Eiko Shinya
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: June 09, 1928
Deathday: May 02, 2016
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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A Class to Remember
Overview: A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-11-06
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My House
Overview: A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-12
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Overview: Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-13
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The Earth
Overview: For some reason, Ryohei, an elementary school student, becomes interested in garbage trucks and starts helping an uncle who works there. Ryohei's classmates and family members, who had initially ridiculed him, are impressed by Ryohei's single-minded demeanor and begin to help him without realizing it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-21
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A Homance
Overview: A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-10
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Osaka Love & Soul
Overview: Osaka Love & Soul (TV film) Drama 2010, 75 min
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-06
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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
Overview: A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the elusive insect and along the way meets the mysterious Sayoko, a former dominatrix and habitual wrist-cutter who delights in rubbing wasabi into her wounds.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-23
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Empire of Passion
Overview: In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-09-06
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