Nao Okabe
Also Known As: 岡部尚 (おかべ なお)
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: August 18, 1980
Age: 44 years old
Gender: Male
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I’m a Cat Stalker
Overview: Haru works at a part-time job for a bookstore. Her dream is to become an illustrator and she also loves cats. One day, after a cat named Chibutomu disappears from the bookstore Haru canvasses the neighbourhood in search of Chibutomu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-04
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Rohen Kasou
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-05-13
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Honey and Clover
Overview: Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare to venture out into the real world on a great voyage of self-discovery.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-22
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Peak: The Rescuers
Overview: Shimazaki Sanpo is an experienced mountain climber and rescue team volunteer. Sanpo loves the mountains and wants as many people as possible to experience everything they have to offer so much so that he never holds a grudge against anyone for causing an accident due to their own negligence. Even if a fellow rescuer dies, he's the kind of man who can look toward the corpse and say "You did your best." One spring, newcomer Shiina Kumi is assigned to the Nagano prefecture mountain rescue team where she experiences growth thanks to Sanpo's guidance and the seemingly harsh training methods of the team's captain, Noda. However, she becomes depressed when she's unable to translate her skills to a real-life situation. As her confidence wanes, multiple accidents occur simultaneously due to a mountain blizzard, forcing the entire team into action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-07
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Nurse Natsuko's Hot Summer
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-21
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The Setting Sun
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-04
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Ikareta Baby
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-12
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Petrel Hotel Blue
Overview: Seeking to exact revenge upon Yoji, Yukio travels to an area surrounded by the sea, desert and lava topped mountains. There, Yukio meets mysterious Rika and becomes enchanted by her presence. While, Yukio can't get Rika out of his mind, he faces off against Masakazu, a former subordinate of Yoji, and a detective chasing Rika.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-24
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Tamayura
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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I Love Thee for Good
Overview: While the wedding day should be blissful for the bride, Eiko, there is a secret that she can’t tell her fiance...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-18
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Cream Lemon: Ikenai Mako-chan
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-26
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My Town of Hot Baths, Hidden Treasures, and Delicious Ramen.
Overview: When they find out their community is plagued by debt, three high schoolers in an old country town set out in search of some ancient buried treasure.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-05-26
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Snow Woman
Overview: A woman with the constitution of orgasmic death: She dies in orgasm but always comes back to life! A group of people carries a casket in the mountains covered with deep snow. Inside is a beautiful woman who was found dead that same morning. The people believe that she’s the snow woman because it was their second time to find her dead. They carried her body to the mountain once before, but she reappeared in their village. Placing the casket on top of the mountain, they quickly run away so certain that she is a ghost...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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The Millennial Rapture
Overview: Sennen no yuraku is set in a small community called “Roji” where Kenji Nakagami—one of the most famous novelists in Japan—drew the absurdity and passion of life since its inhabitants have been living and dying. There were beautiful men in “Roji” who struggled to live with the blood of the Nakamato Clan, blood called “noble yet unholy.” Oryu, a midwife, has watched all those men growing up, living and dying... She is now aging old and starts to talk with the dead men souls of the Nakamoto Clan...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-04
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Amachoroi Love Song
Overview: While working part-time jobs, Naomi, a not-so-popular band member who sings at live houses, faces a challenging situation as two members of the band declare their departure, and her boyfriend proposes to her. Although Naomi initially considers quitting rock music, things take a different turn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-04
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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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Torso
Overview: Hiroko is a young, alienated woman "in love" with a blow-up male torso. Tension rises when her sister discovers her secret desire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-13
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United Red Army
Overview: Two of the most radical student groups form the United Red Army (URA) and head into the mountains to conduct a training camp. Ideology devolves into despotism, and the URA's leaders begin to arbitrarily persecute their followers, a harrowing ordeal that culminates in violence and murder.
Genres: Drama Thriller History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-26
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By Rule of Crow's Thumb
Overview: Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a young woman that Take inadvertently orphaned during a job gone awry years ago. Seeing Mahiro down on her luck, Take tries to relieve his guilt by taking her on as a partner, while hiding his true identity. But as his plan unfolds, Take discovers that he isn't the only one with a secret.
