Mayumi Asaka
Birthday: Born in 1955-09-06 in
Deathday: Alive
Mayumi Asaka is a Japanese actress. One of her television roles was as the ninja Sagiri in the jidaigeki Abarenbo Shogun.
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エンジン
Character: Daisuke's mother
Jiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving techniques. He's a daredevil who feels no fear driving at speeds that even top racers dare not attempt. But unexpected trouble forces this world-famous racer to leave his team and return to Japan for the first time in years. Until he finds a new job as a racer, Jiro decides to stay with his parents. What awaits Jiro there is his hardheaded father, his nagging sister, the 12 children of the foster home hi...
ずんずん！
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A miracle and moving story set in a milk delivery shop....
素直になれなくて
Character: Ichihara Misako
Nakajima looks up to his father, who was a war photographer, but can only get a job as an assistant for gravure magazines. Mizuno is a provisional high school teacher, currently on probation. Nishimura is Mizuno's best friend, whose boyfriend has been avoiding her since she discovered she was pregnant. Ichihara works at a magazine where he is being blackmailed into sexual favours by his chief editor. Park, on Twitter, takes on the persona of a doctor, when he is actually working at a company tha...
わるいやつら
Character: Head Nurse Numata
Toyomi Terajima (Ryoko Yonekura) chose to become a nurse because she had no interest in marriage and wanted an occupation she could do for the rest of her life. Although she doesn't have a lot of aspirations, she does have a vague idea of wanting to work as a nurse overseas, and so she studies English. Outside of that, her life is less than ordinary and she carries out her job as a nurse without any indifference. That is, until one fateful night when she calls on Dr. Toya Shinichi (Takaya Kamika...
Dr.コトー診療所
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After making a serious mistake in his work in Tokyo, talented surgeon Goto Kensuke is invited to take charge of the only clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. It is difficult to get competent doctors to serve on this remote island, and the islanders are now used to traveling for hours via boat for proper medical care. Despite seeming weak and unreliable (he gets very seasick, and does not have a driving license), he wins over the skeptical islanders with his skill and dedication. Some...
7人の女弁護士
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大切なことはすべて君が教えてくれた
Character: Uemura Keiko
Shuji is a young teacher whose confidence and honesty has made him popular with the students. He is engaged to Natsumi, also a teacher at the same high school. At the morning of the new semester, Shuji wakes up with a hangover and no memory of the night before, and a strange young woman in his bed. He feels terrible about possibility of having cheated on his fiancée, but when it turns out the girl is a student in his class Shuji is wrecked with guilt. Things go from bad to worse when the girl, H...
抱きしめたい！
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Asako Ikeuchi and Natsuko Hayakawa have been close friends for more than 25 years. Natsuko's husband Keisuke had affairs, so she asks Asako to let her stay at her house. Keisuke was once Asako's boyfriend. They will soon be 30 years old. There are other nice guys around Asako. It's a drama about their love and friendship....
素直になれなくて
Character: Misako Ichihara
Nakajima looks up to his father, who was a war photographer, but can only get a job as an assistant for gravure magazines. Mizuno is a provisional high school teacher, currently on probation. Nishimura is Mizuno's best friend, whose boyfriend has been avoiding her since she discovered she was pregnant. Ichihara works at a magazine where he is being blackmailed into sexual favours by his chief editor. Park, on Twitter, takes on the persona of a doctor, when he is actually working at a company tha...
日本人の知らない日本語
Character: Kuniko Akimoto
Haruko lands a job in a local tutoring establishment and upon showing up for work on the first day, she discovers that she will not be teaching Japanese people, but teaching people Japanese. Her students are all foreigners who live in Japan for several reasons, and she is faced with their many questions on the Japanese Language that she'd never really thought of before....
セカンドバージン
Character: Marie's mother
Second Virgin is a Japanese television drama series that aired on NHK in 2010. Nakamura Rui is a divorced but highly successful producer in publishing. She meets Suzuki Kou, an ambitious buisiness man 17 years her junior, and finds herself getting aggressively persued by him. Eventually they begin a steaming affair. Meanwhile, a young couple moves into the house next to Nakamura's and the wife begins to confide in her about the frustrations of their conjugal life....
