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TOMORROW 明日 (1988)
Character: Tsuneo Ishihara
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
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極道の妻たち Neo (2013)
Character: N/A
Kotone (Tomoka Kurotani) is the wife of Mitsuru Kiba (Kazushige Nagashima), boss of the Kiba gang in the Saikyo Alliance. She hides a girl named Sakura Nishizawa (Rina Koike), who is chased by Azami (Natsuki Harada). Azami is the wife of Kato (Masayuki Imai), boss of the Kato gang in the Saikyo Alliance. Years ago, Azami's lover was murdered by Mitsuru Kiba. To get revenge, she married Kato. Through the girl Sakura Nishizawa, Kotone and Azami unexpectedly meet and become involved in a large conspiracy.
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怪談新耳袋 花嫁さん編 (2004)
Character: Kazuo
The directors include TBS drama stalwart Akio Yoshida, Toshiaki Hirano, the chief director of "Say Hello to Black Jack," Hirohisa Sasaki of "Screaming Lips," Kôsuke Suzuki of "Eko Eko Azarak," and Noboru Iguchi, whose new work "Love Larva" is a hot topic. These young talents of horror films have gathered to bring this project to life. The cast features Maki Sakai, Harumi Inoue, and Arthur Kuroda, among others.
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落陽 (1992)
Character: Kouhei
A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.
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ハチ公物語 (1987)
Character: N/A
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
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かにゴールキーパー (2006)
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From Minoru Kawasaki, the director of "The Calamari Wrestler," "Executive Koala," "The Entire World Sinks Except Japan," and "The Rug Cop," comes the epic story of a giant crab who washes ashore, befriends a boy, finds love, and becomes a sports legend. The film has been described by Kawasaki as being 'like Forrest Gump...but with a crab.'
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くノ一忍法帖 影ノ月 (2011)
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A sexy squad of female ninja assassins is hired by a ruthless magistrate to exterminate his former lovers who threaten to ruin his carefully established "chaste" reputation. Things get complicated when the magistrate's opponent sends his own goons out to capture the assassins.
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コアラ課長 (2006)
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Minoru Kawasaki directs this comedic psychological thriller that follows a large koala as he looks for help from several of his closest friends, which include a giant rabbit and frog. A hardworking executive at a pickle company, Mr. Tamura stands out from other employees because he's a koala bear who stands six feet tall. When his human girlfriend is found murdered, the blackout-prone Tamura goes on the run and tries to solve the mystery.
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首都高速トライアル２ (1990)
Character: Takahiro Yamane's friend
Takahiro Yamane is the owner of an automobile tuning shop. His friend, Junichi Tashiro, has a girlfriend Nozomi who's a reporter and has connections to the race driver Keiichi Tsuchiya. Tashiro accepts a challenge from another street racer named Sawaki, and dies in the attempt. Nozomi shows Takahiro the Skyline GT-R that she bought for her late boyfriend. She gifts this car to him. Takahiro, while discouraged by her not to drive the Shutoko again, Sawaki challenges him to a duel.
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仮面ライダー龍騎スペシャル 13 RIDERS (2002)
Character: Itsuro Takamizawa / Kamen Rider Verde
This television special is an alternate telling of the Kamen Rider Ryuki story. Shinji Kido's life, working as an employee at ORE Journal, takes a sharp turn after being pulled into the Mirror World by a Mispider. Luckily, he was saved by Kamen Rider Ryuki, Koichi Sakakibara. However, Sakakibara could no longer go on due to the severity of his injuries and passed his Card Deck to Shinji, allowing him to become the next Ryuki and defeat the monster.
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日本以外全部沈没 (2006)
Character: N/A
In the year 2011 the greatest tectonic disaster in the history of mankind has occurred. As a result of the catastrophic earthquakes North and South America, Eurasia, Africa and Australia have sunken underwater while the Japanese islands remain untouched.
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