Shin Yazawa
Also Known As: やざわ しん
Biography: Shin Yazawa (矢沢 心, Yazawa Shin, March 16, 1981) is a Japanese actress and talent from Nishitōkyō (formerly Tanashi City), Tokio. Her real name is Shin Kobayashi (小林 心, Kobayashi Shin), being Yazawa her maiden surname. She is affiliated with Japan Music Entertainment (e-concept). Her husband is K-1 kickboxer Masato (魔裟斗, formerly known as Masato Kobayashi, 小林 雅人). She is 160 cm tall and has blood type A.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Nishitōkyō, Tokyo, Japan
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Kamikaze Girls
Overview: Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-29
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Bounce Ko Gals
Overview: Filmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Jonko runs a group of high school girls involved in paid dating, Raku is a street dancer, and Togo was brought up in the US and back in Japan for one year wants to escape to New York. Their contact with the world of talent scouts and yakuza places them in danger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-10-18
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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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Triangle
Overview: Momose (played by Sousuke Takaoka), who used to be a street punk, lives with girlfriend Kayo (played by Tomoko Tabata). Trouble brews for the couple when Kayo's younger sister Momo (played by Erena Ono) moves into their home for the summer. Momose finds himself gradually being drawn to the free spirited ways of Momo. A new love comedy from Keisuke Yoshida director of "Cafe Isobe".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2010-06-26
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Junji Inagawa's Shivering Horror
Overview: Six short stories: Chain Mail, Left Behind, Tattoo, Viewfinder's Memory, Guardian Angel, and Mortuary
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-10-25
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Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara
Overview: Nonoue Junichi is a psychiatrist working in the counseling room of a cancer treatment center by the beach. While tending to the patients, part of his job involves taking dictation from them when they want to send a letter to a loved one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Dead Run
Overview: Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes increasingly isolated at school and drifts into criminal activity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-12-17
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The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
Overview: Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and more food in this fabulously fulfilling gourmet comedy. Reveling in Japan's love for food-themed shows, the film revolves around a culinary battle of David and Goliath proportions, cheekily parodying Japanese cooking shows with Iron Chef-like editing, excited running commentary, and comedic how-to segments. The Yakiniku Movie also shines a light on the food culture of Japan's resident Korean population, proving that tasty food transcends all boundaries.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-05
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Be a Man!! Samurai School
Overview: Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts becomes good friends with Hidemaro an underachieving weakling. Omito Date, former student leader, plans his revenge against his former school. Now leader of an evil army from rival Kanto Gogakuren school he fully intends on taking over Otokojuku.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-01-26
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Tokyo Rhapsody
Overview: "Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-05-12
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Death Water
Overview: Newspaper correspondent Kyoko Togakure visits a nursing home in the outskirts of Tokyo. She finds the dead body of a resident. It was an apparent suicide. He's holding a piece of paper with the mystifying word "Death Water" written on it. Nearby are blood-stained scissors, and his eyes are squashed. She has no idea that this death is just the beginning of a horrendous nightmare.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-05-26
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Walking With The Dog
Overview: Dumped by a bored pet owner, a mixed-breed mutt ends up with three time loser Yasuyuki, who's loveless, homeless and jobless. Yasuyuki finds solace in the dog, whom he calls Tamura, and uses it to mend fences with his ex, who's distracted by her mother's debilitating illness. A trip to a hospital reveals Tamura's ability to comfort dying patients, leading to dog and master attending the real-life Japanese Therapy Dogs training school.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-04-27
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Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess
Overview: Saeko Machida is a high school girl with a crush on a boy in her class named Yuichi Kimijima. Becoming obsessed with him, she tries to gain his attention and win his affections, but there's no such luck. One day, she meets a strange man at a flea-market who gives her a red liquid, telling her that if she splashes it on Yuichi, her wish will become true. She acquiring the liquid, certain that the liquid will cause Yuuichi to love her. Saeko finally gets the courage to confess her love to Yuichi, but he rejects her. Disappointed, she splashes the liquid on Yuichi, but that liquid actually causes him to shrink about three inches in height.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-09-13
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Marriage Ring
Overview: TheForbidden pure love story, based on the original work of Junichi Watanabe. Chitani Moriya is an ordinary 25-year-old office worker who is driven by a marriage desire.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-10-24
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Detective Club
Overview: This is based on a collection of short stories by Keigo Higashino. A membership-based investigation agency dedicated to VIP will usually lead the case to a quick and calm resolution. Members are only VIPs in the political and business world. Tow people are in charge of it, a man in his mid-30s who has a deeply carved face away from the Japanese and a beautiful woman who seems to be in his late 20s. She works as an assistant to the man, and has extraordinary memory. Their group is nicknamed the Detective Club by the owners who are VIP members.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-22
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Tetsujin 28: The Movie
Overview: One of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-19
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