Toru Nakamura
Also Known As: Tôru Nakamura, 仲村亨, Tooru Nakamura, 仲村 トオル
Biography: Toru Nakamura (仲村 トオル Nakamura Tōru, born September 5, 1965) is a Japanese actor. His real name is Tōru Nakamura (中村 亨 Nakamura Tōru). Nakamura co-starred in Bok Geo-il's 2009 Lost Memories along with Jang Dong-gun and in Lou Ye's Purple Butterfly with Zhang Ziyi and Liu Ye. He co-starred in Junji Sakamoto's 2010 film Strangers in the City with Manami Konishi.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Inagi, Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: September 05, 1965
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Gender: Male
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2009: Lost Memories
Overview: There are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course. In 1909, an assassination attempt of a Japanese governor fails. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of Japan's Empire & Seoul has become a major city. A Korean resistance group fights for liberty, independence & the restoration of true history. Two cops, Japanese & Korean, investigate the group.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-02-01
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Shaolin Girl
Overview: A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-04-26
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西村京太郎サスペンス 秋葉京介探偵事務所～狙われた男～
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
Overview: In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-12-20
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チーム・バチスタ第2弾 ナイチンゲールの沈黙
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-09
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チーム・バチスタSP2011～さらばジェネラル！天才救命医は愛する人を救えるか～
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-01-02
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Gen-X Cops
Overview: Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a shipload of explosives.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1999-06-18
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Purple Butterfly
Overview: Ding Hui is a member of Purple Butterfly, a powerful resistance group in Japanese occupied Shanghai. An unexpected encounter reunites her with Itami, an ex-lover and officer with a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Purple Butterfly.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2003-07-04
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I Give My First Love to You
Overview: Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves so that she can easily move on. What he didn't know is that he is under-estimating her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-24
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Shin Kamen Rider
Overview: A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-17
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Blue Tiger
Overview: Gena is a sweet and dedicated mother to her little son. One day, whilst shopping with him for a halloween mask, her son is accidently shot through the chest by a Japanese Gunman, trying to kill an opposing gang of bus operators. Gena notices that the gunman has a picture of a blue tiger on his chest. She is turned into an obsessed person and has an identical red tiger etched into her skin. She then tracks down the killer and plots his death. This leads her into the world of the Japanese Mafia
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-03
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The Shootist 2
Overview: Sequel to 'Sniper THE SHOOTIST'
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-08-10
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The Shootist 3
Overview: The biggest crisis has come to Matsushita, a shootist who has passed through numerous shrines!
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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The Shootist: Final Episode
Overview: Matsushita decides to make a new journey by meeting a fateful woman, Askako, while being chased by a hitman and the police. What awaits him at the end?
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-01-14
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Tokyo Raiders
Overview: When a private eye, a jilted bride and a mysterious stranger join forces to track down an elusive mobster, there's more than trouble in the air.
Genres: Action Comedy Adventure
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2000-01-28
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Unloved
Overview: Mitsuko, a thirty-something Japanese secretary, lives a very simple life devoid of ambition. She has an affair with Eiji, a rich, arrogant and newly divorced businessman who is intrigued by her retiring personnality but she quickly breaks up as he repeatedly tries to make her change her lifestyle and values. While Eiji ponders the reasons of the breakup, Mitsuko falls for one of her neighbours, a young slacker who has the same approach to life as her. But Mitsuko's new lover is fascinated by Eiji's power and social status... A triangle that will inevitably leave one of the characters "unloved".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-11-05
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
Overview: An omnibus special comprised of five segments.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Science Fiction Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-10-18
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Spring Special
Overview: Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring Inagaki Goro 2. Rental Love - starring Iijima Naoko 3. Oikaketai (I want to Chase [Him/Her]) - starring Kyono Kotomi 4. Chozeikin Taisaku Satsujin Jiken (Countering Excessive Taxation Murder Case) - starring Nishimura Masahiko 5. Kage no Kuni (The Country of Shadows) - starring Sakurai Sachiko
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-03-24
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New York Undercover Cop
Overview: Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and Toshi soon become friends, although Hawk's second-in-command, Tito, is suspicious of the newcomer. Will Toshi be able to bring the gang down, or will his cover be blown before he can finish the assignment?
