Kenji Anan
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 24, 1962
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Gender: Male
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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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Black Belt
Overview: Set in 1932, amid the rise of militarism after the establishment of the Manchukuo colony in Northeast China, the story centers on a trio of karateka. Studying under their aging master in a small dojo in the woods of central Kyushu, Choei, Taikan and Giryu face a company of kempeitai military police come to requisition their dojo for use as a military base.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-13
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The Magic Hour
Overview: A hustler who gets in trouble with a gang boss in the port town of Sukago agrees to make good with the don by putting him in contact with a mysterious hitman — an assassin the hustler has no idea how to contact. Instead, he hires an actor to play the role, though the thespian has no idea what he's getting into.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-06-07
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Kamen Rider Agito: Project G4
Overview: Shouichi encounters a teenage girl called Sayaka, who ran away from a military facility because of an attack by the Ant Lords. Sayaka has a supernatural ability to foresee the future. Risa Fukami, of the military group GA, wants to use that power to enhance the newly-made G4 System, which was based upon designs stolen from Ozawa. Now, Agito and Gills must fight to stop the Ant Lords' attack, as G3 and G4 settle their score.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-22
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Sayonara, Band Apart
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-07-15
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Gokusen: The Movie
Overview: A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time. Current and former Class 3D students collide in this epic finale to the Japanese TV series.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-07-11
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Ghost Shout
Overview: Yoko Sakaki: 24 years old. Occupation: Ghost Negotiator. With her tomboyish attitude and severely bad mouth, she helps ghosts leave this world by shouting at them. But, that work is almost done - she and her boyfriend Toshio are about to get married, and their dream is to open a tofu shop together. However, she has kept her profession a secret from him, instead telling him she is a flight attendant... While out with him one night, Yoko gets a call from work telling her that a ghost has appeared in Hachioji... She goes to bust the ghost with her unreliable new partner, Yanagida, but can she hold on to her relationship at the same time?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-18
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The Seal Of The Sun
Overview: At 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experiences a black out due to the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The cooling system fails at the nuclear power plant and the temperature of the nuclear reactor rises. The worst case is coming. Scientists face an unexpected situation and government officials are confused by lack of information. Residents says goodbye to their hometown before evacuating.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-06
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The Fearless Otojiro's Company
Overview: In 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour of the USA with his wife Sadayakko and theatre company members, but in a foreign country where he could not speak the language, he had to struggle against a succession of adversities, including lawyers absconding with the proceeds and actors going on strike. One day, however, Otojiro arrives in Boston on his arduous tour and sees a packed house for a performance of The Merchant of Venice by the famous British actor Henry Irving. In just one night of rehearsals, they concoct a Japanese version of The Merchant of Venice, and perform the play to a foreign audience with bullshit dialogue and a reckless performance that can be cut short by "Sucharaka poko poko" when they get stuck on a word.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-07
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The Trap
Overview: When a hooded stranger appears in private eye 'Mike' Hama's office with the cryptic challenge "I want you to look for me," Hama is drawn into a string of bizarre serial murders that have Yokohama's police baffled and the city terrified.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-05-25
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The Kiyosu Conference
Overview: After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-09
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A Ghost of a Chance
Overview: Defence lawyer Emi is assigned to a particularly unusual case: a man is suspected of murdering his wealthy wife, and his only alibi is a 421-year old ghost, Rokubei. At first Emi is hesitant, but when she pursues her lead she is visited by the ghost herself. And so the fun begins in the courtroom when Prosecutor Osano starts to cross examine.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-10-29
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東京サンシャインボーイズ『returns』
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-03-27
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Nadeshiko Tai
Overview: The story is set in Chiran, Kagoshima, the site of a secret base used to launch kamikaze missions during the war. At the time, a group of young girls known as the Nadeshiko Tai were gathered to help out at the base. The drama will be part documentary and it is based on the experiences of 78-year-old Shoko Nagasaki, a survivor of the Nadeshiko Tai.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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Godzilla Minus One
Overview: In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-11-03
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
Overview: An omnibus special comprised of five segments.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Science Fiction Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Killing for the Prosecution
Overview: Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he will work with Takeshi Mogami, whom he admires. When a money lender is killed and it is suspected that someone from Mogami’s past is the perpetrator, the team prepares to do his best in order to prove the alleged criminal’s guilt.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-08-24
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All About Suomi
Overview: The wife of a tycoon, Suomi, suddenly disappears. Upon learning of her disappearance, assembled at the mansion where her husband lives are five men who have loved her. But they each describe their version of "Suomi" very differently, both in appearance and personality. So, who exactly is the real Suomi?
