Kirin Kiki
Kirin Kiki (樹木 希林 Kiki Kirin) (15 January 1943 – 15 September 2018) was a Japanese actress known for her work in Japanese cinema and television.
The Secret World of Arrietty
as Haru (voice)14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make...
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Shoplifters
as Hatsue ShibataAfter one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the...
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Like Father, Like Son
as Riko IshizekiRyota Nonomiya is a successful businessman driven by money. He learns that his biological son...
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Kamikaze Girls
as Momoko's GrandmotherMomoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary...
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The Taste of Tea
as ObaaA spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary...
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I Wish
as HidekoTwelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents'...
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Sweet Bean
as TokueThe master of a dorayaki pastry store hires a 76-year-old woman whose talents attract customers...
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Returner
as XiaA young woman from the future forces a local gunman to help her stop an impending alien invasion...
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After the Storm
as Yoshiko ShinodaRyota is an unpopular writer although he won a literary award 15 years ago. Now, Ryota works as...
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Our Little Sister
as Fumiyo KikuchiThree sisters live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father – absent...
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Still Walking
as Toshiko YokoyamaA family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Eiko NakagawaAdapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age...
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Villain
as Fusae ShimizuShimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time...
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Izo
as Izo's MotherIzo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of...
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Until the Break of Dawn
as Aiko ShibuyaHigh school student Ayumi is trained by his grandmother to act as a "tsunagu," an intermediary...
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Zigeunerweisen
as KimiA surreal period film following a university professor and his eerie nomad friend as they go...
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Female Teacher
as Yuriko Yokoyama(横山百合子)A female teacher is raped by a gang of students in her school. The repercussions of this lead to...
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Every Day a Good Day
as Teacher TakedaA university student attends a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin. There she...
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Ballad of Orin
as Tama IchiseA blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world...
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Dog in a Sidecar
as Granny TomeThe film begins in the present, with its heroine, Kaoru, a grown-up woman working as a...
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I Are You, You Am Me
as Naoko Saitoh9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan....
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Taro the Dragon Boy
as Yamanba (voice)Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about...
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Pistol Opera
as RinAn assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by...
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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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Kakekomi
as GenbeiKakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by...
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Without Complaint
as Haruko KitaniBased on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
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Jack and the Beanstalk
as Madam NoirAn adventurous young boy named Jack climbs a giant beanstalk to a magical kingdom governed by a...
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Tora-san, His Tender Love
as Maid in ShinshûTraveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
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Chronicle of My Mother
as YaeBest-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his...
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Capone Cries a Lot
as Sene TachikawaUmiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of...
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Mori, The Artist's Habitat
as HidekoIn 1974, Morikazu is 94 years old and his wife Hideko is 76 years old. They live at a house in...
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Miss Lonely
as Terue AmanoLonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously...
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The Mystery of Rampo
as uncreditedEdogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing...
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Koto—The Lake of Tears
as Kayo SugumoA touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo,...
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Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
as uncreditedA young girl befriends an infant T-rex after her palentologist father nurtures a lair of lost...
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Nunnery Confidential
as uncreditedErotic Pinku film showcasing he life of Buddhist nuns during the Edo Period.
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Keiho
as Defence Counsel Shigure NagamuraThe psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may...
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Fireflies: River of Light
as HeadmistressAfter finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in...
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Amagi Pass
as Ryosaku's wifeJapan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha...
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Life is Fruity
as Narrator90-year-old architect Shuichi Tsubata and his 87-year-old wife Hideko live in Aichi Prefecture....
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Ghost
as Unten SazukiNanami Hoshino, a wealthy entrepreneur, marries potter Kim Jun-ho, and they both live a...
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Sachiko no sachi
as MomoeBased on the manga of the same name by Kazuo Kamimura.
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The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
as uncreditedA young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind...
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Half a Confession
as Yasuko ShimamuraHalf a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into...
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Rainbow Kids
as Kura 'Ku-chan' NakamuraA wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they...
