Ryu Morioka
Also Known As: 森岡 龍, Ryû Morioka, Ryū Morioka, Ryuu Morioka
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: February 15, 1988
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Funky Forest: The First Contact
Overview: An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-25
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Aoi-chan Won't Let Me Do It
Overview: In front of a man who wants to be a movie director, Shingo, the ghost of Mr. Kawashita, who was a senior in the college film research department who committed suicide a year ago, suddenly appears on his death anniversary. Mr. Kawashita says that he was revived because he wanted to have sex with his junior, Aoi, who had a crush on him when he was in college. In order to fulfill his desire to work with Aoi-chan, Kawashita-san and Shingo will travel back in time on that day when he was in college, which was probably the only chance for Kawashita-san to work with Aoi-chan. There was a nostalgic college Aoi-chan there. Can Mr. Kawashita redo the past and do it with Aoi-chan? It's funny, but a little sad time slip love story begins.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-06-11
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Tokyo of the Dead - 3 days
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-04-28
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Norioka Workshop
Overview: The story set in the "house" designed by director Ishii is an unpredictable development with tricks drawn into the unique Ishii world everywhere
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-05-27
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Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Overview: Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.
Genres: Drama Adventure War History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-07-21
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To Walk Beside You
Overview: A 17-year-old country boy named Norio decides his only option is to follow his late parents’ example and commit suicide. After failing even at that, his 34-year-old English teacher Akemi convinces him that he should instead move to Tokyo with her and become a lawyer on her dime. Unfortunately, Akemi doesn’t have quite as much money as she leads Norio to believe, and has to secretly get a job at a karaoke bar under the guise of “going to the salon”. Meanwhile, she continuously prods her somewhat dimwitted student to work harder toward her manufactured goal of him becoming a lawyer. Although Norio is falling in love with Akemi, he’s not all that interested in studying, and matters only get worse when he discovers his benefactor’s secret source of income.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-18
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A Sky Too Far to See
Overview: Ken directs his graduation film "Koko ni Iru Dake" with his colleagues. The movie will be his last film as a student. While shooting the movie, Ken has conflicts with lead actress Risa. On the last day of their filming, their final scene is delayed due to rain. The day before filming resumes, Risa dies in an accident. One year later, Ken's graduation film sits unfinished. Then, Kenspots a woman who looks identical to Risa who turns out to be her twin sister Yoko. Ken then decides to shoot the final scene with Yoko in place of Risa, but, once again, things don't go according to plan.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-11
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Tokyo Playboy Club
Overview: Katsutoshi is forced to flee his hometown and ends up at a rundown nightclub called "Tokyo Playboy Club." His hot-headedness gets him into further trouble, and the club's waiter Takahiro and his girlfriend Eriko also get caught up in it as their underworld predicament worsens to the point of no return.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-08
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A Woman Wavering in the Rain
Overview: This is the story of a man living quietly under an assumed identity, when a mysterious woman suddenly appears in his life. It is the directorial debut of soundtrack composer Yoshihiro Hanno.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-11-19
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The Courier
Overview: At the beginning of the 19th century, Japan was under a policy of national isolation. A group of Dutch scholars who wanted to open the country secretly completed a copy of a map of Japan under shogunate control. They sent a young Dutch scholar, Michi-an, as a secret envoy to deliver the copy of the map to the Dutch. Michi-an, hiding himself and making his way through the deserted winter mountains, but the mountain guardians, led by Takayama, had begun hunting in the mountains with a description of Michi-an's appearance arranged by the shogunate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-22
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Saru phase three
Overview: Minoru is diagnosed with cancer and undergoes surgery, but it is soon discovered that the cancer has spread to his lymphatic system and he is prescribed anti-cancer drugs. He is soon plagued by severe side effects such as vomiting, skin rash, and hematuria, and begins to distrust hospitals.
