
Birthday:
10-08-1967
(57 years)
Birthplace:
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Hiromasa Taguchi is a voice actor and actor.
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Shall We Dance?
Act like Masahiro Tanaka
event1996 star_border 7.3
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A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ballroom dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.
Maniacal Night
Act like Japanese ex-pat
event2001
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It is the day of the Handover in Hong Kong and a Japanese ex-pat just wants to have some fun before midnight. He gets more than he bargained for.
The Great Yokai War
event2005 star_border 6.3
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A young boy with a troubled home life becomes "chosen," and he stumbles into the middle of a great war of yōkai (a class of mythological creatures), where he meets a group of friendly yōkai who become his companions through his journey. Now he must fight to protect his friends and free the world of the yōkai from oppression. The yōkai originate in Japanese folklore and range from the cute and silly to the disturbing.
恋に唄えば♪
event2002
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A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone on Earth.
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
Act like Hosaku Tanaka
event1992 star_border 6.6
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A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.
White-Collar Worker Kintaro
Act like Handa
event1999 star_border 5.6
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Kintaro is a reformed delinquent, the former leader of a biker gang who has gone straight. Working at a construction company, his unorthodox tactics cause trouble with his colleagues. He is transferred to a tiny countryside branch, where he butts heads with his lazy superior until the two men discover a plot by the competition to put the construction company out of bussiness. With the help of his old biker friends, Kintaro prepares to confront the masterminds behind the scheme.
Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special
event2023 star_border 6
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"Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '23夏の特別編) aired on Fuji TV on June 17, 2023, featuring four mysterious tales:
1. "Princess Club"
A housewife revisits a childhood club to relive her dreams, facing unexpected consequences.
2. "Kobayashi Family Wonderland"
A family turns their home into a theme park, but their ambitious project spirals out of control.
3. "Gaze"
A student discovers a new eye drop causes everyone to fixate on her, revealing an unsettling truth.
4. "Rainbow"
A photographer captures a mysterious girl under a rainbow, unveiling a connection that transcends time.
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Act like Makoto Tatsumi
event1997 star_border 7.5
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A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.
Swing Man
Act like Mizoguchi
event2000
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A man is assaulted by someone with a bat and attempts to figure out why.
Devoted Cookbook
event2014 star_border 7
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It is the Spring of 1814. The restaurant “Tsuru-ka” is gaining much popularity after its chef, Mio, won the prestigious cooking competition. One day, the owner of “Tsuru-ka”, Taneichi, employed young Fuki to be the attendant for customers’ shoes. Mio could fully empathize with young Fuki, who was an orphan and yet was courageous enough to survive on her own. Around the same time, the famous novelist Seiemon started coming to “Tsuru-ka”. Even though Seiemon criticized Mio’s cooking each time, he always returned to the restaurant daily.
Silent Parade
Act like Shusaku Tojima
event2022 star_border 7
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Physicist Manabu Yukawa returns to Japan from America. Detective Kaoru Utsumi visits him and talks about a case. The case is about a popular girl in a town who disappeared and, several years later, her body was found. A suspect was arrested for her murder. That suspect was previously arrested for another girl's murder, but he was released due to a lack of evidence. Detective Shunpei Kusanagi investigated the prior murder case. The same suspect was then released due to a lack of evidence for the most recent murder case. The released man returned to his town, where everybody hated him. On the day of the autumn festival parade, the man was killed. Physicist Manabu Yukawa, Detective Kaoru Utsumi and Detective Shunpei Kusanagi work together on his case.
All Night Long
Act like Tamari
event1992 star_border 5
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Three teenagers witness the brutal murder of a high school girl by an insane salaryman. The teenagers find themselves united by this event and become friends. Later the teenagers hold a party to take their mind off things. Their party is crashed by a local gang of thugs and one teenager finds his newly found girlfriend being raped. The teenagers deal with the thugs by using extreme violence.
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
Act like Yosuke Hinode
event2014 star_border 7
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Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high school principal has mysterious powers of his own that trump those of the two rival clans. How did this civilian acquire them? Or perhaps a better question, who or what is using him?
