Asumi Miwa
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Biography: Asumi Miwa (三輪 明日美, Miwa Asumi, born 12 March 1982) is a Japanese actress from Yokohama, Japan.[1] She is the younger sister of actress Hitomi Miwa.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: March 12, 1982
Age: 43 years old
Gender: Female
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Voyeurs, Inc. - Wiretapping
Overview: An erotic mystery based on Hideo Yamamoto's comic of the same title, directed by Takeshi Yokoi Yokoi. A mysterious man eavesdrops on an affair between a teacher and a student at a prep school and harasses him. The teacher asks a member of "Voyeurs, Inc." to investigate.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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15 Second Cinderellas
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-22
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Uzumaki
Overview: The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.
Genres: Mystery Fantasy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Appleseed
Overview: In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?
Genres: Animation Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-17
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Rock'n'Roll Mishin
Overview: A bored salaryman quits his mundane job to help an old friend start an indie clothing label.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-09-28
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Ping Pong
Overview: As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-20
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Farewell, Kuro
Overview: Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-01
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The Great Yokai War
Overview: A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-06
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Rough KNIGHT 3
Overview: The third film in the 'Rough Knight' series
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-08
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Jovi Jova in Trapper - The Golden Six
Overview: An original video yakuza comedy starring Japanese theatre troupe Jovi Jova.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-25
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Disgusting guy. Bitch!
Overview: A Novel horror that makes full use of the latest digital technology.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-12
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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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FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
Overview: Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-01
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Making-of１７才
Overview: Behind-the-scenes footage of Houka Kinoshita's film １７才 (Age 17).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-23
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Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
Overview: With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-06
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The Man Behind the Scissors
Overview: The Man Behind the Scissors centers around two serial killers: mastermind Yasunaga and helper Chinatsu. The two risk being found out when the police question them as witnesses to a gruesome murder they themselves may have committed. A quirky and perplexing police thriller centered around two murderers who thrive on slicing up schoolgirls. Calculated serial psycho Yasunaga (Tokokawa) and Chinatsu (Aso), his sweet female sidekick, find themselves being questioned as witnesses to a murder when their next potential victim turns up dead...with their M.O.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-19
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ENTICE
Overview: A promotional video shot in Australia introducing actresses Asumi and Hitomi Miwa.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-06
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Making-of Demon Hunting
Overview: Behind-the-scenes footage of Satoshi Torao's film Demon Hunting.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Seventh Anniversary
Overview: Each time Lulu is heartbroken small stones come out of her body. The doctor tells Lulu they are kidney stones. She collects them in memoriam of love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-22
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Hatsukoi Kokuhaku-bu
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-01-12
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Nemuriba
Overview: Mika (Marie Ono), a Japanese-American woman, returns to her native Saitama hometown and becomes a therapist for a "nemuriba" ("a place to sleep").
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-23
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Boogiepop and Others
Overview: The story takes place in an unnamed Japanese city, and follows five students at Shinyo Academy as they try to piece together the puzzle of a new drug and recent disappearances among the student populace. While the teachers believe them to only be runaways, the female students whisper among themselves about the urban legend Boogiepop, who is said to be a Shinigami.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-11
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Love Ghost
Overview: Teenager Midori's family moves back to the city where she lived as a child and is relieved to discover that her old friend Ryusuke still lives there. Her terrifying nightmares begin intersecting with her everyday life. Do her nightly dreams about an anonymous fortune-teller have anything to do with the tragedies plaguing her high school?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-24
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Age 17
Overview: Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-21
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Colors
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-15
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Death of Domomata
Overview: There are no heroines, there are no heroes. The six girls in this film are victims of their own excess and lack of worth. The film is set in a Drug Rehabilitation Centre. The girls are rehearsing the play 'Death of Domomata' for the annual Christmas Eve recital. On the morning before the recital, Tobe, who plays the leading role, dies suddenly. How do the girls left behind manage to go on with the show and how do they cope with Tobe's death?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Making-of man-hole
Overview: Behind-the-scenes footage of Takayuki Suzui’s film man-hole.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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DOUBLE PLATINUM
Overview: Image video for Asumi and Hitomi Miwa's second photo book "Double PLATINUM".