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-17
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Kinki
Overview: A teacher is sexually involved with an underage student. She visits her father's home and discovers a boy who's been kept as a sex slave. The teacher continues harboring the boy out of fear and begins to feel sexually attracted to him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-12-06
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Sorasoi
Overview: A group of college students staying in a hostel close to a beach, practice their dance routine in a training camp for an upcoming dance competition.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-30
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Piece of Cake
Overview: Shino Umemiya readily dates guys interested in her, because she believes that's better than being alone. She breaks up with her violent boyfriend after he discovered that she cheated on him. She moves to a new area to get a fresh new start on her life. There, Shino Umemiya meets her neighbor Kyoshiro Sugahara. He is also her manager at her new job. Shino Umemiya becomes interested in him, but he lives with mysterious woman Akari.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-05
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My Darling of the Mountains
Overview: In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor and a blind masseur cross.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-24
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A Man with Style
Overview: Miyata lost his wife early on and single-handedly raised their two children. One day he notices a change in his physical condition, and decides that it must be stomach cancer.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-18
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Hello! Junichi
Overview: An elementary student named Junichi is having trouble returning an eraser he borrowed from his secret crush, Maeda. With the support and encouragement of rookie teacher Anna, Junichi gets over his shyness and starts a band with his classmates.
Genres: Comedy Family Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-15
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Monster
Overview: When a young boy begins behaving strangely, shocking truths emerge as the story unfolds through the eyes of his single mother, a teacher who is believed to be responsible, and the child himself.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-02
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Sixteen
Overview: A story of a 16-year old girl who comes to Tokyo aspiring to be an actress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-26
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Aegis
Overview: The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No sooner is the Isokaze on open water, however, then the FTG reveal themselves to be terrorist stowaways who kill the ship's captain, send the rest of the crew overboard and take control of the vessel. The ship is carrying a secret biological weapon which the terrorists are now threatening to use to level Tokyo! Only a stowaway NCO, Sengoko (played by Sanada Hiroyuki from Ring and Twilight Samurai) is in a position to stop them - but does he really have what it takes to save the day? Playing like a cross between a sea-faring version of Top Gun and Die Hard, director Sakamoto Junji shows that it's not just Hollywood that can produce thrill-a-minute action spectaculars.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-30
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The Taste of Tea
Overview: A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Amachan
Overview: Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then returns to Tokyo to try to become a real idol, and finally returns to Tohoku to help revitalize the area after the Great East Japan earthquake.
Genres: Drama Music Comedy Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-01
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Shodo Girls
Overview: Based on a true story, Shodo Girls tells a tale of hope and community spirit where youth and vigour meet age and wisdom to overcome the towns struggle to remain on the map.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-15
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The Tale of Iya
Overview: As a tunnel construction project threatens the natural order of one of Japan's last untouched regions, an old man and his granddaughter Haruna's humble lifestyle begins to influence the outlook of a man from Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-22
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Initiation Love
Overview: Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Takkun is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Takkun finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-23
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Emi-Abi
Overview: Up-and-coming manzai stand-up comedy duo Emi-Abi has lost consummate funny man Unno (a surprisingly touching Tomoya Maeno) to an accident, leaving conceited straight man Jitsudo (Ryu Morioka) to contend with his diminished career prospects as a bland, pretty face entertainer. Guided by his manager Natsumi (Haru Kuroki), who demonstrates stronger comedy chops than her own star, Jitsudo comes to learn the circumstances of his friend's passing, as well as the life-and-death stakes of a career in comedy. Demonstrating a careful balance of tone across tragedy and deadpan and gross-out humor, writer/director Kensaku Watanabe expands "Emi-Abi"'s hilarious premise into a strikingly assured meditation on artistic rivalry and self-actualization.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-03
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Parks
Overview: Jun is a university student. She meets high school student Haru. Haru is looking for Sachiko, the ex-girlfriend of her now deceased father. Jun and Haru meet Tokio. Tokio is the grandson of Sachiko and they learn that Sachiko is now deceased. They find an open-reel tape from Sachiko's articles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-22
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Nirvana Island: The Last 47 Days
Overview: The movie depicts the confrontation between younger brother Akira Miyamoto (Shunya Shiraishi) and older brother Atsushi Miyamoto (Ryohei Suzuki) on Higanjima.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-15
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Sawako Decides
Overview: After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill, she has to take over his struggling factory. Gradually she becomes the decider of her own life.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-01
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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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Enokida Trading Co.
