Aoba Kawai
Also Known As: 카와이 아오바
Biography: Aoba Kawai is an actress, known for Meatball Machine (2005), Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021) and Tamagawa Kuyakusho of the Dead (2014).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: November 16, 1981
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Meatball Machine
Overview: Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-23
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I Love Thee for Good
Overview: While the wedding day should be blissful for the bride, Eiko, there is a secret that she can’t tell her fiance...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-18
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Playback
Overview: Haji is an actor on the cusp of turning 40, who has gotten stuck in life. At the invitation of an old friend, he visits his hometown for the first time in ages. On the way Haji has an accident, and wakes up to find himself transported back to high school with his adult body in tact.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-10
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Horimiya
Overview: Miyamura is quiet and keeps to himself, and honors student Kyoko is cheerful and popular. They are polar opposites but both have a secret persona that no one knows about. They get to know each other after randomly discovering each other's secret side.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-02-05
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Far, Far Away
Overview: Sara is 21 years old and works at a family restaurant. She wasn't able to hide her upset at first sight when Takeuchi came to the family restaurant to have an interview. Going back home by bicycle, Yuto, Sara's boyfriend and also her colleague, told her a shocking story. He saw Takeuchi standing on the middle of a road with keeping her eyes closed. Sara expressed her anger and left Yuto there. On the first working day of Takeuchi, after preparing for the opening, Sara and Takeuchi were just waiting for the restauraunt opening, but...........
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-02
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CRANK
Overview: MARU runs around Tokyo.MARU hears from his fellow messenger HIDE that he might be leaving Tokyo.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-11
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Love Twisted
Overview: Yuko Yajima works at a library. To her co-workers she appears as an extremely shy and introverted person who hardly lets anyone know her true feelings and never smiles. However her interest in a man living in room 202, Mamoru Kosino, leads Yuko into some risque behavior. The interest turns into obsession, as Yuko's jealousy turns into a thrilling game where she sneaks into apartments and scares tenants away, hoping to have Mamoru all to herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-08-21
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Shukatsu Time Capsule
Overview: Asai Takuma is a fourth year college student who is having a hard time finding a job and is desperate for the sake of his future with girlfriend, Shintani Risa. One day, he was asked out by his childhood friends Eiichi and Mamiko to dig out a time capsule that was buried 10 years ago. The time capsule contains a letter from Takuma himself in the past. However, Takuma also receives a letter from himself 10 years later with a "shocking future". He decides to collaborate with the future him to change his life.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-27
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The Ex-idol, Stuck in Life, Decided to Live with a Complete Stranger
Overview: Akiko (Mai Fukagawa) is a former idol, but now lives an ordinary life. She works at a company and keeps reminding herself that she is happy and to have a fulfilling day. One day, she walks to work and falls down. She becomes stuck and unable to move. Akiko breaks down mentally and decides to quit her job. Now, Akiko doesn't have a job, a boyfriend, and only 100,000 yen (~$700 USD) in her bank account. Her friend then tells her that she should move in with 56 year old salaryman Sasapon (Arata Iura), who lives alone in his house in Tokyo. When she visits Sasapon, he invites her to stay at his house on the condition that she can live there until his retirement. Their strange living arrangement begins.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Kaidan Horror Classics
Overview: Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-08-23
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Wakusei no Kakera
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-26
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Girlfriend: Someone Please Stop the World
Overview: Despite the fact that Kyoko's a girl herself, approaching women on the streets and asking them to pose nude for her proves to be quite a chore. At first she accosts every pretty girl that walks by, until Miho catches her eye. Feeling that she has that certain something special, Kyoko insists that Miho pose for her. Her own life floating rudderless after the separation of her parents, Miho accepts, half entertaining the idea to get back at her father, who has gone on to form a new family and who hasn't been in touch with her in years. The two girls walk around town, Kyoko snapping pictures and listening to Miho's stories. Gradually the two young women begin to sense a mutual attraction. When the time comes to get down to the nitty gritty of the nude shots, the girls' defences come down along with their clothes.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-12
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Maestro!