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Act like Emi's friend
event1992 star_border 5
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A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy while a killer prowls the city. The projectionist's relationship with her attractive and successful reporter friend drives the plot deeper into insanity.
After School Midnighters
Act like Goth (voice)
event2012 star_border 6.3
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Houkago Midnighters is about a human anatomical model that comes to life at midnight in a school.
I Just Didn't Do It
Act like Ichiro Tsukita
event2007 star_border 7.3
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A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent.
Fly, Daddy, Fly
event2005 star_border 5
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Suzuki’s world is shattered when his teenage daughter is brutally attacked. The assailant, Ishihara, son of a politician, brazenly mocks Suzuki as he throws him cover-up money. Angry, Suzuki finds he has no answer to Ishihara and in venting his anger, loses his daughter’s trust too. A sleep-deprived, crazed Suzuki goes to Ishihara’s school wielding a knife. He does not find Ishihara, but instead forms an alliance with an odd group of school misfits called the Zombies. The group’s elusive leader, Pak Sun Shin, decides to train Suzuki, who quits his job and embarks on a punishing programme to win back freedom for his daughter.
Last Present
Act like Makoto Nakamura
event2005
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Kenji Kenzaki is a member of a failed comedy duo. He is married to Taeko Kenzaki who runs a baby clothing store. The only child they had died at an early age. Their marriage is now on the rocks.
Rampo Noir
Act like Dermatologist (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.
Joker Game
Act like Lt. Colonel Yajima
event2015 star_border 5.6
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Set along a backdrop of a fictitious second world war at an international city in Asia. In Japan, Lieutenant Colonel Yuki (Yusuke Iseya) recommends the creation of spy training school "D Kikan". Meanwhile, Kato (Kazuya Kamenashi) is facing capital punishment for his refusal to follow a superior's order. Kato is then scouted by "D Kikan". He goes through a harsh training regiment and faces his first mission as a spy. In order to seize American ambassador Graham's confidential documents "Black Note." Kato infiltrates into an international city. A battle to gain possession of the "Black Note" ensues between Kato, a mysterious woman named Rin (Kyoko Fukada), the British Spy Agency, the Soviet Spy Agency and the radical army in Japan.
Age 17
Act like Swingman
event2003
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Seventeen-year-old Ako works part-time in a cabaret club late at night. Because of this, she falls asleep in school every day. In the new semester, she becomes enamored with her classmate Ryou, who is repeating a year despite her good grades.
Tokyo Rhapsody
event2007
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"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the term survives, it has a strong connotation with a simpler, pre-"Economic Bubble" era when Japanese people shared a common identity in the reconstruction of their nation.
Sky High
Act like Kazuo Kishi
event2003 star_border 6.3
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A serial-murderer is on the loose who just so happens to also be removing the hearts of his victims and taking them with him. His victims however, are not merely random humans as thought by the police. They are in fact, the past and present guardians of the gateway of the afterlife.On the day he is to be married, Detective Kanzaki, who happens to be on the case, discovers that his fiancé Mina has been murdered with her heart also missing. He also learns that the killers are Kudo, a geneticist, and his evil secretary Rei. The two are trying to obtain six hearts from the guardians so that they may call forth a horde of demons from the Gate of Rage and have their every desire granted. Only problem is, once they open the gate the entire world will be covered in darkness.
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
Act like King Pasenadi (voice)
event2014 star_border 7.7
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2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a strange boy named Assaji, who can predict the future, a monk with only one eye and Depa. Siddhartha continues traveling. Siddhartha is overwhelmed by the sufferings he witnesses around him. Meanwhile, Prince Ruri of Kosara begins his attack on the Shakya clan. Second Buddha movie from Tezuka Productions.
