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HAZAN (2004)
Character: N/A
Biopic of ceramic artist Hazan Itaya (1872-1963).
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所轄魂 (2015)
Character: Kazuo Shibui
A young woman is discovered strangled to death at the boat pier in Tokyo. There are no signs of disturbed clothing and assault, and because the body was abandoned at a prominent spot, it shows that this was a premeditated crime by a criminal with the presence of mind. Joto Chuo Police Precinct’s detective Kunihiko Katsuragi rushed to the scene, and the fact that the body is barefoot weighs on his mind. The next morning he finds out the commander assigned this case is his son Toshifumi.
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盲点（あな） (1984)
Character: Toshio Miyashita
A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup exposes the truth.
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仁義９ 死神の復讐戦争 (1996)
Character: N/A
A gangster gangster and an elite graduate of the University of Tokyo. Two people tied up by a single ammunition rise up in a yakuza society with their brains and courage. The 9th popular comic drama based on Ayumi Tachihara. Hitoshi Kamibayashi, acting leader of the Kanto sand group, was stabbed by someone. Yoshiro Yazaki, the chairman of the board, set out to unravel the case alone and noticed the killer brother "Grim Reaper" from Kansai.
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ダーティ・ブルー 復讐の熱帯夜 (1992)
Character: N/A
This suspense action film stars Nakajima Hiromi from the TV drama "In the Name of Love" and is directed by Kanazawa Katsuji from the "Ten Yakuza Warriors" series. A peaceful family is attacked and everyone is shot to death except for the daughter. In fact, the father is involved with an international organ trafficking ring, and the attack was intended to silence him. With the help of a Japanese reporter, the daughter vows to take revenge on the ring.
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ミラクルバナナ (2005)
Character: N/A
Sachiko Mishima a young Japanese woman get sent to Haiti as a dispatch member for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She thinks she is going to the holiday resort of Tahiti by mistaking Tahiti for Haiti). While in Haiti with the help of a Japanese craftsman she learns paper can be made from bananas. She embarks on a mission to create paper for the Haiti residents to help them.
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超能力者 未知への旅人 (1994)
Character: N/A
Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.
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濡れ事師 (1995)
Character: Daisuke
Daisuke is a regular businessman who is looked down upon by his family and colleagues at work. But that job is only a cover for his real job as an agent who gets paid to extract top secret information from his targets by using his sexual technique to please women. One day, he unwillingly gets involved in a murder case....
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白い船 (2002)
Character: N/A
Shizuka (Mami Nakamura) is a young school teacher. She moves to a small village by the sea, near her own home country. The elementary school she is assigned has only 20 students. But her last assignment was not very successful and she has lost the confidence. One day, a student finds a white ship sailing on the sea, far from the school. They begin an investigation and finally identifies the ship. It's a cruiser called Rainbow Love. 'Why don't we write a letter to the captain?' Shizuka proposes. And everyone gets excited...
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しあわせのマスカット (2021)
Character: N/A
Haruna travels to Okayama, where her grandmother asks her to bring some Alexandria grapes as a present. Haruna loses her wallet and only manages to buy two “Riku no Hoju”. On her return to Hokkaido, she goes to look for a job at Minamoto Kitchoan, the company that produces the grapes her grandmother likes. She gets the job and is assigned to the vineyards. There, she meets Yashiki Tatsuya, who teaches her all the details of grape growing. Later, Haruna’s sister asks her to return to Hokkaido. But the floods bury the vineyards under the mud, and Haruna decides to stay and save them.
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私のなかの8ミリ (2009)
Character: N/A
Miharu, who returned to Japan due to sudden company bankruptcy, finds a letter in an empty room after a long absence. With memories of his old lover in his heart, Miharu heads north on a motorbike, relying on the letter. While riding a motorcycle, Miharu meets a man who has an 8mm camera that his former lover had.
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復讐の帝王 (1995)
Character: Ryuji Mausoka
Tatsuya Shijo was leading a blissful life with her wife and daughter. But all hell came down when a madman murdered his wife and daughter and bizarrely his sister, who was about to get married, killed in a hit and run incident. Vying for revenge, Tatsuya became a professional killer.
