Etsushi Toyokawa
Biography: Etsushi Toyokawa (Japanese: 豊川 悦司 Hepburn: Toyokawa Etsushi, born March 18, 1962) is a Japanese actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 18, 1962
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Female Teacher: Under a Wet Piano
2005-09-27
Female Teacher: Under a Wet Piano
Overview: Two escaped convicts arrive at the summer villa of the chairman of a large company.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-27
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Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part1
2023-02-03
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part1
Overview: Baian Fujieda, an assassin for hire, got an unusual job from his usual fixer to end up with an unexpected twist of destiny from the past.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-03
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20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
2009-01-30
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Overview: Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-30
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Angel Dust
1994-09-23
Angel Dust
Overview: A police psychologist suspects her former lover of serial murders on the Tokyo subway.
Genres: Horror Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-09-23
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My Brother, The Android And Me
2022-01-07
My Brother, The Android And Me
Overview: A lonely researcher doubting his own existence builds an android which looks exactly like himself.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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Loft
2005-10-07
Loft
Overview: A writer retreats to a secluded suburban house to work on her new novel. But her attention is instead occupied by her archaeologist neighbor's newly discovered mummy and a ghostly presence in her house.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-07
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10 Promises to My Dog
2008-03-15
10 Promises to My Dog
Overview: One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Akari was together with Socks day and night. However, as Akari grows up, her feelings and interest moves away from Socks. Year by year, their distance grows, which also leads to her physical distance as she moves to a far off city, and must leave Socks behind to a childhood friend.One day Akari remembers the 10 promises that she had made with Socks and her deceased mother...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-03-15
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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008-08-19
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Overview: In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-19
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The Great Yokai War
2005-08-06
The Great Yokai War
Overview: A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-06
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No Way Back
1995-05-12
No Way Back
Overview: When FBI Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafioso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only son's death in the same operation and kidnaps Zack's son to hold as bait. The action gets wild when airline stewardess Mary is taken hostage to add what seems an another insurmountable problem for Zack. There appears to be no way out.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-12
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Black Princess 2 Flame Target
1991-03-08
Black Princess 2 Flame Target
Overview: A female detective realises that the construction company corruption case was not guilty... there was an evil mastermind behind it!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-03-08
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Hula Girls
2006-09-09
Hula Girls
Overview: Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
2023-04-07
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Overview: The main character, Baian Fujieda, is a dark hero who has two faces: one as a skilled acupuncturist who saves lives, and the other as a criminal who buries evil that cannot be kept alive for the sake of others. Popular writer Shotaro Ikenami's historical novel series of the same title, on which the film "BAIAN The Assassin, M.D." is based, is a blockbuster bestseller with a total of over 6 million copies in print and has been made into a timeless entertainment film many times in Japan. Many famous actors have played the role of Baian, including Ken Watanabe. The year 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of Shotaro Ikenami's birth. In the anniversary year of 2023, a new "BAIAN The Assassin, M.D." is born.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-04-07
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Japan Sinks
2006-07-15
Japan Sinks
Overview: In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As further disasters follow, politicians plead with other countries to take refugees, while scientists struggle to save Japan itself.
Genres: Drama Thriller Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-15
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20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
2009-08-19
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Overview: The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?
Genres: Adventure Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-19
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Love Letter
1995-03-25
Love Letter
Overview: Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to also be called Itsuki Fujii.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-25
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Lie Lie Lie
1997-10-04
Lie Lie Lie
Overview: Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-04
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Sennen-Tabito
1999-11-01
Sennen-Tabito
Overview: Knowing that he has only a month to live, a pianist goes back to his beloved ocean. He meets a girl with a broken leg. She is the daughter of his dearest woman who died many years ago. The relationship between them becomes closer. They rescue a man who tries to commit suicide. When the pianist is nearing his end, that man finds love in the girl's heart...
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-01
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Face
2000-08-12
Face
Overview: Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-12
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Until the Lights Come Back
2005-11-19
Until the Lights Come Back
Overview: A Christmas Eve power outage provides a collection of troubled Tokyo denizens the opportunity to come clean on the misdeeds of their past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-19
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Revolver LILY
2023-08-11
Revolver LILY
Overview: In 1924 Yuri killed 57 people as a spy before going underground as the madam of a small brothel. There, she encounters an orphan whose family was murdered and holds the key to finding a large sum of money reported missing by the Imperial Japanese Army. But with an army of soldiers after them, they must fight to survive.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-11
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Sword of Desperation
2010-07-10
Sword of Desperation
Overview: A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.
