Takashi Sasano
Born 1948 in Hyogo, Japan, Takashi Sasano (笹野高史) is a Japanese actor.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.4091 |
| Birthday | 1948-06-22 |
| Place of Birth | Ichinomiya, Hyogo, Japan |
| Also Known As | Takaşi Sasano, Takasi Sasano, Takaschi Sasano, |
2009
Dear Doctor
6.476/21
Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medic...
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Dear Doctor
2021
Hakutaka Shirataka Amane no Investigation File
4/1
A corpse of a clown is found in a park. Detective Shirataka Amane of Musashino Higashi Police Station begins investigating with rookie detective Uzuka...
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Hakutaka Shirataka Amane no Investigation File
2006
Love and Honor
7.489/93
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
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Love and Honor
1993
Quiet Don 6
0/0
Shizuya, who appeared on the first anniversary of Ken Sakamoto's death, the fourth Kishu-gumi. He again asks Ryuko to accept the sake cup. What about...
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Quiet Don 6
2001
Quiet Don 12
6/1
Kishu-gumi and the Hong Kong mafia will die in a trap set up?! Can Shizuya save this desperate situation?!
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Quiet Don 12
1996
Quiet Don 10
0/0
"I can't live for the Shinsen-gumi." Shizuya wanders between the yakuza and his love for Akino. What is the truth!?
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Quiet Don 10
1996
Quiet Don 9
0/0
Shouldn't gangsters love stubborn people? To protect true love, the Shinsen-gumi gather at night in Tokyo!
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Quiet Don 9
2008
Kabei: Our Mother
7.363/40
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....
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Kabei: Our Mother
2003
Bright Future
6.84/53
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
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Bright Future
2010
樅ノ木は残った
7/1
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樅ノ木は残った
2007
Adrift in Tokyo
7.095/63
A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.
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Adrift in Tokyo
2017
HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
7.393/14
Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and...
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HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
2023
Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
6.7/6
Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Naoki Kazama works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able t...
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Nemesis the Movie: Mystery of Golden Spiral
2008
Departures
7.847/897
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applyin...
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Departures
2023
Immersion
6.2/15
Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world.
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Immersion
2009
Instant Swamp
6.885/13
A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her r...
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Instant Swamp
1988
Seven Days War
6/2
A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers....
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Seven Days War
2016
Sento: The Bathhouse
0/0
A schoolboy has a crush on his pretty class-mate Keiko on the inland island of Awaji. He figures her routine of taking baths at the public one is a go...
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Sento: The Bathhouse
1999
The Exam
0/0
Togashi, an enthusiastic marathon runner and his wife are occupied with their daughter Mayumi's grade school entrance examinations, but he becomes job...
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The Exam
2010
Accidental Kidnapper
7/1
Yuukai Rhapsody follows a man who is stuck in a rut, no personal life and no cash lead him to the drastic decision of kidnapping a rich boy, unbeknown...
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Accidental Kidnapper
2007
Walking My Life
5/1
A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will di...
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Walking My Life
2016
Creepy
6.7/209
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police for...
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Creepy
2003
No One's Ark
6.3/9
Daisuke and his girlfriend have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recove...
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No One's Ark
2011
Wasao
6.8/5
Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao himself...
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Wasao
1990
I Haven't Dreamed of Flying for a While
2/2
A man in hospital has a weird and sexy conversation with a woman in the next bed, whom he cannot see. He later discovers she is in her sixties. They m...
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I Haven't Dreamed of Flying for a While
1984
Mahjong Horoki
6.5/4
A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.
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Mahjong Horoki
2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
6.2/8
In 1907, a group of men climb an unconquered peak in the last unmapped region of Japan.
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The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2019
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
6/3
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Aging Police / Resurrection Special
1993
A Class to Remember
7.5/4
A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.
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A Class to Remember
2005
A Hardest Night!!
6.2/6
A celebration of the ancient art of Japanese rakugo, roughly translated as “comic storytelling”. The film is interspersed with numerous funerals and w...
