Miki Maya
Also Known As: 真矢美纪, 真矢みき, 西島美季
Biography: Miki Maya is a Japanese actress and former top star of the Takarazuka Revue. Her real name is Miki Sato (佐藤美季, Satō Miki). She joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1981. Her debut performance was "Takarazuka Haru no Odori" and she became the top star of the Flower Troupe for her role in East Of Eden in 1995. She retired in 1998 after her last show 'Speakeasy', based on the 17 John Gay ballad opera The Beggar's Opera, in which she sang the theme song Kaze no machi no junjō na akutō tachi (風の街の純情な男たち).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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Suspect X
Overview: A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-04
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Spartacus
Overview: Spartacus, a prisoner of war from Tracia, was made a slave at a Roman stone quarry. A rich merchant, Alvinius, is attracted to Spartacus' combination of fighting spirit and tactfulness. He sends Spartacus to a martial arts academy. Spartacus becomes a formidable gladiator. One day, Savinius, the Roman Governor, visits the school. To entertain the important guest, a bout is held which puts Spartacus up against a renowned swordsman, Gaza. Gaza is defeated. It is then discovered that Spartacus is no ordinary prisoner of war but the best warrior in the whole Tracian Army.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-02-14
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Sorrowful Cordroba
Overview: Flower Troupe's 1995 stageplay production of Sorrowful Cordoba.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Dream Girls
Overview: This film is about Japanese women, escape, glamour and dreams. The Takarazuka Revue is an enormously successful spectacular where the all-women cast create fantasies of erotic love and sensitive men. It is also a world for young girls desperate to do something different with their lives. In return for living a highly disciplined and reclusive existence, they will be adored and envied by many thousands of Japanese women. They will look, act and behave like young men while having no real men in their lives. Dream Girls explores the nature of sexual identity and the contradictory tensions that face young women in Japan today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-17
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Once Upon a Crime
Overview: While at the royal ball with Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood finds herself in the middle of a mystery. Can she solve the case before midnight strikes?
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-13
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Bayside Shakedown The Final: The New Hope
Overview: Set 2 years after prior film "Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose," a major case occurs that has the potential to take down the entire police organization. For the next 3 days, Shunsaku Aoshima and his colleagues struggle to unravel the case...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-06
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Maya Miki Dinner Show "Miki In Person"
Overview: A dinner show starring Maya Miki held at the Takarazuka Hotel in 1993 whilst she was still nibante.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-07-07
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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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Miki in Budokan
Overview: A concert starring Maya Miki held in Nihon Budokan.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-23
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Izakaya Choji
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Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-28
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Take the 'A' Train, Someday
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-20
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December
Overview: A divorced husband and wife reunite to fight the release of their daughter's murderer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-18
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Manzoku Manzoku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-30
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Maiko Haaaan!!!
Overview: Kimihiko Onizuka is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party game called "yakyuken" with one.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-16
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Giwaku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-24
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Black Lizard
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-22
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Rock'n'Roll Housewives
Overview: Mieko is a housewife with some problems. Her husband is indifferent to her and her daughter Sayako refuses to go to school. One day, Mieko meets Kaori who is divorced. Mieko and Kaori worked at a same company years ago. Kaori tells Mieko that how she was swindled out of money by a man and, because of this, Mieko loans money to Kaori. Due to the loan, Mieko, herself, begins to do part-time work at a convenience store. While at work, Mieko catches a shoplifter Yukimi in the convenience store. It turns out, Mieko and Yukimi get along great. Mieko, Yukimi and Kaori decide to go to a karaoke room together. At the karaoke bar, the women hear the song "Smoke On The Water" by Deep Purple and decide to form a rock band!
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-18
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90 Years Old – So What?
