Satomi Tezuka
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: June 07, 1961
Age: 63 years old
Gender: Male
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The Taste of Tea
Overview: A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Isola: Multiple Personality Girl
Overview: When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped
Genres: Horror Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-22
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Prodigy
Overview: Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously disappeared from her life at a young age. Because of her father's disappearance Uta's mother had to move out of their posh home and into a far modest working class neighborhood. In this working class neighborhood there is a local grocer. The grocer's son Kikuna Oto happens to be a budding musician, but lacks the drive to truly succeed. That is until Uta Naruse comes into his life...
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-20
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Walking My Life
Overview: A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met for years, to write farewell letters to his family, relatives and friends...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-27
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The Crimes of Kiyoshi Ōkubo
Overview: Arrested and interrogated by the police for a murder, Kiyoshi Ōkubo remembers his past and ends up confessing to several murders. Inspired by the true story of the serial killer who raped and killed eight women in Japan in 1971. The case moved the whole country.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-08-29
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When You Wish Upon A Star
Overview: A boy from Tokyo moves to the countryside and has trouble adapting, falls in love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-02
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April Bride
Overview: On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live. A young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live. Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-09
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Hitsudan Hostess
Overview: The story is based on the bestselling autobiography of 25-year-old Rie Saito, who became a number-one hostess in Ginza despite being deaf. "Hitsudan Hostess" was published by Kobunsha this past May, and so far it has sold roughly 115,000 copies. The book depicts the life of Saito, who was born in Aomori and became deaf at the age of 1 due to an illness. She rebelled against her strict parents, and she ran away from home several times as a youth. At a local club, she began taking an interest in "hitsudan" (communicating through writing), which she later made use of when she moved to Tokyo and became a popular hostess at a Ginza club. --Tokyograph
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-10
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Kindachi Kosuke: The Queen Bee
Overview: The movie is part of the Kindaichi TV movie series. Kindaichi is played by actor Goro Inagaki. The character's grandfather began with the written word. Kousuke Kindaichi started life in the novels of Seishi Yokomizo, written and set in post-war Japan. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, Kindaichi is still very much a unique character, giving the Japanese their very own literary hero-detective. Young Hajime Kindaichi is a young man with bad dandruff and worse dress-sense (decades before Columbo), who wears a trademark, scruffy sunhat. He also happens to be better than the police at deductive reasoning. Having gained publicity for solving a high-profile murder case, the detectives allow him to work with them again. This story is slimmer than the twisty plots of Inugami and Village, but is graced by the presence of Chiaki Kuriyama (Battle Royale, Kill Bill Vol. 1, The Great Yokai War) in the title role.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-06
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The Complex
Overview: Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching sound coming from the apartment of her neighbor, a reclusive old man who has refused all attempts at communication. Concerned over his well being, Asuka enters his home only to find him dead from malnutrition. Worse, it looks as if he had been trying to claw his way into her room. Asuka learns that there have been a number of strange deaths in the complex over the years from Shinobu, the handyman cleaning up the old man’s apartment. Even the girls at school whisper rumors of it being haunted.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-13
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Initiation Love
Overview: Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-23
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At Noon
Overview: Tadao decides to comes back from Tokyo to live in his home town, in the countryside. He stays at his parents place and finds a job, repairing transistor and television. He catches up with his friend Tetsuji, the only that haven’t left yet. But one night, Tetsuji decides to leave for Tokyo with a bar hostess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-12-29
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A Homance
Overview: A homeless man suffering from memory loss is unbeatable in a fight. He becomes involved with the Yakuza. It is based on a manga by Carib Marley.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-10-10
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Revolver
Overview: When a gun belonging to a police officer is stolen, it ends up in the hands of a student, who decides to use it on a yakuza who beat him recently. Now the police officer is hot on the student’s trail, and he’s determined to prevent the gun from going off.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-10-22
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Argentine Hag
Overview: After the death of her dearest mother, her serious-minded father goes missing, leaving their only daughter Mitsuko. Six months later, it turns out that he is at Yuri's house, who is rumored to be an eccentric and is commonly known as Argentine hag.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-24
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Fate
Overview: Wagura Yusaku unwillingly broke up with his first love in high school and became a policeman after years of struggle. Ten years later, the suspect of a murder case appeared to be his previous rival, Uryu Akihiko, who peculiarly had became the husband of his first love, Uryu Misako. The detective and the suspect, childhood rivals, carried out the confrontation of fate and are tossed about in destiny, accepting their "fate"...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-26
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Tsugaru
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-02
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The Juliet Game
Overview: Romantic comedy about a school teacher.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-02-04
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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Overview: Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with Junnosuke, an orphan he's taken under his wing at the urging of pretty Hiroi, who continues to manage a nearby tavern. Chagawa dreams of publishing a successful novel and settling down with Hiroi and Junnosuke, but his day job running the candy store keeps him busy, and Hiroi mistakes his tight schedule for a lack of interest in her. Hiroi has also embarked on a secret career as a burlesque dancer, which isn't doing much to improve her opinion of men. At the Suzuki household, seven-year-old Ippei isn't happy to be sharing the house with a guest, his distant cousin Mika who is the same age but far more demanding. Mutsuko, the apprentice female auto mechanic, is still staying with the Suzukis, and she's becomes the object of the affections of Takeo, a downbeat young man who is studying cooking.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-03
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Kaze no Shounen: Ozaki Yutaka Towa no Densetsu
Overview: The short life of singer-songwriter Ozaki Yutaka, who died suddenly in 1992 at the age of 26, will be dramatized for the first time on the TV Tokyo production, "Kaze no shounen ~ Ozaki Yutaka eien no densetsu".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-21
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Police Precinct Soul
Overview: A young woman is discovered strangled to death at the boat pier in Tokyo. There are no signs of disturbed clothing and assault, and because the body was abandoned at a prominent spot, it shows that this was a premeditated crime by a criminal with the presence of mind. Joto Chuo Police Precinct’s detective Kunihiko Katsuragi rushed to the scene, and the fact that the body is barefoot weighs on his mind. The next morning he finds out the commander assigned this case is his son Toshifumi.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-20
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Revenge Court
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-07
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Wolf Girl
Overview: When a new, smart and sweet Tokyo girl, Rumiko, starts at a rural elementary school, Akira finds himself smitten, like every other male pupil. Newcomer's popularity is contrasted with the less-tolerant treatment of scruffy Hideko, who, thanks to the arrival of a carnival freak-show in town, is nicknamed the Wolf Girl. Teachers and parents snootily consider the carny off-limits, but Akira is determined to find out whether Hideko really is a wolf girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-03
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The Way: Man of the White Porcelain
Overview: The movie is based on the true story of Takumi Asakawa - a Japanese man who entered Korea during the country's occupation by Japan. Takumi Asakawa became captivated by Korean culture and championed the value of such items as the traditional white Korean porcelain.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-06-09
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Vanished
Overview: Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to make their greatest dreams come true. But, they soon discover that mistakes may cost them more than even their dreams could tell.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-26
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Saigo no Kizuna
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Genres: War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-08-13
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Afternoon of the Evil Spirits
Overview: An ancient evil spirit resurrects in the modern age and possesses a beautiful woman.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-03
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Devil in broad Daylight: The targeted Housewife
Overview: A detective who shoots and kills the younger brother in a sibling robbery becomes mentally ill because he believes his brother is going to kill him.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-07-27
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The Boy and the Dog
Overview: New Takahisa Zeze movie, adaptation of the book "Shonen to Inu." To be released in Spring 2025.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-03-20
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じんじん
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-07-13
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