Eiko Koike
Birthday: Born in 1980-11-20 in Tokyo, Japan
Deathday: Alive
Eiko Koike (小池 栄子, Koike Eiko) is a Japanese actress.
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大奥～華の乱～
Character: Oden no Kata
Tells the story of the women surrounding Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, the fifth shogun....
下北沢ダイハード
Character: ママ
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万獣こわい
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After buying an old coffee shop in a residential area of Tokyo, the master (Katsuhisa Namase) and his wife Yoko (Eiko Koike) rename the store and prepare to reopen it. Then, a girl in school uniform, Tokiyo (Kaho), comes into the store. She says she has been held captive for eight years by a man named Yamazaki and has escaped....
鎌倉殿の13人
Character: Hōjō Masako
Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's destiny begin to turn....
クレイジージャーニー
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"Crazy Journeys" - who travel around the world and around Japan with their own perspectives and commitments Gathered in the studio, talk about experiences that are far from ordinary people...
テレメンタリー
Character: Narrator (voice)
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スマイル
Character: Machimura Shiori
Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun Matsumoto plays the lead role of Vito, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese man who always smiles despite all of the problems and difficulties he faces. The series focus on foreigners and mixed-race children who suffered from racism...
竹内涼真の撮休
Character: Kaoru
Eight fictional holidays are taken by actor Ryoma Takeuchi. While taking a break from filming, he visits a spice shop....
エセ肉食女の恋愛事情
Character: Asada Madoka
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義経
Character: Tomoe-gozen (Yoshinaka's concubine)
Yoshitsune is a Japanese television drama series originally broadcast between 9 January and 11 December 2005, with a three-part special compilation being aired from 24 December to 25 December 2005. The 44th Taiga Drama, the original work is by Miyao Tomiko, screenplay by Kaneko Narito and starring Hideaki Takizawa....
山おんな壁おんな
Character: Oyama Haruka
Megumi is a top sales person at the handbag section of a department store. Many people admire, and sometimes even envy, Megumi for her beauty and outstanding skills to sell products to customers. However, Megumi secretly suffers from a complex: she is flat-chested and was once nicknamed "kabe onna" (wall woman) by her former classmate. One day, a new sales person named Marie joins Megumi's department. Unlike Megumi, Marie is extremely busty as if she's carrying mounds (yama) on her chest. On top...
おいしいプロポーズ
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Suzuko Shiraishi, a strong-minded attractive female chef, is known for her foul mouth and masterly cooking skills. With an attitude like hers, she would reject such a proposal without a doubt. Suzuko works at an Italian restaurant and dreams of opening her own restaurant someday. A new manager is hired for the Italian restaurant - Haruki Katsuragi, a naïve and stinking rich young fellow. Suzuko wants the restaurant to be an authentic Italian cuisine with mass appeal, but Haruki demands a high-en...
宿命1969-2010～ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・東京～
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リーガル・ハイ
Character: 澤地君江
A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan....
ナオミ
Character: Ayako
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サトラレ
Character: Kawakami Megumi
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....
ドールハウス〜特命女性捜査班〜
Character: Natsuki
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). T...
ヘッドハンター
Character: 赤城響子
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贖罪
Character: Maki Shinohara
The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the killer. In her anger, she puts a curse on them....
大人計画「ドライブイン カリフォルニア」
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和田家の男たち
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Yū Wada is 37 years old. He has worked for a company the past 15 years, but the COVID-19 outbreak caused the company to go bankrupt. He now makes a living as a deliveryman. One day, while he is doing his job, he meets his grandfather, Kan Wada, and stepfather, Shūhei Wada, for the first time in many years. When Yū was 10 years old, his mother married Shūhei Wada, but his mother later died. After the death of his mother, Yū continued to live with his stepfather. He eventually moved out after he ...
未来戦隊タイムレンジャー
Character: Yoshitaka Takamiya
It's the 30th century and time travel is illegal. To help monitor and police time crimes, the Time Protection Department is founded. But when Don Dolnero and his nefarious gang manage to trick four new TPD cadets into allowing them travel to the 20th century, the four cadets are forced to pursue them for the sake of history. There, in a time foreign to them, the cadets enlist Tatsuya Asami, a young martial artist, to aid their mission. Together, these five youngsters become the Timerangers. And ...
臨床心理士
Character: Shimazaki
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マッサン
Character: Hana Morino
Massan is based on the lives of Masataka Taketsuru and his wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan, a Scotswoman Taketsuru met while studying abroad....
離婚弁護士
Character: Chiharu Kitayama
Takako Mamiya is a lawyer who quits her job at a prestigious law firm and establishes her own office. She confidently sets out to build her business, but soon her former firm is putting up obstacles and interfering, causing Takako's employees and clients to drift away. She finally puts together a new staff consisting of a college student who knows little about the law, a girl who applied for the job in hopes of meeting a rich guy, a hard-nosed lawyer, and a paralegal who hasn't passed the bar ex...