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A Hardest Night!!
2013
Greatful Dead
5.939/41
Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various i...
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Greatful Dead
2022
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
4.6/23
A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and b...
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What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2023
The Silent Service
8.429/7
Shiro Kaieda is appointed the captain of Japan's first nuclear submarine, jointly built by Japan and the United States in top secret. However, he and...
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The Silent Service
2006
Adan
0/0
Biopic of painter Tanaka Isson
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Adan
2006
Damejin
5/1
An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When the...
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Damejin
2012
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
7.286/7
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan. Bas...
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Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
2015
Super Hero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3
7.4/15
The evil organization Shocker alters history by sending their newest creation, Kamen Rider 3, to defeat Kamen Riders 1 and 2 back in 1973. In the alte...
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Super Hero Wars GP: Kamen Rider #3
2023
Jigen Daisuke
6.762/86
Feeling unhappy with his gun, Jigen is looking for the world’s best gunsmith. He finally finds out that Chiharu, who runs a watch shop, is the person...
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Jigen Daisuke
1988
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
5.7/3
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passio...
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
2008
Samurai Gangsters
0/0
Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa...
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Samurai Gangsters
2000
Quiet Don 11
0/0
Shizuya thought that he had won the deadly battle with Kaifu, the fifth generation of Kishu-gumi, and put an end to the long-standing conflict, but th...
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Quiet Don 11
2001
A Tender Place
4.8/6
Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she pl...
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A Tender Place
2005
More Painful than Rain
8/1
Ayami, who works in the marketing department of an advertising agency, is about to turn 30 and is beginning to think that she would rather live her li...
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More Painful than Rain
2014
Cape Nostalgia
6.333/6
Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning...
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Cape Nostalgia
1991
Seven Days War 2
0/0
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Seven Days War 2
2012
Train Brain Express
6/1
Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, bu...
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Train Brain Express
2014
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
7/1
Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high scho...
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The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
2011
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
7.169/195
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a ten...
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2010
Hitsudan Hostess
8/2
The story is based on the bestselling autobiography of 25-year-old Rie Saito, who became a number-one hostess in Ginza despite being deaf. "Hitsudan...
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Hitsudan Hostess
2007
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
7/5
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the d...
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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2010
The Negotiator: The Movie
5.8/2
¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko Yonekura...
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The Negotiator: The Movie
2023
Yudo: The Way of the Bath
6.8/14
Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling arch...
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Yudo: The Way of the Bath
2009
Zen
7.1/31
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was ca...
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Zen
2006
Riding the Metro
6.9/8
Shinji (Shinichi Tsutsumi) steps out of a train station to find himself transported back to 1964.
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Riding the Metro
1995
MARKS
5/4
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later i...
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MARKS
2014
A Bolt from the Blue
7.2/6
Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 year...
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A Bolt from the Blue
2023
We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
7.7/6
A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s c...
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We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
1989
Beijing Watermelon
6.3/4
Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change w...
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Beijing Watermelon
2010
Surely Someday
5.8/6
Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's u...
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Surely Someday
1996
The Rainbow Seeker
6/1
A young man fails his company entrance exams and leaves home to work at a run-down cinema in Tokushima, whose owner lives to bring entertaining films...
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The Rainbow Seeker
2004
Free and Easy 15
7.5/2
Hama-chan takes a vacation to go fishing in Akita despite warnings from Su-san as his company faces a restructuring process.
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Free and Easy 15
2001
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
7.3/3
Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his home town and spend his days fishing. Su-san and H...
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Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
1999
Keiho
6/11
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, r...
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Keiho
1992
Midwinter Camellia
0/0
Yasuo Furuhata directs this romantic yakuza flick based on a book by popular romance novelist Tomiko Miyao. Set in 1932, the film centers on Peony (Yo...
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Midwinter Camellia
2011
At River's Edge
8.5/2
A samurai Sakunosuke gets an order from clan chamberlain to kill another samurai who is married with his own younger sister. As a loyal samurai he has...
