Yoshihiko Hakamada
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Yoshihiko Hakamada was born on July 16, 1973 in Shizuoka, Japan. He is known for The Cat Returns (2002), Slight Fever of a 20-Year-Old (1993) and Like Grains of Sand (1995). Hakamada is represented by Platinum Production.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: July 16, 1973
Age: 51 years old
Gender: Male
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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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The Quiet Don: A New Chapter Volume 2

Overview: Quiet Don Volume 2
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-09
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Quiet Don New Chapter: Top Decisive Battle!! Bloody Osaka War

Overview: Is this the third film or the fourth?
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-02-04
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Quiet Don New Chapter Desperate Situation!! Fifth Sister of Anger

Overview: Could be the fourth film or it could be the third.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-09
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Color of Us

Overview: Yuri, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, moves to Taiwan after her father's remarriage and job transfer. Because of the language barrier, living with her new Taiwanese mother has been stressful,but they start to build a new relationship after something happens......
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-15
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Back To That Day

Overview: Manami helps out at her family's beauty salon and runs the unsuccessful "50% Theater Company." One night, after missing a call from Nao, her sister, Manami later discovers that Nao died that very night. After getting into a conflict with her mother, Manami and a friend set out for Tokyo in order to collect Nao's things. There, through encounters and reunions with various people, Manami finally comes to face with herself.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-11-25
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I Don't Have a Grave!

Overview: An actress visits a university hospital for research and mistakenly believes she has only six months to live. Having grown up alone with no family grave, she is shocked by the words of a film crew member and decides to search for a grave befitting a famous actress. She disguises herself and joins a bus tour organized by a cemetery company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-02-07
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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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Like Grains of Sand

Overview: A coming-of-age story. Shuji, a Japanese teen, is falling in love with his friend Hiroyuki, however, Hiroyuki is attracted to Kasane, the new girl in their class.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-16
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The Cat Returns

Overview: Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Animation Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-07-19
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Your Turn to Kill: The Movie

Overview: Newlyweds Nana and Shota move into an apartment. Two situations, different from the drama series, take place: "What if Shota attends the resident's meeting and not Nana?" and "What if exchange murder game doesn't begin?"
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-12-10
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Ocean Waves

Overview: As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-12-25
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Worst by Chance

Overview: Hidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He drifts around and meanders through life until a death reminds him of his heritage and so begins a journey to South Korea.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-09-13
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A New Love in Tokyo

Overview: A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-12-17
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Another

Overview: After a chain of deaths at a junior high school, new transfer student Koichi Sakakibara turns to a mysterious girl who holds the key to the dark mystery.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-08-04
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HEAT -Incandescence- PART II

Overview: A young man suddenly rises to the top of the underworld in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Other crime bosses now conspire to take him down.
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-28
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Wangan Midnight: The Movie

Overview: After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to believe it's cursed; hence its nickname "Devil Z." Akio also discovers that the Z's first owner shared his first and last name, and was killed in the car during a race with the Blackbird. Meanwhile, fashion model Reina Akikawa joins the rivalry between Akio and Tatsuya with her modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-12
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巡査鉄兵の推理日誌

Overview: An officer struggles to solve a murder case despite being at odds with his lieutenant. Officer Tetsubei discovers the body of a man whose face has been crushed and his fingerprints erased. Tetsubei describes the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body, including his own theory, and is angered by Lieutenant Yukari. That night, Tetsubei visits the shop of Kanako, whom he has a secret crush on. There, Mizutani, Kanako's husband, who has been missing for seven years, appears.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-05
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My name is Reiko Shiratori! The Movie

Overview: Reiko and Tetsuya continue to live together. Reiko, who was informed by Kyoko that she was engaged to Takada, pretended not to be interested in her marriage, but in her heart, she wanted to marry Tetsuya. Tetsuya, unable to see through Reiko's true feelings, replies, "We shouldn't think about marriage until we're both adults and can live on our own." Meanwhile, Reiko's father, Shotaro, is stricken with cancer and receives a call that he has six months to live. In order to fulfill her father's wish, "I wanted to see Reiko as a bride while I was still alive," Reiko asked Tetsuya to marry him, and Tetsuya hesitated but accepted. However, Shotaro's doctor informs him that the cancer was misdiagnosed. While Reiko is relieved, she does not want to cancel her marriage to Tetsuya, so she proceeds with her wedding preparations without informing the people around her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-08-19
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The Quiet Don: A New Chapter

