Houka Kinoshita
Also Known As: Hôka Kinoshita, 木下ほうか
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: January 24, 1964
Age: 61 years old
Gender: Male
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Overview: Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-17
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Onihei Crime Files: The Final Kohen - Unryu Ken
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-03
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Sonatine
Overview: Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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Beautiful Escape
Overview: Akihiko Kobe, a first-year high school student with a stutter, is a target of bullying in his class and spent his days depressed. Akihiko lives at home with a face that can not endure anything and kills God in his brain every day. One day, I accidentally see a classmate, a brilliant and intelligent girl student, Mitsuri Nanao killing a cat. Kuri was inspired by the blood she saw during her period and had a desire to see the blood of others. Kuri then tells Akihiko that she has a desire for murder and proposes to kill the bullying group. The two begin to kill, and go east to escape, killing them. New generation youth splatter road movie
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-17
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The Parasite Doctor Suzune: Genesis
Overview: The city is infested with mysterious parasites that bore into their human hosts to increase their host's power and sexual desires. A beautiful girl, Suzune Arizono is a vet with a specialty in parasites, and who fights daily to end the plague. Before long, she learns that an evil organization, the Kito Zaibatsu, is behind the explosive growth of this ferocious parasite. She also learns that her long-missing father, Dr. Arizono, is also involved. In order to crush the Kito Zaibatsu's ambition and to see her father again, Suzune takes on the fight without regard to the danger involved.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-26
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Ichi the Killer
Overview: As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Genres: Action Crime Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-22
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メビウスの悪女 赤い部屋
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Genres: Horror Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-21
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Mobius Villain: The Red Room
Overview: Rampo Adaptaton released in 2020
Genres: Romance Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-04-21
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Cop Festival: New Beginning
Overview: Fourth installment in Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 8 films.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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Thug Business Worker Sabu
Overview: The truth of a sniper becomes clear in the turmoil of a drug robbery that shakes the underworld.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-09
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HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
Overview: Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-19
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4
Overview: The second of three V-Cinema sequels.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
Overview: The third and final V-Cinema sequel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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The Face Burglar
Overview: I want to be this girl! Momoko Kamei has the mysterious ability to mimic any woman's face while imitating what she wears and the way she speaks. Not knowing such a secret, Takafumi, who was fed up with Momoko's relentless stalking, said, "Go out with me!"
Genres: Horror Romance TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-04
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Otoko Michi 6 The End
Overview: Only one person challenges the final battle against the corrupt state power.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-07-13
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Tayutau
Overview: Kataoka Junko (Jun), whose emotional identity have been at odds with her biological identity, shares a room with her friend since high school, Kinoshita Akari, who doesn’t know the father of the fetus growing in her stomach. After being dumped by an older companion, Jun now worries she will leave her.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-01
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Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World
Overview: When a powerful new foe known as the Legendorga arises in 2008, Wataru investigates the mystery behind the crisis, which brings him in contact with a man Nago once knew, Shiramine Takato, whose 3WA also possess their own Rider System. When Shiramine explains how everything began in 1986, Wataru uses Castle Doran’s Time Door to travel back in time, leading him to meet his father face-to-face at last. But has Wataru managed to change the future, or will the Legendorga still rise and enslave humanity?
