Kazue Fukiishi
Also Known As: 후키이시 카즈에, ふきいし かづえ, 吹石 一恵, Kazue Fukiishi, کازوئه فوکیشی
Biography: Kazue Fukiishi (吹石 一恵 Fukiishi Kazue) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 28th Yokohama Film Festival for What the Snow Brings, Tegami, and Memories of Tomorrow.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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Birthday: September 28, 1982
Age: 42 years old
Gender: Female
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Umizaru 3: The Last Message
Overview: While a menacing typhoon approaches, an accident at the giant natural gas plant Regalia occurs. Japan Coast Guard rescue divers Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito), Tetsuya Yoshioka (Ryuta Sato) and engineer Hiroshiichirou Sakuragi (Masaya Kato) head together to the gas plant. During their rescue efforts an explosion occurs that traps Daisuke, Natsu Nishizawa Kazue Fukiishi and worker Hisayoneo Kizima (Gaku Hamada). Daisuke then looks for a way out for his party with a man he just meets Takuya Hotori. Because of the typhoon, even a helicopter cannot approach the Regalia. Meanwhile, at the head office of the Japan Coast Guard, the Japanese coast guard tries to find a way to rescue the trapped people, but the government officials put national interests first. Tension arises between these two parties. Daisuke's wife Tamakisai Senzaki (Ai Kato) prays for the safe return of Daisuke not only for her sake, but for their new born son.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-18
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Funky Forest: The First Contact
Overview: An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-25
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Kazoku Kashimasu ~ Family Complex
Overview: Yamamura Shuji (Tamaki Hiroshi) runs staffing "Family Romance Company" - a company that rents out people to act like their client's family members for occasions like weddings, funerals & meeting with teachers. One day, a customer, who wants to be loved by a family, comes to the "Family Romance Company." The customer's name is Tosaki Ryunosuke (Takenaka Naoto), who only has only one month left to live. Yamamura Shuji takes on the request of Tosaki Ryunosuke, but something which Yamamura Shuji does not expect occurs in the process.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-06
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One Missed Call
Overview: People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters pursue the answers to this mystery which could save their lives.
Genres: Horror Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-03
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Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust
Overview: It's 2007 and the Japanese Ministry of Finance have calculated that the economy will collapse in two years' time. They intend to prevent this by sending home appliance designer Mariko back in time 17 years using a time machine she accidentally invented. However, things don't go as planned and Mariko's daughter, Mayumi, is also sent back to find her mother and save Japan's economy.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Romance Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-10
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Cop Festival: New Beginning
Overview: Fourth installment in Deka Matsuri omnibus series. 8 films.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-05-24
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Noriko's Dinner Table
Overview: A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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Happy Flight
Overview: A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-15
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The Making of Noriko’s Dinner Table
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at Sion Sono’s 2005 film Noriko’s Dinner Table.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-27
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13 Assassins
Overview: A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-09
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What the Snow Brings
Overview: Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a draft-horse race held in his childhood home of Obihiro on the island of Hokkaido.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-28
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Memories of Tomorrow
Overview: After being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-13
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Petal Dance
Overview: Long-time friends Jinko and Motoko hear that their college friend Miki has jumped into the ocean. They are joined by Haraki, who Jinko happens to meet, and head by car on a journey to see Miki.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-19
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The Fighter Pilot
Overview: A brother and sister learn their biological grandfather was a kamikaze pilot who died during World War II. During their research into his life, they get conflicting accounts from his former comrades about his character and how he joined his squadron.
Genres: War Drama Action Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-12-20
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Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
Overview: Once again, Musashi has encounter Ultraman Cosmos. Now Ultraman Cosmos has gained some new modes to defeat Scropis. Musashi has joined Team Sea to save the Blue Area. But there is mysterious evil monster, Sandros, who wants to destroy the Earth. Now it is up Musashi and Ultraman Cosmos to defeat Sandros and who’s the other Ultraman?
