Kazue Tsunogae
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: October 21, 1954
Age: 70 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: October 27, 2018
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Adrenaline Drive
Overview: A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A cross-country chase ensues.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-02-18
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Ghost Pub
Overview: One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-10-29
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Juvenile
Overview: 11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with Yusuke's help from extraterrestrials with bad intentions.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-15
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Kamen Rider Ryuki: EPISODE FINAL
Overview: This movie is an alternate ending to the series, taking place after the events of episode 46. With only six Riders remaining in the Rider War, Shirō Kanzaki feels that time is running short.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-08-17
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Running on Empty
Overview: The beautiful Azami is tired of her penniless and lazy boyfriend, Hideji. Determined to break up with him, she must first get back all the money she has given him over the years. She hatches a plot in which she fakes her own kidnapping to get Hideji to pay a ransom. Things get hilariously complicated when all parties involved act to their own agendas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-02-20
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スケート靴の約束 ～名古屋女子フィギュア物語～
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-25
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Where Are You?
Overview: A sixteen year old boy, Ryo, experiences the painful ordeal of his mother being hospitalized and then dying. The boy turns to crime, but doesn't find success. He then seeks out his remarried father, but the pain still exists.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-13
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The Whispered City
Overview: Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-07
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All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa
Overview: In this adaptation of the popular eponymous mystery novel by Keisuke Matsuoka, Paris provides the gorgeous backdrop for a grand intrigue involving the world’s most iconic artistic treasure: the Mona Lisa. Minds will be blown, puzzles will be solved, but will a 500-year-old curse be removed?
Genres: Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-13
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MW
Overview: A live-action adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s mature manga masterpiece MW (pronounced “moo,” like a cow), created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Tezuka. When a top secret chemical compound called MW infects an island near Okinawa, the military is sent in to kill all the victims and cover up the incident. A survivor named Michio Yuki (Hiroshi Tamaki) grows up to become a highly-successful banker, but he is slowly being driven mad by the effects of MW. After committing a series of ruthless crimes to get revenge against the people responsible for the cover-up, he decides that the only way to truly get revenge is to unleash MW on the world and exterminate the entire human race. Takayuki Yamada stars as Father Garai, a priest desperately trying to save Michios soul—and possibly his own in the process—but not necessarily doing much to stop the crime spree.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-03
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Sound of Waves
Overview: Umi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violinist Yuko arrives from Tokyo to play a concert on Umi’s small island near Okinawa, and gradually befriends the girl. Both struggle with friendships and family relationships, but are brought together by music.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-30
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My Secret Cache
Overview: Sakiko, a young bank teller, has an unhealthy obsession with money. Thieves hold up the bank, kidnapping Sakiko in the process, but eventually crash their car, resulting in a suitcase stuffed with cash falling into a nearby river. For the remainder of the film, Sakiko begins a desperate quest to retrieve the money.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-02-15
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I Just Wanna Hug You
Overview: Tsukasa got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the effects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. Tsukasa falls in love with taxi driver Masaki. Even though they have difficulties, they try to make a happy family together, but they encounter another serious situation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Dendera
Overview: Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead wor together to build their own village named "Dendera." Some of the women wants to live their remaining days in peace, but others seek revenge against the villagers and their own families who left them to die.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-25
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Laundry
Overview: A young man named Teru, mentally altered by a childhood injury, runs a laundry and falls for Mizue, a lonely young woman with internal scars.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-02-28
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0.5 mm
Overview: Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she finds herself broke and out on the street. She survives her first night by striking up an ambiguous friendship with a kindly old man, gaining access to a portion of the immense wealth held by Japan's aging population. She continues with similar encounters, and while these begin as scams or revenge on rampant sexism, they ultimately become vulnerable intergenerational exchanges.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-08
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Saiaku
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Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-03-30
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A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo
Overview: A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie, watch as the events unfold on TV. Some decide to run for their lives, some take it as a sign of the apocalypse, some go completely crazy, but most of the townspeople wait and watch, and wonder where the monster will head next.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-26
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The Discarnates
Overview: Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failure as a husband and father, and goes to a 'Rakugo' show, where a friendly man in the audience invites him home. Harada is puzzled at the strong resemblance of this man and his wife to his own parents, who were killed nearly 30 years ago when he was twelve.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-09-15
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The Road Less Travelled
Overview: Kazunari Katsuki (Gaku Sano) lied to his classmate that Tokyo stinks. Because of his comment, he goes to Tokyo alone. On his way back, he misses his flight back to Kumamoto. Kazunari only 3,400 yen in his pocket. He becomes confused about his missed flight. At that time, Masami Tanaka (Kaoru Sugita), who works at an airport souvenir shop, talks to Kazunari. On Kazunari's unusual trip back to Kumamoto, he meets many different adults and begins to think about his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-09-28
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A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies
Overview: The touching and dramatic tale of the relationship between a Japanese family, their dog and her three puppies, set against the backdrop of a devastating earthquake and the ensuing chaos, rescues and heroism.
