Eisuke Sasai
Also Known As: Eisuke Sakai, 筱井英介
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: December 15, 1958
Age: 66 years old
Gender: Male
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Cutie Honey
Overview: When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Meanwhile the same crime group has been responsible for a number of other crime sprees across Tokyo. In the process, Honey teams up with the seemingly cold police woman Natsuko Aki and hot shot journalist Seiji Hayami as well as battle the four "claws" of the Panther Claw gang to save her uncle and the rest of the city.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-29
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Sengoku: Bloody Agent
Overview: A team of martial arts and weapon masters, led by the revenge-seeking Aika, hunt down and destroy yakuza organizations in Japan. When they meet up with the Black Bullet organization, however, they may have met their match.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-23
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Ace Attorney
Overview: Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-11
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Damejin
Overview: An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When they hear 'in India one can live without working' they take it seriously. They begin to raise the money to go to India by doing anything but working, such as ripping off stamps from others' letters to sell, robbery at the bank which itself went bankrupt, etc.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-01
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Super Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade NEO Generations: The Onigashima Warship
Overview: Under the impression that they saved the World of Den-O, Tsukasa Kadoya (Kamen Rider Decade) and company begin their journey to the World of Kabuto when they are halted by Sieg who presents them a manuscript that detailed the legendary Oni Conquest with Momotaros' image on it. As this occurred, the Tarōs mysteriously vanish from the DenLiner as they are about to help Kotaro Nogami (Kamen Rider New Den‑O) out with the true threat to their world.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-01
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The Kiyosu Conference
Overview: After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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Story of Four Sisters
Overview: Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-28
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Tokyo 10+01
Overview: A group of 11 criminals are trapped in a warehouse with bracelets. The 11 learn that they are part of a game where the prize is 3 million yen and a clean record. The object is to reach the Baron's house. However, the obstacles they face involve hunters with laser guns who will go after the contestants. It seems as if this game is fun...however, the game proves to be a battle of life and death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-03
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The Choice of Hercules
Overview: When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had to compete with freezing winter temperatures, conflicting opinions between the Tokyo Metropolitan Police and the Nagano Prefectural Police, as well as public opinion to gain entrance to the lodge that held the single woman captive.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-11
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Night Head
Overview: The movie version of the TV series that gained cult popularity. One day, the Kirihara brothers who have supernatural powers meet a supernatural power girl named Sakie Tengen, and fight against an organization that has noticed her ability.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-11-03
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Time Trip App
Overview: In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy to Takamori Saigō, but Katsu Kaishu is unable to get a response from Takamori Saigō. One day, Katsu Kaishu meets high school teacher Mikako and her student Masaya who is captivated by the shogunate. Mikako and her student Masaya tells Katsu Kaishu that they are from the future. Katsu Kaishu takes care of Mikako and her student Masaya, while Mikako hopes to go back to the future where she came from.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-26
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Nagurimono: Love & Kill
Overview: A foppish English businessman (Christian Storms) stages a martial-arts contest between champions of two rival yakuza gangs to resolve a dispute over a wonder drug he is dealing and that both sides want.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-03
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Closed Note
Overview: Kae Horii moves into her new flat in an undisclosed area of Kyoto. While unpacking her belongings, she discovers a hidden compartment behind a inconspicuous mirror. In that compartment, Kae finds a notebook, that turns out to be a diary belonging to the previous tenant. Later that evening Kae starts to read the diary. The writer of the diary is Ibuki Mano, a young lady about to embark on her first year as an elementary school teacher. Ibuki is also in love with a man named Takashi, who may or may not hold similar feelings for Ibuki.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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Princess Raccoon
Overview: Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as human). This is an operetta which includes comedy, singing and dancing, and a love story.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-05-28
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Sharaku
Overview: A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-02
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Godzilla Minus One
Overview: In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Misty
Overview: Witnesses of a murder. Remake of Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-03
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Detective in the Bar 2
Overview: A friend of the detective has been is murdered. During the investigation, he comes across a source which tells him that his friend was murdered for involvement with the dark side of the political world. On top of that, a woman approaches the detective with a request.
Genres: Comedy Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-11
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Vamp Bamboo Burn～ヴァン！バン！バーン！～
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-22
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The Little Maestro
Overview: This movie tell a story that set in a small fishing village in Shikamachi, Ishikawa Prefecture. People in this village depend on the local amateur orchestra as their favorite source of entertainment. When the conductor dies unexpectedly, the townspeople recruit the man’s granddaughter, a high school student with a talent for conducting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-01
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AIBOU: The Movie IV
Overview: A mysterious international crime organization makes a demand of 900 million yen from the Japanese government for the release of hostages. The group then targets a victory parade of a world sports game to commit indiscriminate terror.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-02-11
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The Last Shot in the Bar
Overview: In order to find a missing university student, a detective and his buddy get involved with the owner of a modeling agency.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-01
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Nobunaga's Coffin
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-05
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Shooting Stars in the Twilight
Overview: Hiromi works in a posh French restaurant. One day, he meets an ordinary-looking old man who has a discerning palate. He is no ordinary cook, and can pinpoint the exact problems with Hiromi's dishes. His name is Tatematsu Ippei, a legendary chef renowned for his work in France once upon a time. After a food poisoning mishap, his fiance Sophie had left him and he cut himself off from the culinary world. Hiromi is engrossed with Ippei's cuisine and asks for lessons. Meanwhile, Sophie, now the wife of the director of a top tableware manufacturer, comes to Japan. Ippei cooks a banquet for her using Hiromi's restaurant as a front. Sophie notices that the food is made by Ippei, her former lover. The two meet and enjoy a short-lived reunion, but go on to live their own separate lives.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-18
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Masquerade Hotel
Overview: Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-21
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Aoi Hitomi to Nuage
Overview: Erika Ichinose, a clinical psychologist, is recruited by the National Police Agency in an attempt to stay one step ahead of a bomb terrorist.
