Satoshi Tsumabuki
Biography: Satoshi Tsumabuki (born December 13, 1980) is a Japanese actor. His breakthrough film was Waterboys for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' award at the Japanese Academy Awards, and won the 'Newcomer of the Year' prize. He is also the bassist and lead singer of the Japanese band Basking Lite.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 13, 1980
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Waterboys
2001-09-15
Waterboys
Overview: In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the synchronised swimming competition, in-spite of the mockeries of the real sportsmen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-15
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Tokyo!
2008-08-16
Tokyo!
Overview: Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-16
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Dragon Head
2003-07-30
Dragon Head
Overview: Teru Aoki (青木 輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-30
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Pandemic
2009-01-17
Pandemic
Overview: ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more cases begin arriving, a medical officer from the World Health Organization named Eiko Kobayashi is dispatched to the area. At the rate the virus is spreading, the entire city’s transportation system and infrastructure would be brought to a halt within 3 months. Within 6 months it could spread to tens of millions of people--reaching a death toll far worse than any war.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-17
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Villain
2010-09-11
Villain
Overview: Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-11
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No Boys, No Cry
2009-05-28
No Boys, No Cry
Overview: A couple of smugglers don't know what to do when one day their boss gives them a kidnapping job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-28
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Spring Special
2005-04-12
Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Spring Special
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Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-12
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Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
2005-03-05
Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Overview: A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei.
Genres: Drama War Science Fiction Thriller Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-05
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Dororo
2007-03-15
Dororo
Overview: Hyakkimaru, a warrior on a quest to reclaim 48 of his body parts which were each taken by a demon, is joined by Dororo, a thief on a quest to avenge the death of her parents.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-15
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The Magic Hour
2008-06-07
The Magic Hour
Overview: A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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Tomie: Rebirth
2001-03-24
Tomie: Rebirth
Overview: Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-24
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Surely Someday
2010-07-17
Surely Someday
Overview: Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's upcoming festival. When the festival is abruptly concealed, they come up with a dimwitted strategy of faking a bomb threat to the school in order to force the principal to change his mind. Their plan seems to work at first, but when a real bomb goes off, the group is forced to take responsibility for the explosion and they are kicked out of school. Three years later, more details of the incident is revealed as the youth look back on the past.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-17
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
2003-12-13
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Overview: Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-13
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Tears for You
2006-09-30
Tears for You
Overview: A love story about two step-siblings, Yota and Kaoru. Long ago, Yota's mother married Kaoru's jazz-playing father, effectively merging the two families. Unfortunately, Kaoru's father skipped town, and Yota's mother passed away, but not before imparting a dying wish to her young son to take care of Kaoru.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-30
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Smuggler
2011-10-22
Smuggler
Overview: To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-22
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Children of the Dark
2008-08-02
Children of the Dark
Overview: A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network. In the darkest corners of Thailand, child prostitution and organ sales flourish. In order to save a child's life, another life must be taken. An outraged Japanese journalist and a passionate young Japanese NGO member attempt to save "children of the dark" from being consumed by arrogance and greed. However, the harsh realities of life intervene... Adapting Yan Sogil's book, which unflinchingly portrays the tragic realities unfolding today, filmmaker Junji Sakamoto directs a talented multinational cast to bring these stark events to life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-02
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For Love's Sake
2012-06-16
For Love's Sake
Overview: Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter raised in a wholesome family. Around Makoto and Ai are Iwashimizu, who has feelings for Ai and Gamuko, a gang member who eyes Makoto.
