Ryoko Tateishi
Also Known As: 立石涼子
Biography: Ryoko Tateishi was a Japanese stage, movie and television actress. She was from Nagasaki, the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture. She appeared in many theatrical works directed by Yukio Ninagawa.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nagasaki, Japan
Birthday: December 04, 1951
Deathday: August 02, 2020
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Gender: Female
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Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Overview: Fujieda Baian is admired during the day as a skilled acupuncturist. However, at night, he is a highly skilled assassin, taking on contracts to quietly eliminate those whose existence is deemed toxic to society. Baian's latest target, assigned by his boss Otowa, is Shirakoya Kikuemon, the head of a powerful organization in Osaka. In the past, Baian had been indebted to Shirakoya, but due to a conflict involving the swordsman Kosugi Jūgorō, their relationship has turned adversarial. After his lover is abducted, Shirakoya storms into Edo. With his life now targeted, Baian resolves to confront Shirakoya in a desperate final showdown.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-06
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Our Teacher
Overview: Japanese film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-08-24
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Scary Fairy Tales: Cinderella
Overview: This is a horror story for adults with a modern twist on Grimm's fairy tales, bringing out the brutality and bizarre nature of the story.
Genres: Horror Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-08-27
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Defeat the Devil!
Overview: A one part drama/made for TV movie starring Rie Miyazawa
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-06
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The Flag, Class A, Grade 4.
Overview: When teacher Kimura is assigned to Yuko’s Class A, 4th Grade, the children are very happy. But they are surprised to hear from her that she is expecting a baby in October. The children have learned many things. They have been brought closer together among themselves and they have gained a closer relationship with their parents. Above all, they have learned about some of the important things in life as they advance toward the still unknown realm of adulthood.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-11-14
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Almost Coming, Almost Dying
Overview: To reward himself for his new teaching gig in Sapporo, 29-year-old Manabu decides to celebrate New Year's Eve with a little treat at a local sex club. On the verge of... climaxing, he's struck by a brain hemorrhage and ends up buck naked at the hospital surrounded by his worried family who want to know how this happened.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-23
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Choji Snack Bar
Overview: Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-11-12
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Anthropologist Kumiko Misaki Murder Exam 6
Overview: Restaurant owner Kenji Nagata has been stabbed to death. When the police begin an investigation, a bag of human bones is discovered in Nagata's car and Detective Kajikawa asks anthropologist Kumiko Misaki to perform an examination. She discovers that the deceased was a man in his mid-twenties and that he died more than 15 years ago. Meanwhile, suspicion for Nagata's murder falls on his apprentice chef Ryohei Miyamura due to the murder weapon being a kitchen knife. Afterwards, Miyamura breaks into Kumiko's lab, but manages to escape...
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-11
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After the Storm
Overview: Ryota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as a private detective. He is divorced from his ex-wife Kyoko and he has an 11-year-old son Shingo. His mother Yoshiko lives alone at her apartment. One day, Ryota, his ex-wife Kyoko, and son Shingo gather at Yoshiko's apartment. A typhoon passes and the family must stay there all night long.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-21
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Fighting Against The Incurable Disease Aplastic Anemia – Now You Are In The Light
Overview: Film distributed by ATG.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-28
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Lanterns on Blue Waters
Overview: The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-11-15
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Tora-san Plays Cupid
Overview: Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-12-24
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Leaving on the 15th Spring
Overview: Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father Toshiharu. Her mother Akemi moved to Naha when her older sister entered high school, and Yuna is worried about her father's life after she leaves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-25
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Sand Chronicles
Overview: A young girl named Ann moves with her mother to her mother's hometown after her parents go through a divorce. There, Ann meets her first love Daigo Kitamura. Daigo helps her get used to life in the country. Ann even gets through her mother's suicide.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-04-26
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