Overview: Enokida Trading Post is a second-hand shop run by Yojiro Enokida , whose personal mantra is, "Anything but garbage. We take it all." The shop serves as a gathering place for employees and regular customers, who come with troubles in hand. One summer day, part of the shop's sign falls down. Yojiro thinks this is a sign that something spectacular is about to happen, and indeed their problems take on lives of their own from that day onward.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-09
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Kagura Me
Overview: A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-24
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Five Million Dollar Life
Overview: Mirai Takatsuki is a seemingly normal teenager, but when he was a child his life was saved from a terrible illness thanks to magnanimous donations from the local community that paid for his medical bills. Ongoing media attention and the pressure to excel have prompted Mirai to have suicidal tendencies.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-20
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One Missed Call 3: Final
Overview: The timid, young Asuka is bullied by her classmates. When they embark on a class field trip to Korea, Asuka plans revenge by sending them a cursed phone message they can either pass on or die.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-06-24
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The Lowlife
Overview: Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-11-25
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The Modern Lovers
Overview: A married Japanese man living in the country agrees to meet with an ex-lover in Tokyo, leading him to question his life choices.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-06-27
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Kakera: A Piece of Our Life
Overview: The story of the relationship between a college student whose relationship with her boyfriend is going nowhere and a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts. Haru is a college student ignored by her boyfriend yet believes she is still in love with him. One day at a café, Haru meets Riko, a medical artist (prosthetist) who creates body parts in order to disguise clients’ missing pieces, lost due to accident or disease. Both were alone, but struck up an immediate friendship and closeness. Riko doesn't care about gender when it comes to relationships, and believes that love itself is the most important thing a human can achieve. Haru struggles in her life between friendship and a deeper relationship with Riko.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-07
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Happy Flight
Overview: A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-15
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Long Goodbye: Tantei Furui Kurinosuke
Overview: Kurinosuke Furui (Ryu Morioka) grew up at an orphanage. He now works as a private detective. One day, he receives a request. The request is to collect money which was stolen by a woman who killed herself. During Kurinosuke Furui's investigation he uncovers a shocking truth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-20
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Gumi. Chocolate. Pine.
Overview: Kenzo and his high school friends live in anguish, believing that there is something that sets them apart from everybody else.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-22
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Suspect X
Overview: A male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she discovers the mysterious neighbor and only a few small clues to help her disprove a seemingly "airtight" alibi...
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-04
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Blue Ray
Overview: A man and a woman at the mercy of fate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-28
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Mitsuko Delivers
Overview: Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents believe she is happy and successful in America and are unaware that she has secretly returned to Tokyo. Making the biggest decisions on the slightest whim, she moves back into the tenement street where she lived as a child. The move changes lives, reignites old romances and creates a supportive circle of love that may be exactly what Mitsuko needs.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-05
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Vulnerability
Overview: In the year 2027, two detectives investigate the strange behaviour of android owners.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-08-05
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The Warped Forest
Overview: Settle into your chair and be transported to a place both familiar and alien; where a giant shop-girl can barely fit in her store, there's a weird green pod in every bedroom, and terrifying wood nymphs provide a heartbroken woman with the anatomically correct fruit everyone seems to covet. In the end we are left, like Alice, with the Red King's conundrum: are we dreaming them or are they dreaming us?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-15
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The Man Who Failed to Die
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-02-21
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