Chika Uchida
Also Known As: 内田慈
Biography: Chika Uchida (内田慈, born 12 March 1983) is a Japanese actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: March 12, 1983
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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おじいちゃんの茶碗
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-12-14
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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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The River Breathes
Overview: The River Breathes
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-05-20
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The Sunday Runoff
Overview: A comedy about how the world of politics really works! Tsutomu is a secretary for a member of the Japanese Parliament. After the latter suffers a heart attack, his daughter Yumi is chosen to fill his place in the next election because she seems easy to control. However, her unpredictable behavior soon throws the campaign out of control.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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Love Strikes!
Overview: Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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The Quiet Don: Chapter 1
Overview: Shizuya (Ito Kentaro), the only son of the Kanto region’s largest gang, the Shinshu Clan, which he hates being associated with, works instead for a design company. He works diligently while developing a liking for his strong-willed colleague Akino (Kakei Miwako), but when his father is shot and killed, the battle for succession intensifies. Peaceful lives are transformed.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-05-12
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The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window
Overview: Kosuke Mikado, who works at a bookstore, has been suffering from a peculiar constitution that ghosts can see from an early age. One day, Kosuke was invited by a exorcist, Rihito Hiyakawa, who came to the bookstore and decided to work with him. The two men, who were requested by the detective Hanzawa to investigate the serial murder case that occurred a year ago, eventually found a body, but the body was cursed. While searching for the truth, they often hear the voice of the murderer who committed suicide...
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-22
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-23
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Penance
Overview: The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-05-29
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暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-04
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Saigo no Inochi
Overview: Keito Myose (Yuya Yagira) and Yuichi Saeki (Masato Yano) were involved in a horrible case when they were young. They are now all grown up, but still suffering from that incident. At night, Keito and Yuichi meet again. A woman who is an acquaintance of Keito is killed in Keito's room. While the police investigates, a detective tells him "... you know Yuichi Saeki is a suspect and is on the country's most wanted list..."
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-08
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Disregarded People
Overview: Young man, Yusuke Mamiana, fed up with his life meats a unattractive ugly girl, Kyoko, at his hometown. Out of his impulsive desire, he had a relationship by nearly raping her. They started to live together and gradually feel 'Family' attachment in each other. As time passes, Yusuke starts to think more about 'Happiness' of his family and himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-20
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GEEK BEEF BEAT
Overview: Thirty-six-year-old Haruo Higashino is a tongue-tied failure who doesn’t fit in at work or at home. He uses a form of internal rap, a silent scream within, to release the emotional stress that he is too cowardly to say, or sing, out loud.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-21
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A World Without Mercy
Overview: "Kiss me at dead of night" A story about a man and a woman who cause an irreversible situation at a family restaurant in the middle of the night. "Imitation Yakuza" A tale of an unknown actor who, while attempting to audition for a Yakuza movie, mistakenly enters a real yakuza office, finding himself in deep trouble. "In our own little world" A black comedy set against the backdrop of two irreconcilable classes: a romance workshop and a self-defense workshop. These are short stories about men and women who find themselves caught up in desperate, life-changing adventures.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-23
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Three Stories of Love
Overview: A depressed widower, a bored housewife, and a gay lawyer all intersect in this triptych of love lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-02
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To Mom, With Love
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-07-12
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Run for Money: Tokyo Mission
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-07-19
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Suiheisen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-03-01
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All the Long Nights
Overview: Two work colleagues: he suffers from panic attacks, she has extreme PMS. Their company distributes toy planetariums. What may not sound like Ozu Yasujirō is actually precisely that: people are attentive and do each other good, without even realising.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-02-09
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
Overview: An omnibus special comprised of five segments.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Science Fiction Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Lowlife Love
Overview: Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-02
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Mourning Recipe
Overview: A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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14 That Night
Overview: In 1987, frustrated junior high student Takashi hates his uncool father hanging around their suburban home all the time, and is pestered by the area’s wannabe gangsters. But he’s interested in the girl next door, the bounteously-breasted Megumi. One day, Takashi hears a rumor that porn actress Kyoko Yokushimaru is coming to town for an autograph session at the only video store in town where Takashi and his judo friends always hang out. Their ridiculous but serious adventure begins. What will Takashi find after all the surprises and chaos? Recalling youth classics like Stand By Me, this is the debut feature of Shin Adachi, Japan Academy Prize-winning screenwriter of 100 Yen Love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-24
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Strange Tales of Love and Strangers
