Riho Makise
Also Known As: 牧瀬 里穂
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 17, 1971
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Turn
Overview: Maki is a talented copper plate artist, however, just before her first gallery show, she gets struck by a truck. When she comes to she is at home. When she ventures outside, the city is deserted and she knows something is deeply wrong. Each day repeats; she wakes up at 2:15 in the afternoon. Gradually things start change, the phone rings, and she finds that she is not alone...
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2001-10-13
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Hinokio: Inter Galactic Love
Overview: Satoru, a wheelchair-bound elementary student, locks himself away from the outside world after his mother dies. His father designs a remote-controlled robot to go to school for him, allowing him to interact with people and do normal things.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-07-09
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Jump
Overview: An ordinary salary man, Junosuke, goes in search of his lover, Miharu, who disappeared one night when she handed him the key to her room, and promised to be back in five minutes. She had only gone out to buy apples at the nearby convenience store, because Junosuke has one for breakfast every morning. Slightly drunk from the cocktail he had had earlier, Junosuke falls asleep, and wakes up the next morning to find that Miharu had never returned.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-08-21
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Vibrator
Overview: Rei is a freelance writer embattled by personal demons. She hears voices in her head, and has sleeping problems, eating disorders and drinks excessively. On Valentine's Day, she meets truck driver Takatoshi. She joins him on a journey in his bumpy and shaky truck - which vibrates in tune with her uneasy soul.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-12-06
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Face
Overview: Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-08-12
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Akizakura - Cosmos
Overview: A touching drama about human life and love A 24-hour probation has been given to a man who should have died!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-24
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Night of the Shooting Stars
Overview: Working long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami. Shogo's therapy visits for his muteness and blindness happen to frequently coincide with Kana's shift, which enables the nurse to get to know the handsome artist well enough to start falling in love with him. Fate intercedes, however, when Shogo is killed after being hit by a car - a development that utterly crushes Kana's will to live. Shogo's spirit is transported to heaven, where it is given the chance to return to Earth to assist Kana through her grieving and to renew her sense of faith in the world - with the only caveat being he cannot reveal his identity to Kana.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-04-12
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Tokyo Heaven
Overview: A pampered young model is killed in a traffic accident. Given the chance to return to earth, she becomes involved with the advertising executive who is trying to cover up her death. A blend of fantasy and trenchant realism in which Somai uses the ethereal glow of advertising images to comment on the transience of life.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-06-09
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The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Overview: A biographical drama depicting the life full of love and suffering of the writer and poet Kenji Miyazawa, who celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1996-09-14
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Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve 30th Anniversary Short Movie
Overview: A short Christmas Eve love story which came with the special 30th Anniversary Edition of Tatsuro Yamashita's "Christmas Eve" album.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-11-20
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Dream Stadium
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Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-06-21
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Story of Four Sisters
Overview: Japanese film directed by Masahiro Honda.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1995-01-28
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A Boy's Summer in 1945
Overview: Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender ending WWII. Striking a welcome retro note in its languid pacing and delicate handling of seriocomic ensemble threads, handsome production is a natural for fests. It might also prove a cornerstone for retrospectives or ancillary releases of works by a helmer ("Preparation of the Festival," "Ronin-gai") who's long been appreciated at home but has won just limited attention abroad.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-12-14
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Ping Pong Bath Station
Overview: An unhappy housewife regains her passion for life by taking over a failing bath house.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1998-09-12
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Tsugumi
Overview: Tsugumi, who lives in a small seaside town, has been in delicate health from birth. Her parents spoiled her and she is rough and selfish. However, a few people are attracted by her beauty and unique character.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1990-10-20
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Tora-san's Easy Advice
Overview: Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival and is introduced to a friend’s sister. Tora-san meanwhile helps an injured housewife on her yearly vacation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1994-12-23
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Hana
Overview: Yoichiro Nozaki, a high-achieving office worker, collapses from an aneurysm. The doctor advises immediate surgery, but the outcome is uncertain. Even if successful, he might lose all his memories. Resigning from his job and leaving the surgery consent form blank, Nozaki falls into a deep depression. Seeking a change, Nozaki decides to go on a trip. On the morning of his departure, he meets Torigoe at their designated meeting spot. Torigoe suggests avoiding the expressway and instead taking National Routes to Kagoshima. And so, the journey of two men, both grappling with a sense of loss, begins.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-11-01
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Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker
Overview: Ash, May, Brock, and Max come upon the festival of the Wishing Star of Seven Nights. During their enjoyment, the legendary Pokemon--Jirachi, descends from the heavens and befriends Max. Jirachi, with the power to grant any wish, is sought after by many people wanting to claim its power. One man seeks to use its legendary power to revive an ancient Pokemon known as Groudon, unaware of the dangers hidden within Jirachi's powers
Genres: Family Action Animation Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2003-07-19
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Faraway Sunset
Overview: Faraway Sunset tells the story of the famed bacteriologist who is known to have discovered the agent that cause syphilis, and for his relentless search for a cure to yellow fever. As a toddler, his mother's neglect had caused an accident to his left hand, fusing together all the fingers in a bizarre twist of fate. Naturally extremely remorseful for being the cause of her son's handicap, she does everything she could to ensure that he gets to lead a normal life, despite having to fend off bullies and unfair prejudices.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1992-07-04
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Our 30-Minute Sessions
Overview: College student Sota picks up a cassette tape left behind by musician Aki when he died a year ago. When the tape is played back, Aki takes over Sota's body for just 30 minutes. They share the same body and rush to reunite a band that split up and bring a smile to Aki's girlfriend Kana's face.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
Overview: A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-10-21
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A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Overview: In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very few knew that Souji was not a boy, but a woman. Souji loved the vice-leader of the armed police, Toshizou Hijikata. Souji suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and coughed up blood during a battle. Toshizou helped her but said that he did not care for the girl with a smell of blood. Souji had a real talent for swordsmanship and no one but Ryouma Sakamoto could compete with her. Ryouma was a liberal intellectual and tried to carry out a revolution without blood. However, the bloody Meiji Restoration broke out and Souji killed Ryouma who lost his dream. Because a friendship had sprung up between Toshizou and Ryouma, Toshizou got angry and slashed at Souji with a sword. Unwillingly, she unsheathed her sword and thought that she might get love if she was killed by the man she loved.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1991-07-06
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