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Mayu Tsuruta

Born : 25th-Apr-1970

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Cat Taxi


Released : 2nd-Jun-2010

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Noise

Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.
Released : 27th-Jan-2022

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One Day, You Will Reach the Sea

This work is a 12-year story of Mana, a woman who cannot accept the death of her best friend, staring at her as she tries to step forward while having deep sorrow.
Released : 1st-Apr-2022

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You Made My Dawn

Fukagawa Seiji is a high school student with silver color hair. He is free-spirited and fond of painting. He tells people exactly what he thinks, but he also has a mysterious side. His classmate is Niwa Akane. Akane is a model student who always wears a face mask. At first, she doesn’t like Seiji, but she is attracted by Seiji's paintings and his blunt personality. They get close with each other, and they both have their own secret they can’t tell anyone. Adapted from the novel "Yoru ga Aketara, Ichiban ni Kimi ni Ai ni Iku" (When the Dawn Breaks, I’ll Be the First to See You)
Released : 1st-Sep-2023

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Seventeen Motors


Released : 14th-Dec-2019

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Jellyfish Eyes

In present-day Japan, little Masashi moves from an evacuation center to a small village. There he will discover that every child has the ability to communicate with a fantastic creature, but they are being used in an evil plan to collect the children’s negative energy. Artist Takashi Murakami ‘s debut film is an amazing epic story that is an X-Ray of children’s hopes and fears with the artist’s unmistakable visual style.
Released : 23rd-Apr-2013

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Family

Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist's own life experience, this film portrays the loss and regeneration of the life of four men.
Released : 3rd-Nov-2023

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Katsu Fūtarō! !


Released : 1st-Nov-2019

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Kazoku gokko

Different people and five different families are acting out various scenarios, scripts and what-ifs. First there is the four Suzuki family members, who are not, sitting around a table in isolation. Then there is the unveiling of a will and what happens when it is read out, there are the sisters who are at it against each other, then there is the funeral that does not go according to plan and more.
Released : 1st-Aug-2015

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The Negotiator

After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital hostage. Through flashbacks, relevant information is revealed to the audience. When the negotiations are finished, most things seem to be fine until they lose track of the criminals. Then, the story unveils from a different perspective, its roots in feelings of love and vengeance.
Released : 17th-Aug-2003

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Owls' Castle

As the great military commander Nobunaga Oda was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins, killing every man, woman and child he found in the village. Years later, one of the survivors has hired a young but skilled assassin to avenge the deaths of his friends and family. His mission: to sneak into the most heavily guarded castle in Japan, and kill the supreme ruler of the country.
Released : 30th-Oct-1999

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Au revoir l'été

After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to know the people of the town, including Takashi, a shy relative of her childhood friend.
Released : 19th-Oct-2013

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The Ravine of Goodbye

In a valley, with a dense growth of trees, a baby is killed. The baby's mother Satomi is arrested as the prime suspect. The police also learn that Satomi is involved in a romantic relationship with her next door neighbor Ozaki. The information was provided by the neighbor's lover Kanako.
Released : 22nd-Jun-2013

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Curtain Call

Kaori is pursuing her career as a journalist for a magazine with great enthusiasm. But as a result of an article she wrote, she is sent to work for a community magazine at Fukuoka. An anonymous letter arrives, which puts her in contact with an old and forgotten theater, the 'Minato Theater' in nearby Shimonoseki.
Released : 12th-Nov-2005

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Half a Confession

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.
Released : 10th-Jan-2004

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Year One in the North

In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the now displaced Samurais of the older days. After two years, over 500 of them settled in their new land under the leadership of Hideaki, husband of Shino. However, as crops fail he is to go to Sapporo to learn new techniques of farming, leaving his wife and daughter for 5 years. All this time, the new community is constantly watched by the government which choose to again uproot them from their new homes.
Released : 14th-Jan-2005

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Tooi & Masato

This is a story about a Japanese photographer and his journey to discover his roots. As a child, his name was “Tooi”. Born and raised in Thailand, he was suddenly taken to Japan when he has eight years old and became Japanese with the name, “Masato”. The reason was his father had been a “Zanryu Nihonhei”. “Zanryu Nihonhei” were Japanese soldiers who didn’t or couldn’t return to Japan after the war’s end for various reasons. A big reason was Japan’s defeat. It’s believed there were 10,000 across Asia and the former Soviet Union, with 1,000 in Thailand alone. The exact number remains unclear. His father was also among them. When “Masato” was 28, he travelled back to Thailand where he was born. And he remembers his past and words.
Released : 25th-Mar-2023

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カルテット!


