Kimiko Yo
Biography: Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 12, 1956
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Show Me the Way to the Station
2019-10-18
Show Me the Way to the Station
Overview: A young girl, Sayaka, develops a heartwarming friendship with an old man named Hasu. Based on an award-winning novel by Ijuin Shizu.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
2000-08-05
巡査鉄兵の推理日誌
Overview: An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsubei discovers the body of a man whose face has been crushed and his fingerprints erased. Tetsubei describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body, including his own theory, and is angered by Lieutenant Yukari. That night, Tetsubei visits the shop of Kanako, whom he has a secret crush on. There, Mizutani, Kanako's husband, who has been missing for seven years, appears.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-05
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Noise
2022-01-27
Noise
Overview: Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-27
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Beef tongue set meal with seafood bowl of Onagawa in Sendai
2016-08-03
Beef tongue set meal with seafood bowl of Onagawa in Sendai
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-03
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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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Can you collect it? Complete
1994-09-09
Can you collect it? Complete
Overview: Jiro becomes a happy instructor but a shocking suspicion was raised by Owada who took the place of his parents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-09-09
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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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Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
1994-05-01
Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
Overview: Detective Suwon was involved on the war on drugs in Yokohama because of his mischief.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
2000-05-12
Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Overview: The third and final V-Cinema sequel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
1991-01-11
Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
Overview: Junko Mihara is full of mysterious charm and is involved in ambitious work.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-11
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Hiruko the Goblin
1991-05-11
Hiruko the Goblin
Overview: A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-11
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Worst by Chance
2003-09-13
Worst by Chance
Overview: Hidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He drifts around and meanders through life until a death reminds him of his heritage and so begins a journey to South Korea.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-13
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Departures
2008-09-13
Departures
Overview: Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency he finds he’s being interviewed for work with departures of a more permanent nature – as an undertaker’s assistant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-13
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Gonin 2
1996-06-29
Gonin 2
Overview: Five women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager Toyama burns for revenge against the mobsters who raped and caused the death of his wife. Before long, the yakuza and Toyama arrive at the women's hideout.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-06-29
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Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
1995-06-09
Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
Overview: A V-Cinema effort from the mid-90s starring Show Aikawa and Misa Aika. Misa Aika plays Miyuki, a high school girl who is a computer nerd. She is contacted by someone on the net who calls themselves an "angel". Meanwhile, an AV cameraman, Yoichi, has fallen in love with Miyuki at first sight, and devoted himself to filming her secretly. However, as he films her, Yoichi begins to notice other strangers who have an interest in Miyuki.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-09
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The Ramen Girl
2008-02-08
The Ramen Girl
Overview: An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a râmen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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The Exam
1999-07-03
The Exam
Overview: Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-03
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Virgin Snow
2007-05-12
Virgin Snow
Overview: Min, a Korean boy, moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first sight and finds out that Nanae attends the school to which he has just transferred. Their friendship develops fast despite their cultural and language difference. When Min's grandmother falls ill, Min returns to Korea and Nanae is nowhere to be found. Had his true feelings for Nanae not been apparent to her? Why has Nanae disappeared without a word?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-12
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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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hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
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Original Language: ja
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Music of Remembrance -Gb-
2002-06-22
Music of Remembrance -Gb-
Overview: A boy who suffers from impaired hearing and a young girl pianist try to solve the mysterious connection between a series of murders and the boy's entangled memories.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-22
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Rebirth
2011-04-29
Rebirth
Overview: After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-29
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Rinco's Restaurant
2010-02-06
Rinco's Restaurant
Overview: After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. A young woman in her mid 20's becomes so heart broken she loses her voice. To recover, the woman decides to go back to her hometown and stay with her free-spirited mother whom she has not been very close to in the past. The young woman then decides to open a restaurant which accepts only one customer a day, allowing for thoughtful preparation for that customer.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-06
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First Gentleman
2021-09-23
First Gentleman
Overview: Hiyori (Kei Tanaka) is an ornithologist (expert on birds). His wife is Rinko (Miki Nakatani). She is the leader the minority opposition party. One morning, Hiyori is about to travel to an isolated island to watch birds on a 10 day trip. Before he leaves, Rinko asks him if she becomes the prime minister would he be inconvenienced. Hiyori then goes on his bird watching trip. During this time, he is completely isolated from the outside world. When he returns home, his wife Rinko is now the prime minister of the country. She is also the first ever female prime minister of Japan. Suddenly, Hiyori is now the first gentleman of the country. He decides to support his wife, but he finds himself caught up in unexpected circumstances.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-09-23
