Kōen Okumura
Also Known As: Koen Okumura, 奥村進, Susumu Okumura, Kouen Okumura, Okumura Kouen
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Akita Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: March 31, 1930
Deathday: December 24, 2009
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Second Love
Overview: Kazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult. Kazumi's younger and more inexperienced husband Hideo is continually suspicious of her fidelity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-08
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The Funeral
Overview: When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three days in their home.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-11-17
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Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger VS Abaranger
Overview: The Dekarangers respond to a disturbance in the city. On arriving, they find the area under attack from three brightly-coloured people. They fight them but they steal Machine Bull to chase a crow, which is apparently their enemy. They crash and are arrested by the Dekarangers. At DekaBase, the Dekarangers discover that their prisoners are Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger.
Genres: Crime Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-11
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Swan's Song
Overview: Mina and Mizuki sisters attended a ballet class in Tokyo. One day, the sisters return home separately, but younger sister, Mizuki, is kidnapped on the way home and discovered as a corpse. On that day, Mina blames herself for returning home, leaving her sister to practice ballet staying. Her mother, Teruko, is also very upset by the news of the discovery of her body, causing deep emotional wounds. The incident was featured on a variety show, and the mother and daughter, who couldn't stand the curiosity of the world, moved to a quiet country town far from the city. Although they started a new life, Teruko is bullied by a mysterious mad woman and Mina is bullied at school. And a mysterious murder case occurs again around them.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-11-09
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Socrates
Overview: Based on the story "Gokudō Socrates"
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-12-21
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Turning Point
Overview: A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-06-18
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I am.
Overview: Miki, a nursing care robot, is popular among some medical staff and patients for her dainty and efficient work, but others are more skeptical. One day, Miki malfunctions and begins to see and hear fragmented images and voices.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-23
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Supermarket Woman
Overview: A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-06-15
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Bakuryū Sentai Abarenjā 20th: Yurusa Rezaru Abare
Overview: 20 years after their battle with the Evolians had ended, a new threat appears to threaten the long-lasting peace that the Abarangers have enjoyed. For the first time in a long while, they transform to fight but the public seems to think their actions are barbaric acts of destruction. In the Reiwa Era, is the justice they once fought for now considered an outdated style of heroism?
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-09-01
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The Ravaged House: Zoroku's Disease
Overview: In a rural village, there lives a man named Zoroku, with his sister, Haruko. All is well until one day, Zoroku becomes infected with a bizarre disease that blisters his skin and deforms his body. Fearing the reactions of the townspeople, his parents lock him in the house. Unfortunately, the village chief sees him, and soon, Zoroku and Haruko are mistreated by everyone in the village. Unable to watch Haruko suffer any longer, the parents decide to end Zoroku's misery themselves. Haruko tries to save her brother, and they leave home, but what comes afterward?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-04
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Ah! Nomugi toge - Shinryokuhen
Overview: Sequel to "Nomugi Pass"
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-02-06
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
Overview: A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-26
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Akio Jissoji's Wonder Museum 1
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Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-23
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After the Rain
Overview: A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst the trapped travelers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-22
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Abduction
Overview: The film opens with kidnappers of a corporate executive making an unusual ransom demand: that a wizened executive from another company haul large bags of money through downtown Tokyo as the media documents his every move. When the first old man almost dies from exhaustion, a second, and eventually a third elderly corporate fat cat is ordered to do the same. The police detective assigned to the case (Tetsuya Watari) and his younger partner (Masatoshi Nagase) are livid with indignation at this sorry spectacle. They learn that these four men were involved in a massive industrial spill that poisoned an entire rural hamlet 20 years previous. Suddenly, the detective -- who studied in the States and apparently absorbed some John Wayne-like mannerisms in the process -- isn't sure who are the victims and who are the villains.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-07
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Homesick
Overview: An old man, Nakamura, is driving back to his hometown in Hokkaido alone, and on his way, he meets a young girl named Akemi, who has been deserted by her boyfriend after a quarrel over a trivial matter. It is as if they are wandering around the world which has come to an end, but the two get to know each other as slowly as Nakamura's car is going. They come to meet a middle aged lady, Shizuko, who is running away with a large sum of money, and an ex-cop, Goh, who repeatedly attempts suicide, and they spend a night together - Homesick is a road movie set in late autumn in Hokkaido, and it illustrates people's homesickness with black humour.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-12
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16-Sai no Marine Blue
Overview: A film by Akiyoshi Imazeki. Emi is a 16-year-old girl who lives in Enoshima. An adolescent movie depicting teenagers' outlook on life, values, and lifestyle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-02
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Strawberry Shortcakes
Overview: Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-23
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Original Sin
Overview: Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-20
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Akio Jissoji's Museum of Wonders - Volume of Discourse
Overview: A bizarre mystery created under the direction of director Jissoji. The mysterious and strange world of Jissoji is brought back to life here!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-08-21
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The Longest Tunnel
Overview: After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-10-16
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Ryota from Mandalaya
Overview: Live-action adaptation of Jun Hatanaka's manga "Mandaraya no Ryota".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-03-15
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Jailbreak Mountains
Overview: Itto, a former detective serving time for murder, learns that his sister has been murdered by someone. He escapes from prison to take revenge on the culprit. Filming support: Chuo Alps Kanko, Toho Airways, Royal Hotel Kawaguchiko. Support: Ishii Sports, mt.dax, Universal Trading, Kyoei Transportation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-22
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The Rocking Horsemen
Overview: It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-10-31
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One Bowl of Kakesoba
Overview: Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-02-15
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The Yen Family
Overview: Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-05-14
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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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Rainbow Kids
Overview: A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-15
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Bugs
Overview: Aru Islands in resort development. Was a succession happening the abandoned corpses in there are holes in body. Ligia exotica appeared on an isolated island of mutants is taking the panic and horror.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-01-11
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生まれ変わるとしたら
Overview: A mysterious world of images of an old, almost forgotten barbershop in the middle of the city, with its owner who is just “waiting” for something, and the people who visit him. A barbershop is a place where people want change. A place to find a new self. The barber finds a different self on the other side of the mirror, and between drowsiness and thoughts, he is lost between dreams and reality, pondering in a different space. The barber travels with various customers to a mysterious space. Invisible images are projected into each mind along with the recitation of poems.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-04
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Kichiku
Overview: Made-for-TV film adaptation of the 1957 novel by Seicho Matsumoto starring Takeshi Kitano and directed by Noboru Tanaka. The novel was previously adapted in 1978 film entitled “The Demon” starring Ken Ogata and directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. After a married man stops providing for his mistress, she abandons their three young children with him and his wrathful wife. Consumed by the jealousy and power struggles of their own relationships, they involve the children in their own games - with tragic results.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-15
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So What
Overview: In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-16
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The New Morning of Billy the Kid
Overview: All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-white reproduction of a photo of Monument Valley. The action starts as Billy the Kid, in full living color, walks out of the photo and gets a job as a waiter. Along with him on the working staff are a samurai straight out of the history books, a G.I. from World War II, and several other anachronistic characters. The plot (as such) revolves around keeping away the brutal mobsters and thugs who dominate the city streets outside of the bar, making the tavern safe for its easily recognized facsimiles of well-known characters.
