Akihiro Miwa
Also Known As: Akihiro Maruyama, 丸山明宏
Biography: Akihiro Maruyama (born May 15, 1935), better known by his stage name Akihiro Miwa, is a Japanese singer, actor, author and drag queen. As an actor he is known for voicing characters in Hayao Miyazaki films Princess Mononoke (1997) and Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: May 15, 1935
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Gender: Male
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Princess Mononoke
Overview: Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-12
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The Hunchback of Aomori
Overview: This is Shuji Terayama memorial performance of The Hunchback of Aomori from 1983 (featuring Akihiro Miwa). Terayama gathered dwarfs, circus freaks, itinerant magicians, acrobats and untrained youth for his burgeoning troupe, Tenjo Sajiki. The troupe's premiere offering, written and directed by Terayama, was Aomori-ken no Semushi Otoko (The Hunchback of Aomori, 1967).
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Black Lizard
Overview: A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1968-08-14
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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Overview: An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense familial dysfunction, psychosexual alienation, and existentialist malaise.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1971-04-24
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Woman Unveiled
Overview: Story of a family torn apart when Teiji (Mori), the father, develops intimate feelings for a runaway (Kuga) the family has taken into their home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-15
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Black Rose Mansion
Overview: When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei's son falls victim to the femme fatale's unique charm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1969-07-30
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The Japanese Belly Button
Overview: Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-15
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Ai no Noutan
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-01-28
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Harmagedon
Overview: From the depths of space he is coming... Ancient beyond understanding, his power is immeasurable. He has destroyed half the universe and is on his way here. He is… Genma. Only two people are aware of the imminent catastrophe: Princess Luna, a modern day prophetess and Vega, a cybernetic crusader from a world long since ravaged by Genma. Determined to spare the Earth from a similar fate, Luna and Vega must try to mobilize the most potent psychics in the world. Together, this army of fledging psychic warriors must succeed where billions have tried... and failed. But will they be able to gather their champions in time? Genma’s agents are already on Earth to ensure that their master meets with no opposition!
Genres: Horror Action Animation Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-03-12
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Takeshis'
Overview: Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, who, still an unknown actor, is waiting for his big break. After their paths cross, Kitano seems to begin hallucinating about becoming Beat.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-02
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Miwa: A Japanese Icon
Overview: A legendary entertainer and a pioneer of gay activism, Miwa was born Akihiro Maruyama. As a young singer, Miwa popularized androgyny as a fashion statement, fusing the masculine and the feminine into a signal of a new generation of aesthetics. This evolved into performing as a woman and living off-stage as a man. With glitter, wit, evening gowns, and enchanting storytelling, Miwa looks back over a 50-year career and a fascinating life in music, film, and television.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-08-31
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Invitation to the Enchanted Town
Overview: Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1961-02-08
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The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Overview: Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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Warm Current
Overview: The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1957-12-01
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The Three Ginza Rascals
Overview: Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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The Strange Case of Yukio Mishima
Overview: A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-03
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Toy Reanimator
Overview: Set in a toy store specialized in antique toys, a boy works in the toy store and is obsessed with tin toys. There's one particular tin toy he loves more than the rest. In walks a girl wearing shades, and starts telling her own story, a weird and fascinating experience she had with a toy.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Maria of the Ant Village
Overview: Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-12-07
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City of Love
Overview: Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1958-01-21
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Howl's Moving Castle
Overview: Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-09-09
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Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
Overview: When the creator of the world, Arceus, comes to pass judgement on humanity for the theft of the legendary Jewel of Life, Ash and his friends are sent back in time to possibly reverse the events that led to Arceus' vendetta.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-18
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Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
Overview: 16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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La Marie-vison
Overview: "La Marie-Vison" tells the perversely fascinating tale of Marie, a transvestite prostitute who lives in elegant squalor with her dedicated servant. Every day, for eighteen years, Marie releases an exotic butterfly into the open fields of the living room. Every day for eighteen years the beautiful boy, imprisoned in her den, catches and kills it. The beautiful boy is tempted with visions of the outside world, free from the wiles of wicked Marie, but maybe the boy wasn't made for the outside world. Maybe none of us were.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Brutal battle
Overview: The president of the Hong Kong Almond Cola company, Liu's grandfather, signed a purchase and sale agreement with Showa Nakajima from Japan, and shortly before leaving for Japan, someone attacked him. Before he died, before he lost consciousness, he transferred all the rights to the company to his close confidant Murota and told him to transfer them to his daughter, whom he left in Japan 20 years ago. Murota, who inherited Liu's will, went to Japan. However, the gang of James Howe, the head of the Hong Kong trading world, was waiting for him, seeking to obtain the rights to Almond Cola…
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1959-09-13
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