Saburo Tokito
Also Known As: Saburō Tokitō, Saburô Tokitô, Saburo Tokitou, 時任 三郎
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: February 04, 1958
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Gender: Male
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Umizaru 3: The Last Message
Overview: While a menacing typhoon approaches, an accident at the giant natural gas plant Regalia occurs. Japan Coast Guard rescue divers Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Ito), Tetsuya Yoshioka (Ryuta Sato) and engineer Hiroshiichirou Sakuragi (Masaya Kato) head together to the gas plant. During their rescue efforts an explosion occurs that traps Daisuke, Natsu Nishizawa Kazue Fukiishi and worker Hisayoneo Kizima (Gaku Hamada). Daisuke then looks for a way out for his party with a man he just meets Takuya Hotori. Because of the typhoon, even a helicopter cannot approach the Regalia. Meanwhile, at the head office of the Japan Coast Guard, the Japanese coast guard tries to find a way to rescue the trapped people, but the government officials put national interests first. Tension arises between these two parties. Daisuke's wife Tamakisai Senzaki (Ai Kato) prays for the safe return of Daisuke not only for her sake, but for their new born son.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-09-18
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Jungle Emperor: Courage Changes the Future
Overview: Because of non-stop environmental destruction, the United Nations commission a private company, "Eternal Earth", to create an artificial jungle to be a nature preserve and to protect animals. Leo, son of Panja, is born in this artificial world. The story starts when Leo and Kenichi, the son of the Eternal Earth company's CEO, meet. Kenichi has the ability to understand and talk to the animals.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-05
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Sometime, Somewhere
Overview: The story follows Mamoru Masaki, a resort developer, and Koai, a career woman at a rival company. The appearance of Masaki, who does not live in work and in love, gradually loosens up.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-02-01
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Happy Flight
Overview: A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-11-15
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Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment
Overview: There still stands a famous apartment building where such prominent manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked, and shared experiences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-03-23
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The Lightning Tree
Overview: Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning at one time with the broken part eventually sprouting out cherry blossoms). The young woman lived freely in the mountains after she was abducted as a young child. The couple soon fall in love under the Raiou tree, but become acutely aware of their different social positions & the ramifications it has on their relationship.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-10-22
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Brave Hearts: Umizaru
Overview: Mika is a flight attendant on board an airplane scheduled to land at Haneda Airport. On the way to the airport the airplane's engine starts to burn. In order to save the 346 people on board the airplane, sea marshall Daisuke Senzaki and his team are called into action ...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-07-12
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It All Began When I Met You
Overview: Six love stories following the love lives of ten different people.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-22
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A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon
Overview: The year is 1974. A young Hong Kong Chinese, Mark, travels to Saigon to make his fortune. There, he encounters a mysterious femme fatale, the lovely Kit. As he becomes more involved in her various underworld deals, a tragic romance develops. On the eve of the outbreak of war, Kit's past returns to endanger her, and Mark must risk everything for the one true love of his life.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-10-20
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
Overview: In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager to accept him, at a clinic lacking sufficient medical equipment. Here's a human drama showing how Dr. Coto values the dignity of human life while unflinchingly facing disease with a serious attitude.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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Bakayarô! 3: Weird Bunch
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-20
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Time Scoop Hunter
Overview: A reporter is sent through time and space to document the lives of Japanese people at various times in history. This time, he is sent to unwrap the mystery of Azuchi castle which was built by Oda Nobunaga, one of the most famous shogun of all times, and lost within merely three years after its completion.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-08-31
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Good Morning Show
Overview: The morning variety show, a staple of television around the world, offers news and entertainment but TV host Shingo didn’t expect to be himself the source of the news and entertainment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-10-08
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Mr. Moonlight
Overview: Time Traveling Samurai
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-09-21
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Spy Games
Overview: A japanese singer believes her father has been kidnapped. She goes to Hong Kong to find him.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-12-27
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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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Survival Family
Overview: A world wide electrical outage occurs. Everything that requires electricity comes to a stop. Tokyo is nearly ruined. Yoshiyuki Suzuki decides to escape from Tokyo with his family.