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-09
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ヌーのコインロッカーは使用禁止
Overview: Nasu Kano, known as Nu, has a developmental disability. As soon as she was born, her mother abandoned her in a coin locker. One day, Nu meets Kazuma Kurosako, who has just been released from prison and was attempting to make money by selling substances near Nu's coin locker. Kurosako gradually become interested in Nu and began posting Nu's paintings on social media on a whim. When Kurosako is contacted by a famous overseas artist interested in buying a painting of Nu's, he initially wants to sell it for a high price for his own profit. As he spends more time with pure-hearted Nu, Kurosako gains a more selfless conscious. All of a sudden, Nu collapses from leukemia.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-04-07
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Solitary Scream
Overview: Heinous. Two wolves haunted by the past. Can you hear the gunshot?-Is it his voice?- Starring: Ichizo Matsuda ("The Emblem of the Yakuza", "The Rule of the Yakuza") x A non-stop action with a gorgeous cast What kind of life will a yakuza who has lost his memory live?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-20
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Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS
Overview: Sequel to 'Solitary Scream'.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-02-17
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red letters
Overview: A mysterious thriller developed by secret love-hate play around women captured in ruins.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-23
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Baian Fujieda the Assassin
Overview: An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night. His tools of the trade are the same in either job: acupuncture needles that leave no trace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-04
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First Gentleman
Overview: Hiyori (Kei Tanaka) is an ornithologist (expert on birds). His wife is Rinko (Miki Nakatani). She is the leader the minority opposition party. One morning, Hiyori is about to travel to an isolated island to watch birds on a 10 day trip. Before he leaves, Rinko asks him if she becomes the prime minister would he be inconvenienced. Hiyori then goes on his bird watching trip. During this time, he is completely isolated from the outside world. When he returns home, his wife Rinko is now the prime minister of the country. She is also the first ever female prime minister of Japan. Suddenly, Hiyori is now the first gentleman of the country. He decides to support his wife, but he finds himself caught up in unexpected circumstances.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-09-23
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Moyuru Toki: The Excellent Company
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-11
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Naughty Guide to Tokyo Nightlife
Overview: For those willing to descend deep enough into Tokyo's seedy underworld, many illicit and illegal pleasures are available, for a price. The NAUGHTY GUIDE TO TOKYO NIGHTLIFE follows a number of women who are part of this world and who offer to act out any man's erotic fantasy, for a price, of course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-03
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Watcher in the Attic
Overview: A 2006 film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-07-04
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Civil Violence
Overview: The first 'Civil Violence' film.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-30
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Civil Violence 2
Overview: The second 'Civil Violence' film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-28
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Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi
Overview: In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kageru is the best in his class, but his birth predestines him to the lower class. His friend Aoi is dealt the same fate; together they'll have to question themselves.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-31
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A Hardest Night!!
Overview: A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and wakes, songs, dances, and often disgustingly crude jokes.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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Jingi 35: Ambition Compensation
Overview: Burn all your heart fire. Two samurai in the wilderness. A small group belonging to the Ichienkai, the Kagawa group. Shuichi Kagawa, the son of the group leader, is released after a long sentence. He officially inherited the traces of the Kagawa group. Yoshiro is surprised to meet Shuichi, who has been in prison for a long time as a thought criminal. He was a junior who fought the student activism with Yoshiro. Around that time, there was information that Hitman, a well-known person in Kansai, had infiltrated the neighborhood. Jin instructs Kumosuke to look around. However?!
