Chosuke Ikariya
Birthday: Born in 1931-11-01 in Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan
Deathday: 2004-03-20
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GOOD LUCK!!
Character: Ryuji Shinkai
Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. He can't seem to please Captain Koda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with stubborn and straight-talking mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash for which Captain Koda feels he is responsible. What follows is a story of 21st centu...
弁護士・猪狩文助
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Rieko Natsume, a new lawyer who is eager to save people by law, is recommended by her senior lawyer Noriko to work under Bunsuke Inokari. Inokari, nicknamed court vandalism, is far from the image of a brilliant lawyer, and Rieko is stunned by the painful appearance of the stubble. Rieko was also surprised by Bunsuke Inokari's unconventional behavior in the defense of Nagai, a suspect who was arrested three months before the statute of limitations....
白い影
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ガッコの先生
Character: Choichiro Asakura
Sentaro Sakuragi (Tsuyoshi Domoto) moves to Tokyo from Osaka. He works now as an substitute elementary school teacher, in place of another teacher on maternity leave. Sentaro hopes to turn his class into the best class in all of Japan. Meanwhile, Sentaro lives in a ramen shop owned by Choichiro Asakura (Chosuke Ikariya). Choichiro is a conservative person but kind. One day Choichiro's second daughter Motoko (Yuko Takeuchi) rides the subway and notices a rude female high school student. The girl...
あなたの隣に誰かいる
Character: Goro Kazuma
Azusa the wife, Otaro the husband, and their only daughter Suzu. They live in a little public dwelling in Tokyo. They're a fairly ordinary family of three living a normal but happy life. That is, until they move into that house. Then all sorts of frightening experiences escalate and involve the entire family, developing into incidents that will give goosebumps. Would you be able to defend your precious family if a major disaster should suddenly occur? The topics in this series are family and lif...
涙をふいて
Character: Yuichiro Murata
Eguchi Yosuke plays the character of Onishi Katsuo, a 35-year-old carpenter and former college football player who sees life almost in the same balance as a football game (guts and glory along with team spirit). One day he learns that his friend (a college football teammate) was killed when his house burned down. His friend's wife is in a coma and his four kids are now homeless, Eguchi has the children live with him (in his one room apartment) above his bosses home....
蘇える金狼
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Asakura Tetsuya is a man who leads a double life. By day, he is a mild-mannered and affable salaryman in the Mogi Corporation. Come night, he takes on the persona of a hardened and violent individual bent on exposing the shady dealings of his company. Tetsuya's brother was a former president of one of the Mogi subsidiaries, but committed suicide under mysterious circumstances after some company trouble. Tetsuya is convinced that a company conspiracy staged the suicide, and he is obsessed with fi...
取調室
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イヴ 〜 Santaclaus Dreaming 〜
Character: Koshiba Seijuurou
Koshiba Seijuro is the assisstant to some influential figure whose daughter was all messed up, and who comes to the psychiatrist Koizumi Santa and asks him to counsel the daughter without her knowledge. Since Santa is a compulsive gambler he's hard up for money and takes the job even though he's queasy about the ethics. Turns out that she's the same girl he took to the hospital nine months earlier when she had passed out drunk on a roof preparing to jump. As it happens she woke up in the hospita...
外科医零子
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ドリフ大爆笑
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踊る大捜査線
Character: Heihachiro Waku
A rookie detective learns that life in law enforcement may not be as glamorous as he thought it would be....
八丁堀捕物ばなし
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A jidaieki drama where a hard-nosed doshin, Shinpachiro Kariya, takes on difficult cases with exquisite teamwork under the supervision of a young magistrate....
サイコドクター
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金田一少年の事件簿
Character: Kentaro Ootsuki
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather....
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Bayside Shakedown
Character: Heihachiro Waku
Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down....
Bayside Shakedown 2
Character: Heihachiro Waku
The movie takes place again in the fictional Wangan Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the once empty space within Wangan's jurisdiction has become a popular tourist attraction. When a string of murders of company execs begins taking place, Aoshima jumps at the opportunity to pursue something other than his current case, which he finds less than inspiring. However the powers that be have other ideas, and Wangan again plays host to a special investigation team from headquarters. ...