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TAKAMINE アメリカに桜を咲かせた男 (2011)
Character: N/A
Takamine is a biopic about Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the late biochemist known for successfully crystallizing and isolating adrenaline, which is also called epinephrine. Dubbed the father of modern biotechnology, Takamine also produced Takadiastase, a digestive enzyme still used as an ingredient in medicines. He was also enthusiastic about establishing friendly relations between Japan and the United States. He was responsible for a gift of 3,000 cherry trees in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C.
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静かなるドン (1991)
Character: Ryuji Naruto
Part one of a twelve part direct to video film series. Based on the comic by Tatsuo Nitta.
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静かなるドン８ (1996)
Character: N/A
The 8th installment of the series that depicts the activities of the main character, Shizuya, who has two faces: an office worker who works for a women's underwear manufacturer and the president of Shinsengumi, the largest gang in the Kanto region. In Tokyo, which seemed to have regained peace, Kaifu of the Kishu-gumi plots to assassinate Shizuya again.
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静かなるドン３ (1992)
Character: N/A
The news of Naruto's attack!! "Punching into the heavens"-Inokubi and Okita's anger has reached its peak, and it's finally time for an all-out war with Kishu-gumi. However, "Quiet Don" Shizuya Kondo remains silent and does not move. Seeing such Shizuya, the Shinsei-gumi was split internally.
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静かなるドン7 (1995)
Character: N/A
I made the same mistake again... Bullets pouring down like rain! Love for Akino running through! Shinsengumi division! Kisu-gumi plotting assassination!
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静かなるドン9 (1996)
Character: N/A
Shouldn't gangsters love stubborn people? To protect true love, the Shinsen-gumi gather at night in Tokyo!
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静かなるドン10 (1996)
Character: N/A
"I can't live for the Shinsen-gumi." Shizuya wanders between the yakuza and his love for Akino. What is the truth!?
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本気!4 抗争編 (1995)
Character: N/A
Nagisa Gumi Gold Batch Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi) has returned to his hometown of Nagisa after a successful stint in the Kazengumi. Just then, Maji receives word that his long-time enemies, the Shuyukai, are to leave the Kazagumi affiliate. The Nagisa territory, which is located in the neighbourhood next to the Shuyukai, is in a state of crisis. Maji's achievements in Kazagumi training earned him a big role as assistant to the Nagisa clan's young leader. However, the newly released Nagisa clan chairman, Isaburo Foragi, does not take kindly to this and interferes with Serious in any way... and the all-out war between the Shuyukai and the Nagisa clan begins!
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アイ・アム (2010)
Character: N/A
Miki, a nursing care robot, is popular among some medical staff and patients for her dainty and efficient work, but others are more skeptical. One day, Miki malfunctions and begins to see and hear fragmented images and voices.
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犯罪資料館 緋色冴子シリーズ『赤い博物館』 (2016)
Character: Kenji Hiiro
The criminal library, dubbed the “Red Museum”, is a police facility that stores the investigation materials and evidence of major crimes where the statute of limitations has run out. Its director Saeko Hiiro is impassive and not good at communicating with people. One day, Satoshi Terada of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division is assigned to be Saeko’s subordinate. Although he is bewildered by Saeko’s dispassionate demeanor, Terada starts to organize the data which is the primary responsibility of the museum. He encounters a traffic accident on the way to collect evidence. A truck has hit someone. When Terada rushes over, the victim utters the mysterious words “25 years ago... murder swap” and breathes his last. Once Saeko hears this, she declares a reinvestigation.
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樹海のふたり (2013)
Character: N/A
Two TV directors want to film people visiting a suicide forest.
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国会へ行こう！ (1993)
Character: N/A
A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.
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ハッピーランディング (2015)
Character: Tsunehiko Hanamura
Seven stories centered around marriage.
