Hiroko Isayama
Also Known As: 伊佐山博子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: August 18, 1952
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Kanashiki Tenshi
Overview: The body of a 59-year-old male is found on the banks of a river. The stepson, Kazuo, confesses to his involvement but also implicates his estranged sister Nami. Two detectives, Okishima Keisuke and Kono Kaoru, then travel to the resort district of Beppu to stake out the house of Nami's ex-lover. They feel he may also be implicated in the murder and are certain that Nami will make contact. The detectives now wait.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-27
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Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Overview: Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good... much to the upset of the crime syndicates.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-02
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Turning Point
Overview: A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-18
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Overview: After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and disobedient prisoners.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-12-30
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Woods Are Wet
Overview: Sachiko has just committed a crime. She is helped by a couple to whom she grants her confidence. Quickly this couple blackmails her and threatens to deliver her to the police. Sachiko has no other choice but to obey them.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-05-23
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Kazoku Cinema
Overview: A savage look at food and sex, helms this black comedy about Japan's sizable and often beleaguered Korean-Japanese community. Motomi Hayashi (Eri Yu), a producer who is thoroughly dedicated to her career, returns to her abode to discover that her porn star sister (Ichio Matsuda) is going to make a film about her family's first reunion in 20 years. Motomi is less than thrilled with the prospect, seeing as all is not well at the Hayashi household. Motomi's father recently got canned from his longtime job at a Pachinko parlor, while her mother secretly plans to mortgage the house to finance her affair with a younger lover. Motomi grows more uneasy when she learns that the porn director in charge of the undertaking is known for mixing fact with fantasy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1998-11-28
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The Fighting Rascal
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-02-24
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Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
Overview: The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-10-10
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The Yakuza Principal 2
Overview: After successfully saving his newly acquired daycare center, “Little Chicks Family”, Junji is met with yet another issue. A member of the rival yakuza family, the Yashiki, begins to work in the shadows against him. Will Junji be able to foil Yashiki's plot to overthrow the Okawa Family, all while taking care of four kids?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-21
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Ichijo's Wet Lust
Overview: Ichijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She is awaiting her day in court after having been arrested for indecency at her farewell performance. While she was active, she was both the rival and the model for many young strippers. Harumi was one of them. Ichijo Sayuri was the real-life queen of Osaka strippers who was arrested on her final performance.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-10-07
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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Overview: A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
Genres: Drama Horror Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-05-31
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Ronin-gai
Overview: Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-08-18
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Yes, I Can't Swim
Overview: Yuji Takanashi is a university philosophy professor who can't swim. Making awkward justifications to himself about the relationship between water and people, still he decides on the spur of the moment to enroll in a swimming class. There he encounters the teacher Shizuka Usuhara, who ignores his last-minute hesitation and enrolls him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-06-10
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Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend EPISODE I
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-30
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Hell Riders in Kyoto
Overview: The rich punk Junya has only one thing in mind: to race with the police on his motorcycle. That makes him unpopular, not only with the police, even with his Bosozoku buddies, who slowly but surely distance themselves from him. Junya falls in love with the equally speed-hungry Hiroko.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-04-28
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Sex Hunter: Wet Target
Overview: While rotting away in jail, Okamoto learns of the death of his beloved sister, Natsuko. Violently assaulted by a group of U.S. military men during a drunken joyride, she was found dead by local authorities. Haunted by the tragedy, Okamoto escapes from jail to hunt down and kill those who destroyed the life of his sister. What he uncovers during his investigation is much more horrifying than he could ever imagine...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-11-29
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That's Roman Porno: Smile of Goddesses
Overview: A documentary compilation that shows various clips from the Roman Porno series of movies from 1971 to 1988.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-06-11
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The Great Passage
Overview: Majime, an eccentric man in publishing company, who has unique ability of words, joins the team that will compile a new dictionary, The Great Passage. In the eclectic team, he becomes immersed in the world of dictionaries. But the team is overwhelmed with problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-13
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Battle Cry
Overview: During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, leads to complications that could cost Sentaro his life as they infiltrate enemy lines.
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-03-14
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At This Late Date, the Charleston
Overview: A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-12-19
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Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Overview: Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested in cheating the government out of money than reformation. Each having their own reasons for escaping, they go their separate ways. With the help of a young mechanic, who's also on the lam, Ruriko tries to realize her dream of leaving the island of Japan behind. But the authorities are always one step behind her...
