Kenji Mizuhashi
Biography: Kenji Mizuhashi is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1997, portraying Kenichi Yamamoto in Tomie and Tomie: Beginning
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 13, 1975
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005-10-25
Funky Forest: The First Contact
Overview: An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-25
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Trouble Maker Lucy
2004-04-24
Trouble Maker Lucy
Overview: A nasty trigger girl, named Lucy who always making any trouble and bother everyone's around her life. With her behavior lead to the chaos in everywhere she goes. It seems, when the trouble happened she wills be happy as her favorites. Meanwhile, she has to encounter with her opponent, Hanako in such funny competition. Then, a fierce battle Lucy and Hanako ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-24
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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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Jam Films 2
2004-12-24
Jam Films 2
Overview: Jam Films 2 features 4 short films by different Japanese directors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-24
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Samurai Commando Mission 1549
2005-06-11
Samurai Commando Mission 1549
Overview: An accident during tests of an anti-plasma artificial magnetic shield at Japan's Ground Self Defense Force East Fuji practice range sends the 3rd Special Experimental Company, under Colonel Matoba on a time-slip 460 years into the past, into 'the Age of civil War'. At the same time an imaginary-number anomaly thought to be caused by interference from the past begins eroding the present.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-11
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Pulse
2001-02-03
Pulse
Overview: In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-02-03
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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2005-07-02
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
Overview: Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies. Hoping for some excitement in her life, she decides to give them a call.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-02
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Cop Festival: New Beginning
2003-05-24
Cop Festival: New Beginning
Overview: Fourth installment in Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 8 films.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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The Taste of Tea
2004-07-17
The Taste of Tea
Overview: A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Tomie
1998-10-06
Tomie
Overview: Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a string of brutal murders, where he also runs across the name "Tomie." How are the two connected?
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-06
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Rika - Jisho 28 Sai no Junai Monster
2021-06-18
Rika - Jisho 28 Sai no Junai Monster
Overview: A dead body in a suitcase is found on a mountain. The body is identified as Takao Honma. 3 years ago, he was kidnapped by Rika Amamiya and went missing. Detective Jiro Okuyama tries to catch Rika Amamiya. He uses a dating app, while using a fake name, and finally finds Rika Amamiya, but he becomes attracted to Rika Amamiya.
Genres: Drama Romance Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-18
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5 Centimeters per Second
2007-03-03
5 Centimeters per Second
Overview: Three moments in Takaki's life: his relationship with Akari and their forced separation; his friendship with Kanae, who is secretly in love with him; the demands and disappointments of adulthood, an unhappy life in a cold city.
Genres: Animation Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-03
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New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT
1998-05-15
New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT
Overview: The first film in the 'Rough Knight' series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-15
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New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT 2
1998-08-07
New Shonan Bombing Tribe: Rough KNIGHT 2
Overview: The second film in the 'Rough Knight' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-07
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Rough KNIGHT 3
1999-01-08
Rough KNIGHT 3
Overview: The third film in the 'Rough Knight' series
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-08
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Rough KNIGHT 4
1999-02-12
Rough KNIGHT 4
Overview: The fourth film in the 'Rough Knight' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-02-12
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The Guys from Paradise
2001-06-16
The Guys from Paradise
Overview: Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salary man Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his lawyers will clear up this misunderstanding fairly quickly. However, he soon comes to the realization that his innocence means less than how much bribe money he’s able to come up with for his release. It becomes apparent that Kohei is going to have to get to know his fellow inmates a little better, as he’s obviously in this situation for the long haul; but meeting a female inmate from a nearby jail certainly makes his transition to the criminal life a little easier to take.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-06-16
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Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
2004-03-13
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
Overview: A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-13
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Die Silbermaske
2006-12-23
Die Silbermaske
Overview: Sabine is able to transform into a silver superhero through the power of the Ring of Nibelungen. She travels to Japan where she searches for her father and battles the forces of Dr. Caligari.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-23
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Heisei Zankeiden: The Wolf Slashes!
1998-03-13
Heisei Zankeiden: The Wolf Slashes!
Overview: Hideo Sakiki, a man who once crushed a hostile organization by himself, is back. This is because the funeral of the leader who was taken care of. However, the existence of Hideo stimulates other organizations as well as dislike...
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-03-13
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Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
2002-08-24
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
Overview: A girl named Ai gets a major record deal to sing a song written by a friend of hers who is deceased. However an obsessed stalker fan slowly starts becoming more like her and tearing her world apart.