Genres: Action Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-10
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Undo
1994-10-07
Undo
Overview: Moemi is not overly pleased when Yukio brings home a couple of turtles to keep her company. Although Yukio works at home as a writer, Moemi feels neglected and desired a dog or a cat, but neither is allowed in their apartment.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-07
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The Man Behind the Scissors
2005-03-19
The Man Behind the Scissors
Overview: The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinatsu. The two risk being found out when the police question them as witnesses to a gruesome murder they themselves may have committed. A quirky and perplexing police thriller centered around two murderers who thrive on slicing up schoolgirls. Calculated serial psycho Yasunaga (Tokokawa) and Chinatsu (Aso), his sweet female sidekick, find themselves being questioned as witnesses to a murder when their next potential victim turns up dead...with their M.O.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-19
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Boiling Point
1990-09-15
Boiling Point
Overview: Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-15
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South Bound
2007-10-06
South Bound
Overview: Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are both ex-extremists, his elder sister and a younger sister. Children look coldly at their father, Ichiro (Toyokawa Etsushi), who does not work but is quick at lashing out for anything illogical. One day, Jiro snaps at a junior high school student in the neighborhood who ridiculed his parents and causes a violent incident. Being tired of all the fuss made by the school and the response from the child welfare, the Uehara family moves to the island of Iriomotejima, father's hometown. However, the island is in the midst of a row over a development plan to build resort facilities, and the family is sucked into the mayhem. Ichiro and his wife Sakura are arrested, but they break loose. They are forced to live a life as fugitives, and are unable to live with their children. The children, however, understand that their parents do not want to succumb to the establishment and support them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-06
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Postcard
2010-10-27
Postcard
Overview: Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-27
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Kingdom 2: Far and Away
2022-07-15
Kingdom 2: Far and Away
Overview: It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification.
Genres: Action Adventure War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-15
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Platinum Data
2013-03-16
Platinum Data
Overview: Set in the year 2017, the Japanese government attempts to secretly control the DNA of its people. Ryuhei Kagura is a top scientist in the field of DNA analysis. He works at the DNA analysis institution run by the National Police Agency. When the inventor of the DNA analysis system is murdered, Ryuhei Kagura's own DNA is found at the murder scene. Ryuhei Kagura becomes the prime suspect and then he becomes a fugitive. Veteran detective Reiji Asama goes in pursuit.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-16
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Year One in the North
2005-01-14
Year One in the North
Overview: In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-14
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Twinkle
1992-10-24
Twinkle
Overview: Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student. The film is less a realistic exploration of gay life than a fairy tale of three young Japanese trying to construct an alternative to the sexual and familial roles given to them by a society turning increasingly emotionally barren.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-24
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Dog Star
2002-04-27
Dog Star
Overview: A seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained him as a puppy. While attempting to get to know her (as he runs along behind her and sniffs for her around town) he eventually falls in love with her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-04-27
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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 Kiss
2007-11-22
The Kiss
Overview: One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the two start corresponding.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-22
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2 Women
2022-11-11
2 Women
Overview: Modeled on Setouchi Jakucho, Inoue Mitsuharu, and his wife, 2 women depicts the special relationship between a man and two women, based on the novel by Inoue Areno, the eldest daughter of Inoue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-11
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Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007-12-01
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Overview: "Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, faster, subtler sword, talking and perception. He uses them to settle the trouble and uses them good!