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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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Star Watching Dog
2011-06-10
Star Watching Dog
Overview: An abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified middle-aged man and a dog who seems to have died months later. This is the story of the life of the loving and faithful dog and his owner told from the dog's point of view. City hall employee Kyousuke Okutsu is assigned to uncover the man's identity for a proper funeral. As he investigates the situation, he remembers his late family and his own dog's unfailing loyalty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-10
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Crossroads
2011-12-03
Crossroads
Overview: Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-12-03
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Dearest
2012-08-25
Dearest
Overview: The posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her hometown. Eiji also learns that his wife letter for him at the post office before she died.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-25
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BON-UTA, A Song from Home
2019-02-15
BON-UTA, A Song from Home
Overview: Taiko drummer, Hisakatsu Yokoyama, and fellow evacuees of Futaba, Fukushima fight to keep their beloved “Futaba Bon-Uta” alive after their hometown, is wiped out by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the Töhoku region in Japan.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-15
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Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2019-09-29
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-29
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Bread of Happiness
2012-01-28
Bread of Happiness
Overview: A couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and establish a bakery and café called Mani. One cooks. The other bakes. Everyone walks out happy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-28
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姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
1997-07-11
姑は名探偵芹澤雅子 八丈島南国リゾート殺人事件
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-11
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Sumomo mo momo
1995-05-13
Sumomo mo momo
Overview: A youth romance that fantastically depicts the unstable emotions of high school girls who refuse to transform into adults
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-13
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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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Winter Rose
2022-06-03
Winter Rose
Overview: Jun Wataguchi lives a lazy, half-hearted life, not going to school, hanging out with half-witted delinquents, and begging money from his friends. His parents, who run a shipping business transporting earth and sand for reclamation by boat, manage to get by, despite the dwindling number of jobs and lack of successors over time. Jun showed no interest in his parents' business, and the father and son hardly ever spoke to each other. One day, one of Jun's friends is attacked by someone and an unexpected person emerges as the culprit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-03
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Orchids Under the Moon
1991-06-27
Orchids Under the Moon
Overview: Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. One day he comes across a young idol and rescues her from being kidnapped by the yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-06-27
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My SO Has Got Depression
2011-10-08
My SO Has Got Depression
Overview: Mikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio is diagnosed with depression. Mikio's wife is Haruko. They have been married for 5 years. Haruko draws comics for work, but they do not sell well. She mainly relied on Mikio for support. Meanwhile, Haruko did not notice any changes in her husband. She begins to blame herself for not noticing any signs. Mikio's depression derived from his work. His company has been pressing him to quit the company. After Mikio quits his job his condition improves, but the dynamics of their relationship changes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-08
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My Little Sweet Pea
2013-12-21
My Little Sweet Pea
Overview: It isn't easy to find a dream to chase when you're young, but Mugiko has one: she can't wait to become an anime voice actress. Saving up for classes while she works part time in a manga store, she lives with her older, gambler brother after her father's death. When the mother she never knew turns up out of nowhere and moves in, it only causes irritation for the aspiring otaku. But when her mother just as quickly disappears, it leaves Mugiko (or "Sweet Pea") searching for answers, bringing her back to her mother's hometown to discover what happened to her mother's own dream.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-21
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A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2013-12-14
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
Overview: In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Domain, who arranges for her to marry his son and heir, 24-year-old Yasunobu. But, Yasunobu is cold to his new wife, and he's more interested in swordplay than cookery.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-14
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ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
2017-12-24
ドラマSP 松本清張「鬼畜」
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Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-24
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Dear Doctor
2009-07-27
Dear Doctor
Overview: Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medical intern, Keisuke Soma. But, Soma and the villagers reconsider their opinion when they learn about a shameful incident from Dr. Ino's past. Now the once-respected doctor must account for his past actions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-27
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The Brutal Insanity of Love
1993-06-26
The Brutal Insanity of Love
Overview: A policewoman (Megumi Yokoyama) investigates the apparent suicide of a college coed. The prime suspects include the girl's professor, who may have been having an affair with her, and the professor's wife, who frequents lesbian bars. Gruesome axe murders and mutilations ensue, leading Yokoyama to a shocking discovery.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-06-26
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To Me, the One Who Loved You
2022-10-07
To Me, the One Who Loved You
Overview: Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love, but so do their parents, who eventually marry. To avoid becoming stepsiblings, they decide to run away to a parallel universe. Traveling between dimensions is common in their world, but not without repercussions. Does a universe exist for the young couple, and what will it cost them to find it?
