Akiko Shikata
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Japan
Birthday: November 01, 1957
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Third Base
Overview: Third and Shinbunbu embark on a plan to make money by Third becoming a pimp and Shinbunbu a prostitute.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-03-15
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Rape and Death of a Housewife
Overview: Three young boys drunkenly rape a woman named Emiko, the wife of a man they've developed a friendship with. She dies of heart failure during the attack. Her chicken farmer husband, incapable of dealing with her death tends to her corpse as though it were still alive completely unable to accept her demise.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-07-08
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The Tragedy of “W”
Overview: A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-15
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Farewell to the Land
Overview: Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-09
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Eternal Monument
Overview: A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-12
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Nomugi Pass
Overview: The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-06-30
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Eternal Monument
Overview: A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-12
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