勇者ヨシヒコと魔王の城
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The story is set in an ancient time, when the whole country was covered in thick forests. A mysterious plague breaks out, resulting in countless deaths. A pure young man named Yoshihiko becomes chosen as a hero, and he sets out on a journey in order to save a village. He has two goals – to bring back the legendary plant that can cure the plague, and to rescue his father Teruhiko who left to find the plant but never returned....
サマーレスキュー
Character: Akari Hirahara
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スターマン・この星の恋
Character: Setsu Suta
Sawako (Ryoko Hirosue) was dumped by her husband and since then she has raised her three sons alone. One day, she happens to meet a young man (Sota Fukushi) who is dying. She falls in love with him at first sight. The young man also suffers from memory loss. Sawako names him Hoshio. Taking advantage of his memory loss, she decides to make him live with her and as the father of her three sons. Now, Sawako, her three sons, her grandmother and Hoshio all live together. Sawako hopes Hoshio never reg...
姉ちゃんの恋人
Character: Hinako Ichihara
27 year old Adachi Momoko lost both her parents in an accident when she was in third year high school. She then gave up going to college and has been working at a home centre for the past nine years while supporting her three younger brothers who are now 20, 17, and 14 year old respectively....
５０ボイス
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The show features interviews with 50 people involved in the latest taiga dramas and other significant projects, highlighting behind-the-scenes stories, hidden details, and the cutting-edge technology used in their creation....
歌姫
Character: Oikawa Miwako
Koizumi Akira, a son of a popular songstress, travels to a small-town cinema in far-off Kochi Prefecture to watch the closing movie before the theatre shuts its doors forever. The movie takes place in the same village but during the Showa 30s (1950s), in the years following the war. The story follows a young soldier who washes ashore on the beach one day, having lost his memory. He is "adopted" by the family who owns the village cinema and given the name Shimanto Taro. Although his past remains...
コタツがない家
Character: Fukabori Marie
Fukabori Marie is a charismatic wedding planner and company president who is relied on by everyone, regardless of whether she is her boss or subordinate. Her husband Yusaku, an unsuccessful manga artist on the verge of going out of business, and his son, Junki, who dreamed of becoming an idol but was rejected at an audition, lost his way. In addition, her father who became alone due to a middle-aged divorce also came and she had to feed three useless men!...
日経スペシャル カンブリア宮殿
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Economic talk-show / documentary. Each episode focuses on a single entrepreneur and features a reportage explaining their work, as well as studio discussion with the guest....
世界一難しい恋
Character: 村沖 舞子
Reiji is young CEO of a first-class hotel. He is single and 34-years-old. Even though he has a good appearance and wealth, women eventually leave him because of his personality. He is generous with himself, but strict with others. For the first time, Reiji falls in love with someone. Her name is Misaki. Hoping to gain her love, he begins to change....
競争の番人
Character: Chiyoko Momozono
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お笑いインスパイアドラマ ラフな生活のススメ
Character: Emi Fukuchi
A story in which Emi, the owner of a general store, brightly and powerfully solves small troubles brought in by her family and those around her....
母になる
Character: Kadokura Asako
In the spring, when Kashiwazaki Yui and her 3 years old son were coming back home from kindergarten, she let go of her son's hand for a moment and then he was gone. 9 years later, her son appears in front of her again....
キイナ
Character: 远藤樱
At first glance Haruse Kiina is a completely normal 29-year-old. However, Kiina is the head of a special investigation unit nicknamed "Beppan" which deals with strange cases. With an unorthodox approach to solving crimes, she draws on her exceptional memory and powers of observation, and gets so absorbed in the pursuit of these cases that she forgets to eat or sleep til she solves the mystery....
ラストホープ
Character: 오기와라 유키요
A medical drama that follows a team of doctors at the Advanced Medical Center of Teito University Hospital. They tackle severe cases that other hospitals have given up on, while each doctor also grapples with their own personal struggles and pasts....
TOKUNOSHIMAエアポート
Character: Junko Kobayashi
This 4 part 15 minute drama is a spin-off of Fukada Kyoko's 2012 FujiTV autumn drama "TOKYO Airport ~ Tokyo Kuukou Kansei Hoanbu" and is a stark contrast from the setting in the latter where there are 500 flights per day at Haneda Airport. In this spin-off drama, Koike Eiko plays an air traffic controller at a small airport in Tokunoshima, an island near Kagoshima Prefecture where there are only 4 flights per day. As such, the drama focuses on how the air traffic controllers there battle with bo...
嫌われ松子の一生
Character: Sawamura Megumi
Matsuko, in her 20s, is fired as a teacher and degenerates from an elite to a “Soap Lady.” Through her history of affairs with men, she kills her pimp and ends up in prison. Despite her rough lifex struck by terrible misfortunes, she does not stop loving some one and keeps her dreams until the very end. This drama depicts Matsuko’s stormy life as she deals with it head-on....