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どチンピラ 劇場版 (1995)
Character: Osugi
Jin Kaito is a hot-blooded guy with a soft spot for the weak for hot women. His job is "catch" women under the bold catchphrase: “For just 50,000 yen, I’ll escort you to paradise.” One day, he saves a girl named Yuna from a gang of delinquents. At her request, he gives her some pleasure in return. But her sexual appetite turns out to be bottomless, and even Jin, a sexual beast, is forced to flee with his tail between his legs. Meanwhile, a man called Inuzuka, from the Jōsai gang is desperately searching for Yuna. She was connected to the gang and had stolen 100 million yen in drug deal slush funds. Unaware of all this, Jin is at that very moment having a wild night at a hotel with Yayoi, a woman he picked up at a bar…
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内田康夫サスペンス 信濃のコロンボ ~死者の木霊~ (2013)
Character: Fukushima Taichirou
The first in a series of Japanese TV movies about a police detective who has adopted the dress and mannerisms of famous American TV detective Columbo, based on a series of novels by popular mystery author Yasuo Uchida.
One day, Detective Takemura Iwao, also known as Shinano's Columbo, becomes the first person to discover a dismembered murder case. At first glance, the case appears to be a simple murder caused by a financial dispute between an uncle and nephew, but Takemura, who is suspicious of this view, pursues the culprit with a dogged investigation in order to unravel the criminal's meticulous plan!
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ガメラ2 レギオン襲来 (1996)
Character: Colonel Satake
A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
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HiGH&LOW THE MOVIE 2 END OF SKY (2017)
Character: Shinohara
Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.
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クレイジークルーズ (2023)
Character: Sohei Kuruma
On a massive luxury cruise ship while at sea, the loyal butler and a mysterious woman cross paths as they try to uncover a murder-mystery that occurs on the ship.
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ゴンドラ (1987)
Character: Elementary School Teacher
Ryo finds employment cleaning windows of high-rises. Kagari lives inside one of the buildings. Ryo and Kagari lock gazes for a moment. It is a moment when one can help the other, but also when two persons who usually cannot communicate do.
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スペシャリスト2 (2014)
Character: Yukihiko Onchi
A mysterious code written with letters and numbers is found on a street in Kyoto. Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami) begin to investigate. They discover that something happened at the place where the code was found on stickers and they also discover a dead body. A man known as "Writer" is suspected of being the culprit. To find the man known as "Writer," Yoshito Takuma infiltrates into Shiga central prison. --asianwiki
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地獄の警備員 (1992)
Character: Hyodo
A former sumo wrestler, now working as a security guard, goes on a murderous rampage.
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幻の湖 (1982)
Character: Osamu Kurata
A free-spirited girl living in a Japanese province spends her time working in a brothel and running with her dog. When her routine is shattered she gets on a path of hate and self discovery.
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ザ・フィアー (2001)
Character: N/A
A Western-style mansion deep in the mountains of G District, T Prefecture, Kanto Region. It is said this mansion was built as a Russian official residence before the Russo-Japanese War, and rumors persist that a murder occurred there in the past. The story begins when a TV crew and five female actors arrive at this mansion to film a horror variety show. What awaits the protagonists in this house where countless tragedies unfolded?
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長い長い殺人 (2008)
Character: Iwao Miki
A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the dead man was insured for 300 million yen. The media and the public look at Noriko and her boyfriend Tsukada with suspicion, but they have perfect alibis. Then, Detective Hibiki, who is in charge of the case, and Private Detective Kono become involved in a series of mysterious murder cases.
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ウルトラギャラクシーファイト 運命の衝突 (2021)
Character: Ultraman 80
Zero, Ribut, Taiga, Z, 80, Max, Mebius, Great, Powered, Grigio, and many more Ultra Heroes fight together to solve this mysterious case. This is the complete, director's cut version of the original web series with no breaks!
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破裏拳ポリマー (2017)
Character: Tokita
In order to counter the rapidly increasing organized crime, the development of Polymar Suits resumed under the direction of the newly inaugurated police superintendent. But when three of the test version Polymar Suits are stolen, former street fighter and current detective Takeshi Yoroi is tasked with recovering them and the invincible hero Hurricane Polymar is born!
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いしゃ先生 (2016)
Character: N/A
The true story of Isha Sensei, the only doctor in her hometown Oisawa Village (now Oisawa, Nishikawa Town) in Yamagata Prefecture, a remote area at the time, where there was no doctor.