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-20
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Gold Dust Butterfly - Flap Your Wings and Open the Door
Overview: Manhattan Aoshima and World Hashimoto are invited to the villa of fortune teller Gold Kotegawa along Gold's maid, Maki. One morning, Gold is found dead. There are three suspects. Money, honor, body, and jealousy.... The story is told through recollections, as each person's thoughts and relationships are intertwined. Who killed Gold?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Humoresque
Overview: Amy and Sonny are two girls with contrasting personalities. Their "secret hideout" is an antique shop. One day, Amy falls in love at first sight with an older man named 'J'
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-04
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FREESTYLE SHORT MOVIES
Overview: Anthology of five low-budget short films: "Nao and I", "MILD7", "LOVERS", "Strawberry Fields", "Label"
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-01
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Making-of１７才
Overview: Behind-the-scenes footage of Houka Kinoshita's film １７才 (Age 17).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-01-23
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Gozamareji
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Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-26
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Kazoku gokko
Overview: Different people and five different families are acting out various scenarios, scripts and what-ifs. First there is the four Suzuki family members, who are not, sitting around a table in isolation. Then there is the unveiling of a will and what happens when it is read out, there are the sisters who are at it against each other, then there is the funeral that does not go according to plan and more.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-01
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Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-13
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原宿デニール
Overview: There are many things happening in Harajuku. A policewoman is the local metre maid. She is consistently thinking about her relationship with her seniors. A man is Korean and works at a stockings' shop. He is an expert in the thickness and girth of the women's stockings. The two meet coincidentally one day. A teenager is walking around hoping to be scouted. The film focuses on the different people of different ages, genders and backgrounds in the area. One day the stories begin to merge into one,
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-05-16
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Nobody's Perfect
Overview: "Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school board member Yusaku Shiraishi
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-23
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Restructuring Daimon History's Strongest Civil Servant
Overview: Even the group was forced to quit due to excessive ferocity. Satoshi Narumi became a temporary employee at the ward office for his beloved wife. Every day she works hard at miscellaneous tasks such as making tea and making copies, even though she is teased by her disgusting boss. Even if I can't stand it sometimes, I always think of my wife's smile,I spent my days in peace, but... Between violence and counter work, chivalry and beloved wife, The masculinity of Restructuring Daimon - Satoshi Narumi explodes!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-27
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Patalliro! The Movie
Overview: Patalliro du Malyner VIII is the crown prince of Malynera, a kingdom that produces diamonds. Despite being ugly and mischievous, he is loyal and fair. Many enemies of the throne, including Malynera's Prime Minister, plan to get rid of him and take control of the rich nation. Patalliro, however, has the protection of Jack Barbarosa Bancoran, his haughty and extremely handsome bodyguard, who will protect him even from the latter's own lover, the beautiful bishonen hitman Maraich Juschenfe and other assassins.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-06-28
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NEET of the Living Dead
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Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-13
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ミッドナイト・ジャーナル 消えた誘拐犯を追え
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-30
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One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia
Overview: The Foxy Pirates challenge Luffy’s crew in the New World, but the fun and games go belly-up when the Navy’s most brilliant tactician steps in. Before the Straw Hats even know what hit them, they wind up on the island of Nebulandia, an infamous death trap for Devil Fruit users. Luffy must team up with his Davy Back nemesis for a harrowing rescue mission when Zoro, Sanji, and some Foxy Pirates are held hostage!
Genres: Action Animation Adventure Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-20
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Inagawa Junji no Anata no tonari no kowai hanashi: Haru no Kai
Overview: The second in a series of hair-raising omnibus horror stories from Japan's most famous horror storyteller, Junji Inagawa. Satoko, who works at a printing office, hears eerie footsteps and whispering voices in a warehouse on the second floor where the elevator does not stop...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-25
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Flavor of Happiness
Overview: Yamashita Takako works in the food section of a department store. She pays frequent visits to a reputable local Chinese restaurant about opening an in-store branch. The owner of the restaurant, Wang Qingkuo from Shanghai, who does all the cooking by himself, gives Takako the brush-off. One day, however, Wang collapses due to overwork, and is left with partial paralysis. Hearing the rumor of the restaurant’s closure, Takako resigns from the department store and becomes an apprentice to Wang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-11
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Yo-Yo Girl Cop
Overview: Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-30
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Rock and Roll Strip
Overview: Yuta Kimura is the leader of an unsuccessful theater troupe. Yuta, who dreams of becoming a film director, runs a small bar in Osaka while running an unsuccessful theater troupe.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-14
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Harmful Insect
Overview: 13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-03-16
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Moonlight Mask
Overview: The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-26
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Don't Look Back
Overview: The joys and sorrows of the little schoolboy, Akira, in a modern Japan. A story about friendship and loyalty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-10-23
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Memories of Matsuko
Overview: While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-27
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Karaoke Terror
Overview: One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-08
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Diary of a Beloved Wife: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Overview: Chiho has prohibited her husband, Takahashi, from smoking while she is trying to become pregnant. Takahashi hasn’t told his wife he was laid off, and has a paid sexual encounter with a high-school student, attracted by the pungent odor of her cigarettes, Peace Regulars.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-23
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Pacchigi!
