Koji Yakusho
Kōji Hashimoto (橋本 広司, Hashimoto Kōji, born 1 January 1956), known professionally as Kōji Yakusho (役所 広司, Yakusho Kōji), is a Japanese actor. He is known internationally for his starring roles in Shall We Dance? (1996), 13 Assassins (2010), The Third Murder (2017), The Blood of Wolves (2018), Under the Open Sky (2020) and The Days (2023). For his performance in Perfect Days (2023), he was awarded the Best Actor award in the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
Perfect Days
as HirayamaHirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured...
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Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
as Sōsaku Kobayashi (voice)This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo...
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Memoirs of a Geisha
as NobuIn the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as...
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Babel
as Yasujiro WatayaIn Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for...
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Belle
as Suzu's Father (voice)Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the...
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The Boy and the Beast
as Kumatetsu (voice)Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary...
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Mirai
as Grandfather (voice)Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and...
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Cure
as Kenichi TakabeA detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly...
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Tokyo Sonata
as RobberA young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his...
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Pulse
as Ship CaptainIn the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who...
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The World of Kanako
as Akikazu FujishimaWhen Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her...
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
as KageyuA tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the...
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Tampopo
as White Suit ManIn this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit...
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The Third Murder
as MisumiA lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what...
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Silk
as Hara JubeiBased on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the...
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13 Assassins
as Shinzaemon ShimadaA bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed...
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Oh Lucy!
as Komori / TomA lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take...
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Shall We Dance?
as Shohei SugiyamaA bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He...
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Sekigahara
as Tokugawa IeyasuThe background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in...
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The Eel
as Takuro YamashitaA businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a...
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I Just Didn't Do It
as Masayoshi ArakawaA young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and...
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Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
as Yosuke SasanoA down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual...
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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
as uncreditedOnimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties...
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Retribution
as Noboru YoshiokaA detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage,...
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Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
as Isoroku YamamotoAdmiral Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) was the Japanese Naval commander who was given the order to...
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Wings Over Everest
as Jiang YueshengAn experienced mountain rescue team is tasked with recovering crucial documents from Everest’s...
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The Woodsman and the Rain
as KatsuhikoA widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks...
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Eureka
as Makoto SawaiIn rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged...
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Under the Open Sky
as Mikami MasaoMikami, an ex-yakuza of middle age with most of his life in prison, gets released after serving...
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Lost Paradise
as Shoichiro KukiKuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and...
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The Blood of Wolves
as Shogo OgamiSet in 1988 in Hiroshima, Japan, prior to the enactment of the anti-organized crime law. A rumor...
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Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
as Masami Shin'ichiA drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a...
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The Emperor in August
as General Korechika AnamiIn July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration....
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Séance
as SatoA psychic housewife and her husband accidentally find a kidnapped girl. But instead of informing...
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The Last Ronin
as Magozaemon Senoo16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako...
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Dora-heita
as Koheita MochizukiA new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in...
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The Kiyosu Conference
as Katsuie ShibataAfter the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie...
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Mifune: The Last Samurai
as Self - ActorAn account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most...
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The Terminal Trust
as Shinzo EgiShinzo Egi is an asthma sufferer who does not want to be place on life support. As a last...
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Doppelganger
as Michio HayasakiShortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after...
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Família
as Seiji KamiyaOne day a young Brazilian man living in Japan crashes his car into the side of the house of a...
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Charisma
as Goro YabuikeA seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief...
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Hakkenden
as Bakin TakizawaTakizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front...
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Suite Dreams
as Heikichi ShindoNew Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional...
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Twelve Months
as Young soldierA young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a...
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Paco and the Magical Book
as OnukiOnuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder....
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Chronicle of My Mother
as KosakuBest-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his...
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Willful Murder
as JournalistThe president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train...
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Hunter in the Dark
as KuwanoYataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill....
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University of Laughs
as Mutsuo SakisakaIn pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his...
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Father of the Milky Way Railroad
as Miyazawa MasajiroKenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business...
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Bonds
as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro HagaTetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to...
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The Lakeside Murder Case
as Shunsuke NamikiThree couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare...
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Jubaku: Spellbound
as Hiroshi KitanoWhen a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin...
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Walking My Life
as Yukihiro FujiyamaA 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he...
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License to Live
as FujimoriYutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years...
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Fireflies: River of Light
as Mr. TakiguchiAfter finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in...
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Aurora Borealis
as GenzoThe story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s.
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The Fir Trees Remain
as uncreditedThe 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for...
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The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
as uncreditedIn a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in...
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History of Jirocho Shimizu
as uncreditedA historical chivalric drama with tears and laughter, telling the story of Jirocho Shimizu's...
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Kamikaze Taxi
as Kazumasa KantakeA young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a...
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The Choice of Hercules
as Atsuyuki SassaWhen radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano...
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Bounce Ko Gals
as OshimaFilmed somewhat in documentary style, it follows three girls over the span of one day and night...