Genres: Animation Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-07
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To Every You I've Loved Before
2022-10-07
To Every You I've Loved Before
Overview: While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune Takigawa, but apparently, they already have. Kazune reveals that she’s from World Line 85, an alternate universe in which she and Koyomi are lovers. But in a reality where moving between dimensions is natural, could Koyomi be the one from another world?
Genres: Animation Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-07
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Aiki
2002-11-29
Aiki
Overview: When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club will take him on -- that is, until an aiki jujitsu master helps the young man develop techniques uniquely tailored to a wheelchair. What starts off as a sad film revs up into an exciting and fun series of epiphanies in which the young man realizes his situation isn't as hopeless as it seems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-29
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Café Lumière
2004-09-01
Café Lumière
Overview: In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-01
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Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
2023-06-09
Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
Overview: Toshiyuki and his wife, Chiyoko, run a store named “Fukunoya” in Fukuoka. They become friends with a takoyaki (octopus dumpling) stall owner named Tsuru and try to help her out, as does the rest of the kind-hearted community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-09
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
1988-11-26
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Overview: A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-26
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Nobody's Perfect
2013-03-23
Nobody's Perfect
Overview: "Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school board member Yusaku Shiraishi
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-23
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The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs
2022-09-23
The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs
Overview: Tamura Yujiro and Hiyori have been married for four years. They look like a happily married couple, but, Hiyori secretly badmouths her husband on social media page "Husband Death Note."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-23
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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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Midnight Diner
2014-11-01
Midnight Diner
Overview: A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-01
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Happy-Go-Lucky
1997-03-17
Happy-Go-Lucky
Overview: Takashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back pullover around a horizontal bar. Their gym teacher warns them: they have one week to succeed; if they resign now, then, tomorrow, facing life difficulties, they will always run away and become bums.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-03-17
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993-10-08
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
Overview: Adaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-08
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Parasyte: Part 2
2015-04-25
Parasyte: Part 2
Overview: Humanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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Parasyte: Part 1
2014-11-29
Parasyte: Part 1
Overview: Humanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-29
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Hotel Hibiscus
2002-10-28
Hotel Hibiscus
Overview: Hotel Hibiscus is the story of one very young energetic girl named Mieko and her internatioanl family who live in Okinawa. They live in a run down old hotel called Hotel Hibiscus with only one room for rent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-28
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Hysteric
2000-05-07
Hysteric
Overview: In this startling psychological thriller from Japan, Mami (Hijiri Kojima) is a teacher who meets Tomo (Koji Chihara), a psychotic criminal with a short temper and no visible means of support. Amour fou blooms between them, and a year later they're living together, with Mami taking part as Tomo abducts, tortures, and kills one of their neighbors. Eventually the cycle of crime goes too far for Mami and she leaves Tomo, but several years later, he arrives at her home to disrupt her life with her new husband. Hysteric was directed by Takahisa Zeze, who previously received critical acclaim for the film Kokkuri. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-07
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Invisible War
2007-02-10
Invisible War
Overview: Kitahara Shuji, an ordinary business man turns into a spy for his town's war against a neighboring town in a Dystopian society.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-10
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Tokyo Tower
2005-01-15
Tokyo Tower
Overview: Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-15
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Where The Legend Lives
2008-11-01
Where The Legend Lives
Overview: Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the ancient country of Yamatai. His obsession sprouted from a day when he discovered ancient ceramics while repairing railroad tracks. Now completely blind, Kohei relies on his wife (Sayuri Yoshinaga) to guide him through the country and read the maps in their pursuit of Yamatai.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-01
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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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Time Leap
1997-06-07
Time Leap
Overview: Time travel film
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-07
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The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses
1991-06-14
The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses
Overview: A woman is being attacked by the yakuza of the Mitsuyoshi group ... A man with a pistol appears dashingly and shoots the yakuza without question now the yakuza want him dead