Overview: Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a rampaging crowd of Korean boys, outraged by insults perpetrated by several of his idiotic class-mates on two Korean girls. He makes a narrow escape, but soon after, he and his best bud Yoshio are sent by their home-room teacher to invite the Korean students to a friendly soccer game as a way of restoring the peace.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-22
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Shangri-La
Overview: Shangri-La follows the lives of a group of homeless people in Japan who run into a man who nearly commits suicide and decide to help him out of his financial troubles. Using their various ingenious resources they embark on a complex scheme to blackmail a crooked businessman, whose bankruptcy claim has put people out of work. It’s a fun romp as these seemingly homeless people manage to outsmart the very people who cast them from society.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-03
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The Parasite Doctor Suzune: Evolution
Overview: Set within a city where parasites rage, the parasites settled into their human hosts and increases their power and sexual desires. Dr. Suzune is a parasite expert who works daily to kill the parasites. A sinister demon organization exists behind the parasites. Dr. Suzune also realizes that her father, who went missing when she was a young child, is somehow connected with the group. Violence and madness awaits for her ...
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-12-04
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In the Pool
Overview: A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-05-21
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Doing Time
Overview: A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to abandon their individuality.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-14
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Age 17
Overview: Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-06-21
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Concent
Overview: In her brother's apartment where he died, Yuki finds a vacuum cleaner with its cord still hooked up to the outlet. She discovers that the circumstances surrounding her brother's supposed suicide are sketchy at best, yet no one has any answers. When she starts having hallucinations involving his ghost, however, she seeks some psychological help, eventually uncovering some things that she may have wished she'd left covered.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-02
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Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Overview: A mysterious extraterrestrial being resembling Godzilla rapidly approaches Earth. The monster, dubbed SpaceGodzilla, lands to challenge the King of the Monsters.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-12-10
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M
Overview: Mixed up by desire, love and hatred, a disturbed young man begins tailing and eventually tries to save his neighbor, a housewife who has turned to prostitution despite her comfortable lifestyle.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-27
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The Little Girl in Me
Overview: After Kensuke graduated from college, he began to work at a company. He didn't get along with his co-workers and six months later quit his job. Since that time he has stayed in his home for 5 years. One day, Kensuke learns about men who enjoy dressing up as women through the internet. At first he feels uncomfortable about them, but he becomes interested in those men. He begins to exchange emails with cross-dresser Karen who has a charismatic personality.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-12-01
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Greatful Dead
Overview: Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal.
Genres: Comedy Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-31
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Hissatsu shigotonin 2010
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Genres: History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-10
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Stop the Old Fox
Overview: After the sudden death of her adoptive father Shimada Mataemon, Nui, whose own father met an untimely death when he was about to expose the corruption of the shogunate becomes determined to expose the collusion between Kannouji, and the unforgivable relationships between the ladies in waiting of the inner palace and the monks. Nui is undertaking this undercover investigation without regard for the danger she is putting herself in, for the sake of Shinnosuke whom she secretly loves
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-08
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The King of Jail Breakers
Overview: Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-17
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Murder on D Street
Overview: A soba restaurant owner dies mysteriously on D. Street. The police rule it as a suicide, but detective Akechi Kogoro and his wife Fumiyo think otherwise and launch their own investigation. As they delve deeper, they discover relationships twisted by perverted desire and hideous affection and hatred.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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Slow Down
Overview: Youth movie set in Osaka about the trial and tribulations of growing up. Centered around three close friends, a bike racer, a yakuza thug and a spoiled rich boy - who meet a girl from Tokyo. Based on director Shinsuke Shimada's own book "Kaze, to Suzuka".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-11-23
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The Hovering Blade
Overview: Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the perpetrators and the police.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-10
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Hiromi-Kun! The Road to National Bancho
Overview: 16 year old Hiromi Shiratori starts his quest to become the greatest Bancho in Japan
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-05-30
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My Name Is Lucien
Overview: A lonely and emotionally anxious teenager finds her ideal love online. But in reality he is a serial killer. Her heart continues to wander between "love" and "life and death."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-23
