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青い種子は太陽のなかにある (2015)
Character: N/A
In the summer of 1963, flats of modern construction begin to be built in the slums where vagrants and women of the night gather. The city hall's plan is to house the slum dwellers in cultural housing, complete with gas and running water. Kenji, a construction worker, and Yumiko, a waitress at a late-night rest house, meet in the slum, but only at dusk. One day, a Korean worker falls from scaffolding at an apartment building site and dies. The site supervisor and city hall workers bury the corpse in the concrete foundations of the apartment building...
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雀鬼４ 麻雀代理戦争 (1994)
Character: Koichi
Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Shoichi Sakurai meets a man who goes to a mahjong parlor from 9am to 5pm and realizes that there is something missing in his mahjong. Next, a soba restaurant owner from Karuizawa who lost his land because of mahjong appears before Sakurai. Sakurai teaches him mahjong when he asks for his help, but...
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ダークレッド (2020)
Character: N/A
In 2009, there was a (fictional!) devastating forest fire in northern Japan's Shizuoka Province in which numerous people disappeared without a trace. The medium Yuna lost her entire family and 15 years later sets out to find clues as to what was behind the disaster. By touching her sister's personal belongings, she hopes to uncover the mystery of her disappearance. When she encounters a dead figure in the middle of the wilderness, she loses herself completely in the green of the forest. The beginning of a mystical journey, an attempt by the survivors to finally mourn the dead.
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パチンコ バトル・ロワイアル (2001)
Character: N/A
An original comedy drama in which many members of Takeshi’s Gundan appear. In 200X, in order to eliminate the indignation of the people who lost in pachinko, "The new century pachinko reform was promulgated and the winning rate seemed to increase. However, because there is no end to those who lose, a ridiculous law has been enacted!
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必死剣 鳥刺し (2010)
Character: Fukui
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Three years earlier, Kanemi killed a woman, Renko, the corrupt mistress of the powerful daimyo Tabu Ukyou. Unexpectedly, Kanemi received a lenient sentence for his crime and is allowed to return to his clan after only one year of imprisonment. Following his return, Kanemi is faced with the death of his wife, Mutsue. Thereafter, Kanemi lives with and cares for his wife's niece, Satoo, who has secret affections for Kanemi and expresses them by helping change his bleak outlook on life. Meanwhile, Kanemi's develops his unique "bird-catching" sword technique which he will soon put to test in battle for the first time against the fearsome swordsman, Hayatonosho Obiya.
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３－４Ｘ１０月 (1990)
Character: Saburou
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.
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NAGISA なぎさ (2000)
Character: Ryosuke Sugita
Set in the late 60s in a small seaside town, this coming of age drama centres on a young girl named Nagisa. She spends her summer holidays working in a local seaside bar, searching for her lost cat, dancing to rock’n’roll and discovering first love.
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座頭市 (2003)
Character: Carpenter
Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by warring gangs, he sets out to protect the townspeople.
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HANA-BI (1997)
Character: Businessman Throwing Rocks
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With those close to him suffering their own tribulations, Nishi's methods become increasingly extreme.
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