Ryo Iwamatsu
Playwright, stage director, actor, and film director.
Shin Ultraman
as Hajime KomuroThe Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly...
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Guilty of Romance
as Supermarket ManagerA detective probes the brutal murder of a woman in a red light district while a housewife hides...
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Love Exposure
as PresidentThe story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an...
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Air Doll
as Video Shop OwnerA life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she...
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Tokyo Ghoul
as Akihiro KanoA Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh....
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
as Yoshiaki HachiyaTwo people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful...
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March Goes out Like a Lamb
as Takanori JingujiThe time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal...
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A Family
as Osako KazuhikoTaken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging...
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Gonin
as Man at the ToiletFive men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as...
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Lesson of the Evil
as Masao NadamoriSeiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and...
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Pieta in the Toilet
as Hiroshi's FatherHiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office...
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Sabakan
as UchidaNagasaki in 1986. Hisada, who lives with her affectionate parents and her younger brother,...
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Zebraman
as uncreditedA failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as...
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Cutie Honey
as GokiWhen Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must...
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Adrift in Tokyo
as KunimatsuA thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip...
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The Complex
as uncreditedNursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger...
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Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
as Editor on the phone (voice)Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age...
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A Night in Nude
as ShimuraJiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to...
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8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
as uncreditedWith Saitama no rappa 2 (AKA 8000 Miles 2 – Girls Rapper), Yu Irie tells the story of amateur...
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Instant Swamp
as KamesakaA woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while...
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Memoirs of a Murderer
as Akihiro YamagataThe movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would...
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Hush!
as GynecologistNaoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya...
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In the Wake
as NarazakiBaffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was...
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March Comes in Like a Lion
as Takanori JingujiRei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi...
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Baka yarô! 4 You! Omae no koto da yo 3 Sagi naru Japan
as (segment "カラダだけの男")
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
as Bokudo IoroiA large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief,...
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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
as Shizuo KugitaniSuzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her...
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Beijing Watermelon
as PolicemanShunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi,...
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Dear Doctor
as Yoshifumi OkayasuOsamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication...
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The Last Days of the World
as uncreditedThe life of a student named Kanou is transformed when a tiny man informs him that Earth will...
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Original Sin
as uncreditedBased on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of...
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In the Pool
as General Manager MaenishiA free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary...
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Yamagata Scream
as Chomei OkagaitokonHigh school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to...
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
as ForemanYaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman,...
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The Days of Morisaki Bookstore
as SabuUnable to accept being dumped by her colleague, Takako quits her job and moves into the used...
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It's Me It's Me
as Detective MuranoHitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a...
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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
as Gang BossA freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly":...
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as Member of Main StationIn Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for...
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Crossroads
as uncreditedDomestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
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The Vancouver Asahi
as Tadakura MiyakeIn pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced...
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Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
as uncreditedFollows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the...
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A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
as uncreditedFour strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with...
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Goodbye, Grandpa!
as Akio HarunoA 20 something girl Yoshiko is having sex with her boyfriend when a shocking telephone call...
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MARKS
as Director TakeuchiAssistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member....
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The Man of the Political Economy
as uncreditedMatsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high...
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Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
as Yuichi OkanoLaid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter...
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Every Trick In The Book
as uncreditedShinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It...
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Turning Point
as uncreditedA middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the...
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The Apology King
as Film directorRyoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others...
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Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
as uncreditedKatsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo...
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Sawako Decides
as NobuoAfter 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her...
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Into a Dream
as MachidaLow-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown,...
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
as Tokyo Shoji EmployeeA hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all...
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LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
as uncreditedSin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is...
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Sunday's Dream
as uncreditedKazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same...
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A Man with Style
as uncreditedMiyata lost his wife early on and single-handedly raised their two children. One day he notices...
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Step
as uncreditedSingle father Kenichi has raised his daughter Miki alone for the past ten years, from when she...
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Laughing Lucky Cats
as Joji IwakuraHitomi Takagi (Fumika Shimizu) and Akako Honda (Rena Matsui) are members of comedy duo “Akako to...
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Remain In Twilight
as uncreditedSix friends, who hanged out together during their high school days, gather again after 5 years...
