
Birthday:
07-26-1950
Deathday:
03-26-2019 (68 years)
Birthplace:
Omiya, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Kenichi Hagiwara (born 26 July 1950 in Omiya, Saitama, Japan), also known as Sho-Ken, was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s. A teen idol with a legion of loyal fans, Hagiwara was known for his good looks and arrogance, which appealed to both young male and female Japanese fans. After The Tempters, he formed the band PYG along with Kenji Sawada, the first true Japanese supergroup, a unit which included members of The Tigers, The Tempters and The Spiders.
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Summer Days Across the River
event1973
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Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-fashioned spirit and a young tenant.
Betrayal tomorrow
event1990
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A violent detective who can handle assault and blackmail in a straight forward manner.
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Act like Shiro Nonaka
event1989 star_border 6.9
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Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
Memai
event1971
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Based on the song by Mari Henmi
Tajomaru: Avenging Blade
event2009 star_border 7.1
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TAJOMARU is the famous 'bandit' of the forest from RASHOMON. Whoever kills Tajomaru inherits his name, status and sword. A royal brother leaves his kingdom to protect the princess he loves, only to find a series of harrowing adventures along the way which lead him back to where he came from, and then disinheriting his past to become the bandit TAJOMARU.
Desert Moon
Act like Keechie's Boss
event2001 star_border 6
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A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be transformed by a stranger, the enigmatic Keechie.
The Triple Cross
Act like Kanzaki
event1992 star_border 6.2
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Following the bloody aftermath of a heist, three robbers are double-crossed by a new accomplice, who is then tracked down amid escalating carnage and spectacular car chases.
The Seburi Story
Act like Hajime Kinoshita
event1985 star_border 6.3
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The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially experience difficulties as modern Japan encroaches on their world. The setting is World War II, and conflicts have already arisen when the military police come to take Seburi men away into the army. Still following their own customs that can be harsh at times, and are particularly cruel to women (women must give birth alone and unaided, a woman's adultery is punished by burying her up to her neck in the earth and then leaving her for days), the Seburi are mainly treated with fear and animosity by the non-Seburi townspeople of the region. Along with the hardships arising from cultural clashes, nature's own vagaries present other challenges to the Seburi -- who still lived in tents until the 1950s. Winter avalanches and snowstorms cause as much havoc as the tensions engendered by the slow encroachment of the modern world.
Capone Cries a Lot
Act like Kaiemon
event1985 star_border 5.7
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Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Summer of Demon
Act like lemon
event1981 star_border 5
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A former retainer to a noble family kills his wife's father when he tries to expose his past crimes. When he begins an affair with the daughter of another clan's retainer, her father tries to poison him but the substance instead claims an innocent victim...
Kagemusha
Act like Katsuyori Takeda
event1980 star_border 7.8
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Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.
Village of Eight Gravestones
Act like Tatsuya Terada
event1977 star_border 6.7
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The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Two in the Amsterdam Rain
Act like Sakuda
event1975 star_border 7
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Akira, a Japanese expat working in Amsterdam, falls in love with a Japanese woman at Schiphol Airport who he thinks is his high school love.
Bitterness of Youth
Act like Kenichiro Eto
event1974 star_border 6.3
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A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry.
The Petrified Forest
event1973 star_border 6.5
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Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.
The Rendezvous
Act like Akira Nakahara
event1972 star_border 6.3
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The brief love story of an attentive young man and a beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during the course of a train ride.
Traffic Jam
Act like Rinzo Fuji
event1991 star_border 5
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A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides that they will go by car to save on expenses. Unfortunately, the long drive from Tokyo to his hometown becomes a much longer journey than expected due to traffic, sickness and other misfortunes and by the time they arrive three days later, they only have time for a short but happy visit.
Night Train
Act like Masahiko Tamura
event1987 star_border 1
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A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.
