Hirotaro Honda
Also Known As: Hirotarô Honda
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ibaraki, Japan
Birthday: February 08, 1951
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Natchan's Little Secret
Overview: When three drag queens, Virgin, Moririn, and Zubuko, learn that their mentor and former drag queen, Natchan, has died suddenly, they take it upon themselves to keep the secret of her sexuality from her bereaved family.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-13
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Shrieking in the Rain
Overview: At a movie studio in 1988, rookie director Hanako Hayashi is making her directorial debut, the erotic As Far as Love Will Take Us. She's under pressure from her producer and crew. When she is about to shoot the climax of the film, numerous problems arise. To make matters worse, the set is visited by a censor from the Film Certification Committee, and the key scenes end up being cut out to avoid an R rating. Can Hanako realise her dream?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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Like Madonna
Overview: Like Madonna 1990
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-22
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Kamikaze Girls
Overview: Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-29
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THE LAST GOZE
Overview: A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). Becoming a goze due to her blindness at seven-years-old, Haru was strictly trained with a parent's affection by her once kind mother, Tome.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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My Brother, The Android And Me
Overview: A lonely researcher doubting his own existence builds an android which looks exactly like himself.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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Like a Dragon: Prologue
Overview: In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama's Sunflower Orphanage. In the summer of 1980, Yumi Sawamura, a young girl whose parents were accidentally shot and killed during a gang's shootout, joins them in the orphanage. Following a yakuza tradition, the honorable Kazama secretly raises orphans whose parents he has directly or indirectly killed. In return, the children love him as a father and he eventually inducts the teenage Kiryu and Nishikiyama into the Dojima Family, a Tojo Clan affiliate of which he is a senior officer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-24
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Until I, Who Was Unable to Go to School, Wrote "anohana" and "The Anthem of the Heart"
Overview: Akiko Sakata was a hikikomori during her school days. She was withdrawn from social life and isolated. She goes to Tokyo and becomes a scriptwriter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-01
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Road to the Don
Overview: The first 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Road to the Don 2
Overview: The second 'Road to the Don' film
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-02-18
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Road to the Don 3
Overview: The third 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-03-03
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Road to the Don 4
Overview: The fourth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-16
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Road to the Don 5
Overview: The fifth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-14
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Road to the Don 6
Overview: The sixth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-21
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Road to the Don 7
Overview: The seventh 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-02-26
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Road to the Don 14
Overview: The fourteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-14
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Road to the Don 15
Overview: The fifteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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Road to the Don 16
Overview: The sixteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-02-02
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Road to the Don 17
Overview: The seventeenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-22
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Road to the Don 8
Overview: The eighth "Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-31
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Road to the Don 9
Overview: The ninth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-04-30
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Road to the Don 10
Overview: The tenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Road to the Don 12
Overview: The twelfth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-31
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Road to the Don 13
Overview: The thirteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-04-28
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Road to the Don 18
Overview: The eighteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-05-22
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Road to the Don 19
Overview: The nineteenth 'Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-26
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Road to the Don 20
Overview: The twentieth 'Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-01-18
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Road to the Don 21
Overview: The twenty-first 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-27
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Road to the Don 23
Overview: The twenty-third 'Road to the Don' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-06-10
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Road to the Don 24
Overview: The twenty-fourth 'Road to the Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-21
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Road to the Don Final
Overview: The final 'Road to Don' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-10
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Road to the Don Theatrical Version
Overview: A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original work by Murakami Kazuhiko.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-18
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf
Overview: A yakuza movie directed by Eiichi Kudo
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-06-27
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 2
Overview: Sequel to 'Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf'
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-27
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4
Overview: The second of three V-Cinema sequels.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Death Penalty 4
Overview: Inside the police there is a special investigation for consecutive police motorcycle cases. Yuji's investigation reveals that homeless people and girls are suffering from the murder game!
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-14
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Death Penalty 5
Overview: The fifth and final film in the 'Death Penalty' series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-04
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Like a Beast
Overview: This work further strengthens the neo-chimpira line of Toei V-Cinema which has a reputation for being more powerful than the movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-07-13
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Like a Beast
Overview: The second popular explosion! The man who aims at the top of the organization with indomitable fighting spirit has transformed into a ferocious beast! A powerful hero that shines like a comet!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-12
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吉原裏同心～新春吉原の大火～
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-03
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Otoko Michi 5
Overview: The conflict that broke out due to the expansion of the power of the Ninryukai was further intensified of both political and police powers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-05-11
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Otoko Michi 6 The End
Overview: Only one person challenges the final battle against the corrupt state power.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-13
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Crossfire
Overview: Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don't arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge.
Genres: Thriller Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-10
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Turning Point
Overview: A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-18
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巨悪は眠らせない 特捜検事の標的
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-04
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Tajomaru: Avenging Blade
Overview: TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.