Genres: Drama Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-24
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The Suicide Manual
2003-10-24
The Suicide Manual
Overview: After a group suicide, two journalists investigate the cycle of suicides caused by spirits bound by the Suicide Manual.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-24
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Canary
2004-11-20
Canary
Overview: Two children, each abandoned by their families, come together in the wake of the Sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-20
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Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
2018-09-01
Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
Overview: Akiko Sakata was a hikikomori during her school days. She was withdrawn from social life and isolated. She goes to Tokyo and becomes a scriptwriter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-01
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さぶ
2020-01-11
さぶ
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-11
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Saru
2003-12-06
Saru
Overview: Five young men participate in an experiment drug test, which is known as a short-term, high-paying part-time job.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-06
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Kiss & Hurt
2004-10-30
Kiss & Hurt
Overview: Shun Kosaka has a dream of becoming a novelist and lives in a byte at convenience stores at night. He happened to meet Natsuki, and his life began to change. However, they get involved in an incident related to the local mafia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-30
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FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
2003-11-01
FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
Overview: Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-01
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The Catch Man
2006-10-21
The Catch Man
Overview: Takashi, an unemployed young man, is entrusted with a "catch ball shop" by a stranger he meets in the park. While accepting people's feelings through catch ball, Takashi himself remembers the important things that he had forgotten.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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Love Stories From Fukuoka 17
2022-03-11
Love Stories From Fukuoka 17
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-11
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埋もれる
2014-03-16
埋もれる
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-16
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L'amant
2004-02-05
L'amant
Overview: When three older men buy a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Chikako for a year's-worth of sexual services -- her motivation, aside from money, is never explained -- the relationships among the men (whom she calls A. B and C) keep shifting in ways that redefine power and sex.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-05
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Seventh Anniversary
2003-11-22
Seventh Anniversary
Overview: Each time Lulu is heartbroken small stones come out of her body. The doctor tells Lulu they are kidney stones. She collects them in memoriam of love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-22
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Rock'n'Roll Mishin
2002-09-28
Rock'n'Roll Mishin
Overview: A bored salaryman quits his mundane job to help an old friend start an indie clothing label.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-09-28
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Tokyo Noir
2004-09-24
Tokyo Noir
Overview: Three tales that center around sex and citizens of Tokyo: A repressed woman embraces her sexuality, ("Birthday"), an unexpected reunion disrupts a sex worker's routine ("Night Lovers"), and a sex blogger discovers connection in the depths of loneliness ("Girl's Life").
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-24
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Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ichi Ya
2003-02-03
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ichi Ya
Overview: "Shin Mimibukuro," which has greatly influenced numerous Japanese horror works such as "Ring" and "Ju-on," is finally being fully adapted into a complete visual format for the first time. The directors include Takashi Shimizu of "Ju-on," Hideo Nakata of "Ring 0," actor Shiro Sano, and Akio Yoshida, the veteran of TBS dramas such as "Kamaitachi no Yoru," all of whom are distinguished talents in the horror world. The cast is also spectacular, featuring a diverse array of talents such as Rina Uchiyama, Kaoru Okunuki, Nao Omori, Mako Ishino, Hitomi Miwa, Riko Kurita, Nobuto Okamoto, and Ikkei Watanabe.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-03
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Fishes in August
1998-01-01
Fishes in August
Overview: A refined psychological portrait of youths on their way to maturity
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Moonlight Whispers
1999-10-23
Moonlight Whispers
Overview: Satsuki and Takuya are high school students who meet at kendo practice, where they bash one another with wooden swords. They begin an awkward romance, but Takuya soon reveals a masochistic side to his desires. He has been stealing Satsuki's soiled clothing and secretly surveilling her while imagining her subjugation of him. Disgusted, Satsuki rejects him but he persists, and she discovers her own pleasure in manipulating and humiliating him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-10-23
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Gina K
2005-08-27
Gina K
Overview: "Gina K" tells the story of the daughter of a famous stripper, who reveals her family history so she can stand proud as a vocalist. On stage she's feverish, but when she comes down she's just another girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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Age 17
2003-06-21
Age 17
Overview: Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-21
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Nibanme no kanojo
2004-11-27
Nibanme no kanojo
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-27
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Cream Lemon
2004-09-25
Cream Lemon
Overview: Based on the classic adult manga of the same title, this film depicts the love between a stepbrother and sister discovered one weekend when their parents go away. The relationship must come to an end, but not before it changes their lives forever.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-25
