Yuya Takagawa
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Department: Acting
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Doomsday Detective
Overview: Shinjiro, who runs a humble detective agency using a coffee shop in a certain town as his office, gets into trouble at a dark gambling den and is forced to take on a troublesome job by Kyoichi, an executive of the Kasahara clan, a yakuza gang he knows well. The task is to investigate an arson case that is suspected to involve the Chinese mafia Barretto, with whom the Kasahara-gumi has a rival gang. In addition, Shinjiro is asked by Michiko, whose Filipino parents were deported in the past, to search for her best friend, a Kurdish woman who mysteriously disappeared. However, as he pursues the two cases, he finds himself caught up in a war between two huge underworld organizations.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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Silk
Overview: French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-14
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The Man of the Political Economy
Overview: Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity business. As a follower of Fukuzawa Yukichi, he inherited the spirit of independence, self-respect and the people. He rose up alone from the ruins of the war. It was the fight of an unconventional, stubborn old man over 70 with an indomitable will. Minister of Trade and Industry Ikeda Hayato admired Matsunaga like a father while Prime Ministers Yoshida Shigeru and Konoe Fumimaro, Shirasu Jiro (Takagawa Yuya) and others were in awe of his unfathomable passion.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-19
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Tokyo Sonata
Overview: A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-27
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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata
Overview: Two soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last time, leaving a deep impression on a teacher. Years later, she seeks out the relatives of the pilots when the piano is old and about to be discarded.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-06-12
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Hamon: Yakuza Boogie
Overview: Keisuke Ninomiya (Yu Yokoyama) works as a construction consultant. Through his work, he becomes acquainted with yakuza Yasuhiko Kuwabara (Kuranosuke Sasaki). One day, film producer Koshimizu brings a movie investment proposal to yakuza leader Shimada. Shimada decide to invest in the film and he assigns Yasuhiko Kuwabara to oversee his investment in the film. Film producer Koshimizu though runs away with their investment money. Keisuke and Yasuhiko struggle to get Shimada’s money back from Koshimizu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-28
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Dream of Illumination
Overview: Noboru runs a real-estate agency in a provicial Hokkaido mountain town. He is despised by the locals for his aggressive business practices. His daughter, Nana—a high school senior—bears the brunt of their anger; and yet, she resolves to stay after graduation, even though her father wants her to leave with him for Tokyo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-15
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Recall
Overview: A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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The Chasing World 3
Overview: Set in the year 3000 in New Tokyo where this time round, human beings with blood type B are being targeted.
Genres: Mystery Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-12
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The Chasing World 5
Overview: When good-for-nothing employee Daichi is attending to a backlog of work, a frightening game of tag targeting people with blood type B begins.
Genres: Mystery Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-26
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Lost Serenade
Overview: Kaori (Nori Sato) runs a small piano studio. One of her students is Yuu (Uwa Ishibashi). On the way from a recital, Kaori is sexually assaulted by Yuu's father (Kentaro Furuyama). Kaori later learns Yuu has also been sexually abused by her father. Kaori and Yuu share each other's pain and eventually Kaori decides to fulfill Yuu's wish.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-11
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Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Overview: A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-11
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Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Overview: A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-07
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Paradise of Solitude
Overview: Renowned novelist Yo Tsushima is struggling with a severe creative slump as the deadline for his next serialized work looms. One day, he unexpectedly comes across a letter bearing the words, “Please find my love,” written by a young woman named Ayame Susa. This chance encounter sets the stage for two unlikely lives to intertwine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-06
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Let Him Rest in Peace
Overview: This TV dramatization of Kitakata Kenzo's hard-boiled novel depicts a man who fights a deadly battle with a group of corrupt bosses who control the hot spring town. Sakaguchi, the owner of a long-established inn in a seaside hot spring town, rebels against the Shimoyama Tourism company that dominates the town, and is arrested by the police for a minor assault. One day, Sakaguchi's old best friend Shindo shows up and tells Sakaguchi's son that he will definitely get his father out of the police. (TV film adaptation of the novel, separate from the 1985 Yoichi Sai-directed film)
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-11-03
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Alley Cat
Overview: A depressed ex-boxer (Yosuke Kubozuka) self-medicating for the injuries that ended his career finds a stray cat that brightens his day, but she is snatched up by a comical grungy mechanic (Kenji Furuya). Calling each other by the competing names they gave the cat, Maru and Lily, the odd pair is abruptly sucked into a political conspiracy with Saeko (Yui Ichikawa) and her son at the center. Witnessing another injustice in which the economic and social elite prey on the vulnerable, the two strays set off on the road to redemption, or at least peaceful cat ownership. (Fun fact: in addition to acting together in Alley Cat, Yosuke Kubozuka and Kenji “KJ” Furuya released the single “Soul Ship” in 2017. Kubozuka performs as Manji Line and Furuya in the band Dragon Ash.) -JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-15
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Abarenbo Shogun: The Bride of Edo Castle
Overview: The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-28
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