Naomi Zaizen
Also Known As: Zaizen Naomi
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ōita, Ōita, Japan
Birthday: January 10, 1966
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Housekeeper Saw!
Overview: Sawagura Nobuko is back housekeeping again in this sequel to the 2014 SP! This time around Nobuko, having been given some pearl earrings as a present sometime before, decides to attend an exhibition for a pearl described as being the world's most expensive one. That pearl is owned by the Iwakura family, who run a large pearl company. While looking at the pearl however, Nobuko is pulled away by a handsome man who seems to have some connection to the family. So when Nobuko finds one of her pearl earrings missing and probably taken by that man, she decides to work as a housekeeper for the Iwakura family until the man shows up again and she can get her earring back. But the Iwakura family that Nobuko is now working for has plenty of secrets beyond just pearls that she'll have to sort out if she wants her earring back...
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-05
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武士とその妻
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-12
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I Fell in Love With Your Footsteps
Overview: Kobayashi Daiki is a first year high school student who moved from Tokyo to Hita City in Oita Prefecture. He meets Kudo Misaki, a member of a local geta dance team who livens up the city's atmosphere with the traditional footwear
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-23
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ホリデイ～江戸の休日～
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-06
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The Women in the Lakes
Overview: A 100-year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping him alive suddenly malfunction, or was he murdered? A young detective on the case meets a female caregiver. The investigation runs into a dead end, but the two fall into a passionate but forbidden relationship. Terrifying memories emerge from the vast, deep lake to ensnare the detectives on the case, the caregivers, and a reporter trying to uncover a hidden past.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-17
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Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 3: Fly Birdie
Overview: The third film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-15
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Pro Golfer Oribe 2: Par is Fine
Overview: The second film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-05-14
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Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 4: Shank Shank Shank
Overview: The fourth film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-02-15
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Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 5: Beloved Lost Ball
Overview: The f ifth film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-02-14
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Silent Tokyo
Overview: On Christmas Eve, a TV broadcasting station receives a phone call. The caller warns "I have set up a bomb at Ebisu in Tokyo." A contract worker for the TV broadcasting station and a housewife are accused by the Ebisu police as being the culprits. During this chaotic situation, a mysterious man silently watches as everything unfolds. A video clip is then uploaded to an online video website. The video contains a demand to talk with the Prime Minister during a live broadcast or a bomb will be detonated at 6 pm in Shibuya, Tokyo. Who is behind the bombings and who will stop them?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-04
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Mystery Trilogy Special
Overview: This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-30
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24 Hour Playboy
Overview: Nagashima is a playboy who refuses to be tied down by marriage. Suffering from insomnia recently, he is eager to find a glamorous girl who can make him fall asleep. He leaves his tiresome girlfriend Mari, and soon finds himself trapped in dangerous triple liaisons involving two nightclub hostesses and a dewy-eyed girl. When all three of them start pestering him about marriage, Nagashima makes up his mind to flee…
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-07-08
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Devil in broad Daylight: The targeted Housewife
Overview: A detective who shoots and kills the younger brother in a sibling robbery becomes mentally ill because he believes his brother is going to kill him.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-07-27
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Ranmaru: The Man with the God Tongue
Overview: Ranmaru is a shy, dorky guy with a tongue that can analyze any element simply by licking an object, a skill that allows him to solve all manner of crimes. With his cute, but annoying sidekick Hikaru, plus the steadying hand of friend Kanji, Ranmaru solves a series of strange events at a failing hot spring resort deep in the mountains. Ranmaru falls in love with a doctor who saves his life. The loveable, endearing Ranmaru and his band of quirky pals team up to solve a nasty murder mystery that devastates the village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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BEST GUY
Overview: Two pilots compete to be the best jet fighter. A commander with a troublesome past, a female director who wants a good scoop, a competition that is looking for their best guy.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-15
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Pro Golfer Oribe Kinjiro
