Hideji Ōtaki
Tampopo
as Rich Old ManIn this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit...
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Kagemusha
as Masakage YamagataAkira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to...
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Casshern
as General KamijoFifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia -...
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
as Abbot JikeiIn the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors,...
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Black Rain
as Dr. FujitaShigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with...
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Izo
as uncreditedIzo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of...
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A Taxing Woman
as TsuyuguchiIntrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering...
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Kabei: Our Mother
as KabeSet in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father,...
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Heaven and Earth
as Matasaburo TachibanaWarlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal...
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Station
as AibaA detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in...
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Children of Hiroshima
as uncreditedShows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays...
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The Fall of Ako Castle
as YamadaThis is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie...
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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
as Hotel General ManagerAn upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help...
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Queen Bee
as Lawyer KanoTo solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji...
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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
as Company president HashibaIn an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital...
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Memories of Tomorrow
as Usaburou SugawaraAfter being stricken with Alzheimer's disease in the prime of his life, a successful young...
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The War in Space
as Dr. MatsuzawaThe year is 1988, and in the midst of recovering from a near-miss with a large comet, Earth...
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Black Sun
as Old Man at the Junk ShopAkira, a young, jazz-obsessed drifter, returns to his squat, a ruined church, and finds Gill, a...
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The Demon
as Kimura, Bank ClerkWhen Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of...
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Island of Hell
as Gihei KitoA scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.
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Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
as Masayuki OridaThe reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo.
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The Inugamis
as Priest OyamaWhen a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the...
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Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
as Buddhist priestTravel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the...
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A Chain of Islands
as KarasawaWhen a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine...
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
as uncreditedAfter a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect...
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Tree Without Leaves
as uncreditedHaru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on...
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Zatoichi in Desperation
as Sukegoro IiokaAfter accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the...
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Lovers Lost
as TamadaA poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the...
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Gonza the Spearman
as Chūtabei IwakiThe tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which...
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This Story of Love
as uncreditedLife and love stories of stunt men and women.
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The House of Hanging
as Patrolman KanoThis time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence...
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The Funeral
as Shokichi AmamiyaWhen Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random...
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Tales of a Golden Geisha
as Chijiwa (uncredited)The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the...
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Spy Sorge
as Duke Kinmochi Sai-onjiA foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the...
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Lullaby to Kill
as Dr. GondôKôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police...
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Winter's Flower
as IchiroKanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a...
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Dora-heita
as ImamuraA new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in...
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Hunter in the Dark
as ShibaYataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill....
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Manhunt
as Tonami YoshinoriA tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is...
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The Last Swordsman
as uncreditedPersonal tale of Okita Soji who fights to survive in a world without pity in the merciless era...
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Atami Murder Case
as Sakuji OnijimaChief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the...
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Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
as Matsui YasuyukiIn the 16th Year of Keityo (1611), the lord of Ogura Castle in Kyushu admitted Sasaki Kojiro's...
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Village of Eight Gravestones
as SuwaThe heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries...
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The International Gang of Kobe
as TokugenIn 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun...
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The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
as uncreditedTsutomu Minagawa is set to retire; the organized business life, a perfectly normal family living...
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Solar Eclipse
as uncreditedWhen bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion,...
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The Sands of Kurobe
as uncreditedKitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps...
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Kikenna onna
as uncreditedBased on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.
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Beyond the Shining Sea
as uncreditedHeartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she...
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as SaekiA crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang...
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Worst by Chance
as PawnbrokerHidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He...
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Dearest
as Gorô ÔuraThe posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her...
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MacArthur's Children
as AshigaraIn this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village...
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Haru's Journey
as Shigeo KanemotoStuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo,...
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
as uncreditedTora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years...
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Tokyo Blackout
as Otawara GonzoBased on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddenly covered by a dome shaped...
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Mount Hakkoda
as Colonel NakabayashiTwo infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the...
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Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
as uncreditedTora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account,...
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Willful Murder
as uncreditedThe president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train...
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The Longest Tunnel
as uncreditedAfter a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a...
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Shag
as uncreditedShiro Akitsu goes on a relentless search for his abducted 7-year-old daughter, with the aid of...
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Music Box
as Kyohei ImazatoA former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.
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Tistou the Green Thumb
as uncreditedWhen eight-year-old Tistou is sent home from school after being unable to stop falling asleep at...
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Proof of the Man
as uncreditedWhen an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail...
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Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
as uncreditedAbout small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means...
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August without Emperor
as NoguchiTaking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese...