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-06-14
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52-Hertz Whales
2024-03-01
52-Hertz Whales
Overview: After her mother remarried, Kiko Mishima was abused mentally and physically by her family that included her mother, stepfather, and younger stepbrother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-01
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悪女について
2012-04-30
悪女について
Overview: Erika Sawajiri plays Kimiko, the main character of the story who has died. Although the title implies that it is a story of a “wicked woman,” the original novel was divided into 27 chapters, one for each “testimony” by someone who knew Kimiko at some point in her life, providing a range of perspectives on what kind of person Kimiko was. ~~ Adapted from 1978 novel series "Akujou ni Tsuite" by Ariyoshi Sawako.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-30
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Going against the Grain in Fukushima
2015-06-03
Going against the Grain in Fukushima
Overview: Tenei village is located in Fukushima prefecture's beautiful surrounds. It is 70 kilometers away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. When the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant failed in March 2011, radioactive particles fell and contaminated the rice fields. But the farmers couldn't just abandon their land as they live on the land and wanted to protect it for future generations. The farmers decided to pursue scientific methods to secure food safety. They were on their own without Government assistance. This film documents their determination and efforts in overcoming an environmental crisis that had never been experienced before.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-03
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300 Million Yen Robbery
2014-01-18
300 Million Yen Robbery
Overview:
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-18
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A Night in Nude
1993-12-18
A Night in Nude
Overview: Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and see the sights. What Jiro doesn't know is that this woman isn't who she says she is. She's on the run from her Yakuza boyfriend, and Jiro is going to be unwittingly entwined in the situation.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-18
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Alone in the Night
1994-10-22
Alone in the Night
Overview: An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the drugs they claim he stole from them. Afterwards Nami attempts to commit suicide, but after being rescued by a mysterious yakuza she decides to infiltrate the gang and get revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-22
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Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
2007-06-20
Memories of the Womb: You Are Here
Overview: Born into a wealthy family, 17-year-old Masato (Emoto Tasuku) has never been deprived of material comforts, but his distant relationship with his parents leaves him empty and rebellious. Telling himself that his real mother is actually a woman who kidnapped him as an infant, Masato takes off to Okinawa to find her. Curious to learn more about her (Matsuyuki Yasuko), he ends up staying to work at her restaurant. As the two grow closer over time, an ambiguous relationship develops, not quite mother and son, not quite lovers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-20
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Black Dawn
2012-06-02
Black Dawn
Overview: In 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same time, leaked information comes in about enriched uranium from the Korean peninsula. Sumimoto of the external affairs fourth division suspects that a conspiracy has been hatched to rock Japan-Korean relations.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-02
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A Story of Yonosuke
2013-02-23
A Story of Yonosuke
Overview: The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-23
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Fireflies: River of Light
2004-06-05
Fireflies: River of Light
Overview: After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through to his students, until he creates a class project to raise fireflies to fly over it once again. All students, even the reserved girl Hikari (Risako Sugaya), become passionately involved in the project. However, it brings them into conflict with parents and the school, one problem after another stands in his way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-05
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Wait and See
1998-12-19
Wait and See
Overview: A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-19
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Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
1991-08-25
Kaiki Senyaichiya Monogatari: Kai no Maki
Overview: Horror film released in 1991.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-08-25
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Omokage
2023-03-27
Omokage
Overview:
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-27
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Shin Godzilla
2016-07-29
Shin Godzilla
Overview: When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-29
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Maria's Stomach
1990-07-21
Maria's Stomach
Overview: A carnivorous monster lives on the island of Sipang. A group of office ladies band together to fight it.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-07-21
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Suicide Club
2001-10-29
Suicide Club
Overview: When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-29
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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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Midnight Diner 2
2016-11-05
Midnight Diner 2
Overview: The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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Moonlight Serenade
1997-03-15
Moonlight Serenade
Overview: After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-03-15
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Pacchigi!