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At River's Edge
1991
Kim's War
0/0
After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the pre...
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Kim's War
1989
READY! LADY
0/0
Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She come...
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READY! LADY
2011
Slapstick Brothers
6/2
Tobio Kurosawa (Ryuta Sato), who has been part of a manzai (stand up comedy) duo for ten years, finds himself in trouble after his partner Tamotsu Ish...
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Slapstick Brothers
2010
About Her Brother
6.382/17
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to...
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About Her Brother
2022
Mugonkan
0/0
A story about how Kuboshima Seiichiro overcomes various difficulties to open Mugonkan, an art museum in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, featuring artwor...
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Mugonkan
2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
6.6/35
In an attempt to spur citizens into taking more productive roles in society, the Japanese government issues death messages, or "ikigami", informing th...
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Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
1989
The Demon Comes in Spring
0/0
Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the girl'...
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The Demon Comes in Spring
2015
Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
7/1
Ichiro Numata (Hiroaki Murakami) is the chief editor of a publishing company. He suddenly falls unconscious and is hospitalized, but various cases tak...
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Kuroi Gashu: Kusa
2012
Thermae Romae
6.335/115
The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa t...
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Thermae Romae
1999
Round About Midnight
6.8/8
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers...
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Round About Midnight
2009
Free and Easy 20: Final
7.7/3
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Free and Easy 20: Final
2006
Free and Easy 17
5.8/6
Yumiko returns to work in Hama-chan's department. She had once left the company after getting married, but a dark shadow now seems to loom over her.
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Free and Easy 17
1998
Love Letter
0/0
A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.
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Love Letter
2018
Life in Overtime
7.7/3
After decades of single-minded dedication to his work, a worker with an elite career course at a major bank is transferred or rather relegated to a su...
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Life in Overtime
2011
Princess Toyotomi
5.9/8
National Audit Bureau member Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) & Asahi Gainsbourg (Masaki Okada) travel from their ho...
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Princess Toyotomi
2015
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger The Movie: The Dinosaur Lord's Splendid Ninja Scroll!
6.2/3
The Last Ninja Yoshitaka Igasaki sends his disciples the Ninningers on a special mission over summer vacation to Shinobigakure Castle to meet its lord...
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Shuriken Sentai Ninninger The Movie: The Dinosaur Lord's Splendid Ninja Scroll!
2000
Home Sweet Home
0/0
"Home Sweet Home" deals with a family who, unable to cope with their aging grandfather's worsening dementia, abandon him at a group home for the elder...
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Home Sweet Home
2014
Thermae Romae II
6.3/35
In ancient Rome, bathhouse architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) becomes famous with designing the original "thermae" (bathhouse). He receives an order to bu...
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Thermae Romae II
2013
Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
6.7/3
In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his lord’s comm...
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Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion
2000
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
8/3
Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through h...
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A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2004
Fireflies: River of Light
4.5/4
After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through t...
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Fireflies: River of Light
2007
The Investigation Game
6/2
Police superintendent Makishima suffered a demotion transfer after he failed to capture the suspect in a kidnapping case of a boy, who was subsequentl...
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The Investigation Game
2004
Half a Confession
8/6
Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its chara...
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Half a Confession
2016
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland
7/1
The Ninningers come across a new enemy, Dark Doctor Mavro, a remnant of the Shadow Line, who created his own, evil version of Aka Ninger serving under...
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Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Movie: Ninjas in Wonderland
2015
125 Years Memory
7.8/32
Two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey are connected in this story of friendship and compassion: In the night...
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125 Years Memory
2011
Cut
7.1/13
Shuji is an uncompromising young filmmaker at odds with Japanese society. One day he learns that his loan shark brother, who had helped to finance his...
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Cut
2017
Tatara Samurai
5.5/2
In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samur...
