Miho Ninagawa
Also Known As: 蜷川美穂
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Birthday: November 06, 1964
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Deadball
Overview: Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu is the most feared and dangerous juvenile delinquent in all of Japan. After accidentally causing the death of his father with a super-powered, deadly fireball pitch, Jubeh swore off baseball and became a criminal and now, at 17, has been sent to the Pterodactyl Juvenile Reformatory for hardened criminals. Headmistress Ishihara, the granddaughter of a World War II Nazi collaborator, runs the institution with an iron fist and the enthusiastic help of her sadistic assistant, Ilsa. After arriving at the hellhole, Jubeh soon learns from governor Mifune that his long-lost, younger brother Musashi had also done time there after a murder spree, but had since died mysteriously…
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-07-23
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Arcana
Overview: Detective Murakami meets a girl who suffers from memory loss. The girl has special abilities including the ability to talk with the dead. Detective Murakami names her Maki. Detective Murakami and Maki work together to solves a massive murder case involving a mad bomber. Maki's identity is revealed during their investigation.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-10-19
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Sun Scarred
Overview: Katayama is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he comes across a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Katamaya decides to help the stranger and surprisingly wins the fight. This turns out to be a bad decision.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-03
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Sakuran
Overview: Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics while trying to cling to the man she loves.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-12-07
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Overview: Mixed up by desire, love and hatred, a disturbed young man begins tailing and eventually tries to save his neighbor, a housewife who has turned to prostitution despite her comfortable lifestyle.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-10-27
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Imprint
Overview: An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-25
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Shield of Straw
Overview: Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru. Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-25
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Watashino Jinsei Nanoni
Overview: A promising rhythmic gymnast is diagnosed with a spinal cord disease and becomes paralyzed from the waist down. She is devastated. With the help of music, she will work toward a new dream.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-14
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Marebito
Overview: A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-22
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It Comes
Overview: To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-12-07
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Dream Cruise
Overview: Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim situation that awaits them all.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-12
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Ace Attorney
Overview: Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Phoenix Wright, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Mia Fey, and the accusation of rival prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth. Phoenix's greatest ally is Mia's younger sister Maya, a spirit medium whose body is possessed by Mia to communicate with him.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-02-11
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Long Goodbye: Tantei Furui Kurinosuke
Overview: Kurinosuke Furui (Ryu Morioka) grew up at an orphanage. He now works as a private detective. One day, he receives a request. The request is to collect money which was stolen by a woman who killed herself. During Kurinosuke Furui's investigation he uncovers a shocking truth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-05-20
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