Overview: A Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love is a stupid thing and the land is unusually dry as Yuwen’s heart because of no rains. Yuwen struggles to speak Japanese but learns Japan culture and relationships from her host family and neighbors. As she opens her heart little by little, rain falls on the small village after a long time.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-11
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Virgin Wandering
Overview: Jun Kanai is a lecturer at the University of Tokyo who despite being in his thirties is still a virgin. One day he reunites with an old student of his and decides that she will be the one to take his virginity but finds out that she will soon be studying abroad.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-08
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Panorama
Overview: There's a young couple, Haruka and Kenji. One day, Haruka gets disappointed in Kenji, and runs away with their son, Takuya. They forward to Kenji's friend, Mitsuru's house. Yet, Haruka asks her mother, Kiyoko to take care of Takuya, and starts her job hunting, since she can't get along with Mitsuru. On the other hand, there is another young couple, Takuma and Kana. Even though, they look happily married for two years, Takuma hides a secret from Kana. One day, Takuma's co-worker, Akita comes to Takuma's house. Akita suddenly tells one secret to Kana while Takuma is not around. Shocked Kana attempts to reveal the secret on Takuma's way home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-22
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TSUMUGU
Overview: Echizen Washi artisan Takeo has lived in emotional isolation since the death of his wife, but he collapses due to a brain tumor and is in need of care. Yona, a Korean woman in Japan on a working holiday, comes to his aid. Stubborn Takeo and pushy Yona butt heads repeatedly, but gradually Takeo opens up under Yona's care.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-19
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Lost Paradise in Tokyo
Overview: Mikio and his older brother Saneo, who is mentally handicapped, live together and have just buried their father. One day, Mikio hires a hooker named Marin for his brother. Marin is an underground singer who goes by the name Fala. A video producer who is filming Fala's documentary finds out about her double life, and proposes to film her and Saneo's sex life. Dreaming about leaving Tokyo with Saneo with a huge sum of money from the film, Mikio and Marin agree to the offer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-18
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Lapse
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-16
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Guilty of Romance
Overview: In a Tokyo love hotel district, a woman is found dead in a derelict apartment. As police investigate, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition without romance. To break away from the loveless monotony, she follows her desires and becomes a nude model enacting sex in front of a camera. Soon, she meets a mentor and begins selling her body to strangers, while at home, she hides behind the façade that she's still the doting wife she's supposed to be.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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Himizu
Overview: After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-05
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Take Over Zone
Overview: Shot in the historic city of Nara, this film depicts the growth and conflicts of a talented 14-year-old female sprinter with a complex family background.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-13
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Sad Tea
Overview: The romantic ensemble piece revolves around a filmmaker who wants to stop cheating on his girlfriends, a fan who continues to pine for an idol, and a former idol who goes to meet him, while also contemplating the true meaning of 'proper love.'
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-19
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Sukiyaki
Overview: Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with simple meal offerred in prison. The four other prisoners in his jail cell have no problems eating his food. On lunar new year's day the prison offers the traditional Osechi-Ryori dish. The inmates in the cell gather to play a game that has become an annual ritual. They compete for items from each other's dishes by boating about the most delicious things they have ever eaten. Shunsuke Aida (Motoki Ochiai) begins their game by talking about a dish which his mother made ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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Between Men and the Gods
Overview: Hozumi is a doctor and he is friends with manga artist Soeda. They both like Asako who works at a tropical fish shop. Hozumi eventually gives up Asako for his friend Soeda. Soeda and Asako decide to get married, but, after they get married, Soeda dates another woman and abuses Asako. He even pushes Asako to have an affair with Hozumi. Hozumi still has feelings for Asako, but his love changes to hatred.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-26
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Hotel Royal
Overview: Set at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests, the family that runs the hotel, and the hotel's staff. Masayo Tanaka is the only child of the family that runs Hotel Royal. She failed to enter an arts school and she now works at the hotel. She does not show her emotions to anyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-11-13
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State of Emergency
Overview: An omnibus film consisting of 4 short films and a documentary related to COVID-19.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-28
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SEASONS OF WOMAN
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-19
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The Gun 2020
Overview: Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps them bury the man's body, shooting it with the handgun. Toko becomes captivated by the gun itself. She is further entangled in the true circumstances of the incident due to the detective searching for the handgun and a suspicious man Kazunari who knows a secret about the handgun. Toko tries to throw herself into the whirlpool but then the lid is blown off her "past."
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-10
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Go to see Pinkerton
Overview: Yuko, a former leader of the five-member idol group Pinkerton, with the help of man named Matsumoto, tries to reunite the now-disbanded group.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-20
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Being Good
Overview: A new primary school teacher struggles to deal with his new students and their over-protective parents. When he learns that one of his pupils is being abused, he decides to do something about it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-27
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