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-14
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Blue Swallow
Overview: Park Kyung-won, who aspired to become a pilot since a young age, enrolls at an aviation academy in Japan. There she meets a charming exchange student from Korea who she is destined to be with.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2005-12-29
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Overview: In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-06-20
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A Chorus of Angels
Overview: Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later forced to leave after an accident occurs. 20 years later, Haru learns that one of her former students has committed a crime, and eventually returns to the island once more.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-11-03
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Kumo to Saru no Kazoku
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-03-01
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Musume no kekkon
Overview: TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-14
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Gentle Music
Overview: The "wheels of mystery" begin to move when a man working at a small shipyard meets a female student who seems to get upset at the sight of him. While they eventually get closer and end up dating, they need to take a step forward as their pasts come in between.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-01-07
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Level
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-11-26
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Hiroshima Django
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-04-13
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Abunai Deka Forever TV Special '98
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-08-28
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The Kiss
Overview: One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the two start corresponding.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-22
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Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-14
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Abudeka Is Back
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Genres: Action Adventure Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-24
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Strangers in the City
Overview: Former high school teacher Kazuo Hatano (Toru Nakamura) reunites 12 years later with Masako Tezuka (Manami Konishi). Masako Tezuka was his former high school student whom he married after her graduation. Their marriage became a scandal & the couple divorced ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-11-20
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Climbing to Spring
Overview: Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their mountain hut for the summer season of climbers. When Toru grows up, he leaves his hometown and enters the working world as a stock trader. One day, Toru receives word that his father has passed away. He returns to Mount Tate once again, and becomes conscious of a new calling. But, does Toru have what it takes to follow in his father footsteps?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-14
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Team Batista the Movie: The Portrait of Kerberos
Overview: Physician Kohei Taguchi and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare investigator Shiratori soon become involved in major reforms to the death investigation system of the country and localities when a letter arrives threatening the destruction of Tojo University Hospital and Kerberos Tower in 3 months. Before the pair are able to uncover the truth, an unprecedented rash of suspicious deaths occur which can’t be explained through autopsy. On the day of the AI (Autopsy Imaging) Center’s opening and introduction of a revolutionary new MRI machine called “Leviathan”, further incidents rock the medical community.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-03-29
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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
Overview: Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-04-14
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Be-Bop High School
Overview: An upbeat, action-filled drama that depicts the lives of two obnoxious high school students, Koji and Toru, who are caught in exciting and dangerous adventures involving their fellow students. Based on the best selling comic series, “Be-Bop High School” has gained popularity among the young audience, and become an icon of Japan’s pop culture in the 1980’s.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-12-14
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ベイジルタウンの女神
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-03-20
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Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
Overview: Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartment complex. Tatsuo Shimoi is a bit of an enigma: he doesn't get along with the housewives in the apartment complex and doesn't appear to work. Through his encounter with the mysterious single father, Katsuya grows as a person.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-18
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SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Overview: Documentary on the life of actor Yusaku Matsuda. This is a documentary film produced on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the birth of actor Yusaku Matsuda and the 20th anniversary of his death . It is composed of newly shot interviews as well as real voice interviews and treasured videos that were not officially revealed until now.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-11-06
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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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Drawing Closer
Overview: With only a year left to live, 17-year-old Akito finds new meaning in life by bringing joy to a terminally ill girl who has just six months remaining.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-06-26
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Last Friends
Overview: Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared for the hardships of war. Through their shared trials and sacrifices, they grow closer as friends, and hope to return together to better days. This movie was released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-06-03
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Abunai Deka
Overview: When a doctor is found dead and the company's exclusive data on a cancer drug is missing, detective Takayama and Oshita are called to the Nakamitsu pharmaceutical laboratory. However, a bungled attempt to catch the murderer leave Takayama and Oshita reassigned to the lackluster task of patrolling public bathrooms to keep them out of trouble.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-12
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Memories of You
Overview: University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Her mother is told by her doctor that the schoolgirl has leukaemia and has only 6 months to live.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-03-05
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Matamata Abunai Deka
Overview: Detectives Takayama and Oshita participate in a major drug bust which arouses suspicion that the government may be secretly involved.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-07-02
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It's On Me
Overview: News comes out that several people found 1 kg of solid gold in their mail boxes. Maya Yamabuki moves back to her hometown and surprises the movers by the amount of money she gives them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-10-31
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Silence of the Sea
Overview: The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with countless ukiyo-e tattoos is discovered at the sea. From the two incidents, the name of Ryuji emerges.