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Tatara Samurai
2016
Chinyuki
5.5/8
Genzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he happens to visit a house and meets an old couple. The coupl...
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Chinyuki
2015
Yoko the Cherry Blossom
6/2
In 1940, Masaaki Takaoka works as a teacher in the agricultural division at a youth training institute. Although Japan’s defeat seems imminent, all of...
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Yoko the Cherry Blossom
2010
Ekeb of Dekye
6.577/13
Takahiko Tokito is a doctor at a big medical corporation. He has decided to run away with his lover, the wife of the president of his company. But bef...
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Ekeb of Dekye
1988
The Discarnates
6.4/13
A recently divorced writer is reunited with the ghosts of his parents who died when he was a boy. However, every time he sees them he loses more life...
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The Discarnates
2014
The Little House
6.75/44
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which...
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The Little House
1989
Free and Easy 2
8/2
Hama-chan gets Su-san hooked on fishing, but Su-san has some problems to deal with; a beautiful woman saves Su-san when he collapses while fishing.
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Free and Easy 2
1997
Free and Easy 9
7.3/3
Hama-chan’s sales department gets a new supervisor, a hard-working taskmaster that’s the very opposite of carefree, irresponsible Hama-chan. The veter...
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Free and Easy 9
2014
25
5/1
Detectives Shintarou Sakurai (Sho Aikawa) and Koichi Hikage (Susumu Terajima) are partners. They are also corrupt and often blackmail criminal groups...
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25
1993
Free and Easy 6
7.5/2
Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity.
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Free and Easy 6
2012
Tug of War!
5.6/5
The mayor of Oita wants to improve the image of his city, so he instructs Chiaki - a young woman working for the city's PR department - to form a fema...
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Tug of War!
2016
Cutie Honey: Tears
5.4/28
At the end of the 21st century, the world is plagued by a mysterious virus and unusual weather. Genius scientist Dr. Kisaragi creates an android with...
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Cutie Honey: Tears
2016
Something Like, Something Like It
10/3
Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his s...
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Something Like, Something Like It
1983
Ryuji
6.7/7
Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.
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Ryuji
2017
Before We Vanish
6.505/97
Narumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally...
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Before We Vanish
2016
Golden Orchestra
7.6/10
When Chizuru joins as a teacher at Umega High School, she hears an amateur orchestra perform. Reminiscing her old days of playing the violin, she deci...
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Golden Orchestra
2008
God's Puzzle
6.139/18
A set of twins -- one a hard-working student and the other a drifter -- team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one...
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God's Puzzle
1996
Oishinbo
6/1
Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya.
Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the...
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Oishinbo
1991
Free and Easy 4
7.5/2
Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company.
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Free and Easy 4
1992
Free and Easy 5
7.5/3
Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.
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Free and Easy 5
1998
Free and Easy 10
6.7/4
Su-san resigns after getting fed up with corporate life, but he finds himself back in familiar surroundings on his first assignment at a new job.
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Free and Easy 10
1997
The Rainbow Seeker 2
0/0
Sequel to The Rainbow Seeker where Ryo meets Katsu on a small island in the south of Japan. There, he falls in love for a single mother.
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The Rainbow Seeker 2
2018
What a Wonderful Family! 3
7.6/14
At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to...
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What a Wonderful Family! 3
2016
What a Wonderful Family!
7.282/39
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies th...
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What a Wonderful Family!
2017
What a Wonderful Family! 2
7/29
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems....
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What a Wonderful Family! 2
1987
Sure Death 4
6.6/8
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in t...
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Sure Death 4
1999
The Geisha House
7.4/9
Set in a Kyoto geisha house during the post-WWII era, the young Omocha begins her rigorous apprenticeship within the traditional community of geiko an...
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The Geisha House
1987
The Heartbreak Yakuza
4.667/6
A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
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The Heartbreak Yakuza
1992
Quiet Don 2
0/0
Part two of twelve.
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Quiet Don 2
2018
Recall
6.8/6
A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target of...