Genres: Action History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-12
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Goryokaku
Overview: After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
Genres: Action History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-30
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The Exam
Overview: Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes jobless when his company folds. To regain his confidence Togashi decides to join the marathon that is taking place on the very day of his daughter's examination and the all important interview.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-03
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Lie Lie Lie
Overview: Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-04
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The Peking Man
Overview: In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this find, but during the war the remains disappear. Based on these factual events, this movie takes off with a science fiction story involving a space rocket which places a satellite in orbit containing a secret cargo. The satellite crashes on a remote island and footprints are found in the sand leading away from the crash site. A story of how an ancient primitive cave-dwelling family contends with the scientists who want to study them.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-12-20
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Railroad Man
Overview: A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with his career as a railroader. His life takes a turn when he meets a young woman with an interest in trains who resembles his daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-06-05
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Breath Less
Overview: Toru Tachibana is a police officer who works as a guard at a detention center. He and his colleague Nakano, who lives in a shared room in a bachelor dormitory, are a good pair, joking around with each other. One day, Toru gets his dream job as a detective. He becomes involved in the investigation of a serial theft case, and in the process meets Emiko, who seems to be one of the victims of the theft. Toru develops a personal interest in Emiko, and begins to stalk her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-04-22
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Shokoki!
Overview: The elevators in a skyscraper suddenly stop functioning. In one car, six ordinary people are trapped. In another car, the six members of comedy group Jovijova are trapped.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-13
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
Overview: A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-11
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Who's Camus Anyway?
Overview: A group of eccentric students decide to make a movie. But, when their star suddenly quits, this witty ensemble cast begins to live the film, including murder, deception and true love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-03
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Heisei Zankeiden: Blood Fight
Overview: Heisei Zankeiden is finally complete! Seven years ago, the man who fought to take over the organization is back. He seeks out the truth of the conflict from prison and heads for revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-05-14
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Kikaider REBOOT
Overview: In the near future, the “ARK Project” has initiated a program to increase the quality of human life through the peaceful use of robots. Dr. Komyoji, the chief scientist on the project, has developed a process to create a robot with a figurative human “heart” through the installation of a “conscience circuit”, but his plans are violently opposed by researcher Gilbert Kanzaki. When Dr. Komyoji is killed in an apparent accident, his children Masaru and Mitsuko are targeted by mysterious forces within the ARK Project looking to gain control of the scientist’s research data. But the villains are opposed by Jiro, the android with a human conscience who fights for justice as the hero Kikaider.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-24
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Rainbow Kids
Overview: A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-15
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Raping!
Overview: A woman on her way to Tokyo is repeatedly raped by various men she encounters on the highway.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-11-18
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Garōden
Overview: Based on the Baku Yumemakura martial arts serials
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-25
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Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Overview: An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-04
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Love Gear
Overview: The third installment in the Toei Hero Next series.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-09
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Dog × Police: The K-9 Force
Overview: Yusaku Hayakawa dreams of becoming a detective, but works as a trainer for police dogs. When Yusaku gets an albino shepherd named Shiro, he forms a special bond with him. Everyone says that Shiro does not have the abilities to become a police dog, but Yusaku believes in him and trains him. When a terrorist act occurs, Shiro gets the chance to show what he has learned.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-01
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At This Late Date, the Charleston
Overview: A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-19
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Mitsugetsu
Overview: Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run away to share their grief.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-01-28
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Jazz Daimyo
Overview: Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-19
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Ambition Without Honor 2
Overview: Tetsuya, a young yakuza, returns to his family after his adoptive father is wounded in an attack from a rival gang. In his battle against dishonorable enemies and corrupt yakuza politics, he makes an unlikely ally in a rebel cop .
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-13
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Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
Overview: Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu is deeply in love with Inomatsu and believes that the purpose of her life is to devote herself to her husband day and night. However, Oritsu is Inomatsu's fourth wife. In fact, he is a robber and thief. As a carpenter, Inomatsu usually sneaked into merchants' houses and carried out robberies. For him, wives are just a tool to deceive the public...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-09
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Alive Drift
Overview: E-sports gamer Koichi tries his hand at real-life racing when he is contacted by a drift team who is on the verge of shutting down. Koichi demonstrates his mastery in a real car, but he is up against professional drivers who challenge him in races of life and death. Koichi`s blossoming technique, passion, courage, and teamwork break down the barriers between the virtual and the real, taking him and his team to new extremes.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-10
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The King of Minami: Waiting Woman
Overview: #20 in the series, after "Insurance Embezzler."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-18
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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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Apartment Wife: Rainy Day Affair
Overview: On a rainy night, the lights in the windows of the apartment complex go out one by one. Chiaki Onda (Junko Miyashita) was waiting for her husband, Hajime (Akira Hanagami), who came home late tonight. Dinner is cold and the children are already asleep. A rift had already formed between Chiaki and Hajime, and sex was nothing more than a means of fulfilling Hajime's sexual desires, and there was no joy in it. An attraction to her classmate's driver awakens...
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-07-23
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Sado Tempest
Overview: Arashi mixes Japanese rock, Noh Masks and the weird volcanic landscapes of Sado Island in a radical reworking of The Tempest. In this Tempest the storm has gone badly wrong and ruined the island, Caliban is now in charge and Miranda has gone crazy. Prospero is missing, presumed dead. When a singer arrives on the island, exiled to the brutal prison that Caliban overseas, he escapes into the interior where he encounters a crazed older exile, and starts to become intrigued by the ancient Demon songs of the island. The singer tries to recreate the songs of the Demons, which he learns have the power to bring Spring back to the island, or once again to bring the terrible Storm
Genres: Music Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-01
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Love song
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-20
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Vengeance for Sale
Overview: In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-16
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True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules
Overview: Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata.