Genres: Comedy Family Drama Adventure
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-12-12
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Hawaiian Dream
Overview: Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well. When they get busted by the chief of police, they're forced to make a deal and and help get a local crime boss masquerading as a benevolent celebrity arrested.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-08-29
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The Lady in a Black Dress
Overview: A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza's escaping as a shoji. Tamura who lives on the second floor of the store for the time being the son who wants to work here. A few days later, Tamura finds a handgun from Yuko's baggage and holds a suspicion ....
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-03-14
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Gate of Youth
Overview: The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1981-01-15
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Our Wedding
Overview: On her wedding day, Makiko is stabbed by a woman in wedding dress. The wound isn't serious but the attacker blows herself up and can't be identified. The attacker is thought to be an ex-girlfriend of Tsutomu, the groom. He gives two names to the police but these two are still alive. But there is still one woman in Tsutomu's mind...
Genres: Mystery Thriller Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1983-04-29
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Eien no 1/2
Overview: An unemployed young man who has just broken up with his girlfriend meets a woman at a bicycle race. They start dating but then strange things then begin to happen to him, including a beating from the local yakuza. - Wikipedia
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-11-21
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The Miracle of Joe, the Petrel
Overview: In Okinawa, a Japanese-Filipino gangster named Joe kills an Okinawan mobster. Joe temporarily escapes the pursuing mob by fleeing to the Philippines, hoping to find there safety and perhaps to link up with his father. He meets Yoko, a saloon girl, who looks after him, but soon Joe's enemies show up, determined to make Joe pay.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-04-28
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Police Precinct Soul
Overview: A young woman is discovered strangled to death at the boat pier in Tokyo. There are no signs of disturbed clothing and assault, and because the body was abandoned at a prominent spot, it shows that this was a premeditated crime by a criminal with the presence of mind. Joto Chuo Police Precinct’s detective Kunihiko Katsuragi rushed to the scene, and the fact that the body is barefoot weighs on his mind. The next morning he finds out the commander assigned this case is his son Toshifumi.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-09-20
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Go for Broke
Overview: At a Japanese school, a desperate student council struggles with a recurring problem. The aggressive and relentless members of the Yagyu biker gang stop by the school each semester to beat up the kids, steal their lunch money and vandalize their belongings. The kids want to fight back but realize they're too weak and undermanned against the bikers, and so they hire a handful of tough gals to train and defend them.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1985-07-13
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The Soup of Heaven
Overview: Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to go in search of it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-19
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Fortuna's Eye
Overview: Shinichiro Kiyama is completely alone in the world. One day, he realizes he possesses "Fortuna's Eye", an ability through which people whose death is drawing near appear transparent to him. It is a gift that torments him. Then he meets a cheerful, optimistic girl Aoi Kiryu who makes him feel at ease. Shinichiro develops feelings for her, but after a brief period of happiness, Aoi's body suddenly starts turning transparent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-15
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A Family Story
Overview: A country boy leaves his family's apple farm and heads to the city to become a famous musician.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Overprotected Kahoko: 2018 Love & Dream
Overview: Set one year after drama series "Overprotected Kahoko." Kahoko is busy running her daycare center "Kahoko House" and also doing housework. Things at work and home are not going smoothly. "Kahoko House" is in financial difficulties and she isn't very good with housework. Her relationship with her husband Hajime is troubled and his career as a painter has been unsuccessful to date. Can Kahoko turn things around?
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-09-19
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The Horizon
Overview: Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises 4 children. After Pearl Harbor is attacked, they are interned with other Japanese immigrants in a camp, losing both their land and their assets.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1984-02-11
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Woman from Hong Kong
Overview: In 1997, a female detective from Hong Kong passed an exam for a man who dreamed of becoming a senior detective, which produced a series of stories.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-09-28
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Paper Lantern
Overview: A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1987-05-23
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