Overview: Kinjiro Oribe, nicknamed Orikin, is a professional golfer who has not won a single tournament in his 17-year golf career. He arrives at the golf training course in the city center as a professional instructor, he is inspired by unique people, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of winning at least one victory on the tour, which he almost gave up...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice
Overview: Attorney Asabuki Riyako goes to Ginza with her husband Kunio, where she almost has her handbag taken by a young boy. The youth had been involved in a murder case six years earlier. Yabuhara, the chief counsel at the firm Asabuki works at, was in charge of the case.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-13
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Perfect World
Overview: Tsugumi Kawana (Hana Sugisaki) works at an interior design company. She happens to meet her first love Itsuki Ayukawa (Takanori Iwata) from her high school days. He is now an architect and in a wheelchair because of an accident. --asianwiki
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-05
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Asabuki Riyako, Female Lawyer: The Young Eyewitness
Overview: Attorney Asabuki Riyako goes to wine store in Ginza and meets a friend from college, Matsuura Ayano. Matsuura is the CEO of a wine company. The next morning, Asabuki learns from the news that Matsuura's father has died in one of the rooms at the inn.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-13
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
Overview: A police detective Shoukokuji Ryuuya from the first section of Metropolitan Police Department is tasked to investigate the murder case of a woman which takes place at a grand party held by a big-time actress but faces the hurdle of finding the true culprit among the large pool of suspects.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-25
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With All Our Might
Overview: Tamiko (Ayumi Ito) lives happily with her husband Hideaki (Sho Aoyagi) and step-daughter Kotoyo (Hazuki Inoue). Tamiko married her deceased friend Mari's (Mami Nakamura) husband. Tamiko gets along well with her step-daughter Kotoyo, but Kotoyo still doesn't call her mother. There is a traditional sumo game held to celebrate the moving of Mizuwakasu's shrine. The traditional sumo game is important to Tamiko who grew up on the island, while her husband Hideaki's reputation is not so good on the island because he broke off his engagement to a woman his parents set him up with. In order to marry his first wife Mari, he ran away from the island. Since then, his parents disowned him. Nevertheless, Hideaki and his first wife Mari still liked the island and went back to live there. Hideaki began sum wrestling then.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-12
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Yakuza Ladies 3
Overview: Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband’s position as the head of the established yakuza clan?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-08
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A Family Story
Overview: A country boy leaves his family's apple farm and heads to the city to become a famous musician.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Noh Mask Murders
Overview: The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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Heaven and Earth
Overview: Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-24
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Ouran High School Host Club
Overview: Ouran Academy is a prestigious school with most students coming from wealthy families. One of the few students who comes from a modest background is Haruhi Fujioka (Haruna Kawaguchi). Through unexpected circumstances, Haruhi Fujioka ends up joining the male "host club," while hiding her gender. Friendship and love grows between Haruhi Fujioka and the male "host club" members.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-17
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The Woman Opposite
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-15
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A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Overview: In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very few knew that Souji was not a boy, but a woman. Souji loved the vice-leader of the armed police, Toshizou Hijikata. Souji suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and coughed up blood during a battle. Toshizou helped her but said that he did not care for the girl with a smell of blood. Souji had a real talent for swordsmanship and no one but Ryouma Sakamoto could compete with her. Ryouma was a liberal intellectual and tried to carry out a revolution without blood. However, the bloody Meiji Restoration broke out and Souji killed Ryouma who lost his dream. Because a friendship had sprung up between Toshizou and Ryouma, Toshizou got angry and slashed at Souji with a sword. Unwillingly, she unsheathed her sword and thought that she might get love if she was killed by the man she loved.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-06
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Akechi Kogoro vs. Kindaichi Kosuke
Overview: The two most famous Japanese mystery characters have come together to solve a crime. A year ago, a man was trying to commit suicide by jumping off a police station building. He was rescued by two men who happened to be the well known Akechi Kogoro and Kosuke Kindaichi. The famous duo were asked to be witnesses and provide information for the police record. From the surface, it was a simple case of suicide. However, soon after the incident, the police lieutenant committed suicide in his office. Slowly from the gathered evidence, the two most unlikely cases are being linked.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-26
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