Genres: Crime Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-04-13
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Devoted Cookbook
Overview: It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant “Tsuru-ka” is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio, won the prestigious cooking competition. One day, the owner of “Tsuru-ka”, Taneichi, employed young Fuki to be the attendant for customers’ shoes. Mio could fully empathize with young Fuki, who was an orphan and yet was courageous enough to survive on her own. Around the same time, the famous novelist Seiemon started coming to “Tsuru-ka”. Even though Seiemon criticized Mio’s cooking each time, he always returned to the restaurant daily.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-08
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The Line
Overview: Fuyuko, a magazine reporter, receives information of a "Curse Dial". If you enter your name and phone number into the "Cursed Message Dial," and when you get an answer, tell the name of the person you want to kill within 10 seconds, and that person will die.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-08-21
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The Hungry Shinjuku Detective
Overview: The private eye of Shinjuku Yokubo Tantei is a lone wolf, lush, and loser but has kept his integrity in a dirty, dangerous world.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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009-1: The End of the Beginning
Overview: In a universe where the Cold War never ended and growing conflicts result in the rapid advancement of technological warfare, the cyborg spy Mylene Hoffman of the 00 Organization battles the agents of the Eastern block in a game of high tech espionage.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-07
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Uzumasa Limelight
Overview: Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-14
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Koichiro Uno's Nurse's Dormitory
Overview: A film adaptation of Koichiro Uno's original work that depicts the madness and debauchery that unfolds in a nurses' dormitory where men are strictly prohibited.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-05
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Pro Bono
Overview: The prominent lawyer Kinya Ohtsuka looks over the case of the falsely indicted man who was sentenced to life imprisonment and then committed suicide while incarcerated. One year ago, the prominent lawyer rebuffed the efforts of Kiriko Yanagida to represent her brother. Kiriko Yanagida now works as a hostess in Tokyo while planning revenge on those responsible for her brother's imprisonment.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-03-16
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Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-13
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Kamen Rider: The First
Overview: Takeshi Hongo is a man of extraordinary intellect, but his promising future is about to be maliciously snuffed out by and evil secret society known as Shocker. Reinvented against his will and transformed into a powerful experimental cyborg, Hongo will forever be known as Kamen Rider The First.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-05
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N45゜
Overview: Omnibus film, set in a fictional town at 45゜N latitude: Wonder Rubbish; Pao-san to no fukushu; Jonetsu no koya; Kaze wa, dotchi ni fuite iru
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-15
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Shinkoyaki and other croquettes in Asahikawa
Overview: First business trip away from Tokyo in a while,
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Bizan
Overview: Sakiko, works independently at a travel agent in Tokyo. She was raised by her mother, Tatsuko, is hospitalized, Sakiko returns to her hometown Tokushima on Shikoku. The town is famous for its annual Awa Dance Festival. She is told by doctor, Terasawa Daisuke, that her mother has terminal cancer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-12
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The Serialist
Overview: Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of his decapitated victims with flower decoration to the police. The murders and photos caused widespread panic in Japan. One day, Ippei is contacted by Daigo from prison. He asks Ippei if he wants to interview him and write his memoirs. Soon, more women are killed in the same grisly manner as the serial murders from twelve years ago. Now, Ippei becomes the prime suspect of the police and Ippei must quickly find the real murderer. Based on the novel "The Serialist" by David Gordon (published by Simon & Schuster; Original edition on March 9, 2010).
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-15
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I Just Didn't Do It
Overview: A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-20
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Shall We Dance?
Overview: A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ballroom dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-01-27
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Yellow Tears
Overview: The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up together in a tiny studio apartment in Tokyo. The five friends are Eisuke - the manga artist, Shoichi - the singer, Ryuzo - the novelist, Kei - the painter and Yuji – the 5th wheel (?). The friends spend the summer in pursuit of their own ideals of personal freedom - being able to do what they want. In the process of pursuing their dream they learn firsthand that however ideal it may seem, its not as easy as they think.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-04-14
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Half a Confession
Overview: Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-10
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Love Ghost
Overview: Teenager Midori's family moves back to the city where she lived as a child and is relieved to discover that her old friend Ryusuke still lives there. Her terrifying nightmares begin intersecting with her everyday life. Do her nightly dreams about an anonymous fortune-teller have anything to do with the tragedies plaguing her high school?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-24
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The Sword of Alexander
Overview: Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses it. Many Eons ago, the Orichalcum was split into three and landed on Earth. The metal then took the form of three relics: Skanda’s Vajra, Jew’s Cross, and the Sword of Alexander. Anyone able to re-unite these three Orichalcum relics would then obtain the powers of a God. Now two rival aliens are in a heated race to reunite the Orichalcum. They land in Edo era Tokyo where the relics are thought to exist.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-04-07
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Graveyard of Honor
Overview: A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-06-22
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Crow: Sleepless Angels
Overview: Yakuza Underworld Murder Story
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-25
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National Conquest Tekiya Tamashii
Overview: It's Ricky!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-16
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Nationwide Conquering Tekiya Spirit Chapter 2 Sardine Shrine and Love Fubuki
Overview: Ricky's Back!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-13
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A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight
Overview: This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to make a new samurai era program using the most advanced technology. While the elderly filmmakers at Kyoei are struggling with the high-tech equipment, their skills at creating choreographed sword battles are undiminished. The NHK project will dramatize the Ikedaya incident, which was a raid launched by the Shinsengumi against Imperial loyalists gathered at an inn called Ikedaya in Kyoto during the twilight years of the Tokugawa shogunate. A series of problems occur and the climax they reach after overcoming difficulties is an unprecedented attempt at a 360° one-cut scene involving the world’s most advanced high-speed camera and wire action for a scene where Kondo Isami will fall down the stairs at Ikedaya. Can they succeed in filming the single greatest swordfight scene in samurai movie history?!?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-23
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Hanzo, the Razor
Overview: During Tenpo period, Bakuhu announced a law regulating expenditures in order to improve the financial situation. However, Doshin of a government office Itami Hanzo, called Kamisori Hanzo, challenged Bakuhu's oppressive way. Because of this, his father Magobei was told to kill himself by the Bakuhu and Hanzo himself was demoted. Five years later, Hanzo came back to the government office and implement a law regulating expenditures. He stands up for revenge Torii Kainokami who desires power as he likes.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Defeat the Devil!
