Kuranosuke Sasaki
Also Known As: 사사키 쿠라노스케
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kyoto, Japan
Birthday: February 04, 1968
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Life of Budori Gusuko
Overview: The fairy tale follows a young man named Gusukō in the Tōhoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Gusukō is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Gusukō joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Gusukō from his home.
Genres: Drama Animation Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-07
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Summer Time Machine Blues
Overview: The members of a sci-fi club accidentally spill Coke on the remote controller of an air-conditioner during summer and suddenly a time machine appears in their sweating bath-like clubroom.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-03
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Train Man
Overview: The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-04
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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Overview: In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-19
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Cobalt Blue
Overview: Ryuji is a fisherman that has brought up his daughter Ryoko single-handedly. Ryoko and her childhood friend Kazuya have fallen in love. But when Kazuya dies in a tragic accident while diving for coral wood, Ryoko is overcome with grief and, emotionally destroyed, retreats into silent mourning.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-27
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Tokyo Friends: The Movie
Overview: Rei Iwatsuki moved from her hometown Kōchi to Tokyo to pursue her dreams. On arrival, she found a job as a waitress in a restaurant and met guitarist Ryuuji Shintani. Ryuuji liked her voice and invited her to join his band as the vocalist, The Survival Company (also known as Sabakan). The two started a relationship but then broke off when Rei wanted to write her own songs. Rei met other girls also working in the restaurant, Hirono, Ryoko and Maki, all in pursuit of their own dreams, and became good friends with all of them. One day, Rei receives news that Takashi was seen in New York and she decides to go look for him...
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-12
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The Lady Shogun and Her Men
Overview: In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-01
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700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police
Overview: After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank the local police officer. It starts with simple speeding pranks but gradually moves to more elaborate and bizarre pranks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-04-05
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Emergency Interrogation Room: The Final
Overview: Movie based on the Emergency Interrogation Room series.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
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Homestay
Overview: Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is "lucky" and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Makoto Kobayashi, who just died, and needs to figure out the cause of his death.
Genres: Drama Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-02-11
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Peak: The Rescuers
Overview: Shimazaki Sanpo is an experienced mountain climber and rescue team volunteer. Sanpo loves the mountains and wants as many people as possible to experience everything they have to offer so much so that he never holds a grudge against anyone for causing an accident due to their own negligence. Even if a fellow rescuer dies, he's the kind of man who can look toward the corpse and say "You did your best." One spring, newcomer Shiina Kumi is assigned to the Nagano prefecture mountain rescue team where she experiences growth thanks to Sanpo's guidance and the seemingly harsh training methods of the team's captain, Noda. However, she becomes depressed when she's unable to translate her skills to a real-life situation. As her confidence wanes, multiple accidents occur simultaneously due to a mountain blizzard, forcing the entire team into action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-07
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After School
Overview: A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But on the eve of the birth, the father, Kimura, disappears. Then, a hired private detective appears and ask Jinno's help to find Kimura.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-24
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Onmyōji
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-29
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The Woman of S.R.I.: The Movie
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-09-03
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The Mamiya Brothers
Overview: The main characters are the Mamiya brothers who are living together although they are over 30-years-old. Unconcerned with appearance and reputations, they enjoy their life in their own way. The only concern is the lack of girlfriends. One day, however, a change occurs to their mundane lives. The elder brother, Akinobu (Kuranosuke Sasaki), falls in love with a girl at a video shop. The younger brother, Tetsunobu (Muga Tsukaji), scrambles around to aid his brother achieve love and arranges various dates. The elder brother strives to return the effort, but gets the cold shoulder. The two brothers return to their original lives, continuing with their ordinary, but happy days.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-13
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Godzilla Minus One
Overview: In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Vamp Show
Overview: Five merry men who travel and live all over the country. They all love to sing and for some reason they are all nocturnal. Their hobbies are raiding and blood donor cars. What they don't like is crosses, and what they love is - choo-choo-choo!!! ?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-01
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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie
Overview: Based on the feature-length novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" written by Arthur Conan Doyle, which is the movie version of the TV drama "Sherlock" broadcast on the Fuji TV series in 2019.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-17
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America ni Makenakatta Otoko - Bakayaro Souri Yoshida Shigeru
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-02-24
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Bayside Shakedown 2
Overview: The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. Aoshima's friend Superintendent Shinji Muroi, assigned by headquarters to assist Okita, is again powerless to help the local officers as decisions are made by the higher ups.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-19
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Scary Fairy Tales: Alice in Wonderland
Overview: Arisugawa is a businessman who has been transferred to a local branch office. However, the people at the branch office are all peculiar...