2005-01-22
Pacchigi!
Overview: Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, outraged by insults perpetrated by several of his idiotic class-mates on two Korean girls. He makes a narrow escape, but soon after, he and his best bud Yoshio are sent by their home-room teacher to invite the Korean students to a friendly soccer game as a way of restoring the peace.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-22
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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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Air Doll
2009-09-26
Air Doll
Overview: A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Junichi. She starts to date Junichi and gets a job at the same store where he works. Everything seems to be going perfectly for her until something unexpected happens.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-26
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Perfect Revolution
2017-09-29
Perfect Revolution
Overview: Kuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike anybody he’s ever met before. She barrages into one of his lectures, demanding to know why he only talks of sex, not love, before declaring her own affection. It’s the first of many inappropriate acts by Ryoko and the start of a relationship that is by turns sweet, strange and toxic. Ryoko hopes that she and Kuma’s love can change the world. What she fails to realise is that sometimes it’s the small gestures, not the grand ones, that feel most revolutionary.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-29
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Timeless Melody
2000-03-18
Timeless Melody
Overview: Kawamoto works and lives in a dilapidated pool hall which also serves as a rehearsal space for him and his friend Chikako. They seem contented to while away their hours doing nothing much at all. Meanwhile, an old pool shark meets some people from his past that he is none too happy to see again. How will this affect their private haven?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-18
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Love Bites Back
1988-07-01
Love Bites Back
Overview: Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter. Outwardly, his family seems really happy, but in reality Yuichi enjoys sex with everyone but his wife Chikako. One day, he gets a phone call from a woman named Sanae, an old elementary school classmate of his.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-01
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Via Okinawa
1989-06-09
Via Okinawa
Overview: During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With exhausting displays of energy, Sai presents a whirlwind romance between a local rocker and the daughter of a mixed American-Okinawan marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-06-09
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Omotenashi
2018-03-03
Omotenashi
Overview: Cultures meet and values are learnt through the renovation of an inn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-03
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The Heartbreak Yakuza
1987-09-12
The Heartbreak Yakuza
Overview: A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
Genres: Crime Romance Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-09-12
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Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
2017-04-18
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Overview: Oei, later known as Katsushika Oi, was born the third daughter of Edo’s talented painter Katsushika Hokusai and his second wife Koto. Although Oei became the wife of a town painter for a time, her love of the paintbrush more than her husband spelt disaster and she comes back home to Hokusai from the family she had married into. This is how Oei starts to help her father out in his painting of the “insurmountable high wall”. Meanwhile, Oei can only talk to the painter Ikeda Zenjiro, who is her father’s student, about her pain and worries. Zenjiro has taken Edo by storm as Keisai Eisen, the master of ukiyo-e portraying beautiful women. He visits regularly because he admires Hokusai and secretly likes Oei although their relationship is like childhood friends. Oei respects her father whose paintings fascinated her and continues to work as a painter who supports him behind the scenes. When Hokusai’s masterpiece Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji was completed, she was also by his side.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-18
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20th Century Nostalgia
1997-07-26
20th Century Nostalgia
Overview: A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-26
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Haunted School
1995-07-08
Haunted School
Overview: A young girl wanders into a wing of her elementary school that has been abandoned for years and is rumored to be haunted. When she doesn't come back, a group of her classmates go looking for her, only to find that they, too, are trapped inside. They must somehow find their way to safety, and quickly, because the rumors of ghosts are turning out to be true.
