Ayumi Ito
Biography: Born in Tokyo, Ayumi Ito has always had a love for movies and art. She made her big-screen debut in Nobuhiko Obayashi's The Water Travelers: Samurai Kids. Her distinctive style led to her critically acclaimed performance in Swallowtail Butterfly, directed by the renowned Director Shunji Iwai. At 16-years-old, Ayumi was awarded both the Best New Actress Award as well as the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 20th Annual Japanese Academy Awards. Ayumi's career has blossomed into starring roles in several successful films and television shows. She trained in LA and New York and has worked globally with world-renown Chinese director and artist Zhuangzhuang Tian, Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), among other great filmmakers. Ayumi's performance in the the Fuji TV drama Belle de Jour was so strong that she reprised the role when it became a feature film and box-office hit, earning over 2.3 billion JPY. She is also the voice of Tifa Lockhart in the animated film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. Off-screen, Ayumi is a talented vocalist and recording artist. Her passion for art continues to thrive and she brings characters to life in her performances.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 14, 1980
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
2005-07-14
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Overview: Two years have passed since the final battle with Sephiroth. Though Midgar, city of mako, city of prosperity, has been reduced to ruins, its people slowly but steadily walk the road to reconstruction. However, a mysterious illness called Geostigma torments them. With no cure in sight, it brings death to the afflicted, one after another, robbing the people of their fledgling hope.
Genres: Animation Action Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-14
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Swallowtail Butterfly
1996-09-14
Swallowtail Butterfly
Overview: The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
Genres: Drama Crime Music Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7
2003-11-21
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 7
Overview: A collection of psychic images received by general posts. Fear multiplies! Earth-bound spirits, vengeful spirits, floating spirits, guardian spirits ... full of mysterious images that can not be elucidated by science!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-21
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Tokyo!
2008-08-16
Tokyo!
Overview: Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-16
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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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Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
2005-09-14
Final Fantasy VII: Last Order
Overview: In the events of Last Order, taking place five years before the beginning of Final Fantasy VII itself, Sephiroth was ordered to inspect the Mako Reactor outside the town of Nibelheim with a small entourage, consisting of one other member of SOLDIER and a few Shin-Ra MPs. Among this group was SOLDIER 1st Class member Zack and his buddy, a 16-year-old Shin-Ra trooper named Cloud Strife.
Genres: Action Adventure Animation Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-14
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Hana & Alice
2004-03-13
Hana & Alice
Overview: Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-13
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Clay Fear
2006-02-24
Clay Fear
Overview: Pottery factory owner Ming Fu (Ng Kai Wah) is haunted by visions of the blazing death of his business partner in a suspicious fire. Widowed, Ming is set to marry Ye Yue (Miao Pu) much to the consternation of Ming’s “Rebecca”-like housemaid Zhen Zi (Ayumi Ito of “All About Lily Chou-Chou”), who just happens to be his late wife’s sister. Yarn hints at paranormal causes as more of Ming’s business associates die one by one, but an early slip gives the game away. Zhang’s helming, aided by Japanese vet Yudai Kato’s lustrous lensing, is inventive, but a heavy glazing of horror cliches make this cracked yarn damaged goods.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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The Blue Bird
2008-11-29
The Blue Bird
Overview: Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been bullied, attempted suicide last term. On the first day of the new term, a substitute teacher arrives to take the second year class. When the teacher, Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe), introduces himself, the pupils are surprised by his stutter. He has a speech impediment. Unable to speak eloquently, Murauchi faces his pupils with ‘words of truth’. His first instruction to the pupils is to return Noguchi’s desk and chair to the original place in the classroom. Every morning Murauchi greets the empty desk, “Good morning, Noguchi.” This causes a ripple beyond the classroom and among other teachers and parents, but Murauchi will not stop doing it. Eventually the day comes when Murauchi must leave.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-29
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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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Immersion
2023-06-16
Immersion
Overview: Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-16
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Owl
2003-02-07
Owl
Overview: A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to stray to their cabin with sex, and kill them. All goes well until a local cop shows up and, then, an old relation.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-07
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Dr. Akagi
1998-05-17
Dr. Akagi
Overview: At the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the prisoner-of-war camp.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-17
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円都 YEN TOWN
1996-10-18
円都 YEN TOWN
Overview: Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-18
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Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011-04-23
Gantz: Perfect Answer
Overview: Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.