Genres: Horror Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-24
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Samurai Hustle
Overview: During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.
Genres: History Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-21
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The Last Chance: Diary of Comedians
Overview: The movie follows the life of an unpopular comedy duo. The duo, called "Boso Swimmers", have been working together for 12 years, but the duo sees little future in their comedy careers. They then begin to write their thoughts in a diary
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-22
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Tsubaki Sanjuro
Overview: "Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, faster, subtler sword, talking and perception. He uses them to settle the trouble and uses them good!
Genres: History Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-01
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Shylock's Children
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Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-17
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Fireworks from the Heart
Overview: On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a social recluse. Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-25
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Star Reformer
Overview: Satoshi Nomura, a top-level bureaucrat of a prefecture government, has passion for his career. One day, he is hired by the fixed-term personnel exchange training between public and private businesses. This personnel exchange training is part of some big prefecture project. This project is very big, so success of this personnel exchange training will probably determine his career. Nomura goes to a supermarket called "Mantendo".
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-25
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We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
Overview: A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-06
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A Boy Called H
Overview: Told from the viewpoint of the father Morio, "A Boy Called H" follows a young boy named Hajime Senoh, nicknamed "H". His father, Morio runs a tailor shop. With the onset of World War II, their family must endure difficult times. Nevertheless, H is filled with curiosity and a sense of justice. Based on the autobiographical novel "Shonen H" by Kappa Senoh (published by Kodansha, July 9, 1999).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-08-10
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Jam Films
Overview: Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-28
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My Home Hero the Movie
Overview: Seven years have passed since family man Tetsuo Tosu survived a fierce battle with a criminal organization. However, Tetsuo's peaceful family life begins to crumble once again when a sudden landslide uncovers an old sin.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-08
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The Inerasable
Overview: A novelist receives a letter from a female university student named Kubo about strange sounds that emanate from a room in her apartment. They begin to investigate incidents involving former residents, and eventually discover the shocking truths lurking inside the building.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-30
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Till Death Do Us What?
Overview: Kota and Yoko have known each other for 17 years. They finally get married and Yoko becomes pregnant. During her pregnancy, Yoko feels ill and gets a checkup. She learns that she has terminal cancer. Yoko is able to give birth and they try to smile everyday until her very last day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-30
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毛骨悚然撞鬼经 20周年特别篇
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-10-12
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March Comes In Like a Lion
Overview: Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years. Having meals with the Kawamoto family brings warm feelings to Rei Kiriyama. As Rei Kiriyama continues his shogi career, his interactions with his neighbors allows him to grow as a shogi player and as a person.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-18
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Something Like, Something Like It
Overview: Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-16
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Samurai Hustle Returns
Overview: Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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Flower and Sword
Overview: In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi's rule makes life difficult for the people. Monk Senko Ikenobo is a master of flower arrangement. He prays for peace in the world and tries to give hope to the people with flower arrangement. He becomes good friends with Rikyu. Rikyu is a monk and a politician. He has the most profound influence on chanoyu. Rikyu is forced to commit hara-kiri by Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s order. Monk Senko Ikenobo challenges Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-06-03
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Everest: The Summit of the Gods
Overview: Makoto Fukamachi is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether George Mallory became the first person to successfully climb Mount Everest on June 8, 1924 or not. Pursuing the old camera's past, Makoto Fukamachi meets legendary Alpinist Joji Habu. Joji Habu is isolated from other people because of his reckless and thoughtless personality.
