Issey Takahashi
Biography: Issey Takahashi or Issei Takahashi (高橋 一生, Takahashi Issei, born on December 9, 1980, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor and singer.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 09, 1980
Deathday: N/A
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The Taste of Tea
2004-07-17
The Taste of Tea
Overview: A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Devoted Cookbook
2012-09-22
Devoted Cookbook
Overview: The film is set in Edo period. As an orphan child Mio starts working at a restaurant in Osaka where she learns how to cook. When she turns 18, she moves to Edo (today's Tokyo) where she opens her own restaurant.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-22
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Stranger in My Town
2011-05-05
Stranger in My Town
Overview: Nozomi Takemoto, a reclusive first-year high school student, resides in Omuta with her father, a town that once thrived as a coal mining hub. As her summer break nears its end, Nozomi embarks on a bicycle ride to the town's outskirts and stumbles upon a captivating relic: the remnants of a coal mine turret that once symbolized prosperity. Intrigued by this discovery, she delves into the town's history, scouring the library for old records and materials. Along her journey, she crosses paths with a newspaper reporter assigned to cover the town's post-mining era. Through this summer adventure in an unfamiliar town, Nozomi gradually uncovers the hidden chapters of her family's past, connecting her with the experiences of her father and grandparents.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-05
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special
2016-05-28
Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special
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Genres: Fantasy Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-28
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Snow Country
2022-03-28
Snow Country
Overview: Depicts the love story between an idle author and a provincial geisha.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-28
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Shin Ultraman
2022-05-13
Shin Ultraman
Overview: The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly meets a giant silver humanoid who starts appearing every time a space monster attacks!
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-05-13
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
2003-03-28
Ikebukuro West Gate Park SP
Overview: This special takes place three years after the end of the original series. Makoto is homeless as a result of his mom selling out their shop and soon becomes involved in a ‘bone smasher’ case, in which someone puts homeless people to sleep and breaks their bones.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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Devoted Cookbook
2014-06-08
Devoted Cookbook
Overview: It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant “Tsuru-ka” is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio, won the prestigious cooking competition. One day, the owner of “Tsuru-ka”, Taneichi, employed young Fuki to be the attendant for customers’ shoes. Mio could fully empathize with young Fuki, who was an orphan and yet was courageous enough to survive on her own. Around the same time, the famous novelist Seiemon started coming to “Tsuru-ka”. Even though Seiemon criticized Mio’s cooking each time, he always returned to the restaurant daily.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-08
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NODA・MAP「兎、波を走る」
NODA・MAP「兎、波を走る」
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Original Language: ja
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Yoi Ko to Asobou
1994-10-15
Yoi Ko to Asobou
Overview: Five junior high school students in the city enjoy stealing as a game to pass the time. One day, a mysterious masked man suddenly appears in front of them and attacks them.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-15
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民王スピンオフ～恋する総裁選～
2016-04-22
民王スピンオフ～恋する総裁選～
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-22
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2020
2022-07-07
2020
Overview: Recording of the solo stage play.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-07
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Rohan au Louvre
2023-05-26
Rohan au Louvre
Overview: The blackest and most evil painting in the world. In pursuit of its mystery, Rohan Kishibe, a manga artist with a special power, visits the Louvre in France. There, a number of horrifying events await him.
Genres: Mystery Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-05-26
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Black Jack
2024-06-30
Black Jack
Overview: Adapted from the manga series "Black Jack"
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-30
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Kasha
2011-11-05
Kasha
Overview: Shunsuke Honma is a detective from the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Shunsuke takes a leave from work due to an injury. One day, his relative comes to see him and asks him if he can find his missing fiance Akiko Sekine. Shunsuke takes on the job and enlists the help of Detective Sadao Ikari. The detectives soon uncover the shocking truth behind the missing woman.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-05
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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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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003-10-10
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Overview: An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-10
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Detroit Metal City
2008-08-22
Detroit Metal City
Overview: Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the band, he has a definite talent for it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-22
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Love My Life
2006-12-09
Love My Life
Overview: Ichiko and Eri are two beautiful Japanese Uni students who are in a lesbian relationship. Ichiko comes out to her father who tells her he is also gay and her mother was a lesbian.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-09
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Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess
1999-09-13
Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess
Overview: Saeko Machida is a high school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attention and win his affections, but there's no such luck. One day, she meets a strange man at a flea-market who gives her a red liquid, telling her that if she splashes it on Yuichi, her wish will become true. She acquiring the liquid, certain that the liquid will cause Yuuichi to love her. Saeko finally gets the courage to confess her love to Yuichi, but he rejects her. Disappointed, she splashes the liquid on Yuichi, but that liquid actually causes him to shrink about three inches in height.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-13
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My Long Awaited Love Story
2017-12-23
My Long Awaited Love Story
Overview: Riko is 27, working as a love simulation game designer, and she no longer has big expectations for a man in her life. One day app company TIMEIS, lead by Soichiro, hires her to work on their latest game.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-23
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Whisper of the Heart
1995-07-15
Whisper of the Heart
Overview: Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.