Overview: A one part drama/made for TV movie starring Rie Miyazawa
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-06
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Korosuna
Overview: Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, is watching Omine, who lives with him, from Kichizo, a resident of the same tenement house and a boatman. is asked to Kichizo and Mine have eloped and got married, but she feels empty in her boring daily life, and she wants to take a break by crossing the bridge over the river. On the other hand, Kichizo forbids him from crossing the bridge, fearing that his whereabouts will be known to others. Zenzaemon superimposes the appearance of these two people on the appearance of his former self and his wife, whom he killed himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-28
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必殺仕事人2013
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Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-17
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In the Realm of Sex
Overview: A mix of satire, slapstick and straight ahead Roman Porno. We have two stories of Office Ladies in trouble, a pervert running amok in a park, references to Westside Story, Keystone Cops and other Roman Porno films. Naomi Tani and Yuko Katagiri appear as themselves, making fun of their on-screen personae. It’s a mad mad world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-04-23
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THE LEGEND & BUTTERFLY
Overview: Oda Nobunaga and Nōhime were originally married to mend a hostile relationship between neighbouring regions. Unfortunately, they were like oil and water, making for a somewhat unhappy marriage. When Oda's enemy, Imagawa Yoshimoto, attacks Owari with his vast army, Oda is devastated by the overwhelming gap in military strength. However, Nohime encourages him not to despair, and the pair draw up a tactical plan that will allow them to overcome the odds.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-27
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Nowhere Girl
Overview: Ai is a student at an all-girls' art high school. She is known to be extremely gifted in the arts, but the adults around her try to use her and her classmates are jealous of her. Ai suffers because of her situation, but doesn't have anywhere to escape. Her daily life becomes like a war and she begins to collapse.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-25
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Prophecy
Overview: The cyber crime investigation division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department finds a video on website "YOURTUBE." In the video, a man covered by a newspaper, warns that a fire will be set at a food processing company. More crime notices are soon found involving violent crimes. Geitsu is the main guy behind the group "Shinbunshi," which has posted the videos. He used to work as a temporary employee at an IT company, but was unfairly dismissed. He then begins doing manual labor work and meets the other members of "Shinbushi."
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-06
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ホリデイ～江戸の休日～
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-06
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The Broken Commandment
Overview: At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-08
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Tenohira no memo
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-23
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Akechi Mitsuhide: The man God hated
Overview: The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two right-hand men who contributed to unifying the nation. One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro, both rivals of each other for higher promotions. Eventually Mitsuhide was recognized for his work and was given a castle. However, Nobunaga's ambition to conquer the nation did not allow Mitsuhide to live happily in his territory. That is when an idea flashed across Mitsuhide's mind… Akechi Mitsuhide, the man who was considered to be the most intelligent general of the warring states era. What was the truth about him, Oda Nobunaga's best general and murderer?
