams had to dare Sakuragahara to save Shizuku and free her world from the evil hands of Karasu Tengu.
Genres: Comedy Animation Fantasy Action Family Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-18
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Like Asura
2003-11-08
Like Asura
Overview: The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-08
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Orochi - Blood
2008-09-20
Orochi - Blood
Overview: The story of Orochi revolves around the life of the Monzen family. Aoi Monzen, a famous, but aging, movie star and Kazusa and Lisa Monzen her two daughters. Aoi hopes for them both to take over her legacy as a star, but Kazusa does not live up to her expectations. The mother is always pitting the girls against one another competitively. As a result, as the years pass, the love the sisters shared grows to a hidden hatred. When another girl named Orochi saves the girl's mother from a terrible accident a bizarre chain of events is set in motion spanning many years. The atmosphere in their estate builds up until Orochi reveals a terrible truth that the family must keep hidden from the world. Orochi serves as the narrator of the story. The movie is based on a Kazuo Umezu manga series which ran from 1969 to 1970.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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First Love
2021-02-21
First Love
Overview: A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in order to sell copy. A psychologist is writing a book about the character and incident. Her research for the subject matter turn the psychologist inward and things come out of the shadows that perhaps are better left buried deep in the shadows of the psyche.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-02-21
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Rescue Wings
2008-12-12
Rescue Wings
Overview: Masaki Tezuka‘s live-action adaptation of “Rescue Wings” deviates from the original by centering around a female rookie pilot played by 16-year-old actress (only 15 at the time of filming) Yuko Takayama. After her mother is saved, Haruka Kawashima joins an elite air rescue team and decides she wants to become the first female pilot of a UH－60J (Japanese version of the Black Hawk) rescue helicopter. She goes through harsh, rigorous training and must overcome her emotions for the serious job of saving lives. After several mistakes she’s bluntly told she’s not good enough to be a rescue pilot, but the conflict only makes her more determined. One day, an F-15J fighter plane goes missing from radar and Kawashima receives the distress call. On reserve fuel and the struggling against all odds, she must accomplish her mission at any cost.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-12
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Backdancers!
2006-09-08
Backdancers!
Overview: A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which subconsciously rested on the star power of the singer. When plan A does not work, they cling to plan B. When that does not work, in an act of desperation, they are assigned to plan C by their agency. A fight and unprofessionalism seems to put the Backdancers on permanent ice.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-08
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テレサ・テン物語～私の家は山の向こう
テレサ・テン物語～私の家は山の向こう
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Original Language: ja
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