Chasuke's Journey
Act like Charlie Pon
event2015 star_border 6.2
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Things are hectic in heaven. Dozens of scribes sit before a long scroll incessantly scribbling away. They are composing the biographies of earth-dwellers. What is invented by the men in heaven is lived out below. And their employer, God, is increasingly vehement in demanding avant-garde ideas. Take, for example, the beautiful Yuri, a girl who dies in a car crash. Some of the heavenly scribes find this very dull and send former gangster Chas, who has become a heavenly tea-boy, back down to earth with instructions to save Yuri no matter what. And so Chas ends up in Okinawa, gets to know the earth-dwellers, interferes in their fates, becomes celebrated as 'Mr Angel' and is hounded by brutal enemies. His falling in love with Yuri is of course a foregone conclusion. But no one could anticipate what happens next. Not even God himself
Sun and Bolero
event2022 star_border 6
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Starring Rei Dan, this is the third film directed by Yutaka Mizutani. Riko Hanamura (Rei Dan) is the leader of a local amateur symphony orchestra, which has been active with members who love music very much. However, Riko is not doing well, and she finally decides to disband the orchestra after 18 years of operation. She plans to hold the last farewell concert...
Fancy Dance
Act like Chinrai Shinada
event1989 star_border 6.8
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Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.
Japanese Salaryman NEO
Act like Gota Saito
event2011 star_border 4
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Shinjo is a new employee at NEO Beer, which is currently ranked fifth in the industry. When NEO’s president demands that they figure out a way to capture the top market share, Sales division chief Nakanishi and his team are struggling to come up with ideas when Shinjo suggests “sexy” as a possible marketing buzzword.
Cyborg She
Act like Indiscriminate Killer
event2008 star_border 7.3
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A lonely university student develops a romance with a beautiful interesting woman, who turns out to be a cyborg from the future.
The Last Revenge
event2011 star_border 7
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This is the true story of the last officially recorded case of adauchi, when a young man avenged the death of his father by brutally killing the murderers in broad daylight. Samurai revenge killings, or adauchi, was considered a rightful and noble act of honor and virtue.But all that changed abruptly on February 7, 1873, when adauchi became prohibited as part of the Meiji Restoration’s goal to Westernize Japan.
Mind Game
event1998
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Japanese film directed by Hiromasa Taguchi.
Cat-Eyed Boy
event2006 star_border 2
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A film adaption of the manga Cat Eyed Boy by famous horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The film follows a strange boy with cat like features.
Samurai Hustle Returns
event2016 star_border 6.5
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Masaatsu Naito successfully completes Sankin-kotai (required ritual to visit the shogun). On his way home, he hears that an insurrection by peasants has taken place in his hometown of Yunagaya. Masaatsu Naito knows that it is a counterattack by Matsudaira. He returns to Yunagaya, but finds that his castle is gone.
Honnouji Hotel
Act like Otsuka
event2017 star_border 6.4
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In Kyoto, Mayuko (Haruka Ayase) stands at a crossroad in her life. She's thinking about marriage with her boyfriend Kyoichi (Hiroyuki Hirayama). By an accidental opportunity, Mayuko stays at Honnouji Hotel. There, she meets historical figure Nobunaga Oda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) who is attempting to unify Japan.
Recall
Act like Katsuyuki Hiramoto
event2018 star_border 6.8
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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 the public and the media’s wrath, Tokuro Akamatsu, the president of the freight company, realizes that a structural defect within the truck itself may have been to blame. A conspiracy of the wheel manufacturer's attempts to cover up a defective product is uncovered.
Masquerade Hotel
Act like Political Commentator
event2019 star_border 6.8
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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 investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Kosuke Nitta works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke Nitta goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel. Naomi Yamagishi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke Nitta for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke Nitta is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi Yamagishi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each others differences, they also begin to build a trust between each other. Who is the murderer?
Hissatsu Shigotonin 2012
Act like Yuki Shinnosuke
event2012
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This show is based on the jidaigeki TV series “Hissatsu Shigotonin,” which has had several seasons between the 1970s and the 1990s. Shigotonin is a group of hired assassins to bring justice to those who were able to escape the long arm of the law. Noriyuki Higashiyama and Masahiro Matsuoka return from the 2009 special. Emi Wakui and Koki Tanaka are new in this TV movie.
Kohaku no yume
event2018
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a TV drama special based on the life of SUNTORY's founder Shinjiro Torii
Odd Detective 14
Act like Hideaki Yazawa
event2016 star_border 6
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The dead body of Maki Tsujimoto, a popular stage actress, is discovered in a theater in Oji. After striking her in the back of the head with a bronze statue prop, the criminal laid the body on the floor and pointed a light at it, "directing" the crime scene as if it were a scene from a play.
