Taeko Yoshida
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 13, 1935
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Gender: Female
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Okinawan Blue
Overview: A tale of three families on a remote island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-02
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Last Attack: Hikisakareta Shima no Kioku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-15
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Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
Overview: In 2010, while covering the issue of the "secret agreement" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the author came across diplomatic documents relating to the reversion of Okinawa and was particularly impressed by the handwritten documents of Kazuo Chiba, then Director of the North American First Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which, unlike ordinary bureaucrats, "stood out from the crowd and seemed unique". The name of Chiba subsequently appeared in a number of documents left by former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's secretary, and the author became interested in finding out what kind of person he was.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-30
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Immersion
Overview: Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-16
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Pai Pati Roma
Overview: A woman follows an inner journey from island to island in search of "Pai Pati Roma"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-15
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Hotel Hibiscus
Overview: Hotel Hibiscus is the story of one very young energetic girl named Mieko and her internatioanl family who live in Okinawa. They live in a run down old hotel called Hotel Hibiscus with only one room for rent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-28
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The Catcher On The Shore
Overview: This drama depicts a boy's coming of age against the backdrop of Okinawa's food culture. Director Nakamura Ryugo was born in 1996. He made this film, his feature debut, when he was just fourteen years old. Okinawa has an old tradition of eating a goat for celebratory occasions. But that culture is starting to fade in urban areas. Yuto (Uehara Soji), a sixth grader living in Naha, spends his winter vacation in the countryside town where his grandparents reside. He receives a shock when he sees the goat raised by his grandfather killed by locals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Twilight Phantom
Overview: Misaki visits her boyfriend Koichi in Okinawa, the southern island of Japan. To welcome the arrival of Misaki, Koichi's friend Jinsei holds a welcoming party at his house. At the party, Misaki learns from the wise granny about the legend behind the bag hanging from the fig tree and the local demon: Kijimuna, which deeply fascinate Misaki. Jinsei then introduces Misaki to a young female writer, Kagemi, who tells Misaki the darker side of the Kijimuna legend. As the local shaman and medium to the other world, Kagemi’s knowledge in local lore gives Misaki much more to wonder about. The quiet life in Okinawa takes a sharp turn with the arrival of Jinsei’s ex-wife Sanae, which leads to a tragic accident. Soon, the parties involved begin to see a vengeful spirit and their peaceful lifes turn into a nightmare.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-09
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Borderless Island
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-10-01
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Cheers From Heaven
Overview: When bento shop owner Hikaru Oshiro learns that a group of high school students have no place to practice music, he takes it upon himself to build a studio beneath his store. The only stipulations he placed upon the students were that they be respectful to others, do well in school, and be empathetic towards others. Based on the true story of Hikaru Naskasone who supported students up until his death from cancer in November, 2009.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-01
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Nabbie's Love
Overview: Nanako returns to her hometown on the tiny island of Aguni to meet her grandmother Nabbie. However, when Nanako's ferry arrives, it is also carrying Nabbie's former lover, who has returned to Aguni after a long absence.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-12-04
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Penguin Fufu
Overview: When Ayumi Mastuda (Eiko Koike) worked as a freelance writer she met Chinese cameraman Gyoukou (Kingone Wang), who worked at the same publishing company in Tokyo. They married 5 years ago. After his employer's went bankrupt, Gyoukou and Ayumi Matsuda moved to Ishigaki Island. Gyoukou also decided to apply for naturalization as a Japanese citizen. In order to prove they are real married couple they have an interview at a local Bureau of Judicial Affiars branch. As the interview goes along, they find it more difficult than expected ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-10-20
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A Far Shore
Overview: Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-09
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Ryujin Mabuyer The Movie: Nanatsu no Mabui
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Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-07
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: Yuriko (Yuki Shibamoto) is tired of her relationship with a married man. She leaves Tokyo and goes back to her hometown of Yugafu, which is located on small island in Okinawa. The married man though follows Yuriko to the small island. In addition, the married man's wife also arrives on the island. They married couple causes all kinds of disturbances...
Genres: Romance Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-25
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The Pig's Retribution
Overview: A virginal boy travels with three hookers to a small island to collect his estranged father's washed up and sun-bleached bones.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-07-09
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The Crying Wind
Overview: Seikichi, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by a white-sand beach and plots of pine and flowering bushes. On the cliff that skirts the shore sits an open-air burial ground containing the skull of a kamikaze pilot who was shot down during the last days of World War II. When the wind blows through the bullet hole in the skull, it produces a whistling sound. The locals call it the "Crying Head."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-31
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Breathe In, Breathe Out
Overview: Breathe In, Breathe Out centers on six, later seven, individuals who have gotten jobs harvesting sugarcane on a small Okinawa island. Each worker has their own unique personality as well as their own issues as they learn to work together...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-29
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孤独のグルメ2023大晦日SP 井之頭五郎、南へ逃避行『探さないでください。』
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-12-31
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