Yoshimasa Kondo
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Aichi, Japan
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Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Overview: Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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Godzilla 2000: Millennium
Overview: An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as it's true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-11
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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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Dragon Head
Overview: Teru Aoki (青木 輝) is on a train to Tokyo after a school trip. A disaster occurs which partially destroys the train and blocks a tunnel. When Teru awakes, he finds all his classmates and teachers are dead.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-30
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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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The Magic Hour
Overview: A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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Tokyo Girl
Overview: Miho (Kaho), a high school student, refuses to approve of her widowed mother’s potential husband when they meet each other at a restaurant. As she flounces out of the restaurant, she drops her cell phone. At the moment there is an earthquake and she drops her cell phone down a staircase. The phone is found by Tokijiro (Kazuma Sano), a boy that lives in 1912...
Genres: Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-02-23
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How to Become Myself
Overview: Juri, an elementary school girl, loses sight of her true self while acting out a false self to play along with her friends. Kanako, a classmate who used to be the popular girl but has been bullied lately, tells Juri that the girl she is now is not her true self, and Juri sympathizes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-04-28
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River
Overview: The one-hundred-year-old Fujiya inn stands in the quiet region of Kyoto. Mikoto is standing in front of the Kibune river at the back of the building when she is called back to work. But two minutes later, she finds herself back at the river again. The whole inn seems to be stuck in a time loop!
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-23
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Overview: A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-11-08
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Suite Dreams
Overview: New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-14
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All About Our House
Overview: Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project becomes a huge mess.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-06-09
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The Code
Overview: For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-09
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Bakumatsu Aibou-den
Overview: A single bullet cuts through Kyoto in the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate right before the restoration of imperial rule. Who plotted to assassinate Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who is about to become the last shogun of Japan? Was it the faction wanting to overthrow him or the rebels within the shogunate? Mutual enemies Sakamoto Ryoma, the wandering samurai, and Hijikata Toshizo, a deputy leader of the Shinsengumi and vassal of the Tokugawa clan, receive a secret order to track down the culprit. They are given a mere two days.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-03
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Cyclops
Overview: A bizarre medical exam of a nude woman by several doctors and scientists reveals that their latest subject has committed suicide before giving birth to one of the mutant creatures they had placed within her body. So, an investigative crew of scientists (along with a large human mutant cyclops creature) heads out to the city streets to obtain a new donor/victim in the form of a young girl. Gore and Z-Grade mayhem ensue.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-10-26
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In Love and Deep Water
Overview: On a massive luxury cruise ship while at sea, the loyal butler and a mysterious woman cross paths as they try to uncover a murder-mystery that occurs on the ship.
Genres: Romance Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-16
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Teacher Gappa
Overview: Twenty-four-year-old country bumpkin Aiko is a new teacher who has arrived at a new town and a new primary school. When nervous she blurts out her local dialect. This seals her nickname and reputation. Nonetheless, she is determined and strives to do her best for her students. She is an inspiration soon.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-23
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Gift of the Magi
Overview: Christmas-themed omnibus TV movie: Hotdog Express; Documentarytic; 祭典の日
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-24
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2
Overview: A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-13
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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Overview: After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
Genres: Action Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-03
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Knuckle Girl
Overview: Following the story of Ran, who confronts a mysterious organization by participating in a no-rules deathmatch after discovering her missing younger sister Yuzuki is involved in a crime. With danger at every corner, Ran must trade in her boxing gloves for brass knuckles. Will she save her sister?
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-25
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The Trap
Overview: When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama's police baffled and the city terrified.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-25
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Katsu Fūtarō! !
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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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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Pale Moon
Overview: Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has little opportunity to enjoy life. But things change when office gossip about affairs and embezzlement inspire Rika to do the unthinkable. Soon, Rika finds herself filling the void with a university student named Kota and the millions entrusted to her by clients. Is her newfound lifestyle the key to happiness? And if so, how long can it last?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-15
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A Ghost of a Chance
Overview: Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost herself. And so the fun begins in the courtroom when Prosecutor Osano starts to cross examine.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-29
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Detective Office 5
Overview: In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark on separate investigations that leads them both to the same beautifician.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-26
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Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
Overview: Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here. The landlord warns Aimi and her father of the curfew. First, all residents must cross the rope in front of the property by midnight. Second, no one can move out until a new tenant arrives. Those brave enough to break the rules are unmercifully killed by a mysterious force.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-14
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必殺仕事人2019
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-10
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Murder on D Street
Overview: A soba restaurant owner dies mysteriously on D. Street. The police rule it as a suicide, but detective Akechi Kogoro and his wife Fumiyo think otherwise and launch their own investigation. As they delve deeper, they discover relationships twisted by perverted desire and hideous affection and hatred.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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東京サンシャインボーイズ『returns』
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-27
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Welcome to Our Home
Overview: Kenta Kurata (Masaki Aiba) lives with his father, Taichi (Akira Terao), his mother, Keiko (Kaho Minami), and his younger sister, Nana (Kasumi Arimura) in an isolated home in the suburbs. He works as an unpopular commercial designer. Kenta Kurata possesses a timid personality, which he picked up from his father. Kenta doesn't like his father. One day, while waiting for the train, Kenta warns a man who pushed a woman and cut in line. Kenta is surprised that he spoke out with his normally timid personality. After that incident, Kenta's family home is targeted by an unknown person with flowers from their garden being pulled out and the seat of a bicycle being torn. Also, Kenta's younger sister Nana is stalked by her ex-boyfriend. Kenta and his family try to find out who is responsible.
