Ken Osawa
Also Known As: Ken Ohsawa, おおさわ けん
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 28, 1974
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Samurai Fiction
Overview: A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-27
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Seven Days War
Overview: A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers. They're sick of heavy-handed teachers and iron-fisted parents. And now they're going to do something about it.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-13
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Video Girl Ai
Overview: Yota is a total loser with girls, one day after the love of his life, Moremi, confesses her love to his best friend, he comes across a video store. He finds a video and plays it on his broken VCR, bringing Ai Amano to life. She tries to help him win Moemi's heart, but falls in love with him instead.
Genres: Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-06-29
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Junji Inagawa: Prey 2
Overview: This video adaptation of Junji Inagawa's novel of the same title contains two episodes: "The Battle of the Women," a horror created by a feud between office workers, and "The Forgotten Item," a horror in which a girl in a kimono appears to a man and a woman living a happy life.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-07
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Fancy Dance
Overview: Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-12-23
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Happy Ending Story
Overview: High school student Mikiko travels back in time to the future using a time machine built by Monjiro, the physics club advisor. What awaited her there was the reality that her best friends, Yoko and Tatsuro, were already married and were on the verge of breaking up. Mikiko returns to the modern world with the help of future Monjiro to mend their relationship.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-25
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Geharha: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster
Overview: A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The announcement leads reporter Hideo Akihara (Ken Osawa) to a forest shrine dedicated to the Keukegen Geharha, where he finds several worshipers and learns that an ancient seal containing the monster has been broken.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Horror Action Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-02-24
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Love & Pop
Overview: Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-10
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Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected
Overview: A highly anticipated cultural festival is less than a week away for the students of a local high school when mysterious, seemingly paranormal events start occurring within their building. A piano plays when no one is in the room; the power continually shuts off, seemingly at random; footprints are left behind by an unseen presence; objects appear to levitate and are hurled across the room. Concerned about the strange phenomena, six students, advised by Professor Yamakawa, form a research team and investigate the strange goings-on. One of the students is Reiko Kudo, who has ESP and a family history with the occult. As the investigation ensues, a disturbing story from the past emerges from the woodwork, culminating with an ESP confrontation on the day of the festival...
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-11-16
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The Kiss of an Invisible Man
Overview: Akira, who runs marriage scams, is chased after by Army Surgeon Hanaoka and his colleagues, who are collecting “things that will disappear in the 20th century” by Imperial edict. When he ran away and came to the Tottori Sand Dunes, he meets deaf, blind and mute Heren Kera (a Japanese Helen Keller), who lives with a tutor, Saribaba. He is soon caught but becomes invisible man in an accident. However, he is visible to one person: Kera. The story of the play Tomei Ningen no Yuge (The Kiss of an Invisible Man) is overflowing with diverse motifs, including “Romeo and Juliet,” “The Miracle Worker,” the mythological world in the age of the gods, the River Styx and Hades. It develops further to cover World War II and the Imperial system, and together with skillful language play, a theatrical world unfolds in all directions.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-31
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