Lily
Also Known As: Ririi, Riri, Saeko Kamata, 鎌田小恵子, 가마타 사에코
Biography: Lily (りりィ, February 17, 1952–November 11, 2016) was a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress. She was born in Tenjin, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Her real name was Saeko Kamata (鎌田 小恵子, Kamata Saeko). She was affiliated with Alpha Agency. She appeared in many dramas, movies and commercials.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: February 17, 1952
Deathday: November 11, 2016
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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MPD-PSYCHO/FAKE
Overview: A reworking of MPD Psycho by the author of the original manga Eiji Otsuka edited from the TV show and newly-filmed scenes.
Genres: Horror Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-06
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Farewell, Kuro
Overview: Based on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a high school's grounds. The dog, named Kuro, stays at the school and becomes a special friend to everyone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-01
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Vital
Overview: A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to medical school. There he catches the eye of a fellow student, but it's another who becomes his obsession: the dead woman on the cadaver table.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-12-11
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Her Love Boils Bathwater
Overview: A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her tasks in that short time frame.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-29
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License to Live
Overview: Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that his family once ran.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-23
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Kakashi
Overview: The search for her vanished brother Tsuyoshi leads Kaoru to the lonesome village Kozukata in the Japanese back-land. The locals react repelling to her, which the exception of the Chinese girl Sally. As her car breaks down Kaoru is trapped in the village; will she have to repay for something she has done in the past?
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-09-13
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Love Strikes!
Overview: Set one year after the drama series "Moteki." 31-year-old Yukiyo Fujimoto doesn't have money, dreams or a girlfriend. He has left his job at a staffing firm and is attempting to start a new life by working as a writer for a news site. Suddenly, Yukiyo experiences "moteki" - a period when a man becomes suddenly popular with woman. Cute magazine editor Miyuki, pure and naive office worker Rumiko, beautiful shop assistant Ai and beautiful, but tough co-worker named Motoko all become interested in Yukiyo. He tries to calm down, but is shaken by the interests of these women.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-23
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Gassoh
Overview: In the year 1868, three young men join the elite Shogitai division of the Shogunate. The Shogitai fights to the end and opposes the dismantling of the feudal military dictatorship known as the Bakufu system.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-26
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Hanjiro
Overview: Japanese history explodes across the screen in the life story of Hitokiri Nakamura Hanjiro, one of the great heroes of the Meiji Restoration. From his earliest beginnings as a country samurai raising sweet potatoes whose exceptional sword skills impressed Saigo...
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-09
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Lilou's Adventure
Overview: LiLou is a 5th grade school girl who is half Japanese and half Guinean. She is the odd one out in her class, and her classmate, Kokoro is her only friend as they both share the same sense of loneliness. Kokoro never smiles since she became unable to have dreams at night. Lilou makes up her mind to bring dreams and laughter back to her friend and that’s when, Kokoro goes missing. This is the start of Lilou’s adventure that will change her life completely.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Blue Fake
Overview: Ayaka and Echika are asked to locate a woman who makes harassing phone calls to a popular DJ, but...
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-04
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The Whispered City
Overview: Director Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-07
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Linda Linda Linda
Overview: Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s punk-pop song by the Japanese group The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-23
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The Execution Game
Overview: The third movie in Tôru Murakawa's Game trilogy about a hitman. Narumi is set up by a mysterious woman. Abducted and tortured, Narumi is forced to take on a difficult job. The target is a veteran killer as good as him.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-11-17
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Nowhere Girl
Overview: Ai is a student at an all-girls' art high school. She is known to be extremely gifted in the arts, but the adults around her try to use her and her classmates are jealous of her. Ai suffers because of her situation, but doesn't have anywhere to escape. Her daily life becomes like a war and she begins to collapse.