Genres: Adventure Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-12
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Hamon: Yakuza Boogie
Overview: Keisuke Ninomiya (Yu Yokoyama) works as a construction consultant. Through his work, he becomes acquainted with yakuza Yasuhiko Kuwabara (Kuranosuke Sasaki). One day, film producer Koshimizu brings a movie investment proposal to yakuza leader Shimada. Shimada decide to invest in the film and he assigns Yasuhiko Kuwabara to oversee his investment in the film. Film producer Koshimizu though runs away with their investment money. Keisuke and Yasuhiko struggle to get Shimada’s money back from Koshimizu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-28
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Adiantum Blue
Overview: Adiantum Blue is about a pianist with a terminal illness, who wishes to spend her last happy days with her lover in Nice.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-18
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March Goes out Like a Lamb
Overview: The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an upcoming tournament, the father who left the three sisters appears and disturbs the peace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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Guardian Angel
Overview: A low paid company slave, a cheap hoodlum, and a stay-at-home man. These three neer-do-well guys get together to save their angelic heroine, who is being tracked on a web site for sexual predators. Can they save the girl in the end?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-20
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We Make Antiques!
Overview: Sakai is a city near Osaka by the bay famous for its swords in the old days and kitchen knives today. Norio is an antique dealer in the city. Sasuke is a potter in the city. Seventeenth century tea master Sen No Rikyu appears before them one day.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-05
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Recall
Overview: A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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Her Island, My Island
Overview: A young woman returns to the island where she grew up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-15
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Detective Conan Drama Special 2: Confrontation With the Men in Black
Overview: Shinichi Kudo returns as the young Conan to investigate a murderous letter sent to a beauty pageant winner who demands affection.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-17
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A Beautiful Star
Overview: A family believes they are aliens from other planets and tries to save Earth from impending calamity.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-26
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The Stork Nest
Overview: A small clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture begins accepting anonymous drop-offs of unwanted newborn babies at a residential building. The name of the controversial new program is "Stork Nest."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-25
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Aircraft Carrier Ibuki
Overview: The story takes place over a 24 hour period. In the southernmost part of Japan, 20 fishing boats of an unknown nationality suddenly fire upon and occupy parts of the Hateruma archipelago. Members of the Japan Coast Guard are detained. Under the extremely tense situation, the Japanese government sends Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and an escort fleet to the area. Ryota Akitsu is the captain of the Aircraft Carrier Ibuki and Toshiya Niinami is second-in-command. It is now 6:23 am. and Japan faces one day which they never have before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-24
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Iwane: Sword of Serenity
Overview: Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from childhood. He decides to leave his domain, parting with his fiancée Nao, and becomes a vagrant masterless samurai with nothing more to lose. Iwane drifts to Edo, filleting eels during the day and working as a bodyguard at night for Imazuya, a reputable money exchanger. He gradually wins the trust of the people around him because of his mellow nature, the chivalrous way he treats everyone with courtesy, and his skills of swords. One day, he learns that Imazuya is being targeted in a conspiracy to sabotage a new monetary system implemented by the government, and Iwane decides to protect the people who have given him support.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-05-17
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One Night
Overview: A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-08
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The Memory Eraser
Overview: Ryoichi Yoshimori is a university student. His girlfriend, Kyoko Sawada is a few years older but the pair don’t care as they are deeply in love. After Ryoichi proposes to Kyoko, she suddenly disappears. Several days later, Kyoko re-emerges but claims to have no memory of him. With the help of a classmate/lawyer Chiaki Takaharu and his childhood friend Maki Kawai, Ryoichi attempts to unravel the mystery that may be related to the rumours of a memory erasing individual known as Kiokuya.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-17
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We Are Little Zombies
Overview: Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-24
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
Overview: The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named Shino about whom the two have a feeling.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Overview: A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-11
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Haruka naru Yakusoku
Overview: There is a story of a grand love torn apart by the Russo-Japanese War. It is an incomparable love story, crossing the borders of Russia and Japan and surmounting fifty years time. The true story of one woman who continued to wait because she loved, and one woman who said farewell because she loved. And a man who, bolstered by the love of these two women, struggled through the most extreme of circumstances and survived.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-25
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Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Overview: A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-07
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Go Find a Psychic!
Overview: Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party, psychics gather together to show off their abilities while for the rest of the year they hide their abilities. Yone Sakurai is a program director for a psychic variety TV show called "Asunaro Psychic". She is stressed out and tired from her work, but proud of what she is doing. Yone actually believes in psychic abilities. By an audience request a new plan is set out for the program, a plan which requires the show to uncover real psychics or psychic events.
Genres: Drama Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-20
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The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-17
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天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-23
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