The Taste of Fish
event2008 star_border 7
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It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a place of fierce competition between fish merchants that have been in the business for generations. Based on a comic series, The Taste of Fish follows businessman Shuntaro, who has a successful career in a trading company and is in a steady relationship with girlfriend Asuka. One day, Shuntaro has to help out at the fish wholesaler store run by Asuka's father, and he immediately falls in love with the world of Tsukiji Fish Market. Soon, Shuntaro quits his job and devotes all of his time to running the business while learning about the market's fascinating set of long-standing traditions. However, he must first also learn to distinguish the tastes of different fishes before he can survive in the competitive world of Tsukiji.
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
Act like Public bath patron
event1996 star_border 7.5
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A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.
Adult's Situation
Act like Reiji Sonoyama
event2021 star_border 3.5
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Seven men and women, consisting of three couples who are reluctant companions and one single man, play in the game with the secret that their relationship and friendship will collapse. Japanese remake of the Italian movie "Perfetti sconosciuti".
Cell Phone Investigator 7: Pilot
Act like Kentaro Arishima
event2008
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Masaka Kubota plays high-school student Keita, who leads a secret life as a "network investigator" for a secret organization. In the introductory episode, Keita has moved to a new school in Tokyo but doesn't like it. His best friend from his previous school comes to Tokyo and they run away together. Passing through a construction site the pair are attacked by a robot, but are then saved by a man named Takimoto and his strange sidekick — a cell phone with arms and legs. This Buddy Keitai cell phone with "human intelligence capabilities" will go on sale in Japan in April.
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
event2000
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A musical- style comedy movie set in Hakata.
The Takatsu River
event2019
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Set along the river basin of Shimane Prefeture's Takatsu River, a government-protected river, this drama portrays various people living in an area burdened by decreasing population as they carry on the tradition of "Kagura" Shinto music and dance which is said to be the roots of Kabuki. Directing from his own screenplay is Nishikori Yoshinari of Railways. Saito Manabu (Komoto Masahiro) operates a ranch on a mountain and worries his son Tatsuya (Ishikawa Raizo) has been making a habit of skipping Kagura practice. Then Manabu learns his alma mater elementary school will be closed down.
Blood
event1998 star_border 5
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Kasaki the hitman needs to set scores with his target Ri after the syndicate hunts him and blackmails his childhood friend to kill him.
No Problem 2
event2002 star_border 5
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Kimura wins a trip to Hong Kong, but once he arrives, he is mistaken as a hitman and is assigned to kill Yumiko, the female successor to the Ota Group conglomerate. When Kimura falls for his target instead, he must learn kung-fu from a local (Yuen) to fight off the yakuza assassin "Invincible" assigned to finish the job.
The Glorious Team Batista
Act like Takayuki Haba
event2008 star_border 7
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Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink the size of enlarged hearts. Normally this procedure has only a 60% success rate, but "Team Batista" has achieved a run of 26 straight successes....when suddenly 3 patients in a row die on the operating table. Very disturbed, the lead surgeon requests an independent investigation. The hospital turns to Dr. Taguchi who is a specialist in psychosomatic disorders who is shocked to at the assignment because she knows nothing in particular about surgery. Assured, however, that this very lack of insider specialized knowledge is in fact the "objectivity" required, she diligently begins to investigate in her own polite, but persistent manner.
Eiko
event2004
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Eiko Akimori is a 23-year-old woman who lives alone in an apartment. One day, Eiko is made to buy a big stone ring that brings happiness from a catch sales on the way home from work.
Oppai Volleyball
Act like Ryuo
event2009 star_border 6.2
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Terajima Mikako became a boys volleyball team coach at a junior high school she has been assigned to. As an incentive for the team members who do not show the slightest enthusiasm, she promises to show them her boobs if they win a game.
Oda Nobunaga
event1998 star_border 7
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The show follows the early years of Japanese warlord hero Oda Nobunaga in the 16th century. As a young man Oda was not seen as the right heir to the Oda clan, but through a masterful political marriage arranged by his father, Oda Nobunaga not only gained influence, he also became the Daimyo who joined the three imperial counties to unite Japan.
