Kimiko Yo
Kimiko Yo was born in Yokohama, a city just south of Tokyo to a Japanese mother and Taiwanese father on the 12th of May 1956. Her cousin was actress Bunjaku Han. She became active in front of the camera in 1987 and has been a feature of Japanese television and cinema ever since. She had begun acting on the theatre stage in 1976. Audiences may mostly know her for her supporting role in Shin Gojira, as a sympathetic colleague in the 2008 films Departures, which won an Oscar, and kind wife and waitress in Ramen Girl, but she has almost 200 credits to her name. These include an abnormal neighbour in The Drugstore girl and serene presence in Café Lumière where she was directed by a Taiwanese director in Japan. Dear Doctor (2009) propelled her name forward in Japan and was an award winner. She has several Japan Academy prizes to her name. Like most celebrities she pushes products and has done commercials for telephone companies, shampoos and cosmetics manufacturers. Yo is married to a man who at the time was a NHK employee in 2006 and is managed by the Alpha Agency.
Shin Godzilla
as Reiko Hanamori : Minister of DefenseWhen a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government...
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Parasyte: Part 1
as Izumi NobukoAlien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only...
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Departures
as Yuriko KamimuraDaigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small...
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To Every You I've Loved Before
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)While struggling to make friends after his parents’ divorce, Koyomi Takasaki meets Kazune...
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To Me, the One Who Loved You
as Kazune Takigawa (old woman) (voice)Koyomi Hidaka and Shiori Sato meet at his father’s research center and begin to fall in love,...
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Parasyte: Part 2
as Izumi NobukoAlien pods come to Earth and, naturally, start taking over Human Hosts. One such pod only...
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Yamato
as uncreditedDirected by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the...
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The Ramen Girl
as ReikoAn American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for...
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Ace Attorney
as Maiko Ayasato (Misty Fey)Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses...
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Air Doll
as Receptionist YoshikoA life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she...
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Red
as Ogata YokoA married woman with a lovely daughter lives a carefree life, until she meets her ex-lover at a...
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Dear Doctor
as Akemi OhtakeOsamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication...
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Midnight Diner
as Chieko HanawaA restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a...
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A Story of Yonosuke
as Taeko YokomichiThe year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old...
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Shield of Straw
as uncreditedNinagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His...
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Bread of Happiness
as YokoA couple decide to relocate from Tokyo to the northern island of Hokkaido where they settle and...
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Gonin 2
as RanFive women snatch one billion yen in jewellery from the yakuza, while construction manager...
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Aiki
as uncreditedWhen a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation...
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For Love's Sake
as Toyo TaigaTroubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He...
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Hiruko the Goblin
as Reiko's MotherA school was built on one of the Gates of Hell, behind which hordes of demons await the moment...
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Villain
as Yoriko ShimizuShimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time...
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Rebirth
as AngelAfter the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was...
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Amagi Pass
as uncreditedA fifteen year old boy travels through the Amagi Pass, he encounters some strange people, one of...
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Music of Remembrance -Gb-
as RumeA boy who suffers from impaired hearing and a young girl pianist try to solve the mysterious...
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Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion
as Motoko UenoA group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was...
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A Tale of Samurai Cooking
as Mitsuru FunakiIn this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu...
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Tokyo Rhapsody
as uncredited"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as...
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Wait and See
as Wife of Hiroshi's BrotherA salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to...
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Asako in Ruby Shoes
as Aya's MotherAsako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South...
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AI Amok
as Eiko TanakaIn 2030, AI is everywhere including the medical field, finance and security. Artificial...
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Moonlight Serenade
as uncreditedAfter the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his...
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Sharaku
as uncreditedA crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential...
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Black Widow Business
as Eiko SegawaKozo Nakase attends meetings for single widowers looking to remarry. He meets Sayoko Takeuchi...
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Star Watching Dog
as InnkeeperAn abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified...
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A Night in Nude
as Nami TsuchiyaJiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to...
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A Lone Scalpel
as Shizuka TakeiDr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an...
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Dearest
as Tamiko HamasakiThe posthumous wish of Eiji's wife is for her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near her...
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Café Lumière
as Yoko's StepmotherMaking her way through life by forming superficial relationships, Yoko keeps everyone at arm's...
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Virgin Snow
as Mayumi SasakiMin, a Korean boy, moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he...
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Yumeji
as JiroFollowing the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an...
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Alone in the Night
as uncreditedAn undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his...
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The Blue Hearts
as (segment “Hammer”)Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a...
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My Little Sweet Pea
as Ayako AkaikeIt isn't easy to find a dream to chase when you're young, but Mugiko has one: she can't wait to...
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Hotel Royal
as Miko NoshiroSet at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests,...