Overview: Mild-mannered Shizuya Kondo lives a normal life, occupied with his dreary office job as a women's underwear designer. But, he also happens to be the only son of the leader of the biggest criminal organization in the Kanto region... and when his father is murdered by a rival gang, Shizuya is forced to become the new head of his yakuza family! Working as a businessman by day and a yakuza boss by night, Shizuya finally begins to realize his true potential. But, things take an unexpected turn when Akemi, his secret office-crush, is suddenly kidnapped.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-05
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A Touch of Fever

Overview: Tatsuru and Shinichiro’s relationship shifts from casual to complicated as love and emotions blur the lines between their work and personal lives.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-09-04
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Summer Night Sky, Autumn Sunset, Winter Morning and Spring Breeze

Overview: An omnibus featuring four stories about the four seasons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Man, a Natural Girl

Overview: Miike's first television production in seven years (since 1992's Last Run), Tennen Shoujo Mahn (lit: Natural Girl Mahn) is an adaptation of a manga series by Tetsuya Koshiba about a schoolgirl with extraordinary fighting prowess.
Genres: Action
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-02-23
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Nakitai toki no kusuri

Overview: Five passengers stare at a middle-aged man weeping on a train - a young man with a broken heart, an office worker exhausted from work, a new station attendant, a salaryman who cannot cry, and a lost high school girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-01-10
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Kawaki no machi

Overview: A hard-boiled story about a young man who wakes up to the ferocity within himself, swaying between violence and love as he walks a devastating path.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-01-18
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Ano Hi Bokura no Inochi wa Toiretto Pepa yori mo Karukatta

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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-07-08
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Sunflower

Overview: Reunited by the death of a friend, a group of former schoolmates reassess themselves and their earlier times together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-07-29
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Broken Heart

Overview: Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-21
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800 Two Lap Runners

Overview: A coming-of-age story about two runners, Kenji and Ryuji, tangled in love, loss, and rivalry, as they navigate complex emotions and relationships.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-07-09
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Fly Boys, Fly!

Overview: Six young pilots who all volunteered to be Kami-kaze or suicide pilots.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-09-23
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Winds From Zero

Overview: On April 9, 2000, Suzuki Kyoko receives a phone call from the police. She learns that her 19-year-old son and his friend were killed by a drunk driver while walking along a bridge in Zama. Suzuki Kyoko lost her husband to cancer five years earlier and her world crashes down. The drunk driver was given the maximum sentence at the time 5 1/2 years. Suzuki Kyoko then spearheads a movement to increase the penalty for reckless driving. She also enrolls at Waseda University where her son died just a week after his entrance ceremony. Suzuki Kyoko also starts an exhibit to honor the victims of reckless driving.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-12
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必殺仕事人2019

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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-10
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Brutus's Heart

Overview: An elite researcher (Tatsuya Fujiwara) dreams of committing the perfect crime.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-06-17
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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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高レート裏麻雀列伝 むこうぶち

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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-06-25
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高レート裏麻雀列伝 むこうぶち2 鬼の棲む荒野

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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-07-25
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Moonlight Jellyfish

Overview: Seiji (played by Battle Royale’s Tatsuya Fujiwara) struggles to look after his younger brother Michio, who suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum – a rare disease that is fatal if exposed to sunlight. Matters are even more complicated due to Michio’s state of mind, which is equivalent to that of a six year old child. In order to support his younger brother, Seiji is forced to join the local Yakuza and work through the ranks to become a respected member. One night, Seiji saves a woman named Keiko (Aya Okamoto) from a drunken pervert. By sheer coincidence, she is also Michio’s nurse and falls in love with Seiji thanks to his courageous act. Whilst Seiji continues to see his new girlfriend, the activities of the Yakuza begin to affect their lives…
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-08-07
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Night Train to the Stars