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-03
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Sakurada Gate Incident
Overview: Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-16
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Osoi Shiawase
Overview: Part of the Shûhei Fujisawa New Drama Series.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-23
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Four Seasons: Natsuko
Overview: A young woman breaks off her long-term relationship with her boyfriend to move to Tokyo in search of new experiences.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-06
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In Blazing Love
Overview: An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly after being sold to a geisha house at age 5, Shizu is befriended by a fellow older geisha, Tsuru. After years of living and working together, Tsuru and Shizu manage to run the operations of Shinonomero as the proprietress and assistant. Despite vows to never to let their lovers come between them or Shinonomero, moments of weakness leave Tsuru and Shizu caught up in a web of betrayal and plunged into debt. With the guilt of losing Shinonomero to Udo, a yakuza who loaned them money, it is now up to young Shizu to redeem Tsuru’s honor and restore Shinonomero as their own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-01
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Persona
Overview: Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that behind the mask is none other than Danta, an otherwise weakling student who has heretofore been picked on relentlessly by these same bullies. Donned with his mask, however, Danta exhibits a totally other personality, lacking fear and intimidation. The other students, looking on, soon experiment with the power of masks and find to their glee that behind a facade of anonymity, they experience an overwhelming power to act without the confines of self-consciousness.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-05
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The Hidden Festival
Overview: Taku Shinjo spins this rural drama about ancient taboos and encroaching modernity. Takamine (Gitan Otsuru) is a big-city workaholic sent to a small remote island to seal a business deal. His predecessor almost managed to convince the island's 17 inhabitants to sell their stake and make way for a resort hotel -- that is, before he died under dubious circumstances. Takamine finds the islanders polite and kind but unwilling to discuss business; instead, they tell him to become an islander. So the city-slicker stuffed shirt loses his tie and starts to help the women plant and the men fish. He soon makes his acquaintance with Takako (Mitsuko Baisho), the widowed daughter of the island's chief. She lives alone with her crazed son who is kept Jane Eyre-style chained to a stake. One moon-lit night, their mutual attraction boils over, resulting in a naked, passionate roll on the beach.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-05-30
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Overview: With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
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The Goblin of Mt. Kurama
Overview: The year 1864: The Shinsengumi, the shogun’s armed force in Kyoto ripped the city apart, with blades in hand, searching for pockets of resistance, slaughtering the samurai who sought to bring down the shogunate and restore Japan’s emperor to power. By chance, Murao Mayumi and his sister Shiho, meet samurai Kurata. Murao, seeking his fortune with his sword-arm, will join Shinsengumi, never suspecting his friend Kurata is secretly Kurama Tengu, who hides his face in a black hood, and who will tear a bloody swath through Shinsengumi’s massed blades, to aid the samurai who had taken up the emperor’s cause. Will friend kill friend in a time of war?
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-09
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You Dance with the Summer
Overview: Shinpei (Junpei Mizobata) dreams of being a professional cameraman and lives in Tokyo. One day, he hears that his mother has been hospitalized and returns to Kochi for the first time in five years. At the hospital, Shinpei finds out Sakura (Ayane Omori) who is the younger sister of his ex-girlfriend, has a bad disease, which no one has lived with for more than 5 years. This might be her last summer. Sakura strongly hope to dance at the Yosakoi festival, and five years ago, Shinpei made a promise to her that they would one day dance together. Sakura still remembers the promise and it also gives her the drive to live longer. Shinpei decides to dance once more at the upcoming Yosakoi festival, however. . .
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-11
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TANNKA
Overview: Kaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and the indulgence of an energetic, but less-fulfilling, youthful suitor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-11
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Zero Focus
Overview: Spurred by the disappearance of a newly-wed husband, three women in post-war Japan are drawn into a murder mystery.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-14
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Tetsu: A Heisei Tale of Chivalry
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-20
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Passenger
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Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-10-03
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Touch
Overview: Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will participate in the national Koshien High School Baseball Tournament. The twin brothers make a pact that they will take Minami to the tournament.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-10
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Those Swell Yakuza
Overview: Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-06-11
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S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future
Overview: The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. Meanwhile, a transport ship is hijacked in the Pacific Ocean.
Genres: Drama Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-29
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Onihei's Detective Records
Overview: A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-11-18
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All's Quiet on the Recruit Front
Overview: New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials. Interviews, tests and activities with odd ideas are carried out. Ohara looks successful in getting an offer from a famous TV station but he is surprised to know he is being set up. With his intelligence, he soon gets the offer, but things never go the way as expected...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-06-22
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Ryota from Mandalaya
Overview: Live-action adaptation of Jun Hatanaka's manga "Mandaraya no Ryota".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-15
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There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl
Overview: Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because of his family’s noble status, Benio must first undergo rigorous training to learn how to be a proper bride and wife before she can marry. However, because of her vivacious personality, this proves to me more challenging than anyone imagined.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-12
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青い豹 最も危険なヒットマン
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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青い豹２ ８８は殺しの番号
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Your Lie in April
Overview: Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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Hokori to Gensou
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-26
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Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties
Overview: Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-09
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Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood
Overview: Ten years after his greatest triumph, Yabuki has lost the Mafia that was once his to rule. But when a young gangster comes to him for guidance, he discovers that the old rage still burns. It's time for Yabuki's final stand and one last blaze of glory!
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-24
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The Girl from the Darkness
Overview: A popular author becomes concerned when she learns of the unusual behavior of a man's eight-year-old daughter before her marriage to a used bookstore owner.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-11
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Red Spyder Liles
Overview: The three Aoi sisters live in a luxurious Japanese house. One night, Kotoko, the eldest, wakes up when she feels a presence stirring in the darkness. Her right eye gets pierced by a nail flying from the darkness. However, when the sisters check, both the nail and the eye wound have disappeared. Only leaving a bloodshed. The three sisters, who witness terrifying supernatural phenomenon, contact Jin Teshigahara, a worshiper, and his assistant Ryoan Suzuki for an exorcism. Teshigahara tells them that a curse placed on their ancestors is about to destroy the Aoi sisters. However, the exorcism ceremony was just the beginning of the Aoi sisters' 26 years of hellish revenge.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
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Kaidan kasane ~ke fuchi
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Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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A Legend of Turmoil
Overview: A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.
