Kayoko Kishimoto
Japanese actress. Best known for her collaboration with director Takeshi Kitano. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy Prize for Takeshi Kitano film Kikujiro.
Kikujiro
as Kikujiro's WifeBrash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro is the unlikely companion for Masao who is...
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Dolls
as Haruna's AuntDolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action...
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Fireworks
as Nishi's WifeDetective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed...
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Secret
as Naoko SugitaA man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter,...
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Takeshis'
as Mahjong Parlor Woman / Audition Producer / CostumerBeat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets...
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Oshin
as TsuneA young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family, because of her own family's...
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Glory to the Filmmaker!
as KumikoTakeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a...
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Tora-san's Promise
as AikoTora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he...
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Star Watching Dog
as uncreditedAn abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified...
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Aka Medaka
as uncreditedOne of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic...
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Doctor X: Gekai Daimon Michiko Special
as uncreditedKojiro Himuro is a champion figure skater taking part in an upcoming world competition. Yet, he...
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Citizen Kitano
as SelfTakeshi Kitano is an international icon. We know the actor, the multi-award-winning filmmaker,...
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Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
as Ichinose HanaeIn this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with...
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Sky Cannot Be This Blue
as SawakoKantarou Kobayashi is an ordinary businessman who has multiple troubles on hand. He's been...
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Karaoke Terror
as Midori HemmeOne of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track...
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When Winter Comes
as uncreditedAn old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late...
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One in a hundred thousand
as Keiko YamauchiTamura Masakazu plays Shohei Yamauchi, a freelance reporter obsessed with finding out the truth...
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Island of the Evil Spirits
as Maho / KatahoFamous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he...
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Teacher and Stray Cat
as Yoko InoueFollowing the death of his wife professor Kyoichi leads a solitary life by the sea. A stray cat...
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When Will You Return?
as MamiTomoko Ashimura types on a computer her memory of her late husband Goro, but Tomoko Ashimura...
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Shin Salaryman Senka
as uncreditedBased on the long running manga by Sadao Shouji.
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O-higara mo yoku, go-shusho sama
as uncreditedWhile Kazuo Tanaka eagerly practices his greetings for the big wedding the next day, his first...
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Freezing Point
as Tatsuko ShimadaThe young daughter of Keizo Tsujiguchi, a respected physician who runs his own hospital, is...
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Princess in an Iron Helmet
as Tamako's motherTamako is 20 years old, lives at home with her mother (Kishimoto Kayoko) and teenaged brother,...
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Time Never Stops
as Masayo HamaguchiA family that was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake that struck in March 2011,...
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Lying to Mom
as Kimiko SuzukiSuzuki Koichi, a 30-something hikikomori shut-in, allows his mother to dotingly tend to his...
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Maison Ikkoku
as Ichinose HanaeBased on a hit manga by Takahashi Rumiko, this is a romantic comedy about the relationship of...
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Farewell for Today
as Yasuko FujiokaKouta Fujioka is a 29-year old man who has a good family, including his father who always...
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Teacher Gappa
as Noriko MuramotoTwenty-four-year-old country bumpkin Aiko is a new teacher who has arrived at a new town and a...
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Hanayome
as uncreditedChiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her...
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Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
as Nanako Torii（鳥井 七々子）Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor...
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Inochi
as Tsuda SeikoThe drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train...
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Against The Grain
as Nobuko OjimaEmployees of a security company from different generations and backgrounds confront many...
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Jiu: Special Investigation Team
as SakagamiThe show is based on the "Jiu" suspense novel series by Honda Tetsuya. Motoko (Kuroki) is a...
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My Husband
as Toko Ishihara（石原 東子）A sexy renegade male chauvinist rock singer by day, a bossed around, lousy dressed and demurring...
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Dear Father
as Sakashita RitsukoSet in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of...
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Ningen no Shōmei
as uncreditedTV series produced by MBS and TOEI, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Seiichi...
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The Travel Nurse
as uncreditedNasuda Ayumi is a young travel nurse who gives a bad first impression. In fact, he had been an...
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Totto Television
as Sadako SawamuraA drama series based on the novel "Totto Channeru" by famed Japanese actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi.
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Muyoan Retirement Training
as uncreditedThe main character, Hanbei Hinata, who plays Mizutani, is a direct hatamoto guardian who guards...
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If I'd kissed her
as Tae YuizukiNozomu Momochi works as a supermarket employee and lives without any dream and courage. He...
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Daisuki!!
as Miyoko FukuharaBased on the manga "Daisuki!! Yuzu no Kosodate Nikki (I Love You! Yuzu's Parenting Diary)" by...
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A-Un
as uncreditedSenkichi Mizuta, a pharmaceutical company employee, and Shuzo Kadokura, a war profiteer, are...
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Time Spiral
as Yoshimi AizawaWhen Natsuki Aizawa was a child, she was kidnapped which left her traumatized. Natsuki grew up...
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