Nana Okada
Also Known As: Hiroko Yai, 矢井弘子
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: February 12, 1959
Age: 66 years old
Gender: Female
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The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado
Overview: Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji Temple to explore the Sado Gold Mine. They suspect that large amounts of money are being diverted to somewhere else. Yoshibei, a former official secret-head accepts the job and recruits three skilled Karadogumi… Nanikiri, Hayashi, and Kumonryo. In Sado, where the four infiltrate, the magistrate Okubo Hitachi Mamoru who plans to overthrow the shogunate is trying to buy a large number of firearms from Russia.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-05-27
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G.I. Samurai
Overview: A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Genres: Action Science Fiction War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-09-17
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Graffiti Youth: Sneaker Blues
Overview: 3 people are fresh and naive so they try to go from wandering around lonely to becoming a lively young bunch. Tanokin’s youthful energy explodes!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-02-11
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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 2
Overview: Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka. Meanwhile Shogun Yoshimune must face a painful decision whether or not he can finally see his son for the first time.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-02-26
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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3
Overview: The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-07-30
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Highschool Scramble
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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Okinawan Boys
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-09-10
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White Snake Enchantment
Overview: Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangle between a lustful priest, his second wife and his son Masao.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-11-12
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
Overview: The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escapes their clutches. She enlists the aid of eight samurai warriors, possessors of powerful magic crystal, led by Dosetsu (Sonny Chiba!) to help rescue the remaining members of her court and revenge her family. Along the way, they must fight undead warriors, evil spirits, poisonous beauties and a giant centipede.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-12-10
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The Last True Yakuza
Overview: A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-11-16
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Wind Whistle in Field, Demon Sword: Matsudaira Tadateru cutting the world
Overview: Tadateru Matsudaira, the sixth son of Ieyasu Tokugawa, was exiled for not taking part in the attack on Osaka Castle. 10 years before his exile expired, he was attacked in a clandestine Yagyu operation believed to have been ordered by his older brother Hidetada. In order to correct his brother's true intentions, Tadateru broke the law and went all the way from Hida Province, where he was exiled, to Edo Castle. However, the Yagyu do not stop trying to kill Tadateru...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-07-01
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Angel Target
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Danger Point: The Road to Hell
Overview: Killers Ken and Joji undertake the killing of a man named Sakai. He utters some interesting last words before being shot dead, leading Ken and Joji on a trail of death and destruction.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-10-11
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Gensen-Kan Inn
Overview: An anthology film based on the works of manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge. The main character in all four segments is a fledgling cartoonist named Tsube . In the first segment, Tsube encounters a dotty old man named Ri after renting a tumble-down cottage in the country. The following day, Ri, his equally weird wife, and his two squalid children move into his house. Soon the wife is stealing the cucumbers in his garden while the two kids devour all the food in the house.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-07-24
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Villain Field
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-05-29
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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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Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 1
Overview: The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. Part 1 sets up the story and introduces the characters. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-05-15
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Wandering Himeshiro
Overview: Himeshiro is a wandering yakuza, his father was the best doctor in the eight provinces of the Kanto region, and Himeshiro took over the knowledge of medicine from his father. If he encounters a sick person on the way, he uses his right hand, wrapped in a rosary, to give medical attention, while if he sees a bad person, he draws his sword with his left hand and uses it to punish the evildoers. So he travels on the verge of life and death along the Nakasendo highway...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-02-12
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Far Away, So Close
Overview: 27-year-old Sakumi Shimura lost the last 10 years of her memory from a car accident. Sakumi can only remember events up to when she was 17-years-old, but she accepts her fate and tries to stay positive. Nevertheless, Sakumi is bothered by the loss of her memory. She tries to remember with the help of Yoshihiko, who thinks of himself as her boyfriend and her friend from their high school days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-15
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The Book Peddler
Overview: Suzume Akamatsu works at a library in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. She delivers books by riding a bicycle. Through her work, Suzume grows as a person.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-02
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Edogawa Ranpo Series Fascinated Beauty
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-11-01
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Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
Overview: Sequel to "Nomugi Pass"
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-02-06
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Hizoban Higasa no onna
Overview: A shop girl is sold to a military officer as a mistress. She endures his cruelty until she meets an aspiring writer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-01-13
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Edogawa Ranpo's Beauty Series: Beautiful Woman with White Breasts Edogawa Ranpo's "Hell's Clown"
Overview: Kogoro approaches the true face of a bloody clown who attacks beautiful women one after another!
Genres: TV Movie Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-10-03
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Kaibyō Arima goten
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1983.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Yoru no yūwaku-sha hisho-chi no kyōfu kinpatsu bijo o nerau kyūketsu no kiba
Overview: Japanese horror movie from 1982.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-14
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