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オンディーヌの呪い (2014)
Character: N/A
Seizo, a doctor, and his beautiful younger wife, Reiko. At first glance, they appear to be a respectable and amicable couple, but Seizo suspects that Reiko has a young lover. One day, the couple goes to see a new Noh play, "The Curse of Ondine," organized by a medical association. At the venue, Reiko catches the attention of a man, and even the young man at the reception desk gives her a heated look. "Reiko says, "Noh is boring," but Seizo warns her not to fall asleep, since the audience is all related. However, when the Noh play begins and Reiko looks at Seizo, she finds that he is asleep. From this point on, the world of death in the Noh play and the world of life in which the two people exist become parallel. Reality and unreality intersect as if the two are acting out a Noh play, and the secrets hidden in their daily lives begin to seep out.
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幼獣マメシバ (2009)
Character: Yosuke Takarabe
Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After the death of his father, Jiro's mother runs away and leaves behind a 6 month dog named Ichiro and some clues for Jiro. To find his mother, Jiro has to venture out into the world.
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マメシバ一郎 フーテンの芝二郎 (2013)
Character: N/A
An unemployed middle-aged man, Shiba Jiro, who has been living at home for 38 years on his parents' back, breaks away from his NEET lifestyle through his mother's strategy. He works at a pet store and lives alone in an apartment with his partner, Ichiro Mameshiba, a dog.
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ゾン100～ゾンビになるまでにしたい100のこと～ (2023)
Character: Mikio Kosaka
Bullied by his boss, worked around the clock, he's nothing more than a corporate drone. All it takes is a zombie outbreak for him to finally feel alive!
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泣き虫ピエロの結婚式 (2016)
Character: N/A
Kanami is an apprentice pierrot and dreams of making people laugh. She falls in love with Yosuke who is a dialysis patient. He forgets to smile. To make Yosuke smile, Kanami decides to have a smile no matter what. Yosuke begins to have feelings to her and they decide to marry. On the day before their wedding Yosuke collapses.
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ビブリア古書堂の事件手帖 (2018)
Character: N/A
Job-hunting Daisuke heads to the Antiquarian Bookshop Biblia in Kita-Kamakura with a book signed by Natsume Soseki that his deceased grandmother left behind. He asks the beautiful shop owner Shioriko to authenticate the book. However, the book in question hides an unexpected secret from his grandmother.
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アイアムアヒーロー (2016)
Character: Manga editor
Hideo Suzuki is a 35-year-old mangaka assistant, whose life seem to be stuck around his exhausting but low-paying job, unfulfilled dreams, strange hallucinations and unsatisfying relationships. He sees himself as a supporting character in his own life, has low self-esteem, resulting in frustration. One day, the world as Hideo knows it is shattered by the presence of a disease that turns people into homicidal maniacs, whose first instinct is to attack and devour the nearest human.
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東京公園 (2011)
Character: Takashi Hatsushima
Koji, a university student and budding photographer, is asked by a man to secretly take pictures of his wife Yurika. As a result, his relationships with a girl who visits his part-time workplace called Tominaga and his step-sister Misaki begin to change subtly.
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岸辺の旅 (2015)
Character: N/A
Mizuki’s husband Yusuke has been missing for three years. He suddenly comes back home as a ghost and asks Mizuki to go on a trip with him. Their trip consists of visiting the people that helped Yusuke on his previous travel.
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空に住む (2020)
Character: Chief Editor Kashiwagi
In the time after Naomi’s parents suddenly die, she happens to meet and bond with the popular actor Morinori Tokito who lives in the same apartment building.
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馬の骨 (2018)
Character: Aizawa
Construction worker Kumada (Kiryu) used to be a member of the popular band Uma no Hone 30 years ago. In a sudden turn of events, he moves into a low rent shared apartment. His roommate Yuka is an idol, but begins being friendly with when he says his job is related to music.
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桜並木の満開の下に (2012)
Character: Kenji Sasho
Industrial Hitachi City is the location for this post-3.11 drama. Still recovering from the tsunami, Shiori receives news of her husband’s accidental death, which marks the start of a personal recovery that mirrors the town’s for Shiori as well as forgiveness of surviving coworker Takumi.
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敵 (2025)
Character: N/A
Gisuke is a retired college professor. His wife has passed away, and he is now living alone in an old Japanese-style house. One day, an unsettling message appears on his computer saying that the enemy is coming.
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