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Colors
2006-07-15
Colors
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-15
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Hameln
2013-09-06
Hameln
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-06
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Onobori monogatari
2010-07-17
Onobori monogatari
Overview: A young man moves from the countryside to Tokyo, while experiencing hardships and happiness, in his pursuit to become a comics artist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-17
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Saikoyou Keisatsukan 2
2021-06-28
Saikoyou Keisatsukan 2
Overview: A police officer rehired after retiring investigates a case.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-28
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Penance
2013-05-29
Penance
Overview: The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-29
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The Sango Ranger
2013-06-15
The Sango Ranger
Overview: On Ishigaki Island, conflict brews over a large-scale bridge construction project. One day, Yajima (Sho Aoyagi), a public official from the Ministry of Environment, is sent to Ishigaki Island. Yajima announces to his colleagues that he is absolutely opposed to the bridge construction project and that he wil become a coral ranger who protects the coral reef there. This surprises his colleagues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-15
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North Point - Friends
2003-02-02
North Point - Friends
Overview: Japanese TV movie from 2003
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-02
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Soft Skin
1998-01-31
Soft Skin
Overview: Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him by faking her kidnapping. While her family frets and worries, Minako has a wonderful time. Eventually, though, she decides it's time to go back to her family. Her lover, however, isn't ready for the fun to end, and Minako's fake kidnapping soon becomes all too real.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-31
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Wet Hot Sake
1996-02-24
Wet Hot Sake
Overview: The best must be the freshest. The best sake also follows the same principle to brew in which it needs the best and freshest raw materials, and also the freshest virgin to make it? Visiting one of a Japanese pub that seems to offer the best warm sake, Mononobe tries to follow the steps to reproduce the same flavor. However, he suddenly found out that those flavors are actually a combination of sake, sweat, and other bodily secretions of a virgin. As his only daughter is not a virgin anymore, the only way to make the best sake without a pure virgin is...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-24
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Judas
2013-01-26
Judas
Overview: High school student Erika is sick and tired of her weakness. By chance, Erika begins working at a cabaret night club. She eventually becomes the top lady in the night world and is known by her nickname Kurumi. In the process, she manipulates men and makes a lot of money from them. Deep down inside though, Erika suffers from loneliness and fear. A man then appears in front of her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-26
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YADO: Tsukiyono-mura Yamanba Densetsu
2002-02-23
YADO: Tsukiyono-mura Yamanba Densetsu
Overview: A sensual drama depicting the world of lust that unfolds in an inn deep in the mountains.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-23
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Godzilla Minus One
2023-11-03
Godzilla Minus One
Overview: In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
2017-08-04
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
Overview: Morioh, 1999—a normally quiet and peaceful town has recently become a hotbed of strange activity. Jōtarō Kūjō, now a marine biologist, heads to the mysterious town to meet Jōsuke Higashikata. While the two may seem like strangers at first, Jōsuke is actually the illegitimate child of Jōtarō's grandfather, Joseph Joestar. When they meet, Jōtarō realizes that he may have more in common with Jōsuke than just a blood relation. Along with the mild-mannered Kōichi Hirose and the boisterous Okuyasu Nijimura, the group dedicates themselves to investigating recent disappearances and other suspicious occurrences within Morioh. Aided by the power of Stands, the four men will encounter danger at every street corner, as it is up to them to unravel the town's secrets, before another occurs.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-04
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Miyoko
2009-07-04
Miyoko
Overview: Based on the life of pioneering manga artist Shinichi Abe, "Miyoko asagaya kibun" starts from the 1970's in Asagaya District of Tokyo where Shinichi Abe began his career with then model girlfriend Miyoko.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-04
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Ruri mo hari mo teraseba hikaru
2022-12-27
Ruri mo hari mo teraseba hikaru
Overview: The story follows a high school girl who is a young caregiver. She ends up helping the drama club as a lighting assistant, leading to a conflict between her own circumstances of having to manage household chores and caregiving, and the new transfer student who is determined to take the club activities seriously. It's a fresh and heartwarming tale of a girl coming to terms with her true feelings that she has kept buried deep inside.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-27
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Night of Body's Model
1996-11-08
Night of Body's Model
Overview: Takahashi moves into a new apartment after a divorce and as she tries to settle in, finds that she is having strange and violent dreams and weird things keep happening in her apartment. Her neighbour likes to listen to her through the wall, and becomes increasingly sensitive to her thoughts and feelings. A scientist father and son also live in the building; the son has an obsession with prosthetic body parts.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-11-08
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In a Lonely Planet
2011-01-01
In a Lonely Planet