Your Tales of the Unusual
(5 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7
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An omnibus drama based on short stories by Ryo Asai, who won the 22nd Novel Subaru Rookie Award for The Kirishima Thing and the 148th Naoki 35 Award for SOMEONE.
Dollhouse
Act like Ichiro Hirata (10 ep.)
event2004
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This group of sexy, fresh and lively girls pursues dance and action with fervor and irresistible force. On the outside they are a dance group at the Dollhouse club but secretly they are a special investigation group.
Under the direction of their leader, Reiko Kanzaki (Yuki Matsushita), they provide enjoyment to customers of the club, while punishing evil. Their first mission is to take on a band of armed criminals who are robbing a bank.
Head of the criminals is Mika Ayanokoji (Yumi Adachi). Thanks to the Dolls superb teamwork, the gang is arrested but due to a police mistake, Mika is able to escape. But Reiko confronts Mika and makes her an offer.
Dollhouse is a simple, straight-shooting but thrilling drama that wins with passion. It's showtime!
Jin
Act like Junan Yamada (22 ep.)
event2009 star_border 8.1
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After awakening in the Edo era, a neurosurgeon uses his medical knowledge to help those around him while searching for a way back to the present day.
Dear Friday's Lovers
(1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 5
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Madoka is transferred to the secretarial pool when the company goes through restructuring. It's a letdown after being in the busy Sales Department, but Madoka tries to find her place there. She meets and falls in love with Haruki, a security guard, but trouble rears its head in the form of Kaori, Haruki's ex-girlfriend.
Kami no Shizuku
Act like Chosuke Honma (9 ep.)
event2009 star_border 6.5
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Kami no Shizuku is a Japanese multi-award-winning television comedy series, based on the manga series The Drops of God. Produced by Nippon Television and featuring Kazuya Kamenashi, Seiichi Tanabe, Riisa Naka, Nozomi Sasaki, and Yuki Uchida, it was first broadcast on January 13, 2009, and ran till March 10, 2009.
You Gotta Be Kidding Me!
Act like Motoo Yamada (11 ep.)
event2007
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A forty-year-old man has married a pretty woman 20 years younger than he is. However, with their marriage as a turning point, his fate dramatically changes. The mother of his newly-wed bride is his old lover! What is worse, the mother voluntarily moves herself in with the newly weds. Their newly married life, which would have been honey-sweet, is becoming a roller-coaster ride. This is a comical drama portraying the triangle with reason of these three people. --TBS
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Act like Tsutomu Asakura (5 ep.)
event2016 star_border 5.5
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With next year's university entrance exams looming, high school senior Yoshiyama Mihane is beginning to feel the blues. She recently joined the school's photography club. As she walks by the science lab one day after school, she smells the aroma of lavender. From that moment on, she acquires the ability to leap freely through time and the days ahead are marked with bizarre occurrences...
Pretty Proofreader
Act like Taisho Oda (10 ep.)
event2016 star_border 7.2
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Etsuko Kono is a 28-year-old woman who loves fashion. Aspiring to become a fashion editor, she joins a publishing company, but is sent to work in copy editing. There, her job is to correct errors and inadequate parts of documents and copies.
Mysterious Nile Girl Thutmose
Act like President Damente (52 ep.)
event1991 star_border 6
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The twelfth entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy Series.
Mirai koshi Meguru
Act like Yuki 43 (10 ep.)
event2008 star_border 5
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Meguru Yoshida (Kyoko Fukada) is an English instructor at a cram school who is forced to support her family after her debt-ridden father disappears. Meguru has a strange condition. Whenever she eats too much, she has visions of what the future holds for those in her presence. One day, while eating barbecued beef, she realizes that her boyfriend, Yuki, will become bald and fat 20 years down the line. She becomes discouraged with the idea that she may end up living her life with Yuki, especially after attending a party with some former classmates who she finds will turn into very handsome men.