Genres: Romance Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-11-22
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The Shinjuku Love Story
Overview: Ichijoji is a street punk who stumbles across Mari and her cat. Mari and Ichijoji immediately fall in love but are chased by both yakuza and corrupt cops.
Genres: Action Romance Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-07-04
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Oppai Volleyball
Overview: Terajima Mikako became a boys volleyball team coach at a junior high school she has been assigned to. As an incentive for the team members who do not show the slightest enthusiasm, she promises to show them her boobs if they win a game.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-04-18
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Saraba Abunai Deka
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Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-30
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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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64: Part 1
Overview: 1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-05-07
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64: Part 2
Overview: 1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-01
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Be-Bop Highschool: The Power
Overview: A heated argument between middle school thugs leads to a fierce war between two rival high schools when Toru's girlfriend, Shoko, gets involved.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-17
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Be-Bop High School: A Delinquent Student March
Overview: A sly prep school thug uses his girlfriend to lure Hiroshi and Toru to a fight, but the scheme escalates to an all-out war between everyone involved.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-21
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Be-Bop High School: A Dunce Rhapsody
Overview: College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-12-12
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Love and Action in Osaka
Overview: Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for.
Genres: Crime Drama Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-12-10
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Kinpira
Overview: A yakuza boss's daughter starts a pirate TV broadcast.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-12-22
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Something Like, Something Like It
Overview: Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his search for Shintoto.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-01-16
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Love Never to End
Overview: He is Kikuji Murao (Etsushi Toyokawa), a former best-selling novelist who has had a decade-long dry spell that has reduced him to university teaching and magazine hackery. After divorcing his wife (Reiko Takashima) and leaving behind his teenage daughter (Shihori Kanjiya), he meets Fuyuka Irie (Shinobu Terajima), a housewife and mother of three who is a longtime fan.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-01-13
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Memoirs of a Murderer
Overview: The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how he would strangle the victim from behind with a rope but he would let the witnesses go and speak to the media on how the murders happened. Ito plays the role of Makimura, the police detective who was in charge of investigating the serial murders but failed to catch the cunning murderer and his respected superior ended up being killed as well. 22 years later in 2017 when the case is nearing its statute of limitations, a man named Sonezaki claims to be the culprit for the 1995 murders and even publishes a book titled "Watashi ga satsujinhan desu" to talk about the cases. Despite the disgust towards Sonezaki's actions, the intensive attention showered on him via the media and SNS makes him become the talk of town.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-06-10
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
Overview: Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1986-12-13
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Roppongi Banana Boys
Overview: A stylish light comedy about the “Banana boys”— two boys who were born and raised in Roppongi who are still growing up. It is based on the light novel of the same name written by Takashi Kitajima
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-08-12
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Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Overview: A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the dead man was insured for 300 million yen. The media and the public look at Noriko and her boyfriend Tsukada with suspicion, but they have perfect alibis. Then, Detective Hibiki, who is in charge of the case, and Private Detective Kono become involved in a series of mysterious murder cases.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-05-31
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Mottomo Abunai Deka
Overview: Taka and Yuji find evidence in a 15-year-old case, but the statute of limitations expires in four days and they're hunting illicit gun manufacturers.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-04-22
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Madamada Abunai Deka
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Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-22
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Abunai Deka Returns
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Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
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Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-12
