Noriko Nakagoshi
Also Known As: 中越典子
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Noriko Nakagoshi (born December 31, 1979 in Saga, Saga, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noriko Nakagoshi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Saga, Saga, Japan
Birthday: December 31, 1979
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Gender: Female
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Apartment 1303
Overview: While celebrating with her friends in her new cheaply rented apartment on the thirteenth floor of a building, the young Sayaka unexpectedly jumps off the balcony committing suicide. Her mother goes insane and her older sister, Mariko, decides to investigate the mysterious death of her sister.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-16
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Drop
Overview: "Drop" tells the story of a boy named Hiroshi Shinanogawa, who grew up in the 1980s. He became inspired by the Be-Bop High School manga and decided to become a delinquent. Hiroshi dropped out of a private middle school and transferred to a public school There he joins up with a delinquent gang.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-20
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Unholy Women
Overview: Unholy Women (Kowai onna), is a composite of three unrelated half-hour horror movies. A compilation of 3 separate short horror films (Rattle Rattle, Hagane, The Inheritance) written and directed by Keita Amemiya, Takuji Suzuki, and Keisuke Toyoshima respectively. The first segment, “Rattle Rattle”, tells the story of a young woman who is pursued by an evil other-worldly being. The second movie, “Steel”, concerns a young man who agrees to take the sister of his boss out on a blind date, drawing him into a world more frightening than he ever dreamed possible. The third and final episode, “The Inheritance”, is a supernatural tale of a woman and her young son, scarred by abuse and psychological trauma.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-25
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Strawberry Shortcakes
Overview: Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-23
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Miracle in Four Days
Overview: Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short when he jumped in front of a bullet fired by a crazed gunman. The nerves in one hand were severed but he saved the life of Chiori. The tragic incident takes the lives of Chiori's parents, however, and Keisuke becomes her guardian. Not long after their return to Japan, Keisuke discovers Chiori's musical gift.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-04
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Love Come
Overview: a japanese love comedy
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-02-11
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The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
Overview: Teru (Yuya Endo) has been brought up in a hill town and spent his childhood conquering the slopes on his bicycle. Being a cycling fanatic, who resents defeat, he joins Kamegaoka High School, which used to boast a powerful cycling club. There he meets Hatomura (Yuichi Nakamura), an ace of the club who wants to turn around the club which has deteriorated to the point of dissolution, and Yuta (Hiroki Suzuki), an aloof cycling genius with unshaken confidence in his speed who does not allow others to follow him. Meeting a rival that is faster than him for the first time, Teru joins the club in order to challenge them. His only interest, however, is his own cycling speed. Joining the club teaches Teru the importance of teamwork to support the lead cyclist and to place priority on the victory of the team. --AsianWiki
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-06
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A Lone Scalpel
Overview: Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer, something that normally would not be done at this hospital, he quickly gains a very good reputation amongst the town’s people. Some of his colleagues become so jealous they are resentful and waiting patiently for the perfect opportunity to crucify him. Soon they get their chance as Dr Toma considers performing a controversial operation…
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-05
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Roleless
Overview: Miyamatsu, who works as a cable-car operator, is also a film extra. Through his different characters he has been living the life of a stranger, only playing that part. Finally he comes face to face with his own life, the one he had lost. Debut film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-16
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必殺仕事人2020
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-06-28
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022
Overview: Hissatsu Shigotonin 2022 is a continuation of the Hissatsu Shigotonin series. This was the SP released in 2022.
Genres: Drama Crime History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-09
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スペシャルドラマ 必殺仕事人
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-07
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必殺仕事人2019
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-10
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必殺仕事人2014
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-27
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必殺仕事人2016
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-25
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必殺仕事人2015
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-19
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必殺仕事人2013
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-02-17
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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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Deadly Professional 2023
Overview: An epidemic is spreading through the towns of Edo – it spreads via people, and if you get the fever, your face will turn red like a demon, and then you will die. There is no cure in sight, and people’s anxiety is increasing.
