
Birthday:
10-08-1941
(83 years)
Birthplace:
Nagoya, Japan
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Sweet Secret
event1971
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A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Act like Quick Change
event1973 star_border 7.3
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In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
Act like Kazumi Asakura
event1968 star_border 5.9
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The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
Blackmail Is My Life
Act like Otoki
event1968 star_border 6.4
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Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.
The Inferno
Act like Nun
event1979 star_border 7.2
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Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
Topsy-Turvy Journey
event1969
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A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.
Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
event1969 star_border 5.6
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Inspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace Ieyoshi Tokugawa with his twin, but it becomes a problem when suspicion arises and Nemuri Kyoshiro gets involved.
Kasajiro: Truncheon versus Sword
event1982
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A series of murders at Fukagawa lumberyard is tied to a grudge letter from the deceased Kansuke Tsukunamiya. Officer Kasajiro Sakane investigates the baffling case.
Memories of You
event1988
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University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Her mother is told by her doctor that the schoolgirl has leukaemia and has only 6 months to live.
Katana
event1986 star_border 1
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An antique sword exposes tension between three siblings.
The Yakuza Code Still Lives
event1976 star_border 7
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After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.
High-School Outcasts
Act like Akiko Yamazaki
event1970
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Tsutomu (Kensaku Morita), an orphan who once stabbed a man, is released from a reformatory and goes to Tottori, on the Japan Sea coast, to enter a high school. On the beach, he meets a young fisherman, Yusuke (Norihiko Yamamoto) also a student of the same school. They become friends and Tsutomu is offered free board at Yusuke's home.
Lowly Ronin
event1981
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Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. The wandering ronin is reminiscent of his most famous role as the samurai without a name in Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". He travels about Japan, and while he may seek happiness, violence and tragedy always cross his path. This time, he reluctantly agrees when a girl hires him to kill a local offical who has unfairly taxed her villagers. But he soon discoves that not all is at it appears when he finds a direct link to his past.
A Killer's Key
Act like Hideko
event1967 star_border 6
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Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori's stylish 1967 thriller A Certain Killer.
The Mayor's Secret
event1968
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A mayoral candidate and his love child.
Scorpion
event1967
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Japanese drama film.
The Izu Dancer
Act like Chiyoko
event1974 star_border 8
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While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling performers, and he tags along with them on their journeys.
Diary of Early Winter Shower
Act like Keiko Mibu
event1998 star_border 8
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Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and when his wife, Takako, rushed to the hospital, she discovered their love affair, which in reality had not gone beyond kissing. Now, 20 years later, against the advice of her ikebana mentor, Tae rushes to meet Ushio at Shiguretei, only to see him clutching his chest in pain. Eventually, the design and plans for the dream retreat are seen by Tae, but she has to visit Kyoto alone... or maybe she's heading for somewhere else.
Last Friends
event1995 star_border 5
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Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared for the hardships of war. Through their shared trials and sacrifices, they grow closer as friends, and hope to return together to better days. This movie was released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
Chronicle of My Mother
event2012 star_border 6.6
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Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.
Small, Slow But Steady
event2022 star_border 7
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A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.
Challenge of a Man
event1968
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Hiroshi (Ishizaka), the second son of Nippon Automobile president Tsuda (Ozawa), comes to the company's speed test track every day and drives his car at breakneck speed. One day, no one tried to criticise him, but only test driver Inoki (Kurizuka) accused him of being selfish. Angered, Hiroshi challenged Inoki to a race, but lost miserably. From then on, Hiroshi began to seriously hone his skills as a racer in order to overtake Inoki.
Gekisou Sentai Carranger
Act like Cake Shop Clerk (1 ep.)
event1996 star_border 9.7
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After the Bowzock, a ruthless — not to mention reckless — gang of interstellar biker thugs, destroy his home planet of Hazard, Dappu visits Earth where he discovers five humans with the ability to harness "Carmagic." With this power, these five heroes can defeat the Bowzock before the band of witless bikers is able to add Earth to its list of wrecked worlds.
Kamen Rider
Act like Nurse (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 6.4
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Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.
Kimi no na wa
Act like 美村蘭子 (312 ep.)
event1991 star_border 7
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A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.
Samurai Courier
(13 ep.)
event1971
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The show revolves around a group of five ronin (masterless samurai) who make a living by transporting anything, anywhere. They take on tasks ranging from dangerous items that the town's couriers won't handle to people. The narrative features an innovative concept where the characters become entangled in incidents and use their skills and courage to resolve them. Starring veteran actors Yutaro Daitomo, Ryuji Shinagawa, Goh Wakabayashi, and others, the series is known for its lively and bold storytelling, making it a must-watch for fans of historical dramas.
Keshin
(4 ep.)
event1987
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Daizaburo Akiba, a music critic, sets up Kiriko, a young hostess, and refines her to become his ideal woman.
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