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The Figure Shade Dolls
Overview: In the near future, there are sex androids which are called FISH and give people physical and spiritual satisfaction. Takako, who is an illegal dealer of FISH, never believes in people and love because he was deeply hurt by his parents' suicide. One day, he found a FISH whose name is Sora. She has got a good figure and special ability. So, he thought she would be very valuable. As he stayed with her and felt her pure soul, he became to be healed. And her kiss released him from repression. On the way to an auction house, they overheard that an organization is looking for Sora.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-18
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Tales Of Terror From Tokyo And All Over Japan Volume 1
Overview: "Shin Mimibukuro," which has greatly influenced numerous Japanese horror works such as "Ring" and "Ju-on," is finally being fully adapted into a complete visual format for the first time. The directors include Takashi Shimizu of "Ju-on," Hideo Nakata of "Ring 0," actor Shiro Sano, and Akio Yoshida, the veteran of TBS dramas such as "Kamaitachi no Yoru," all of whom are distinguished talents in the horror world. The cast is also spectacular, featuring a diverse array of talents such as Rina Uchiyama, Kaoru Okunuki, Nao Omori, Mako Ishino, Hitomi Miwa, Riko Kurita, Nobuto Okamoto, and Ikkei Watanabe.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-03
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Voyeurs, Inc. - Enjo Kousai
Overview: Based on the popular comic series by Hideo Yamamoto serialized in Weekly Young Sunday. Stars Asumi Miwa (Love & Pop). The film depicts a "peeping tom" who uncovers people's darker sides by following them and eavesdropping on their conversations.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-25
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Glowing, Growing
Overview: Glowing, Growing is a unique little movie produced entirely by film students in which two young outsiders join a mass suicide group in an attempt to gain freedom. Along the way they both re-discover the positive aspects of life, giving them the opportunity to weigh the pros and cons of choosing to live or die
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-11
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Saiaku
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Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-30
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Demon Hunting
Overview: Demon Hunting is a Japanese made-for-television horror movie. It originally aired as the second episode of Series Kyōfu Yawa in 2003. Nozomi Ando stars as Michiru, a teenager who makes a pact with a demon to kill the rival classmate who's dating the teacher she is in love with herself, Mr. Kamata (Hideo Sakaki). While she's at it, she also asks to see the world destroyed. Her memory of this pact is erased and eventually her wishes begin to come true...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-25
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Survive Style 5+
Overview: Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-25
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Ju-on: The Curse
Overview: When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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man-hole
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-03
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Shadow of the Wraith
Overview: Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-06-23
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Document Love & Pop
Overview: Two shorts about the making of Hideaki Anno's movie "Love & Pop", one from the perspective of a bumbling assistant, and one from the perspective of a AV director filming a documentary about Anno but narrated by a worker from a bread factory
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-11-27
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Love Song
Overview: In 1985 Hokkaido, Akiko gets close to a record store clerk after he lends her his copy of a Yutaka Ozaki album.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-04-28
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Tokyo Marigold
Overview: Eriko – lonely, aimless and self-absorbed – falls for Tamura. Despite knowing that he is waiting for his girlfriend to return from overseas, she requests to enter into a relationship with him for just one year.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-05-12
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Ano Subarashii Ai Wo Mou Ichido
Overview: "Ano Subarashii Ai Wo Mou Ichido" was used as the theme song for Hideaki Anno's 1998 live-action debut film "Love & Pop". The version in the film was performed by its lead actress Asumi Miwa. Anno traveled far away from the hectic Tokyo metropolis with his cast to shoot almost idol-like sunny beach footage for the music video and film advertisements.
Genres: Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-18
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