Genres: Family Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-07-08
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Zen and Bones
2016-08-26
Zen and Bones
Overview: The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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The Housekeeper
2012-12-22
The Housekeeper
Overview: Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family of six. The father, Tatsuya, is the head of a university hospital's department of internal medicine. He lives with his wife Haruko, their three sons, and Tatsuya's mother, Shigeko. Although the Inamuras appear to be a happy family, Nobuko soon uncovers the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-12-22
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The Ice Ruts
2016-11-05
The Ice Ruts
Overview: Mayu Daimon is a woman who does not remember her mother's face, and her father is the only person she has blood relationship in this world, but he is going to die soon. Mayu has just started a new life as a detective at the Criminal Investigation Division which deals mainly with murder cases soon, and has to handle with two corpses of old men continuously. One corpse found frozen buried in the snow and the freezing sea. Soon with a detailed investigation she finds out a connection between the two cases which seemed to be completely different at first glance. It was just the breach to open a history of an incident which had origin back to the 1960s in Aomori Prefecture. Growing more and more as a detective, Mayu has to unravel the mystery of a case which goes beyond time and space and which ends in Hokkaido with a result that no one expected.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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Passion
1992-04-25
Passion
Overview: A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-25
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The President's Christmas Tree
1996-11-23
The President's Christmas Tree
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-11-23
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Enokida Trading Co.
2018-06-09
Enokida Trading Co.
Overview: Enokida Trading Post is a second-hand shop run by Yojiro Enokida , whose personal mantra is, "Anything but garbage. We take it all." The shop serves as a gathering place for employees and regular customers, who come with troubles in hand. One summer day, part of the shop's sign falls down. Yojiro thinks this is a sign that something spectacular is about to happen, and indeed their problems take on lives of their own from that day onward.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-09
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Oka wo koete
2008-05-17
Oka wo koete
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-17
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Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2004-08-22
Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Overview: 2004 film
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-08-22
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A Lone Scalpel
2010-06-05
A Lone Scalpel
Overview: Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-05
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Kuroido Goroshi
2018-04-14
Kuroido Goroshi
Overview: March 1952, the only doctor in the village Shiba had found a dead body of Sanako. The cause of death is overdose of sleeping pills. Sanako had been suspected for killing her own husband so Dr. Shiba’s sister Kana is guessing that she has committed suicide due to being tormented by killing her husband. Everyone who was in Mr. Kuroido’s house is the suspect, including all the members of Kuroido family, butler, secretary, maids, etc. The Detective Suguro (Hercule Poirot) will investigate the case. Dr. Shiba will be assisting him. As things are searched by them, a shocking fact has been brought to light…
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-14
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Amagi Pass
1998-01-01
Amagi Pass
Overview: A fifteen year old boy travels through the Amagi Pass, he encounters some strange people, one of them is the geisha Ozuka Hana. After a murder takes place, the police searchs for the culprit.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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AI Amok
2020-01-31
AI Amok
Overview: In 2030, AI is everywhere including the medical field, finance and security. Artificial intelligence has become essential in people's lives. They have come to completely trust AI, but artificial intelligence becomes out of control and it causes disaster.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
2007-12-22
Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
Overview: Chacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-22
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Yumeji
1991-05-31
Yumeji
Overview: Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-31
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Dirty Hearts
2012-07-21
Dirty Hearts
Overview: In 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong. For eighty percent of the Japanese community in Brazil, Japan had won the war and defeat was nothing more than American propaganda. The few immigrants that accepted the truth were persecuted. Some were hunted down and assassinated - by their own countrymen - causing the start of a new, private war. Dirty Hearts is a thriller and love story told by the wife of one of the fanatics dedicated to preach Japanese victory. Little by little, she watches her husband, a hard-working immigrant, become an assassin and their love story fade away.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-07-21
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Oh My God
2002-07-06
Oh My God
Overview: Hana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her grandmother's house. Hana's mother, who gave birth to Hana when she herself was a teenager, now resides in the home. They are on the outs with each other, but are forced to stay with each other when Hana's boyfriend fails to show.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-06
