Bang-ho Cho
Also Known As: Gouda Yuu, Yu Goda, 豪田遊, Chou Banhou, Yû Gôda, Banhô Chô
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Birthday: November 19, 1956
Deathday: December 09, 1997
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Like Grains of Sand
Overview: A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-16
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Hiruko the Goblin
Overview: A school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment they will be free to roam the Earth. Hiruko is a goblin sent to Earth on a reconnaissance mission. He beheads students in order to assemble their heads on the demons' spider-like bodies. Hieda, an archaeology professor, and Masao, a haunted student, investigate the gory deaths.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-11
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Taboo X Perversion
Overview: A young woman has feelings for her older cousin but he is obsessed with blonds. When a European temptress comes for a visit his fantasies come true. But he soon finds out that she likes it really kinky.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-09-07
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No More Comics!
Overview: Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-24
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The Mosquito on the Tenth Floor
Overview: A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he's running from loan sharks and his personal expectations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-02
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Double Bed
Overview: Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has a girl friend Riko who lives with her younger sister Yuko who's an actress. Yamazaki is a lyric writer/womanizer and he starts to have an affair with Masako, but he's still going out with Riko.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-08-05
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March Comes In Like a Lion
Overview: The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister, she is seven and he is eight. She goes on to say that when she was seven and he was eight, she told her brother that she would marry him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-13
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Tattoo
Overview: An ardent culture-vulture youth, previously charged for the murder of a woman when he was young, plans to hold hostage a local bank.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-06-05
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How Old Is the River?
Overview: Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they're unexpectedly joined by a female cousin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-11-11
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Mijukuna Kahanshin
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-29
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Shoya no umi
Overview: A wealthy man has relationships with a married woman, an office lady and a high school girl. Two of them are friends, two are sisters and one leaves him frustrated.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-22
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Akuma no hitojichi
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-29
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Zeccho shimai ochiru
Overview: Mika, who used to be a call girl, is being pursued by a man that brokers prostitution. Her mother Yoshimi and older sister Mayumi also sold their bodies. But now, Mayumi will marry Soejima, a trading company man. Mika is happy to have a respectable relative and starts a part-time job at a pachinko parlor...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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An Angel with Many Scars
Overview: An odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts to him, decide to go to northern Japan in search of the boy’s mother, and the detective’s buddy Hisashi joins them later.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-19
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Watashitachi ga suki datta koto
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-06
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Empire of Kids
Overview: Following a stint in reform school, Ryu (Shinsuke Shimada) returns to his home, the Minami area of Osaka, accompanied by his new friend Ko (Takeshi Masu). He's greeted by his friends, Chabo (Ryusuke Matsumoto) and Ken (Bang-ho Cho). They seek to forge their own path through a multitude of rival gangs in Kita and Minami, including the Hokushin Alliance, backed by the yakuza, the Hope Association, and various other minor factions, including Zainichi Korean groups. What follows is a wild, fast-paced story of violence, revenge, betrayal, and discrimination, that never loses its sense of humor.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-07-04
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The King of Minami: Planned Bankruptcy
Overview: #2 in the King of Minami series. The relentless Osaka loan shark Ginjiro Manda and his apprentice, Ryuichi, attempt to collect from a failed AV producer, setting into motion a complex series of events involving the yakuza, planned bankruptcy schemes and a wily stockbroker named Yasuda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-11-13
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The Human Chair
Overview: After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-19
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The Unspoiled Diamond
Overview: A college student has an affair with a married, middle-aged teacher.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-05-15
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Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku
Overview: Former hitman Ginya Yabuki (Riki Takeuchi) left the mafia and split somewhat contentiously with his longtime former partner. Years later, that same ex-partner has emerged as the head of a very dangerous crime syndicate and Yabuki is forced to confront his former partner, which may start an all-out war within the Tokyo Mafia.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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Mystery Experience Zone: Really Scary Stories: Ghost Photos sent to you & Ghost Detectives
Overview: Story teller Kinya Aikawa serves as a guide in this horror drama series, which is presented in an omnibus format with two stories each based on the stories of people who have experienced horror. Kanako (Yasuko Sawaguchi) looks through the viewfinder of a second-hand camera she bought and sees a boy with a look of hatred on his face staring back at her. When she looks up, the boy is gone, and when she looks through the viewfinder again, she sees the boy staring back at her. Kanako is now haunted by the spirit of the boy and the adults who are close to him....
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-13
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Balloon
Overview: Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-05-12
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Skinless Night
Overview: Skinless Night (which borrows its title from a best-selling brand of condoms) centers on the 33-year-old Kayama Mutsuro, who supports his wife, child and a small team of employees by making porn videos. Profit margins are very low, the financier has his own troublesome ideas about the kind of tape he wants produced, the company office isn't an ideal environment for child-minding, and the job constantly throws up new challenges - like shopping for bondage gear or devising the special visual effects for a 'golden shower' scene. On top of everything else, Kayama is heading for a mid-life crisis. The rediscovery of his unfinished student film crystallizes his general sense of dissatisfaction, and leads him to rethink his life and work, to the chagrin of many of his friends, colleagues, and family members. Mochizuki's quasi-autobiographical début feature observes both the workings of the porn sub-culture and the spiritual problems of its central character.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-06
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Yakuza Ladies 2
Overview: Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence. As she grows into her new role, she manages to assert control and increase the influence of her organization. But when her husband is released from prison, she finds him a changed man, lacking the character necessary to be a powerful yakuza leader. Conflict ensues and their marriage is challenged by a desire for power.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-10-10
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Anne's Lullaby
Overview: A single woman has a series of messy relationships while feeling that her maternal clock is running out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-29
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Shunga
Overview: An envelope of obscene woodblock prints makes a perverse connection between a violent homeless boxer, a feckless husband and a wife with a past trauma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-03-11
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Attack on a Bakery
Overview: Two young men are hungry, so they decide to rob a bakery. Adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-11-18
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Violent Cop
Overview: A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and Yakuza activities.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-08-12
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Mitabi no kaikyô
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-11
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Banned: Woman's Secret Pictures
Overview: A man spies on an upper class woman having an illicit affair and blackmails her for sex. But she’s not the delicate flower that she appears to be.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-02
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Eko Eko Azarak: Misa the Dark Angel
Overview: Misa Kuroi is a good witch, but wherever she goes, evil follows. When a dying girl appears out of nowhere shouting Misa's name, our heroine goes to work. Following the clues, Misa transfers to the prestigious Saint Salem School for Girls and joins the Drama Club. Soon all the girls depart for a mysterious Drama Camp, deep in the woods.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-15
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Time and Tide
Overview: An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-03-18
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