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Blood Type: Blue
as uncreditedUFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned...
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Choji Snack Bar
as AibaEiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for...
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Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
as uncreditedJapanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the...
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Company Buggers
as uncreditedHiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and...
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Terror in the Streets
as KatagiriHorror story about a girl who is shadowed by an invisible man.
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Monument to Holy Service
as uncreditedA rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.
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Demon
as OyajiShuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways,...
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Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1
as uncreditedThere is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with...
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Departing Osaka Station at 0:00
as uncreditedThis film is about a train departing Osaka Station at midnight to an unknown destination. The...
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The Phoenix
as SukuneThis extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is...
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A White Ship
as uncreditedShizuka (Mami Nakamura) is a young school teacher. She moves to a small village by the sea, near...
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My Voiceless Friends
as uncreditedA man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country...
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Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
as uncreditedOn a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of...
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The Homeless
as uncreditedTwo inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross...
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River of Fireflies
as uncreditedDuring the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his...
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Lake of Illusions
as FujikakeA woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and...
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Outlaw Cop
as uncreditedA bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs...
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Kaoyaku
as NishinoA detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.
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Suddenly, Like a Storm
as Teacher Inagi21-year-old Hideo Ishida is a reckless young man. Today again, he took part in a car race with a...
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Break Down that Wall
as Judge AA man is wrongfully accused of murder.
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The Possessed
as uncreditedOshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply....
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A School Behind Bars
as Akio Sasaki"A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano...
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Psychic: Traveler to the Unknown
as uncreditedHikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his...
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Noh Mask Murders
as Priest NireThe patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who...
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Child of the Sun
as Detective AA couple originally from Okinawa run an inexpensive restaurant in Kobe, with their grade-school...
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The Far Road
as uncreditedSet in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive...
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Code of Wolves
as uncreditedIn gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his...
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Internal Sleuth
as Seijin-kai ChairmanWhen 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective...
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Teenage Wolf
as uncreditedIn the bustle of the city, on the corners of neon streets, the eyes of a wild beast are fixed on...
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Girl in the Glass
as uncreditedThe film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating...
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Young People
as uncredited"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death...
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A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest
as Shinjiro ChiriA brother and sister leave the big city to live with their veterinarian father when their mother...
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Salaryman Senka: Tanshin Funin
as uncreditedBased on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.
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The Village
as uncreditedThis appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on...
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The Lucky General
as uncreditedThe action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who...
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A Wandering Gambler
as uncreditedKoji Himuro, a brilliant gambler, was killed by his brother and lover for discovering cheating...
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Que C'est Triste Paris
as uncreditedJiro Takimura, a painter, falls in love with Marie, a beautiful married woman who is studying...
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Judge and Jeopardy
as uncreditedIt is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's...
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Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
as Hiroshi Kurita (Director of Nagano Zoo)In the winter of 1945, Sakura the elephant gave birth to a baby elephant at Tokyo Fujimi Zoo...
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Gun Demon Without Form
as uncreditedA detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under...
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Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
as Kenjuro KamoshitaA comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover...
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
as uncreditedDetective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner...
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Tales of the Bizarre
as uncreditedInspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show...
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Akō Rōshi
as Okabayashi Mokunosuke"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit...
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Mizuiro no toki
as 岩沼隆一郎The 15th NHK Asadora. Starring Shinobu Otake in a story about a young woman striving to become a...
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Haken no Hinkaku
as 宮部Oomae Haruko is an A+ Temp worker who never cracks a smile or minces words, and leaves work on...
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Eighth Shogun Yoshimune
as Tokugawa Mitsusada [Yoshimune's father]The drama is depicting the life and times in 17th and 18th century Japan during the rule of the...
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Minamoto no Yoshitsune
as Hojo TokisadaThe chronicles of the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - May 17th, 1189). He was a late...
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Kita no kuni kara
as 北村清吉Set in the town of Furano in Hokkaido, Kita no Kunikara centers around the story of the Kuroita...
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Haguregumo
as uncreditedSet at the end of the Edo period, the series depicts Kumo's family with his wife, Kame, their...
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Dragonfly
as Saburo InoEiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence....
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Golden Bowl
as Michio TanoueFocus, concentration, proper posture and good release are the hallmarks of a good bowler....
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Tokyo Air Raid
as Oba Hiroto (present)When Sakuragi Haruko's father's factory is bombed, Oba Hiroto stops Haruko when she tries to...
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Angel's Share
as Hirokichi SakashitaMizuki plays a 35-year-old woman named Kurumi, who suddenly loses everything in her life when...
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