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Rinco's Restaurant
as RurikoAfter a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant. A...
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My SO Has Got Depression
as Satoko KuritaMikio is a married man and works hard for the company where he is employed. Then one day Mikio...
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The Yakuza Principal
as uncreditedJunji, the protagonist of FM89.3MHz, must become the principal of a nursery school in Kabukicho...
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Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment
as Motoko UenoA group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was...
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Haunted School
as YukawaA young girl wanders into a wing of her elementary school that has been abandoned for years and...
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Midnight Diner 2
as ChiekoThe Master’s late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim,...
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Dog Star
as uncreditedA seeing-eye dog (Shiro) is granted one wish by his former owner. He chooses to become a human...
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Worst by Chance
as Hatsuko KimHidenori is a Japanese-Korean man with no sense of belonging, destination or education. He...
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Crossroads
as uncreditedDomestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
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Any Crybabies Around?
as Setsuko GotoA man has a baby, runs away, then comes back, but he can't just show up, apologize, and hope...
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Fireflies: River of Light
as uncreditedAfter finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in...
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Kuroido Goroshi
as uncreditedMarch 1952, the only doctor in the village Shiba had found a dead body of Sanako. The cause of...
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Soup Opera
as Yasuko TanakaSakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her...
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Tokyo Tower
as uncreditedToru Kojima and his friend Koji are young student boys with one thing in common - they both love...
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First Class 2
as Ranko TakigawaSet half a year after the first season of "First Class." Chinami Yoshinari (Erika Sawajiri)...
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Black Dawn
as Kumi MuramatsuIn 2011, top-secret data on nuclear power is stolen from a university facility. At the same...
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Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari
as uncreditedHiguchi Ichiyo is the first female professional novelist in Japanese literature. This tanpatsu...
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Where The Legend Lives
as uncreditedKohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the...
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Perfect Revolution
as AkikoKuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike...
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Dirty Hearts
as NaomiIn 1945, Japan surrendered to the United States and the Second World War was over. Right? Wrong....
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Chacha: The Princess of Heaven
as Kita no mandokoroChacha, the woman of the blood of Nobunaga, who loved with Hideyoshi, and feared Tokugawa.
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An Artist of the Floating World
as Mrs. SaitoIn the face of the misery in his homeland, the artist Masuji Ono was unwilling to devote his art...
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The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
as uncreditedAdaptation of the Arimasa Ohsawa novel Shinjuku Shark.
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The Dog won't Eat it, but Charlie Laughs
as MinoyamaTamura Yujiro and Hiyori have been married for four years. They look like a happily married...
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Father of the Bride
as uncreditedThe story is set against the beautiful scenery of Yamakoshi, Niigata, which is also known for...
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The Heartbreak Yakuza
as uncreditedA hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both...
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52-Hertz Whales
as uncreditedMishima Kiko was exploited by her own family. When she was little, her mother neglected her....
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A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
as KuramotoA widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a...
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Another Battle
as uncreditedFormer childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu cross paths again. Kaneo is now a...
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Farewell, Kuro
as Eri YukiBased on a true story set in Matsumoto city, Nagano, during 1960s. A stray dog wanders into a...
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Winter Rose
as Michiko WataguchiJun Wataguchi lives a lazy, half-hearted life, not going to school, hanging out with half-witted...
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First Gentleman
as uncreditedHiyori (Kei Tanaka) is an ornithologist (expert on birds). His wife is Rinko (Miki Nakatani)....
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Nobody's Perfect
as uncredited"Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born...
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Show Me the Way to the Station
as uncreditedA young girl, Sayaka, develops a heartwarming friendship with an old man named Hasu. Based on an...
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Sumomo mo momo
as uncreditedA youth romance that fantastically depicts the unstable emotions of high school girls who refuse...
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Noise
as Hanae ShojiShishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing...
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Happy Go Lucky
as Man's Lover in TV DramaTakashi and four of his classmates, fourth-grade students, cannot succeed in doing a back...
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An Angel with Many Scars
as uncreditedAn odd journey starts as Mitsuru, a private detective, and a boy, whom a dying mobster entrusts...
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Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
as KotoOei, later known as Katsushika Oi, was born the third daughter of Edo’s talented painter...
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20th Century Nostalgia
as Anzu's MotherA young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time,...
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Step
as Michiyo MuramatsuSingle father Kenichi has raised his daughter Miki alone for the past ten years, from when she...
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The Hitman Blood Smells Like Roses
as uncreditedA woman is being attacked by the yakuza of the Mitsuyoshi group ... A man with a pistol appears...
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Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
as Cafe's manager (segment "Our Birthday")Six Stories based on Six Songs.
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Via Okinawa
as uncreditedDuring the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy...
