
Birthday:
02-11-1971
(54 years)
Birthplace:
Shūnan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
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Samurai Fiction
Act like Koharu Mizoguchi
event1998 star_border 6.6
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A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
The World Laughs
event2022 star_border 7
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This is a human drama written by Keralino Sandorovich showcasing people fascinated with and obsessed with laughter in Shinjuku in the mid-1950s.
Juvenile
Act like Misaki Kinoshita, 20 years later
event2000 star_border 6.8
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11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with Yusuke's help from extraterrestrials with bad intentions.
Ten Nights of Dreams
Act like Mother
event2007 star_border 6.4
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Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.
Musume no kekkon
event2003 star_border 4
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TV remake of Ozu's 'Late Spring'
Rampo Noir
Act like Fuyu Kinoshita (segment "Crawling Bugs")
event2005 star_border 5.9
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An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.
Stereo Future
Act like Kaoru Momozaki
event2001 star_border 7.6
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Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.
Hogi-Lala
event2003 star_border 6.5
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Set in the near future. Children who are contaminated by radiation poisoning face the fate of being cast into the sea. However, one boy manages to survive and drift to Hogi-Lala Island, where only children live.
Yellow Elephant
Act like Midori
event2013 star_border 6
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Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
Tormented
event2011 star_border 5.1
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To his mute sister's dismay, a young boy puts a dying rabbit out of its misery with a brick -- and soon the siblings end up in a world of nightmares.
Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: House of Bugs
Act like Ruiko
event2005 star_border 5.3
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A married couple living in a house that seems to be inhabited by supernatural beings and beetles. The first of six movies in the Kazuo Umezz's Horror Theater.
Variations
Act like Risa Ikejima
event2015 star_border 3
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Referred to as the Pearl of the Orient, supermodel Miori Reiko has had her fair share of scandals due to her eccentricity and her wild love affairs. One day, Reiko is found dead in her apartment by her housekeeper, Ota Michiko. The medical examiner found traces of potassium cyanide in her body, which kick-started a major police investigation into her death. Who is the true murderer of Miori Reiko?
Natural Woman
event1994 star_border 0.8
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Based on the book of the same name by Rieko Matsuura, the film depicts an ultimate love between two women.
A Quiet Life
Act like Weather Forecast
event1995 star_border 7.4
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A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
Flowers in the Shadow
Act like Jupiter
event2008 star_border 7
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Shinya is in debt as a result of his gambling habit. He attempts to defraud an old woman with a bank transfer scam, but the woman reminds him of his late mother and they start to relate to each other. Meanwhile, Shinya meets a girl called Hisako in town, and ends up helping her to find out the whereabouts of an unsuccessful comedian, Raita, whom her mother was in love with in her youth. Shinya's father, Ryutaro, is disowned by his son after his wife's death. When Ryutaro meets a homeless man called Moses, he starts living on the street as well. One day when the old woman dies, Moses comes to the deceased and confesses his past. Subsequently Shinya resumes communicating with his father Ryutaro.
Zen and Bones
Act like The Lady
event2016
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The story of Henri Mitowa, a 93-year old Japanese monk, who wants to make a movie based on his own life.
Waiting For Spring
Act like Yūko Kamiyama
event2018 star_border 6.9
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Mitsuki is shy and rather isolated at school. Towa is on the basketball team and Mitsuki's class-mate. Due to circumstances, Mitsuki soon begins to socialize with four jocks of the basketball team, which affects her self-esteem, her social status, her loneliness and her life. She finds a new lease in her school life.
Pu
event1994
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A wanderer and his son arrive on an obscure northern island of Japan, causing the village of Pu to fall into disarray.
Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
Act like Ruriko Kasukabe
event2017
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Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter Furi since then. It is the day of Furi's wedding. However, Furi only told Haruhiko about the wedding a month before. Since the bridegroom had some trouble at his overseas job, he was only able to return to Japan the day of the wedding, so Haruhiko has not met him even once. What kind of man did Furi choose to marry, and why did she hide such an important thing for so long...!? Haruhiko, worrying over all this, shuts himself in his room and decides not to go to the wedding... then, something completely unexpected happens to him. His late wife Ruriko appears before him. The truth is, she has appeared at Haruhiko's side many times before. What could be Ruriko's goal...
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
event2019 star_border 5.5
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The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses.
Watch Me
Act like Yayoi Natori
event2007
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10-year-old Shigeki, owns his own room for the first time. From his room, he sees a girl living in a big hill top house. Shigeki instantly fell in love with the girl. Her name was Yayoi. Shigeki buys a telescope with the help of his father and starts watching her. But after a while, Shigeki has to move away. He wrote a love letter to Yayoi, put it in her post and left town. Shigeki grew up and still watching Yayoi.
Haruka no Hikari
(5 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7
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Haruka is a fisherman's daughter, who lost her home and many friends in the Tohoku earthquake. After a year living in a temporary housing, she did not want to return back to her hometown and went to Tokyo where she got captivated by a lighting store. Haruka later works at the store and decides to help the customers to find their own light in life. At the same time, Haruka slowly overcomes her emotional wounds and finds her own light.
Time Limit Investigator
Act like Michiko Hamano (1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 6.7
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Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed.
Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby.
So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.
Tomorrow
Act like Endo Saya (10 ep.)
event2008 star_border 5.5
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Moriyama Kouhei quit his job as a doctor 8 years ago and now works at the city hall. Since becoming a public official, he has become cheerful and optimistic. He is loved by everyone around him. However, his emotional wound from the past is not yet healed. He does not trust anyone but himself when it comes to important matters. One day, he meets a dedicated nurse, Tanaka Aiko. This encounter triggers his decision to reestablish a hospital. This is when he realizes... "Losing is not the end. Giving up is what ends everything."
Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
Act like Fujiko Hisamatsu (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 7.8
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In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is about different a different customer, as they find simple yet profound connections with one another based on their shared love of a particular dish.
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