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Red Paper Lantern
as uncreditedA young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their...
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Oishinbo
as TomeBased on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai...
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The Triple Cross
as uncreditedFollowing the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice,...
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Statue in Fire
as uncreditedDrama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock...
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Down with The Big Boss
as Okonomiyaki ManagerIn pre-war Japan, two members of a large yakuza syndicate instigate a turf war that embroils the...
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Crane
as YuraBased on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru...
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The Four Roughnecks
as uncreditedGimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money!...
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Kim's War
as uncreditedAfter shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the...
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Inochi
as MotherYu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep...
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The Viper Brothers and the Young General
as uncreditedThe last in the series. Sugawara runs into two mahjong cheaters (Ichiro Araki and Mako Midori +...
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Tokyo Marigold
as Ritsuko SakaiEriko – lonely, aimless and self-absorbed – falls for Tamura. Despite knowing that he is waiting...
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A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
as fortune tellerAlthough Nobuyoshi and Saki just got married and moved into a new apartment, their relationship...
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Toki no kagayaki
as NagashimaYuka came to work as an intern nurse at a hospital and she met Shunichi again. They were school...
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Heaven Sent
as uncreditedSayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously...
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Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
as MadamIn Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he...
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My Voiceless Friends
as MaidA man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country...
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Dots and Lines
as uncreditedJutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.
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Hanezu
as Takumi's MotherWoodwork artist Takumi moves to the small village Asuka in Nara Prefecture. He remodels old...
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War and Youth
as Etsuko OnokiAn auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but...
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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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This Mystery is Excellent! ~ Challenge from Bestseller Writer
as 大森キリカ (案内人)Kashiopea no Endo Roru A murder takes place on a luxury overnight train which runs from Sapporo...
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Karate Cop
as Sumi YashiroA martial arts master/detective investigates a series of murders and helps a deaf bathhouse...
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Remembrance
as Mine KamiokaThe Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher...
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The Short Films Everyone started out as a child
as uncreditedA dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An...
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The Whispered City
as Fan of KyushiroDirector Jun Ichikawa spins this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa,...
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Crazy Big Explosion
as uncreditedA Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.
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The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi
as uncreditedObayashi's take on the famous Kosuke Kindaichi series, made popular partly thanks to the...
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Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
as MaryA comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover...
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The Wild Daisy
as OmasuSaito Masao reminisces on the days of his youth more than 50 years ago and his forbidden love of...
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Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
as PTA MamaComedy about a young man who causes pandemonium by raiding a bar patronized by his father,...
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Private Detective DOBU 5: The Pinwheel Murder Case
as uncreditedAfter two thugs are killed, Dobu and his crew have three days to catch the murderers. Dobu...
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Private Detective DOBU 6: The Origami Murder Case
as uncreditedA spree of murders in the city targets peddlers and komuso monks, all killed in the same method....
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Erica 38
as Erica's MotherSatoko Watabe, who calls herself Erica was organizing business support meetings, and collecting...
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The Best Bad Thing
as Aunt HataAfter her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother...
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Dynamite Doctor Returns
as Fumiko (as Chiho Yûki)Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie
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Fireworks, Ferris Wheels and Love
as Sanae MitaMorihara was left a widower 8 years ago when his wife passed away. He attends his first mixer...
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Mystery Trilogy Special
as Kirika Ohmori (segment "A Mystery Writer's Daily Life")This mystery special consists of three thrilling stories by three notable writers.
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Yume-Chiyo
as uncreditedYumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do...
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The Sea of Eden
as uncreditedNanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he...
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Through the Night
as uncreditedWhen poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the...
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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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The First Catch
as uncreditedBased on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.
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Yearning
as OmatsuFamed onnagata (a man who plays women's parts in Kabuki) Tamasaburo Bando follows up on the...
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The Games Teachers Play
as Yasuko TakedaThe story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.
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Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape
as OtaneKarin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her...
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Red Whale, White Snake
as uncreditedOn her way to Chikura to live with her son, Yasue Amami gets off at the Tateyama train station....
