Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai (菅井きん Sugai Kin) (28 February 1926 – 10 August 2018) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Funeral. Sugai is famous for her role in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.
Godzilla
as Ozawa-sanJapan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the...
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Ikiru
as HousewifeKanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position...
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Kwaidan
as Village Woman (segment "The Woman of the Snow")Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
as KatsukoKeiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow....
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Red Beard
as Choji's MotherAspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is...
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Vengeance Is Mine
as Defendant's MotherA thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
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High and Low
as Female Drug AddictIn the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge...
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Dodes'ka-den
as OkuniThis film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
as Ozawa-san (uncredited)During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught...
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Hachiko
as uncreditedThe tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno,...
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Dôro no HinanminAfter the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria....
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The Bad Sleep Well
as Tomoko WadaIn this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position...
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The Funeral
as Kikue AmamiyaWhen Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random...
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Sandakan No. 8
as Woman came back from PenangA young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at...
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Pigs and Battleships
as Haruko's MotherIn the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the...
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The Castle of Sand
as YamashitaTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in...
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Girls of the Night
as uncreditedIn the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently release from one of...
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A Woman's Life
as uncreditedA woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.
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Stakeout
as Mrs. ShimookaTwo detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they...
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Foundry Town
as MiyoSet in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families...
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Yakuza Graveyard
as Kimiyo WakamotoA police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in...
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Black River
as uncreditedA university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The...
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The Pornographers
as Teacher OdaSubu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed...
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A Wanderer's Notebook
as uncreditedConsidered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook...
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
as OkumaSaheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
as Kan HorinouchiSatoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan...
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Beast Alley
as Oseki"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite...
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The Approach of Autumn
as The AuntA single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live...
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Spring Dreams
as TetsuWhen a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their...
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Eighteen Years in Prison
as uncreditedA former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes...
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Gone in the Rain
as Chiyo TakahataAyako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie....
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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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Young Swordsman
as uncreditedThis Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were...
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The Motive
as Taeko KatakuraFour people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims...
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The International Gang of Kobe
as ChiyoIn 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun...
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The Lost Alibi
as Misae SugiyamaSuspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised...
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Stolen Desire
as Osen YamamuraA rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of...
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I, the Executioner
as Mori MisaPolice investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage...
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This Transient Life
as MotherNear a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her...
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The Inheritance
as uncreditedA dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose...
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Haru's Journey
as Keiko KanemotoStuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo,...
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Fire Festival
as Tatsuo's MotherTatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land,...
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Piecing Me Back Together
as Old LadyA young woman named Izumi suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi, who died from a fatal...
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Sure Death 4
as SenHaving been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled...
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The Sunshine Girl
as uncreditedA young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
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The Long Darkness
as Wellwisher on trainA delicate study of the relationship between two disillusioned young people, shot in atmospheric...
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Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
as Kyoko's motherGirl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more...
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Sure Death 5
as Nakamura SenFifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a...
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Ballad of a Workman
as Mrs. MochizukiA demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to...
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Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
as Ohno's MotherThe great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s...
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The Wolves
as uncreditedA group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of...
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Appassionata
as uncreditedThis story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of...
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Flames of Blood
as uncreditedThe story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
as SelfDocumentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one...
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Tales of a Golden Geisha
as Foster MotherThe film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the...
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Tracked
as ToyoWhen a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain...
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The Body
as uncreditedThe sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job...
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One Summer's Day
as Yuta's grandmotherVeteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his...
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Deep River
as Tsukada's wifeA group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.
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Sure Death 6
as SenWhen an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter...
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Cross-Currents
as uncreditedA ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager...
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Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na
as uncredited1959 Japanese movie
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Shimanto River
as uncreditedA young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He...
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A Scream from Nowhere
as uncreditedIn 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of...
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
as Nakamura SenA violent fire one evening kills a husband and wife couple and burns their Kazusaya rice shop to...
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Modern Children
as uncreditedAfter their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.
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Gassan
as KaneAkira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and...
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The Washing Machine
as uncreditedKizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work...
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Run, Genta, Run!
as uncreditedA touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of...