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Immoral Affairs
1997-10-18
Immoral Affairs
Overview: Immoral Affairs (Fukigen na kajitsu) is a Japanese film made in 1997 and directed by Katsuo Naruse.It centers on two characters: Mayako, played by Kaho Minami, a young women who is not content with her husband and begins to have many affairs with other men, and Kiriko Okabe, played by Isako Washio, a woman whom she befriends. Mayako's husband is played by Jinpachi Nezu.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-18
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Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
2004-11-01
Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
Overview: Higuchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu drama is a biography of her personal life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-01
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Shield of Straw
2013-04-25
Shield of Straw
Overview: Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-25
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
2000-12-09
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Overview: Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2000-12-09
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Free and Easy 11
2000-02-05
Free and Easy 11
Overview: Hama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but Su-san remains in low spirits over business matters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-05
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Yamato
2005-12-17
Yamato
Overview: Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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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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Hotel Royal
2020-11-13
Hotel Royal
Overview: Set at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests, the family that runs the hotel, and the hotel's staff. Masayo Tanaka is the only child of the family that runs Hotel Royal. She failed to enter an arts school and she now works at the hotel. She does not show her emotions to anyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-11-13
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Giwaku
2019-02-03
Giwaku
Overview: Sahara Takako is a lawyer who specialises in civil cases. She hates to lose and will use whatever means necessary to pursue the truth. Despite her competence, she is mocked as a rotten lawyer for defending companies that exploit their employees and winning many of these lawsuits. One day, Takako gets an unexpected request from a veteran lawyer, Harayama Masao. He would like her to take over the defence of a woman because he is in poor health and needs to be hospitalised. This woman is Shirakawa Kumako, who has been in the public eye. Called “Onikuma” by the public, which is a play on her maiden name, Onizuka, she faces charges of killing her husband Fukutaro, the owner of an established Atami restaurant, for insurance money.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-03
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Ace Attorney
2012-02-11
Ace Attorney
Overview: Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-11
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Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
2018-06-22
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Overview: Six Stories based on Six Songs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-22
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Any Crybabies Around?
2020-11-20
Any Crybabies Around?
Overview: A man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope that makes himself a grown man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-11-20
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Father of the Bride
2012-01-08
Father of the Bride
Overview: The story is set against the beautiful scenery of Yamakoshi, Niigata, which is also known for bullfighting. Yanagiba plays a man named Satoshi who raises fighting bulls, while Kanjiya plays his deaf and mute daughter Mio. Osamu plays her fiance Maru, a charming young man from the lower part of town.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-08
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Sharaku
1995-06-02
Sharaku
Overview: A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-02
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Soup Opera
2010-10-02
Soup Opera
Overview: Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through an unexpected set of circumstances, she winds up becoming roommates with an aging ladies’ man named Tony and a timid younger man named Kosuke.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-02
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Step
2020-07-17
Step
Overview: Single father Kenichi has raised his daughter Miki alone for the past ten years, from when she attended nursery school until her graduation from elementary school. Kenichi is currently 30 years old. His wife Tomoko died at a young age and he has raised Miki alone since that time. While raising his daughter alone, he has encountered various problems.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-17
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Peaceful Death
2020-07-25
Peaceful Death
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-25
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The Lonely Affair of the Heart
2002-03-16
The Lonely Affair of the Heart
Overview:
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-03-16
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Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
2015-03-07
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Overview: A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-07
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Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
2015-04-11
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Overview: A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-11
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Baian the Assassin
1990-12-26
Baian the Assassin