Genres: Action Mystery Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-23
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Bandage
2010-01-16
Bandage
Overview: Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu, vocalist of the new band LANDS. Asako ends up being the band manager, but as the band's popularity starts to soar, the band's friendship begins to suffer.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-16
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Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel
2009-04-16
Final Fantasy VII: On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel
Overview: It's been four years since Meteor fell on Midgar. Denzel meets Reeve at an outskirts coffee shop about joining the World Regenesis Organization. Upon the request Denzel tells Reeve about what his life was like prior to the Meteor incident.
Genres: Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-16
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Mask de 41
2004-01-26
Mask de 41
Overview: Tadao Kuramochi, an ordinary salaryman, decides one day to reach for his dreams and start his own wrestling federation. Tadao must succeed to save his family on the verge of collapsing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-26
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Vanished
2006-08-26
Vanished
Overview: Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to make their greatest dreams come true. But, they soon discover that mistakes may cost them more than even their dreams could tell.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-26
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Kitokito!
2007-03-17
Kitokito!
Overview: Coming of age story about a boy and his mother.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-17
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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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A Day on the Planet
2004-02-05
A Day on the Planet
Overview: Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki & her boyfriend Nakazawa join the party and get drunk easily after the friendship reunion. Kate has a crush on one of the cute guy who doesn't have any interests on her though. The cheerful and unforgettable night is full of joy while the whales and the thief incidents also attract the attention of them. Before the sunrise, seven friends meet again on the beach so as to witness the fade of youth days.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-05
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Sunday's Dream
2005-10-22
Sunday's Dream
Overview: Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy regarding redundancy. However, Shinobu soon gets remarried to Sakamoto depriving Kazuya of a place to stay. He then meets Sachiko who works in a salon where sexual pleasure is offered to men. They promise to have a date on the next Sunday by the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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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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埋もれる
2014-03-16
埋もれる
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-16
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Check It Out, Yo!
2006-04-22
Check It Out, Yo!
Overview: Tomboy Yui (Mao Inoue) brings her 3 male friends along with her to see a live performance of local Okinawan rap group, “Workaholic”. Upon witnessing the crowd reaction, the boys decide to start a rap group of their own to impress chicks—while Toru (Hayato Ichihara) has the added motivation of impressing his older, more sophisticated love interest Nagisa (Ayumi Ito). With only 2 weeks to learn how to play instruments and prepare for their first show, the performance is predictably humiliating. In order to save pride they decide to give it another shot, but this time they ditch the instruments for a sampler and stay truer to themselves. Will Toru be able to capture Nagisa’s heart? Will Yui ever confess her love to Toru or will she just keep practicing her advanced pro wrestling techniques on him instead?
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-04-22
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Hold Up Down
2005-10-28
Hold Up Down
Overview: A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop behind them. It is the beginning of this zany comedy, including the guys from boy band V6.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-28
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Curtain Call
2005-11-12
Curtain Call
Overview: Kaori is pursuing her career as a journalist for a magazine with great enthusiasm. But as a result of an article she wrote, she is sent to work for a community magazine at Fukuoka. An anonymous letter arrives, which puts her in contact with an old and forgotten theater, the 'Minato Theater' in nearby Shimonoseki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-12
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Be Sure to Share
2009-06-01
Be Sure to Share
Overview: Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it's too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble Shiro faced connecting to his strict father who was also his teacher and soccer coach. With a consuming secret of his own, Shiro, now in his late twenties and about to get engaged, must eventually learn how to share the pain of it with his loved ones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-01
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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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River of First Love
2004-11-13
River of First Love
Overview: 8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak constitution and lost her husband years ago. She takes care of her son lovingly but sometimes strictly, on her own. Shimpei's childhood sweetheart, Sayuri, is deaf, but somehow they can understand each other and they always spend time together.