Released : 7th-Jan-2012

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Last Night Rewind

Small miracles take place within three families. These different stories revolve around a false kidnapping, a pious child and a forsaken dream. Based on a stage production by Saijo Mitsutoshi.
Released : 4th-Nov-2017

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Last Friends

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.
Released : 3rd-Jun-1995

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Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan

During a graduation tour in Chitwan, simple-minded and shy Yasuo accidentally becomes a super singer under the name "Ibatsu Taro". Fame and respect he wins, the richest man in Chitwan wishes to make him his family member. In Yasuo's last concert, his love, Reiko, suddenly appears. Between true love and wealth, what will Yasuo's choice be?
Released : 4th-Sep-1993

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64: Part 2

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
Released : 1st-Jun-2016

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64: Part 1

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
Released : 7th-May-2016

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Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a cheerful publishing assistant who moves into town after marrying Masakazu, a popular mystery writer. Akiko is surprised by the unusual town but enjoys the new curiosities surrounding her. However, just as she was beginning to settle in, a trifling incident sweeps her spirit to the underworld too soon. Convinced that destiny has something else in store for his wife, Masakazu journeys into the underworld to bring back Akiko’s spirit.
Released : 9th-Dec-2017

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The Man from the Sea

A man is found washed up on a beach in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, suffering from amnesia and speaking in broken Indonesian and Japanese.
Released : 26th-May-2018

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Every Day a Good Day

A university student attends a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin. There she has the Japanese tea ceremony in her life and it's there for her during moments when she is sad or happy.
Released : 13th-Oct-2018

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Casshern

Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of the use of biological, chemical and nuclear weapons, much of Earth has become uninhabitable and people have become prey to new diseases. Professor Azuma's "neo-cell" project, which is supposed to be the answer to mankind's hardships, becomes a nightmare come true when mutants spawned from the experiment escape and declare war on the human race. Azuma's son Tetsuya, who was killed during the previous war, is reborn into the cyborg Casshern as mankind's last hope against the new mutant threat. This live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name.
Released : 24th-Apr-2004

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Oyari Haishaku

Kotoji Akame (Naoto Takenaka) is a shabby, middle aged low-ranking samurai of small stature. One day, in a drinking contest, he misses sending his lord off as he leaves Edo for Kuju. Released from service for this blunder, Akame becomes a wandering samurai. He goes on to steal lances from many feudal lords' processions. For Furuta, suffering defeat is out of question. To protect his domain and family, he takes it on himself to meet Murase and proposes an alliance between the Wako, Fuki and Ushizu domains. With the fate of the feudal families in their hands, Furuta and Murase pursue Akame. Each with something to protect, the men fight desperately over the lances.
Released : 1st-Jan-2013

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Only Yesterday

Sugimoto Taeko moves in with her daughter Natsuki and granddaughter Mizuki. They begin a lively life together. In the midst of it all, Taeko sees her former self in Mizuki. The bitter taste of the first pineapple she ever ate, the disastrous score on a math test, the awakening of her acting spirit at a school performance. As Taeko recalls her elementary school days, she unleashes a dream that she had long given up on and sealed away. 'I'm going to be on stage!' Taeko immediately auditions and devotes herself to rehearsing for a Shakespeare play. But just then, the theatre where she was going to perform goes bankrupt, and she is forced to give up on her dream again!
Released : 9th-Jan-2021

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Mr. Rookie

Ohara Koji is no ordinary Rookie. He is the Hanshin Tigers' secret weapon. Who would have thought that after two major shoulder injuries, 32-year-old Ohara could become a national sensation?
Released : 23rd-Mar-2002