Overview: Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who have not yet been rehired, gather for the orchestra. For the first time since they disbanded the orchestra plays together, but they sound horrible. At that time, the conductor Tetsusaburo Tendou appears in front of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-01-31
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Kabukicho Love Hotel
Overview: This erotically charged drama traces the intersecting stories of a group of employees and visitors at a notorious "love hotel" in Tokyo's red-light district.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-07
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Onobori monogatari
Overview: A young man moves from the countryside to Tokyo, while experiencing hardships and happiness, in his pursuit to become a comics artist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-17
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My Man
Overview: As a young child, Hana loses her family to a devastating tsunami that wipes out her town. At a shelter, distant relative Jungo sees her wandering and adopts her as his daughter.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-14
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A Girl Named Ann
Overview: A drug-addicted girl from an abusive family finds hope through kind people but her grim reality strikes back just as she sees a glimmer of light.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-07
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The Last Reunion
Overview: After Isao has reached retirement, he receives a phone call from an ex- elementary school classmate Norio inviting him to a reunion. During the reunion, none of them can claim to have had a wonderful life since graduating from primary school and have their respective problems now. It leads them to rethink that their lives are far from over and that there is still hope for them even at this stage of their lives. They encounter many unexpected happenings during the journey which reminds them of the excitement they experienced as kids and find new hope in their bleak lives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-26
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Passion
Overview: A young couple’s announcement of their engagement to their friends is followed by a series of interactions and conflicts that forces everyone to reflect on their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-23
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Touching the Skin of Eeriness
Overview: After his parents die, a teenager goes to live with his older brother. As his loneliness grows, he becomes engrossed in practicing modern dance with his classmate.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-01
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Reawaken
Overview: A lonely accountant adjusting to big city life, a struggling manga artist forced to conclude her series and a millennial convenience store clerk without direction; three women decades apart all bound by one inescapable fate.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-01-25
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Stay Mum
Overview: Chisako Satoya, a writer, and her father, Kozo, had a long-standing feud and had been living apart for a long time. However now that Kozo, who lives alone, has dementia, she returns to her hometown to begin taking care of him.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-07
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Double Life
Overview: Tama is a graduate student. She lives with her boyfriend Takuya. She becomes influenced by lectures about French writer Sophie Calle and begins to follow her neighbor Ishizaka. Tama soon discovers that her neighbor Ishizaka is having an affair. She becomes excited about discovering his secret. Her relationship with her boyfriend Takuya and her professor Shinohara changes.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-25
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Midnight Diner 2
Overview: The Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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Petto
Overview: Haruno, a second-year high school student, is aiming to go to a national university as her parents wish, but she really wants to be a groomer. However, she has been unable to confess her true feelings. Another worry for Haruno is the rumor that her childhood friend is dating a sugar daddy...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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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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Brats, Be Ambitious!
Overview: A countryside in 1988. Shun is crazy about fooling around with his best friends. Facing up with their family environment or bullying in school, they struggle against the problems in their adolescents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-24
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A Bao A Qu
Overview: Hasegawa is writing a sequel to his previous novel, based on a true character who murdered 9 people on the street, with the premise that the killer had a brother. The main character in his new novel, Harumi, drops out of high school and leads a quiet life, unable to understand his brother. He is scared that the same blood runs in his veins but is also enraged by the fact that his brother’s life is consumed as material for novels by many writers. A novelist, Hasegawa faces limitations in making being able to make fiction as real and cruel as it is in reality. Hasegawa hears from a witness how a murder happened but he cannot be sure if it is a true event or from her imagination. One day, Hasegawa encounters Harumi… This is an obscure yet attractive film that extends its style from Kurosawa Kiyoshi to David Lynch. The title, A Bao A Qu, comes from a shapeless being that earns its shape as the pilgrim of a true heart near him featured in Indian religion and The Arabian Nights.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-08
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Reon
Overview: Dumped, fired from her job, Reon’s day couldn't get any worse. Then a freak accident causes her to swap bodies with her old company’s womanizing CEO.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-24
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MORE
Overview: Yuri, Moeko, and Ai are best friends from high school. Though their twenties were about to end, they believed their eternal world would remain forever. In spite of their will, some misfortunate events such as love, betrayal, memory, regret, and one book with its secret exam their friendship. Those girls get lost in the unveiled story, which is filled with meeting and parting. Scattered life = scattered story will move on any further? A little journey begins now.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-22
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Ah, Wilderness: Part 2
Overview: Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-21
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Ah, Wilderness: Part 1
Overview: Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-07
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Born with It
Overview: Living in Tokyo, Keisuke Fujii never really considered the colour of his skin; but when he and his mother move to rural Japan, the other kids assume that he is of African descent and therefore must have AIDS. Unsure of how to address these prejudices, Keisuke sets out to find answers and confront the cruel rumours once and for all.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-09
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Come On Irene
Overview: Iwao Shishido has found a wife. After paying three million yen for a bridal tour to the Philippines, he comes home with Irene, who is promptly confronted by Tsuru—Iwao’s freshly widowed mother, who’s infuriated her loser son has married a woman she’s never met.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-14
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Innocent Curse
Overview: A suburban town is faced with a series of bizarre incidents in which children disappear and three days later an adult in their life dies. A mysterious "child whisperer" phantom appears before journalist Shunya, who is investigating the incidents, and his girlfriend Naomi.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-06-17
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Obon Brothers
Overview: A failed director is trying to get his next movie off the ground, while dealing with his cranky brother and his estranged wife.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-25
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Overview: An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-11
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Somebody's Xylophone
Overview: A married woman obsesses over a hairstylist she becomes involved with.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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Unlock Your Heart
Overview: Ai has had a crush forever on her classmate Tatoe. When she finds out that Tatoe is in a secret relationship with another girl, she sets out to sabotage their plans for the future.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-22
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Kisspeptin Chronicles
Overview: Can we ever be freed from the "curse of love" that dictates "women must be pretty and fall in love"? A humorous and at times affecting chronicle of an artistic girl’s life and loves from elementary school, through university, into young adulthood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-09
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