Overview: Aiko Satō, who has won many literary awards, retired from her life as a writer and had no guests. She spent a gloomy time, but then a middle-aged editor named Tachibana came with a commission for a story. The story begins with a series of essays that are initially unpleasant, writing out her anger towards society. Aiko's life will undergo significant changes by the time she is 90 years old.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-21
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The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Overview: One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki Maya), only exacerbate the situation when they try to help clear his name. Is Muroi guilty as charged or merely taking the fall? What is the truth behind the murder? Two lawyers, one determined to get Muroi, the other resolved to save him, a feud between two police departments, political power plays and legal trappings, all combine to orchestrate Muroi’s downfall.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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Angry Squad: Civil Servants & Seven Swindlers
Overview: Kumazawa Jiro, a tax-worker, is tricked out of a large sum of money by the swindler Himuro Makoto. With the help of his best friend, a detective, Kumazawa tracks down Himuro and teams up with him and sets out to extract JP¥ 1B in unpaid tax from a large corporation that is hiding tax evasion.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-22
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The Road to Sirius
Overview: Tatsumura Yusuke, Toho Advertising's deputy sales manager was a childhood friend of Akiko and Katsuya. In fact, there is a secret that cannot be divulged about the relationship between Akiko and her father and the truth behind his death between these three people. They don't contact each other after they grow up but 25 years later, that secret comes back to Akiko in an extortion letter. Meanwhile, Tatsumura's division suddenly competes in a big project with a budget of 1.8 billion yen. Tatsumura works towards a successful pitch with Tachibana, Hirano, and Totsuka but interference within the company from envious parties and a heated contest with a rival firm remains. Then Tatsumura learns that there is a link between this project and that secret from his past...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-14
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Danso no Reijin
Overview: The drama is based on the life of the Manchu princess Kawashima Yoshiko, who served as a spy for the Kwantung Army and as a military leader for Manchukuo. The former actress/singer Ri Kouran (also known as Yamaguchi Yoshiko), on the other hand, was a Japanese woman born in China, where she initially built her career as an actress. Although the two were of different generations, they were said to be closely linked at one point.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-06
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The Tragedy of W
Overview: The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-11
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Diner
Overview: A former murderer and genius chef along with a waitress come together with a group of fantastical assassins in a diner. A girl with a hollowness in her heart, who believes that she belongs nowhere, is thrust into a series of attacks where she must struggle to find her will to live.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-05
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Nameless Poison [aka Namonaki Doku]
Overview: Saburo Sugimura (Kotaro Koizumi) works for the PR department of a company which his father-in-law Yoshichika Imada runs. One day, Yoshichika Imada tasks Saburo Sugimura with work regarding a man named Nobuo Kajita. A complicated story unfolds from the request.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-07-08
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Life Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara
Overview: Follows the life of Natsuki Iijima, a windsurfer from Japan, as he battles and ultimately loses his life to liver cancer. The first and only windsurfer to compete for 8 consecutive years in the World Cup Competition, Natsuki's diagnosis overwhelms him with fear and panic. Despite this set back, with the love and devotion of his wife Hiroko and four children, he decides to live life the best he can, to the fullest, without having his life prolonged with further treatment
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-25
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Galileo Zero
Overview: The special is set 3 years prior to the drama series, with the story being related to a murder case that was partly referenced in the original show. Detective Kusanagi is looking to solve a murder mystery, and he gets back in touch with his former badminton teammate, the brilliant professor Yukawa Manabu.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-08
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Muroi Shinji: Not Defeated
Overview: Muroi, who retired from the police early, took in the children affected by the incident and moved to Tohoku. Although he was told cold words from those around him, he lived quietly while protecting his children. However, the body of the perpetrator of the special fraud and robbery was found deep in the mountains, and the village fell into chaos.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-10-11
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Cottontail
Overview: After the death of his wife, Kenzaburō receives an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. His late wife asks him to travel to Lake Windermere in England with their son to scatter her ashes. Plagued by sweet and painful memories of his wife, Kenzaburō travels to England from Tokyo to fulfill her final wish, but the father and son's fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-24
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Muroi Shinji: Stay Alive
Overview: A body found in the mountains of Tohoku, where Muroi has moved, is linked to the Rainbow Bridge incident. Muroi is asked to return to work, and he ponders whether he can keep his promise to his former colleagues. As the investigation progresses, each of the children Muroi has taken in grows up.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-15
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Shabake
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Genres: Fantasy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-24
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Black Jack: A Lucky Bet / Phoenix
Overview: Takarazuka Revue play based on Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack. Original 1994 performance was paired with a second, shorter show based on Phoenix (Hi no Tori), by the same author.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-03-25
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弁護士 灰島秀樹
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-28
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