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-01
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The Lakeside Murder Case
2004-01-22
The Lakeside Murder Case
Overview: Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has killed his mistress.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-22
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And so I'm at a Loss
2023-01-13
And so I'm at a Loss
Overview: Yuichi Sugawara is a freelancer, who spends his days meaninglessly. He lives with his long-term girlfriend Satomi Suzuki. One day, they start to argue over a trivial matter which causes Yuichi to leave their home. He wanders around and meets with his friends, sister, and mother. When he starts to feel uncomfortable around them, he leaves them behind. He then crosses paths with his father, Koji, for the first time in ten years. Koji also ran away from his family, including Yuichi, at that time. Koji then invites Yuichi to come over to his house. Hen accepts and turns off his smartphone to cut off all the relationships he has.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-13
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A Good Husband
2009-10-14
A Good Husband
Overview: The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip to get pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-14
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An Angel with Many Scars
1997-04-19
An Angel with Many Scars
Overview: An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy’s mother, and the detective’s buddy Hisashi joins them later.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-19
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Climbing to Spring
2014-06-14
Climbing to Spring
Overview: Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-14
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Dead Run
2005-12-17
Dead Run
Overview: Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes increasingly isolated at school and drifts into criminal activity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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The Goofball
1998-06-27
The Goofball
Overview: Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he regularly goes. He somehow agrees to help her to look for her run-away son, Masaru. Unfortunate to Hisashi, Masaru starts following his around instead of returning home, after he was found by Hisashi. Then they end up stealing a gun from a police officer! In their course of running away, the similar two who cannot adapt to society very well start to develop a mutual friendship…
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-27
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Another Battle
2000-11-25
Another Battle
Overview: Former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano and the young Nakahira. Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-25
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Awakening
2007-01-27
Awakening
Overview: After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that her husband had lived a double life. Struggling between her anger and the chance to begin a new chapter for herself, she finds her life moving into unchartered waters as she faces her 60th birthday.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-27
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Moon Child
2003-04-19
Moon Child
Overview: Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's footsteps as a vampire with the gift of eternal life and the curse of blood thirst. Over time, their tight friendship becomes corrupted because of their rivalry and love for the same woman.
Genres: Horror Action Thriller Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-19
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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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Night Head
1994-11-03
Night Head
Overview: The movie version of the TV series that gained cult popularity. One day, the Kirihara brothers who have supernatural powers meet a supernatural power girl named Sakie Tengen, and fight against an organization that has noticed her ability.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-11-03
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Inochi
2002-09-14
Inochi
Overview: Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka, decides to help raise him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-09-14
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The 8-Tomb Village
1996-10-26
The 8-Tomb Village
Overview: A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-26
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Her Granddaughter
2015-02-14
Her Granddaughter
Overview: Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside. When her grandmother dies, Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in the house full-time, and to work from there as well. However, one day she encounters a middle-aged man in the house, who tells Tsugumi that her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house when he was her student. The two share the property, although Tsugumi still does not know the exact relationship that her grandmother had with this man.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
1992-04-23
Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of the Unknown
Overview: A bizarre mystery created under the direction of director Jissoji. The mysterious and strange world of Jissoji is brought back to life here!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-23
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The Gentle 12
1991-12-14
The Gentle 12
Overview: The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one juror voices second thoughts.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-14
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Misty
1997-05-03
Misty
Overview: Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-03
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The Human Trust
2013-10-19
The Human Trust
Overview: A professional scammer is hired by a wealthy young businessman to find a hidden treasure looted from the Bank of Japan and supposedly stashed away by a group of men after WWII in various locations around the globe. Eventually an assassin is put on their trail.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-19
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The Investigation Game
2007-10-27
The Investigation Game
Overview: Police superintendent Makishima suffered a demotion transfer after he failed to capture the suspect in a kidnapping case of a boy, who was subsequently killed, and made a blunder in the press conference. Six years later, Makishima is improving his performance at Ashigara station, when he is summoned by the prefectural police headquarters and asked to take on the investigation of a serial child murder case which has reached a deadlock. Makishima, still bearing an emotional scar from the previous case, accepts the request, and pushes through an unprecedented investigation, where Makishima appears on TV as the person responsible for the investigation and appeals to the killer directly in order to bring him into the open. Despite being caught in disputes within the police force and facing criticism from rival TV stations, Makishima talks to the camera as the whole nation watches on. "This is for the killer. Go to sleep trembling in fear tonight."
