Mitsuko Kusabue

Born: 1933-10-22

Mitsuko Kusabue (草笛 光子, Kusabue Mitsuko, born October 22, 1933 in Yokohama) is a Japanese actress.


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Jigen Daisuke

as Chiharu Yaguchi
Released: 2023-10-12

Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds...

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47 Ronin

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-03

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await...

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Oar

as Osada
Released: 1985-01-15

Drama about the difficult relationship between a former wrestler, his wife and their adopted...

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0.5 mm

as Shizue Makabe
Released: 2014-11-08

Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to...

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Yearning

as Hisako Morizono
Released: 1964-01-15

War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many...

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The Phoenix

as Iyo
Released: 1978-08-12

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is...

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The Inugami Family

as Umeko Inugami
Released: 1976-10-16

When a tycoon passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo on the...

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Two in the Shadow

as Ayako
Released: 1967-11-18

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him...

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A Woman's Life

as uncredited
Released: 1963-11-16

A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

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90 Years Old-So What?

as uncredited
Released: 2024-06-21

Sato Aiko, who has won many literary awards, retired from her life as a writer and had no...

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Battle of the Japan Sea

as Mrs. Togo
Released: 1969-08-01

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the...

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The Magnificent Nine

as Juzaburo’s Mother
Released: 2016-05-14

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including...

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A Wanderer's Notebook

as Kyôko Hinatsu
Released: 1962-09-29

Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook...

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Aimitagai

as uncredited
Released: 2024-11-01

Azusa and Kanami have been best friends since high school. After Kanami dies in an unexpected...

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Island of Hell

as Osayo
Released: 1977-08-27

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

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Lullaby to Kill

as Atsuko Yura - Yasuko's Mother
Released: 1977-04-02

Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police...

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Samurai Pirate

as Sobei
Released: 1963-10-26

An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil...

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The Wiser Age

as Umeko
Released: 1962-01-14

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

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Queen Bee

as Otomi
Released: 1978-02-11

To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji...

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Yakuza Ladies 2

as Matsuyo Hitobashi
Released: 1987-10-10

Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a...

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The Masterless 47

as Saiko
Released: 1960-12-25

Part one of The Masterless 47.

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続サラリーマン清水港

as uncredited
Released: 1962-03-07

1962 Japanese movie

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Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

as Sanae Ito
Released: 1993-07-03

A young girl befriends an infant T-rex after her palentologist father nurtures a lair of lost...

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And Then

as uncredited
Released: 1985-11-09

Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is...

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Hail the 3 Gents

as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-03

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樅ノ木は残った

as uncredited
Released: 2010-02-20

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The Unbroken

as Masae Onchi
Released: 2009-10-23

Onchi was exiled to posts around Asia and Africa due to his work as head of a labor union for...

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I Don't Have Any Money Left in My Retirement Account

as Yoshino Goto
Released: 2021-10-30

Atsuko and Akira are a husband and wife duo with a daughter and a son. Atsuko is in charge of...

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The Thin Line

as Yumiko Kato
Released: 1966-02-12

Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in...

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They Say Nothing Stays the Same

as Woman on the Boat
Released: 2019-09-13

Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides...

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Daughters, Wives and a Mother

as Kaoru Tani
Released: 1960-05-21

Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million...

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Murder on the Orient Express

as Koshaku Todoroki
Released: 2015-01-11

The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".

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The Masterless 47 – Part II

as uncredited
Released: 1961-02-25

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The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai

as uncredited
Released: 1986-01-15

A young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind...

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4.50 from Paddington

as Suzume Amano
Released: 2018-03-24

Toko Amano worked as a detective, but to take care of her sick husband she quit her job. After...

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The Big Boss

as Rie
Released: 1959-01-15

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in...

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What the Snow Brings

as Shizuko Yazaki
Released: 2005-10-28

Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu"...

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Happiness of Us Alone

as Nobuko, Akiko's sister
Released: 1961-01-15

The story is of two people. One is deaf, the other deaf and mute. They marry after meeting at a...

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The Lovelorn Geisha

as uncredited
Released: 1960-07-12

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother...

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Bonchi

as Ikako
Released: 1960-04-14

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal....

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The Best Playboy In Japan

as Yuki Sakura
Released: 1963-07-13

The music teacher, who danced the twist at the graduation ceremony of the solemn female school,...

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Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

as uncredited
Released: 1962-06-01

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Siberian Express 2

as rei rei yo
Released: 2001-01-13

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Yajikita dōchū sugoroku

as uncredited
Released: 1958-12-07

1958 Japanese movie

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On Wings of Love

as Eiko Itakura
Released: 1957-07-13

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was...

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Three Gentlemen from Tokyo

as uncredited
Released: 1962-04-29

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Here Is a Spring

as uncredited
Released: 1955-02-12

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to...

