Kanako Higuchi
Also Known As: 糸井可南子
Biography: Her credits include film, television, and radio dramas, stage, commercials, and voice roles. She married Shigesato Itoi in 1993 and has a dog named Bouillon. She has represented the cosmetics firms Kosé and Kao. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 15th Hochi Film Awards for Rōningai.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: December 13, 1958
Age: 66 years old
Gender: Female
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Casshern
Overview: Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become prey to new diseases. Professor Azuma's "neo-cell" project, which is supposed to be the answer to mankind's hardships, becomes a nightmare come true when mutants spawned from the experiment escape and declare war on the human race. Azuma's son Tetsuya, who was killed during the previous war, is reborn into the cyborg Casshern as mankind's last hope against the new mutant threat. This live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name.
Genres: Drama Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-24
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Achilles and the Tortoise
Overview: Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting him, despite all setbacks.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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The Night of Martial Law
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1980-07-05
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Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Overview: Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
Genres: Action Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-02-04
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Shara
Overview: The Aso family live in the old town of Nara. One Day, Kei, one of the Aso's twin boys suddenly disappears. Five years later seventeen-year old Shun, the remaining twin, is an art student. He now has to move forward with his life, together with his childhood friend, Yu.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-12
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Ashura
Overview: Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a kabuki actor with a demon-slaying past, meets and falls in love with Tsubaki. However, something is not right, as mysterious marks appear on her body as time progresses. At the same time, it is announced that Ashura, the queen of all demons, will be resurrected and bring destruction to the universe.
Genres: Fantasy Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-04-16
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Edo Porn
Overview: The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-09-12
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Letter from the Mountain
Overview: Husband and wife Michiko and Takao move from their urban existence in Tokyo to the isolated, rural farming village where Takao grew up.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-05
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Ronin-gai
Overview: Near the end of Japanese civil war, several disgraced ronin living in Edo's red light district attempt to regain their honor by defending a brothel from a hostile militia bent on wiping out local prostitutes.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-08-18
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Heat Wave
Overview: Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-02-09
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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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The Oil-Hell Murder
Overview: The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-05-23
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The Invitation from Cinema Orion
Overview: Based on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The Invitation from Cinema Orion" tells the story of a couple's undying love for the cinema and each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-03
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Manji
Overview: Kleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko’s husband gets involved.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-03-12
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Time Never Stops
Overview: A family that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck in March 2011, and a family that escaped the disaster. The film depicts the collapse and rebirth of two families whose children were supposed to marry each other. A moving drama written by Yamada Taichi and starring Nakai Kiichi, Kuroki Meisa and Kamiki Ryunosuke.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-02-22
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The Pearls of the Stone Man
Overview: Atsushi and Ryoko are a married coupled. They decide they want to live around nature and move to Biei in Hokkaido, Japan. Atsushi isn't sure what to do with his free time, so Ryoko asks him build a stone wall around their house. Atsushi experiences tragedy, but later gets closer to his estranged daughter, Satoko. Atsushi continues building the stone wall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-20
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Tora-san, the Go-Between
Overview: In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking. The old woman's health deteriorates and she dies. At her funeral, Tora-san falls in love with the old woman's daughter, but winds up acting as a go-between for her and a young law student.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-08-03
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Hana
Overview: Yoichiro Nozaki, a high-achieving office worker, collapses from an aneurysm. The doctor advises immediate surgery, but the outcome is uncertain. Even if successful, he might lose all his memories. Resigning from his job and leaving the surgery consent form blank, Nozaki falls into a deep depression. Seeking a change, Nozaki decides to go on a trip. On the morning of his departure, he meets Torigoe at their designated meeting spot. Torigoe suggests avoiding the expressway and instead taking National Routes to Kagoshima. And so, the journey of two men, both grappling with a sense of loss, begins.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-01
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Door To Door
Overview: Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to meet his customers and achieved the highest sales for his company.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-29
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Deaths in Tokimeki
Overview: Deaths in Tokimeki tells the story of a nondescript hitman, in a remote country villa, waiting to carry out a job: the assassination of the leader of a religious cult.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-02-18
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Love is Always Almond Pink
Overview: Based on the comic book series by Tamiko Akaboshi.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-02-11
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The Wangan Highway
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-09-29
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Bedtime Eyes
Overview: Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black American GI on the margins of the law.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-04-25
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Modori River
Overview: The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-16
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Shimanto River
Overview: A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the emotional pain involved in the loss of innocence. The film is based on an autobiographical novel written by Kyuzo Sasayama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-07
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Karaoke Terror
Overview: One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer and it escalates!
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-08
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Overview: While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-08
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