Takahiro Fujimoto
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Biography: Takahiro Fujimoto (藤本 隆宏, Fujimoto Takahiro, born July 21, 1970) is a Japanese actor and a former swimmer born in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University College of Human Sciences. He is affiliated with Hillstone Enterprise. He was previously a member of the Shiki Theater Company (Gekidan Shiki). As a swimmer, he set a Japanese record in the 200m and 400m individual medley and participated in the Olympic Games for the second time in a row. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, he became the first Japanese finalist in the same category in the 400m individual medley. He joined the Shiki Theater Company and became an actor. After appearing in many stage productions and musicals, he then began working in television dramas. ** Not to be confused with the voice actor of the same name but different writing Takahiro Fujimoto (藤本 たかひろ).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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Yamato

Overview: Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. The film was never released in the United States, where reviewers who have seen it have compared the military epic to "Titanic" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Genres: War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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Murder on the Orient Express

Overview: The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-11
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Neet Neet Neet

Overview: Takashi works at a company, but he is tired of his boring days there and quits. At that time, Renchi, who got involved in a dangerous situation, visits Takashi. Another friend, Kinobu, joins them. They all graduated from the same high school. The three friends take a car and leave for Hokkaido. On the way, Renchi takes Takashi and Kinobu to the place where Renchi promised to meet a girl named Tsukiko. Renchi talked to Tsukiko through an online dating website.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Hit Me Anyone One More Time

Overview: Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda’s subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country. The only people aware that he has lost his memory are his three secretaries.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

Overview: Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-04
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祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―

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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-20
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A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight

Overview: This is a “Movie in a Movie” like no other ever before. Kyoei, a historical film studio in Kyoto (Modeled on Toei), is asked by NHK to make a new samurai era program using the most advanced technology. While the elderly filmmakers at Kyoei are struggling with the high-tech equipment, their skills at creating choreographed sword battles are undiminished. The NHK project will dramatize the Ikedaya incident, which was a raid launched by the Shinsengumi against Imperial loyalists gathered at an inn called Ikedaya in Kyoto during the twilight years of the Tokugawa shogunate. A series of problems occur and the climax they reach after overcoming difficulties is an unprecedented attempt at a 360° one-cut scene involving the world’s most advanced high-speed camera and wire action for a scene where Kondo Isami will fall down the stairs at Ikedaya. Can they succeed in filming the single greatest swordfight scene in samurai movie history?!?
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-23
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Sisam

Overview: A history drama portraying the confrontation between the indigenous Ainu people living on Japan’s northernmost main island—then called “Ezo” and now known as “Hokkaido”—and the “sisam”, the Ainu word for ethnic Japanese.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-13
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YUKIKAZE

Overview: Just 80 years ago, the peaceful sea was a battlefield. Soldiers continued to fight, dreaming of returning home, and their families continued to pray and wait for their safety. What stories were there in each of their lives, and what were they each thinking?
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-08-15
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