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Hotel Hibiscus
as Mieko's MotherHotel Hibiscus is the story of one very young energetic girl named Mieko and her internatioanl...
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A Stitch of Life
as Hiroe MinamiIchie is the owner of a dressmaking shop. Her grandmother started the shop and now Ichie runs...
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The Housekeeper
as Haruko InamuraNobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the...
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
as Managing Director's DaughterA hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all...
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Free and Easy 11
as uncreditedHama-chan accompanies Su-san on a business trip to Okinawa in the middle of the recession, but...
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Omotenashi
as MitsukoCultures meet and values are learnt through the renovation of an inn.
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Immoral Affairs
as uncreditedImmoral Affairs (Fukigen na kajitsu) is a Japanese film made in 1997 and directed by Katsuo...
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Oh My God
as uncreditedHana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her...
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The Brutal Insanity of Love
as Nami MurakiA policewoman (Megumi Yokoyama) investigates the apparent suicide of a college coed. The prime...
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Love Bites Back
as Sanae EbinoYuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and...
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Passion
as uncreditedA man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.
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The Ice Ruts
as 요네자와 사유리Mayu Daimon is a woman who does not remember her mother's face, and her father is the only...
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悪女について
as Suzuki TaneErika Sawajiri plays Kimiko, the main character of the story who has died. Although the title...
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Zen and Bones
as Kô MittwerThe story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his...
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Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
as uncreditedThe mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
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Orchids Under the Moon
as uncreditedJinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago...
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Kawachi Zankeiden Shamo Chicken (Shamo)
as uncreditedJunko Mihara is full of mysterious charm and is involved in ambitious work.
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Keikoku! Nozoki ari.
as uncreditedA V-Cinema effort from the mid-90s starring Show Aikawa and Misa Aika. Misa Aika plays Miyuki, a...
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Beef tongue set meal with seafood bowl of Onagawa in Sendai
as uncredited
The Legend of the Sea, Sky and Coral
as uncreditedA mother and her daughter move from the urban sprawl of Tokyo to the remote island of Ishigaki...
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Mentai Piriri – Flower of Pansy
as uncreditedToshiyuki and his wife, Chiyoko, run a store named “Fukunoya” in Fukuoka. They become friends...
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Ando Gumi Gaiden Genealogy of the Group Wolf 5
as uncreditedThe third and final V-Cinema sequel.
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Bastard LAST DOWN TEN 2
as uncreditedDetective Suwon was involved on the war on drugs in Yokohama because of his mischief.
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Maria's Stomach
as uncreditedA carnivorous monster lives on the island of Sipang. A group of office ladies band together to...
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Timeless Melody
as Chikako's motherKawamoto works and lives in a dilapidated pool hall which also serves as a rehearsal space for...
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BON-UTA, A Song from Home
as (voice)Taiko drummer, Hisakatsu Yokoyama, and fellow evacuees of Futaba, Fukushima fight to keep their...
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Enokida Trading Co.
as uncreditedEnokida Trading Post is a second-hand shop run by Yojiro Enokida , whose personal mantra is,...
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Invisible War
as Kinu MurozonoKitahara Shuji, an ordinary business man turns into a spy for his town's war against a...
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Going against the Grain in Fukushima
as SpeakerTenei village is located in Fukushima prefecture's beautiful surrounds. It is 70 kilometers away...
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Sleep in the Shadows
as uncreditedFuyuki is an established artist who runs several bars in Yokohama. One day, injured Shinji runs...
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Can you collect it? Complete
as uncreditedJiro becomes a happy instructor but a shocking suspicion was raised by Owada who took the place...
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Churasan
as Shibata YokoThe 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was...
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Half Blue Sky
as Kimika OkadaSuzume is a girl born to a family running a small restaurant in Gifu Prefecture. She loses her...
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The Naked Director
as Kozue MuranishiFollows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. ...
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Atsuhime
as Hisa-himeThe 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture,...
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Time Limit Investigator
as uncreditedShūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have...
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Mr. Housekeeper, Mitazono
as Yoriko MusubiKaoru Mitazono (Masahiro Matsuoka) is a talented housekeeper with an usual secret. Kaoru is...
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Kazama Kimichika: Kyojo Zero
as uncreditedThe mystery of how Kazama Kimichika became so ruthless and unmatched will be revealed. Kyojo...
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Sanctuary
as uncreditedA tough, desperate kid becomes a sumo wrestler, captivating fans with his cocky attitude — and...
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Trillion Game
as Mitsuzono ShizukuTwo old friends go into business together – one's a master communicator, and the other's a great...
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Back of Father
as Togawa YasukoA 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and...
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The Files of Young Kindaichi
as Hiruko KirigoeKindaichi Hajime is a high school student and a private detective with an IQ of 180. He solves...