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Eternal Monument
as OotakaA remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
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Toad's Oil
as Takuro YazawaThe story of Takuro Yazawa, a day trader who claims he can earn hundreds of millions of yen in...
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I Am Searching For Myself
as uncreditedInterview with actress Nana Komatsu on her debut film "The World of Kanako".
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Crimson Lotus
as uncreditedSakura and Kenzo are married. Both think they can live a happy marriage, despite the fact that...
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Whistleblower
as uncreditedA seemingly lazy salaryman is tasked with managing a company secret.
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Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope
as uncreditedA touching true story which portrays a doctor who selflessly dedicated his personal fortune to...
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Sleeping Man
as KamimuraEver since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors...
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Morisaku FurutaIn 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
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Ekiro
as Det. YobunoAn employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective...
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Dark Society in the East
as Ryosuke KanoA story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex...
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Argentine Hag
as Satoru WakuiAfter the death of her dearest mother, her serious-minded father goes missing, leaving their...
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Gelatin Silver, Love
as ClientThe story of a photographer who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman who lives in the...
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Gratitude
as uncreditedA man wanders alone, away from his family, in search of a place to die. He runs away from the...
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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
as SelfThe making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational...
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A Samurai Chronicle
as TodaA retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.
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The Hunter and the Hunted
as Detective JinJin (Yakusho), a young, widowed police detective who is thinking of leaving the force to better...
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Shabu
as uncreditedMakabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if...
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Tokyo: Level One
as Governor of TokyoPanic occurs when the Governor of Tokyo proposes to attract a nuclear power plant to Tokyo.
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The Law of Hell
as uncreditedAt a restaurant called Anrakutei on an island is a wasteland surrounded by moat and swamp. The...
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The Sin
as uncreditedA housewife was killed by a falling fire extinguisher, which a boy of seven years dropped from...
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People Without a Fort
as Nagasaka FumioAfter female high school student Furuya Meiko is found dead in her apartment from an apparent...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ars longa, vita brevis
as NarratorA Music Special episode broadcasted by NHK. This documentary looks back at the great...
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Yukon
as Takayuki IwabuchiTakayuki Iwabuchi, a former yakuza member with a tattoo of Kisshoten on his back. Although he...
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The Legend of Sayo
as uncreditedSayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way...
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Keijitachi no Natsu
as uncreditedThe TV movie follows a detective with a burning sense of justice who risks his life to pursue a...
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Megumi no Sekai
as uncreditedA unique combination of social problem and entertainment TV movie about a female journalist who...
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Golden Horse Awards
as SelfThe Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ...
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THE DAYS
as Masao YoshidaBlamed by some, hailed as heroes by others, those involved with Fukushima Daiichi face a deadly,...
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Chotchan
as 神谷容The 38th NHK Asadora. Based on the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother.
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Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story
as 嘉納治五郎Traces Japan’s history with the Olympic games and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics for viewers before...
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
as Oda NobunagaThe story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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Vivant
as Nogōn BekiYusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment...
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Hana no Ran
as uncreditedThe story takes place during the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan, in the midst of the Ōnin...
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Back of Father
as Aoki SosukeA 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and...
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Lethal Three
as uncreditedA wandering samurai, ronin, and ninja; meet by chance repeatedly and reluctantly team up to...
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Rikuoh
as Koichi MiyazawaKoichi Miyazawa runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese...
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The Password is Courage
as uncreditedThe story takes place in a small rural village surrounded by beautiful nature. However, it is...
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Pension Metsä
as TsunekiTenko runs a pension alone. The pension is located in a forest in Nagano, that is full of the...
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Middle-aged Bachelors
as uncreditedThree close friends realize, at the age of 40, that maybe it's time to think seriously about...
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The Life of Bangaku
as Ajigawa BantakeMaster swordsman Bangaku Ajigawa is a Ronin with an honest heart, and hates deception. With no...
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The Battle of Port Arthur: Will Love Die?
as uncreditedAn epic of love and death that depicts how soldiers and ordinary people lived and fought during...
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Hacchōbori Torimono Banashi
as uncreditedA jidaieki drama where a hard-nosed doshin, Shinpachiro Kariya, takes on difficult cases with...
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Takeda Shingen
as Takeda ShingenDuring the 16th Century Japan was involved in the Sengoku Period, an era of Civil Wars and the...
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Momi no Ki wa Nokotta: Ranshin
as uncreditedA human drama based on the "Date Riots".
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Kinagashi Bugyō
as uncreditedKoheita, a newly appointed magistrate, never shows his face in the magistrate's office, instead...
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Ties: A Miraculous Colt
as Masayuki MatsushitaBased on novel "Kizuna ~ Aru Jinba no Monogatari~” by Akihiro Shimada (published from June, 2012...
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New Yotsuya Kaidan
as uncreditedNew Yotsuya Kaidan" is an adaptation of the original work by Tsuruya Nanboku, "Yotsuya Kaidan,"...
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