Hiroko Yakushimaru
After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her early career. Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up. In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, the film where she played the leading role. She also recorded the same-titled theme song for the film, which hit No. 1 on Oricon in late 1981, and stayed there until January 18, 1982. Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s. She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai.
Blue Period
as Masako SaekiYatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an...
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Last Mile
as Misumi NatsuyoOn the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard...
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The 8-Year Engagement
as Hatsumi NakaharaHisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months...
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Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Princess ShizuThe evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the...
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
as Izumi HoshiA high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes...
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G.I. Samurai
as Young Takeda SamuraiA squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to...
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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura
as Female ownerSet in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where...
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Never Give Up
as Yoriko NagaiSpecial forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted...
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Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust
as Mariko TanakaIt's 2007 and the Japanese Ministry of Finance have calculated that the economy will collapse in...
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Hanamizuki
as RyokoA young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman.
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Café Funiculi Funicula
as Kayo TakatakeKazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a...
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The Tragedy of “W”
as Shizuka MitaA young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she...
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Always - Sunset on Third Street
as Tomoe SuzukiTeenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's...
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Always: Sunset on Third Street 2
as Tomoe SuzukiWould-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his...
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Main Theme
as Shibuki OgasawaraA kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find...
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Toward the Terra
as Jona Macka (voice)A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal...
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Twinkle
as Shoko KoyamaShoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at...
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Riverside Mukolitta
as uncreditedA lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful...
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Glasses
as MorishitaAn overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter...
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Let's Go to the Hospital
as uncreditedWhen a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is...
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Tetsujin 28: The Movie
as Yoko KanedaOne of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.
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Aogeba Tôtoshi
as Mari MinegishiMortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive...
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Like a Savage
as Tamako ArisugawaYoung writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out...
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The Gentlemen’s Alliance
as uncreditedEtsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets...
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Cabaret
as WaitressA young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this...
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Dreamy Fifteen
as Kei YamawaAspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a...
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
as Mirei AsadaWhen Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He...
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series
as MireiAfter terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living...
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Tasmania Story
as uncreditedEiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As...
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Amachan
as Hiromi SuzukaAki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to...
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Downtown Heroes
as uncreditedThe adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.
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Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow
as uncreditedA drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.
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Always: Sunset on Third Street '64
as Tomoe SuzukiThe Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to...
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School in the Crosshairs
as Yuka MitamuraMitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic...
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Tonbi
as TaekoYasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira...
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The Lakeside Murder Case
as Minako NamikiThree couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare...
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Wasao
as SetsukoWasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a...
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Sing Salmon Sing
as Yoko SenumaHigh school student Kasumi Ogino is a member of the school choir and after years of praise for...
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Aka Medaka
as NarratorOne of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic...
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Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island
as Latifa (voice)Sinbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima is an upcoming Japanese animated family adventure...
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Black School Rules
as Virginia WolfSōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya,...
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A Good Husband
as Sakura KitamiThe heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife...
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Princess Raccoon
as Ohagi no tsuboneAmechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog...
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Nurse Call
as Kozue IgarashiA drama about a nurse starring Hiroko Yakushimaru
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1 Litre Of Tears SP
as Shioka IkeuchiThe Story of the 1 Litre of Tears special takes place after the events in the main drama. The...
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Arigatou
as uncreditedIn the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao...
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I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair
as Hasebe Haruko(I will Soar to the Skies in my Wheelchair ) Hasebe Yasuyuki is living his life carelessly alone...
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Detective Story
as Naomi AraiNaomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a...
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The Stork Nest
as Yumiko YasudaA small clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture begins accepting anonymous drop-offs of unwanted newborn...
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Be yourself
as Yuka EnomotoYasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and...
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Fuji Family New Year Special 2017
as Oguni Takakohere is a small old-fashioned shop called ‘Fuji Family’ at the foot of Mt Fuji that is a...
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Yuriko's Picture Book
as Yuriko OnoderaOnodera Yuriko sets off for Sweden where her husband, Major General Onodera Makoto, is stationed...
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READY! LADY
as RyokoRyoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with...
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Fan of Hong Kong star
as uncreditedThe protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of...
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Nadeshiko Tai
as uncreditedThe story is set in Chiran, Kagoshima, the site of a secret base used to launch kamikaze...
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Amachan
as Hiromi SuzukaAmachan is the 88th 2013 NHK asadora written by Kankuro Kudo (Tiger and Dragon, Unobore Deka)....
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Yell
as uncreditedNHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife...
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1 Litre of Tears
as Shioka Ikeuchi1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was...
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Detective Lovesick
as Nobuko MaeharaHe was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had...
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Tiger and Dragon
as uncreditedA young yakuza thug apprentices with an indebted comic "rakugo" performer, whose...
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye
as Asada MireiKisarazu Cat's Eye is a humorous Japanese television show and movie series. To date, there have...
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Unnatural
as 三澄夏代Mikoto Misumi is a pathologist at UDI (Unnatural Death Investigation) Lab. She can't stand...
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Back of Father
as Marui YumikoA 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and...
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Carry On! Hara-chan!
as Yaguchi YurikoEchizen, who is a modest woman, works at a fish cake plant. Instead of keeping a diary, she...
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The Full Throttle Girl
as Sakuragawa ShokoDevoted to becoming an international lawyer, Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. Her hard work...
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Lost Man Found
as President YamamuraSatoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the...
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Passion for Punchlines
as Shima TakakoMay 31, 2021—as COVID-19 continued to spread, Masayasu Wakabayashi and Ryota Yamasato were on...
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Dearest
as Azusa SanadaRio Sanada is the president of "Sanada Wellness" and an up-and-coming businesswoman who is...
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The Kingdom of Ingredients
as 旁白Every day, we spend time considering what to eat or how to prepare different kinds of...
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The Gutsy Frog
as MomLive-action version of the popular 70's japanese manga and anime, "Dokonjô Gaeru". In this...
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