Genres: Crime Comedy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-01
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Kaito Ruby
Overview: Toru Hayashi is an unremarkable bachelor who lives with his mother, until one day a young woman named Rumi moves in in the apartment upstairs. Rumi is a self-proclaimed master thief, but she needs socially awkward Toru's help to actually kickstart her so-called career.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-12
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Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold!
Overview: The film opens on Dino Earth fifteen years ago with a village elder telling the story of how Princess Freezia sealed away a pair of evil Bakuryuu with the Holy Sword, encasing them in ice. If the evil creatures are ever released from their prison, the world will end in a grip of fear "encased in white".
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-16
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Dialogue
Overview: A man hires a Private Investigator in order to find proof that his wife has been cheating on him. Soon, we learn that the man’s plan is to set the wife up, divorce her and remarry again in America with the daughter of his boss.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-12-25
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Five Pink Girls
Overview: A movie based on Saikaku Ihara’s “Five Women Who Loved Love”, which depicts women such as strippers and married women becoming hostesses in a pink salon.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1978-11-03
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Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger vs. Hurricaneger
Overview: The crossover film between Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger and Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger. After hijacking the Hurricaneger's mechs; Wendinu and Furabijo, who survived their supposed deaths, unleash an ancient Jakanja warrior infused with Dino Guts known as Janil Iga. Iga allies himself with the Evolian to take over Earth and destroy the Abarangers, it's up to both them and the Hurricaneger to stop the newest threat by combining their forces in a way never seen before!
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-03-12
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Karate Cop 2
Overview: Karate expert Katayama (Takeda) investigates the robbery of a bank in Hokkaido, where an apple seed left at the scene holds the answer to the robbers' whereabouts.
Genres: Action Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-07-02
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March Comes In Like a Lion
Overview: The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister, she is seven and he is eight. She goes on to say that when she was seven and he was eight, she told her brother that she would marry him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-04-13
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Farewell to the Land
Overview: Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-04-09
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Ellie My Love
Overview: Based on the comic by Mako Takami.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-04-11
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Leave My Girl Alone
Overview: Hitomi, a former orphan who is trying to leave behind her delinquent ways, one day agrees to tutor a wealthy young boy who has just become an orphan himself…
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-13
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Shimanto River
Overview: A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the emotional pain involved in the loss of innocence. The film is based on an autobiographical novel written by Kyuzo Sasayama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-07
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Attack on a Bakery
Overview: Two young men are hungry, so they decide to rob a bakery. Adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1982-11-18
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Sada
Overview: The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-11
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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Overview: Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-11-07
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Pro Golfer Oribe Kinjiro
Overview: Kinjiro Oribe, nicknamed Orikin, is a professional golfer who has not won a single tournament in his 17-year golf career. He arrives at the golf training course in the city center as a professional instructor, he is inspired by unique people, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of winning at least one victory on the tour, which he almost gave up...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-01-15
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Lanterns on Blue Waters
Overview: The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-11-15
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The Story of Dan the Puppy
Overview: Elementary schoolgirls find a puppy and decide to take care of it. Learning and giving lessons in supportive-ness, loyalty, and friendship.
Genres: Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-14
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Brother
Overview: A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-12-13
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Goodbye for Tomorrow
Overview: People from all walks of life all receive mysterious messages from loved ones who were killed 3 months earlier in a shipwreck. They are instructed to go to a small island in the Inland Sea that evening.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-23
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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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The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
Overview: Tsutomu Minagawa is set to retire; the organized business life, a perfectly normal family living in a two-story house with a garage, the once unstoppable routine is about to close down forever. However, Tsutomu's last day changes him forever, as a car accident leads to his new purpose and sets him on a mission to clean every traffic mirror in Japan in order to save lives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-03
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Star
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-04-12
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Haruka, Nostalgia
Overview: Ayase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up in. He meets a strange boy who calls himself by the author's real name.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-02-20
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Psychic Theater Mr. Maric's Super Magic V
Overview: KENJI is here!” ...A boy with no semblance of control awakens to psychokinesis. Every time Kenji practices, neck-and-neck murders occur around him... Original manga “Sci-Fi HARRY” was adapted to film. Broadcast in stereo. The Scale-less Fish” is Matsuo Suzuki's first appearance in a TV drama.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-04
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