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Mother Lake

Set in 2036, famous photographer Fujii goes to a museum near Lake Biwa. He remembers a time twenty years earlier where he had believed that there was a dinosaur, Biwasshi, living in the lake and he had tried to convince people of this.
Released : 5th-Jul-2016

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Ghibli Landscapes - The Japan Depicted In Miyazaki's Works

Tsuruta Mayu visits the places of “good old Japan” and discovers profound attractions like Totoro and Spirited Away and also shows the charm of Ponyo.
Released : 1st-Jun-2008

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TV Credits

世にも奇妙な君物語

- 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.
Released : 5th-Mar-2021

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正義は勝つ

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Released : 18th-Oct-1995

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時効警察

- 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.
Released : 13th-Jan-2006

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Tsugumi e...

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Released : 6th-Jul-2000

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Oshigoto Desu!

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Released : 16th-Apr-1998

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17才

- After parting with her six childhood friends for several years, Takumi decides to return back to her hometown to reunite with them. However, her six friends worry about her comeback as she's a real trouble-maker and has made their lives very miserable in the past. Slowly, they come to realise that they are wrong about Takumi, and just then she disappears before them once again, leaving behind the sweet memories they have together at the age of seventeen.
Released : 28th-Apr-1994

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Chiipu Rabu

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Released : 15th-Oct-1999

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総理と呼ばないで

- What happens when the Prime Minister of Japan suddenly has the lowest approval ratings in history? Tamura Masakazu plays an unpopular Prime Minister who faces daily protests of citizens, inside betrayals, and the decision of a new Chief Cabinet Secretary. He makes an unprecedented selection, choosing his daughter's private tutor, who is only in his 20s and not even a politician! Will the Prime Minister be able to turn his ratings around, or will he be forced to resign? This drama focuses on the government of Japan, with a comedic twist.
Released : 8th-Apr-1997

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サトラレ

Hoshino Noriko - A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden such people are known as "satorare" and their well-being come under special government protection. As all the young doctor's thoughts/feelings are always heard by hospital colleagues, this creates much inconvenience to them and they try to drive him away. In steps a beautiful female doctor who tries to shield him from the cruel reality of his uniqueness.
Released : 4th-Jul-2002

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誰かが彼女を愛してる

- Manabu and his father Kouhei love Tsubasa in the same time, but they don't know that they are in love with the same girl. Tsubasa doesn't know they are a father and a son. Tsubasa enjoys meeting them in different places and different times. Finally the father and his son ask her which she loves but she loves both.
Released : 14th-Oct-1992

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じゃじゃ馬ならし

Ryoko Sugimura - Ryuichiro's bride, company president Mayumi Kitahara dies, leaving him to take care of her daughter Natsumi. Natsumi moves into Ryuichiro's flat, but he sets to work to be the father she never had.
Released : 5th-Jul-1993

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グッドニュース

- Kurosawa, who works for a film production company, meets Akiko, a divorcee and single mother, who works at a publishing house. Through the efforts of Akiko's son, Naoya, they fall in love and decide to get married. The good news continues with Kurosawa becoming an assistant producer, and Akiko's parents offering to make the down-payment for their apartment. However, things start to go wrong when the ever-generous and sometimes naive Kurosawa helps a respected friend by co-signing on his financial obligation. A warm and occasionally wacky comedy for the whole family.
Released : 11th-Apr-1999

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ハチロー

- A story of Sato Hachiro, poet in the Showa period who is known for his lyric poems and songs for children. Despite the delicate and sensitive style of his works, he and his family spent a life full of ups and downs. Based on a novel by his half-sister Sato Aiko, the drama describes the thrilling life of the poet who played an important role in the popular culture of the Showa era by focusing on his love and hate relationship with his family. (Source: DramaWiki)
Released : 24th-Jan-2005

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妹よ

Hitomi Takaki - Yukiko (Wakui Emi) has been living in Tokyo for three years. Inside her heart, she believes that this beautiful city will certainly bring her happiness. This belief starts to realise one day when she has a chance encounter with Masashi (Karasawa Toshiaki) while welcoming her brother, Kikuo (Kishitani Goro), at a railway station. As Masashi is the son of a very rich businessman, and Yukiko is only an ordinary girl from the countryside, their together is highly obstructed by lots of barriers. However, Yukiko's kind-hearted personality finally wins Masashi's love, and he takes out his courage to turn down marrying his rich fiancee. --Snowflakes
Released : 17th-Oct-1994

