Tetsuya Takeda
Also Known As: たけだ てつや
Biography: Tetsuya Takeda is a Japanese folk singer and actor, perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's (TBS) long-running, highly rated television drama Kinpachi-sensei (San-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei). The program, targeted at junior high and high school-aged adolescents, ran on TBS with Takeda at various times from 1979 until 2011.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Birthday: November 04, 1949
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Gender: Male
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Strawberry Night
Overview: Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-13
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The Yellow Handkerchief
Overview: The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-09-30
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Godzilla 1985
Overview: Originally released in Japan as "The Return of Godzilla" in 1984, this is the heavily re-edited, re-titled "Godzilla 1985". Adding in new footage of Raymond Burr, this 16th Godzilla film ignores all previous sequels and serves as a direct follow-up to the 1956 "Godzilla King of the Monsters", which also featured scenes with Burr edited into 1954's "Godzilla". This film restores the darker tone of the original, as we witness the nuclear destruction of giant lizard terrorizing Japan.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-26
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Torarete Tamaruka!?
Overview: 1994 feature film. An everyday man is pushed to extreme lengths to protect his family from the shenanigans of a thief who continues to invade their home.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-04
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Youth Bakachin Cooking School
Overview: Hitomi Kogure, has decided to drop out of high school. Deciding to tell her e-mail penpal "Ayumi-chan", her online friend reveals she is joining a cooking class. In order to meet her friend, Hitomi decides to join as well. What happens when she realizes "Ayumi-chan" is not who Hitomi had in mind?
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-13
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Station
Overview: A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-11-07
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Tang
Overview: Ken Kasugai has been deserted by his wife, because he was absorbed in a game. One day, missing child robot Tang appears in front of him.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-08-11
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It's All Right, My Friend
Overview: An alien with super powers fallen from the sky is befriended by some people who help him stop an evil group out to get him.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-15
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Children on the Island
Overview: The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-07-11
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Our Symphony
Overview: One summer day, Tokujiro, who works at an ironworks in the industrial area of Kawasaki, joins a choir group in order to seduce the girls who have come to Kawasaki to sing Beethoven's Ninth . Aiming for the performance in December, Tokujiro undergoes several setbacks through rigorous training and training camps, but before he knows it, he and his troupe members are working hard to make the performance a success.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-03-03
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Strawberry Night
Overview: Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case ...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-25
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The Green City
Overview: Hot-selling artist Sosuke Natsume suddenly declares filmmaking on the final day of his concert. Although the staff at his music agency are panicking because of his sudden declaration, Natsume keeps preparing for it with the help of his old friend, cameraman Tamura. The film production finally starts after the staff agreed to his declaration. However, many obstacles, such as the severe public eyes on "cross-industry filmmakers," stand one after another in front of him...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-31
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I Want to Be a Shellfish
Overview: 1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-22
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Hero Interview
Overview: Kasumi Sawaki (Honami Suzuki) works for a top-ranked newspaper publishing company as a capable economic reporter. Speaking six languages fluently, she vigorously performs research and interviews. Her fiance, Ishii (Shingo Tsurumi) is an elite in the same company. Although her work and love seem to go very well, she is suddenly relegated to the minor Sports Department which is full of strange colleagues.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-09-03
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Birthday Present
Overview: Japanese film directed by Michio Mitsuno.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-28
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Europe Express
Overview: The film is set in Europe and depicts the love between a Japanese photographer and a princess from one of the European countries.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-01-14
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Stage-Struck Tora-san
Overview: Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-08-05
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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Overview: In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo under the watchful eye of the zookeeper Shota Tanabe. Around the same time, Shota's wife, Setsuko, also gave birth to a son. Hanako, the baby elephant, grows up while deepening her bonds with elementary school students who love zoos. However, as Japan enters the Pacific War, the military orders the animals in the zoos of five major cities to be killed.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-07-26
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Ore to aitsu no monogatari
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-08-08
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Ekisutora
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-08-07
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The Tragedy of W
Overview: The lakeside at Lake Yamanaka is covered with snow. In the vacation house in such a quiet area owned by the chairman of Watsuji Seiyaku, one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Japan, the tragedy suddenly breaks out. ”I have killed my granduncle!!” says Mako, who is loved by everybody in the Watsuji family. She has stabbed her granduncle, Yohei, to death. Soon after the domestic homicide, the entire family joining together in an attempt to make it look like a crime committed by somebody outside the family, begins to engage in imitative deception...