Don't Call It Mystery
(2 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.7
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University student Kuno Totono is the type who constantly questions what is taken for granted in society and develops his own theories based on his vast knowledge and unique set of values. One day in autumn, the police come to see him. His university schoolmate has been murdered at a park nearby and the police apparently regard Totono with suspicion. He is asked to come with them for questioning. In the interrogation room, the police are manipulated by Totono who tends to digress from the topic and poke at their contradictions. He even correctly guesses that one of them is troubled about not getting along with the wife and ends up giving advice. However, Totono’s fingerprints are eventually discovered on the murder weapon.
Yokoyama Hideo Suspense
(1 ep.)
event2010
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There are four episodes based on short stories by mystery novelist Yokoyama Hideo. Each episode depicts a stand-alone murder mystery.
Kumokiri Nizaemon
(1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 7.6
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During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
Act like Nishino Takeshi (7 ep.)
event2006 star_border 6.7
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High school student Hoshi Izumi loses her father suddenly in an accident. One day, Sakuma, the waka gashira of a small and weak Yakuza gang in Asakusa - the Medaka Gumi - pays Izumi a visit along with the gang members. The death of their former kumicho (Boss) puts Medaka Gumi on the verge of a breakup. Therefore, Sakuma begs Izumi, the former boss's only distant relative left, to succeed to the kumicho position. Izumi is taken by surprise and keeps refusing at first. However, she ends up becoming the 8th kumicho of the Medaka Gumi! The police tell her that her father's death may possibly be a homicide case. There's also Mayumi, a mysterious woman staring closely at Izumi's father's photograph at his funeral. The situation becomes complicated when the drug-dealing vicious yakuza, Hamaguchi Gumi, comes into the picture as well as Sandaiji Hajime, a politician whose public stance is to eliminate drugs.
Homicide Team 9
Act like Hideaki Yazawa (123 ep.)
event2006 star_border 7
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The members of this elite investigative team are unique individuals with their own personal troubles, but what unites them is their strong sense of justice. They each channel all their energy and skill to solve the most difficult cases.
NICE FLIGHT!
(1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 9
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Kurata Sui is a 30-year-old man, who is honest and kind to people. He first went on an airplane when he was middle school student. After that, he has always wanted to become an airplane pilot. Finally, after going through rigorous training, he has been promoted as the first officer for an airline. One day, as the first officer of the flight, he experiences a difficult time because of bad weather. Due to the excellent work of a female air traffic controller, Kurata Sui and the captain are able to land the plane safely at Haneda Airport. Since then, even though he doesn't know her name or what she looks like, Kurata Sui has fallen in love with the air traffic controller just by listening to her voice.
Forbidden Fruit
(11 ep.)
event1997
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Mayako, a married woman, finds her life of comfort and casual affairs thrown into disarray when she unexpectedly falls in love with a younger man. Here is a modern fable of the moral dilemmas facing today's women, in a time where the expectations of love, marriage, and divorce from earlier generations no longer seem true.
Okane ga Nai!
(12 ep.)
event1994 star_border 5
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Kentaro lives in the suburbs with his two little brothers. They are poor, but they are happy. The factory Kentaro works for, though, goes bankrupt on pay day and Kentaro finds himself out of a job and with even less money. The brothers are thrown out of their apartment and Kentaro, a born optimistic until then, decides that he must aggressively pursue "money". This drama depicts the success story of Kentaro in his search for money and a better life.
Yell
(120 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7.5
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NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. They meet each other through music and overcome hardships together. Yuichi composes songs that became "Yells" for people all over Japan in the Showa Era (1926-1989) in which radical changes were going on.
Heaven? ~My Restaurant, My Life~
Act like Katsuo Suzuki (10 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.3
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Kanako is about to open a French restaurant, for the sole purpose of making herself happy with good food and wine. She recruits Iga, a waiter who is undervalued at his current restaurant. After Kanako declares, “I’m convinced that you will become a great waiter,” he decides to work for her. However, he quickly finds out that not only is the restaurant poorly located – it’s in the middle of the cemetery, far away from downtown and residential areas – but none of the other staff, such as former hairdresser Kawai, have ever worked at a French restaurant.