Genres: Crime Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-01-15
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A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
Overview: A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie, watch as the events unfold on TV. Some decide to run for their lives, some take it as a sign of the apocalypse, some go completely crazy, but most of the townspeople wait and watch, and wonder where the monster will head next.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-26
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Lost in Time
Overview: A story of friendship between two women, Yae and Kiyoko. Their friendship is tested when artist Yae, who suffers from fatal illness, develops special feelings towards her best friend Kiyoko’s boyfriend Kosuke.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-01-20
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New Wangan Midnight 1
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-26
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Osoe!
Overview: A woman wants revenge on a corporation for its role in the death of her parents, and she is willing to go to great lengths to achieve her goal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-04-15
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Completely... With That Air!
Overview: This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-20
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Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
Overview: Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-11
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Yamato
Overview: Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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Kamen Rider × Super Sentai × Space Sheriff: Super Hero Wars Z
Overview: A new evil organization known as Space Shocker, which are led by the magic-using Space Ikadevil and Space Spider Man, threatens the Earth by causing an unknown phenomenon. The Space Sheriffs Gavan type-G and Sharivan are sent to execute all magic-users on Earth in response to the threat and begins to attack Kamen Riders Wizard and Beast. The Space Crime Syndicate Madou, who were once defeated by the original Sharivan return, to cause even more havoc in the world. During this, Yoko finds a mysterious little robot called Psycholon, which Space Shocker and the Madou are after for unknown reasons.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-27
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Shield of Straw
Overview: Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-25
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Natural Woman
Overview: Based on the book of the same name by Rieko Matsuura, the film depicts an ultimate love between two women.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-12-17
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Sure Death 4
Overview: Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-06-06
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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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The Woman Who Disappeared From Her Red Car
Overview: Katsura Aya (Shiratori Yasuyo), a young and popular actress, is kidnapped. Igarashi (Honda Hirotaro), the president of the production company, calls Totsukawa (Mihashi Tatsuya) and Kamei (Aikawa Kinya) of the police. Totsukawa and Kamei learn that the kidnapper's name is Aoi Hebi (Blue Snake) and that Aoi Hebi is asking for one million yen for ransom.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-29
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Great Edo Fleeting Life Bath Story
Overview: Story of Japanese women during the great Edo period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-11-12
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Nogare no machi
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-10-15
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Tenshin
Overview: Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pupils, Taikan Yokoyama, Shunsou Hishida, Kanzan Shimomura, Buzan Kimura.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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Samurai Justice: Assistance in a Duel
Overview: The samurai Akiyama Daijiro is asked to help a young boy who tries to bring the man who murdered his father to justice. In the course of their quest they uncover a plot by one of the clan officials that could change the course of history.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-14
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L・O・V・I・N・G
Overview: Murder case.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-24
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Murder on the Sanriku Coast
Overview: A travel writer on an assignment comes across a murder, tries and fails to chase down the criminal. He notices the corpse was switched for another one...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-07-25
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10 Years - A Wife's Betrayal
Overview: Urushibara Kazuki heads to Kyoto to explore the secret of his wife, Saeko, who is hospitalized for terminal cancer.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-25
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Account of the Ando Gang: Tale of a Scarface
Overview: “Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member, who recently is released from prison after serving 14 years for his Family. Upon his return he finds the various yakuza syndicates on the brink of war. Kumoro is, at first, removed from the dealings of the families by his Boss, but slowly he is drawn back into his old ways.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Our Stardust Dance
Overview: A drab middle-aged man with thoughts of committing suicide and an extraordinary child prodigy plan a fake kidnap in exchange for a ransom of 10 billion yen.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-06
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Yagyu Jubei: The Fate of the World
Overview: The fate of Tokugawa’s world hangs in the balance as Yagyu Jubei is sent on a mission to discover what happened to 10 of the shogun’s spies that never returned. Matsukata Hiroki, one of the last surviving members of the Golden Age of Japanese Cinema proves that he has not lost a step as he portrays an older and wiser Yagyu Jubei in a movie that brings the best of samurai filmmaking into the 21st century. Summoned from semi-retirement by Shogun Iemitsu, Jubei is asked to take to the road and investigate a clan rumored to be preparing explosives for a rebellion. With help from a beautiful female ninja they head into the Shirakawa domain where the fighting skills of both are tested time and again as they strive to destroy a conspiracy that could bring a new Warring States Era. In the 1960's Yagyu Jubei was the signature role of the great Konoe Jushiro, father of Matsukata Hiroki. This brings the character full circle.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-25
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Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle
Overview: Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishinomaru' (or the south-east enclosure) have been at odds behind the scenes over the marriage of Tokugawa Ieyoshi, heir to the Shogunate. Kyoshiro, who has come back in Edo after 3 years is involved in it against his will. It's because he gets to know Lady Mihoyo who is a spy for Sakai and looks exactly like his late mother. As she couldn't complete her mission she has nowhere to go. Kyoshiro shelters her from both parties that seek her life. The original story is from "Nemuri Kyoshiro Burai Hikae" written by Shibata Renzaburo. Not only is one of Japan's greatest legends kept alive, but some secrets of Kyoshiro's past are finally revealed for the first time.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-09-30
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Dead or Alive
Overview: Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-27
