Makiko Kuno
Also Known As: 久野真紀子, 久野翔子
Biography: Makiko Kuno is a Japanese actress. Her early stage name was Shōko Kuno (久野翔子, Kuno Shōko); she changed it to Makiko Kuno (久野 真紀子, Kuno Makiko), and switched to writing her surname in katakana in 2005. Kuno has been active as a model since senior high school, and as an actress made her debut in 1987. In 1986, she participated in the first Pocari Sweat Image Girl Contest, but lost to 17-year-old Chisato Moritaka in the finals. Kuno was the image girl of the JR East kiosks from 1988 to 1994. In 1994, she released a collection of photographs, Mitsu, and appeared nude in an original video, XX: Utsukushiki Karyūdo. In 1998, Kuno played the part of Sunday in the Chunsoft sound novel Machi to a favorable reception. In addition, she qualified as a sommelier in 1998.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: February 21, 1967
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 4
Overview: The second of three V-Cinema sequels.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-11
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Sugar: Howling of Angel
Overview: After her husband and child are murdered, a woman becomes an assassin for hire.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Guard from Underground
Overview: A former sumo wrestler, now working as a security guard, goes on a murderous rampage.
Genres: Thriller Horror Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-16
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Space Girl Morumo 1/10
Overview: Fuji Television film based on the manga of the same name by Hiroshi Aro.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-05-04
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World's End / Girl Friend
Overview: Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like her and really wants to cheer her up, but he can't manage to express his real feelings or stop picking up other women. Misawa is dumbfounded by Shinnosuke's behavior but also has complex feelings of love for his friend.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-10
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Jet Black
Overview: Takemiya Union Tōjō-gumi Wakagashira Yasuda (Kazumi Matsuda) retaliates against the Kansai-based Myōjin-kai by attacking their office after an assassination attempt on Union chairman Shimamura (Shunsuke Kariya). Joined by Yamashina-gumi Wakagashira Kiryu (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), the two succeed and pledge to work as brothers without an official oath, dedicating themselves to their organizations and the Union. The Union faces upheaval with Shimamura's retirement announcement and the loss of his son, Katsuto (Hitoshi Ozawa). The leadership race narrows to Tōjō (Hiroyuki Watanabe), Yasuda's boss, and Yamashina (Masahiro Noguchi), Kiryu's boss. Just as Yasuda’s casino operation thrives, a police raid confiscates all earnings and forces its closure. In desperation, Yasuda turns to a certain man (Naoto Takenaka) for help.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-25
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Jet Black 2
Overview: Yasuda (Kazumi Matsuda), the Wakagashira of the Takemiya Union Tōjō-gumi, infiltrates the hideout of the Yamashina-gumi's Sakazaki (Junichi Kawamoto), who had been secretly engaged in organ trafficking. Yasuda tries to extract the truth from Sakazaki, but is killed by Detective Hyūga from the Organized Crime Division (Marubō). The blame is pinned on Yasuda, leading to his arrest. Two years later... In Yasuda's absence, the boss of the Tōjō-gumi, Tōjō (Hiroyuki Watanabe), is assassinated by a hitman from the Myōjin-kai. The situation changes drastically. Nikaidō (Tarō Kawano) pressures Yasuda to reestablish his oath of allegiance, but Yasuda firmly refuses. Frustrated by Yasuda's response, Nikaidō makes a certain proposal to the union's chairman, Shimamura (Shunsuke Kariya).
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-12-25
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How Old Is the River?