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Divide
Overview: Saki's life is thrown into chaos when her mother drops dead. She then finds herself joining an evil crowd, the high school pimp and his rogues who become her social life. Her friends no longer recognize her, and all she lives for is to find the sister she was separated from at a very young age. The vicious sex and violence will all be worth it, if only she can find the sibling she never knew.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-13
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Lowlife Love
Overview: Tetsuo is a lowlife. A film director with a small indie hit many years back, yet he has never gotten any further as he refuses to go against his 'artistic integrity'.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-02
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Wild Flowers
Overview: Real pro wrestlers Mizuho Ishikawa, Cutie Suzuki and Emi Tojyo star alongside newcomer Miki Suzuki as the women tag teams, and they are managed reluctantly by Yoshinori Okada, forced to take over as manager of his mom's struggling female wrestling team.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-17
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Love and Lies
Overview: The Japanese government carries out a program to increase the birth rate in the country. Their program analyzes gene information from its residents and selects a marriage partner for them. Aoi Nisaka is a high school student. She is in a love triangle with childhood friend Yuto Shiba and Sosuke Takachiho. Sosuke Takachiho is appointed by the government to become her husband.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-14
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Lost & Found at Tokyo Station
Overview: A woman is murdered on a train and the station employees help to solve the mystery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-05
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We Make Antiques!
Overview: Sakai is a city near Osaka by the bay famous for its swords in the old days and kitchen knives today. Norio is an antique dealer in the city. Sasuke is a potter in the city. Seventeenth century tea master Sen No Rikyu appears before them one day.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-05
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Recall
Overview: A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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Déracine
Overview: A mysterious street-painter, Jouji, wanders aimlessly, homeless. Together with his homeless pals, he makes his living by selling his paintings on the street. His paintings, dynamically exploding on pieces of cardboard, catch the eyes of Kyoko, an art dealer. He can feel alive only if he keeps painting, but unable to find something to fill his void inside, he tries to drown himself in alcohol. Drawn to Jouji, Kyoko commissions him to paint for her. The two travel to a secluded mountain-side, and there Jouji becomes inspired both by the natural surroundings and Kyoko herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-27
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Wait and See
Overview: A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-19
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Any And Every Which Way
Overview: Sexy Momoko turns tricks in her taxi to boost business, until she's finally discovered by her employer. Running from the authorities, Momoko abandons her cab to begin life as a fugitive, accompanied by her most recent customer.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-27
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High-Heeled Punishers
Overview: A woman is being sexually assaulted by a pair of thugs, when out of the fog appear the High Heeled Cats – a trio of avenging angels, masked and dressed in black. These beautiful vigilantes make a living running a coffee shop by day, and kicking misogynist criminals in the balls by night. Their boss is an elderly lady offering a payback service to women who have been mistreated by men. The cops can’t be seen to allow this kind of behavior, but they are increasingly frustrated with the lack of clues that might lead to the identity of the trio – despite the fact that the two detectives on the case visit the coffee shop daily, to flirt with and grope the waitresses, and drink the occasional cup of coffee. The high heeled honeys eventually bite off more than they can chew when they get on the bad side of a ruthless gangster, who sets a creepy assassin on their trail.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-02-03
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Hamon: Yakuza Boogie
Overview: Keisuke Ninomiya (Yu Yokoyama) works as a construction consultant. Through his work, he becomes acquainted with yakuza Yasuhiko Kuwabara (Kuranosuke Sasaki). One day, film producer Koshimizu brings a movie investment proposal to yakuza leader Shimada. Shimada decide to invest in the film and he assigns Yasuhiko Kuwabara to oversee his investment in the film. Film producer Koshimizu though runs away with their investment money. Keisuke and Yasuhiko struggle to get Shimada’s money back from Koshimizu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-28
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School Ghost Story G
Overview: A made-for-TV anthology horror film composed of four stories, two of which serving as prequels to the Ju-on series.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-27
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IKKA
Overview: The family of 20-year-old Ohta is celebrating his birthday in a restaurant. What was supposed to be a happy familiar reunion turns into a big mess.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-13
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Doll from Hell
Overview: A doll maker and his daughter Erika live in a remote mountain villa. When some thugs break in and murder Erika and disfigure the old doll maker, he sets about getting his revenge. He creates a life-size doll and has it possessed by Erika's spirit. The doll then tracks down Erika's killers one-by-one...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-02-02
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Nonmetal Night
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-15
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Boys, Be Ambitious