Genres: Drama Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-16
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Sabu
2002-05-14
Sabu
Overview: When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-14
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69
2004-07-10
69
Overview: Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater, and rock music, and develop their project into a school road block. This plan however catches the attention of television stations and newspapers, and soon even the cops became involved in this teenage adventure.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-10
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A Day on the Planet
2004-02-05
A Day on the Planet
Overview: Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki & her boyfriend Nakazawa join the party and get drunk easily after the friendship reunion. Kate has a crush on one of the cute guy who doesn't have any interests on her though. The cheerful and unforgettable night is full of joy while the whales and the thief incidents also attract the attention of them. Before the sunrise, seven friends meet again on the beach so as to witness the fade of youth days.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-05
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Chûshingura 1/47
2001-12-28
Chûshingura 1/47
Overview: During Japan's feudal period, a noble lord was treacherously killed by a rival. His 47 samurai retainers took their revenge on their master's killer after scattering into society for several years, so as not to be detected. Having completed their task, all 47 then committed ritual suicide. This series, of which this TV movie is the pilot, follows the adventures of one of these samurai as he patiently waits for the chance to fulfill his destiny.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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Tokyo Family
2013-01-18
Tokyo Family
Overview: An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-18
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My Back Page
2011-05-28
My Back Page
Overview: In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later, Sawada interviews activist Umeyama with senior reporter Nakahira. Umeyama boasts that his group will steal arms and take action in April. Sawada doubts Umeyama's claims but is attracted to his personality. An incident occurs... Sawada hears news that a man was killed at a army post...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-28
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School Days with a Pig
2008-10-31
School Days with a Pig
Overview: A sixth grade teacher raises a pig with his class.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-31
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The World of Kanako
2014-07-04
The World of Kanako
Overview: When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-04
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Farewell, Kuro
2003-07-01
Farewell, Kuro
Overview: Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-01
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The Assassin
2015-08-27
The Assassin
Overview: 9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-08-27
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
2003-03-28
Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
Overview: This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a result of his mom selling out their shop and soon becomes involved in a ‘bone smasher’ case, in which someone puts homeless people to sleep and breaks their bones.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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Villon's Wife
2009-10-10
Villon's Wife
Overview: This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1947 novel by Osamu Dazai, the story centers less on the womanizing, heavy-drinking, suicidal hero than on the wife who loves him. Written by Palm Springs International Film Festival
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland
1999-09-24
Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Arisugawa is a businessman who has been transferred to a local branch office. However, the people at the branch office are all peculiar...
Genres: Horror Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-24
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Judge!
2014-01-11
Judge!
Overview: After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a judge at the world's biggest advertising competition in Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-11
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The Kiyosu Conference
2013-11-09
The Kiyosu Conference
Overview: After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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Our Family
2014-05-24
Our Family
Overview: The emotional journey of a four-member family that fails to recognize that it is rapidly growing apart until the mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-24
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The Little House
2014-01-25
The Little House
Overview: Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-25
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The Vancouver Asahi
2014-09-29
The Vancouver Asahi
Overview: In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of their Caucasian counterparts. But one thing made their lives worth living: baseball. They may be the underdogs, but the Vancouver Asahi baseball team have a sense of fair play and smart tactics that set them apart from the brute force of their opponents. Under the guidance of new team captain Reggie Kasahara, can they be able to rise above all the negativity to win the tournament? This film is based on the true story of Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese-Canadian baseball team that was inducted into The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-29
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Fly with the Gold
2012-11-03
Fly with the Gold
Overview: Kota hears about an impending 1.5 billion yen gold bar heist from his friend Kitagawa, a former college classmate, and decides to take part. The gold bar sits in the basement of the HQ of Sumita Bank. Helping Kota and Kitagawa are bank security employee Noda, a North Korean spy pretending to be a college student, Kitagawa's younger brother Haruki and a former elevator engineer. These 6 men are about to carry the boldest of schemes to bypass the bank's high-tech defense system.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-03
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Lady Maiko
2014-09-13
Lady Maiko
Overview: Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-13
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Spring Snow
2005-10-09
Spring Snow
Overview: Based on the first novel, Spring Snow, of Mishima Yukio's Sea of Fertility tetralogy, it follows the troubled and illicit affair between two youngsters amongst the aristocracy and rich of early twentieth century Japan.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-09
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Paco and the Magical Book
2008-09-13
Paco and the Magical Book
Overview: Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-13
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It's Only Talk
2006-06-10
It's Only Talk
Overview: Based on an award winning novel, It's Only Talk is about the life of Yuko, a 35-year old woman. She is single and unemployed, and suffers from manic depression. The movie begins with Yuko moving to Kamata Town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-06-10
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The Haunted Samurai
2007-06-22
The Haunted Samurai
Overview: A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and separated from his wife and son, he moves in with his disapproving elder brother and his wife. He meets his old class rival Enomoto Takeaki, now a commander of a naval ship, and is later told by a kindly noodle shop owner that Enomoto's rise in social status came about after he prayed at a shrine in Mukojima. Stumbling home drunk one night, Hikoshiro falls down a riverbank and comes across a small run-down shrine which he is convinced is affiliated to the one in Mukojima. Pressing his hands together in prayer, he unwittingly invites the unwanted attentions of the gods of poverty, pestilence and death..
