Hiroyuki Miyasako
Also Known As: 宮迫 博之
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: March 31, 1970
Age: 55 years old
Gender: Male
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Big Man Japan
Overview: Daisato, a second-rate, third-generation superhero, annoys his neighbors with the noise and destruction he causes on the job. But a heroic public image is the least of his concerns. Besides defending Japan from bizarre monsters, he must deal with an agent seeking to brand him with ads, a superhero grandfather with Alzheimer's and a family embarrassed by his incompetence.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-19
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タナカヒロシのすべて
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-05-14
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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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Kamikaze Girls
Overview: Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-29
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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Overview: In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-08-19
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The Great Yokai War
Overview: A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-06
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Thirteen Steps
Overview: A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-02-08
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Cafe Isobe
Overview: Sakiko is a typical teenager in many ways. She hates her divorced father, who chases after every skirt he sees. She does not know, if she will ever be loved by the other sex. When her dad suddenly inherits a lot of money and becomes really lazy, she hates him even more. He finally decides to start his own cafe, where Sakiko, of course has to help. From this moment, strange customers and good-looking waitresses form the center of tension between father and daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-05
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Stageplay「Taylor Burton」
Overview: The treasure "Taylor-Burton," stolen from the Art Institute of Chicago by the thief No. 13, is in the underground hideout of a mafia who is active in the Otogi-cho 3rd Street area. The FBI, having received information, attempts to recover the "Taylor-Burton" with all their might, but the boss's dog, Sally, gets them into a messy fight. The worst jewelry fight in history between the Mafia, the FBI, a psychic, a cleaning man, and a stupid dog! Who will have the last laugh?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-07-29
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反乱のボヤージュ
Overview: Set in a (fictional) student dormitory at Tokyo Metropolitan University, which is in danger of being closed down, the film depicts the emotional exchange between students struggling to keep the dormitory alive and a prefect sent in by the university. Inspired by the movement to preserve the Komaba Dormitory at the University of Tokyo, the story differs greatly from historical fact.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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Summer of Ubume
Overview: Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-15
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The Shadow Spirit
Overview: A series of murders of beautiful girls occur in Tokyo not long after the end of the war. Also the daughter of a retired actress, Yuzuki Yoko, has gone missing. In the meantime, a religious cult that claims to shut away misfortunes in a box has been gaining popularity, displaying an eerie aspect. Yoko's daughter is alleged to have been run over by a train, and taken into a research institute situated in a gigantic box-shaped building. A private detective Enokizu (Abe Hiroshi), a writer Sekiguchi (Shiina Kippei), a journalist Atsuko and a police detective Kiba each pursues their own case, and Chuzenji (Tsutsumi Shinichi), an owner of a secondhand bookshop, "Kyogoku Do" suspects that all cases are linked to the box-shaped research institute.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-12-21
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Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial
Overview: Ultraman Zero, the rookie Ultraman from Tsuburaya Productions’ 2009 theatrical movie returns, and getting full-fledged. However, he is confronted with the empowered Kaiser Belial, back from the evil Ultraman Belial whom he and other Ultraman warriors battled so hard on the m-78 Planet. Can Ultraman Zero live to the expectations of his legendary father Ultra Seven? Check it out in the latest Tsuburaya Productions’ action packed movie.
Genres: Action Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-12-23
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Emergency Room 24 Hours Special 2002
Overview: After surviving from an incident of Cruise ship hijacking, both doctor Tamaki and the boy injured in the incident, Ryota Inamoto, suffered from different degrees of PTSD. Meanwhile, Doctor Chiharu Kanbayashi's wife is about to give birth to their first children. Would these doctors and patients succeed in overcoming their problems and welcome a happy new year?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-12-31
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The Code
Overview: For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a group of stellar detectives lead by the genius code breaker Detective 507. When an unknown client enlists 507 to crack his most difficult programming code yet, the detective embarks for Shanghai where he crosses paths with a sniper, an informant, the head of the Blue-Dragon Mafia, and beautiful singer on the run, Meilan. As 507 stumbles deeper into a twisted quagmire of intrigue he discovers the sad truth behind the mystery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-05-09
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Moonlight Mask
Overview: The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who was this man? Before the war, he had a bright future ahead of him as the proficient and popular rakugoka (comedic story-teller), Usagi Morinoya. However, because of an injury sustained during the war, his face is covered in bandages, and he suffers from total amnesia. As if trying to recover his memory, the man only keeps mumbling in a hollow voice his trademark rakugo, "Sokotsunagaya".