Genres: Family Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-13
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The Motive
2004-12-18
The Motive
Overview: Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens it is discovered that one of the victims isn't related to the family.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-18
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The Go Master
2007-05-24
The Go Master
Overview: The life of Go master Wu Qingyuan from his meteoric rise as a child prodigy to fame and fortune as a revolutionary strategic thinker, as well as the tumultuous conflicts between his homeland of China and his adopted nation of Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-05-24
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Into the Faraway Sky
2007-08-18
Into the Faraway Sky
Overview: A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time comfortably passes by. But this former paradise is now being stirred up by a fight amongst its people over constructing an airport. This is a tale of three young people exploring youth and friendship as they reach out into the sky.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-18
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
2007-04-14
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Overview: Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-04-14
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After the Flowers
2010-03-13
After the Flowers
Overview: Ito, daughter of a clan official, encounters Magoshiro Eguchi. Magoshiro is a low ranking samurai sparks an attraction with Ito. Ito challenges Magoshiro to a sword match using bamboo sticks. Mahoshiro accepts. The pair's duel causes sparks to fly an attraction from both sides. Meanwhile, Ito faces an arranged marriage with Saisuke Katagiri and Magoshiro is with Kayo...
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-03-13
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Solanin
2010-04-03
Solanin
Overview: Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Taneda is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-04-03
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Flower of Shanidar
2013-07-20
Flower of Shanidar
Overview: A strange phenomenon takes place. A beautiful flower blooms on a selected woman's body and that flower is called the "Shanidar". When the Shanidar is in full bloom, the flower produces a substance which is then sold at a high cost to develop new drugs. Kenji Otaki works as a researcher at the facility where the Shanidar is grown.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-07-20
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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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Fishes in August
1998-01-01
Fishes in August
Overview: A refined psychological portrait of youths on their way to maturity
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Crickets
2006-11-23
Crickets
Overview: Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live a peaceful life in a house on the coast. There she takes care of an old deaf, dumb and blind man as if he were an insect, a child or a pet. He can’t do anything for himself, so she feeds him and accompanies him on his walks. This strong mutual dependency offers Kaoru an escape from society and allows her to free herself from restrictions imposed by common sense.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-23
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Believer
2004-06-12
Believer
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-12
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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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Dr. Coto's Clinic
2022-12-16
Dr. Coto's Clinic
Overview: In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager to accept him, at a clinic lacking sufficient medical equipment. Here's a human drama showing how Dr. Coto values the dignity of human life while unflinchingly facing disease with a serious attitude.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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Penance
2013-05-29
Penance
Overview: The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-29
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Gantz
2010-11-29
Gantz
Overview: After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
Genres: Horror Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-29
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Amateur Singing Contest
1999-01-15
Amateur Singing Contest
Overview: Traditional Japanese pop singer Reiko (Muroi) decides to enter a well-known TV program for amateur singers along with a confused teenager (Ôtomo) and a 40-year-old father of four (Bito).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-15
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Pandora: Eternal life
2014-04-27
Pandora: Eternal life
Overview:
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-04-27
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Soup
2012-07-07
Soup
Overview: Kenichi Shibuya is a 50-year-old salaryman who divorced a few years back. Since the divorce, his relationship with his daughter has become awkward. One day, Kenichi Shibuya and his boss Yumi Ayase are struck by lightning and die. They go to the afterlife. There in the afterlife they hear of a legendary soup. If someone drinks the legendary soup, that person is reborn, but the reborn person has no memories of their prior life. Kenichi Shibuya then searches for the secrets in the legendary soup, hoping to be reborn, but not forget his daughter.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-07
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Sekigahara
2017-08-26
Sekigahara
Overview: The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-26
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Hirugao
2017-06-10
Hirugao
Overview: Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-06-10
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Chief - Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu
2018-04-15
Chief - Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu
Overview: ogane Takichi, the CEO of a construction company, is shot dead in the street in Nishi Shinjuku in Tokyo. The only eyewitness, Odagiri Naoto, refuses to cooperate with the police for some reason. Fukamachi Kotaro, a senior member of the IR Analysis Office, is ordered by Nitta Yukihiko, the head of the First Investigative Division, to handle Odagiri. The newly established office was set up on the pretext of tracking and monitoring suspects and witnesses to advance investigations by using the many surveillance cameras and GPS trackers installed in Tokyo.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-04-15
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Last Quarter
2004-09-25
Last Quarter
Overview: Do you believe in love after death? On the eve of her 19th birthday, Mizuki (Kuriyama) doesn't have a lot to celebrate about. Her mother recently committed suicide, her stepfamily bothers her, her boyfriend has been cheating on her and her best friend has betrayed her. Hurt and disillusioned, Mizuki runs from everything and is drawn by some unknown force to a dilapidated estate. Deep within the house Mizuki discovers the mysterious Adam (Hyde), playing a hauntingly familiar melody on the guitar. Melancholy and full of secrets, it seems that Adam, and the house, have a strange, irresistible link to Mizuki. Can Mizuki's boyfriend and a couple of well-meaning schoolchildren uncover the secret of what happened 19 years ago and free Mizuki before the last quarter of the moon falls?