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Private Detective DOBU 1
as uncreditedDobu (Kunie Tanaka) used to be a soldier but now is a private detective. Three vagrants were...
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Teacher's suitcase
as Sensei's ex-wifeTsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former...
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Our War
as uncredited"Our War" is a special drama produced by Japanese TBS TV. This is the third bomb of the...
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Tomorrow Evening
as uncreditedAyako is a 7-year-old girl with a dark, tanned face and a somewhat mysterious expression on her...
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Making 'Still Walking'
as SelfA documentary filmed behind the scenes during the making of Hirokasu Kore-eda's 2008 film "Still...
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Hissatsu shimatsunin
as OtoraA former assassin is drawn into a conspiracy which leads him to return to his old ways,...
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Private Detective DOBU 2: The Kyoto Murder Case
as uncreditedDobu, an Edo samurai, is tasked with investigating a string of noble murders in Kyoto,...
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Cardboard House Girl
as uncreditedThe story of a woman who lost everything.
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Ritsuko: Her Love, Her Death
as uncreditedWinner of the 1992 Galaxy Award Encouragement Prize and the 1992 Japan Commercial Broadcasters...
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リトルシンドバッド 小さな冒険者たち
as uncreditedStory about the adventures and the friendship of two Japanese-Malaysian boys.
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Promise: The Nabari Poisoned Wine Case, The Life of a Death-row Inmate
as uncreditedMasaru Okunishi is a prisoner who has been on death-row for over 40 years. In 1961, 5 women died...
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Angel's Lover
as uncreditedComedy about two employees who work against their boss.
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Sakura
as FumiThe story of a bus conductor who dedicates his life to the cherished Japanese symbol.
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Private Detective DOBU 3: The Exile Island Murder Case
as uncreditedAfter six exiles return to Edo, four are mysteriously killed. Two survivors, Kosuke and Kingo,...
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Kiki Kirin's Life
as selfThis documentary follows the last days of actress KIKI Kirin, who passed away on September 15,...
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Hokaibito: Ina no Seigetsu
as Narrator (voice)Part documentary, part fiction this film revolves around the life of the haiku poet Seigetsu...
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Private Detective DOBU 4: The Mysterious Kite Murders Case
as uncreditedIn Edo's autumn, a wave of murders hits, targeting those linked to an old case. A young man,...
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As If In Flight
as 天璋院付き老女・幾島Historical drama about the life of Saigō Takamori and his involvement with the Meiji Restoration.
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Kagerou no Tsuji
as OichiSakazaki Iwane is a ronin who spends idle days in Edo. Until a few months ago, he was a...
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Hanekonma
as Yae TachibanaRin Tachibana, nicknamed Hanekonma, grew up in Soma, Fukushima. Together with her parents, her...
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Kimi no na wa
as 深野柳子A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.
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Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations
as Lady Kasuga [Iemitsu's wet nurse]The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of...
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Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
as uncreditedA maverick man arrives at Yūhigaoka School. The drama incorporates educational issues as well as...
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Ōedo Sōsamō
as uncreditedSet against the backdrop of the reign of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun, Ienari Tokugawa, this drama...
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Yumechiyo Nikki
as uncreditedYumechiyo is the madam of a geisha house in a remote hot spring in the San'in region. When...
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Korekara: Umibe no Tabibitotachi
as uncreditedThrough the lives of people aging in a seaside retirement home, the drama depicts the aging...
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Kimagure Honkakuha
as Ijuuin AyanoShinobu, who works in the advertising department of the female underwear maker Princess...
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An Early Autumn
as uncreditedA former couple, separated for over 20 years, were reunited after being told their son had only...
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Private Detective Dobu
as uncreditedDobu, an unconventional detective, teams up with Yoriki Samon to solve crimes in Yaoyacho, Edo,...
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Natsumeke no Shokutaku
as uncreditedA Meiji era home drama about the great writer Soseki Natsume and his wife Kyōko. A story of love...
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