Overview: Mari lives a comfortable life as a single woman. She has a nice job at a company and resides in an apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. A couple lives next to door to her. Mari can hear them argue or making happy conversations everyday. One night, when Mari comes back home, she sees her next door neighbor sitting in front of his door and shivering from the cold. He locked himself out.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Opening Night
2017-03-03
Opening Night
Overview: Aspiring child actress Nanoka (Nanoka Hara) hopes to follow in her late mother's footsteps and become an actress. She is more talented and pretty than her rivals, but she finds it difficult to land parts. One day, she hears that a play, which her mother performed, will be staged again. She takes part in the audition to play the lead role which her mother also played.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-03
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Nostradamus Metsuboroku: Idenshi no Shinseiki
1999-07-02
Nostradamus Metsuboroku: Idenshi no Shinseiki
Overview: In 1999, the human race had reached the time of the end. Military balance is lost in the wake of the nuclear test of a certain country, the threat of nuclear war had been swept.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-02
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Love Center
2008-07-19
Love Center
Overview: Every day, a high school girl, Chikako, visits a shrine to wish for true love. One day, she receives a strange text message from the "Love delivery center" and is persuaded to text her ex-boyfriend. When he responds, a bizarre love triangle forms between him, her, and her best friend Haruka.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-19
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Strange Tales of Love and Strangers
2017-08-11
Strange Tales of Love and Strangers
Overview: A Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love is a stupid thing and the land is unusually dry as Yuwen’s heart because of no rains. Yuwen struggles to speak Japanese but learns Japan culture and relationships from her host family and neighbors. As she opens her heart little by little, rain falls on the small village after a long time.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-11
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Konna otona no onnanoko
2007-11-10
Konna otona no onnanoko
Overview: Based on the comic book by Marie Abiko.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-10
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
2014-01-19
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Overview: In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-19
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Our Departures
2018-11-30
Our Departures
Overview: Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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Revenge Court
2015-02-07
Revenge Court
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-07
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The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer
2019-04-12
The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer
Overview: Sexually abused as a child by her step-father, Kyoko is now an adult who lives with three other roommates, one of them a lesbian who's attracted to her. Amidst misunderstandings and more abuse at the hands of her mother, Kyoko is faced with a wave of murders, her mental state worsening.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-04-12
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Bōkyō
2016-09-28
Bōkyō
Overview: Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito" Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-28
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The Phantom of August
2002-12-07
The Phantom of August
Overview: Mamoru works as an illustrator in Tokyo. He and his girlfriend decide to visit his hometown of Onomichi. It is a bitter-sweet homecoming, for Mamoru has not been home in eight years. Upon his return, he experiences flashbacks of his ex-girlfriend, who died eight years ago. Feeling a sense of vulnerability, he visits the temple that he used to frequent in the past. There he sees a vision of Megumi, his ex-girlfriend...
Genres: Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-07
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Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku
2015-04-18
Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku
Overview: The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and unemotional detective known for seeing through the lies of others. But Inukai has a young daughter in need of a kidney transplant, so when the first crime is followed by two similar crimes, Inukai is caught between his roles as a detective and a father.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-18
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Someday's Dreamers
2008-12-20
Someday's Dreamers
Overview: Suzuki Sora is a cheerful country girl from the small town of Bie. She made a promise to her father, and following this promise applies and is accepted for a magic intership in Tokyo, where she will face the life in a big city. While training to get better with her magic, she meets a mysterious boy also practicing to become a mage. While he can not use magic that well and he seems distant and cold at first, Sora’s fate intertwines with his and the two are thrown together, learning a lot of new things about life and each other.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-20
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A Blue Automobile
2004-11-20
A Blue Automobile
Overview: Richio, a young DJ, is as emotionally non-existent as no other man on the planet. He uses his tough exterior to avoid attachments to people and society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-20
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Moonless Dawn
2019-07-20
Moonless Dawn
Overview: Kou created songs and uploads them to the Internet, and Yuka and Saki enjoy his music as fans, always listening with deep interest and admiration. Their final summer vacation has begun as junior high school students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-20
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Runway
2020-11-20
Runway
Overview: Midori is in her late 30's and is a cutout picture artist. She has anxiety about her future. Takano is a 25-year-old bureaucrat at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. He is under a heavy workload and he becomes lethargic at his workplace. One day, he sees a list of people who committed suicide due to temporary employment. On that list, he becomes interested in a 25-year-old young man who killed himself. Takano begins to investigate the background of that young man. --asianwiki
