Kenji Takaoka
Also Known As: 高岡健二
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: August 04, 1949
Age: 75 years old
Gender: Male
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Conquest 7
Overview: Seventh film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-19
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Conquest 8
Overview: The eighth film in the 'Conquest' series.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-29
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Road to the Don
Overview: The first 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Road to the Don 16
Overview: The sixteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-02-02
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Ninja Vixens: Forbidden Paradise
Overview: Mizuho Enomoto debuts as Myst, one of two beautiful ninja sisters who save Iyori, a young samurai on the run. Myst and Bell have a secret, though – one they’ll do anything to protect! As they nurse Iyori back to health, love blossoms – not just between two of them, but between all three! But when Myst’s mentor, the demon hag Ogen, shows up looking for a deadly revenge, their forbidden paradise could be shattered forever!
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Goryokaku
Overview: After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
Genres: Action History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-30
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Bounty Dog WANTED!
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-01
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Evening Primrose
Overview: The Taisho era was a time of turbulence in Japan. From new marks of modernity to full-blown riots, a sense of revolution filled the air. The Dam Dam Group is a small anarchist organization lead by Daijiro, a silver tongued "Benshi", a performer who provides narratives for silent films, playing multiple roles. In other words, he was a master at the art of deception, a handy talent when it came to 'doing jobs' for his group. His revolutionary ideals attracted many to his squadron, but among them was a young girl who was oblivious to his group's activities. Her name was Shino.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-28
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Neo Gokudoden KIZA
Overview: A bodyguard who works at a strip club, hates yakuza. For some reason or another, he gets caught up in a conflict between yakuza.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Gone Without Saying Goodbye!
Overview: This TV drama special depicts the obsession of a sister and two detectives searching for her missing brother who witnessed the crimes of a political fixer.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-20
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Mayonaka no tsuma-tachi
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1987.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-07-17
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Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
Overview: Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone in the office, she's spotted rolling up her pantyhose by the window cleaner Kurata Katsuo. This was to be their first encounter. Completely enchanted by Kumi, Katsuo does everything he can to get close to her. Katsuo is a man with a terrible past. With the death of his coal miner father, his family was broken up and he was forced to follow in his father's footsteps laboring away in the mud. In spite of this, Katsuo still has dreams. He dreams of living in Resiporuko, a utopian fantasyland that exists only in his imagination. When Katsuo and Kumi finally meet they find themselves unable to communicate. Katsuo spends all his time talking about Resiporuko with a starry look in his eyes, while Kumi dreams of living the high life in the city. One day when the two travel to the seashore, they discover a wounded seagull.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-07-12
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Red Paper Lantern
Overview: A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-03-23
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Oh, My Son!
Overview: A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-09-15
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Sound of the Tide
Overview: Japanese film based on the life of sculptor Eikichi Takahashi, who died as a soldier on Guadalcanal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-06-23
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Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Overview: Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi), despite the misgivings of his uncle (Jo Shishido). He lives off of the money earned by his girlfriend and is more interested in trying to look cool than anything else. He meets Yumeko (Chikako Aoyama), an innocent but dangerous narcoleptic runaway, after she steals his car, and she soon moves in with him. Following the assassination of a high-ranking member by the Kazama Family, Junko is called on to be the lookout while the family gets revenge. However, the other men quickly "zoom", or escape from their duty, leaving the task to Junko. Will he take out Kazama, or will he zoom?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-05-11
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Virgin Blues
Overview: Teenagers are rebels without a cause. Let it be for stress relief or just a way to kill time, Mami (Kumiko Akiyoshi) and Chiaki were always up to no good – but their luck runs out when they shoplift with some other girls at a local supermarket. They flee from the scene and head back home, only to find detectives at their front door.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-11-22
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Karate Cop 2
Overview: Karate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple seed left at the scene holds the answer to the robbers' whereabouts.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-02
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Neo Chinpira 2: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Overview: In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to feel homesick, and returns home to find that almost everything has changed. Noriko is now a bar mama with a lavish lifestyle, Yumeko is nowhere to be found, and his boss (Toru Minegishi) seems to have sinister plans involving Junko and his uncle (Jo Shishido).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-12
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Teardrops
Overview: A sentimental drama about aspiring artist, Eiji, who rescues a blind girl. His friends Goro and Minoru and the blind girl's sister Kazue are a happy group until Goro steals money from Kazue's purse. Goro is arrested and his friends start bothering Eiji. To escape their harassment he changes jobs. But then he becomes the victim of an unexpected accident.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-11-03
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The Legend of Love & Sincerity
Overview: Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never knew who he was, she never forgot him. Meet Taiga Makoto, a young man with a scar between his eyes who has had a rough life, but has emerged as a rough, tough bully - a thug and a brawler and about as rude as they come - all of which he blames on the incident that gave him his scar. When Ai and Makoto run into each other again, Ai feels guilt for what Makoto has become and decides to intervene and rehabilitate him. But is he a diamond in the rough, or just a bully?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-07-13
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Closed Ward
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Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-04-07
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Yamato
Overview: Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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日本暴力地帯 三
Overview: Kiyotsugu Kito, a dark punisher, has set foot in a port town where the Kanekura-kai and Iwasa-gumi, who are directly attending the Owada group, are competing against each other. It is not possible to pass the world without justice ... The blade of the purge of Kiyotsugu Kito, the judge of modern times, cuts off evil!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-21
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Tenpo suiko-den: ohara yugaku
Overview: A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers losing their land as a result of strict tax collection. The Tonegawa area of Boso was a lawless area for a generation, as two major forces fought against each other: Sukegoro of Iioka, who wields power with his industrial capital behind him, and Shigezo of Sasakawa, a rising yakuza. Furthermore, the successive floods of the Tone River, which could be called fate, forced the farmers into even more poverty and despair. Meanwhile, farmers in Nabe Village continue to live a lethargic life, but agricultural reform is about to begin under the hands of Yugaku Ohara, a ronin who has settled in the village.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-11-13
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不倫 この愛が裁けますか
Overview: Junko's only son dies in an accident. Junko is exhausted by despair and grief, and her husband, who should be there to support her, instead blames her. But her father-in-law, Tsuneo, finds her dear.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-12
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Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Overview: Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and payback.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-15
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