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Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Overview: The tale of Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro has come full circle with the greatest sword actor of all time, Wakayama Tomisaburo now playing Lone Wolf's mortal enemy, the evil Lord Yagyu Retsudo, who masterminded Ogami's fall from grace. Brilliant sword actor Takahashi Hideki takes over as the former shogunate decapitator, and his stunning swordsmanship is second to none! The story of Lone Wolf and Child has been told many times, but never before like this. With the magnificent sword skills of Takahashi Hideki as Ogami Itto, the Shogun's Decapitator and Wakayama Tomisaburo as the power hungry Lord Yagyu Retsudo the story has come full circle.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-22
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1750 Days of Turbulence
Overview: After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-15
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Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
Overview: 2004 film
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-08-22
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The Skull Soldier
Overview: Narumi, a man out for revenge with the powers he received and a bit of help from the one who saved his life, he creates the persona of Skull Soldier and attempts to discover who really killed his sister.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-09-25
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Oyari Haishaku
Overview: Kotoji Akame (Naoto Takenaka) is a shabby, middle aged low-ranking samurai of small stature. One day, in a drinking contest, he misses sending his lord off as he leaves Edo for Kuju. Released from service for this blunder, Akame becomes a wandering samurai. He goes on to steal lances from many feudal lords' processions. For Furuta, suffering defeat is out of question. To protect his domain and family, he takes it on himself to meet Murase and proposes an alliance between the Wako, Fuki and Ushizu domains. With the fate of the feudal families in their hands, Furuta and Murase pursue Akame. Each with something to protect, the men fight desperately over the lances.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Rose
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Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-24
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Surgeon Makoto Saeki's Homicide Chart
Overview: Saeki, a doctor at a small local clinic, receives a visit from Sayaka, the younger sister of his late friend, who informs him about her wedding. However, a few days later, Sayaka is found suspiciously dead inside her own apartment with a white ribbon wrapped around her neck!
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-03
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited
Overview: The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan's heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-06-15
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Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love
Overview: In 1999, an enormous meteor crashed onto Earth carrying extraterrestrial creatures known as Worms within it. These creatures took on the identities of real humans and then killed them. In order to counter this new threat, ZECT was formed, who in turn created the Masked Rider System to combat the Worms. The battles lasts over seven years, depleting Earth's resources and turning it into a barren wasteland. By present time, power struggles in ZECT have caused a new group, known as Neo-ZECT, to be created. Souji Tendou, a man weilding the Kabuto Zector, decides to sell his power to either ZECT or Neo-Zect for unkown reasons.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-05
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Swordsman For Hire
Overview: After witnessing his chief retainer’s plot to murder their lord, Matahachiro fled to lose himself in Edo’s crowded streets. By day he sells his sword skills to the highest bidder. By night he fights for his life against deadly swordsmen his clan sends to silence him. His samurai spirit is at its lowest ebb, his only solace a lovely female ninja, his paramour and potentially his deadly enemy. But as Edo witnesses the unfolding of the legendary vendetta of 47 Ronin, sworn to avenge Lord Asano against the treacherous Kira, Matahachiro’s small role in their noble quest will revive his bushido ideals. Sword in hand, he will seek his own bloody justice!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-05-10
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Yakuza Ladies 10
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-22
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Shabu
Overview: Makabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if he wants to destroy himself. He steals a mistress of the boss of a big yakuza syndicate by force. He takes over the yakuza group he belongs to, by killing the old boss. When he tries to use 'shabu' as the main finacial resource of his group, it leads to the serious confrontation with another big yakuza syndicate.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-28
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Jigokudo Spiritual Press
Overview: Upon rescuing a friend who is being held captive by a wicked classmate and his gang of bullies, 11-year-olds Tetsushi, Yuusuke, and Ryoji unexpectedly find themselves entwined in a supernatural battle against the forces of hell. Armed with courage, wit, and three magical charms given to them by a mysterious hermit, they set out to thwart the evil in a quest, which takes them to the depths of hell and brings them to a final battle with the god of death himself.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-04-13
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Before The Leaves Fall
Overview: An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the inspiration for the painting.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-23
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Conflict II
Overview: When Tendokai's headquarters are attacked, underboss Washio Kazuma orders his trusted lieutenant to investigate a possible mole inside the family.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-29
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Conflict
Overview: Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-28
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Tôhôkenbunroku
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Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-08-01
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The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
Overview: The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-10-17
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She-Shogun
Overview: The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the future 3rd Shogun is chronicled in this historical drama. Intrigue and suspicion abound as the two brothers Iemitsu and Tadanaga vie for the post of Shogun, while behind the scenes the remnants of the defeated Toyotomi faction, lead by Lord Ishida Mitsunari attempt to discredit the Tokugawa Shogunate and regain their former position as rulers of the nation. The hidden battles between Shogun Hidetada's wife and mistresses of the 'Ooku' come to light as they force the two brothers into a life or death struggle.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-20
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Sanctuary - Part 3
Overview: Standing in the way of Hojo and Asami is Secretary-General Isaoka, and a new enemy, the Russian Mafia. The magnificent war between front and back society has finally reached its climax! What is the incurable disease that hit Asami when the secret bond between the two was revealed? Two men work to transform their lives and reshape Japan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-25
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Madness in Bloom