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Zoku shachō shinshiroku

as uncredited
Released: 1964-02-29

Shûe Matsubayashi movie

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The Hotelman's Holiday

as uncredited
Released: 1958-07-12

A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with...

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HOME

as Sumiyo Takahashi
Released: 2012-04-27

When Koichi Takahasi (Miutani) is transferred from Tokyo to a small village in Iwate Prefecture,...

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ホラ吹き太閤記

as uncredited
Released: 1964-10-31

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The House of Hanging

as Junko Amamiya
Released: 1979-05-26

This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence...

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Ejima and Ikushima

as 宇津
Released: 1955-10-30

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in...

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Haru no Wakakusa

as uncredited
Released: 1954-01-27

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Travels of Lord Mito

as Oman
Released: 1969-11-01

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to...

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Abacus and Sword

as Obabasama
Released: 2010-12-04

Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation...

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Song for a Bride

as uncredited
Released: 1958-02-11

An Ishiro Honda film.

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Ai no uzu shio

as uncredited
Released: 1962-05-22

1962 Japanese movie

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Great evil does not go to sleep: The counterattack of the special investigation unit prosecutor

as Tokiko Hongo
Released: 2016-10-05

Shinichi Tominaga is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the...

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Angel's Ladder

as uncredited
Released: 2006-10-22

Tenshi no Hashigo 2006 (Japan), also known as Angel's Ladder is Japan drama premiere on Oct 22,...

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The Naked Executive

as Bar owner
Released: 1964-07-01

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work",...

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Lonely Heart

as uncredited
Released: 1981-10-10

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying...

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Salaryman Shimizu Minato

as uncredited
Released: 1962-01-03

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Whirlwind

as Kozato's Aunt
Released: 1964-07-26

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the...

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Beyond the Hills

as Yoshiko Murata
Released: 1960-02-02

Story of young love in the hills.

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The Sandal Keeper

as Hanae Shimizu
Released: 1964-06-11

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Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers

as uncredited
Released: 1959-09-13

An Ishiro Honda film.

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Star of Hong Kong

as Boss Sanae
Released: 1962-07-14

Wang Xinglian returns from her studies in Japan to visit her father in Hong Kong where she has...

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Kaseki no Hohoemi

as Izawa Sachiko
Released: 2015-03-29

Miyahara Kazuya has a phobia of touching dirty things and people because of being bullied during...

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The Dangerous Kiss

as uncredited
Released: 1960-06-26

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

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The Enchanting Devil

as uncredited
Released: 1959-10-25

Thriller directed by Seiji Maruyama

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Theater of Life

as uncredited
Released: 1958-11-23

1958 Theater of Life adaptation.

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This Greedy Old Skin

as Hatsue
Released: 1960-09-18

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy...

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A Night in Hong Kong

as Yu Lan
Released: 1961-07-01

Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a...

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Dendera

as Mei Mitsuboshi
Released: 2011-06-25

Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead wor together to...

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City of Love

as Miyako Morimoto
Released: 1958-01-21

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and...

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The Wangan Highway

as Ikuko Sugimoto
Released: 1984-09-29

Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.

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Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori

as uncredited
Released: 1957-01-29

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board)...

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The Paradise Island Story

as uncredited
Released: 1957-01-29

Musical-comedy about nine soldiers deserted on an island in South Pacific.

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Edo no yubae

as お蝶
Released: 1954-09-01

In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate...

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Born in Sin

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-23

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

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Rampaging Dog

as uncredited
Released: 1965-05-06

Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.

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She-Shogun

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-20

The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's...

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The Bride and the Treasure

as お俊
Released: 1956-01-08

Den Shichi of Kurodomon-chō, the best detective in Edo, captured members of a thief gang called...

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The Angry Sea

as Katsu
Released: 1960-10-16

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

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Hana no Oedo no Musekinin

as uncredited
Released: 1964-12-20

A comedy directed by Kajiro Yamamoto, based on an original idea by Koji Toita, co-written by...

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Walking with My Grandma

as Kiyo Takayama
Released: 2018-04-14

Natsumi is proposed to by Yamato, a man who aims to become a fisherman to succeed his father....

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Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

as 女房お俊
Released: 1956-06-01

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya,...

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A Woman's Life

as Yumiko Kagami
Released: 1955-01-29

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Devils-in-Law

as uncredited
Released: 1968-01-14

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Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider

as お俊
Released: 1955-04-19

In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a...

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Nogare no machi

as uncredited
Released: 1983-10-15

Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.

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Nippon Irresponsible Guy

as uncredited
Released: 1962-12-23

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

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Chain of Flowers

as Rika's grandmother
Released: 2013-09-17

Based upon the novel by Minato Kanae. The story is about three women who all live in the same...

