Nao Asuka
Also Known As: 明日香七穗, あすか なお, 西住 和子, 明日香 和泉, あすか いずみ, 明日香 いづみ, 明日香 尚
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Birthday: September 18, 1961
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Gender: Female
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The Discarnates
Overview: Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-09-15
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Miss Lonely
Overview: Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche, or is she real?
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-04-12
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Bullying is Costly
Overview: An office worker who releases his frustrations by maliciously bullying his good-natured boss has a bizarre experience in a mountain hut.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-22
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Target
Overview: Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-04-19
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Lost in Translation
Overview: Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-18
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Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
Overview: Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi), despite the misgivings of his uncle (Jo Shishido). He lives off of the money earned by his girlfriend and is more interested in trying to look cool than anything else. He meets Yumeko (Chikako Aoyama), an innocent but dangerous narcoleptic runaway, after she steals his car, and she soon moves in with him. Following the assassination of a high-ranking member by the Kazama Family, Junko is called on to be the lookout while the family gets revenge. However, the other men quickly "zoom", or escape from their duty, leaving the task to Junko. Will he take out Kazama, or will he zoom?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-05-11
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Yakuza Ladies
Overview: While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-11-15
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Goodbye for Tomorrow
Overview: People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to go to a small island in the Inland Sea that evening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-23
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Execution In Daytime
Overview: A former detective vows revenge on those who caused his daughter's suicide
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-05-15
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Afternoon When Flowers Fell
Overview: A widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out of wedlock. Hearing that two criminals had attempted to take over the restaurant from her late husband, she hires her late husband's best friend, a private detective, to investigate.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-10-07
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