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-26
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Wild Berries
Overview: A portrait of an ordinary family that turns unstable when their frivolous son Shuji returns home after a long absence.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-06
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Detective Office 5
Overview: In a small nook of Kawasaki Private investigator 591 and adultry specialist investigator 522 embark on separate investigations that leads them both to the same beautifician.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-11-26
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Tokyo Tower
Overview: Toru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love to date older women. Koji is a playboy with several women, young and older, whereas Toru is a romantic with his heart set on on certain lady.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-01-15
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Bungo: Stories of Desire
Overview: Omnibus film "Bungo Sasayakana Yokubo" features 6 different short stories set under 2 different themes ("Mitsumerareru Shukujotachi" & "Kokuhaku Suru Shinshitachi").
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-29
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The King of Jail Breakers
Overview: Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his escape. He is then sent to Prison Island ... can he escape ?
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-01-17
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Scanner
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Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-04-29
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Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri
Overview: When the mysterious Shiriri turns his parents into children, Shin-chan must trek across Japan to help return them to adult form.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-15
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The Laughing Policeman
Overview: A cop chasing after a female cop killer, but then gets caught in a dark web of departmental corruption.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-14
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Mazinger Z: Infinity
Overview: When the evil Dr. Hell attacks the Earth, the mighty giant mecha Mazinger Z is formed to stop him.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-10-27
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Boys, Be Ambitious
Overview: Chunba and Kotetsu, grows up in the working class neighborhood of Kishiwada in Osaka in the mid-seventies. Their life in school is a never-ending series of fights and reprisals against rival gangs landing them in trouble with organised crime and in the juvenile court.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-03-09
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The Piano Forest
Overview: Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest.
Genres: Music Animation Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-07-21
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Happy!
Overview: After her parents' death, Umino Miyuki was forced to give up a promising future in tennis to take care of her three younger siblings. Her elder brother, in a plan to become rich, disappears, leaving a 250 million debt on his sister's shoulders. Two debt collectors seek her out for payment and inform her that she will be forced to work as a bath hostess at a bath house if she cannot come up with the money. Miyuki makes up her mind to become a professional tennis player in order to win the prize money. She seeks for help from the son of a famous tennis family, Ootori Keiichiro, who was also her senior in middle school and fellow tennis player. Will Miyuki be able to become a pro and pay off the debt?
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-04-07
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Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends The Movie
Overview: Ultraman and his comrades from M-78 (including a new Ultraman, Zero, the son of Ultra Seven) join forces with other allies to fight a massive army of giant monsters led by the evil Ultraman Belial.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-12-12
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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?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-06
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Gontakure
Overview: A Yakuza comedy.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-04-28
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Scorpion: Double Venom 2
Overview: Nami Matsushima has escaped from the prison to which she was sentenced in Scorpion, but is now obsessed with tracking down the--don't laugh--one-armed man who murdered her younger sister fifteen years ago. Nami is certainly no great action heroine, and the plot at times makes little sense, climaxing with a coincidence more ridiculous than any Shakespeare ever used. For complicated reasons, Nami uses her medical knowledge to break into a women's prison as staff physician. There, as in the previous movie, the convicts wind up naked awfully frequently.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-10-31
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Omuraisu
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-09-24
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Little Ghostly Adventures of Tofu Boy
Overview: Long time ago in ancient Japan, human beings could still see Yokai monsters and were afraid of them. However, as time passed and civilization and enlightenment progressed, people started forgetting about them... Though a son of the leader of all Yokai monsters, Mikoshi Nyudo, an adorable looking monster, Tofu Boy, has no talent in scaring the human beings. He is always scolded by his father and laughed at by his monster friends. One day, he decides to go on a journey to find out about the meaning of his life as a Yokai monster and to see his mother he's never met before.
Genres: Animation Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-29
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Shabake 2
Overview: Ichitaro's adventure goes on. He starts to feel earthquakes, which no-one else does, and a voice telling to kill Ichitaro. His grandma gives him one flower's seeds and also tells Ichitaro's mother to let him go to Hakone. Mother approves it and Ichitaro takes up a trip to Hakone with Matsunosuke, Hakutaku and Sasuke, but only two of them arrive to Hakone, where earth trembles even more and people are more vulgar.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-12
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Bayblues: 25 Years and 354 Days
Overview: "I'm definitely going to be the best." This is the path that these young baseball players once chose to take to become entertainers. Just when they were sure they would finally make it, after struggling to reach the top amidst a burning sense of urgency, their partner was struck by fulminant hepatitis. Hoping for the recovery of their partner, to whom they had entrusted their lives, they continued to hide their anguish from those around them... This moving story is still talked about by entertainers to this day, depicting the sudden death of a young genius manzai comedian and the raw, passionate story of their short but passionate youth, piercing the heart. (translation)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-09-26
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Shabake
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Genres: Fantasy History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-24
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