Genres: Drama Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-01-08
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Japanese Salaryman NEO
Overview: Shinjo is a new employee at NEO Beer, which is currently ranked fifth in the industry. When NEO’s president demands that they figure out a way to capture the top market share, Sales division chief Nakanishi and his team are struggling to come up with ideas when Shinjo suggests “sexy” as a possible marketing buzzword.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-03
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Yunagi City, Sakura Country
Overview: Thirteen years afterward, I wonder if those who bombed Hiroshima are looking at me and saying: 'We did it! We were able to kill another person!' They should be," murmurs Minami (played by Kumiko Aso), one of the two leading female characters in Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni, as she lies dying in 1958, her life brought to a premature end by sickness resulting from her exposure to atomic bomb radiation. This is a story about those who at least initially survived the first U.S. atomic bombing of 1945 and their descendants in contemporary times. The film, based on a comic by Fumiyo Kono, jumps between the two time frames and quietly depicts the sorrow and mortification experienced through the everyday lives of laid-back and soft-spoken Hiroshima people. Only a few scenes of the bombing and the ensuing devastation are featured.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-07-28
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A Perfect Day for Love Letters
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-04
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Fatal Frame
Overview: High school student Aya Tsukimori becomes cursed and is unable to leave her school dormitory. Meanwhile, many students begin reporting ghost sightings at the school, while others go missing and are later discovered to have drowned mysteriously. Soon, Aya attempts to communicate with fellow student Michi Kazato, who begins investigating the disappearances of her friends.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Sekigahara
Overview: The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of the various retainers, family members, and samurai.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-26
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Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
Overview: Follows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the horror inherent in daily life.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-10-15
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Mystery Trilogy Special
Overview: This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-30
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The Driver
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-11
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Tosa no ipponzuri
Overview: Based on the comic book series by Yûsuke Aoyagi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-25
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012
Overview: This show is based on the jidaigeki TV series “Hissatsu Shigotonin,” which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. Shigotonin is a group of hired assassins to bring justice to those who were able to escape the long arm of the law. Noriyuki Higashiyama and Masahiro Matsuoka return from the 2009 special. Emi Wakui and Koki Tanaka are new in this TV movie.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-19
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
Overview: A violent fire one evening kills a husband and wife couple and burns their Kazusaya rice shop to ashes. Their daughter Sachi manages to make it out alive, but she claims the fire was set by henchmen from the rival Harimaya shop who abducted her sister. After policeman Watanabe Shogoro hears her story, he begins investigating the case, but desperate to avenge her parents' deaths, Sachi later enlists the aid of a mysterious woman who offers to kill Harimaya for a price. Watanabe soon discovers that there is more to this case than meets the eye.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-07-07
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Hissatsu shigotonin 2009
Overview: This show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. The franchise came back in 2007 with a one-shot special, but this is its first full season since 1992. Makoto Fujita returns as the protagonist Nakamura Mondo, one of the "shigotonin," a team of hired assassins.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-04
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Song of Love
Overview: What happens when young people meet amidst the warmth, soft breezes and gentle waves of Okinawa? This is a romantic love story about a young college student on break from Tokyo who meets a handsome dive employee on the beach. --groink
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-27
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Home ~Departure of the Bride~
Overview: "Sada Masashi Drama Special Furusato ~Musume no Tabidachi~ " is a human drama about "family" based on the theme of singer songwriter Sada Masashi's song "Kakashi" (Scarecrow), a song about a family's love towards a daughter who lives alone in the city far away from home. The drama, in which Horikita Maki plays the role of Saeki Chizuru, the second daughter, who goes to Tokyo despite her father's objection, to pursue her dream of becoming a photographer, and through Tora-san and his family, depicts the importance of family. Sada Masashi makes a cameo appearance as an employee of a bookstore.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-07-05
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Until the Day Comes
Overview: Drama depicting the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred on March 11, 2011 from the perspective of a female doctor. Takako Kawashima works as head anesthesiologist at the Sendai Medical Center. She balances her married life with help from her husband Teiichi, who runs a private clinic, but their lives are upturned by the disaster.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-22
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Lesson of the Evil
Overview: Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-10
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-26
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Peak: The Rescuers
Overview: Shimazaki Sanpo is an experienced mountain climber and rescue team volunteer. Sanpo loves the mountains and wants as many people as possible to experience everything they have to offer so much so that he never holds a grudge against anyone for causing an accident due to their own negligence. Even if a fellow rescuer dies, he's the kind of man who can look toward the corpse and say "You did your best." One spring, newcomer Shiina Kumi is assigned to the Nagano prefecture mountain rescue team where she experiences growth thanks to Sanpo's guidance and the seemingly harsh training methods of the team's captain, Noda. However, she becomes depressed when she's unable to translate her skills to a real-life situation. As her confidence wanes, multiple accidents occur simultaneously due to a mountain blizzard, forcing the entire team into action.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-05-07
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Sorezore, tamayura
Overview: One by one, everyone falls asleep forever.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-01-01
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Orochi - Blood
Overview: The story of Orochi revolves around the life of the Monzen family. Aoi Monzen, a famous, but aging, movie star and Kazusa and Lisa Monzen her two daughters. Aoi hopes for them both to take over her legacy as a star, but Kazusa does not live up to her expectations. The mother is always pitting the girls against one another competitively. As a result, as the years pass, the love the sisters shared grows to a hidden hatred. When another girl named Orochi saves the girl's mother from a terrible accident a bizarre chain of events is set in motion spanning many years. The atmosphere in their estate builds up until Orochi reveals a terrible truth that the family must keep hidden from the world. Orochi serves as the narrator of the story. The movie is based on a Kazuo Umezu manga series which ran from 1969 to 1970.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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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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Oboe no Nai Satsujin
Overview: An ex-cop suffering from dementia is marked by detectives pursuing a murder case. It is a case that he does not remember at all, but he has a strong motive for committing the crime... Is he really the murderer?
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-02-22
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ウーマンズ.アイランド～彼女たちの選択
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-24
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Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Answer Version
Overview: Todo Shunnosuke is a movie director who passed away thirty years ago. Just before his death, he told his wife about three short films which contained a secret. Years later, Todo's wife, who is on the verge of death, asked Madame Marmalade to solve the mystery. (2nd part of the 2-part Quiz movie : the audience gets to find out the answers to some questions asked in the "Question Version" film, and the people who got the answers right get their names placed in the film).
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-22
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Madame Marmalade's Mysterious Puzzle - Question Version
Overview: Todo Shunnosuke is a movie director who passed away thirty years ago. Just before his death, he told his wife about three short films which contained a secret. Years later, Todo's wife, who is on the verge of death, asked Madame Marmalade to solve the mystery. (1st part of the 2-part Quiz movie : questions were asked to the audience at the end of the screening and the answers were given in the follow-up film, "Answer Version").
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-25
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