Overview: Yamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosuge dress in white military-style uniforms to "clean" the streets of Shibuya from bad elements. After rightist gang boss, Aota takes an interest in the three, the boys gradually become influenced by him, but start to go their different ways.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-19
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Lifetime Insecurity
Overview: In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-29
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Sanctuary - Part 2
Overview: Two people who lead Japan to "Sanctuary". Hojo aims to unite the Yakuza organization in the Kanto region, and Asami to create a faction "Rifukakai," aiming to destroy Isaoka's system of the ruling Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the connection between Hojo and Asami is revealed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-18
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9-NINE
Overview: Adventures and romances of a young pool hustler in Shibuya.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-04
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Zakuro Yakata
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Genres: Romance Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-08-23
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man-hole
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-03
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The Audition
Overview: Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-11-17
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This Heartbeat
Overview: The love and friendships of high school students
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-10-08
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Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
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Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-01-25
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Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 4
Overview: Kenji, a disciple of the famous detective Kyosuke Kozu, had a strange experience in the world. He was asked by a woman named Shoko Ima to find the corpse in the soil. Shoko is a famous dancer in the modern ballet world, and she just married doctor Fujimoto 10 days ago. However, on that day, Shoko had disappeared. Her corpse seems to be at the base of the ginkgo tree in the house of the sculptor Kagawa, who was rumored to have a romantic relationship. Police arrested Konosuke. However, Kagawa was also suspicious.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-01
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Reiko, Sister of the Mob
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-04-16
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Overview: In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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Chichi kara no tegami
Overview: Inuzuka (Hirotaro Honda), who asked about Mamiko (Rei Dan)'s disappeared father, Shinkichi (Ren Osugi), and her lover, Keiichi (Tetta Sugimoto), was murdered. A "letter" from her disappeared father holds the key.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-23
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The Last Game
Overview: After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game before they are drafted into the armed forces and face the hardships of military service.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-11-03
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Onihei Gaiden: The Night Rabbit
Overview: Bandit leader "Night Rabbit" Kakuemon has always kept the rule to "never kill, never rape, never steal from the poor", passed down to him by the gang's previous leader. He has never been arrested, and for that, he always thought he would have a peaceful death. But one day, after talking to a young one-armed homeless girl, he decides to break up his gang and turn himself in.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-03
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Revenge
Overview: Detective Tsukimoto kills his partner following a botched robbery and falls deep into debt and despair. After losing everything at the horse races, he is kidnapped by yakuza and offered a chance to clear his debts by putting his life on the line in a game called Cambodia Roulette.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-14
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Haha Koihi no Ki
Overview: A live-action adaptation of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's masterpiece "Shōshō Shigemoto no Haha (Captain Shigemoto's Mother)". Set in the glorious Heian Dynasty, the TV movie decipts the story of a mother and son torn apart for an irrational reason, and how they are reunited 40 years later.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-13
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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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不法滞在
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-08-10
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Nemuri Kyōshirō 4: The Woman Who Loved Kyoshiro
Overview: Tamura Masakazu returns as Nemuri Kyoshiro for the fourth and final time. Gensai, an eccentric Ukiyoe artist, urgently requests Kyoshiro to kill his wife. He believes that the moment she is killed will represent the ultimate state of beauty, and wishes to see Kyoshiro's signature “Engetsu Sappo” (“Full Moon Cut”) killing technique for the purpose. But this unusual request comes not only from Gensai, but also his wife, Orin, who has a tie to Kyoshiro's past. Meanwhile, Tenzen wants to hire Kyoshiro as their master sword instructor for the Kurume Clan, whose lord has an unhealthy obsession with Kyoshiro and his Engetsu Sappo…
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-28
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誰もが信じられない！
Overview: A wheelchair-bound daughter is told that her mother's death was a murder and asks for an investigation, gradually learning the secret of her own birth.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-06-11
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Shin Abarenbō Shōgun
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Genres: TV Movie Action History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-04
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修羅のみち9 北九州烈死篇
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-28
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小ぬか雨
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-13
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サラリーマン金太郎【暁】編
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-01-10
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サラリーマン金太郎【魁】編
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-02-07
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Kagerō 4
Overview: In the Tosa in the early Showa era, the fourth series of Tempo active series that depicts the activity of the woman trainer involved in the conflict of two pairs of confrontation yakuza.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-02-07
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Dumbeast
Overview: How hard is it to kill an idiot? Just ask Kudo Kankuro! The acclaimed screenwriter brings his 2004 Kunio Kishida-winning stage play Donju (a.k.a. Dumb Animal) to the big screen in all its wacky tragicomedic glory. The one and only Asano Tadanobu sports a seriously nerdy bowl haircut to play the leading role of simple-minded novelist Dekogawa who has mysteriously disappeared. Dekogawa wrote an autobiography about his youth that reveals not only his past, but also some of his childhood friends’ best-forgotten secrets. In order to keep the skeletons in the closet, these buddies of yesteryear try to silence him permanently. But no matter how hard they try to kill Dekogawa, he just keeps coming back – because he’s simply too thickheaded to die!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-16
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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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