Overview: “Night Train to the Stars” is a biography of the fascinating life of Kenji Miyazawa, one of Japan's most beloved fantasy novelists. Miyazawa is an idealist pledging with his friend Kanai to work for the improved life of farmers. Troubled by his family’s interest in money making and social status, he leaves home after graduating high school to join a Buddhist sect in Tokyo. After falling out with a friend, and receiving news about his sister re-emerging pneumonia, he decides to return home where starts his own experimental school, teaching new farming methods to young local farmers while also instructing them in music and arts. It was only after his death, through the help of his brother Seiroku, that his writings became widely read.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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HEAT -Incandescence- PART I

Overview: A young man named Tatsumi Karasawa suddenly rises in the criminal world of Shinjuku, Tokyo, and becomes the leader of a group of amateurs who show no reluctance to face police and gangs alike. His successes in the Tokyo underground make a chief and a yakuza boss plot a conspiracy to eliminate him.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-23
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Desperate Sunflowers

Overview: Natsuko Kotani was born to be a swindler. Meanwhile, Tetsuko Ishida is Natsuko’s distant relative. Unlike Natsuko, Tetsuko is an attorney with an upright disposition. Whenever Natsuko makes trouble, Tetsuko is called to solve her troubles. Believing that Natsuko is using her, Tetsuko, with her boring life, begins to change.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-06-25
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Ju-on: The Final Curse

Overview: Following the events of Ju-on: The Beginning of the End, Mai, the older sister of elementary schoolteacher Yui Shono, goes to look for her sister, who disappeared after a year while working in an elementary school. Mai soon discovers the Teriyaki household who tells her about what happened to her sister. Mai will now uncover the dark secrets of Ju-on and will try to end the curse once and for all.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-06-20
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25

Overview: Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups and seize their money. One day, the Chief of Police becomes aware that 2.5 million yen in seized money is missing. He orders Shintarou and Koichi to bring the money in by tomorrow morning. Shintarou and Koichi are in big trouble. They then read an article about a pension fund embezzlement case involving 6 billion yen. The prime suspect of the pension fund embezzlement case spent most of that money, but he has 2.5 billion yen left.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-11-01
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Dream Maker

Overview: Masato is a bad boy, but very in love with music. He meets a girl, Miki, who has serious diseases but is optimistic toward life. They start to work together in a CD shop and catch every chance to show their talents. Under the efforts of Masato, his company at last becomes an entertainment giant in Japan.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-10-23
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Tokyo PR Woman

Overview: Rena Misaki works at a bank. She lacks self-confidence. Because of a reason, she begins working for a PR company and her boss is Kusakabe. As she struggles to work under her new boss, Rena Misaki grows as a person.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-22
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The Seal Of The Sun

Overview: At 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant experiences a black out due to the aftermath of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The cooling system fails at the nuclear power plant and the temperature of the nuclear reactor rises. The worst case is coming. Scientists face an unexpected situation and government officials are confused by lack of information. Residents says goodbye to their hometown before evacuating.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-03-06
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Yakuza Ladies Neo

Overview: Kotone (Tomoka Kurotani) is the wife of Mitsuru Kiba (Kazushige Nagashima), boss of the Kiba gang in the Saikyo Alliance. She hides a girl named Sakura Nishizawa (Rina Koike), who is chased by Azami (Natsuki Harada). Azami is the wife of Kato (Masayuki Imai), boss of the Kato gang in the Saikyo Alliance. Years ago, Azami's lover was murdered by Mitsuru Kiba. To get revenge, she married Kato. Through the girl Sakura Nishizawa, Kotone and Azami unexpectedly meet and become involved in a large conspiracy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-06-08
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Tokimeki Memorial

Overview: Looking for something to do during the summer, Akihiko Suzuki teams up with four girls (Namie, Natsumi, Mishiyo, and Komugi) and a guy (Kosuke) to start a little cafe down by the beach. Actually, he is more interested in the girls than the job. They used to ignore him, but by working at the cafe, he hopes to start a friendship with them.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-08-09
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Shomuni