War of Traps
Act like Katsuji Abukawa (11 ep.)
event2023 star_border 7.5
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Parliamentary secretary Toru Washizu (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) has devoted 20 years of his life to Kosuke Inukai, a member of parliament and cabinet minister. Toru works behind the scenes as Inukai's "shadow," deftly handling the petitions of Inukai's supporters and crushing any hint of scandal. Cool and collected, Toru rarely betrays emotion and would humble himself to anyone to get what Inukai needs. But then a shocking event changes everything. Toru's only son, Taiki, is gravely injured in an accident that leaves him close to death. Toru is stricken with worry and fear for his son, but Inukai orders him to conduct a cover-up. Feeling betrayed, Toru, who once would have done anything for Inukai, begins to question everything.
Isn't It a Bad Guy?
Act like Tetsuo Yagami (8 ep.)
event2022
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In which a good-looking college student, Gonta Tamachi, reconsiders himself when his powerful grandmother and his body and spirit are replaced.
Cellphone Investigator 7
Act like Kentaro Amishima (2 ep.)
event2008 star_border 8.7
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Seeking an escape from his mundane life, high-schooler Keita Amishima stumbles into the secret life of an agent of UNDER ANCHOR - a covert organisation combating cyber terrorism. Keita isn't alone, as he is partnered with an A.I. - the Phone Braver "Seven".
Together, Keita and Seven work to counter cyber crimes, all the while dealing with the machinations of a rogue Phone Braver, "Zero One".
Food Fight
Act like Yoneyama Katsuyoshi, David (1 ep.)
event2000 star_border 8
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The president of a large food production company combines gourmet eating and gambling into an underground eating contest, or "Food Fight," in the basement of his company. After growing up in an orphanage, Mitsuru Ihara starts working as a custodian at the large food producer. The pleasant, kind Ihara often visits his former home, pretending to be an important business man, not the blue-collar cleaner that he really is. He also has a bigger secret, which is, he is the reigning champion of the underground eating competition held at the company. In it, two contestants battle to see who can pack away more food within a set time limit. The noble Ihara, with nine consecutive wins, always donates the prize money anonymously to his orphanage, despite the fact that he wins millions. The circumstances surrounding his victories, however, are often surprising and usually unusual, perhaps unrealistic. He also wins by a very small margin, by only 1 point in most cases.
Special Investigation Nine
Act like Hideaki Yazawa (75 ep.)
event2018 star_border 6
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The #9 investigation team has been disbanded and members of the #9 investigation team have been scattered around. One year later, the Chief of the National Police Agency, Sojiro Kandagawa, orders the creation of a special investigation team to cover from the initial investigation until it is sent to the prosecutor's office. Sojiro Kandagawa appoints Sakutaro Munakata as the leader of the special investigation team. Former #9 investigation team members join the special investigation team.
素晴らしき哉、先生!
Act like Yoshizawa Makoto (8 ep.)
event2024
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Rio Sasaoka, a high school teacher struggling with the pressures of her job, finds solace in a secret social media account and the support of her caring boyfriend. When she's unexpectedly assigned as a homeroom teacher to a third-year class, Rio faces new challenges that test her resilience and rekindle her passion for teaching.
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
Act like Umeo Momota (1 ep.)
event1995 star_border 8.2
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A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
Kaasan Mom's Life
Act like Kamohara, Jou (143 ep.)
event2009
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A sidesplitting essay in animation that depicts the simple everyday life of career-committed mother and her rather out of standard family set in contemporary Japan.
Shotengai no Pianist: Towa no Shirabe
Act like Mizusaki Keita (13 ep.)
event2023
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Mizusaki Keita, a chef at a French restaurant in the shopping district, is in a state of despair after his beloved wife is predeceased by illness, but with the support of Kataoka Miho, a pastry chef apprentice who works at the restaurant, he decides to reinvent his wife's memorable piano as a street piano.
Meanwhile, famous pianist Imanishi Kohei, who is said to be a rising star in the piano world, suddenly appears asking him to play the street piano. Kohei leaves when he finishes playing the perfect "Nocturne". Why did he come to the shopping street to play the piano?
Through a street piano placed in a French restaurant in a shopping street, various stories are born.
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