Yoshimi Ashikawa
Also Known As: Yoshimi Asikawa, あしかわ よしみ, 芦川芳美
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: December 13, 1958
Age: 66 years old
Gender: Female
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Beautiful Lure: A Modern Tale of Painted Skin
Overview: With both beauty and wit, Maiko looks for a man who suits her. One night, she finds Taro, a candidate for the prime minister. Everything goes well as she plans, but he finds out she's actually a "youma" who destroys the country. What's their destiny?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-05-14
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1 Litre of Tears
Overview: 15-year-old Aya Kito was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. She has been falling down often and walks strange. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-05
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Dark hunter
Overview: Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name of Yataro Tanigawa. Yaheiji meets Yataro again in Edo, by which time Yataro has become a dark hunter (Hired Assassin). The boss of thieves to whom Yaheiji obeys is killed, and Yaheiji participates in the battle to take his place Yataro helps him defeat and save his life, and Yaheiji also tries to save Yataro from the world of assassins... The drama "Dark Hunter" is based on the novel by Shotaro Ikenami, who is best known for his TV series Onihei Hankacho, Kenkaku Shobai and Fujieda Baian's Shikake-nin. The film version directed by Hideo Gosha is well known, but this version is more faithful to the original.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-04-01
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Friends Love
Overview: Straight to Video film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-06-20
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The Vampire Inspector
Overview: During the reign of the 11th Shogun, a series of supernatural incidents occur every night in the Edo Castle. A beautiful inspector appears with thunder and lightning to suck people’s blood and kill them. The examiner’s true identity is Amakusa Shiro, a young samurai from the Amakusa clan that was destroyed by the harsh Christian persecution of the Shogunate. Shirō sold his soul to the devil and became an evil spirit. After 160 years since destruction of Amakusa, his revenge to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate begins.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-09-07
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The Final Judgement
Overview: 26-year-old Shogo Washio sense danger from the expansion of Asian superpower nation Ouran. Shogo Washio teams up with Kenzo Nakagishi and establishes a new political party. He loses in the elections to gain a seat in the house of representatives. A few years later Japan is now invaded by the country of Ouran and falls under the military occupation of that country. Basic freedoms like speech and religion are lost, while protestors are killed. In this environment, Shogo Washio joins the underground resistance organization ROLE.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-02
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Dark Room
Overview: A writer haunted by the death of his wife and threatened by the imagined infidelities of his lovers uses his affairs for the subjects of his novels.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-09-17
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The Unruly Ronin's Journey II
Overview: Formerly a covert spy under the shogunate, ronin Azami Onijuro and his carefree companion, ronin, journeyed along the Kiso Highway. As they approached the Echizen Domain, they encountered a woman named Osode. Recognizing Onijuro's formidable skills, she asked for his help as she was on her way to Owari. Osode, the daughter of the second-ranking retainer of the Katsuyama Domain, carried a blood-sealed letter that served as evidence of a conspiracy involving the assassination of the domain lord by the Deputy Chief and the lord's younger brother. Onijuro's group becomes a target and is chased after by the chief retainer's top enforcer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-03-30
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Nagisa
Overview: Set in the late 60s in a small seaside town, this coming of age drama centres on a young girl named Nagisa. She spends her summer holidays working in a local seaside bar, searching for her lost cat, dancing to rock’n’roll and discovering first love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-10
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Break Town Story
Overview: Japanese drama film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-08-24
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Hermes - Winds of Love
Overview: The creator of the world orders Hermes to defeat the evil King Minos, tyrant of Crete. With his beautiful wife, Aphrodite, by his side, he bravely responds to the challenge. A battle between good and evil rocks the heavens as Hermes fights to unite Greece!
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-12
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Monster Woman '88
Overview: Satomi is young woman that works in computer communication. One day she receives a strange message. And the person that sent it to her has committed suicide. As days go by, Satomi keeps receiving the messages from the spirit world....
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-09-23
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Jingi
Overview: Based on the comic by Ayumi Tachihara
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-21
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Day Break
Overview: In 1975, Shinichi Nakamichi studies hard at a prestigious university in Tokyo. After graduation, Shinichi Nakamichi lands a job at a big trading company and he seems to have a bright future, but he has a secret he can't tell anyone. Back in his school days, he had a spiritual awakening experience. Since then, he is in contact with Gods. One day, he meets Yoshiko Nekata, who works at the same company,and he gets attracted to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-05-12
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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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Immortal Hero
Overview: Makoto Mioya, a highly successful Japanese author and publisher, has a life-threatening, near-death experience. Powerful spiritual beings with whom he has communicated most of his adult life visit Makoto to remind him he has the power within to heal himself. Reborn, Makoto commits his life to sharing the almighty wisdom he receives from the spiritual realm. As doubters, including some of his own family, challenge and question his new-found ardor, Makoto must find a way to connect with his family and the ‘family of man’ to inspire a better world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-18
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Twiceborn
Overview: Follows Satoru, a successful businessman who relinquishes everything to pursue his true calling: the happiness of humankind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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Kizu
Overview: Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of yakuza film that stylishly depicts the short but vibrant life of legendary urban yakuza Takashi Hanagata.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-03
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Ebarake no hitobito
Overview: The Ebara family, a typical middle-class family living in downtown Tokyo. When her mother-in-law sold a mountain, a large amount of 70 million yen came in, and with that as a down payment, she got her longing detached house. A slapstick drama for each family is unfolded on the stage of a dream home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-11-22
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The love song of farewell later
Overview: A suspense drama based on Osamu Takahashi's original work starring Shinobu Otake. The shooting location of Gunkanjima is a famous tourist attraction. When Mansako returns to her husband's parents' house, she noticed a young man named Shinji playing drums at a village festival. Shinji who felt her gaze also looked back at Mansako. Masako invites Shinji to her house to welcome her husband together, and is witnessed by a housewife who came to inform her husband of the accidental death while helping him change clothes. She is stigmatized for infidelity. They are separated, but they vow to meet again 12 years later.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-01
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Black Cop
Overview: An ex-detective who accidentally kills a suspect becomes a dog of the yakuza
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-10
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Keijitachi no Natsu
Overview: The TV movie follows a detective with a burning sense of justice who risks his life to pursue a corruption case involving the prime minister's office.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-04-01
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Emperor of Upheaval
Overview: The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-06-12
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Gate of Flesh
Overview: Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-04-09
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