Overview: Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-11-28
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Colors of Wind

Overview: Yuri leaves Ryo with mysterious words. Ryo goes to Hokkaido knowing that his doppelganger magician is missing. Ryo realizes Yuri was also the magician’s lover and he learns magic. The story that crosses over two identities, illusion and magic.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-26
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Waru

Overview: A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulting in the wanted and are chased of all families mob in Japan. They may however be a little unexpected help from the police.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-25
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Waru: The End

Overview: Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-25
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The King of Minami The Movie

Overview: A pair of schoolgirls get caught up in a scheme targeting local businesses. Loan shark Ginjiro can help, but first things first: what’s in it for him?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-01-14
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Quartet

Overview: "Quartet" tells the story of four young musicians as they form a string quartet and pursue fame.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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The Death, Her and Me

Overview: After suffering a serious illness as a child, Yukari Tokino is able to see the dead.
Genres: Drama Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2012-09-21
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Ju-on: The Beginning of the End

Overview: A school teacher visits the home of a boy who's been absent from school for a long period of time, unaware of the horrific tragedy which occurred in the boy's household many years ago.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2014-06-28
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

Overview: A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction Action Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-03-11
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Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition

Overview: Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the series. In this work, we collaborate with five popular manga artists such as Go Nagai, Junji Ito, Eiichiro Oda, Kazuo Umezu and Masayuki Ishikawa.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-04-11
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Kizoku Kourin: Prince of Legend

Overview: Shintaro Ando has become Noble Dori after various confrontations. Now, the noble group, who are led by Shintaro Ando, has battles over the title of Legend ("Densetsu") against the prince group, who are led by Kanade Suzaku.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-13
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Life Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara

Overview: Follows the life of Natsuki Iijima, a windsurfer from Japan, as he battles and ultimately loses his life to liver cancer. The first and only windsurfer to compete for 8 consecutive years in the World Cup Competition, Natsuki's diagnosis overwhelms him with fear and panic. Despite this set back, with the love and devotion of his wife Hiroko and four children, he decides to live life the best he can, to the fullest, without having his life prolonged with further treatment
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-08-25
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Shodo Girls: Blue Blue Sky

Overview: Shinko (Karin Aiba) is a high school student from Hamamatsu. Due to university admission pressures, she struggles with her mother. She hasn't really made conversation with her mom in a year. Shinko's friend Misato (Mayuu Kusakari) then recommends to her to join the school's calligraphy club. Shinko is impressed by Teacher Yatsushiro's (Kazuki Namioka) words. Teacher Yatsushiro is the one who takes care of the calligraphy club. Shinko decides to join the calligraphy club.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-03-05
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Eiko

Overview: Eiko Akimori is a 23-year-old woman who lives alone in an apartment. One day, Eiko is made to buy a big stone ring that brings happiness from a catch sales on the way home from work.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-02-28
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That Person Disappeared

Overview: Set in an apartment building where many people are rumored to disappear one after another, the story begins when Maruko, a young delivery worker, accidentally discovers the secret of a suspicious resident. He and his older colleague Arakawa, who is an aspiring novelist, try to discover the resident's true identity. But in the end, the two got into an unexpected big incident.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-20
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高レート裏麻雀列伝 むこうぶち3 裏プロ

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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-04-25
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Keishichō tsuiseki sōsa-gakari -kōsaku-

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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-08-07
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Kokuchi Jiko Ari.: Sono Jiko Bukken de Okiru Koto

Overview: Iwakura Real Estate, a company that investigates properties marked as "accident properties" with "notices" on the wall, receives a new request. This time, the request is about Room 201 in Urban Heights, where tenants have been moving out one after another due to strange noises being heard. Investigators Mayama Yuto and Shinonome An begin their investigation, but a strange phenomenon is looming over them as well. As they continue their investigation, they discover that the cause of the strange happenings in Room 201 is Room 301 on the floor above. However, when they step into the "unopened Room 301," a frightening truth is revealed...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-04-07
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