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-05-24
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Delicate Skillful Fingers
Overview: A girl falls for a pickpocketer who gets arrested, so she hooks up with his ex-girlfriend and his ex-cellmate.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-06-07
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The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Overview: Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls' bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction worker. Young and grown-up at the same time, they both lead a lonely existence, but somehow their paths keep miraculously crossing under the Tokyo sky.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-02-13
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The Light Shines Only There
Overview: A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-16
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Sayonara Color
Overview: Shohei works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to recognize Michiko, his first love from high school. Shohei has been leading a dissolute bachelor life, paying for the company of high school girls and dating an older woman who works in a local bar, but in reality, for the last twenty years, he has not forgotten Michiko. Unfortunately though, Michiko doesn't remember him at all. Shohei becomes more and more persistent in his attempts to get her to recall their past. At first she is annoyed by his overtures, but gradually warms to the doctor. Under Shohei's kind and patient care, Michiko's condition improves and her cancer becomes operable. The operation is a success, but now Shohei himself learns that he has terminal cancer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-13
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Dynamite Don-Don
Overview: Yakuza Gang War is at the height in North Kyūshū Area in the summer of 1950, particularly between the Okagen Group and the rising Hashiden Gang. Now with the mediation/interference of the Americans, they decide to settle it in a peaceful, *democratic* way, that is, to settle it with a baseball game. Now, with its money and power, The Hashiden group soon recruits a group of gamblers known to be good at baseball from the whole country. So, what is the Okagen Gumi gonna do?
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-10-07
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Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Overview: About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business. Instead he supports himself by arranging cockfights. He becomes ex-geisha Okinu's patron and lover, and falls directly into disfavor with the yakuza.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1974-04-24
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Mogura
Overview: Mogura, a shut-in former musician, falls in love with a young cellist after seeing her photo in a magazine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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Rockers
Overview: Guitarist Ko-chan is a mess of sexual repression after a childhood at the mercy of two elder sisters eager to use him as a guinea pig for their make-up skills. Bassist Gaku-chan keeps a bucket in the wings for whenever his nerves get the better of him, and drummer Momo-chan is doomed to forever carrying the botched childhood attempts at self-tattooing. It's not until this foursome is forced to look for an additional guitar player after Jin's dad burns his Stratocaster, that attitude and musical ability enter into the equation. Leather-clad, shade-wearing Tani (Tamaki), inseparable from his black Les Paul, is introduced as the king of R'n'R cool and Jinnai keeps him firmly seated on his throne throughout the film, retroactively proclaiming the guitarist, rather than himself, as the band's true hero.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-27
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Pickpocket
Overview: Kaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter, Rei: She lets herself be groped while Kaido relieves the groper of his wallet. More often than not they're observed by a middle-aged cop, who generally lets Kaido go free. Rei is unsettled when Kaido takes on a young street punk, Kazuki, as an apprentice -- with instructions to make Kaido stop drinking. Kazuki, however, would like to go into business with Rei.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-03
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Disconcerto
Overview: Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
Overview: Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-15
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GACHI-BAN
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-19
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Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Yon Ya
Overview: Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not normal here. The landlord warns Aimi and her father of the curfew. First, all residents must cross the rope in front of the property by midnight. Second, no one can move out until a new tenant arrives. Those brave enough to break the rules are unmercifully killed by a mysterious force.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-14
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Teacher Deer
Overview: Mejika, reputed for her iron discipline, is hired as a biology teacher at a renowned high school. But her provocative attitude starts to worry the school's administration as she reveals vice and corruption that are running rampant in the school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-03-18
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北の国から 記憶 前編
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-23
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Sweet Scent of Eros
Overview: Yukie, Koichi and Akira are rogues looking for a place to crash. They move into a house which Etsuko (Kaori Momoi) inherited from her parents. Soon after getting settled, the hippies slip into a communal lifestyle. They eat, have sex, and generally share everything together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1973-03-24
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Boxer
Overview: In the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets himself get knocked, quits boxing, leaving his wife and start living alone with his mangy dog. One day a young mediocre boxer knocks at the door and wants to be Hayato's apprentice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-01
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Junji Inagawa's the Story of Terror II
Overview: Second "The Story of Terror" film by Junji Inagawa.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-25
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Young Thugs: Kaoru-chan's Strongest Legend Banchou Soccer
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-23
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The Longest Tunnel
Overview: After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-16
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Women’s Secrets Behind Bars
Overview: After being falsely charged with murdering her husband, Nao is sent to a prison for women where her fellow inmates try to help her escape.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-08-28
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The Girl from the Darkness
