Rie Shibata
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Department: Acting
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Gender: Female
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Karaoke
Overview: Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a junior high school reunion.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-06-12
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What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?
Overview: Atsuko and Akira are a husband and wife duo with a daughter and a son. Atsuko is in charge of the retirement finances. She saves from money given to her by her husband and also earns money herself by working part-time. She stretches every yen by leading a frugal life. yet, expenses come up. These include their daughter's upcoming wedding and the funeral expenses of the husband's father. Then, and at exactly the worst time, the couple finds itself unemployed.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-30
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Salaryman Senka
Overview: Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-23
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Guinea Pig Part 3: He Never Dies
Overview: After being dumped by his girlfriend for a friend, he attempts suicide - which turns up pain-free - and decides to scare the guy by literally throwing his own guts at him.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-10
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Shin Yurizoku 2
Overview: Ayako, high school girl Satomi Yamamoto's ancient literature teacher and chaperone, will be away from home for a month for training. Satomi was happy that she could finally be alone, but now her classmate, Tomoko Kurahashi, was going to be boarding with her. Then, Kyo Osawa, an art instructor whom Satomi admires, asks the two to become models for a painting. The two head to the forest studio where Tomoko falls in love with the half-beast god statue drawn by Miyako...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-04-28
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Housewife Meiko Murder Mystery - Death of a Teacher
Overview: Takahashi Meiko (Mano Azusa) used to work at a large newspaper company. However, she is now an ordinary housewife. She receives a call from Sasame (Kanda Masaki), a former colleague who is now working at another company asking her for her help. She is informed that a murder has taken place when she arrives and goes to the scene of the crime. She learns that the victim was her son’s intermediate school teacher.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-04-24
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UFO Kamen Yakisoban Angry Agedama Bomber
Overview: There was a hero who rushed to the scream of a woman. Its name is Yakisoban! He is the prince of the noodle planet Yakisoburn, 10 billion kilometers away from the earth, and came to Japan to protect the earth's diet. But he had another purpose. He was trying to find a Japanese woman who would become his wife. If he doesn't find the queen within a set period of time, he will be forced to marry Princess Sailor Morley of the planet Morrisobarn.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-21
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When You Wish Upon A Star
Overview: A boy from Tokyo moves to the countryside and has trouble adapting, falls in love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-02
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Twinkle
Overview: Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student. The film is less a realistic exploration of gay life than a fairy tale of three young Japanese trying to construct an alternative to the sexual and familial roles given to them by a society turning increasingly emotionally barren.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-24
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Luminous Woman
Overview: A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes involved with a faded opera singer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-10-24
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Supermarket Woman
Overview: A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-06-15
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Overview: In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-03
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Kewaishi
Overview: Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection at the 5th Shanghai International Film Festival and won the award for Best Screenplay at the 14th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-09
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Round About Midnight
Overview: While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-06
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Touch
Overview: Soon after the break of the pandemic and realizing that his clock is ticking, Kristofer gets the urge to embark on a journey to try to find out what really happened when his Japanese girlfriend mysteriously vanished without a trace from London fifty years earlier.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: is
Release Date: 2024-05-29
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KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge!
Overview: Police Officer Kankichi Ryotsu (Shingo Katori) is back at the Kameari Park Polic Box. Kankichi Ryotsu usually means to do well, but more often than not he ends up causing all kinds of trouble. Like on his way to work he away when he is asked to pay up by a shop owner or cheats an elementary school student. Ryotsu's co-workers Reiko Catherine Akimoto (Karina) and Keiichi Nagakawa (Mokomichi Hayami) have had about all they can take from Kankichi and his boss Ohara (Masato Ibu) is constantly berating him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-08-05
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Crosspoint
Overview: An illegal Filipino entertainer in Japan, Manuel, meets a bankrupt Japanese businessman, Shigeru. After knowing the whereabouts of a high-profile serial killer at large, the two men decide to capture the killer to get a big bounty.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2024-10-16
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Light of Intricate Patterns
Overview: Yuri appreciates her son Kazuma's passion of figures, but worries about his ability to get along with the group. Yuri, who works as a writer, visits Edo Kiriko glass atelier to cover an article. Through the lessons she learns from the father and son artisans she meets during her interview, she begins to think about respecting Kazuma and developing his potential.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-22
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A Quiet Life
Overview: A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-23
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Secret
Overview: A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-15
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Sosuke Loses His Lover
Overview: Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-02
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It Comes
Overview: To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Gigolo II
Overview: Daisuke gets swept up in a mission that attempts to recover a highly-confidential disc, only to find that there is a terrible trap waiting for him! Before long, his gigolo skills involve him in a heroic battle of sex with his opposing female counterpart...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-06-07
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LOVEHOTEL ni Okeru Jouji to PLAN no Hate
Overview: A black comedy about a man who works out a plan to change his life. In a locked room in a love hotel, an unexpected turn occurs as the thoughts and positions of the characters intersect, each holding the other's weakness while also being held by the other.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-18
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Angry Rice Wives
Overview: In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-08
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Jokyoshi Nikki 3 Himerareta Sei
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-11
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Guinea Pig Part 4: Devil Doctor Woman
Overview: A doctor conducts experiments on patients which end up in anguish!
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-10
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Scenery to Remember
Overview: Toshiko does not have long to live. She wants to make the most of her time while she can and takes a sojourn to where her true hometown for which she has so much nostalgia and admiration. With her husband on her side she remains can-do and keeps her chin up, but can only lament the passing of time and what will happen next to everyone and everything she loves.
Genres: Drama Family Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-01
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Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
Overview: Takamine is a biopic about Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the late biochemist known for successfully crystallizing and isolating adrenaline, which is also called epinephrine. Dubbed the father of modern biotechnology, Takamine also produced Takadiastase, a digestive enzyme still used as an ingredient in medicines. He was also enthusiastic about establishing friendly relations between Japan and the United States. He was responsible for a gift of 3,000 cherry trees in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C.
Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-16
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Kubi
Overview: Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-23
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Let's Eat Together Aki and Haru: More Please!
Overview: Aki and Haru are in their fourth year of college now, they are both looking for jobs. Haru decides to pursue a career as a photographer and gets a job offer at a photography studio, while Aki gets a job offer at an interior products company. However, Aki's work location is in Osaka. They can only spend time together until graduation. In the midst of their sadness and confusion, Aki realizes that he has feelings for Haru that are more than just friendship... ☆ Another adaptation from the popular manga building on from the 2023 version, featuring the same cast and an upgraded romance!
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-14
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