Overview: Chunba and Kotetsu, grows up in the working class neighborhood of Kishiwada in Osaka in the mid-seventies. Their life in school is a never-ending series of fights and reprisals against rival gangs landing them in trouble with organised crime and in the juvenile court.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-03-09
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Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-20
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Tenshin
Overview: Tenshin Okakura left the great achievement to the Japanese modern art. This is a story of Tenshin's life and conflict and teacher-student love between Tenshin, who rediscovered art of Japan and tried to produce new beauty in Meiji period, and his young pupils, Taikan Yokoyama, Shunsou Hishida, Kanzan Shimomura, Buzan Kimura.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-16
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The Woman Who Took the Local Paper
Overview: A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...
Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-12
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Munesue keiji no kuroi matsuri
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-14
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Itsukano, Genkantachi to
Overview: A high school student has decided to go to Tokyo once she graduates. One day, her older sister Sumire comes back home with her daughter, who will eventually ran away from home for love
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Our Departures
Overview: Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-30
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Fujimi Orchestra: Cold Front Conductor
Overview: Tonoin Kei, a musical genius, becomes the new conductor of Fujimi, clashing with the group's leader, Morimura Yuuki, who is unaware of Kei's feelings for him.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-03
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Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Overview: A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the dead man was insured for 300 million yen. The media and the public look at Noriko and her boyfriend Tsukada with suspicion, but they have perfect alibis. Then, Detective Hibiki, who is in charge of the case, and Private Detective Kono become involved in a series of mysterious murder cases.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-31
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Swing Man
Overview: A man is assaulted by someone with a bat and attempts to figure out why.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-10-28
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Woman in Witness Protection
Overview: Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as she prepares for her new role on the witness stand.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-27
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Get Up!
Overview: A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-10-05
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Bonds
Overview: Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a journalist following him takes an interest in the wife of a boyhood chum, and the wife of another close friend takes an interest in Ise. A couple of murders later, Ise/Haga goes on the run and also sets out for revenge.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-06
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Kiyamachi Daruma
Overview: Shigeo Katsuura once led the yakuza that dominated the town of Kiya. Due to an accident, he lost both his arms and legs. 5 years later, to make a living, he goes to debtors' homes and collects money from the debtors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-03
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TSY: Time Slip Yankee
Overview: Two high-school yankees (comic duo «Peace») accidentally travels in high-school days of their parents
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-01-29
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Getting Even With Bad Boys
Overview: A gang of tough youths, who have little interest in finding work, while away their days with quarrels and girls in their Kishiwada neighborhood. Based on the novel by Toshikazu Nakaba, who also wrote "The Easy Life". Starring the popular comic trio, "Neptune."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-30
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Pakodate-jin
Overview: One morning Hikaru Hino, a high school student living in Hakodate, wakes up to find she has grown a tail. She quickly cancels her first date with classmate Hayato, complicating their relationship. Hikaru's sister makes a fake tail to cheer her up and takes her out around town together, but a reporter captures their photo which leads to a huge commotion in Hakodate. As the tale commotion reaches a fever pitch, another person with a tail, Mr. Yoshida, shows up. As a result, the commotion grows into a full-blown incident that involves the whole of Hakodate.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-19
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Requiem of Darkness
Overview: Set in an old movie theater, this group drama depicts the battle between dying yakuza and salaried workers who have forgotten their dreams.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-25
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Sukiyaki
Overview: Kenta Kurihara (Tasuku Nagaoka) is sent to prison for battery. In his cell he is referred to as the "newcomer." Meanwhile, Kenta is bummed out with simple meal offerred in prison. The four other prisoners in his jail cell have no problems eating his food. On lunar new year's day the prison offers the traditional Osechi-Ryori dish. The inmates in the cell gather to play a game that has become an annual ritual. They compete for items from each other's dishes by boating about the most delicious things they have ever eaten. Shunsuke Aida (Motoki Ochiai) begins their game by talking about a dish which his mother made ...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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Discord
Overview: Based on the novel by Daimon Takeaki about brothers who were separated after the death of their father and reunited as police detective and prosecutor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-15
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Kitokito!