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose
Character: Heihachiro Waku
After Detective Shunsaku Aoshima is promoted to section chief he has the daunting task of dealing with eight cases at the same time, which includes a murder case, bomb threat, and a bus hijacking. Complications also arise between Detective Aoshima and his juniors....
As the River Flows
Character: Morishita
2000 live-action Japanese film....
喜劇 右向けェ左！
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Mamoru Hirayama, the sales manager of Clover Shoji, a women's underwear manufacturer, was selected by President Usui to be the manager of the foreign affairs section newly established in the sales department. Masaaki Sakata, Yasushi Inoda, Osamu Yamabe, and Jiro Oi were assigned to this foreign affairs section. Hirayama, a former soldier, is suddenly enthusiastic when the company orders him to join the Self-Defense Forces. One day, in the library where the records of the former army are displaye...
Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya
Character: Doeman Togashi
Japanese horror comedy from 1967....
Dreams
Character: Crying Demon
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa....
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
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In a maelstrom of evil, can a new magistrate, samurai Mochizuki Koheita, with a reputation like an alley cat, bring order to the town of Horisoto, or is he, too a corrupt villain looking to gain wealth from the oppressed people? From the pen of famed samurai author Yamamoto Shugoro, this exciting tale turns the tables on the standard samurai story with a unique lead character previously portrayed in Ichikawa Kon’s “Dora Heita.”...
ドリフターズですよ！前進前進また前進
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ドリフターズですよ！盗って盗って盗りまくれ
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ドリフターズですよ！冒険冒険また冒険
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ドリフターズですよ！特訓特訓また特訓
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ドリフターズですよ！全員突撃
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やればやれるぜ全員集合！！
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ズンドコズンドコ全員集合！！
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ツンツン節だよ全員集合！！
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春だドリフだ全員集合！！
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祭りだお化けだ全員集合！！
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舞妓はんだよ全員集合！！
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チョットだけョ全員集合！！
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大事件だよ全員集合！！
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ザ・ドリフターズの極楽はどこだ！！
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ザ・ドリフターズのカモだ！！御用だ！！
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It's a Psychic, Gather Everyone!
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Father Avenger
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Master director Sadao Nakajima brings to life the adventures of Shohachi, a ronin (masterless samurai) searching for his father's enemy. O-Tama, the star of a light acrobatics hut in the back mountains of Asakusa, falls in love at first sight with a ronin named Shohachi who appears out of nowhere and, impressed by his skills, asks him to become the troupe's bodyguard. Shohachi, who is searching for his father's enemy Hyoto, follows the troupe on their provincial tour and finally finds him. But ...
The Seven Chefs
Character: Kihachi Mita
Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — in the art of culinary excellence and running a successful business....
Happy Family Plan
Character: Yuko's father
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Bayside Shakedown: Year-End Special Alert
Character: Heihachiro Waku
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Bayside Shakedown: Autumn Campaign for Crime Eradication
Character: Heihachiro Waku
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Everybody, Let's Go!
Character: Chokichi Ikariya
A new stationmaster is appointed to a dilapidated local line. On top of the failing local line feuding for hot spring customers with a bus company looking to start a new route, they even get involved in a disappearance and a murder......
Fun on the Run
Character: Chokichi
Comedy about five good-for-nothings who run a phony exercise-hall....
Madcap Mixup
Character: Chokichi
Five fellows are taken by the police for bank hold-ups....
Our Miyo-chan
Character: Chokichi
Owner and workers of a tiny medicine factory fall in love with a lovable girl....
Dreams Come True at Night
Character: Apache
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Keiho
Character: Patient
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired....
正義だ！味方だ！全員集合！！
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Chotaro and Nakanishi, a duo of unemployed advertisers, drifted to Isehama, a port town near Yokohama, but a gang was making its presence felt in the town and the shopkeepers in the shopping arcade were troubled by it. Chotaro poses as a journalist and uses his words of wisdom to suggest that pen is mightier than the sword, so they create a mini-comic magazine and launch a campaign to expel the gang....
My Sons
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Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way....