Ryo Kato
Also Known As: 加藤 諒, Kato Ryo, 카토 료, Ryō Katō, 加藤谅
Biography: In 2000, he debuted in the variety show Appare Sanma Dai Sensei at the age of ten. Later on he played in the film Detroit Metal City and played supporting roles in dramas such as Gakkō no Kaidan, Omoni Naitemasu, and Kaitō Yamaneko.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Overview: Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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The Pretenders
Overview: It depicts two high school girls trying to change the atmosphere of the world with their ideas by setting up a camera in the town and transmitting the footage via SNS.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-16
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What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?
Overview: Atsuko and Akira are a husband and wife duo with a daughter and a son. Atsuko is in charge of the retirement finances. She saves from money given to her by her husband and also earns money herself by working part-time. She stretches every yen by leading a frugal life. yet, expenses come up. These include their daughter's upcoming wedding and the funeral expenses of the husband's father. Then, and at exactly the worst time, the couple finds itself unemployed.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-10-30
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Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Overview: Satoru, a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his mother dies. His father designs a remote-controlled robot to go to school for him, allowing him to interact with people and do normal things.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-09
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Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
Overview: Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able to solve the most difficult of cases, but he has a secret. He is actually a lousy detective and relies on the genius skills of his assistant Anna Mikami to solve cases. Their partnership continues.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-31
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Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love
Overview: People of Saitama Prefecture, who have been persecuted by Tokyoites for a long time, stand up for their freedom. Thanks to Momomi Hakuhodo (Fumi Nikaido) and the Saitama Liberation Front, laissez-passer is abolished. The people of Saitama Prefecture can once again enjoy their peaceful daily lives, but the Saitama Liberation Front heads toward its next goal. This leads to a big case.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-23
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Prince of Legend
Overview: A school has a competition every 3 years in which they pick a Prince of Legend. 14 males students take part in the competition.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-21
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Patalliro! Stage Play
Overview: The first theatrical play adaptation of the popular manga series “Patalliro!”.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-28
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Patalliro! Stage Play ★Stardust Project★
Overview: The second theatrical play adaptation of the popular manga series “Patalliro!”.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-27
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New Hamlet ~Osamu Dazai takes over Shakespeare!?~
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-06
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GACHI-BAN: SUPREMACY
Overview: Sixteenth coming-of-age action film depicting delinquents fighting each other. Two youths who are eternal rivals reunite in an unexpected fashion. Motoki Takashi has helmed the series since the third film. Kinugasa High School top dog Monji (Sano Kazuya) fails to find a successor and gets held back twice. Yuto (Kubota Masataka), who used to exchange blows with Monji, finds employment but gets fired due to his poor academic skills. Painfully aware of the importance of studying, Yuto transfers into the evening class at Kinugasa High School without knowing that Monji is there.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-13
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GACHI-BAN Z
Overview: Kinugasa is under attack by a lone Yanki, Goki, who claims to be a member of the Piranha gang. Unable to stop his onslaught, Kinugasa high school is shut down. With Kinugasa’s boss Monji Mori gone, nobody’s there to save them. Desperate for help, Monji’s old friend Taiga Deguchi is called upon for help. Unfortunately for Kinugasa, Taiga isn’t exactly known for his strength...
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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Kizoku Kourin: Prince of Legend
Overview: Shintaro Ando has become Noble Dori after various confrontations. Now, the noble group, who are led by Shintaro Ando, has battles over the title of Legend ("Densetsu") against the prince group, who are led by Kanade Suzaku.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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Kounna Hito
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-06
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Across a Gold Prairie
Overview: Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning, he wakes up believing himself to be twenty again. In his mind, he has become the youthful young man that he once was. However, reality fails to keep up with his illusion, and everything around him seems to be quite different from what he is used to. So, he decides that he is simply dreaming. As his reality becomes his dream, his unhappy world turns into a life enriched with happiness and expectations for the future. Ayumu is now enjoying his life to the full again.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-10-31
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Patalliro! the Stage ~Misty London Airport~
Overview: “Patalliro! The Stage” is based on the popular manga series “Patalliro!” by Mineo Maya, which has been running since 1978. “Patalliro!” follows the adventures and mischiefs of Patalliro du Malyner VIII (knowns as Patalliro), who is the king of Malynera. His silly gag “Cock Robin Ondo” is well known from the ending song of the anime adaptation. Patalliro is played by Kato Ryo, one of the most influential and eccentric actors of his generation. The full cast except for Ryo was replaced for the latest show, providing a fresh take on the wacky world of “Patalliro!”. The story is based on “Misty London Airport”, one of the most iconic episodes of the original manga.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-07-16
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Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
Overview: A Japanese teenager bicycles aimlessly through the countryside after killing his mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-10-31
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The Werewolf Game: The Beast Side
Overview: 10 high school students including Yuka Kabayama are suddenly led to a room and must play the jinrou game. Yuka Kabayama has the jinrou card. She has to hide that fact and kill the players who have the citizens cards one by one. Yuka Kabayama gets excited by her situation.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-08-30
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Mr. Osomatsu
Overview: The Matsuno brothers return to the big screen, this time in live-action and portrayed by the members of the Japanese boy band Snow Man! Osomatsu ends up meeting the CEO of a multi-trillion yen company, who wants to adopt Osomatsu as his own! The other brothers find out, and of course, they can't let that slide without a fight...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-03-25
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Cells at Work!