Genres: Thriller Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-21
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The Big Gun
Overview: Ikuo receives a suspicious order from a client demanding him to manufacture ten guns in two months. After trial and error, the weapons are completed. But the client postpones the payment and orders 40 more.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-01
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Siren XXX: Magical Pleasure
Overview: In a rural port town, Kenji Ishikawa runs a barber shop together with his new wife, who speaks very little and has mysterious eyes to match her amorous presence. Running the shop isn’t easy as hardly any customers come… One evening, a man comes to the shop, as if lured by the faint hum of the wife. As the man takes a seat, Kenji exits his shop. The wife then gently fingers the man’s neck…
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-13
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Drifting Clouds
Overview: Kumosuke walks out on his pregnant lover, Fumiyo, and goes to see his old lover, Kiyoko. Even though Kiyoko's husband, Sachio and her sister, Hikaru think Kumosuke suspect, Kumosuke pretends to be Kiyoko's brother and stays in her house unconcernedly. One day, Kiyoko suffers from constipation and begs Kumosuke to suck out feces from her mouth. As Sachio gets jealous for being stolen his part of sucking his wife out, he does the same thing to Hikaru, which causes a collapse of the family. The meeting and parting of strange and sad people. Where the story heads to...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-16
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Sheep in the Night
Overview: A real estate agent, Shinji Sawaguchi finds a fallen meteorite by accident. On the next day, his missing sister Shiori shows up for the first time in ten years. Shinji can't help being agitated by her sudden return. On the other hand, unusual events start happening in his life, and her threatening melody spreads in the town. Including Shinji's fiancé Maki, the development of characters centers around Shiori's mysterious presence felt. Shiori's identity is hidden, and Shinji gets involved in a peculiar situation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-16
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Passion
Overview: A young couple's announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-23
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Heaven Is Still Far Away
Overview: Yuzo and Mitsuki live together in Yuzo's small apartment, their constant companionship tender and indifferent in turn. Then Yuzo receives a call from Satsuki, a documentarian resolved to make a film about a now-distant family tragedy, and the three meet, to search for some way to account for their relationship with one another, the memories they share, and those they've kept to themselves.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-11
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Dare to Stop Us
Overview: In Spring 1969, 21-year-old Megumi Yoshizumi goes to Wakamatsu Production. The company makes films popular with young people. Pink film director Koji Wakamatsu gathers there with young talented people who are all fascinated with movie making. When they are not making movies, they spend their time smoking, drinking alcohol, scouting for actresses and looking for material for their next film. When filming begins, everybody immerses themselves into the production and will do everything on the filming set from running, shouting to acting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-13
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Asako I & II
Overview: Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-01
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There's Nothing To Be Afraid Of
Overview: Cinema worker Eri and her husband Fumiya have decided not to have children. They live happily together, sharing their joys and sadnesses. However, an incident begins to silently bring about change in their placid lifestyle.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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Prison 13
Overview: Mari is a female university student. She takes part in an experiment held by popular VTuber Sophia. When Mari arrives at the place where the experiment is to be held, she notices the place looks like a prison. 12 people participate in the experiment and they are assigned roles of prisoners and prison officers. The experiment takes place over 7 days. Mari is assigned the role of a prison officer. The experiment turns violent.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-08-30
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11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate
Overview: On November 25th 1970, a man committed ritual suicide inside the Tokyo headquarters of the Japanese Ministry of Defence, leaving behind a legacy of masterpieces and a controversy that echoes to this day. The man was Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's greatest and most celebrated novelists. With four members of his own private army - the Tatenokai - Mishima had taken the commandant hostage and called upon the assembled military outside the Ministry to overthrow their society and restore the powers of the Emperor. When the soldiers mocked and jeered Mishima, he cut short his speech and withdrew to the commandant's office where he committed seppuku - the samurai warrior's death - tearing open his belly with a ceremonial knife before being beheaded by one of his colleagues. What was Mishima truly trying to express through his actions? And what did he witness during his final moments?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-20
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Like a Fairy Tale
Overview: High school senior Shiho reminisces about her first love.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-12-06
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Lucky Owl with Shimako
Overview: Four-year-old Shimako gets separated from her parents at Ikebukuro Station. Guided by an owl statue, she skips across Toshima Ward and embarks on a small adventure.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-31
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テレビ報道記者〜ニュースをつないだ女たち〜
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-05
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