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BANDAGE バンデイジ (2010)
Character: N/A
Set in the 1990s during Japan's "band boom" era, the film tells the tale of a girl in high school, Asako, who goes to a concert and meets Natsu, vocalist of the new band LANDS. Asako ends up being the band manager, but as the band's popularity starts to soar, the band's friendship begins to suffer.
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渾身 (2013)
Character: Chuji Yoshida
Tamiko (Ayumi Ito) lives happily with her husband Hideaki (Sho Aoyagi) and step-daughter Kotoyo (Hazuki Inoue). Tamiko married her deceased friend Mari's (Mami Nakamura) husband. Tamiko gets along well with her step-daughter Kotoyo, but Kotoyo still doesn't call her mother. There is a traditional sumo game held to celebrate the moving of Mizuwakasu's shrine. The traditional sumo game is important to Tamiko who grew up on the island, while her husband Hideaki's reputation is not so good on the island because he broke off his engagement to a woman his parents set him up with. In order to marry his first wife Mari, he ran away from the island. Since then, his parents disowned him. Nevertheless, Hideaki and his first wife Mari still liked the island and went back to live there. Hideaki began sum wrestling then.
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イノセントワールド (1998)
Character: Michitaka Tamaizumi
High school student Ami was born through a fertilization technique. Her brother is developmentally challenged and is immature for his age. They go on a trip and when they arrive at a clinic decide to stay with the doctor and his wife.
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DOOR III (1996)
Character: N/A
Miyako is a frustrated insurance saleswoman stuck in a major dry spell. She tries every trick in the book, including aggressive flirting, which gets her plenty of gropers but no buyers. One day while venturing down a narrow stairwell, she injures her ankle and happens upon Mitsuru who works for some mysterious foreign company. Decked out in high goth style -- complete with long inky black hair and mascaraed eyes -- Mitsuru cuts quite an odd figure, yet his seductive though menacing ways make him difficult for Miyako to resist. Escorting her to his office to treat her ankle, Miyako notices that his all-female staff seem more glassy-eyed and soul-deadened than the average office workers. In fact, they seem almost like zombies. Later, weird things start happening. Mitsuko finds vomit on her doorstep, she seems to be tailed by a shadowy woman in a red dress, and most strikingly, she finds herself utterly powerless against Mitsuru's advances.
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今日、恋をはじめます (2012)
Character: Shoichiro Hibino
Hibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this. One day, popular male student Tsubaki Kyota targets Tsubaki for teasing. Tsubaki Kyota holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in love. Meanwhile, Tsubaki Kyota has commitment issues...
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ザ・レイプ (1982)
Character: Hiroshi Inoue
Yahagi Michiko is accosted and raped walking home one evening. From there she maneuvers the logistics of the police, hospital, and criminal justice system while balancing her home life including romantic relationships.
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真白の恋 (2016)
Character: N/A
Mashiro Shibutani and her family live in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture. She spends her days by tending to her father’s bicycle store and taking care of her pet dog. She has a minor mental disability, but it doesn't affect her daily life. One day, she visits a shrine for her older brother's wedding. There, she meets photographer Keiichi Yui who came from Tokyo. Mashiro Shibutani accidentally presses the shutter button on Keiichi’s camera, which he left with her for a short while. Keiichi is fascinated by the pictures which Mashiro took on accident. Because of this, they get closer.
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ウルトラマンゼロ THE MOVIE 超決戦！ベリアル銀河帝国 (2010)
Character: Ultraman 80 (voice)
Ultraman Zero, the rookie Ultraman from Tsuburaya Productions’ 2009 theatrical movie returns, and getting full-fledged. However, he is confronted with the empowered Kaiser Belial, back from the evil Ultraman Belial whom he and other Ultraman warriors battled so hard on the m-78 Planet. Can Ultraman Zero live to the expectations of his legendary father Ultra Seven? Check it out in the latest Tsuburaya Productions’ action packed movie.
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狙撃 (2016)
Character: Soichi Shima
Detective Ryoko Kozuki receives a demotion after having an affair with a superior. She succeeds in arresting a rapist in an undercover operation that puts her at risk. Her achievement immediately becomes the talk of the precinct, but no one approaches her because of her past. Ryoko is determined to bring criminals to justice. She takes on “The Prime Ministerial Candidate Snipe Case” which took place 15 years earlier.
