Yuji Nakamura
Also Known As: 中村ゆうじ
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Birthday: July 08, 1956
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Hana
Overview: In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished swordsman however, and he prefers sharing the life of the residents, teaching the kids how to write etc. When he finally finds the man he is looking for, he will have to decide whether he follows the way of the samurai or chooses peace and reconciliation.
Genres: Action Drama History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-06-03
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A Boy and His Samurai
Overview: A samurai from the Edo Period time travels to present day Japan where he meets a divorcee and her son. Soon, he discovers a passion for making pastries.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-31
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Two Magical Nights
Overview: This 'Young V-Cinema' film was created for young people, turning from the action of Toei V-cinema. A pop love story featuring a veteran actor and a unique female talent / model.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-17
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SHORT FILMS
Overview: Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yoki koto ka na; Slow is Beautiful. Third installment of "SF" series produced by Hiroyuki Nakano.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-08
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グレーゾーン
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-04
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Beautiful Female Panther: Body Sniper
Overview: A popular fashion model, Hikari Fujimi, has more than one identity. To avenge her parents, who were killed by the leader of a crime syndicate, she received training to become an assassin from Nirasaki, her father’s right-hand man. With multiple personalities-- herself; a woman with superhuman skills; and an innocent girl who repents her sins-- she changes at will.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-08
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A Slightly Erotic Life Experience: 5 Seconds Before The Kiss
Overview: A film from "Summer," the first group of works from the Love & Eros CINEMA COLLECTION 2nd season, created by filmmakers from various fields on the themes of love and sex. Depicts a somewhat unusual love situation comprising a trio of girls and a guy. Jun (Hamada Shoko) has a boyish appearance, and a trifling incident leads to her debut as a male model. She has a crush on crash-pad provider Tetsuro (Kasahara Hideyuki), but he is infatuated with magazine editor Erina. Is there any hope for the romantic fulfillment of Jun, who Tetsuro mistakenly believes to be guy?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-23
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Begging for Love
Overview: During a quest to find a Taiwanese father's grave, disturbing memories of child abuse are aroused.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-25
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Yoi Ko to Asobou
Overview: Five junior high school students in the city enjoy stealing as a game to pass the time. One day, a mysterious masked man suddenly appears in front of them and attacks them.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-15
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The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Overview: A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-07
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The Hovering Blade
Overview: Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the perpetrators and the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Fish Story
Overview: A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" that is foretold to save the world. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-20
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World Apartment Horror
Overview: A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-05
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Samurai Fiction
Overview: A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-27
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Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town
Overview: Ushibuka in Amakusa City prospered a century ago with its fishing industry and red-light district, but has become Japan's fastest declining city. Homemaker Yumie wants to revive the town she loves, and invites her friends to realize an unusual plan at a former brothel built a century ago.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-17
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The Gun
Overview: An aimless college student comes upon the aftermath of a murder scene one night, and without thinking, grabs the titular weapon. He takes it home and keeps it safely hidden away, but curiosity gradually begins to consume him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-17
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Karaage USA
Overview: Ayane is the daughter of a karaage (fried food) store owner, but she never liked karaage. Eventually, she left home, only to return 5 years later. Her family lives in the city of Usa in Oita Prefecture, Japan. She brings with her a young girl named Shirley, who is her step-daughter from her ex-husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-20
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Torinoko City
Overview: A high school girl who sees little meaning in life is recruited to help souls of the deceased cross into heaven.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-23
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August in the Water
Overview: A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-09
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Kyotaro Nishimura's Mystery: Railway Inspector 16
Overview: Six high school tennis clubmates, including railroad investigator Noriko Hanamura, are going on a day trip to Kawaguchi Lake. However, one of them, Ayako Hirayama, does not show up even after the arranged time for the meet-up has passed. Magazine writer Yumi Tachiki, who planned the trip, calls Ayako but gets no answer, so Noriko and the others, believing Ayako will catch up with them, proceed to their destination. Even though Yumi and Noriko call Ayako many times, she does not answer. Yumi receives an urgent work request after arriving at Tenjozan Park by ropeway, so Noriko and the others return to Tokyo leaving Yumi at the mountain. None of them had any contact with Ayako the entire day. That night, Noriko receives a call from the Yamanashi Prefectural Police informing her that Yumi's body has been found stabbed in Tenjozan Park. One of the ropeway employees happened to witness a mysterious woman wearing a hat and a mask following Yumi down the mountain trail that evening...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-08
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Samurai Sensei
Overview: Hanpeita Takeichi, a samurai, finds that he has travelled through time to modern-day Japan. He's taken in by an old man who runs a cram school, and begins to work as a teacher there.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-16
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藝大の怪談
Overview: In a situation where location shooting was difficult due to the Corona pandemic, four omnibus horror films that could be shot in the school were planned as the graduation project for the technical area students. Four horrific events with completely different themes and stories take place.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-13
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The Scythian Lamb
Overview: Based on a manga written by Tatsuhiko Yamagami, the story is set in a former seaport town Uobuka, where 6 former criminals were sent to live there by the government, with the intention of re-socialising them. Aside from the few who know about the project, the general townsfolk has no idea of the former convicts' identities. Tsukisue is the pleasant and efficient municipal official put in charge of the programme. As he slowly learns about their past, a body is discovered.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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The Gun 2020
Overview: Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps them bury the man's body, shooting it with the handgun. Toko becomes captivated by the gun itself. She is further entangled in the true circumstances of the incident due to the detective searching for the handgun and a suspicious man Kazunari who knows a secret about the handgun. Toko tries to throw herself into the whirlpool but then the lid is blown off her "past."
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-10
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Eureka
Overview: In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-18
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Goodbye Elegy
Overview: Miyama Akira is a movie director in his 60's. In the past, he left his hometown to chase his dream. When he learns that his friend, who used to talk about their future, died, he goes back to his hometown for the first time in decades. While he walks along the streets there, he thinks about the life of his late friend and gets inspired to write a script about him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-24
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Khun Pan
Overview: This is a story about a police officer named Khun Phan in WWII. He is off on an undercover mission to take down a governor at an island which everyone there is considered as bandits.
Genres: Action Fantasy History Thriller
Original Language: th
Release Date: 2016-07-14
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Marukin marubi no kintamashii maki
Overview: Koji Tadokoro, the manager of a hot bento shop, lives an ordinary life with his girlfriend Noriko Kinoshita, who works at a nearby supermarket and loves sex. Tonight they are having sex, as if they are going to try to break the Guinness World Record, when suddenly the window opens and Nakagawa, a middle school classmate, appears. Shimizu, who had become a film director, has died. The two go to the funeral, and on the way home they pass a man accompanied by a beautiful woman. That man is none other than his childhood friend, Kimio Kondo. Kimio is the epitome of a money man. He is a doctor working at a university hospital, and on the side, he writes new music lyrics and is popular with nurses and popular singers. The three are excited to see each other again after a long time, and plan a class reunion trip to Kimio's luxurious mansion...
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-20
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