Genres: Drama Family Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-08
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Nejirin bou
Overview: A woman as the main character, love and friendship, and one of the
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-27
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Toki no kagayaki
Overview: Yuka came to work as an intern nurse at a hospital and she met Shunichi again. They were school friends, and she liked him. But, she found out that Shunichi had an osteosarcoma.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-18
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The Rainbow Seeker 2
Overview: Sequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan. There, he falls in love for a single mother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-12-27
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GARO Special: Beast of the Demon Night
Overview: In the aftermath events of GARO: Chapter of the Black Wolf, Saejima Kouga sets out to the northern district upon reassignment. While hunting down Horrors, a young priestess named Rin informs Kouga that she's been sent by Priest Amon to save a presumed dead friend in the Makai realm within Kantai, Jabi. Kouga teams up with Rin in a quest to save Jabi as they are hindered by supernatural and Makai forces alike. Meanwhile somewhere in Japan the dark Horror lord Legules was resurrected and plots a means to alter a supernatural event called White Night within Kantai to plunge the world into darkness with his "family." It's the final chapter of GARO as Kouga puts his life on the line to save Jabi and defeat Legules before the world is ruined.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-15
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Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
Overview: A young tofu maker, Eikichi comes from Kyoto to open a tofu shop in a friendly neighborhood. He meets there a feisty local girl Ofumi who befriends him as he sets up his shop, Kyo-ya and in spite of the difficulties stemming from cultural differences between the two ancient capitals including the favored taste of tofu itself, they eventually marry and become the owner of a tofu shop on a more respectable street. Behind the rock-solid business of Kyo-ya, their son, Eitaro bears the brunt of other tofu shops' animosity toward Kyo-ya's refusal to comply with Edo's way of running business and starts to frequent a gambling hall run by the mysterious "Boss", which throws the family into a critical situation that threaten to pull them apart...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-31
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Have a Song on Your Lips
Overview: A young piano prodigy, Yuri Kashiwagi, returns to her hometown after several years and joins a middle school to mentor the choir group.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-28
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Thicker than Water
Overview: Hard-working Yuria runs a small printing company. Despite her best efforts, she can’t seem to attract the attention of Kazunari, a polite yet aloof client who is more interested in flirting with Mako, Yuria’s ditzy younger sister and employee. Meanwhile, Kazunari has his hands full with Takuji, his rough-hewn brother who was recently released from prison and is crashing at his apartment.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-10
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Tomato No Shizuku
Overview: With their hair salon business now on track, longtime couple Sakura and Makoto mull over inviting Sakura's estranged father to their upcoming wedding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-14
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Diner
Overview: A former murderer and genius chef along with a waitress come together with a group of fantastical assassins in a diner. A girl with a hollowness in her heart, who believes that she belongs nowhere, is thrust into a series of attacks where she must struggle to find her will to live.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-07-05
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Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Overview: A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-07-12
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Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Overview: A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy while a killer prowls the city. The projectionist's relationship with her attractive and successful reporter friend drives the plot deeper into insanity.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-07-11
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Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost
Overview: In the near future, the world is ruled by the Smart Brain Corporation, with 90% of the population being Orphnoch, and the once prominent human race is nearing extinction. Takumi Inui, Kamen Rider Faiz, was once regarded as mankind’s savior until, in an attack by Smart Brain troops, he was presumed dead. Since then, human rebel groups have staged attacks on Smart Brain’s complex in an attempt to steal the top-secret Emperor Belts, with no success. Kiba Yuji, Naoya Kaidō and Yuka Osada attempt to ease tensions between both races but their peace meeting is interrupted by Smart Brain troops and their newest warrior, Kamen Rider Psyga. Takumi, believing himself a young cobbler named Takeshi, regains his memory and becomes Kamen Rider Faiz again to settle things with Smart Brain once and for all.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-16
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Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
Overview: Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After the death of his father, Jiro's mother runs away and leaves behind a 6 month dog named Ichiro and some clues for Jiro. To find his mother, Jiro has to venture out into the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Seventeen, Hokuto Summer
Overview: Ayami Kawaguchi is a 17-year-old high school student. Her family runs a tofu shop where the tofu is made with local spring water. She is a member of her high school's kyudo club, but she doesn't do well there. One day, Ayami delivers tofu to a local sake brewery. There, she finds the owner of the sake brewery, Shozo Sugita, collapsed and he is sent to hospital. Afterwards, Ayami Kawaguchi gets involved in a dispute over the water source succession.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-09-09
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稲垣家の喪主
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Genres: TV Movie Family Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-03-18
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黒の斜面
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Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-24
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空蝉の森
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: nb
Release Date: 2021-02-05
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To the Sea, See You
Overview: Team DANKAI are a group of drivers set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, team leader Mizuki (Nenji Kobayashi) is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii (Goro Ohashi) to the roster for publicity. This exacerbates DANKAI's resentments and baggage. Needing a steady hand to mediate dispute and navigate their support vehicle, Mizuki recruits legendary, retired mechanic and driver Eiji Honma (Ken Takakura) to the team. Honma soon discovers his ex-wife Kei (Ayumi Ishida) is also participating in the rally, alongside her current husband, the bullfighter Juan Vázquez (Tomas Arana). He is also accompanied by Yuko Takei (Junko Sakurada), a singer who followed Yoshii from Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-05-18
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Takada Wataru Teki
Overview: Folk singer Wataru Takada has been performing for over 35 years. This feature-length documentary follows him closely over the course of five months, covering his live shows, private life and capturing his mysterious charm.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-03
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