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くれないものがたり (1992)
Character: N/A
Horror director Toshiharu Ikeda adapts a story by Baku Akae about a high-school student who falls in love with a woman on a school trip.
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悪霊桜子姫 (1982)
Character: N/A
A beautiful girl, haunted by the evil spirit of a woman who was burned at the stake 17 years ago, begins to kill one person after another.
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悪党図鑑２ (1994)
Character: N/A
Noboru and Junko continue to play honey traps on amateurs. One day, unaware of the danger involved, they accept a job to "receive an attaché case from a woman and hand it over to a customer." The moment they receive the suitcase from the woman on the terrace on the designated day, a dangerous story begins. The second film in the series starring Abe Hiroshi.
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Memory & Desire (1998)
Character: Sayo's Stepmother
Sayo and Keiji have eloped to New Zealand to marry, away from the interference of Keiji's disapproving mother in Japan. On their honeymoon, they have the freedom to express their love away from her repressive influence. However, on what should be the happiest of days, Keiji is drowned and Sayo must, by custom, return to live with her cruel and selfish mother-in-law.
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大鉄人17 (1977)
Character: Chie Sahara
Young orphan Saburo uses a special helmet to command the Iron Robot 17 against the forces of the renegade computer Brain. Theatrical release re-edited from the first two episodes of the TV series, which actually preceded the original broadcast of the second episode.
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大鉄人17 空中戦艦 (1977)
Character: Chie Sahara
Captain Gomes uses a flying battleship to battle the giant robot Daitetsujin 17. Theatrically-released abridgement of Episode 15 of the TV series.
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イエスの方舟 (1985)
Character: N/A
One-episode drama starring Beat Takeshi depicting the turbulent life of the protagonist Takeyoshi Sengoku, based on the "Jesus' Ark Incident".
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俺っちのウエディング (1983)
Character: N/A
On her wedding day, Makiko is stabbed by a woman in wedding dress. The wound isn't serious but the attacker blows herself up and can't be identified. The attacker is thought to be an ex-girlfriend of Tsutomu, the groom. He gives two names to the police but these two are still alive. But there is still one woman in Tsutomu's mind...
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Brain 17 (1982)
Character: Judy Sahara
Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial moorings, and it's up to The Defenders to track it down. Unfortunately, Brain has developed an amazing army of deadly giant robots, including one with a huge "17" emblazoned on its chest-plate, with which it plans to subjugate its creators. A young boy whose family was killed by Brain's followers manages to activate Daitetsujin 17, which thereafter comes to his rescue whenever he is in danger from Brain's minions.
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髑髏検校 (1982)
Character: N/A
During the reign of the 11th Shogun, a series of supernatural incidents occur every night in the Edo Castle. A beautiful inspector appears with thunder and lightning to suck people’s blood and kill them. The examiner’s true identity is Amakusa Shiro, a young samurai from the Amakusa clan that was destroyed by the harsh Christian persecution of the Shogunate. Shirō sold his soul to the devil and became an evil spirit. After 160 years since destruction of Amakusa, his revenge to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate begins.
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ナイフ (1996)
Character: N/A
Arina is a beautiful assassin who uses a knife and her own body to kill high-profile individuals in the political and business world. The next task received from the head of the organization, Kojiro, was to eliminate En, an arms dealer from Southeast Asia. Arina tries to get closer to him while he is in Japan. However, due to a partner's mistake, the plan is revealed and she becomes a prisoner...
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王1 トイチの萬田銀次郎 (1992)
Character: Asako Yabuki
When the recession hits, Osaka-based loan shark Ginjiro Manda decides to help out small business owners in trouble, but finds himself face-to-face with the yakuza who come to collect debts.
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男組 少年刑務所 (1975)
Character: N/A
Based on the manga by Tetsu Kariya and Ryouichi Ikegami.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王 劇場版XIII リストラの代償 (1999)
Character: Asako Yabuki
#29 in the King of Minami series. Manda and his associates follow a debt-laden detective to Hiroshima, where they plan to collect from his former employer for engaging in wrongful termination, under the intentionally vague label of "restructuring."
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王 劇場版II 銀次郎VS整理屋 (1993)
Character: Asako Yabuki
#5 in the King of Minami series and the second film to be released theatrically. Manda's original apprentice, Ryuichi, resurfaces after being targeted by the yakuza in Kobe. Meanwhile, Manda hounds a factory owner named Yanagida for his interest payments, only to discover that he's only one of many victims of the evil liquidator Gennai, who profits off of other companies' bankruptcy.
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ちぎれた愛の殺人 (1993)
Character: Kazu
A policewoman investigates the apparent suicide of a college coed. The prime suspects include the girl's professor, who may have been having an affair with her, and the professor's wife, who frequents lesbian bars. Gruesome axe murders and mutilations ensue, leading Yokoyama to a shocking discovery.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王 劇場版XIV 借金極道 (2000)
Character: Asako Yabuki
#31 in the King of Minami series. A washed-up yakuza named Fukunaga borrows money from Manda, unwittingly involving him in a sinister murder plot.
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血を吸う薔薇 (1974)
Character: The Girl in Flashback
A professor takes up a new post at an all-girls school only to discover the principal concealing a dark secret.