Overview: A novice red blood cell and a relentless white blood cell work together to protect their human from invading germs, pathogens and other threats.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-12-13
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Gold Medal Man
Overview: Senichi was born in 1964, when the entire nation was excited about the Tokyo Olympics. As an elementary student, Senichi won a footrace and got a taste of what winning felt like. Since then, Senichi takes part in various competitions including drawing and usually wins. He keeps struggling to win gold medals at competitions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-22
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Nisekoi: False Love
Overview: Raku Ichijo (Kento Nakajima) is an only son and a high school student. His father is the leader of yakuza group Shuei-gumi. Raku Ichijo doesn't like to fight and he studies hard. His dream is to become a public official. One day, he passes the entrance gate at his high school and is kicked inadvertently by Chitoge Kirisaki (Ayami Nakajo). She is a new transfer student at the school. Chitoge Kirisaki is the only daughter of a rival gang leader. To keep the peace between the rival gangs led by their fathers, Raku Ichijo and Chitoge Kirisaki decide to act as boyfriend and girlfriend. --asianwiki
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-12-21
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Detroit Metal City
Overview: Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the band, he has a definite talent for it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-22
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Honnouji Hotel
Overview: In Kyoto, Mayuko (Haruka Ayase) stands at a crossroad in her life. She's thinking about marriage with her boyfriend Kyoichi (Hiroyuki Hirayama). By an accidental opportunity, Mayuko stays at Honnouji Hotel. There, she meets historical figure Nobunaga Oda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) who is attempting to unify Japan.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-14
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Fly me to the Saitama
Overview: People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo is a male high school student and the son of the Tokyo governor. Physically, Momomi Hakuhodo looks like a girl. One day, he meets mysterious male transfer student Rei Asami. They are attracted to each other, but Rei Asami is from Saitama Prefecture.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-22
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Linking Love
Overview: High School student Miyui Mashio is really struggling. She can't fulfill her dream of becoming an idol and her parents are always fighting. Suddenly, she finds a genie in a bottle and through an accident, finds herself back in 1991. She realizes she is now going to school with her parents. But the problem is, her parents do not seem to get along - so Miyui will never be born! Miyui learns her father is interested in idols and so together with her mother and other girls she forms the idol group AGS16 to make sure her parents will eventually fall in love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-28
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Gangoose
Overview: Saike, Kazuki, and Takeo were abused by their respective parents and did not go to school. They stayed together at a youth detention center. To survive, these three young men commit robbery and burglary against criminal groups. (AsianWiki)
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Cheer Cheer Cheer!
Overview: Momoko (Yui Aragaki) is a quiet and lonely high school girl who's only passion is to cheer traditional cheer squad, but all she could gather were good for nothing guys, who could not find places in school. They start the cheer squad with a disaster, but when they finally find the true meaning of "cheering" someone, their passion becomes power and gives strength to those that are cheered.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-11
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Not Quite Dead Yet
Overview: After Nanase's father drops dead due to a drug that causes temporal death for 2 days, she is named the president of his pharmaceutical company. Nanase endeavors to prevent her father's enemies from prematurely cremating his body before the drug can wear off and allow him to revive.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-20
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Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro
Overview: Agetarō, a third generation tonkatsu shop owner, one day makes a bentō delivery for the first time to a club where he experiences an uplifting feeling he's never had before. Furthermore, he is wholeheartedly set on winning the heart of Sonoko, with whom he fell in love at first sight, so he decides to be both a tonkatsu shop owner and DJ.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-10-30
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Extro
Overview: Dives deep into the tragicomic world of the"towns-people" stand-ins working at Warp Station Edo, a popular shooting location for samurai dramas, through a piercing study of a 63-year-old extra. Utilizing mockumentary stylings, this ambitious film forms a compelling commentary on the aspirations that shape film production and the feelings that a simple, ho-hum life can evoke.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-04-20
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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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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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Cruel Opera Litchi Hikari Club Stage Play
Overview: This is the second theatrical play adaptation of the popular manga series “Lychee Light Club.”
Genres: Horror Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-27
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ビーチボーイズに憧れて
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-12-15
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父、ノブナガ
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie Fantasy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-07
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Patalliro! ～Phantom～
Overview: Fourth stage adaptation of the manga "Patalliro!"
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-09-19
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Murder Mystery Theater: Price of Murderous Intent
Overview: A 2025 improvised murder mystery play with multiple casts.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-03-11
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