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Pla-Baroque
Overview: Yu Kuroha, a female detective from the Kanagawa PD Mobile Unit, discovers bodies of fourteen men and women frozen to death in a rental container. When the wills of the dead persons were found, her boss decides to treat the case as a simple group suicide. But Kuroha persists that they have to find the leader who assisted this mass murder. She finds out that the number of wills outnumbers the bodies by one. One person did not commit suicide…! Kuroha is a skilled sniper but also a delicate woman who takes refuge in cyberspace. The drama portrays her gaining maturity as a person and a detective by solving the mystery of a group suicide by standing against the mastermind of the case.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-02-22
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Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
Overview: During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader. One of the first to vie for power in this way was Saito Dosan, the 'Viper'. His son-in-law, Oda Nobunaga, did in fact unite the nation after subduing all of his enemies, yet falling at last to the treachery of one of his most trusted generals. This story is a pre-cursor to those later events as the brilliant military strategist Saito Dosan rises to power and notoriety as a great lord in his own right. Directed by Kudo Eiichi and with a tremendous supporting cast that includes Nakamura Toru as Oda Nobunaga and Chiba Shinichi as Akechi Mitsutsugu, battle scenes of awesome power and a unique view of Japanese history, this is a marvelous production highlighted by the action scenes done by the Japan Action Club (JAC).
Genres: History War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-01-03
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Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Overview: Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.
Genres: Drama History Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-01-03
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Zen and Bones
Overview: The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-08-26
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Umineko - Inseparable
Overview: The shock of her fiance's sudden dissolution of their relationship causes university student, Miki, to lose her voice. While recuperating in a hospital in her hometown of Hakodate, she learns of the tragic life of her deceased mother, Kaoru, from her grandmother.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-11-13
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Freezing Point
Overview: The young daughter of Keizo Tsujiguchi, a respected physician who runs his own hospital, is found murdered. Keizo secretly blames his wife Natsue because he suspects her of having an affair with his colleague Murai, and having been too distracted to keep proper watch over the child. Being a proud man, he does not accuse her directly, but concocts, instead, a twisted revenge against her. Pretending it is to comfort his devastated wife, Keizo arranges for them to adopt a baby girl. What he hasn't told Natsue, is that the baby is the orphaned daughter of the murderer, a tragic day-laborer who has hanged himself while in police custody. He plans to reveal the child's origins after Natsue has given her heart to the child-- when it will cause the greatest possible hurt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-11-25
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Passion
Overview: A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
Genres: Drama Crime Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-04-25
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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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Hanaikusa
Overview: The tale of hardship, love, determination and life of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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As a Father of Murderer Son
Overview: Keiichi Yoshinaga, who works for a major construction company receives a sudden phone call from his ex-wife, Junko Aoba. She tells Keiichi that their second son, Tsubasa, who lives apart, has been arrested for murdering his classmate. Keiichi immediately meets Tsubasa, but for some reason he keeps silence. Since Tsubasa shows no signs of reflecting upon his conduct, he is possibly going to an open trial. To overcome this situation, Keiichi consults a lawyer Kyoko Kanzaki who has a child of the same age.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-21
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
Overview: Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is one way more global one. His struggle against patriarchal mindset leads his school to become one of the oldest universities in Japan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-08-24
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Be-Bop Highschool Pt. 5
Overview: With thugs under gang leader Shingo attempting to make a name for themselves, Toru and crew must brace for an all-out war between their two schools.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1988-08-06
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Love Mooning
Overview: Hiroshi, who runs a mental clinic, has never recovered from the shock of his wife’s suicide. One day, Ayako, a mysterious patient comes to his clinic….
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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The Shootist
Overview: Former policeman Matsushita Hiroshi is a professional marksman shootist. When his keen eye catches his target in the dry urban darkness, the hard, breathless action begins.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1989-08-17
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