Genres: Action Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-02
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Rookies the Movie: Graduation
Overview: Futakotamagawa High School had a Baseball Club, but because of a fight during one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Composed of student delinquents, Futakotamagawa High's new Literature teacher Kawato Koichi inspires the Baseball Club to believe in a dream goal once again. For them, it is to play at the Koshien - Japan's National High School Baseball Championship. But, Kawato Koichi and the newly reformed baseball team run into plenty of obstacles along the way...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-30
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The Chart of Love
Overview: Dr. Ichito works at Honjo Hospital. His longtime friend Dr. Tatsuya Shindo, who comes from Tokyo, begins working at Honjo Hospital. In their university days, Tatsuya was referred to as "the conscience of the medical school". Ichito notices a difference in Tatsuya now, as he leaves work on time. Then, Ichito's senior colleague Dr. Nukita collapses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-21
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Sabu
Overview: When a young man is sent to a prison workhouse for a crime he did not commit his friend on the outside must find evidence to clear his name.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-05-14
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The Letters
Overview: How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, and, branded as a "murderer's brother," Naoki is deprived of his love, career and dream. His desperate situation gradually changes when he finds true love with Yumiko, who always stands by him. To protect the love that he has finally found, Naoki begins writing a letter to Takeshi... The touching story of a man who was powerless against his irreversible fate, but still tried to overcome it in the quest for his dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-03
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High and Low
Overview: At a crucial point in his business life, executive Gondo learns that his son has been kidnapped and that the ransom demanded is near the amount Gondo has raised for a critical business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom - that is, until he learns that the kidnappers have mistakenly abducted not Gondo's son, but the child of Gondo's chauffeur. Now Gondo must decide whether the other man's child is equally worth saving.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-08
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Three Sisters
Overview: As a family-run confectionery shop in Kagoshima struggles to stay in business with increasing competition from local supermarkets, the family's three daughters experience various troubles in their private lives.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-05-31
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Akko's Secret
Overview: 5th-grader Atsuko Kagami, nicknamed Akko, comes into possession of a magical mirror that lets her transform into anything she wishes. Wanting to grow up beautiful, she gets a job at a cosmetics company, and finds true love. What will Akko do to keep the company afloat and her secrets hidden? Only her technical magical compact can help!
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-31
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S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future
Overview: The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. Meanwhile, a transport ship is hijacked in the Pacific Ocean.
Genres: Drama Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-08-29
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The Partner
Overview: A story about the special friendship between Phan Boi Chau and Japanese doctor Asaba Sakitaro, which began 100 years ago when Chau went to Japan to seek support for Vietnam’s national independence movement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-29
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Blue Remains
Overview: In a world laid waste by nuclear war, Amamiku guards the seeds that hold the genetic code of the planet and can be used for its rebirth. Living underwater and protected from the radioactive atmosphere above, she impatiently waits for the earth to be ready for the seeds to germinate.But when her existence is discovered, it sparks a frantic race between the remains of humanity struggling for survival, and the disembodied brain. This fanatic being has programmed his robotic army to destroy them.
Genres: Adventure Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-20
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Tokimeki Memorial
Overview: Looking for something to do during the summer, Akihiko Suzuki teams up with four girls (Namie, Natsumi, Mishiyo, and Komugi) and a guy (Kosuke) to start a little cafe down by the beach. Actually, he is more interested in the girls than the job. They used to ignore him, but by working at the cafe, he hopes to start a friendship with them.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-08-09
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Chateau de la Reine
Overview: The hotel Chateau de la Reine is located in Paris, France and it is considered the finest hotel there. The hotel has been in existence for 300 years. Tourists from all around the world want to stay at the Chateau de la Reine. A travel agency, which is teetering on bankruptcy, devises a plan to revive their company. They want to offer suite rooms at the Chateau de la Reine for night and day periods. The plan appears perfect, but the tourists who made reservations have tempers.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-25
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The Wife of Gegege
Overview: A woman from rural Japan marries a struggling cartoonist in Tokyo. Their life is difficult before he finds success, but at least they're together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-20
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The Cabin Attendant
Overview: Miho (Kyoko Fukada) works as a cabin attendant for an international airline. She takes a job to find wine to serve to passengers on a New York route. Miho doesn't know much about wine and turns to senior cabin attendant Tomoko (Kazue Fukiishi), who enjoys wine, and rookie cabin attendant Yui (Miori Takimoto). While staying in New York, her assignment seems to be going well, but they become involved in a murder case.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-07-07
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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
Overview: Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with Junnosuke, an orphan he's taken under his wing at the urging of pretty Hiroi, who continues to manage a nearby tavern. Chagawa dreams of publishing a successful novel and settling down with Hiroi and Junnosuke, but his day job running the candy store keeps him busy, and Hiroi mistakes his tight schedule for a lack of interest in her. Hiroi has also embarked on a secret career as a burlesque dancer, which isn't doing much to improve her opinion of men. At the Suzuki household, seven-year-old Ippei isn't happy to be sharing the house with a guest, his distant cousin Mika who is the same age but far more demanding. Mutsuko, the apprentice female auto mechanic, is still staying with the Suzukis, and she's becomes the object of the affections of Takeo, a downbeat young man who is studying cooking.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-03
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Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo
Overview: With the recession still occurring in Japan and the area of Osaka thought to be hit hardest by the economic downtown, Osaka's gubernatorial election occurs. The surprise winner of the election is Sekai no Nabeatsu (Atsumu Watanabe). Three months into his gubernatorial term and with little help from national government, Sekai no Nabeatsu declares Osaka an independent country and takes office as its first President. The Osaka Police then receives a message warning of an impending assassination attempt on the President of Osaka. Police Detectives Hayakawa (Daisuke Miyagawa) and Banba (Kendo Kobayashi) then set out to search for the criminal group. Can the bumbling detectives protect the president? Will there be a future for the country?