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The Last Song
as uncreditedJunkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker....
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
as OsumiFormer boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow...
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Sure Death! 3
as SenThird movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of...
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Sure Death
as SenA group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they...
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Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
as Old lady with Shingen bagA Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto...
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Hissatsu shigotonin 2009
as Nakamura SenThis show marks the return of the jidaigeki series "Hissatsu Shigotonin," which has had several...
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The Soundless Cry
as Ume TanabeShinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His...
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Police Precinct Part 14
as uncreditedAn elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son...
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Kamigata Kugaizoshi
as uncredited"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their...
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Police Precinct Part 17
as Ume ShinoharaThe murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The...
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Ie Naki Ko
as uncredited"Don't pity me, just give me money." A smart little girl, Suzu, for the sake of her beloved sick...
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
as uncreditedSet in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three...
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Father
as MatsuA middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly...
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Kaze to Ki to Sora to
as uncreditedA nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of...
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The Viper Brothers Rage Again
as uncreditedPart 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short...
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Yellow Tears
as YoneThe movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up...
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Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
as uncreditedThis is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who...
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An Innocent Witch
as uncreditedAyako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her...
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Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
as SenWhen the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The...
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The Blossom and the Sword
as OkinTai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who...
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The Start of Life
as uncreditedA young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father...
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Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected
as uncreditedA highly anticipated cultural festival is less than a week away for the students of a local high...
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
as uncreditedA crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang...
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Detective
as uncreditedThe first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a...
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Flower and Dragon
as uncreditedKingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the...
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The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
as uncreditedUpon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his...
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City of Beasts
as uncreditedUniversity student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a...
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Sir Galahad in Campus
as uncreditedThe first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.
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Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
as uncreditedIn this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with...
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I Like You!
as uncreditedA romantic comedy, it comically depicts a great twist of fate between a young man who leads an...
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Kewaishi
as uncreditedDirector Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official...
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The Time of Reckoning
as uncredited"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful...
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The Woman Next Door
as uncreditedA 1981 TV movie based on a short story by Kuniko Mukoda, starring Kaori Momoi and Jinpachi Nezu....
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Burden of Love
as Congresswoman Natsuko KamiokaThe female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a...
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My Grandma
as Misao MurataHome-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves...
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Hissatsu Shigotonin
as Sen NakamuraNakamura Mondo was relegated to a post in Hachioji from the Minamimachi Bugyōsho and he has...
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Ryōmaden
as uncreditedRyōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010...
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Hitomi
as Yokoyama UmeThe 78th NHK Asadora is Hitomi. The series takes place in the old shitamachi area of Tokyo, and...
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Mission To Kill
as uncreditedContinuation of the popular series of films about the assassins in Edo. This show marks the...
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Trick
as uncreditedAlthough 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly...
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Inochi
as Iwata TeruThe drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train...
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Watashi no Aozora
as Tome HidaThis is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town...
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Ryoma ga Yuku
as Oyabe BaayanThe chronicles of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan....
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Oyaji Daiko
as uncreditedThe Tsuru family is a family of nine, headed by Kamejiro. Kamejiro is the president of a...
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Ohanahan
as おぎんThe 6th NHK Asadora. Starring Fumie Kashiyama as a woman, born in the Meiji era, who raises a...
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Handoku!!!
as uncreditedAs a former gang member, Hazama Ichiban witnessed the worst side of the emergency medical system...
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Ie Naki Ko
as uncredited"Don't pity me, just give me money." A smart little girl, Suzu, for the sake of her beloved sick...
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Brother
as uncreditedThe drama depicts the lives and loves of people living in three different environments: a family...
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The Diary of Chuji's Travels
as uncreditedA historical drama about the days of youth of the famous yakuza boss, the protector of ordinary...
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Family of Three
as uncreditedThe drama features two families, the all-male Shibata family and the all-female Inaba family,...
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Taiyō no Namida
as uncreditedThe day before he leaves on a business trip to Europe, Shoji meets an old man named Ogawa while...
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Lost in the Rain
as Takahata ChiyoIt tells about the women's view on love and marriage through the love affair of three women....
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