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-11-20
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Drift Wars
1999-07-21
Drift Wars
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-21
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Sunday's Dream
2005-10-22
Sunday's Dream
Overview: Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy regarding redundancy. However, Shinobu soon gets remarried to Sakamoto depriving Kazuya of a place to stay. He then meets Sachiko who works in a salon where sexual pleasure is offered to men. They promise to have a date on the next Sunday by the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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Tokyo Neo Mafia 3
2009-03-25
Tokyo Neo Mafia 3
Overview: The third volume of the appointed drama starring Jun Murakami. It was a short run that was enlivening'Tokyo Mahouya'with his friends, but his friends were killed by the strategy of Yamaryu Gumi Wakato Iwagami. Meanwhile, Ginya Yabuki returns to Kabukicho and begins to struggle again to obtain his utopia.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-25
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Tokyo Neo Mafia
2008-11-25
Tokyo Neo Mafia
Overview: A drama presented by Jun Murakami. Shimon and Short Run, who started walking on the road of the yakuza in Tokyo, were waiting for Yabuki Ginya. Ginya, who grew up together in his hometown, stabbed a local yakuza and entered the juvenile training school because of Tsuruoka, who he admired as a man. He entrusts his sister Ryoko, who is the only relative, to his friends... In Kabukicho, Shinjuku, the men meet again, and the legend of the demons who nest on a sad night begins here!!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-25
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Tokyo Neo Mafia 2
2009-01-25
Tokyo Neo Mafia 2
Overview: Yabuki Ginya and a short run who jumped out of the Sanryu group and became stubborn in order to stick to their own goodwill. As they disappear and those who are fascinated by the darkness expose their desires, an organization called "Tokyo Mahouya" that raises funds through its own route emerges. A short run that suddenly appeared in front of Shibamon, who remained alone and rebuilt the group. Guided by Ginya's will, he will build "Tokyo Mahouya" with his compatriots who carry a sad fate, and will survive Kabukicho again. However, the monsters who nest in the darkness cannot leave the route where huge wealth sleeps... Toru Minegishi, the real last appearance. Praying Meifu...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-25
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Broken Heart of the 56th Year
2020-07-11
Broken Heart of the 56th Year
Overview: Apprentice chef Saori Nakagawa suddenly travels to Tokyo in 1964 to meet Ryuichi Kikuchi, a cook. From Kikuchi who devotes himself to cooking, Saori learns what is really important. The love of two people over 56 years.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-11
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Shibuya Night Wars
1998-05-01
Shibuya Night Wars
Overview: A Shibuya-kei violence movie in which ferocious love runs fast. The director is Ataru Oikawa. Beasts that cut through the darkness. Prostitution, yak buying and selling, tear gas bullets and pistols are readily available, and team conflicts are unchecked. Such a city, Shibuya. The bloody struggle between the twin brothers Keita and Yuta, who manage the club "Phantom" and partition Shibuya, and the Ikebukuro team "Lucky's" was also intensifying. Eiji, the leader of "Lucky's", teams up with Tanabe of the yakuza organization Hanyukai to challenge the final battle. They stabbed Toru, one of Keita's team, and abducted and confined Mamoru, who was sending information about "Lucky's" to Keita. And the future of the final battle...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-01
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Tomie: Beginning
2005-04-09
Tomie: Beginning
Overview: Within days after the mysterious new student Kawagami Tomie joins a high school classroom, all hell literally breaks loose. Simple in-fighting between boys and girls over Tomie's oppressive shadow soon gives way to mind-breaking violence, culminating in a grizzly dissection that ultimately leads to suicide, insanity, and even more violence.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-09
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Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
2017-08-22
Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
Overview: World War II comes to an end. Tokyo is a destroyed place, without law, driven by hunger and greed. From over 100,000 pages of declassified CIA documents and hours of newly discovered footage, recorded by American occupation charges and private individuals, the documentary shows Tokyo during this crucial year, Year Zero. Observed from the point of view of a young man who finds himself transported in time, the NHK documentary uses color images and state-of-the-art video techniques to reveal how a desperate population is published as the foundations of today's megalopolis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-22
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Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
2004-04-23
Sion Sono Fantasia Short Film Collection
Overview: An omnibus drama directed by the genius Sion Sono. Popular idols such as Sakura Mizutani and Yoko Mitsuya will appear, and a fantastic and mysterious story will unfold. Includes Chapter 1 "Woman in the Viewfinder", Chapter 2 "No Memory Woman", Chapter 3 "Virtual Love", and Chapter 4 "Love Doctor".
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-23
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28½
2010-07-31
28½
Overview: Crew and actors prepare for Mamoru Oshii's stage version of Tetsujin 28.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-31
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Mo-Ruerani
2021-02-06
Mo-Ruerani
Overview: The owner of an established photo studio, collapses from illness. His son Shinta, who was raised by his divorced wife, comes home. One day, an elderly woman named shows up at the studio and beckons Shinta to come with her. They arrive at a grassy field where Shinta finds about the secret of the "singing voice" that keeps echoing in his memory and about his father's feelings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-02-06
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