ハコヅメ〜たたかう！交番女子〜
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20-year-old rookie police officer Kawai Mai works hard at a police box and feels both physically and mentally drained. She has never felt appreciated even though she supposedly works for the sake of the area’s residents. In addition, she does not find working at a police box rewarding. Mai is about to hand in her resignation when she meets 30-year-old Fuji Seiko, the former ace detective of the Criminal Investigations Division. Seiko is said to have been forced to transfer to the police box for ...
ヒーロー
Character: Mitsue Taki
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have. Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecut...
絶メシロード
Character: Sawara Yoshie [Kokoro owner] (Ep. 5)
Suda Tamio is an ordinary salaryman. He experiences various stress throughout his daily life. His only pleasure is to set out on trips to find "Zetsumeshi." Zetsumeshi refers to endangered meals, that may no longer exist in the future. While his wife Kanae and child go attend concerts by their favourite idol groups, he leaves home on Friday after work and returns home Saturday night....
自由な女神 -バックステージ・イン・ニューヨーク-
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25-year-old Sachi works at a local construction company. Her mother died when she was young and she lives alone with her father, Kohei. Kohei is a very conservative person and does not like trying out new things. Due to this, Sachi has never eaten avocado and kiwi. One day, a drag queen name Cool Mint appears in front of Sachi in super flashy makeup and costume. This becomes a turning point of Sachi who finds motivation to leave her town to Tokyo and explore doing what she likes. Meanwhile, Sach...
ディア・ペイシェント
Character: Mano Yuko [Chiaki's mother]
Sasai Memorial Hospital has a good reputation for its sincere care for patients. However, holding up a strong policy of 'customer first' has put doctors into uneasy circumstance where they have to deal with 'monster patients,' unreasonable complainers. The drama depicts doctors' growth and struggle experienced in the severe situation of the present healthcare industry....
婚姻届に判を捺しただけですが
Character: Sumire Momose
27-year-old Akiha Ōkado, who vows to stay single, gets a proposal to enter into a fake marriage from 30-year-old Shū Momose, who wants to get the status of a married man for some reason. Through living together as a fake couple, their relationship gradually changes....
わたしのウチには、なんにもない。
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Mai Yururi decides to get rid of her old books, memorabilia, furniture and clothes. Everything around her room, except the basic necessities. Her friend visits her place and is shocked that her place is empty. Mai realizes how good it feels to get rid of clutter....
S -最後の警官-
Character: Hana Kamikura
The NPS (Nationai Police Safetyrescue) was formed to combat extreme crimes like terrorism, which is beyond the scope of the ordinary police force. Their purpose is to catch criminals alive. The elite members in the police organization formed NPS to strengthen the authority of SAT (Special Assault Team). When the NPS cannot solve a crime then they send in SAT. When SAT succeeds their authority strengthens. Ichigo (Osamu Mukai) is a member of NPS. He is a former boxer, but became a police officer...
刑事7人
Character: Saki Ando
Amagi Yu is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s First Investigative Division from the Lost and Found Centre. The Twelfth Section is called the “graveyard of detectives” and ridiculed as the “banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent”. Its assembled detectives Samura Kosuke, Yamashita Takumi, Nagasawa Keita, Mizutani Tamaki and Katagiri Masatoshi are elite and yet oddballs. Amagi app...
限界団地
Character: Fumiyo Kikuchi
There was a time when Japan’s housing projects, or “danchi,” were the dream homes of the masses. They produced a culture of residency unique to Japan, but today, these towers and their residents have aged. It is human nature to wish to deny the present and idealize the past the more one grows older. The man dedicates what life he has left to restoring the past, and chases after his ideal family and danchi. However, like a river, time can never go backwards. Aiming to bring back the danchi of the...
賢者の愛
Character: Miya Takanaka
A woman has trained her ex-best friend's son to be her sexual slave for 20 years because her best friend stole her first love. What was meant to be revenge. Ending will come with great impact....