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-11
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Pro Golfer Oribe 2: Par is Fine
Overview: The second film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-05-14
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Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 3: Fly Birdie
Overview: The third film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-15
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Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 4: Shank Shank Shank
Overview: The fourth film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-02-15
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Pro Golfer Kinjiro Oribe 5: Beloved Lost Ball
Overview: The f ifth film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-02-14
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Furiko
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Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-28
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation
Overview: Izumi Hoshi is senior in high school, but she led a small yakuza group in her past. After killing her uncle's murderer with a machine gun, her yakuza group disbanded. Izumi now lives an ordinary life as a high school student and works as a manager at a cafe. A dangerous situation soon awaits for Izumi.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-05
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Shining Boy and Little Randy
Overview: Tetsumu, an introverted youth, realizes he has a natural ability of communicating with elephants. This prompts him to leave for Chiang Mai in Thailand to become Japan's first elephant trainer. Having found his place in the world, Tetsumu develops into a strong, confident young man. He returns to Japan with the dream of building a green "paradise" for his ivory-tusked friends. Meanwhile, he starts a career as an elephant trainer for touring shows. He meets Emi, a woman seven years his senior and falls in love.
Genres: Romance Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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The Return of Godzilla
Overview: After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-12-15
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Say Yes
Overview: Huang Da is a down on his luck ordinary guy who has desperate for love and tries to propose to a beautiful young cellist. His attempts to propose are complicated by a rich, charming and handsome rival who is determined to win the girl’s hand at all costs. Can Huang Da with his heart of gold triumph in love over a man who has everything he does not?
Genres: Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-02-11
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A Distant Cry from Spring
Overview: The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-03-15
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The Long Way 'Round
Overview: 1980 Japanese film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-08-02
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The Partner
Overview: A story about the special friendship between Phan Boi Chau and Japanese doctor Asaba Sakitaro, which began 100 years ago when Chau went to Japan to seek support for Vietnam’s national independence movement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-29
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Hanagatami
Overview: Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-12-16
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Don't Lose Heart
Overview: Depicts the life of best-selling Japanese poet Toyo Shibata. Toyo Shibata first began writing poems at the age of 92 and published her first collection of poems "Kujikenaide" (″Don't lose heart″) in 2009, which sold over 1.5 million copies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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Pro Golfer Oribe Kinjiro
Overview: Kinjiro Oribe, nicknamed Orikin, is a professional golfer who has not won a single tournament in his 17-year golf career. He arrives at the golf training course in the city center as a professional instructor, he is inspired by unique people, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of winning at least one victory on the tour, which he almost gave up...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Karate Cop 2
Overview: Karate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple seed left at the scene holds the answer to the robbers' whereabouts.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-02
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Karate Cop 3
Overview: A cop, Katayama, gains the trust of a mother and daughter whose father, Nishina, is missing after being accused of killing a gang boss.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-07-07
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Karate Cop
Overview: A martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse attendant, Hisako.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-17
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Professor Eiko
Overview: The body of a professor is discovered at a university lecture hall suspended from the ceiling of the stage, with a series of mysterious numbers written on the curtains nearby. Professor Eiko, a law professor at the university well versed in criminology, is asked to assist police in the investigation, and he uncovers clues that point to him as a suspect. Why is he being set up? As he and his assistant work to decipher the code left on the curtains, another professor at the university is murdered. And yet another mysterious code is left at the scene of the crime.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-21
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Karate Cop 4
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Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-10-10
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By the Time the Moon Rises
Overview: A father and daughter in Japan climb to the top of a ridge to watch the moonrise. As they wail, an old man tells them his story. An adaptation of Tetsuya Takeda's story about the relationship between a Japanese child and an American soldier.
Genres: Animation Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-11-08
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Hole in the Pants
Overview: A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to win her heart, but rivals abound. Debut video release from Pantsu no ana, a subsection of "BOMB" magazine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-03-17
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My Road
Overview: Two young Japanese men travel about 1,500 km from the Utah desert to Reno, Nevada by hitchhiking
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-10-04
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Labyrinth of Cinema
Overview: When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
Genres: History Fantasy War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-31
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Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
Overview: A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-10-21
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Karate Cop 5
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Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-05-16
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Sketches of Life
Overview: Ryota Tanaka, a young man who was struggling to become a manga artist in Tokyo, came back to his hometown in Fukuoka, feeling the limits of his dream. It was a part-time job at the local life extension zoo that introduced Ryota, who was in the old friend's room, without relying on his parents' home. While working with the director Noda and veterinarian Aya Ishii, Ryota knew that this is a rare zoo in the world that puts emphasis on “animal welfare” that puts animal health and happiness first. However, the management of the garden is in a critical situation due to the budget reduction, and Ryota decides to draw a comic again to convey this effort with her own picture...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-15
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Bakumatsu seishun graffiti: Ronin Sakamoto Ryoma
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Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-01-25
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Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
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Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-26
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Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy
Overview: Long time ago in ancient Japan, human beings could still see Yokai monsters and were afraid of them. However, as time passed and civilization and enlightenment progressed, people started forgetting about them... Though a son of the leader of all Yokai monsters, Mikoshi Nyudo, an adorable looking monster, Tofu Boy, has no talent in scaring the human beings. He is always scolded by his father and laughed at by his monster friends. One day, he decides to go on a journey to find out about the meaning of his life as a Yokai monster and to see his mother he's never met before.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-29
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