Genres: Drama Mystery Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-13
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Oba: The Last Samurai
Overview: In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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Wood Job!
Overview: After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-10
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No Longer Human
Overview: The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Flower
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-08
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Kaeshi
Overview: After ten years in prison for a high school classmate's murder, Koji gets out and joins the yakuza. But his victim's father has him on his radar. Seiji tries to get on with his life after losing his daughter and wife. Ten years later he learns that his daughter's killer has been freed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-03
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Kaeshi 2
Overview: After ten years in prison for a high school classmate's murder, Koji gets out and joins the yakuza. But his victim's father has him on his radar. Yamai is released thanks to Akiko but the search for Miyake's killer begins. Security camera footage reveals Seiji to be the culprit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-25
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Unforgiven
Overview: An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Western
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-13
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The Women in the Lakes
Overview: A 100-year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping him alive suddenly malfunction, or was he murdered? A young detective on the case meets a female caregiver. The investigation runs into a dead end, but the two fall into a passionate but forbidden relationship. Terrifying memories emerge from the vast, deep lake to ensnare the detectives on the case, the caregivers, and a reporter trying to uncover a hidden past.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-17
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Princess Mononoke
Overview: Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-12
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Woman in Witness Protection
Overview: Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as she prepares for her new role on the witness stand.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-27
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A Tale of the Riverside
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-11
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Hotel Copain
Overview: Yusuke was a middle school teacher. but he quit his job due to problems with student bullying. After he quit, Yusuke learned that the bullied student committed suicide. Yusuke is now at Hotel Kopan to escape from everything. He keeps to himself and works as an employee at the hotel. The owner of the hotel is Sakuragi who wishes the hotel could return to its glory days during the Nagano Olympics. One day, a flurry of guests arrive at the hotel which makes Sakuragi ecstatic. Sakuragi decides to hold a party and invite the guests at his hotel. One of the guests is the mother of the student who committed suicide. Yusuke is distressed all over again. When the party begins, the guests talk about the problems they have.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-02-13
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New Thursday Ghost Stories Ghost Club: Seven Wonders of School Edition 3
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1998.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-02
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New Thursday Ghost Stories Ghost Club: Seven Wonders of School Edition 2
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1998.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-02
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Thursday Ghost Stories Ghost Club: Seven Wonders of School Edition 1
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1998.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-02
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Steering forward
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-29
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Love and Other Cults
Overview: Ai's mother sends her to live with a cult commune, where she remains for seven years. After the cult is broken up by the police, Ai struggles to fit in with society.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-15
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Goodbye to Our Kindergarten
Overview: One day, five kindergarten children suddenly disappear from a kindergarten in Tokyo, sending their teachers and parents into a panic. The five of them are connecting on trains and headed to an unfamiliar place for some purpose. Before their journey, they had made a promise to each other “not to cry no matter what happens”
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-30
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Shikei Kijun
Overview: Do criteria exist for the death penalty? Yusuke Mito, a law faculty lecturer who did not become a lawyer even though he passed the bar exam, the famous lawyer Kojiro Otomo who advocates the abolition of the death penalty, and the public prosecutor Mariko Nagase studied law together. Each have their own thoughts about the death penalty. One day, Otomo’s wife is murdered by someone. Shinzo Sabae who is resentful of a lawsuit that Otomo had been in charge of, is arrested as a suspect. Otomo reverses the stance he had had until now and seeks the death penalty against Sabae. This prompts Mito to make the decision to become a lawyer and stand in the court. However, the first case Mito takes charge of is the defence of Sabae, who murdered the wife of his good friend, Otomo…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-25
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Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30
Overview: A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-11
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Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-12
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Heat Island
Overview: A gang of underground street fighters calling themselves "Guilty" think they've hit the mother load when they mug a thief and discover he's carrying a bag filled with cash, unaware it's been ripped off the notoriously ruthless Yakuza who'll stop at nothing to reclaim what's theirs.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-10
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Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
Overview: Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter Furi since then. It is the day of Furi's wedding. However, Furi only told Haruhiko about the wedding a month before. Since the bridegroom had some trouble at his overseas job, he was only able to return to Japan the day of the wedding, so Haruhiko has not met him even once. What kind of man did Furi choose to marry, and why did she hide such an important thing for so long...!? Haruhiko, worrying over all this, shuts himself in his room and decides not to go to the wedding... then, something completely unexpected happens to him. His late wife Ruriko appears before him. The truth is, she has appeared at Haruhiko's side many times before. What could be Ruriko's goal...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-03
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The Crawler In The Attic
Overview: Private detective Kogoro (Kouta Kusano) receives a request from Naoko (Yuki Mamiya). She is the daughter of a family that runs a large hosital. Naoko wants private detective Kogoro to investigate her fiance Endo (Yasushi Fuchikami) and whether he is having an affair with university student Teruko (Noriko Kijima).