ママとパパが生きる理由。
Character: Yumiko Yoshioka
A story about a married couple both diagnosed with cancer and given limited time to live. As mother of two young children, Yoshioka Shuko notices a lump in her chest one day and goes to a hospital to have it checked out. When she is diagnosed with breast cancer, her husband Kenichi is fully prepared to battle the disease with her until he finds out that he, too is ill with lung cancer. For the sake of the children, the couple determine to not let this defeat them, but to approach life cheerfully...
ラスト・フレンズ
Character: Yoko Kishimoto
The series follow the life of Michiru Aida, a beauty parlor assistant who returns to Tokyo after 4 years. Bullied by her seniors at work and abused by her boyfriend, she is reunited with her best friend during high school, Ruka Kishimoto, a skilled motocross racer. Takeru, a make-up artist, is introduced to Ruka by her housemate, Eri and thus begin a journey of friendship....
火の粉
Character: Kajima Hiroe
A quiet residential area in Tokyo. Retired judge Isao Kajima and his family have a peaceful life until Shingo Takeuchi, an acquitted suspect in a murder trial that the judge once presided over, moves next door. Shingo smiles amiably, gives thoughtful presents, even helps care for the elderly. He wins the Kajima family's hearts with his exuberant good will. However, mysterious things keep happening in Isao's house......
風よ あらしよ
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Noe Ito. Women's liberation activist in the Taisho era. 100 years ago, with a stroke of her hand, she challenged the institution of marriage and social morality head-on. She uses her exuberant passion as her sole source of support. Admiration for Raiteu Hiratsuka, who wrote that “in the beginning, women were the sun”, her life with her first husband, Dadaist Jun Tsuji, and Sakae Osugi, the anarchist who became the better half of her life. Meeting with... She lived a wild life in search of freedo...
エコエコアザラク〜眼〜
Character: Izawa Ryoko
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カンナさーん!
Character: Morikawa Yoshie
Suzuki Kanna is a powerhouse woman with single-minded devotion once she puts her mind to something. Working for a fashion designer, her dream is to someday design clothes that will make women everywhere amazingly attractive.” But her world begins to spin out of control when she discovers that her “loving” hunk of a husband, Rei, is having an affair! Meanwhile, her unreasonable boss dumps loads of work, her husband is a mama’s boy and her mother-in-law drops in unannounced to dote on her son and ...
マイガール
Character: Tsukamoto Shiori
Back in his high school years, Kazama Masamune had a girlfriend four years his senior, who one day left to go study abroad. Now, six years later, Kazama hears that his girlfriend has passed away, and that she had secretly given birth to their daughter, who is now five years old. Kazama then decides to raise his daughter on his own....
聖なる怪物たち
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The drama has Okada playing the part of Shiba Kengo, a pure-hearted young surgeon who is dedicated to his work. He gets transferred from a prestigious university hospital to a financially troubled hospital, but there he meets a capable and cool-headed chief nurse named Kasugai Yuka (Nakatani), who teaches him the reality of the medical world. The pure Kengo must face various obstacles and challenges as he tears off the “masks” of respected professionals – doctors, nurses, and educators – and unc...
東京タワー
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A story about a young man named Masaya, whose lifelong dream is to go build a life in Tokyo. Masaya thinks his life in his hometown is uncool. A few years later, he manages to move to Tokyo but not without any consequences. In Tokyo, he learns the hard way about the meaning of life, survival, love, insecurities, desperation and hope. He also learns the struggles of living in a big city and trying to fix his relationship with his parents, especially his mom....
アライブ がん専門医のカルテ
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Onda Kokoro is an oncologist called Dr Onkoro for short by the people around her and teased that she was born for this path. She got married to Takumi, whom she had known since she was a student, and they had a son. Life was going smoothly for her. But three months ago, her husband fell in an accident and remained unconsciousness even though he underwent emergency surgery. Although Kokoro puts on a brave face at work, she still has not been able to accept reality. One day, she meets Kajiyama Kao...