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Proof of the Man

as uncredited
Released: 2017-04-02

In Tokyo, 1974, a young African American is found dead in a lift. A knife is stuck deep into his...

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Adults Cannot Understand - Record of Youth

as uncredited
Released: 1958-11-11

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son,...

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Lovers of Ginza

as uncredited
Released: 1961-01-15

1961 Japanese movie

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Tabi sugata nezumi kozō

as uncredited
Released: 1958-07-22

1958 Japanese movie

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Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong

as uncredited
Released: 1963-11-01

The third and final chapter of MP & GI's Toho Trilogy expands the geographical reach of the...

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Pig and Goldfish

as uncredited
Released: 1962-06-20

1962 Japanese movie

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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

as Midori Ninomiya
First aired: 2002-10-09

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner...

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Miotsukushi

as Tone Yoshitake
First aired: 1985-04-01

In the early Showa era, the town of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture was divided by the conflicts...

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Dondo Hare

as Kagami Katsuno
First aired: 2007-04-02

Natsumi is the 23 years old daughter of a master baker in Yokohama and in training with her...

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Mare

as Robert Yukie
First aired: 2015-03-30

Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before...

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He Who Can't Marry

as Ikuyo Kuwano
First aired: 2006-07-04

Kekkon dekinai otoko, known in English as He Who Can't Marry, is a 2006 Japanese drama broadcast...

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Toshiie and Matsu

as Naka
First aired: 2002-01-06

The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's...

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Beauty or Beast

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-01-09

This drama pits two protagonists against each other. On the one hand there's Makoto, a woman who...

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Mayuko hitori

as 加野三輪子
First aired: 1971-04-05

Kano is known as a "cocoon child" whose father is an agriculturist. Her mother disappeared when...

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水曜ドラマ 宮本武蔵

as お甲
First aired: 1984-04-04

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The Beautiful Neighbor

as Yano Mitsuko
First aired: 2011-01-11

A sudden encounter between a gracefully attractive but mysterious woman, Saki, and an ordinary...

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Keisei Saimin no Otoko

as Kiyo
First aired: 2015-08-22

A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment...

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HOTEL -NEXT DOOR-

as Ohara Maiko
First aired: 2022-09-10

Set in the present era of intensified hotel competition and depicts the decline and crisis of...

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オリンピックの身代金

as uncredited
First aired: 2013-11-30

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Iki no Iiyatsu

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-01-07

Set in a sushi restaurant in Tokyo shortly after the end of the war, the story follows a...

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Second Virgin

as Shugetsu Magaki
First aired: 2010-10-12

Second Virgin is a Japanese television drama series that aired on NHK in 2010. Nakamura Rui is...

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Garden of the Wind

as Harue Uehara
First aired: 2008-10-09

The lead, Dr. Sadami Shiratori worked in the operating room at a famous Tokyo hospital was...

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Netchū Jidai

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-10-06

This light-hearted comedy tells the story of a young man who chooses to become a teacher and...

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Sunny for Tomorrow

as Suzuki Hisay
First aired: 2006-04-14

Set in a town called Sasara, strange events occur one after the other. The episodes in this...

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Destiny-Like Love

as Fujii Akari
First aired: 2016-09-23

During their childhood, a little girl and a boy made a pledge to meet again. Now at the age of...

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Sono Onna, Jiruba

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-01-09

40-year-old Usui Arata had worked as a salesperson for her dream company but right before her...

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Akai Shougeki

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-11-05

A track and field athlete falls in love with a cop, but...

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Princess Hiro

as Koutaigou
First aired: 2003-11-01

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Presumed Guilty

as Kanae Ota
First aired: 2012-03-25

Journalist Kayama Seiji who is covering the war zone, gets shocking news that Shinozuka Yoshio,...

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Naze Kimi wa Zetsubo to Tatakaeta noka

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-09-25

Adapted from the book with the same title by Ryusho Kadota, a journalist who followed the...

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Priest of Darkness

as Otaki
First aired: 1975-10-06

Kōchiyama Sōshun serves as a cha-bōzu (He is kind of tea man) in the administrative headquarters...

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The Good Listener

as Ume Mizusawa
First aired: 2014-10-20

Undercover cop Sakura Mizusawa assumes many faces as she teams up with a hot-blooded detective,...

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捜査地図の女

as uncredited
First aired: 2012-10-18

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Seishi Yokomizo Series II Masquerada

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-06-03

Kindaichi becomes involved in the case of an actress whose husbands keep dying mysteriously —...

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Goodbye Alma

as Kashi (Taichi's grandmother)
First aired: 2010-12-13

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Doubles - Futari no Keiji

as Taeko Yokoyama
First aired: 2013-04-18

To deal with the increasing violent crime rate in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, a special...

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