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-06
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Curling Love
Overview: A group of high school girls learn to play the game of curling.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-02-24
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The Village Album
Overview: Hanatani Village in the valley of Tokushima Prefecture is going to be submerged when a dam is constructed. In order to preserve the beauty of the place for future generations, the villagers decide to take photographs of all the families in the village. Kenichi, the only photographer in the village, is put in charge of the project. He calls his son Takashi, an aspiring photographer, to help him with the task. Takashi is puzzled since his father and he are not at all close, but as they visit each family in turn and Takashi sees his father working, Takashi's feelings towards his father begin to change.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-23
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Yūki
Overview: A drama about friendship that spans ages, this is based on a true story which chronicles the life of a man who died at the age of 23 after an illness that started with the partial collapse of his cranial bone, and a subsequent battle with seven types of incurable diseases.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-26
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Silver Spoon
Overview: Ooejo Agricultural High School is located in Hokkaido. Most students are from families involved in agriculture and their dreams are to continue working in agriculture. Meanwhile, Yuugo (Kento Nakajima), who graduated from a prestigious middle school, applied to the Ooejo Agricultural High School just because the school has a dormitory. Yuugo, who grew up in the city, finds himself in an unfamiliar environment at Ooejo Agricultural High School, surrounded by nature and animals. Yuugo is also the only one who doesn't know what type of career he wants to pursue. Yuugo becomes impatient. He goes through struggles everyday, but he also gets to know the other students and rural life in general. He begins to grow as a person.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-07
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I'm Sure Tomorrow...
Overview: Youth fantasy love story starring idol Kazue Fukiishi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Toki no kaori: Remember me
Overview: Remake of the Korean film Ditto about a college student in the past who falls in love with a boy from the future.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-24
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Samurai Resurrection
Overview: Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overthrowing the shogunate for killing his companions. To do this , he resurrects an army of living dead swordsmen. Between him and his goal, only Yagyu Jubei stands...
Genres: Fantasy Action History Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-26
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Free and Easy 20: Final
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-12-26
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Kobe Shinbun no Nanokakan
Overview: Also known as the "Kobe earthquake," the massive earthquake struck the southern Hyogo prefecture on January 17, 1995 and resulted in more than 6,400 casualties. The drama will focus on the reporters working for the Kobe Shimbun, who were determined to keep the newspaper running without interruption, despite the damage suffered during the earthquake. The characters in the drama will all be based on real people, using their real names. Sakurai stars as the photo reporter Tomohiko Mitsuyama, who had joined Kobe Shimbun four years before the earthquake. The show will also have documentary segments such as interviews, including an appearance by Mitsuyama himself.
Genres: Documentary Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-16
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Visas for Life
Overview: World Wat II broke out shortly after diplomat Chiune Sugihara was assigned to Lithuania. Nazi Germany occupied the western half of Poland and began persecuting the Jews. Lithuania was then annexed by the Soviet Union, and the Japanese consulate was ordered to close. Meanwhile, Jewish refugees who had fled Poland flocked to the Japanese consulate, requesting the issuance of Japanese transit visas. Chiune repeatedly sent telegrams to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting permission to issue visas to the Jewish refugees, but received a final notice that the visas could not be issued. However, with only a month left until the departure deadline, Chiune decided to defy the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' orders and issued visas to the Jewish refugees...
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-11
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