江戸川乱歩の美女シリーズ
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束の間の一花
Character: Keiko Yamane
When Sendawara Ichika was in the 2nd grade of high school, a doctor told her she only had two years left to live. More than two years has passed since that diagnosis. Sendawara Ichika is now a university student. She spends her days not knowing if this will be her last day. Sendawara Ichika enjoys attending Yurugi Akifumi’s philosophy class. Yurugi Akifumi’s class is popular, but the students don't pay attention to his lectures. Sendawara Ichika though listens attentively. He often talks about t...
ウルトラマンT(タロウ)
Character: Saori Shiratori
Kotaro Higashi trained to be a boxer, but after an icident with Astromons, he was killed. However, his body was brought to Nebula M-78 where Mother of Ultra saved his life by joining him with Ultraman Taro. Taro had spent many years training, honing his skills based on those of the other Ultra Brothers to become strong. The two returned to earth as a new kaiju era was beginning....
優しい時間
Character: Amano Yoko
This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido. Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel. Yukichi declined an offer to switc...
鍵のない夢を見る
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科捜研の女
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Mariko is a forensic scientist working at the Kyoto PD Crime Lab. Her credo is “science never lies” and she delves into the truth of the case with her colleagues with their specialized skills and knowledge in forensic medicine, physics, chemistry etc. Mariko’s steadfast belief in science makes her stand against conventional institutional ethics of the police department, diehard detectives averse to scientific investigation and sometimes even with her own colleagues, but she stays faithful to her...
デジタル・タトゥー
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Iwai Kentaro is a 50-something former special prosecutor-turned-lawyer, who was forced to resign after a politician's corruption case results in suicide. One day, Taiga, a popular YouTuber, visits his office. According to this 20-something, someone is out to kill him because of a video he posted recently. And someone just tried to push him off a train platform. In the ensuing investigation to pinpoint the sender of the murder threat, Iwai discovers that Taiga is the son of the very politician ov...
女系家族
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A generations old family business is sent into turmoil when the sudden death of the head of the family opens the door to a fierce struggle between his three powerful and privileged daughters and the young mistress of modest means pregnant with his child....
こちら芝浦探侦社
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アンサング・シンデレラ 病院薬剤師の処方箋
Character: Setsuko Sakisaka
Aoi Midori is a pharmacist and in the 8-year span of her career, she has worked according to her strong belief that "One must know the patient well in order to prescribe the correct medication as medicine is the bond that connects the patient's today to his/her daily life henceforth". Due to that, Aoi usually takes a long time in her consultations with the patients, and this causes her to be complained by her colleagues for being too inefficient in her work. Aoi shrugs off the complaints as her ...
バントマン
Character: Eriko Yanagisawa
Yanagisawa Hiroto, a former professional baseball player was once a star home run hitter for the Dragons, but after losing his wife to a sudden illness received a notice that he was let go from the team. The story unfolds as he decides he can’t let his “home run life” come to an end and tries out for a team. However, instead of joining a professional baseball team, he’s directed to become a “sacrifice bunt man” in an ordinary company, where his role is to create opportunities for others....
世にも奇妙な物語
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Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending....
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Ultraman Taro: Burn On! The 6 Ultra Brothers
Character: Keiko Ono
Theatrical version of episode 25 of Ultraman Taro TV series....
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
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A gripping and entertaining historical drama that follows the actions of the thief Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi during the Edo period....
The Tale of Genji
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Love and the Grand Tug-of-war
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Following the 2009 financial crash, Waseda University graduate Takeshi lost his job in Tokyo and retreated to his family home in Sendai. While he resumed his role as heir to the family construction company with a diligent attitude, his hidebound father resents that his son left and that at the age of 35 Takeshi is still single. However, wider events will force father and son to overcome their differences as the Otsunahiki, a great tug-of-war featuring thousands of participants, will pull them to...
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
Character: Saori Shiratori
Theatrical version of episode 1 of the 'Ultraman Taro' TV series....