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-25
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With All Our Might
2013-01-12
With All Our Might
Overview: Tamiko (Ayumi Ito) lives happily with her husband Hideaki (Sho Aoyagi) and step-daughter Kotoyo (Hazuki Inoue). Tamiko married her deceased friend Mari's (Mami Nakamura) husband. Tamiko gets along well with her step-daughter Kotoyo, but Kotoyo still doesn't call her mother. There is a traditional sumo game held to celebrate the moving of Mizuwakasu's shrine. The traditional sumo game is important to Tamiko who grew up on the island, while her husband Hideaki's reputation is not so good on the island because he broke off his engagement to a woman his parents set him up with. In order to marry his first wife Mari, he ran away from the island. Since then, his parents disowned him. Nevertheless, Hideaki and his first wife Mari still liked the island and went back to live there. Hideaki began sum wrestling then.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-12
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Samurai Kids
1993-07-17
Samurai Kids
Overview: A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8-year-old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-07-17
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The Room
2012-01-01
The Room
Overview: Yumi moves into her boyfriend's Tokyo apartment but on the night of the move, he is called away for business in New York. The couple communicates over Skype and over the course of four nights, their relationship descends into an abyss of mistrust and lies. Yumi believes there's a ghost in the room haunting her as her only connection to the outside world is Taka on the other side of the world. Taka believes she's slowly going crazy right in front of his eyes. The story concludes with a shocking twist that will haunt both of them forever.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Sada
1998-04-11
Sada
Overview: The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-11
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Labyrinth of Cinema
2020-07-31
Labyrinth of Cinema
Overview: When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
Genres: History Fantasy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-31
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Cheer Boys!!
2019-05-10
Cheer Boys!!
Overview: Haruki Bando decides to quit his family's sport of judo after a shoulder injury and start a new project with his childhood friend Kazuma. Together they form a cheerleading group called 'Breakers'.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-10
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People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
2021-08-13
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
Overview: Since the end of their pirate radio station, life has been quiet for the Kurupt FM boys, but everything is about to change. News reaches them that one of their songs has been used on a popular game show in Japan. They've made it. Their music is reaching hundreds of thousands of people. It's finally time for them to enjoy the fame and fortune that they've always known they deserved. Chabuddy G steps excitedly back into his management role as Grindah, Beats, Steves and Decoy begin their journey to international stardom - but is Japan really ready for Kurupt FM?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-13
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Story Game
2022-11-05
Story Game
Overview: Who can tell the scariest story? Three friends try to out wit each other on a camping trip in Hawaii. But only one can win The Story Game.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-11-05
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Dance! Dance! Dance!
2014-04-22
Dance! Dance! Dance!
Overview: The movie is set in Japan and tells the story of Furu, a young aspiring musician, who is dreaming of a getaway out of his small coastal town in Northern Iwate. He succeeds but the price is very high.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-04-22
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All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
2002-06-28
All About "All About Lily Chou-Chou"
Overview: The making of 'All About Lily Chou-Chou' starting from its conception as an interactive story that played out on a BBS
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-28
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