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-23
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Rooftop Apartment
Overview: Asako is determined to live her life with her own will after witnessing her best friend’s divorce and former manager’s death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-21
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Tomorrow's Family
Overview: Risa Onodera, played by Miyazaki, had a groom runaway on the wedding day four years ago. Her father, Shusaku (Matsushige) and her mother, Machiko (Matsuzaka), built a large two-family house to live with their daughter and her new family. One day, Risa says that she has been proposed to, Shusaku is surprised to see that face. This is because Kotaro (Nagayama) was a former subordinate of his workplace and was now his boss. Although he wants to congratulate his daughter's marriage, Shusaku wonders if he can live with his boss. Where is the love between Risa and Kotaro? Can the two get married? Can Risa and Kotaro, Shusaku and Machiko become a family?
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama Family Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-05
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Kamata Prelude
Overview: A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in Kamata. Machiko is the central axis of the movie as the film comically depicts what it means to be a "woman" and an "actress" in society through showing the patterns of life as conducted by her and the people that surround her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-09-25
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Ekiden
Overview: Two former teammates on a college relay team, find themselves pitted against each other in track competition and in love when they enter rival companies and fall for the same woman.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-18
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Warai no Daigaku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-01-03
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Whale-shaped Dream
Overview: Kujirai Taichi has been selected to be the leader of the staff at the Taiji Municipal Whale Museum. Despite enlisting the aid of Shiraishi Yui who came from a Tokyo aquarium, and the museum curator Mashiba Nozomi, Taichi and the staff are perplexed by the low turnout of visitors. Then Taichi hits upon the idea to hold a staff created "whale festival" in order to generate hype for the museum. One day however, the "whale festival" is in danger of being cancelled as the opening quickly approaches.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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Does the 30th Woman Have a Romantic Dream?
Overview: Nana is on the verge of her 30th birthday and has been feeling anxious about her love life and job. When she returns home one day, Nana is suddenly taken captive by three masked bank robbers who are on the run. Nana determines her life is over, but notices there is something odd about this band of thieves.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-31
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Ooka Echizen Special-Shadow Master Scattered in Early Spring
Overview: The special edition and the third edition of the "Ooka Echizen", starring Higashiyama Noriyuki, will be broadcast during the new year of 2021. In this SP, Higashiyama Noriyuki will play two roles. It is a swordsman who drives the blade to use it for revenge of a pathetic prostitute. How does the confrontation confront the man who is very different from the circumstances and is different in the circumstances? You can find the answer in this SP.
Genres: History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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Remain In Twilight
Overview: Six friends, who hanged out together during their high school days, gather again after 5 years for a friend's wedding. The six friends are: Kazuki Yoshio, Tetsuya Akashi, Taku Sogawa, Taisei Tajima, Yusaku Mizushima and Kinichi Fujita. At the wedding, the friends perform an embarrassing dance routine for the bride and groom. The friends reminisce about their high school days and they believe their friendships will last forever, but...
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-05-12
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Overview: In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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Mitsuko Delivers
Overview: Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents believe she is happy and successful in America and are unaware that she has secretly returned to Tokyo. Making the biggest decisions on the slightest whim, she moves back into the tenement street where she lived as a child. The move changes lives, reignites old romances and creates a supportive circle of love that may be exactly what Mitsuko needs.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-05
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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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Samurai Gangsters
Overview: Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa (Kishibe Ittoku); stinky priest Daigoro (Takashi Sasano); well-known stranger Ishimatsu Mori (Yoichi Nukumizu); beautiful Masagoro Oiwake (Kazuki Kitamura); and others. As Jirocho's fame spreads, he gains more enemies. Among them are Katsuzo Kurokoma (Koichi Sato), who is one of the most powerful in Koshu, and the villain who is also Ishimatsu's nemesis, Masaru Mima (Riki Takeuchi). A traitor also emerges from the family, Yoshikazu Ebisu (Yoshikazu Ebisu). Meanwhile, Jirocho's wife falls ill and other terrible situations occur. Jirocho falls into a pinch of absolute despair. What on earth will he do? What is the fate of his minions? The Jirocho family will face a fierce battle...
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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