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-27
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Phantom of the Toilet
1995-07-01
Phantom of the Toilet
Overview: Set in an elementary school and centered on a boy named Takuya and a new transfer student named Saeko. Takuya's classmates think that Saeko has been possessed by Hanako, the ghost that lives in the bathroom. The rumor is especially encouraged by a girl who has a crush on Takuya and is jealous since Takuya likes Saeko.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-07-01
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Black Widow Business
2016-08-27
Black Widow Business
Overview: Kozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi and eventually marries her. Not longer after their marriage, Kozo Nakase suddenly collapses and dies. Kozo Nakase leaves everything to Sayako. The rest of his family are left out of his will including his daughter Tomomi. Tomomi hires a private investigator, Honda, to find out more about Sayoko.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-27
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March Comes In Like a Lion
2017-03-18
March Comes In Like a Lion
Overview: Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years. Having meals with the Kawamoto family brings warm feelings to Rei Kiriyama. As Rei Kiriyama continues his shogi career, his interactions with his neighbors allows him to grow as a shogi player and as a person.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-18
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Free and Easy 6
1993-12-25
Free and Easy 6
Overview: Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-25
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Love Never to End
2007-01-13
Love Never to End
Overview: He is Kikuji Murao (Etsushi Toyokawa), a former best-selling novelist who has had a decade-long dry spell that has reduced him to university teaching and magazine hackery. After divorcing his wife (Reiko Takashima) and leaving behind his teenage daughter (Shihori Kanjiya), he meets Fuyuka Irie (Shinobu Terajima), a housewife and mother of three who is a longtime fan.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-13
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The Blue Hearts
2017-04-08
The Blue Hearts
Overview: Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-08
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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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Lunatic Love
1994-01-06
Lunatic Love
Overview: A man tries to figure out who his ex-girlfriend is dating.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-06
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March Goes out Like a Lamb
2017-04-22
March Goes out Like a Lamb
Overview: The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an upcoming tournament, the father who left the three sisters appears and disturbs the peace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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Teacher and Three Children
2008-09-27
Teacher and Three Children
Overview: The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-27
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Joe, Tomorrow
2015-10-22
Joe, Tomorrow
Overview: Junji Sakamoto's documentary follows legendary boxing champ Joichiro over 20 years, from the ages 25 to 44. In a series of meetings, like the 7 Up series, Sakamoto conducts intimate interviews with Tatsuyoshi. Narrated by actor Etsushi Toyokawa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-22
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Dialogue
1992-12-25
Dialogue
Overview: A man hires a Private Investigator in order to find proof that his wife has been cheating on him. Soon, we learn that the man’s plan is to set the wife up, divorce her and remarry again in America with the daughter of his boss.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-25
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Laplace's Witch
2018-05-04
Laplace's Witch
Overview: An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen sulfide poisoning are an accident - or a murder. But when he meets a young woman at both sites, a scientific mystery begins.
Genres: Mystery Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-04
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Nomitori Samurai
2018-05-18
Nomitori Samurai
Overview: Hironoshin is a samurai of the Echigo-Nagaoka clan. One day, Hironoshin attends a party at a mansion in Edo where his lord, Tadakiyo is invited to recite poems. Hironoshin is asked to give his opinion and foolishly comments that the piece was plagiarized. Infuriated, Tadakiyo orders Hironoshin to live his life without honor as a ‘cat flea picker', which is in fact a pseudonym for a male prostitute. The honest and straight-shooting Hironoshin convinces himself that he has no other options, and resigns himself to live as a sex worker. Hironoshin becomes an apprentice to a flea-picker boss who encourages him, convinced that Hironoshin is exacting revenge in the guise of a prostitute.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-18
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Punk Samurai Slash Down
2018-06-30
Punk Samurai Slash Down
Overview: Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by the Kurokaze Han, but they learn that Junoshin Kake lied. Junoshin Kake is given the death sentence and he must think of an escape plan.
Genres: Action Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-30
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Kachô Shima Kôsaku
1992-10-03
Kachô Shima Kôsaku
Overview: Based on the comic book by Kenshi Hirokane
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-03
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Midway
2019-11-06
Midway
Overview: The story of the Battle of Midway, and the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome massive odds.