Over Your Dead Body
event2014 star_border 6.3
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An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover Miyuki plays Oiwa. However, as they delve deeper into their respective performances, the line between fantasy and reality becomes obscured until the murderous, vengeful themes of the play bleed into their own relationship.
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
event1975 star_border 5.2
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Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone in the office, she's spotted rolling up her pantyhose by the window cleaner Kurata Katsuo. This was to be their first encounter. Completely enchanted by Kumi, Katsuo does everything he can to get close to her. Katsuo is a man with a terrible past. With the death of his coal miner father, his family was broken up and he was forced to follow in his father's footsteps laboring away in the mud. In spite of this, Katsuo still has dreams. He dreams of living in Resiporuko, a utopian fantasyland that exists only in his imagination. When Katsuo and Kumi finally meet they find themselves unable to communicate. Katsuo spends all his time talking about Resiporuko with a starry look in his eyes, while Kumi dreams of living the high life in the city. One day when the two travel to the seashore, they discover a wounded seagull.
Ghost Pub
Act like Sotaro
event1994 star_border 5
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One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.
Yakuza Ladies 3
Act like Testuro Akamatsu
event1989
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Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Will Hazuki be able to assume her husband’s position as the head of the established yakuza clan?
Light of Africa
Act like Jun
event1975 star_border 6
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Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
To Trap a Kidnapper
event1982 star_border 6
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Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
The Wanderers
Act like Mokutaro
event1973 star_border 5.7
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Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. Though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai code of Bushido; and this tension leads to tragedy.
South to the Horizon
Act like Ryuji Gondo
event1986 star_border 7
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Tetsu gets into an argument with some Okinawa yakuza and is murdered by them. His brother Ryo comes to Okinawa shortly thereafter and teams up with Tetsu's girlfriend and Max an ex US soldier to extract revenge.
Women Who Do Not Divorce
event1986 star_border 4.3
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Keiichi (Kenichi Hagiwara) is a weather man. He gets involved with two married women, Yoshiko (Mitsuko Baisho) and Miyoko (Chieko Baisho). Both want to divorce but are trapped in meaningless marriages. While being undecided of who he wants to chose, Keiichi witnesses passions boil to an unforgiving climax.
Love Letter
Act like Shoichi Takehara
event1985 star_border 7.9
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A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.
Modori River
event1983 star_border 4
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The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.
Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity
event1979 star_border 7
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Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...
1750 Days of Turbulence
event1990 star_border 8.5
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After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
西村京太郎スペシャル 日本一周「旅号」殺人事件
Act like Inspector Totsugawa
event2003
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Hiroshi Hamano, a professor at a medical university, is found dead. Going by the results of the autopsy, it appears he committed suicide by jumping off a roof, but going by eyewitness testimony and physical evidence at the scene, Detective Kamei suspects murder. A ticket for a train trip around Japan is found in the professor's pocket. However, nobody then could have known the shocking truth hidden behind the tour the dead man was supposed to attend...
The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma
event1987 star_border 6
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The Man Who Assassinated Ryoma is a movie about a haunted blood-thirsty Bakufu officer who might have killed Ryoma Sakamoto.
Doubles
event2001 star_border 7
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A hard-up locksmith and a vengeful computer nerd meet online, adopting the monikers Key and Gun respectively. Together they hatch a perfect heist against a consulting company -- Gun's former employer. At first everything goes perfectly. Gun's expert hacking from his laptop and Key's veteran touch quickly open the safe. Unfortunately, an overzealous security guard makes an unscheduled visit. After dispatching him, the two flee to the closest elevator, only to get stuck between the eighth and ninth floors
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Act like Kenichi Yamakawa (Shôken)
event1969
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Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a tragic discovery about his family weighs on Shoken heavily.
Price of Life
Act like Akio
event1971
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Comedy of a phony doctor.
Beyond the Rainbow
Act like Jiro
event1972
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One day an innocent-looking girl in white clothes appears on board of a ramshackle boat The owner of the boat, Okin, decides to let Mari stay with him without asking her any questions. Turmoil ensues with the reaction of the crew when the runaway girl starts working alongside with them.