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Recall
2015
Murder on the Orient Express
6.6/8
The Japanese adaption of Agatha Christie's famous whodunit "Murder on the Orient Express".
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Murder on the Orient Express
2008
One Million Yen Girl
7.1/58
A 21-year-old girl is released from prison, only to deal with the neighborhood gossip about her and family conflicts. She decides to save one million...
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One Million Yen Girl
2019
Masquerade Hotel
6.646/41
Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investiga...
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Masquerade Hotel
2013
A Tale of Samurai Cooking
7.2/20
In this love story set in the Edo period, 27-year-old Oharu is a genius in the kitchen. Oharu attracts the attention of the master chef of the Kaga Do...
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A Tale of Samurai Cooking
2015
Police Precinct Soul
0/0
A young woman is discovered strangled to death at the boat pier in Tokyo. There are no signs of disturbed clothing and assault, and because the body w...
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Police Precinct Soul
2000
Souten no Yume Shoin to Shinsaku Shin-seiki eno Chosen
6/1
This film is the memoirs of Takasugi Shinsaku about the life of his great teacher Yoshida Shoin. Yoshida Shōin (吉田 松陰, 1830-1859) was one of the m...
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2009
Giwaku
8/1
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1995
Juukou B-Fighter: The Movie
6.5/2
The movie version of Juukou B-Fighter premiered in Japan on April 15, 1995 at the Toei Super Hero Fair '95. It was originally shown as a triple featur...
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2017
Shinjuku Swan II
4.8/12
Tatsuhiko relocates from Shinjuku to Yokohama, where he comes into conflict with Masaki Taki, CEO of the local scout company.
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2018
Older Brother, Younger Sister
7/1
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2013
With All Our Might
10/1
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2012
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
6.9/13
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2004
The Hidden Blade
7.429/120
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2012
The Housekeeper
7/1
Nobuko is a plain, unattractive woman with disheveled hair, and is hired as a housekeeper in the Inamura residence in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family...
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2011
Kasha
6/1
Shunsuke Honma is a detective from the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Shunsuke takes a leave from work due to an i...
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1992
The Games Teachers Play
0/0
The story of an unconventional teacher facing up to his unruly and apathetic class.
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2019
The 47 Rōnin in Debt
5.5/4
Feudal lord Takuminokami Asano has been led to kill himself due to a scheme by Kozukenosuke Kira. Having no time to mourn his death, samurai Kuranosuk...
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2014
A Far Promise
0/0
There was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of the orphans of Manchuria refugee camp who had to struggled...
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2013
Miracle Apples
7.6/5
Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's a...
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2018
68-Year-Old New Employee
2/2
Hitsujido Honpo, an established Japanese-style sweets company known for its traditional flavours and reliability, has maintained a modest popularity....
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2007
Free and Easy 18
7.5/2
Hama-chan goes to Okayama to look for Su-san when he goes missing a few days after freezing up during his inaugural speech as the company chairman.
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Free and Easy 18
1988
Free and Easy
7.3/3
Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along...
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1996
Free and Easy 8
7.5/2
When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé.
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1989
Tora-san, My Uncle
8.7/3
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
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2020
Labyrinth of Cinema
6.654/26
When lightning strikes a theater about to close its doors, three moviegoers are thrust back in time to the world inside the screen.
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1995
A Brief Message from the Heart
0/0
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.
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2020
Wife of a Spy
6.712/99
It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband b...
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2019
Haruka's Pottery
7/2
Koyama Haruka was an office worker who lived an unremarkable life, but one day she comes across a large platter of Bizen ware on display at a departme...
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1986
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
7.5/2
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his...
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1985
Tora-san's Island Encounter
8/2
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in...
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1987
Tora-san Plays Daddy
9/2
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mothe...
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1987
Tora-san Goes North
8.7/3
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter,...
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1988
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
8.5/2
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.
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1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
8/2
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.
