Toshiya Sakai
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: May 30, 1959
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Kaza-hana
Overview: A government employee meets a hostess of a "pink club," and together they set out on a journey.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-27
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
Overview: ***Replay A man sees his dead girlfriend through his digital camcorder. ***Inochibi (Life Force) A nurse is able to save dying patients with her 'life force'. ***Ame no Houmonsha (The Visitor in the Rain) A woman visits her sister on a rainy night to celebrate her birthday, but finds a stranger in her house who may be a murderer at large... ***Okusanya-san (The Wife Seller) A man stumbles upon a shop selling perfect wives. ***Imakiyo-san (Mr. Imakiyo) A student finds a spirit called Imakiyo in his apartment, and he has to obey three rules or suffer the consequences...
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Horror Fantasy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-28
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Kunoichi Financial Road
Overview: 1999 financial movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-21
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Overview: A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-26
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School Meals Time Graduation
Overview: Teacher Amarida (Ichihara Hayato) has been transferred to a new school and is still crazy about school lunches. He gets the shock of his life when school lunches are made more healthy but less flavorful. Amarida’s student rival Kamino (Sato Taishi) has also transferred to the same school and is outraged at the changes to school lunches.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-05-13
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Life Cycles
Overview: Nowadays, abandoned bicycles are a common sight in front of stations in Tokyo. The number of abandoned bicycles is unparalleled in the world, and there are concerns about how to deal with them. The protagonist is a worker who removes such abandoned bicycles. The job involves removing other people's bicycles without asking, which naturally leads to constant trouble during the work. Is it his own fault? Is the world to blame? The man begins to ask himself. The stress of his job causes him to start taking pleasure in riding his bicycle around town at night. But what he sees is nothing but a wild landscape. One night, while riding his bike as usual, the man sees something else...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
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Swallowtail Butterfly
Overview: The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
Genres: Drama Crime Music Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
Overview: A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-06
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Keizoku: Unsolved Mysteries - Beautiful Dreamer
Overview: Graduating at the top of her class, elite detective candidate Jun Shibata is transferred to the section that handles cases deemed "unsolvable" by the department. Her partner, though a well-respected and experienced detective, has grown complacent after unsuccesfully pursuing these cases that many consider an exercise in futility. With her upper class breeding, her colleagues don't expect much from her either, but she suprises them all with her motivation and astounding powers of deduction. Well-constructed mysteries and colorful characters abound in this stylish and edgy police drama.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-01
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Tokyo Blood
Overview: Tokyo Blood is an omnibus film of 4 short stories featuring various characters entrapped in Tokyo landscapes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-30
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The Noise
Overview: Underground people who exhale toxic gas appear in Tokyo's S-Ward, which is dealing with construction noise from urban development projects. Everyone panic, but it turns out that five middle-aged guys are unaffected by the poisonous gas. They undergo vigorous training to fight the underworld people, but are they going to be able to save the world…?
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-23
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Oba: The Last Samurai
Overview: In 1944, the American military lands on the shores of Saipan. Refusing to commit suicide with his superiors or be forced into camps for prisoners of war, Captain Oba Sakae leads a group of his men and other similarly minded local residents into the mountains. Even after hearing reports of the Japanese military's surrender, Oba dismisses the reports as propaganda and continues to launch guerilla attacks against the American soldiers, earning him the nickname "The Fox". Soon, even the American commander who's charged with the task of capturing Oba comes to admire his persistent enemy.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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Fried Dragon Fish
Overview: A dragon fish is stolen by Tetsu Tobiyama and biologist Thomas Earwing seeks its return. Poo is led to Natsuro after she worms her way into a top secret file at Delta headquarters for information.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-03-22
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A Woman's Hole
Overview: Sachiko Suzuki is a female high school student. She claims that she is an alien and her mission on Earth is to conceive a child with a human man. Sachicko seduces her class teacher Mr. Fukuda. After their intimate encounter, Mr. Fukuda becomes becomes convinced that Sachiko is not a human. Meanwhile, female student Kobato Hagimoto knows that Mr. Murata has a crush on some male students. Because of this, Mr. Murata is treated as a pig by Kobata until he can't bear the situation anymore.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-28
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The Yen Family
Overview: Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-05-14
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The Citizen Police 69
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-19
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Evergreen Love
Overview: Sayaka works at a office. She's not very good at her job or with love. One night, she finds a man, Itsuki, collapsed in front of her home. She takes him inside and they begin to live together. Itsuki teaches Sayaka about cooking wild herbs and collecting wild herbs, but he has a secret.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-04
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Fall Guy
Overview: Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-09
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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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Jazz G Men
Overview: In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an improvised jazz band from local citizens. A former music teacher (Shimizu Shogo) is coerced into becoming the band leader, but the other prospective members are all elderly amateurs with little knowledge of music.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-29
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Eve in Love
Overview: Set within the Tokyo DisneySea theme park, the love lives of various people are told. Gakkun has been preparing for his accounting license exam. Nao Nanami works in the gift wrapping section of a department store.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-24
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Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
Overview: One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-08-12
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Overview: A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-19
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A Tale of Young Elopement
Overview: A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-02-07
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Shichou Shisu
Overview: The mayor is found dead in the river in a small town known for its hot springs. It's assumed that he fell to his death, but his nephew just cannot understand why his uncle would have gone there by himself to begin with. When he cleans up his house, he finds his uncle's diary and tries to find out what exactly happened.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-03
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Pro Golfer Oribe Kinjiro
Overview: Kinjiro Oribe, nicknamed Orikin, is a professional golfer who has not won a single tournament in his 17-year golf career. He arrives at the golf training course in the city center as a professional instructor, he is inspired by unique people, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of winning at least one victory on the tour, which he almost gave up...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Noh Mask Murders
Overview: The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-03-15
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Love Letter
Overview: Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to also be called Itsuki Fujii.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-25
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Atami Murder Case
Overview: Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-06-07
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Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Masterpiece Revival Collection
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-21
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Kazura
Overview: Bald Moriyama wants a new image and buys a wig. It works: suddenly he has a career and a girlfriend. But life is hard when you have to keep a secret. Perfect timing and handling of real-life anxieties plus brilliant comedians MIMURA and OOTAKE make WIG an exceptionally funny comedy.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-30
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Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion
Overview: Iori, taken from an orphanage by a family for domestic work, runs away and is adopted and raised by two young men. Ten years later, she crosses paths with her former step-sister, who is soon poisoned to death, Iori being the prime suspect.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-21
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Shabake
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Genres: Fantasy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-24
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