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if もしも

- An anthology series of TV plays which each have two equal alternate endings.
Released : 22nd-Apr-1993

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日本ボロ宿紀行

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Released : 25th-Jan-2019

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菜の花の沖

- A romance of a man who risked his life at sea on a Kitamae ship during the Edo period. Based on the famous book "Offshore of Rape Blossoms" by Ryotaro Shiba, the movie tells the story of Kahei Takadaya, a great merchant who lived a turbulent life and single-handedly conducted diplomacy with the great Russian power.
Released : 4th-Jan-2001

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君と出逢ってから

- The drama is about a cold-hearted corporate warrior who is involved in a car accident, and how he and the woman who loves him so earnestly struggle with the aftermath of the accident and regain the love in their twisted hearts.
Released : 12th-Apr-1996

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悪女(わる)

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Released : 18th-Apr-1992

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デカ黒川鈴木

- Deka Kurokawa Suzuki is a Japanese television drama series.
Released : 5th-Jan-2012

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孤独のグルメ

Eriko Suzukawa - Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
Released : 4th-Jan-2012

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ねこタクシー

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Released : 8th-Jan-2010

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ゆうれい、貸します〜お染・恋の七変化

- One hundred years ago, the two died untimely deaths, although they had a strong bond. In the Edo period, the reincarnated man met a geisha named Osome, a wandering spirit who could not attain Buddhahood.
Released : 6th-Jun-2003

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相棒

Eiko Kurata - Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.
Released : 9th-Oct-2002

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チープラブ

Kotozuka Nanami - Cheap love is about Nanami, a teacher, and Junichi who is a scout for nightclubs. Nanami lives a boring life preparing to get married to a boring man. When she meets Junichi she sees a chance of doing something exciting, but she did not think of falling in love. Also Junichi falls for the woman and it is the first time he believes that he can be worth for more than nothing. But a lot of things happen and of course, it is not that easy for them to be together and it always seems that they will not be able make it. But maybe there is a happy end after all ?
Released : 15th-Oct-1999

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プリズナー

Nishiyama Aki -
Released : 16th-Nov-2008

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翳りゆく夏

- A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of a newborn baby at a big hospital 20 years ago. The criminal demanded a ransom from the director of the hospital instead of the parents. But after the criminal had the large sum of money in hand, he died in an accident while being pursued by the police. The baby was never found. Kaji Hidekazu, a former hotshot journalist who has become deadwood in the wake of an incident, is ordered by the newspaper to re-investigate the kidnapping case. He finds out the shocking, tragic truth which had been kept under wraps.
Released : 18th-Jan-2015

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篤姫

- The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.
Released : 6th-Jan-2008

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株価暴落

Naomi Tamaru - In defiance to his superiors, a credit officer stands his ground in denying a grocery chain additional loans. Then the terrorist attacks begin.
Released : 19th-Oct-2014

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日本ボロ宿紀行

Morita Akemi - After her father suddenly passes away 27 year old Hanuka Shinomiya finds herself the inexperienced owner of her late fathers talent management company. After the company staff quit Hanuka is left with just one client, a 48 year old one hit wonder singer named Ryuji Sakuraba who hasn't seen success since 1999. With no other clients and a box of Ryuii's unsold CD's, the two embark on a promotional Japanese tour where they stay at "shabby" hotels and experience the delights of discount dining.
Released : 26th-Jan-2019

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竜馬がゆく

Otazuru - Ryoma ga Yuku is a five-hour epic which chronicles the life of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to study swordsmanship, Ryoma heads for Edo where he meets many people who influence his thinking. He becomes close friends with men like Katsu Kaishu and Saigo Takamori and later establishes a naval training school in Kobe. Ryoma's controversial political views make him a target for shogunate assassins but his fervent belief in a classless society helps forge the Choshu-Satsuma alliance which ultimately brings about the Meiji Restoration.
Released : 1st-Jan-1997

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誰かがこの町で

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Released : 8th-Dec-2024

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