Genres: Drama Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-13
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Galaxy Turnpike
Overview: Set in the year 2265. There is a small restaurant along the main road Galaxy Kaido, which connects Earth and the space colony Uzushio.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-10-24
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My Little Nightmare: The Movie
Overview: New student Kanji transfers to 6th grade 2 class, where Ayami Mutoi works as the homeroom teacher. Students begin to talk among themselves that they have seen new transfer student Kanji in a dream. Yuiko Koto also had a night mare. In her nightmare, a boy that looks transfer student Kanji appeared as a prince. Ayami Mutoi tries to keep that to herself. She actually likes the prince in her dream.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-03
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Crime Mystery by Kosaku Asahina: Tragedy of Hanasaki Village
Overview: Mystery writer Kosaku Asahina scores yet another scoop in a case that occurred in the streets. He even personally conducts investigations and frequently makes these cases the basis for his own novels. It maybe because his late father was a scholar that he is cool, but brims with curiosity and action. One day, Kosaku is facing the computer in his living room and writing a new novel. The novel is based on the baffling case of a female who fell to her death in Setagaya in the past. Kosaku had personally conducted interviews and inspected the scene of her death, but still cannot get to the truth. Then a letter addressed to his father Konosuke who died more than 20 years ago, is delivered to Kosaku. The name of the sender is the female whose mysterious death from a fall, is the subject of Kosaku’s new novel.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-06
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The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Overview: Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of double-crosses Hama gets embroiled in a gang war and a revenge plot between the two brothers
Genres: Drama Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-03-05
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Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Overview: In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected discloser of a shadowy business behind the church that reflects the uncertainty of the time.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-01-19
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Fukushima 50
Overview: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-06
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-11-26
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Come Back! Tensou Sentai Goseiger: Last Epic - The Gosei Angels are National Idols?!
Overview: While dealing with the harassing public, the Goseigers face a new enemy along with old revived foes.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-21
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Strawberry Night: After the Invisible Rain
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Genres: TV Movie Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-26
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Promise of death
Overview: Detective Suguro is enjoying a stay at a luxurious hotel in Wakayama. Also staying at the hotel is an unusual family led by rich widow Mrs. Hondo. She acts like a tyrant around her children, who are afraid of her and are at her beck and call. Unfortunately, a tragedy strikes the Hondo Family while on a hike to a local shrine. Mrs. Hondo, who was supposed to be taking a rest on the way, is found dead. Kawahara Daisaku, the chief of the local police station, asks Suguro to help with the investigation of Mrs. Hondo’s death.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-06
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Osaka Love & Soul
Overview: Osaka Love & Soul (TV film) Drama 2010, 75 min
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-06
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ジャングル・フィーバー
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Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-11
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Keishichō tsuiseki sōsa-gakari -kōsaku-
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-07
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Woman in Witness Protection
Overview: Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of two dedicated cops, Biwako struggles to maintain her career, her public image, and her personal life as she prepares for her new role on the witness stand.
Genres: Drama Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-09-27
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Arrogance and Virtue
Overview: The story centers on Kakeru Nishizawa and Mami Sakaniwa, two people who find each other through a dating app, and decide soon after to get engaged. After their engagement, Mami suddenly disappears. In trying to find her, Kakeru must confront a side of Mami's past that he might not have wanted to know.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-27
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Shabake
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Genres: Fantasy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-24
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