Yoko Ishino
Also Known As: 石野陽子, Ishino Youko, Исино Ёко, いしのようこ, Yōko Ishino
Biography: Yōko Ishino(born February 20, 1968) is a Japanese actress and tarento. She was born in Ashiya, Hyōgo. Ishino debuted in 1985 as a pop singer, and first appeared on television in 1986. Her older sister is Mako Ishino. Ishino has also attended in Horikoshi High School with the idol singer Yukiko Okada. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yōko Ishino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
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The King of Minami: Bankruptcy - Loan Shark Murder
Overview: #30 in the King of Minami series, introducing Ginjiro Manda's new sidekick Kohei. This installment explores the fatal effects of bankruptcy on the loan shark profession, when a young business owner gets tricked into declaring bankruptcy in order to escape from his massive loan debts, prompting Manda to seek revenge on the wily financial advisor behind it all.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-10
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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Overview: A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-09
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Gun Breath A Perfect Night to Die
Overview: Ultimate Gun Action!
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-10
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Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
Overview: A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-11-22
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Kaibutsu
Overview: Detective Takeo Kosai is about to be demoted. He then plans to entrap Akira Dojima without his partner Detective Emi Ishikawa's knowledge. Akira Dojima kidnapped and killed a girl 15 years ago
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-27
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Innocent Seven
Overview: Seven families are aboard a bus towards a field camp for their vacation. At this camp, it becomes clear that this is not a common trip. The parents are of the kind that abused their children or were visited by children's services, and at the camp they are offered to sell their children for a large sum of money, because there were customers that needed healthy internal organs.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-13
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The King of Minami: Insurance Embezzler
Overview: #19 in the series, following "Con Man Elimination."
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-05-02
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Tokyo Blackout
Overview: Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped electromagnetic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other parts of the world. The temperature inside the cloud is slowly increasing. The Soviet Pacific fleet is getting closer. The U.S. is forcing Japan to form a new government. Scientists and research workers outside Tokyo have to race against time to find out how to get through the cloud in order to rescue the 12,000,000+ lives in Tokyo and the fate of the country.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-01-16
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The King of Minami: Waiting Woman
Overview: #20 in the series, after "Insurance Embezzler."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-07-18
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Softball Boys
Overview: High school student Noguchi learns that there isn't a single male softball team in the nearby area. He figures if he starts up a softball team, they are sure thing to go to the national tournament. He then persuades his friend Onitsuka to help him start a softball club. Once Noguchi and Onitsuka rounds up enough players, they teams preps to win one all important game in the tournament.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-19
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The King of Minami: The Price of Restructuring
Overview: #29 in the King of Minami series. Manda and his associates follow a debt-laden detective to Hiroshima, where they plan to collect from his former employer for engaging in wrongful termination, under the intentionally vague label of "restructuring."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-10-15
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ホテルマン東堂克生の事件ファイル～八ヶ岳リゾート殺人事件～
Overview: Two years ago, Katsuo Todo (Takashi Naito) was appointed as the general manager of the Plato Royal Hotel Yatsugatake from the Plato Tokyo hotel. He works hard every day with his staff to provide the best time and space for our customers. Concierge Shuji Kitayama (Hishine Saku Toshihide) struggles to find a benefactor for guests Pascal Henry (Frederick Benoliel) and his wife Shizuko (Ishino Yoko). The sweets made by young pastry chef Yoshiyuki Sudo (Shunsuke Tanaka) are popular with guests, and popular writer Fuyuki Nakagami (David Ito) even stays just to enjoy them. Sudo has also decided to marry Minori Matsuoka (Rio Yamashita), and Minami Yamashita (Michiko Amekumi), who is in charge of bridal services, is busy preparing for her colleague's wedding.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-22
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The King of Minami: Yakuza in Debt
Overview: #31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-01-21
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The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 1
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The King of Minami: The Special Movie
Overview: When aspiring businessman Chiwaki borrows money from the LA mafia and flees to Japan to escape his debt, he soon finds himself being chased throughout Osaka by the local yakuza and a mafia loan shark. Chiwaki plans to get out of debt by investing in a high-end beauty salon, with a loan from Ginjiro Manda. Soon, Chiwaki finds himself pursued by Manda as well, who is willing to go up against the mafia to get his money back.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-07-01
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The King of Minami: Business Loans - The Guarantor's Trap
Overview: #33 in the King of Minami series. The CEO of a health food start-up borrows money from Manda using his fiancee's house as collateral, but when his American supplier demands more money than expected, he turns to a business loan company to make up the difference. Meanwhile, a hapless festival merchant turns to Manda when a run-in with the yakuza threatens to derail his business.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-08-24