Overview: Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, his nighttime persona is that of a highly skilled assassin. For money, he eliminates those whose existence is considered harmful, quietly disposing of them. One night, Baian is mistaken for another doctor by the young swordsman Kosugi Jūgorō and is attacked. He manages to avoid harm, but the doctor Kosugi originally intended to target is connected to the assassination target assigned by Baian’s boss, Hanzaemon Otowa. Baian and his companion Hikojiro begin investigating their target, Chōbei Izuyaya, the owner of a candle shop...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-26
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The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
1991-12-16
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
Overview: A mother and her daughter move from the urban sprawl of Tokyo to the remote island of Ishigaki in the Ryukyu archipelago, and try to adapt to life there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-16
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An Artist of the Floating World
2019-03-30
An Artist of the Floating World
Overview: In the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art solely to the celebration of physical beauty. Instead, he put his work in the service of the imperialist movement that led Japan into WWII.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-30
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Sleep in the Shadows
2019-09-06
Sleep in the Shadows
Overview: Fuyuki is an established artist who runs several bars in Yokohama. One day, injured Shinji runs into his bar. He always idolizes Fuyuki as his elder brother. Shinji is a member of the charity group which looks after troubled young girls in Yokohama. Fuyuki decides to help Shinji who is in a trouble with Yakuza for helping an underage girl out of their prostitution business. In the midst of getting involved in this conflict, Fuyuki learns that his dearest love, Kyoko has a very short time to live, and he feels a strong desire to express his love for Kyoko in a painting...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-06
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A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998-10-17
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Overview: A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start in life, including a former salaryman with whom she begins a furtive romance...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-17
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A Stitch of Life
2015-01-31
A Stitch of Life
Overview: Ichie is the owner of a dressmaking shop. Her grandmother started the shop and now Ichie runs the business. Her clothes are made with an old sewing machine and are very popular. Following her grandmother’s will, Ichie only makes clothes for individuals and turns down offers to turn her clothing into a brand.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-31
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Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
2012-03-17
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
Overview: The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-17
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The Yakuza Principal
2007-10-01
The Yakuza Principal
Overview: Junji, the protagonist of FM89.3MHz, must become the principal of a nursery school in Kabukicho after the death of Okawa Clan's boss.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-01
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Galileo XX
2013-06-22
Galileo XX
Overview: This is an episode of Galileo in name only, since this story focuses exclusively on Utsumi Koaru, played by Shibasaki Kou. The eccentric scientist makes a cameo appearance in one scene and the final scene is on the same day as episode one of the second series, but apart from that this drama has little to do with the rest of the Galileo canon.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-22
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Suspicion
2003-03-22
Suspicion
Overview: A car carrying a wealthy man and his second wife, Kumako (Yo Kimiko), falls into the sea, and only Kumako survives. At first, it is thought to be just an accident, but the absence of brake marks makes Kumako a strong suspect... Meanwhile, newspaper reporter Akitani Shigekazu (Sato Koichi) gets caught up in an unexpected situation after breaking the news about Toyosaki Katsuo (Emori Toru), a man who knows Kumako's past...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-22
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寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
1991-12-16
寝台特急出羽号 赤い爪痕の女
Overview: On the night train home from a memorial service, a detective meets a woman who has killed her sick father and is being pursued by the police.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-16
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Hiruko the Goblin
1991-05-11
Hiruko the Goblin
Overview: A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-11
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Chicken Is Barefoot
2004-11-13
Chicken Is Barefoot
Overview: A disabled child of separated parents gets caught up in police espionage due to his uncanny ability to remember license plate numbers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-13
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Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
2005-03-27
Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru SP
Overview: In 1988, Hokkaido's Hokusei Yoichi High School became the first high school in Japan to accept students who had previously dropped out of high school from nationwide. This special follows Yoshiie Hiroyuki (based on a former graduate of Hokusei Yoichi) and his friends from the time they enroll in the school during it's first year accepting delinquents. This is a brilliant tale of troubled youths trying to break free from their former lives- fighting through various gut-wrenching challenges on their way- while the teachers struggle to help them every step of the way.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-27
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