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監禁逃亡 禁断の凌辱 (1995)
Character: N/A
A beautiful psychiatrist, Saori, is plotting revenge against a man using one of her patients. The patient dreams of raping a young girl. She throws the patient and the man's daughter in the room and has him murder the girl. The patient carries out the plan as instructed in the dream, but a mysterious man in camouflage uniform blocks her path.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王11 嘆きのニューハーフ (1998)
Character: N/A
#25 in the King of Minami series. A trans dancer named Rio is in debt to Manda after trying to finance a trip to the US for gender reassignment surgery, still illegal in Japan. The owner of a prestigious nightclub recruits her, introduces her to a doctor in Osaka who performs the illicit surgery and even agrees to foot the bill. But when the club owner turns out to have ulterior motives, Rio turns to Manda for help.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王3 金貸しの条件 (1993)
Character: N/A
#3 in the King of Minami series. Ginjiro Manda sets his sights on a corrupt cop named Tatsuya, who finds himself in debt to Manda after unsuccessfully trying to scam the ruthless loan shark. The pair also find themselves chasing a notorious con artist, who is himself in debt to an even more ruthless real estate tycoon.
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難波金融伝ミナミの帝王 スペシャル劇場版 ローンシャーク追い込み (1995)
Character: Asako Yabuki
When aspiring businessman Chiwaki borrows money from the LA mafia and flees to Japan to escape his debt, he soon finds himself being chased throughout Osaka by the local yakuza and a mafia loan shark. Chiwaki plans to get out of debt by investing in a high-end beauty salon, with a loan from Ginjiro Manda. Soon, Chiwaki finds himself pursued by Manda as well, who is willing to go up against the mafia to get his money back.
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私を抱いてそしてキスして (1992)
Character: N/A
Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and resist the infection, she finds new friendship and companionship with a journalist named Miyuki and a man named Akira.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王 劇場版I 銭の一・二 (1993)
Character: Asako Yabuki
#4 in the King of Minami series, featuring two stories from the manga. In "High Interest Marriage," Manda helps a woman pull a reverse marital fraud on the man who took advantage of her. Then, in "Ten Million Yen Woman," a man agrees to pay 10 million yen for a one night stand, but ends up seeking Manda's help to avoid paying his debt.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王 破産-金融屋殺し (1999)
Character: N/A
#30 in the King of Minami series, introducing Ginjiro Manda's new sidekick Kohei. This installment explores the fatal effects of bankruptcy on the loan shark profession, when a young business owner gets tricked into declaring bankruptcy in order to escape from his massive loan debts, prompting Manda to seek revenge on the wily financial advisor behind it all.
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乾いて候 お毒味役必殺剣 (1984)
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The second installment of the special drama "Kawaiteshimau" features Masakazu Tamura playing the role of "Udege Shujo," the official taster for the shogunate. Tamura's unmatched charm in portraying cynical characters is fully showcased in this exhilarating period drama. Audiences can thoroughly enjoy the familiar "Ten'ichibō Incident" in this lively historical play.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王15 トイチの身代金 (2000)
Character: N/A
#34 in the series, following "Business Loans - The Guarantor's Trap." Manda teams up with a seasoned con man and an elementary school girl to take on a corrupt lawyer who preys on people unable to pay back their debts.
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キャバレー日記 (1982)
Character: Hiromi
The story of lovers in "Miss Nippon" cabaret in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, where a strict, almost martial, code is followed among employees to bring the business to the top. Workers must follow the rules and a "no relations between workers" policy that's tightly enforced.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王 劇場版XV 商工ローン・保証人の落とし穴 (2001)
Character: Asako Yabuki
#33 in the King of Minami series. The CEO of a health food start-up borrows money from Manda using his fiancee's house as collateral, but when his American supplier demands more money than expected, he turns to a business loan company to make up the difference. Meanwhile, a hapless festival merchant turns to Manda when a run-in with the yakuza threatens to derail his business.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王14 アリバイ証明の罠 (2000)
Character: Asako Yabuki
#32 in the King of Minami series. When the failed president of a recruitment company turns to offering fake job titles for a fee, he is targeted by the yakuza and forced to borrow money from Ginjiro Manda. Despite his attempts to escape his debts by declaring bankruptcy, Manda has other plans.
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化石の荒野 (1982)
Character: N/A
Detective Nishina Sosuke, the director of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division 1, is suddenly attacked by a trio of men at his apartment at midnight. When he regains consciousness, the corpse of a foreigner shot with his pistol lies in front of him. Nishina, with the help of his friend and newspaper reporter Mineshima, who believes in his innocence and vows to cooperate, pursues the incident and reveals a conspiracy related with 5,000 kilograms of gold that disappeared at the end of the WW2.
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難波金融伝 ミナミの帝王2 計画倒産 (1992)
Character: Asako Yabuki
#2 in the King of Minami series. The relentless Osaka loan shark Ginjiro Manda and his apprentice, Ryuichi, attempt to collect from a failed AV producer, setting into motion a complex series of events involving the yakuza, planned bankruptcy schemes and a wily stockbroker named Yasuda.
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