Genres: Animation Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-07-15
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
2004-05-08
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Overview: While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-08
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Meatball Machine
2006-09-23
Meatball Machine
Overview: Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-23
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Half a Confession
2004-01-10
Half a Confession
Overview: Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-10
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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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Only Yesterday
1991-07-20
Only Yesterday
Overview: In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
Genres: Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-20
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004-04-16
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Overview: The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-16
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Suki
2000-08-19
Suki
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-19
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2018-02-03
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Overview: Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and never returning, deadbeat gambler Masato dies of stomach cancer. At his funeral, a motley crew of fellow mahjong players, pachinko parlor employees and former drinking buddies gather to pay their respects and tell stories, revealing aspects of Masato’s life that complicate his sons’ resentment towards him.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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The Lies She Loved
2018-01-20
The Lies She Loved
Overview: Yukari Kawahara works at a drink manufacturer. She works hard and achieves recognition for her work. Yukari Kawahara is dating research doctor Kippei Koide. They have lived together for 5 years. One day, Kippei Koide collapses from a brain hemorrhage. Yukari Kawahara soon learns that everything she knew about her boyfriend was a lie. She hires private detective Takumi Kaibara to investigate Kippei Koide.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-20
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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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The Limit of Sleeping Beauty
2017-10-21
The Limit of Sleeping Beauty
Overview: Aki is an unsuccessful 29-year-old actress who eventually became a magician's assistant. While pretending to be hypnotised on the stage, Aki finds the boundary between reality and illusion becoming increasingly vague. For Aki, the only beautiful memory she has was the time spent with her lover Kaito.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-21
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Recall
2018-06-15
Recall
Overview: A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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Returning the Favor
2006-03-22
Returning the Favor
Overview: Kitahara Kazunori was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in the fall of his second year in high school, and thereafter spent a year and 10 months battling the disease. Although he studied hard for the university examinations and was successfully admitted to his first choice, [the prestigious] Tokyo University, he only managed to visit it for a day before passing away. After that, last January [i.e. 2005], Kazunori's mother compiled the thoughts he had left behind and published it as a book, and it was adapted into this drama. Even as Kazunori had to fight his serious illness, he received support from his friends, school teachers and family members, and had warm relations with many people. This drama illustrates the 1 year and 10 months young Kazunori persevered together with the people around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-22
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Million Dollar Man
2018-10-19
Million Dollar Man
Overview: A man, who is repaying a 30 million yen debt left by his brother, wins the 300 million yen lottery. He grapples with the question of whether money can buy him happiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-19
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Until I Meet September's Love
2019-03-01
Until I Meet September's Love
Overview: Shiori has just moved to a new apartment. One evening, she hears a mysterious voice that claims to be "from the future" asking her to trail Susumu Hirano, who lives next door. Shiori in an attempt to solver the mystery began to investigating more and more about Hirano until she gets attracted to him.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-01
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Samurai Shifters
2019-08-30
Samurai Shifters
Overview: Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He receives a mission to help a daimyo move. With the assistance of Genemon Takamura and Oran, Shunnosuke Katagiri carries out his mission.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-08-30
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Swing Girls
2004-09-11
Swing Girls
Overview: A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the school's brass band.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-11
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Romance Doll
2020-01-24
Romance Doll
Overview: It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not know that Tetsuo makes sex dolls or Dutch wives. Sonoko has a secret too. She is about to tell Tetsuo what she has been hiding. Their marriage is already sexless. Will they make it?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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Wife of a Spy
2020-10-16
Wife of a Spy
Overview: It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.
Genres: Drama War Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011-03-27
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Overview: An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is a complete edit of the two-part martial arts action films Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. The film was originally scheduled to be released as one part. However, due to the film's over 4 hour running time, it was split into two parts.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-27
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Marriage Ring
2007-10-24
Marriage Ring
Overview: TheForbidden pure love story, based on the original work of Junichi Watanabe. Chitani Moriya is an ordinary 25-year-old office worker who is driven by a marriage desire.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-24
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All About Lily Chou-Chou
2001-10-06
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Overview: Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yūichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of pop star Lily Chou-Chou.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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Collage of Our Lives
2003-05-16
Collage of Our Lives
Overview: A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021-06-04
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Overview: Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-04
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Hoshi wo tsugu mono
1990-02-03
Hoshi wo tsugu mono
Overview: An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-02-03
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Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional
2025-05-23
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan: At a Confessional
Overview: While on vacation in Venice, author Rohan Kishibe is mistaken for a priest and hears the confession of a horrific crime.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-05-23
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