Chosuke Ikariya
Also Known As: 碇矢长介, Chôsuke Ikariya, 碇矢長一（本名）, 長さん（ニックネーム）
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: November 01, 1931
Deathday: March 20, 2004
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Bayside Shakedown
Overview: Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-31
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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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Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Overview: After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors.
Genres: Action Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-03
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As the River Flows
Overview: 2000 live-action Japanese film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-04-29
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喜劇 右向けェ左！
Overview: Mamoru Hirayama, the sales manager of Clover Shoji, a women's underwear manufacturer, was selected by President Usui to be the manager of the foreign affairs section newly established in the sales department. Masaaki Sakata, Yasushi Inoda, Osamu Yamabe, and Jiro Oi were assigned to this foreign affairs section. Hirayama, a former soldier, is suddenly enthusiastic when the company orders him to join the Self-Defense Forces. One day, in the library where the records of the former army are displayed, Hirayama recalls his memories of that time. It turned out that the bundle of bills that the captain had made a mess of was packed in a box and buried somewhere.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-31
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Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya
Overview: Japanese horror comedy from 1967.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-09-02
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Dreams
Overview: A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-05-11
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Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
Overview: In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-23
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ドリフターズですよ！前進前進また前進
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-10-28
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ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-04-10
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ドリフターズですよ！冒険冒険また冒険
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-09-21
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ドリフターズですよ！特訓特訓また特訓
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-01-15
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ドリフターズですよ！全員突撃
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-04-27
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やればやれるぜ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-01-03
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ズンドコズンドコ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-08-08
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ツンツン節だよ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-08-07
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春だドリフだ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-12-29
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祭りだお化けだ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-08-05
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舞妓はんだよ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-29
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チョットだけョ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-08-04
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大事件だよ全員集合！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-12-26
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ザ・ドリフターズの極楽はどこだ！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-12-24
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ザ・ドリフターズのカモだ！！御用だ！！
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-08-02
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It's a Psychic, Gather Everyone!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-08-03
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Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture
Overview: Three friends have become masters of the "Go-Con": Japanese group dating. But after playing the game so long, they begin to wonder if their love lives are going nowhere.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-10
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Father Avenger
Overview: Master director Sadao Nakajima brings to life the adventures of Shohachi, a ronin (masterless samurai) searching for his father's enemy. O-Tama, the star of a light acrobatics hut in the back mountains of Asakusa, falls in love at first sight with a ronin named Shohachi who appears out of nowhere and, impressed by his skills, asks him to become the troupe's bodyguard. Shohachi, who is searching for his father's enemy Hyoto, follows the troupe on their provincial tour and finally finds him. But it seems that his enemy is quite skilled.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-04-30
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The Seven Chefs
Overview: Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — in the art of culinary excellence and running a successful business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-01-15
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Happy Family Plan
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-09-16
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Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-12-30
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Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-06
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Everybody, Let's Go!
Overview: A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-08-05
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Fun on the Run
Overview: Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-12-30
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Madcap Mixup
Overview: Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-23
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Our Miyo-chan
Overview: Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-12-31
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Dreams Come True at Night
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1967-01-14
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Keiho
Overview: The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-02-17
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正義だ！味方だ！全員集合！！
Overview: Chotaro and Nakanishi, a duo of unemployed advertisers, drifted to Isehama, a port town near Yokohama, but a gang was making its presence felt in the town and the shopkeepers in the shopping arcade were troubled by it. Chotaro poses as a journalist and uses his words of wisdom to suggest that pen is mightier than the sword, so they create a mini-comic magazine and launch a campaign to expel the gang.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-12-27
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My Sons
Overview: Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-10-12
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