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The Gift of Your Heart
as Yukino AiharaWhen Aihara Ame was a high school student in Nagasaki, she wasn’t confident in herself due to...
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Drop-out Teacher Returns to School
as Yukiko AndoBased on a true story from Hokkaido’s Hokusei Yoichi High School, the first high school in Japan...
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Into the White Night
as Taniguchi MafumiWhat happens with two children commit two different muders in order to protect each other? Does...
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Izakaya Fuji
as uncreditedEiichi Nishio (Kento Nagayama) is a young actor. He is not very popular and only receives offers...
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Virgin Road
as MichiTo pursue her dreams, Sakurai Kazumi (Wakui Emi) quits her job and goes to New York to study...
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Say You Love Me
as Kaoru KanzakiThis delicate love story transcends the spoken word as it depicts the lives of an aspiring young...
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Affectionate Time
as Kujo TomokoThis is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of...
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Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
as Shibusawa WakakoMatsumoto Shouen became a buddhist monk after being unable to save his friend that was drowning...
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Hello, I Love You
as Machi DomotoUmeda Mina is a pianist whose father is a famous conductor. She has set her sights on winning an...
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Death Office
as ShinguPeople who just died first visit the death office. There, the final destinations of the...
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Replay & Destroy
as fortune-teller womanFunny stories about freeter Kaname Yokoyama, who dreams of becoming a movie director, and his...
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Bambino!
as uncreditedBambino! is a Japanese cooking manga written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. The manga has...
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Dear Father
as Fortune TellerSet in an old prestigious ryotei (Japanese-style restaurant) in a small town in the center of...
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A Dangerous Woman
as uncreditedFollowing on the heels of "Stalker," this title continues the same theme, focusing on a young...
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Cleopatra na Onnatachi
as uncreditedKishi Minetaro is a skilled and serious-minded plastic surgeon. He looks down on doctors earning...
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Kao
as Kyoko Higuchi（樋口 京子）A drama set in a police department depicts how a woman grows and matures as a human being as she...
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Hakusen Nagashi
as Masako OzawaSonoko Nanakura is a straight A student, daughter of a doctor. She meets Wataru Ookouchi, a tall...
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Just One Love
as Akiko KanzakiIn Yokohama a modern port city, Hiroto Kanzaki works hard in a ship repair factory, supporting...
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Live
as uncreditedMisaki decides to join the Brass Band Club having heard of its prestigious past from her father,...
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And Then There Were None
as Erika Konami10 men and women are called to Natural Island Hotel on the isolated island Heitaijima off...
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Yasashii Neko
as MatsukoMiyuki, a single mother and nursery teacher, meets Sri Lankan Kumara while visiting Tohoku as a...
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dele
as uncreditedFreelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a...
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Taro no Tō
as uncreditedA life story of Taro Okamoto, one of the most prominent Japanese avant-garde artists of the 20th...
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Dream Team
as Yoshie AndouThe former female members of a high school basketball club have gathered for a party in memory...
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Evil People
as Chise FujishimaToyomi Terajima (Ryoko Yonekura) chose to become a nurse because she had no interest in marriage...
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Daisuki!!
as Setsuko KachigawaBased on the manga "Daisuki!! Yuzu no Kosodate Nikki (I Love You! Yuzu's Parenting Diary)" by...
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The Public Enemy
as Akiko KawaradaSato Tomoko leads an ordinary life with her husband and young child. One day, she defies the...
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Innocent Days
as Michiko TanakaSasaki Shinichi looks at his childhood friend Tanaka Yukino in court. Yukino is sentenced to...
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Karyuu No Utage
as uncredited“Karyu no Utage” tells the story of a housewife (Kuroki) from a middle-class household who has...
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Tokumei! Keiji Dongame
as uncreditedToshiyuki Nishida plays the role of Don Kameda, A.K.A “Don-Game”. Don-Game is a cafe owner who...
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My Happy Divorced Life
as uncreditedKazuha Ono is divorced at the age of 35 due to her husband's affair. Despite this, she is trying...
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Fuyō no hito 〜 Fuji sanchō no tsuma
as Nonaka TomikoIn 1895, Nonaka Chiyoko prays for the safety of her husband Itaru who is attempting to climb Mt...
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Toubousha
as uncreditedA remake of the American show "The Fugitive."
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Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara
as uncreditedOnodera Mariya’s married life was supposed to have been happy but turns out shortlived when her...
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Houkago Groove
as uncreditedMakoto Kiryu is a young physical education teacher at a middle school. When she was a teenager,...
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Welcome to National Treasures
as uncreditedThe series "Welcome to National Treasures" presents selected masterpieces from the 1,124...
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