Yoshinori Miyata
Also Known As: 宮田佳典
Biography: Yoshinori Miyata is known for Drive My Car (2021), Shin Ultraman (2022) and Strangers (2024).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Birthday: September 22, 1986
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Dumping Ground
Overview: Jun is being picked on at school. He visits his brother who lives apart from the family and begins to learn boxing. Jun becomes stronger, but he still can't stand up for himself. His brother finally decides to do something.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-16
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Two of Us
Overview: Sano and Miyata, two childhood friends, are on a trip together in a resort hotel facing the Pacific Ocean. Miyata is devoted to conspiracy theories and he tries to get Sano to believe this idea. But Sano doesn't believe it, and they fight. As Miyata's phone keeps ringing all day, Sano loses patience and takes the call. It was a phone call from Miyata's father, who was saying unintelligible things, probably from dementia. Sano hangs up the phone in confusion and tries to go home with Miyata.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-22
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Evil Does Not Exist
Overview: Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-12-06
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Drive My Car
Overview: Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-18
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The Cactus in the Bed
Overview: In his mid-thirties, YANAGIDA Yoshinori aspires to be a movie actor but suffers from want of opportunity, working mostly as a stand-in for other professional actors in TV commercials. After a chat over drinks with a successful colleague, he decides to address his mid-career crisis by auditioning for a role in a student movie. Will he survive the student director’s endless script revisions and eccentricities, and persevere in this perilous path towards movie stardom? This tragicomedy of an actor’s life with a metafictional ending celebrates every filmmaker’s relentless dedication to cinema.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-17
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Super Happy Forever
Overview: Accompanied by his friend Miyata, Sano returns to Izu, a seaside resort in Japan where five years before he fell in love with his wife Nagi.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-27
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The Horny Taxi
Overview: Taneno, an elite police officer who became obsessed with righteousness, attacks his wife, Mitsuko, with a goya (bitter melon) for pleasuring herself with it. As he leaves prison after serving his sentence, he accidentally boards a taxi offering illegal prostitution services. On board, he meets Omitsu, a woman who looks just like Mitsuko. His presence in the car sends her away from the taxi. The driver holds Taneno responsible and forces him to serve his taxi. Back in the force, Onari, a lazy cop, and Asadachi, a new recruit, begin their investigation on a suspicious taxi.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-31
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Welcome Back
Overview: Teru is a boxer and rookie of the year contender. Ben has had an excellent memory since birth but struggles to communicate with others. The two of them grew up like brothers in the same housing complex. Ben is happy simply imitating Teru because to Ben, Teru is a hero. However, Teru loses to Kitazawa in the deciding match for the title of rookie of the year, and then pretends as if nothing has happened and drowns himself in partying.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-10-11
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Strangers
Overview: A disillusioned office worker finds freedom and a new sense of self after assuming her missing colleague's identity on a dating app, only to find it comes at the cost of much more.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-02
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And Then How He Told the Horse Mackerel
Overview: Hanaoka loves Mirei, his classmate at a culinary school he attends, but expressing that feeling in words is hard to do. When the two are given an assignment to make Horse Mackerel Nanbanzuke, an offbeat love adventure ensues as Hanaoka is blindfolded by Mirei and led across town on a search for ingredients and, hopefully, understanding and connection.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-03-14
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