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-22
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Jam Films
2002-12-28
Jam Films
Overview: Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-28
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Tokyo Rhapsody
2007-05-12
Tokyo Rhapsody
Overview: "Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-12
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Welcome to the Quiet Room
2007-10-20
Welcome to the Quiet Room
Overview: 28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a psychiatric hospital. Sakura first became unconscious because of heavy alcohol use and a druge overdose. She’s confined in the single room because of her high risk of committing suicide. Sakura tried to talk to the nurses and doctors but they didn’t listen to her. Under the circumstances another patient Miki, who suffers from an eating disorder, leads her to understand the unknown world. But, Sakura is looking for the way to get back to the real world as soon as possible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-20
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All Lives
2024-05-06
All Lives
Overview: TV Tokyo's 60th anniversary special drama. This is a human drama about a doctor struggling with his life and a patient who has been told he has little time left to live, as they travel around the world in search of answers to the eternal questions of what people live for and what they leave behind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-06
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High and Low
2007-09-08
High and Low
Overview: At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom - that is, until he learns that the kidnappers have mistakenly abducted not Gondo's son, but the child of Gondo's chauffeur. Now Gondo must decide whether the other man's child is equally worth saving.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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Stand by Me Doraemon
2014-08-08
Stand by Me Doraemon
Overview: Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.
Genres: Animation Family Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-08
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Rage
2016-09-17
Rage
Overview: A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears. People suspect that the stranger might be the murderer.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-17
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
2005-04-02
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Overview: Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-02
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Tokyo Family
2013-01-18
Tokyo Family
Overview: An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-18
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Hero's Island
2025-09-19
Hero's Island
Overview: Set in post-war Okinawa, Japan, Gusuku had 3 close childhood friends: On, Yamako and On's younger brother Rei. On was the oldest of the group and he was like a leader to everybody else. He was also a heroic figure to them. On led his friends into the U.S. military base and they stole supplies to give away to the local residents. Everybody in the neighborhood praised On. One night, they entered the U.S. military based to steal supplies. During their raid, On was chased by U.S. soldiers and went missing. Years later, Gusuku now works as a police officer. Yamako is an elementary school teacher. Rei is a member of the yakuza. These three people are still unable to get over the disappearance of On. They chase after the truth behind On's disappearance and uncover a shocking answer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-09-19
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The Magnificent Nine
2016-05-14
The Magnificent Nine
Overview: Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-14
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006-06-03
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Overview: In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-03
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Kidnap Tour
2016-08-02
Kidnap Tour
Overview: Haru is a rather cool fifth-grade elementary school student who shares the same tastes as her mother’s younger sister Yuko (Kaho) and can tell Yuko what she really feels. On the first day of the summer vacation, Haru is kidnapped. The culprit is her free-spirited father Takashi who disappeared from home two months ago.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-02
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Traces of Sin
2017-02-18
Traces of Sin
Overview: Tanaka is going through a tough time trying to support his younger sister Mitsuko, recently arrested and hold up in jail. As an investigative reporter, he immerses himself into a story about a shocking murder case gone cold; a family was brutally murdered a year ago and the case remains unsolved.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-02-18
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The Real You
2024-11-08
The Real You
Overview: Why had a mother who seemed happy desired to end her own life? Desperate to uncover his mother’s true intentions, Sakuya ventures into uncharted technological territory. He turns to VF (Virtual Figure), a technology that aggregates personal data from one’s life to create a “human” in a virtual space.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-08
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GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
1999-12-18
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Overview: Tohru Fujisawa's popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town's teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn't the sort of person who respects the town's newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn't much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-18
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Museum
2016-11-12
Museum
Overview: In Tokyo, Japan, several grotesque murders take place on rainy days. Detective Sawamura, who is in charge of the case, soon discovers that his own family is connected to the crimes.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-12
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What a Wonderful Family!
2016-03-16
What a Wonderful Family!
Overview: A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-16
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What a Wonderful Family! 2
2017-04-20
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Overview: Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-20
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Tornado Girl
2017-09-16
Tornado Girl
Overview: Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle magazine "Mare," where he meets Akari Amami, a mischievous fashion press writer, and falls in love with her at first sight.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-16
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What a Wonderful Family! 3
2018-05-25
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Overview: At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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Detective Chinatown 2
2018-02-16
Detective Chinatown 2
Overview: Driven by the desire for the huge reward, Tang Ren (by Wang Baoqiang) tricked Qin Feng (by Liu Haoran) to New York, to attend the World Detective Contest,. Later on, behind the crazy competition, Qin and Tang discovered the real hidden facts of this contest.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-02-16
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It Comes
2018-12-07
It Comes
Overview: To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Thirty Lies or So
2004-12-18
Thirty Lies or So
Overview: Takarada, a member of a group of swindlers which has reunited to pull off a big caper involving down comforters, shoddy encyclopedias, and a panda suit. However, the actual scam they’re about to run takes a back seat to the trust issues between the group.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-18
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The Asadas!