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2010
Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition
6.5/2
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1991
Quiet Don
0/0
Part one of a twelve part direct to video film series. Based on the comic by Tatsuo Nitta.
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2008
Happy Flight
6.3/33
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew...
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2015
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. Kamen Rider Drive: Spring Break Combined Special
7/6
Five flashy Roidmudes seem to be causing a “thick air” event, and when Shinnosuke goes to investigate, turns out the problem was being caused by a yok...
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2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
6.8/6
Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he barel...
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1998
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
6.2/4
A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets o...
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1990
Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 9
0/0
Kyosuke Kozu (Masaomi Kondo), a university professor and a famous detective, is a big magic lover. He was asked to judge the Magic Competition to be h...
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2008
Double Trouble
8/1
Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's Ev...
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2009
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
6/1
Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After th...
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2001
Last Scene
5.5/2
Young film star Ken Mihara is about to fall from stardom. His rise as a celebrity is solely credited to his onscreen counterpart, Keiko, who recently...
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2020
The Devil Wears Ju-Ni Hitoe Kimono
3/2
Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". The...
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2012
Nōhime: Wife of a Samurai
0/0
The mysterious life of Princess Nouhime.
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2001
The King of Minami: Formula for Deception
0/0
#37 in the series, following "Yakuza Finance."
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1995
The King of Minami: City of Desire
0/0
#13 in the series, after the Special Movie.
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2008
10 Promises to My Dog
6.62/25
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She imm...
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2021
Riverside Mukolitta
6.467/15
A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.
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2018
天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～
0/0
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The Yakuza Principal
8/1
Junji, the protagonist of FM89.3MHz, must become the principal of a nursery school in Kabukicho after the death of Okawa Clan's boss.
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4 Mysterious Stories
6.5/2
A four-piece omnibus-style special drama produced by the production staff of "The Really Scary Story" and the JRA Japan Racing Association. 6 people g...
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Corpo a Corpo
5.7/3
In the heart of Osaka's old neighborhoods lies a run-down apartment building known as "Copo." Its thin walls and lack of privacy are home to a group o...
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2009
Making of "Departures"
0/0
A documentary about the making and shooting of Yojiro Takita’s ‘Departures’ (2008)
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We Can Only Use Magic Once in Our Lives
0/0
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2012
FLY！～平凡なキセキ～
0/0
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1996
A Class to Remember II
6/7
The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.
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2017
小さな橋で
8.5/2
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2010
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0/0
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Flower Curtain
8/1
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Genjuro's Deadly Sword: The Return of Shinigami
0/0
Genjuro’s crime was assassination, his punishment was to survive a faked execution and lose his home, lose his identity, and emerge as Maboroshi Shini...
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2025
The Silent Service: The Great Sea Battle of the Arctic Ocean
9.6/5
Yamato submerges in the cold, deep northern seas with Mozart's music echoing. The nuclear-powered submarine, named the “Great and Powerful Peace,” ove...
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Nishinari Goro's 400 Million Yen: Deadly Battle
0/0
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Baban Baban Ban Vampire
7/7
Ranmaru is a 450-year-old vampire who works in a bathhouse. As a vampire he is particularly picky about his blood choices, his main goal being to dr...
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2015
Sannin Kichisa
0/0
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Tokyo Taxi
0/0
One day, taxi driver Koji Usami is tasked with driving 85-year-old Sumire Takano from Shibamata, Tokyo to a senior care facility in Hayama, Kanagawa....
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1994
Free and Easy 7
7.5/2
Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later, Hama-chan sees her again at a dentist's office.
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2012
Thermae Romae
6.335/115
The story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa t...
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広重ぶるう
9/3
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2007
星ひとつの夜
0/0
Janitor Hiroharu Nonoyama (Ken Watanabe) discovers a coat filled with cash while working. The coat belongs to Daiki Iwasaki (Hiroshi Tamaki), who live...
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1995
Tora-san to the Rescue
7.3/3
Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.
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1986
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
6.1/7
Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. Afte...
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