The Terrorist’s Parasol
event1996
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When an explosion occurs, alcoholic bartender Kikuchi, who was wanted for a bombing 20 years ago, is suspected. Having lost two friends in the incident, Kikuchi sets out to find the real culprit.
Genroku Ryoran
Act like Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (49 ep.)
event1999 star_border 7.7
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The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history. Generations have grown up hearing the stirring tale of Oishi Kuranosuke, chief councillor of the Ako clan who leads his men through suffering and hardship to ultimately avenge their lord after he is unjustly forced to commit harakiri. NHK's 38th Taiga Drama "Genroku Ryoran" is the ambitious remake of this classic epic and boasts a cast that reads like a Who's Who in Japanese entertainment.
Ashita e no Chikai
(1 ep.)
event2018
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A human drama about a former detective pastor and people with conflicts. Shotaro (Kenichi Hagiwara), who quit his job as a detective after losing his wife and became a pastor, is confronted by Murata (Jun Murakami), an ex-murderer who served his time for interrogation as a detective. Shotaro is asked by Murata to accompany him on a trip to see Murata's mother who lives in the countryside.
Fighting Girl
Act like Yuzo Yoshida (12 ep.)
event2001
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Sayoko is a tough, 19-year-old with ambition, energy and nowhere to direct it. Her father clearly favors her blind 16-year-old sister. Junior college is unstimulating. She is fired from her part-time job in a dress shop because she is too diligent at catching shoplifters and slaps them around a bit when she does. Even her boyfriend opts out for a more docile girl, but Sayoko doesn't think she is tough enough.
水曜ドラマスペシャル
(1 ep.)
event1984
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“Monday Drama Special” (Getsuyou Drama Special) is a long-running drama that aired on TBS every Monday from 21:00 to 22:54 (JST) from October 2, 1989 to March 19 , 2001 . program.
Kamogawa Shokudo
(8 ep.)
event2016 star_border 6
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Customers relying on a single line advertisement “Search for food with memories”, finally arrive at Kamogawa Shokudo, which has no signboard or fabric curtain. Those who come to this inconspicuous eatery near Higashi Honganji in Kyoto are people of today who have troubles. Work, family, life, love, interpersonal relationships… Although their troubles are wide-ranging, the eatery’s poster girl Kamogawa Koishi accepts customers’ troubles with sincerity while her father, Nagare uses the instincts and powers of observation honed as a detective, to identify what meals customers truly desire and demonstrates his skills by recreating them. Customers who eat the “food with memories”, which are the fruits of the efforts of Koishi and Nagare, will leave Kamogawa Shokudo, finding the courage to live and pleasures of life.
The Drumstick Detective
(17 ep.)
event1972
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Ginji (Teruhiko Aoi), together with Yasugoro, a bathhouse owner, Toshiro, a ronin, Kojiro, a samurai retainer's son, and Omitsu, a kimono shop owner's daughter .... use drumsticks as a weapon against the evil that lurks in the city of Edo.
Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands
(23 ep.)
event1993
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The series tells The story of the 1609 invasion of Ryûkyû by forces from the Japanese domain of Satsuma, an event which changed the course of Ryukyuan history dramatically.
Katsu Kaishu
Act like Okada Izo (52 ep.)
event1974
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Katsu Kaishū deals with end of the Edo period. Based on Kan Shimozawa's novels "Katsu Kaishū "
Wounded Angels
Act like Osamu Kogure (26 ep.)
event1974 star_border 10
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Two lovable idiot "private detectives" (or at least, that's their cover story —more like gangsters) try to make ends meet on the mean streets of Tokyo.
Bark at the Sun
Act like Hayami Jun (Macaroni) (20 ep.)
event1972 star_border 9
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The detectives of Nana-magari station investigate a wide variety of crimes in 70s Japan, ranging from the mundane to the absolutely bizarre.
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