Kienai Akari
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Kindaichi Kosuke vs Akechi Kogoro
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The Ganso and Honke are two medical wholesalers which have had a long history of exchanges. They were originally a wholesaler set up by Tokiya Manemon who invented a drug. After he fell ill, he imparted the formula to his two beloved disciples. But the two were at loggerheads and the enmity between them caused a split into two factions, the ‘original’ (Ganso) and the ‘originator’ (Honke). One day, an incident finally occurred. Kiichiro (Endo Kaname), the eldest son of the Honke, launched an atta...
Melodrama
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The film depicts the anguish of an arsonist as he approaches the statute of limitations....
Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special
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"Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '23秋の特別編) is a Japanese anthology drama that aired on Fuji TV on November 11, 2023. This special presents four unique, mysterious tales. Episode summaries: 1. "The Eternal Two" An assistant accused of murder alters reality with a mysterious button. 2. "False Accusation in Hell" A lawyer defends a deceased man in Hell, uncovering shocking truths. 3. "Transistor Compression Contest" A fierce competition to compress a magazine leads to unexp...
Unfair: the movie
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When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger....
Eau de Vie
Character: リツ子
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Dr. Coto's Clinic
Character: Masayo Hoshino
In this drama set on Shikina Island, a far-flung island of the Japanese archipelago located more than six hours from the Japanese main islands, the young physician Kensuke Goto arrives at the island and has to deal with the island's inhabitants, not eager to accept him, at a clinic lacking sufficient medical equipment. Here's a human drama showing how Dr. Coto values the dignity of human life while unflinchingly facing disease with a serious attitude....
ミッドナイト・ジャーナル 消えた誘拐犯を追え
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Fireworks from the Heart
Character: Nakahara
On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a social recluse. Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to...
Fragments of the Last Will
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Based on a true story - a true love story of a man and his wife who are at the mercy of fate, but wish to be reunited for 11 years. With thoughts of his wife and his fellows, Yamamoto Hatao never gave up hoping that he'd return home despite hopeless circumstances....
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special
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Shodo Girls
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Based on a true story, Shodo Girls tells a tale of hope and community spirit where youth and vigour meet age and wisdom to overcome the towns struggle to remain on the map....
Handling Method for Grumpy Women
Character: 北澤 晴美
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Again
Character: Keiko Kinoshita
High school student Hatsumi lives with her mother. Her father passed away. She then meets 18-year-old Ryutaro who works at a waste paper collection field. They fall in love.Ryutaro is then unable to contact Hatsumi and jumps to the conclusion that Hatsumi hates him. When they meet again, Ryutaro loses control of his emotions and a horrific incident occurs. Hatsumi becomes conflicted with her mixed emotions towards Ryutaro. She makes a decision....
Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2013
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Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Summer Special 2013 features five chilling reenacted tales: 1. Terror on the Second Floor: Ryu (Suzuki Fuku) sees a spooky woman at home, but his warnings are ignored until a terrifying encounter changes everything. 2. X Hospital: Intern Naoki (Fujigaya Taisuke) faces eerie events at a hospital rebuilt in a cross shape, where horrors lurk at its ends. 3. Hint of a Shadow: Miwa (Fukada Kyoko) sees black shadows that signal tragedy, including her grandfather's death,...
S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future
Character: Hana Kamikura
The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. Meanwhile, a transport ship is hijacked in the Pacific Ocean....
The Complex
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Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken by a strange scratching sound coming from the apartment of her neighbor, a reclusive old man who has refused all attempts at communication. Concerned over his well being, Asuka enters his home only to find him dead from malnutrition. Worse, it looks as if he had been trying to claw his way into her room. Asuka learns that there have been a number ...
X Game 2
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High school girl and four other people were forced to play a X-game to take responsibility for what they did in the past....
Maiko monogatari
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Japanese drama film....
Delivery of Death
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Reporters Takehara and Tsumura Aki work for the magazine "Shukan Dodongo". Their chief editor tells them to monitor Okase Shohei who is an ex-bureaucrat and was recently released from prison. 7 years ago, Shohei was arrested for embezzling 1 billion yen. The investigation seven years ago was able to track down 700 million yen but unable to locate the remaining 300 million yen. Now, the chief editor is sure Shohei will go to wherever the remaining 300 million yen is hidden....