2020-10-02
The Asadas!
Overview: Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take staged photos of his family.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-02
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Paradise Next
2019-06-06
Paradise Next
Overview: Wisecracking Makino shows up from Japan and meets Shima, a yakuza living quietly in Taipei. Makino says he knows about the incident that prompted Shima to come to Taiwan. Shima finds out that someone wants Makino dead, and they both head for Hualien, a city in eastern Taiwan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-06
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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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When a Tree Falls
2019-09-21
When a Tree Falls
Overview: A young couple is devastated when their son is killed by a falling tree during a windstorm. As the distraught father begins to look for answers into his son’s death, what appears to be a tragic accident turns out to have been the result of multiple blunders by multiple people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-21
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The 47 Rōnin in Debt
2019-11-22
The 47 Rōnin in Debt
Overview: Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai Kuranosuke Oishi decides to take revenge on Kira, planning an attack with the help of accountant Chosuke Yato… but they don't have enough in their budget.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-22
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Red
2020-02-21
Red
Overview: A married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a friend’s wedding. They haven’t seen each other in ten years, but they begin an affair.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-02-21
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Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
2015-11-28
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
Overview: "Box" Shuko Yoshino (played by Yuko Takeuchi), a researcher at a medical university, was suddenly hit in the head while working. When she woke up, she found herself locked in a sealed metal box. Ryota Murakami (played by Satoshi His Wife), a single office worker in "Glasses Bring Happiness", accidentally received a smart glasses. With the help of the glasses, he began to interact with the beautiful woman. Ayumu Miura (played by Mizuki Yamamoto); "Fierce House" Yukiko (Played by Miki Nakatani) Moved into a new house with her daughter Zhuli, but there seemed to be a terrible grudge living here; Hatsuno (played by Takashi Abe), the head of the financing department of "×", accidentally found a × on his forehead, but the people around him couldn't see it at all. Shotaro (played by Shinnosuke Manjima) is experiencing a difficult moment in life. When he was pushed to the extreme, he suddenly told the first lie in the world, and he and his two friends embarked on a magical journey.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-28
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The Dimension Travelers
1998-12-26
The Dimension Travelers
Overview: A teenage girl makes a new friend at her school who tells her that she has the ability to travel between worlds.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-26
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A Chair on the Plains
2013-02-23
A Chair on the Plains
Overview: Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sales for a camera company. One of his clients is Jujo Togashi who owns the shop Camera Togashi. The two men are friends and become captivated by a picture with only a chair sitting in a field of grass. Kentaro and Jujo know of a 4-year-old boy Keisuke through Kentaro's eldest daughter. 4-year-old Keisuke is traumatized from being abused by his mother. Kishiko Shinohara is the owner of an antique shop. Kentaro Tooma has feelings for her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-23
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Tetsujin 28: The Movie
2005-03-19
Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Overview: One of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-19
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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018-09-07
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Overview: Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tournament. At the age of 26, his dream of becoming a professional shogi player collapses due to an age restriction. After he quits playing shogi, he becomes desperate. With the support of his peers, including Yuya Suzuki, and his love of shogi, Shoji Segawa begins to play shogi again. A miracle happens to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-07
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Not Quite Dead Yet
2020-03-20
Not Quite Dead Yet
Overview: After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-20
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I Never Shot Anyone
2020-07-03
I Never Shot Anyone
Overview: Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-03
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Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
2021-08-13
Shikatanakatta to Yuute wa Ikan Nodesu
Overview: An medical student unwillingly assists in human experiments on American POWs during WWII and gets sentenced to death in the Yokohama War Trials. His wife fights for a reduction of sentence.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-13
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A Man
2022-11-18
A Man
Overview: Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-18
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Stand by Me Doraemon 2
2020-11-20
Stand by Me Doraemon 2
Overview: Nobita travels to the future to show his beloved grandma his bride, but adult Nobita has fled his own wedding.
Genres: Animation Family Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-11-20
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People Without a Fort
2004-09-24
People Without a Fort
Overview: After female high school student Furuya Meiko is found dead in her apartment from an apparent suicide, police investigate and discover that she was involved in prostitution. The night before Meiko's death, her secret job was exposed and broadcasted to the public by well-known journalist Nagasaka Fumio on a very popular news program. Filled with anger and confusion, her boyfriend, Yahiro Kiichiro vows to get revenge on Nagasaka.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-24
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