Overview: Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they're unexpectedly joined by a female cousin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-11-11
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The Mars Canon
Overview: A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relationships, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-09-28
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The Beast Must Die: Revenge
Overview: The story of a man who is a printer by day, a ruthless killer by night.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-17
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We're No Angels
Overview: Rikiya Yasuoka, Ren Ōsugi and Junji Inagawa star in this early straight to video effort from Takashi Miike. Joe (Yasuoka), a lumbering tough guy with a heart of gold, is fresh out of prison, but it's not long before he lands himself in trouble again. The courier company he works for is attacked by a local yakuza gang. Joe takes matters into his own hands.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-10-29
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We're No Angels 2
Overview: Joe and his delivery company friends are back. This time they become embroiled in the evil plot of a corrupt politician.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-12-24
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Siren the Ghost Story Forever
Overview: Suddenly, men abandon their jobs and families and come to the sea for no reason at all. Their disappearance was connected to an incredibly powerful force. One chilly day, when Cassiopeia shines strangely, two men suddenly arrive at the beach house "Kaijotei," asking to be allowed to stay here. The two men, who did not know each other and had no relation to each other, were drawn to the same beach for unknown reasons. Kazuhiko and Ayako, two lovers who run a beach pavilion, have no choice but to accept the two men, who are not moving even with their leverage, since it is out of season and there are no bathers. A few days later, a new man named Furuta arrives. Furuta is an expert in astronomical observation, and he senses something unusual in the way the stars have been shining these past few days.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-06
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XX: Beautiful Hunter
Overview: Shion, ruthless assassin for the Magnificat crime syndicate, is as sexy as she is deadly. But when her latest target turns out to be the man she loves, Shion is torn between duty and her heart. Her reluctance marks her for death by Magnificat, and her decision forces her into a life on the run, with her fellow assassins always a step behind.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-08-01
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Chokolietta
Overview: Chiyoko's mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness. Her mother liked the Italian movie "La Strada." Due to movie study club senior, Masamune, Chiyoko is able to watch the Italian movie "La Strada," which her mother liked. Chiyoko soon acts in a movie directed by Masamune.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-24
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Killing
Overview: In Edo period Japan, a lone ronin lives in a village helping the farmers tend to their land. One day, a group of outlaw swordsmen enter the village.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-08
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Adiós Desperado
Overview: Set in Spain, two Japanese people, Tatsumi, a karate fighter, and Kumi, who is being chased by the mafia, meet and confront the mafia together with an old spanish detective! Why is Kumi being chased?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Overview: Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi and are oblivious to their existence, but there are a few who possess the ability to see and interact with Mushi. One such person is Ginko who travels from place to place to research Mushi and aid people suffering from problems caused by them.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-20
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Mary's Game
Overview: An assignment is issued to a lady sniper to destroy the mafia.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-01-27
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Call My Name
Overview: Atsushi is a journalist specializing in writing about adult film actresses. He meets Hanako, who seems different to other adult film stars and soon a relationship develops. Meanwhile, Hanako’s younger sister, Asuka, arrives to stay and falls in love after a chance meeting at a club.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-02-03
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Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 17
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-09
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監察医 室生亜季子㉚ 震える顔
Overview: Kota Mizutani, a 10-year-old boy whose health worsened after he saw a murder, is brought to Akiko's clinic by his mother Mariko. Kota says that two months ago, he witnessed a man in a park strangling a woman with a cord and was chased by the man afterwards. Hamada, who listens to his story along with Akiko, immediately performs an investigation but cannot find any traces of the crime. However, Kota's testimony gains credence when the body of a woman killed two months before is discovered on a construction site in Kawagoe. Acting on a tip from a citizen who says she had been wearing the same clothes as the victim, the police search the house of Kazuko Shimazaki, a photographer who is often absent. But when Kazuko returns from her trip with her assistant Hirano, it becomes clear the victim is a different person.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-02
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Wasao
Overview: Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself turns part of the life of this former stray into an original story. Setsuko, who runs a grilled-squid shop in a fishing village at the foot of the Shirakami mountains, decides to take in a large dog with a long, unruly fur that has shown up in town. She names the dog Wasao and showers it with affection, but Wasao at that time doesn't take to Setsuko.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-05
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The Sound of Grass
Overview: Kazuo Kudo returns to his hometown of Hakodate with his wife because of his autonomic ataxia. Kazuo, who is not able to work and has to attend the psychiatry regularly, continues to run in the city of Hakodate for mental treatment on sunny days and rainy days. When Kazuo comes to communicate with the young people he meets on the street, something begins to change...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-08
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