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Horror House Vol.1: Grudge Ghost Classroom
Overview: Film directed by Yorida Katsuya.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-06-21
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Strawberry Shortcakes
Overview: Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-09-23
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暁鐘 警視庁強行犯係 樋口顕
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-04
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The King of Minami: Recollection
Overview: #23 in the series, following the Five Hour Special.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-04-01
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Break Out
Overview: An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it seems he can't go any lower, he is suspended from the force for disregarding orders to halt his criminal investigation of a Congressman. However, even this setback won't stop the determined cop from getting to the bottom of the scandal.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-30
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The King of Minami: Futures Trading Hell
Overview: #15 in the series, after "Ginjiro vs. The Evil Lawyer."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-06-26
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The King of Minami: Con Man's Fate
Overview: #16 in the series, after "Futures Trading Hell."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 5
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 2
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 3
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The King of Minami: 5 Hour Special Part 4
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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The King of Minami: Reverse Inheritance
Overview: #26 in the series, following "Trans Woman Blues."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-12-12
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Balloon
Overview: Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-05-12
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The King of Minami: Trans Woman Blues
Overview: #25 in the King of Minami series. A trans dancer named Rio is in debt to Manda after trying to finance a trip to the US for gender reassignment surgery, still illegal in Japan. The owner of a prestigious nightclub recruits her, introduces her to a doctor in Osaka who performs the illicit surgery and even agrees to foot the bill. But when the club owner turns out to have ulterior motives, Rio turns to Manda for help.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-11-27
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The King of Minami: Permanent Scar
Overview: #27 in the series, following "Reverse Inheritance."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-26
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The King of Minami: System Finance
Overview: #28 in the series, following "Permanent Scar."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-03-26
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The King of Minami: Certified Alibi Trap
Overview: #32 in the King of Minami series. When the failed president of a recruitment company turns to offering fake job titles for a fee, he is targeted by the yakuza and forced to borrow money from Ginjiro Manda. Despite his attempts to escape his debts by declaring bankruptcy, Manda has other plans.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-03-10
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The King of Minami: Toichi Ransom
Overview: #34 in the series, following "Business Loans - The Guarantor's Trap." Manda teams up with a seasoned con man and an elementary school girl to take on a corrupt lawyer who preys on people unable to pay back their debts.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-05-12
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The King of Minami: City of Desire
Overview: #13 in the series, after the Special Movie.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-01
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The King of Minami: Con Man Exterminator
Overview: #18 in the series, after "Conspiracy."
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-03-28
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The King of Minami: Revenge Shot
Overview: #21 in the series, following "Waiting Woman."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-11-01
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The King of Minami: Fallen Women
Overview: #24 in the series, following "Recollection."
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-07-01
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Samurai Gangsters
Overview: Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa (Kishibe Ittoku); stinky priest Daigoro (Takashi Sasano); well-known stranger Ishimatsu Mori (Yoichi Nukumizu); beautiful Masagoro Oiwake (Kazuki Kitamura); and others. As Jirocho's fame spreads, he gains more enemies. Among them are Katsuzo Kurokoma (Koichi Sato), who is one of the most powerful in Koshu, and the villain who is also Ishimatsu's nemesis, Masaru Mima (Riki Takeuchi). A traitor also emerges from the family, Yoshikazu Ebisu (Yoshikazu Ebisu). Meanwhile, Jirocho's wife falls ill and other terrible situations occur. Jirocho falls into a pinch of absolute despair. What on earth will he do? What is the fate of his minions? The Jirocho family will face a fierce battle...
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-09-20
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New Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Ghost Story
Overview: New kind of horror films are added to "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro" series directed by a cult filmmaker, Noboru Iguchi (Machine Girl). This movie has four episodes starring a Japanese idol group, S/mileage!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-11
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Hoshi 35
Overview: Aki lived her young life with a baby monster, but got separated from it for some reason. Thirty-five years later, a big earthquake hits her home. As the shaking grows stronger, a giant monster emerges… no longer a baby kaiju, the creature has grown…
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-10-21
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