Yuko Asano
Also Known As: 淺野優子, 아사노 유코, Yuko Asano
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Ōoku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-22
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The Legend of Kentauros
Overview: The Centaurs are a racing team of 93 bikers from the port city of Yokohama who are named after the legendary Greek horse/men. Arthur and Ken fall out over their love for the same lady deciding to settle their competition with a race.
Genres: Animation Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-21
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Goryokaku
Overview: After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.
Genres: Action History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-30
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My Sister, My Love
Overview: It is a taboo story about love and incest between twins. It's not about sex, it's about the feelings the two have for one another and how society views them.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-06
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cf Girl
Overview: The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Takashi Kitajima.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-10-07
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Tōchō suru onna
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-16
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海の斜光
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-17
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For Business
Overview: Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-22
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The War in Space
Overview: The year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth finds that there are much worse matters at hand: the sudden arrival of a strange army of aliens and their fleet of unstoppable warships.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-12-17
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Fusa
Overview: Period piece about a samurai who marries a mysterious beautiful young woman who claims to have lost her memory.
Genres: Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-04-01
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Dora-heita
Overview: A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own misperceptions and prejudices to defeat his enemies and uproot corruption.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-13
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Run Ichiro Run
Overview: Various individuals named Ichiro undergo life-changing events while being inspired by the baseball player Ichiro. A heartwarming movie about the people who root for the baseball player Ichiro, and their struggles to make their own dreams come true.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-04-28
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The 8-Tomb Village
Overview: A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-26
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Kura
Overview: In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young blind woman, challenges herself to overcome her disability in order to save her family's sake business.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-10-10
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Botchan
Overview: Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-03
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SPEC: Close~Reincarnation
Overview: Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-29
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SPEC: Close~Incarnation
Overview: Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "SPEC: Heaven".
Genres: Crime Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-01
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SPEC: Heaven
Overview: Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulating the "SPEC" of the unknown criminals and then deduce the criminal's unknown "SPEC" to make arrests. A mystery occurs when bodies are found on a cruiser in the ocean. Saya Toma and Ryo Kase of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are brought in to solve the case.
Genres: Crime Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-04-07
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Sea of Wandering
Overview: Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Teru Miyamoto, and the screenplay was written by Eizo Sugawa, who also wrote "Horagawa". The director is Takeichi Saito, who also directed "Kawachi no Osan no Uta: Yokita no Ware". Kozo Okazaki, who worked on "I am a Cat," is in charge of the cinematography.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-11-03
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Bullying is Costly
Overview: An office worker who releases his frustrations by maliciously bullying his good-natured boss has a bizarre experience in a mountain hut.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-09-22
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Bloom in the Moonlight “The Story of Rentaro Taki”
Overview: A dying pianist composes one final song for his childhood friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-08-21
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Shingo's Ten Duels
Overview: The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed to him, it sets off a series of events that bring him to cross swords with members of the shogun's inner circle in a series of duels that could change the destiny of Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Surgical Designs in Flames
Overview: A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-05-24
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Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
Overview: A housewife whose memoir of divorce is selected becomes an editorial staff member, something she has always dreamed of. However, her divorce is a fabrication. Unable to back out, the couple decides to "fake a divorce"...
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Original Language: ja
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The Seven Chefs
Overview: Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — in the art of culinary excellence and running a successful business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-01-15
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Nobunaga's Coffin
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-05
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Island of Hell
Overview: A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-08-27
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Be-Bop High School 2
Overview: Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.
Genres: Drama Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-08-09
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Ghost Writer's Homicide Coverage 2 - Writing About a Celebrity's Crime
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-14
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Professor Eiko
Overview: The body of a professor is discovered at a university lecture hall suspended from the ceiling of the stage, with a series of mysterious numbers written on the curtains nearby. Professor Eiko, a law professor at the university well versed in criminology, is asked to assist police in the investigation, and he uncovers clues that point to him as a suspect. Why is he being set up? As he and his assistant work to decipher the code left on the curtains, another professor at the university is murdered. And yet another mysterious code is left at the scene of the crime.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-21
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Song of Love
Overview: What happens when young people meet amidst the warmth, soft breezes and gentle waves of Okinawa? This is a romantic love story about a young college student on break from Tokyo who meets a handsome dive employee on the beach. --groink
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-03-27
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You Gotta Chance
Overview: The story of Tamikawa, a professionally and artistically burned out singer, who embarks on a search for a director named Goda. During the journey, the man not only experiences a lot of adventures, but also tries to find himself and answer the question whether he still sees his career in show business.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-02-09
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Kanna's Big Success!
Overview: Kanna is extremely beautiful. No one could pass by without having a second look. The truth is, she was so ugly that she spent her entire savings on whole-body plastic surgery. Since she became beautiful, Kanna has been leading the happiest life, until someone shows up to reveal her makeover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-17
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Sky of Love
Overview: Mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn't know is that Hiro isn't as bad as he seems.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-03
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Sugata Sanshiro
Overview: The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1977-10-29
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Tales of the Bizarre: Vol. 1
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Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-08-07
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Onna no Naka no Kaze
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-02-09
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Kizu
Overview: Once again, director Shunichi Kajima and star Takanori Jinnai are teaming up to create a new type of yakuza film that stylishly depicts the short but vibrant life of legendary urban yakuza Takashi Hanagata.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-11-03
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Premium Stage "Hamlet"
Overview: This work by British director John Caird is one of the four major tragedy by William Shakespeare. In this performance version, the title role will be played by Uchino, uncle Claudius and father's ghost will be played by Hayashi Kunimura, Ophelia will be played by Shihori Kanjiya, Gertrude will be played by Yuko Asano, and Horatio will be played by Yukiya Kitamura.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-07-02
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Ōoku supesharu ~ mō hitotsu no monogatari ~
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-29
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Innocent Musicale
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-11-29
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