Eihi Shiina
Also Known As: しいなえいひ, 椎名英姬
Biography: Eihi Shiina (born February 3, 1976) is a fashion model and actress from Fukuoka, Japan. She got her first big break in 1995, working for Benetton, after which she represented Japan at the global Elite Model Look '95. More magazine work followed. Shiina made her film debut in 1999 with Dog-Food. She also published a book of photographs and poems, entitled No Filter, Only Eyes, that same year. She is recognized internationally for her role as Asami Yamazaki in Takashi Miike's Audition. She also starred in Tokyo Gore Police as Ruka.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Japan
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Birthday: February 03, 1976
Age: 49 years old
Gender: Female
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Holy Mother
Overview: A racist corporation is looking to expand its territories of domination and for that it needs to destroy the Yakuza mafia. It is then that a transgender woman suddenly appears willing to defend the Yakuza tradition.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-20
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Audition
Overview: Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-03
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Eureka
Overview: In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-18
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Tokyo Gore Police
Overview: In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
Genres: Horror Action Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-04
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Outrage
Overview: When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-05-17
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Helldriver
Overview: Still reeling from the events of a zombie apocalypse, a young woman, along with a group of allies, makes her way across a dystopian Japan in search of her mother, the Zombie Queen.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-28
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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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A Day on the Planet
Overview: Seven friends gather at a party in Kyoto to celebrate Masamichi's entry to graduate school. Maki & her boyfriend Nakazawa join the party and get drunk easily after the friendship reunion. Kate has a crush on one of the cute guy who doesn't have any interests on her though. The cheerful and unforgettable night is full of joy while the whales and the thief incidents also attract the attention of them. Before the sunrise, seven friends meet again on the beach so as to witness the fade of youth days.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-05
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The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Overview: Why do people no longer see this type of stories nowadays? How can this notion be awakened? Which films should begin to feed back from the past and balance them with the current horror?
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-09-18
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Open House
Overview: A struggling model and a troubled divorcee face loneliness and desperation in Tokyo.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-06-20
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Animus Anima
Overview: Tokio (Shugo Oshinari) and his sister Sui (Shiina Eihi) fall in love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-05
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Hold Up Down
Overview: A bank robbery goes completely to pot, a pair of shoplifters get both an old man and a cop behind them. It is the beginning of this zany comedy, including the guys from boy band V6.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-28
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Sky High
Overview: A serial-murderer is on the loose who just so happens to also be removing the hearts of his victims and taking them with him. His victims however, are not merely random humans as thought by the police. They are in fact, the past and present guardians of the gateway of the afterlife.On the day he is to be married, Detective Kanzaki, who happens to be on the case, discovers that his fiancé Mina has been murdered with her heart also missing. He also learns that the killers are Kudo, a geneticist, and his evil secretary Rei. The two are trying to obtain six hearts from the guardians so that they may call forth a horde of demons from the Gate of Rage and have their every desire granted. Only problem is, once they open the gate the entire world will be covered in darkness.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-05
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Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Overview: A reconstructed girl is created from the pieces of a vampire girl's mini-butchery. Slaughter abounds as both of them pursue the same boy.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-08-15
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Jam Films 2
Overview: Jam Films 2 features 4 short films by different Japanese directors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-24
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The Profane Exhibit
Overview: Deep within the underbelly of Paris, there is a club which is the home of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but within the cavernous building are many hidden rooms, one of which is known as "The Room of Souls," a private gathering place of the world's richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant yet frightening Madame Sabatier. For their amusement each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of depravity.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-22
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The Ninja War of Torakage
Overview: Set in the Sengoku Period, Torakage is retired ninja. He lives his life peacefully, but turmoil comes as he becomes involved a fight over treasures.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-20
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Use the Eyeballs!
Overview: A bizarre love comedy about a bullied schoolboy Kotaro. His problem is the eyeballs – not the normal pair, but the additional pair that pops up from his nose whenever he gets nervous. Needless to say, girls usually run away screaming.Tashiro is a fanboy director whose films are full of references (e.g. Kotaro gets self-confidence by watching The Toxic Avenger on VHS) and insider jokes. There’s also an amazing cameo at the end of the film.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-15
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Dragon Girls !
Overview: Yves Montmayeur takes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as the starting point for his study of the new female warrior in Asian pop culture. From Beijing to Tokyo and Taiwan, he went to meet with the most iconic muses of this new trend, including Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Shu Qi, and Asami.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-07-03
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Jellyfish Eyes
Overview: In present-day Japan, little Masashi moves from an evacuation center to a small village. There he will discover that every child has the ability to communicate with a fantastic creature, but they are being used in an evil plan to collect the children’s negative energy. Artist Takashi Murakami ‘s debut film is an amazing epic story that is an X-Ray of children’s hopes and fears with the artist’s unmistakable visual style.
Genres: Science Fiction Animation Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-23
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Meatball Machine Kodoku
Overview: Nobody knows where they came from. They parasitize in human beings, take control of them and change their bodies into hideous monsters (Necro-borg). The Necro-borg fight each other until the other dies. Where did they come from? To what end? Yuji and Kaoru, whom both have dark secrets within themselves, get caught up in the horrific battles of Necro-borg. What will their fate be?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-08-19
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63 Minutes Later
Overview: A spin-off feature from Tokyo Gore Police centering on three characters from the movie who are each given a short story explaining how they became an “engineer”.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-02-27
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