The Last Hero
Character: Naoko Mikimoto
The 8th All-Japan Road Race Championship. The internationally ranked A-level SUGO circuit is on the edge of its seat as the 500 cc final draws near. Akio Kitano and Keishi Ooki face off: private team versus factory team. In the final lap, Akio is overtaken by Ooki and loses by a hair. The reason for his defeat? The difference between their two machines. With their scores tied, the two wait for the next match to settle the score for good....
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
Character: Mitsuko Hibiki
A man’s body is found in the suburbs of Tokyo. The dead man was hit by a car and his head beaten by the reckless driver after the accident. The dead man had a wife named Noriko. She likes fancy things and she has a lover named Tsukada. It's also learned that the dead man was insured for 300 million yen. The media and the public look at Noriko and her boyfriend Tsukada with suspicion, but they have perfect alibis. Then, Detective Hibiki, who is in charge of the case, and Private Detective Kono be...
Desperate Pursuit
Character: Keiko Wakita
In the desert of Egypt, Kurata, the CEO of the Japanese corporation Tokokaihatsu, is killed by a sniper. After the news reaches Japan, the CEO's lawyer, Yamamoto, receives a visit from two men that attempt to steal the deceased CEO's will. This is witnessed by two detectives, Tsuzuki and Ōnuki, but they fail to catch the perps. Yamamoto hands the detectives a set of keys before he stops breathing. Tsuzuki and Ōnuki now have to investigate Kurata's murder......
The Goodbye Girls
Character: Aiko Kurebayashi
When 22-year-old Ikuko gets fired from her editing internship right before her college graduation instead of getting hired, she turns to her schoolteacher father for advice. Instead, he tells her, "I've decided to become a singer! Sort your own life out!" Confused, Ikuko gets on a boat to the town of Takarazuka, home of the musical industry, to see her classmate Mari. Mari introduces her to an accountant named Yoshie, and together the three of them move into a house they call "The Women's House:...
Jun
Character: Yōko Kijima
Jun has come to Tokyo from his family home, an island which resembles a ship. He works in a machine shop and is attempting to develop a career as a cartoonist in his spare time. When he travels around the town by subway, he has grown into the habit of groping female passengers in a sexual way. They never denounce him, and many seem to respond very favorably, moaning in apparent ecstasy. However, when his girlfriend sees him doing this, she denounces him to the police....
Kagura Me
Character: Yoriko Tamura
A woman bears a 13 year grudge with her father over the traditional dance he was performing that caused him to be absent from her mother's death, until they reconnect over the very same dance....
Stay With Me Till The Dawn
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In order to support her son, single-mother works at a bar that operates an undisclosed adult entertainment business. One day, Ishioka Kazuya comes into the store as a customer, but Ishioka never sleeps with her, and instead just looks at the scenery outside the window....
Hissatsu shimatsunin
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A former assassin is drawn into a conspiracy which leads him to return to his old ways, endangering his brother who suspects that something is afoot......
Genkai in a Black Company
Character: Keiko Oneta
After the death of this mother, Masao Oneta (Teppei Koike) decides to leave the comfort of his room after years of self isolation and get a job. He lands a position at a small IT firm but doesn't yet realise this company is one of many 'black companies', known for overworking their employees....
Yaeko's Hum
Character: Sayoko Aoki
Yaeko has taken care of her husband Seigo who has stomach cancer. Seigo goes through 4 surgeries, but survives. Yaeko is then diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and her condition worsens. Their family struggles to take care of Yaeko, but they also cherish their time with her. Seigo takes care of Yaeko as best as he can....
Nagoya no kissaten
Character: Yukie (Eri's Grandmother)
A 27-year-old woman, named Eri, drops into a café in Nagoya for the first time in 20 years. There, she talks about the past with a maternal half-uncle, who she sees for the first time, and ends up confirming family secrets....