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Joryu Tohaiden Aki
as Takeo KojimaAki was practically born and raised in a mahjong parlor. At the age of 15, she goes to Tokyo...
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Inubu: The Dog Club
as Genjiro AmuroHanai Sota is 22-years-old and a university student in the veterinary department. Since he was...
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The Cat in Their Arms
as old catA 33-year-old supermarket worker at a provincial city used to be an idol, but could not see a...
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The Hit-and-Run Family
as uncreditedSet in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems...
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Sky Cannot Be This Blue
as BankerKantarou Kobayashi is an ordinary businessman who has multiple troubles on hand. He's been...
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Quartet for Two
as Taxi driverShotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs...
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Damejin
as uncreditedAn off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives...
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Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
as uncreditedOriginal Video
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Faces of a Fig Tree
as uncreditedComedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.
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Convenience Story
as uncreditedKato is an up-and-coming scriptwriter in the middle of a severe slump. He submits ideas for...
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Invisible War
as TajiriKitahara Shuji, an ordinary business man turns into a spy for his town's war against a...
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CSI: Crime Scene Talks
as uncreditedSatoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police...
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Time Limit Investigator
as KumamotoShūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have...
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Ningen Kowai
as uncreditedRakugo has the image of a humorous story, but it is also a treasure trove of “scary stories”....
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The Private Detective Mike
as uncreditedMike Hama, Private Detective, is a chain-smoking, wisecracking tough guy with a weakness for the...
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Nodame Cantabile
as Noda TatsuoMegumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented...
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The Long Goodbye
as ZaizenTamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and...
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Renovation Like Magic
as uncreditedThirty-year-old Koume Shingyouji leaves her job at a major building firm to join family-run...
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A Town Without Seasons
as KyotaIt follows a group of people who are still living in temporary housing 12 years after a natural...
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Neo Ultra Q
as Professor FukudaUltra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monstrous appearances and strange...
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The Next Generation: Patlabor
as uncreditedIn a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is...
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My Dear Exes
as Osuke OmamedaOmameda Towako recently become the president of the construction company "Shirokuma Housing"....
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Atami's Police Investigators
as Tokusaburo SagamiThe story begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still...
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The Great Passage: I'll Make a Dictionary
as Araki KoheiKishibe Midori (Ikeda Elaiza), an editor for a popular fashion magazine, finds herself...
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Doctor-Y ~Gekai Kaji Hideki~
as uncreditedA "Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon" spinoff starring Masanobu Katsumura as surgeon Hideki Kaji,...
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Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?
as PrincipalOne morning, students find their homeroom teacher Tokuyama Daigoro’s body on the floor of the...
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Mars: Zero's Revolution
as Komiyama ShigeruZero Mishima is a mysterious 19-year-old transfer student who incites dropout high school...
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A Fading Summer
as Shuhei InoueA major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock...
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He's Expecting
as uncreditedWhen a successful ad executive who's got it all figured out becomes pregnant, he's forced to...
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Gu Gu the Cat
as Hideo TachibanaAbout a lady and her cat. The lady's cat dies and she loses all inspiration to continue living,...
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Tokkan
as Hajime Mayosato'Tokkan' tells a story of Suzumiya Miki, a newbie tax collector who learns the strictness and...
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Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
as Ebata TatsuoCan a coward commit suicide? Meet Kita Yoshio, a very unlucky man who has chosen his close...
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How to be Likable in a Crisis
as uncreditedMakoto Kanzaki is a PR man at a university. He is swept up in a series of scandals and is driven...
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Unification of Japan Kanto Edition
as uncreditedAfter a Kyowakai member is killed, detectives Shima and Hayami investigate the case, which is...
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THE LIMIT
as 斉藤学Unexpected pasts, hidden intentions and startling facts … The true nature of people become...
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Madame Butterfly
as Ohta KisaburoLike the opera, the story is set in Nagasaki in the early 1900s. It portrays the ups and downs...
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Love and Hongkong
as Nari KatagiriA new movie director attempts to make a documentary about a Japanese actress/model who is...
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Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
as Nadamori MasaoFollows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the...
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