
Birthday:
01-18-1957
(68 years)
Birthplace:
Osaka, Japan
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Hush!
Act like Yoko Kurita
event2001 star_border 6.5
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Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and closeted—but nothing compares to the chaos that arrives when Asako, a troubled woman with a history of psychiatric problems, abortions, and casual sex, asks Katsuhiro to conceive a child with her.
Hanzo: The Razor
event1984
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A pair of black-robed thieves who robbed many wealthy merchants in Edo one after another. One of them is a young woman who is called "Aoi no Kozo" because she always takes off her skin to show the tattoo on her back. The target of the robbers was the Kogi, and in particular, the big stores that were under the control of Hotta Bizen. Itami Hanzo, a Doshin known as "Kamisori Hanzo" discovers when he tracks down the Aoi no Kozo! What is the truth?!
Family Secrets
Act like Kyoko Shimamura
event2006
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Kenji Shimamura has trouble being intimate with his girlfriend Noriko after a lifetime of watching his parents bicker over his father’s infidelity. After he spurns her advances, causing her to storm off in an offended rage, he decides it’s time to seek psychological help. Unfortunately that costs money and the best way to earn some quick cash in his family is to spy on his dad for his mother. He quickly discovers his dad has a young girlfriend named Yukari. Figuring the best way to deal with this gracefully is to come clean with Yukari he tells her all about their family and the real estate business his parents run together. Unfortunately, however, his plan backfires. Instead of being scared off Yukari applies for a job at the family business and befriends Kenji’s mother, setting up a chain of events that makes things awkward for everyone involved.
The Two Musashis
event1981
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Toru Emori leads the cast as Hirate Musashi while a Hiroshi Fujioka competes with him as Okamoto Musashi. They must not only contend with the Yoshioka and Yagyu fencing schools, but have to take on Chiyonosuke Azuma as Sasaki Kojiro, and deal with the women who pursue them for love. Unlike the Yoshikawa Eiji novel which is not historically accurate, this film offers a new view of Japan’s greatest hero! The film is based on the novel by Kosuke Gomi!
Legend of the Assassin
event1984
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The Saika clan, that had succeeded in battle against the large armies of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, had in the Tokugawa era of Ieyasu, been driven into the mountains 7 generations later, forced into subsistence hunting. A man comes to them offering revenge: to assassinate current Tokugawa Shogun Yoshimune. (Made-for-TV movie)
The Snow White Murder Case
Act like Satsuki Shirono
event2014 star_border 6.4
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Beautiful Noriko Miki works at a cosmetic company. One day, Noriko is murdered. People begin to suspect her co-worker Miki Shirono might have killed her. Television begins to cover her story. A TV show interviews Miki Shirono's colleagues, family, people from her hometown. Rumors turn into fear. Is she a wicked a woman?
The Workhorse and The Bigmouth
event2013 star_border 6.5
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34-year-old Michiyo Mabuchi (Kumiko Aso) and 26-year-old Yoshimi Tendo (Shota Yasuda) meet at a screenwriting class. Michiyo Mabuchi, who is called "Basyauma", works hard to become a writer, but can't see a future for herself as a screenwriter. Meanwhile, Yoshimi Tendo is a bigmouth who never tries hard at anything. These two people fall in love.
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
Act like Ayako
event2000 star_border 9
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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 his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.
A Legend of Turmoil
Act like Michiko Otaki
event1992 star_border 7.5
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A story about the development of a bright and strong yakuza. Otaki is an old-fashioned respectful yakuza who tries to protect his small yakuza family. When his boss gets shot, he decides to go after the plotters.
IKKA
event2003
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The family of 20-year-old Ohta is celebrating his birthday in a restaurant. What was supposed to be a happy familiar reunion turns into a big mess.
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Act like Okuni
event1989
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Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.
Peesuke: Gatapishi story
event1990
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Based on the comic book series by Shunji Sonoyama.
Rooftop Apartment
event2011 star_border 8
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Asako is determined to live her life with her own will after witnessing her best friend’s divorce and former manager’s death.
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
event2017 star_border 8
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"National High School Photography Championship Tournament", also known as "Shashin Koshien" is an event held annually in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan's town of photography. Every summer, Shashin Koshien decides which school has the best photography club. Oyama, Sakura, and Mirai from Kansai Academy in Osaka were encouraged by their advisor to join with the aim of letting them experience "a world where people who are challenged could see". Meanwhile, Tsubakiyama Shota, a senior at Sakuragaoka Gakuen in Tokyo is the only member of his school's photography club. Other members resigned thinking that photography won't help in getting them to a university. In spite of principal Saeki objecting to his plans, Shota was still eager to join, forming a team with his childhood friend and a junior volunteer. With over 500 schools all over the country, only 18 schools would be chosen to participate in the event. Competitors fight to capture the beauty of Japan and the human spirit.
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
Act like Fujiko Takano
event1998 star_border 6.2
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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 others looking for a new start in life, including a former salaryman with whom she begins a furtive romance...
Hakunetsu Dead Heat
event1977
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Taku abandons his job and his girlfriend and embarks on a journey of revenge in his turbo-tuned silver Celica LB, chasing the evil gold Skyline Hardtop GT, nicknamed "Phantom," that killed his friend.
The Shogun Assassins
event1979 star_border 5
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This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Completely... With That Air!
event1981
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This film is Beat Takeshi's first starring role.
Akai Unmei
(28 ep.)
event1976
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The story of two girls switched in an orphanage.
A-Un
(5 ep.)
event1980
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Senkichi Mizuta, a pharmaceutical company employee, and Shuzo Kadokura, a war profiteer, are diametrically opposed in appearance and personality, but are best friends. Kadokura secretly loves Mizuta's wife, Tami, and both Mizuta and Tami are aware of it. The drama depicts the subtle relationship between the two men and the people around them against the backdrop of the times and customs of the early Showa period, in which both are aware of each other's love, but no one speaks of it.
Ohayousan
Act like 殿村鮎子/語り (150 ep.)
event1975
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The 16th NHK Asadora. Starring Yoko Akino in a contemporary story about a woman who is an office worker.
Hotel Woman
Act like Hinako Shirasaka (11 ep.)
event1991
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This drama portrays a heroine, a single career woman mother coming home from New York, who fights her way through intense corporate battles at a first-class hotel, ignited by love and ambition. This drama shows the struggle of the heroine, who seeks to establish her career at the second-biggest hotel in the industry, her conflict with the female president of the top hotel in the industry, her strength as she survives as a single mother, her romance, and the suspense surrounding the mysterious suicide of her boyfriend.
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