Overview: A popular author becomes concerned when she learns of the unusual behavior of a man's eight-year-old daughter before her marriage to a used bookstore owner.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-11
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Route29
Overview: Adapted from a book of poems by poet Taichi Nakao, the film is a road story set in beautiful nature and tranquil landscapes about a lonely janitor who doesn't communicate well and Haru, a teenage girl who is different, who travels on Route 29, which connects Hyogo-Himeji City to Tottori City, and through their encounters with marvelous people, they gain a richness of feelings, strengthen their bonds, and become fulfilled in their hearts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-08
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Silence
Overview: In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-23
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Manon
Overview: A story about a woman who is a research student of a theater company and the three men who are at the mercy of her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-09-26
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Case of the Disjointed Murder
Overview: In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-14
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Kaito Ruby
Overview: Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is a self-proclaimed master thief, but she needs socially awkward Toru's help to actually kickstart her so-called career.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-12
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New - No Longer Human
Overview: Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title) and goes down the stairs to self-destruction step by step.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-09-02
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The Perennial Weed
Overview: A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1975-06-07
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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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Manhunt
Overview: A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-02-11
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The Life of Chikuzan
Overview: A 1977 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindo based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-03-17
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Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-12-25
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Helpless
Overview: Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before setting out for the dangerous trip, Yasuo asks Kenji to take care of his mentally challenged sister, Yuri, and a mysterious black bag.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-27
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Ah! That Pep Squad
Overview: Life in the pep squad is all about harsh discipline. Seniors are "Gods", juniors are "Humans", sophomores are "Slaves" and freshmen are treated like "Trash". One sunny day, two freshmen are entrusted with the task to dry out the squadron's flag; the most cherished and symbolic item of the squad. When they accidentally burn a hole in the flag with a cigarette, they blame Aota. Aota attempts to take full responsibility by committing "harakiri", but changes his mind during the process – a deep stab to the stomach has inspired him with a better idea.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-08-21
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The Man with Two Hearts
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-11
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GACHI-BAN II
Overview: Takumi, the former boss of the Black Black Black Skull Gang, is about to graduate and he chooses Taiga as his successor. During the handover, a transfer student named Monji tries to usurp the throne of the Black Skull Gang.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-26
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Inamura Jane
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-08
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Mitabi no kaikyô
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-11
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Bakayarō! 4 You!
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-09-14
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Happy People
Overview: Japanese anthology follows the depressing lives of several people just trying to keep going in a nihilistic world. Movie version of Kosuke Suzuki‘s previous SOV movie by the same title.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-27
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FM89.3MHz
Overview: Okawa Family’s yakuza, Junji, is released from prison, and is told to take over a local radio station by his boss. Junji tries to explain that it is not a yakuza’s job to talk on the radio, but no one listens to him. He reluctantly goes to the radio building, and is met by a young, upbeat girl broadcasting a talk show and playing pop music. Will this seasoned gangster really fit in on such a show?
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-27
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Dots and Lines
Overview: Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-24
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The Yakuza Principal
Overview: Junji, the protagonist of FM89.3MHz, must become the principal of a nursery school in Kabukicho after the death of Okawa Clan's boss.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-01
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All the Things We Never Said
Overview: Atsuhisa Yamada is an ordinary man, with a wife and a 5-year-old daughter. He is close to his childhood friend Takeda. One day, Atsuhisa Yamada leaves his office during work hours and goes back home early. There, he witnesses his wife and an unknown man having sex, but Atsuhisa Yamada is unable to express his feelings like anger, frustration, and depression. His relationship with his wife and his friend Takeda becomes distorted.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-03
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Birdcage of Horrors
Overview: A murder mystery told in one-minute clips — one for each day of the year — filmed specifically for the SEGA Dreamcast console. It tells the story of Nao Tsunoda, a 16-year-old schoolgirl who moves to Tokyo’s Grauenheim apartment complex. One day, Nao’s life turns into a nightmare when she suddenly discovers the headless corpse of her neighbor on the roof of the house — and a chain of brutal murders continues, becoming clear that a psychopath is hunting the apartment building's inhabitants.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-01
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Virgin Story
Overview: Kotaru's Life is turned upside down when his favorite AV actress moves in next door.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-05-05
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Apartment Wife: Serial Murders
Overview: Murders of housewives occur one after another in a suburban apartment complex. All of the victims have had an intimate relationship with a certain man, and behind him lies a woman with a past...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-02-28
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