Genres: Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-25
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Eko Eko Azarak: B-Page
Overview: Misa Kuroi continues her search for the demon Ezekiel and investigates a strange situation involving a wheelchair-bound doll maker named Ryo.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-30
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Hand in the Glove
Overview: Wish freedom and feel responsibility. 3days road movie of prince and a girl. It's a romantic story between prince and Levelle Kingdom on an escape journey and a girl living freely in Japanese city, with a stylish Asian taste of colorful and vivid images. The story is set in a city of beautiful mother nature, fashion, artistic architectures, and history
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-11
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Get Up!
Overview: A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-05
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Fukushima 50
Overview: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Chateau de Roses
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Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-14
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Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case: Broken Seventeen-Year-Olds
Overview: Based on the infamous "Concrete-encased high school girl murder case" that took place from November 1988 to January 1989 in Japan. Junko Furuta, a female 17 year old high school student, was kidnapped and confined in a house by four other male high school students (all juvenile) in the Ayase district of Adachi-ku, Tokyo, where she was repeatedly raped, sexually humiliated and tortured in an extremely brutish manner for 41 days before she finally died after a particularly severe beating. The boys hid her body in a drum and filled it with concrete, but the body was nonetheless discovered a few months later.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Eko Eko Azarak: R-Page
Overview: A journalist named Takashi arrives at a rural town to investigate a string of mysterious accidental deaths. Around the same time, a young woman arrives dressed in a sailor suit school uniform. Her name is Misa Kuroi, a powerful witch who’s been sent by the leader of her black magic cult to seek out and destroy a powerful demon of destruction called Ezekiel. Eventually, Takashi and Misa cross paths and decide to work together to solve a supernatural mystery.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-16
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Youth Peony Lantern
Overview: Based on "Kaidan Botan Dango" by Sanyutei Encho, a rakugo storyteller who was active from the late Edo period to the Meiji era, Kara Juro was in charge of the script. A feature-length historical drama depicting a fierce and painful love story between ghosts and humans. Impressive artistic and fantastic painting with depth as if you were watching the stage. In all, this work is a beautiful, love horror fantasy.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-08-21
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Masquerade Night
Overview: An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi, who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-09-17
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A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
Overview: Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their combined talents, they decide to form a bank-robbing gang themselves, just for the fun and romance of it. Their heists are played out swiftly and coolly, less like robberies than performance art. Eventually, the foursome's good-natured crime streak is interrupted when a man from one of their pasts creates a whirlwind of extortion and double crossing.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-13
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Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
Overview: The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-17
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Making of Cutie Honey
Overview: Behind the scenes of the 2004 film "Cutie Honey". Extra on Blu-ray Box.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-26
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Fantasma: The Cursed Mansion Vol.1
Overview: The first installment of the omnibus-style erotic horror "Fantasma," which has been airing on TV Tokyo since July and is directed by six celebrities.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-08
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Fantasma: The Cursed Mansion Vol.2
Overview: The second volume of the omnibus-style erotic horror "Fantasma," which has been airing on TV Tokyo since July and is directed by six celebrities.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-12
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Fantasma: The Cursed Mansion Vol.3
Overview: The third installment of the omnibus-style erotic horror "Fantasma," which has been airing on TV Tokyo since July and is directed by six celebrities.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-03
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The Files of Young Kindaichi: The Legendary Vampire Murders
Overview: Miyuki receives an invitation from her friend Hikune Youhei to the themed inn called "Ruins", located in a virtual ghost town haunted by the legend of a vampire. However, what Kindaichi had originally dismissed as spooky rumours with no basis became horribly real when their fellow guests staying at the inn are found dead one by one, with their bodies drained of blood and wounds in their necks that resembled vampire bites
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-24
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Kirei kamisama to machiawase shita on'na
Overview: 2001 Japanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-04-18
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Or Utopia
Overview: Japan, 2024. The Earth is dominated by a mysteriously giant creature (That Thing) and the group of 12 survivors has formed an uneasy community out of necessity to survive Two years later, Hirayama, the hotel owner, is found dead. Is it suicide or murder? As they search for the truth behind his death, the past and the secrets of each individual are revealed.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-16
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