Genres: Action War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-06
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Samurai Marathon
2019-02-22
Samurai Marathon
Overview: When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-22
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The Ripples
2002-11-23
The Ripples
Overview: Inako Natsui is a quiet, modern girl working in a laboratory and living a closed and somewhat monotonous life in a small town. From time to time she goes to nearby to visit her lonely mother Wakayama who has been a widow for the past seventeen years. The girl's relatives, particularly Aunt Sadako and Uncle Shuhei, the local mayor's deputy, plan to introduce her to a suitable young man, but Inako has no real desire to get married. She is more interested in the hot mineral springs from where she takes her laboratory specimens. This all changes when she meets Mr Tamamiza, a young divorced man who's been left with a little boy. Her relatives are decidedly against the match. The girl falls in love with the man without realizing that she will encounter a painful conflict between her family and providence, as unexpectedly as the spring which gushes out from the geological fold, driven to the surface by mysterious subterranean forces.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-23
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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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Beat Kids
2005-06-04
Beat Kids
Overview: A new student ,Eiji is forced into playing the drums for the school band by his classmate, Nanao. From the first moment he holds a drumstick in his hands, the rhythm inside Eiji is awakened and he soon becomes captive to its sonic boom. The obsessive and demanding Nanao is soon swayed by Eiji's bright character and natural kindness. Under Nanao's leadership, the band starts making waves in local competitions. Despite their success, can they survive the pressures of school, relationships, and their dreams? In Beat Kids, Director Toshi Shioya weaves a passionate rock and roll coming of age story about a teenager who uses music to turn growing pains into something extraordinary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-04
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The Man with Two Hearts
1996-05-11
The Man with Two Hearts
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-11
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One Summer Story
2021-08-20
One Summer Story
Overview: Between competitive swim team practice and cramming for classes the anime Buffalo Kotek is Minami’s only respit from her hectic life. So it feels a lot like kismet when she discovers that her classmate Shohei, and aspiring manga artist, shares her obsession—and that his brother is an amateur detective. It seems as though Minami’s finally formed the perfect team to help her unravel a big mystery of her own, following a recent trail of clues that just might lead to her long lost father. The timing couldn’t be better when an out-of-town swim competition presents itself as the perfect alibi, and she sneaks off to the Japanese coast to discover a whole new side of herself in this bold and charming story of anime, friendship, family, and the life aquatic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-20
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Last Letter
2020-01-17
Last Letter
Overview: It is only at their sister's and mother's funeral when a woman meets her niece after many years. The niece is now a grown girl. The sister takes on the task of informing the deceased's friends of the death while the daughter cannot bring herself to symbolically accept the demise of her mother. In the midst of all this an old flame messages the sister to say he is still in love with her, but is he messaging the living sister or the dead one?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-17
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Ghost Pub
1994-10-29
Ghost Pub
Overview: One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-29
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Earwig and the Witch
2021-02-03
Earwig and the Witch
Overview: A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-02-03
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Ito
2021-06-25
Ito
Overview: A shy country girl chooses a part-time job at a maid cafe where she serves customers while dressed up as a maid.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-25
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Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo
2004-07-17
Tange Sazen : The Jar Worth One Million Ryo
Overview: Tange Sazen: Hyakuman Ryo no Tsubo is a remake of a classic 1935 film of the same name by Yamanaka Sadao. Tange Sazen, the one-armd, one-eyed ex-samurai swordsman is the creation of Hayashi Fubo and was one of the most popular characters of the era. This remake is helmed by freshman director Tsuda Toshio, starring Toyokawa Etsushi as Sazen and Wakui Emi as Ofuji, his quick-witted wife. This marks the 34th film in the series of Tange Sazen, and involves an Urn that is worth a million Ryo!.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Youth Peony Lantern
1993-08-21
Youth Peony Lantern
Overview: Based on "Kaidan Botan Dango" by Sanyutei Encho, a rakugo storyteller who was active from the late Edo period to the Meiji era, Kara Juro was in charge of the script. A feature-length historical drama depicting a fierce and painful love story between ghosts and humans. Impressive artistic and fantastic painting with depth as if you were watching the stage. In all, this work is a beautiful, love horror fantasy.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-08-21
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Every Trick In The Book
2021-08-27
Every Trick In The Book
Overview: Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in Toyama Prefecture, who comes across a mysterious counterfeit bill and has his life targeted by underworld kingpin Kurata. Is his story fact or fiction? His editor, Nahomi Torikai, decides to verify whether his latest work is mere fiction based on real-life experiences. She looks into a family that vanished, a post office worker who went missing, a shady load of cash, the whereabouts of the doves, and the fateful encounter from that night... A series of shocking facts are revealed from Tsuda’s stories. Why did the counterfeit money end up in Tsuda’s hands? What is the “ending” that Tsuda wished to portray?
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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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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Mystery Experience Zone: Really Scary Stories: Ghost Photos sent to you & Ghost Detectives
1992-04-13
Mystery Experience Zone: Really Scary Stories: Ghost Photos sent to you & Ghost Detectives
Overview: Story teller Kinya Aikawa serves as a guide in this horror drama series, which is presented in an omnibus format with two stories each based on the stories of people who have experienced horror. Kanako (Yasuko Sawaguchi) looks through the viewfinder of a second-hand camera she bought and sees a boy with a look of hatred on his face staring back at her. When she looks up, the boy is gone, and when she looks through the viewfinder again, she sees the boy staring back at her. Kanako is now haunted by the spirit of the boy and the adults who are close to him....
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-13
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