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さまよう刃 (2009)
Character: N/A
Following the brutal rape and murder of his teenage daughter, a single father seeks revenge against the responsible youths. His pursuit for justice becomes a deadly cat-and-mouse game with both the perpetrators and the police.
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ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦 (1995)
Character: Colonel Satake
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
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北京原人 (1997)
Character: Kuwasawa
In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this find, but during the war the remains disappear. Based on these factual events, this movie takes off with a science fiction story involving a space rocket which places a satellite in orbit containing a secret cargo. The satellite crashes on a remote island and footprints are found in the sand leading away from the crash site. A story of how an ancient primitive cave-dwelling family contends with the scientists who want to study them.
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セカンド・ラブ (1983)
Character: N/A
Kazumi - whose sensitivity does not undermine her strength when she handles her second husband's emotional conflicts with the wisdom of an adult. Kazumi's younger and more inexperienced husband Hideo is continually suspicious of her fidelity.
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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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アルプス女学園 (2014)
Character: N/A
When the dormitory of a coveted private high school, called Alps, is about to close due to financial difficulties the girl step up to the challenge. The student residents plan to stop their dormitory from shutting its doors.
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CHiLDREN チルドレン (2006)
Character: Aoki Ryohei
The bestseller based on Kotaro Isaka, starring Kenji Sakaguchi, directed by Takashi Hara! Muto, who works for a family court, is involved in a bank robbery case with his senior at work, Jinnai. It is released safely, but Muto falls in love at first sight with Miharu, who was held hostage with him. Jinnai predicts Muto that he will meet her again and fall in love, and teaches Miharu's whereabouts. Meanwhile, the day after the incident, Muto was in charge of a boy named Shiro Kihara, who was guided by shoplifting. However, there was something wrong with Shiro's appearance toward his father. Then, Muto learns about Shiro's amazing secret, and the development itself begins suddenly...
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Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village (2009)
Character: N/A
The Great Chuetsu Earthquake which struck Niigata Prefecture on October 23, 2004 is permanently engraved in the memories of most Japanese people today. Hardest hit was the small mountain village of Yamakoshi, located right above the quake’s epicentre. What has become of the villagers who suffered through this disaster seven years ago? This film enters the hearts and minds of the people of Yamakoshi as they pull together over four hard years to rebuild their village, their community, and their lives.
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リング・ワンダリング (2022)
Character: Ginzo
In central Tokyo, a young man, Sosuke, aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He can’t draw the extinct wolf well and struggles to develop the story. One winter’s day, Sosuke finds an animal’s skull while digging foundations at a construction site and takes it home. Is it a Japanese wolf’s skull?
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極道の妻たち 赫い絆 (1995)
Character: N/A
Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.
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物置のピアノ (2014)
Character: N/A
Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing a piano in a barn. A year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, she decides she wants to be a pianist. Akiba, for her part, moved to Tokyo to attend college. When she moves back to Koori, Haruka is unsettled and memories connected to the disaster she has tried to forget resurface.
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ウルトラギャラクシーファイト 大いなる陰謀 (2021)
Character: Ultraman 80
Mysterious aliens and evil monsters that shouldn’t exist are attacking! Zero, Ribut, Taiga, Z, 80, Max, Mebius, Great, Powered, Grigio, and many more Ultra Heroes fight together to solve this mysterious case, which could end up affecting the whole universe. However, this is only the beginning! A conspiracy is underway – and stories are intersecting. What is the aim of the golden giant working in the shadows?! While connecting to the TV series Ultraman Z as well, a new history of Ultraman begins! This is the complete, director's cut version of the original web series with no breaks!
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アルビノの木 (2016)
Character: Hiura
A poignant moral dilemma unfolding against lush mountainous landscapes, The Albino’s Trees follows Yuku (Ryohei Matsuoka), an animal control hunter who takes on a lucrative job to kill a rare white deer considered to be a god of the forest by a nearby village. Though Yuku initially steps up to the task in order to support his mother’s medical bills, his will begins to falter as he gets to know the villagers and the reasons behind their difficult choice to live as outsiders.
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