Overview: Coming of age story about a boy and his mother.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-17
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Senrigan
Overview: The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as ‘Midori no Saru’ (The Green Monkey). Members of this group have committed a string of violent suicide-attacks on military bases and public areas. Part of the mystery seems to involve a young child and an enormous Buddha statue outside Tokyo, but how could all these pieces possibly fit together?
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-06-10
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We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
Overview: The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named Shino about whom the two have a feeling.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-31
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貌斬りKAOKIRI～戯曲「スタニスラフスキー探偵団」より
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-28
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Igyō no koi
Overview: A sensual coming-of-age drama direct — It depicts a precarious relationship between a homosexual woman and a man who was picked up by her and ends up living with her
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-24
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Onmyoji
Overview: During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the onmyōji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. Now, Seimei, a talented member of the clan, must face down his master, Dōson, in the hopes of restoring peace to the kingdom.
Genres: Drama Horror History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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Angry Rice Wives
Overview: In August, 1918, Matsuura Ito lives in a coastal village of Toyama with her husband and three children. During the summer, there wasn't much fish to catch, so her husband has been far away from home to catch fish. To support herself and her children, Ito carries goods from ships like the other women in the village. Meanwhile, the residents encounter rising prices for rice. The women are unable to feed their family due to the high prices of rice. The women ask a nearby rice store to sell rice at lower prices, but it fails. The price of rice continues to rise daily. Due to an incident, Ito and the other village women step up to the plate.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-08
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Demon Fighter Kocho 2: School of Evil Spirits
Overview: Second live action Demon Fighter Kocho movie
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-02
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Demon Fighter Kocho
Overview: First live action adaptation of Demon Fighter Kocho
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-04-25
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Shomuni
Overview: Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-11-28
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Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
Overview: A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-11
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Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
Overview: A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-03-07
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NO CALL NO LIFE
Overview: Adapted from Kabei Yukako's novel of the same name. After being guided by a mysterious message from the past on a cellphone's answering machine, Umi encounters Mahiro, a delinquent at her school. They gradually come closer, but more messages appearing on the answering machine will unveil past secrets...
Genres: Mystery Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-05
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Eden
Overview: When Miro's transsexual friend Noripee dies, Miro and his friends from the gay bar 'Eden' are once again reminded of the discrimination they are constantly facing from society. They decide to convince Noripee's parents, who disowned her, to bury Noripee's body.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-17
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Postcard
Overview: Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-27
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Fuckin' Runaway
Overview: Hana, 21-year old, is sent to a mental hospital for attempting a suicide. She suffers from hearing a deep male voice in her head almost everyday that goes, "Twenty yards of linen are worth one coat..." She gradually regains her peace of mind by traveling across Kyushu dragging with her Nagoyan, a guy from Nagoya who is suffering from depression. They take on their journey on Nagoyan's old faithful car, Luce.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-20
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Aa... kakugi
Overview: Trying to pass a strange bill to clear up the suspicion put on himself
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-03-09
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Stigmatized Properties
Overview: Yamano Yamame, an entertainer who can't sell, is unreasonably told by his seniors that he should live in the accident property because he will put it on TV, and he moves to the property where the murder occurred due to his appearance on TV and the low rent. At first glance, the room was a normal room, but a mysterious white object was reflected in the image of the room, and the sound was disturbed. The program in which Yamame appeared became lively, and Yamame moved around the accident property in search of new material. Yamame, who encounters various mysterious phenomena in the room where he lives, makes a big break as an "entertainer who lives in the accident property".