Genres: Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-25
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Asyl: Park and Love Hotel
Overview: There is an old love hotel in Tokyo's Shinjuku district where couples can rent a room by the hour for romantic assignations. However, few of its regular customers seem to come there for sexual encounters; the hotel has become a hangout for rootless teenagers, senior citizens looking for a place to relax, and kids that play under the watchful eye of its owner...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-08
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Dear Summer Sister
Overview: 14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she has never met. Their guide, a beer-guzzling ex-soldier, takes them to the locale’s tourist attractions, quickly delving into the underlying scars of the island’s wartime history.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1972-08-05
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Foujita
Overview: A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese styles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-24
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A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
Overview: A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-03-26
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Gonin Saga
Overview: Seiji is a third generation "Gosei kai" gang member. He works to build up the group's strength. Meanwhile, a journalist investigates a case that occurred 19 years ago. He meets Hayato, Daisuke and Asami.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-26
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A Drop of the Grapevine
Overview: Two brothers work at a small winery in Hokkaido in northern Japan. The older brother is picky and strives for the highest quality to make the best wine possible.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-11
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A Savage Beast Goes Mad
Overview: Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1976-05-15
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Reminiscence
Overview: A detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involving his two estranged childhood friends.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-06
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Mushi-Shi: The Movie
Overview: Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi and are oblivious to their existence, but there are a few who possess the ability to see and interact with Mushi. One such person is Ginko who travels from place to place to research Mushi and aid people suffering from problems caused by them.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-09-20
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Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
Overview: Set in Kyokuhoku Citizen Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan. "Kyokuhoku Rhapsody" follows the life of a young doctor for a one year period. Yoshio Imanaka works at the Kyokuhoku Hospital that is losing staff members and facing bankruptcy. During this difficult time, Yoshio Imanaka meets hairdresser Kozue Namiki and falls in love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-03-19
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Close-Knit
Overview: After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-02-25
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Overview: Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-09-17
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Nasu Shonenki
Overview: Set in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture in 1954, movie tells the tale of 14 year old boys: their friendships, fights among friends, and rebellions against the school. It also tells the story of the adults who live around the boys. This is a nostalgic, bitter, and sentimental journey into lives in the post-war environment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-04
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Roppongi Fake
Overview: Ayaka Miyazono and Aizawa Echika both live in Roppongi, Tokyo.They investigate a woman's death.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-07
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Neco-Ban: Cats in Your Life
Overview: Neco-Ban Cats In Your Life is a short and quiet story about a grumpy old man, his sleepy granddaughter, and the many, many cats that show up in their country home. Ibu Masato frowns away as a proud, retired man with a bad back and a chip on his shoulder about his wife and daughter leaving him at home. He barely speaks out loud, but through narrative voiceover we hear his obsession with time, his grievances with being bored and alone, his concern for appearances, and his crabby curiosity about all the cats running amuck in the house. Through a small, ridiculous turn of events, he ends up stranded on his roof with no way down. The myriad helpless facial expressions the veteran actor rolls out during his attempts to get back down are absolutely hilarious. Who knew an old man on a roof could be so funny?
Genres: Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-22
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Maitresse
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-02-19
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Sunday's Dream
Overview: Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy regarding redundancy. However, Shinobu soon gets remarried to Sakamoto depriving Kazuya of a place to stay. He then meets Sachiko who works in a salon where sexual pleasure is offered to men. They promise to have a date on the next Sunday by the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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DV: Domestic Violence
Overview: Shogo (Kenichi Endo) and Yasuko (Yuka Hanabusa) are happily married. Until one evening when he slaps her in the face for reconsidering the promise she made before their wedding: to quit her job and devote herself to domestic chores once the knot was tied. From that first instance of aggression, things rapidly spiral out of control. Mounting violence becomes the new order of the day between the couple. (from midnighteye.com)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-02-05
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Haruneko
Overview: Those who want to die seek refuge in a mysterious café in this feverishly strange Japanese debut.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-17
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The Detective Journey
Overview: A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji Kabaya, who repeatedly screw things up, encounter a real robbery during a bank robbery simulation training...
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-10-04
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