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-08-28
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A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
Overview: Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought together by chance when they inadvertently team up to thwart a bank robbery. Recognizing the potential of their combined talents, they decide to form a bank-robbing gang themselves, just for the fun and romance of it. Their heists are played out swiftly and coolly, less like robberies than performance art. Eventually, the foursome's good-natured crime streak is interrupted when a man from one of their pasts creates a whirlwind of extortion and double crossing.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-13
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
Overview: In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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The Butterfly Collector: The Red Room
Overview: A former high school teacher Sugiura lost everything when he was caught, peeping photos of his favorite student and living a degenerate life. One day, a girl named Rumi, wearing high school uniform, appears in front of Sugiura. They are immediately drowns in lust and Rumi crashes into Sugiura's apartment. Gradually, Sugiura becomes obsessed with Rumi and tie her down. When Sugiura's dark desire to leave her in a beautiful, young appearance forever, and Rumi's deep feeling towards Sugiura crosses, they head towards a beautiful but sad ending.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-16
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The King of Minami: Formula for Deception
Overview: #37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-09
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Naked Angel : The Red Room
Overview: Matsunaga, the president of a real estate company, spends his week in a secret hideaway to forget his title and social status. One day, he meets Fumiko, a girl who has a mysterious charm, and is gradually attracted to him. Matsunaga deepened his relationship with her, but suddenly a mysterious man appeared.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-02
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いらっしゃいませ、患者さま。
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-06-04
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Suicide Love
Overview: Japanes romantic crime-drama dealing with suicide epidemics
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Original Language: ja
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Samurai Gangsters
Overview: Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa (Kishibe Ittoku); stinky priest Daigoro (Takashi Sasano); well-known stranger Ishimatsu Mori (Yoichi Nukumizu); beautiful Masagoro Oiwake (Kazuki Kitamura); and others. As Jirocho's fame spreads, he gains more enemies. Among them are Katsuzo Kurokoma (Koichi Sato), who is one of the most powerful in Koshu, and the villain who is also Ishimatsu's nemesis, Masaru Mima (Riki Takeuchi). A traitor also emerges from the family, Yoshikazu Ebisu (Yoshikazu Ebisu). Meanwhile, Jirocho's wife falls ill and other terrible situations occur. Jirocho falls into a pinch of absolute despair. What on earth will he do? What is the fate of his minions? The Jirocho family will face a fierce battle...
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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Tensai Bakabon 2
Overview: Happy holidays from Bakabon and the family! Watch Papa save New Year's, learn the details of Hajime's birth, and thrill as the youngest member of the family evades a kidnapping! It's a real crazy world out there, but that's how it should be!
Genres: Comedy Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-06
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Yaneura no Sanposha
Overview: It is one of the projects "erotic random walk" which two new directors adapt to the present day and compete to compete with two popular short stories of RIHO Edogawa. The "pedestrian" is replaced with a woman, and in the theater of a certain boarding hall, many of the hectic scenes filled with the nature of the residence of the resident of the residence are drawn in a beautiful and sensual manner. The main performance was Yoko KAMON and Shunsuke kubozuka. The director is Mitsuhiro Mihara of "the photograph of the village" and "the photograph of the village".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-21
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-07-10
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