わたし旦那をシェアしてた
Character: Harumi Morishita
Harumi Morishita (Eiko Koike) lives with her husband Kyohei Amaya, but they have not officially registered their marriage. One day, she receives a phone call from that police that her husband has died. She goes to the hospital where her husband Kyohei Amaya was sent to. There, Harumi Morishita meets Kanako Ogura (Ryo) and Akane Fujimiya (Rei Okamoto), who both insist that Kyohei Amaya is their husband. Both Kanako Ogura and Akane Fujimiya have not registered their marriage like Harumi Morishita....
M-1グランプリ
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The next generation of Manzai duos compete in a fierce battle of wits and laughter, unleashing their best material for a chance at comedic glory....
俺の話は長い
Character: 秋叶绫子
A young man has college and a failed business behind him. Unemployed and planning his next steps he is lodging with is mother, a small business owner. His sister and her family also move in with the two, albeit temporarily. She sees him as a loser and a lush and wants him out. She also whispers in their mother's ear to ask him to leave the house in order to find his own way and begin the rest of his life. She probably has noble intentions, but is she right and will she succeed?...
美食探偵 明智五郎
Character: Housewife / Maria Magdalena
Detective Goro Akechi has a passion for fine dining. Good-looking but incredibly quirky, he solves food-related crimes by using, well, food. He treats Ichigo Kobayashi like his assistant and drags her into all sorts of cases, even though she's perfectly happy just running her food truck....
5人のジュンコ
Character: 佐竹純子
Satake Junko is arrested as a suspect in a series of suspicious deaths. The murders of five men she allegedly killed are all over television talk shows every day. As the media coverage heats up, a journalist Tanabe Junko, who works for the popular non-fiction writer Kubota Mei, and Kubota’s new assistant Ukai Yuko begin to gather information on the cases in a search for the truth....
新宿野戦病院
Character: Yoko Nishi Freeman
A gripping medical drama centered around a hospital in Kabukicho. Featuring a diverse cast of characters, including those from male host bars and street kids many with complicated backgrounds....
踊る大捜査線
Character: 女の子
A rookie detective learns that life in law enforcement may not be as glamorous as he thought it would be....
冬芽の人
Character: 우에다 아츠미
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地面師たち
Character: Reiko
A team of swindlers gets wind of prime real estate worth 10 billion yen and will stop at nothing to pull off their most ambitious scam yet....
こころ
Character: Yamamoto Towako
Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors know each other like a big family....
リーガル・ハート
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恋する香港
Character: Maki Inomoto
A new movie director attempts to make a documentary about a Japanese actress/model who is returning to her hometown of Hong Kong. He is seen struggling with his efforts to edit his film shoots while the audience gets to see his video segments. At times the actress is cooperative at other times she is really difficult. The audience is also introduced to the city of Hong Kong by way of the narrative of the documentary so far. Then suddenly the actress is kidnapped in front of the director while at...
芸能人が本気で考えた！ ドッキリGP
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'Geinoujin ga Honki de Kangaeta! Dokkiri GP' is a variety show in which celebrities try to prank other celebrities....
花咲くあした
Character: Hanasaki Asa
Set in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Five siblings, including eldest daughter Asa, all have their own problems. Then, their 60-year-old mother Fuko returns to Japan from Italy. Fuko is bright and grandiose in her ways. The mother has arguments with Fuko, but leads her five children to new lives....
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2LDK
Character: Nozomi
Hoping to land a role, two Japanese actresses begin a fight within their apartment that keeps escalating....
Struggling Man
Character: Ritsuko Izawa
Haruo Izawa is 45 years old and the floor chief of the local grocery store “Umeya”. He is highly trusted by Store Manager Ueda and the part-time ladies and the Ohara branch is the only place where he has been working for 25 years. Although he says that he doesn’t fit to be a store manager, he is still concerned about HR and career advancement. That’s why Ueda’s praise "command center" is his only treasure. Besides, he is also a husband of his wife Ritsuko, and a father of two daughters and a son...
Kamikaze Girls
Character: Akimi
Momoko is an ordinary girl, living an ordinary life. Ordinary, that is, if you define ordinary as wearing elaborate lolita dresses from the Rococo period in 18th Century France. However, when punk girl and self-styled 'Yanki' Ichiko comes calling, her days as 'ordinary' are most certainly numbered......
72nd NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen
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宝飾時計
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Rebirth
Character: Chigusa Ando
After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own, it is four years before the authorities catch up with her and the young child....
Unforgiven
Character: Okaji
An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women....
Permanent Nobara
Character: Micchan
Naoko returns home with her young daughter, where her mother Masako runs the only beauty parlor in town. The local women go there to pass the time lamenting their bad luck with men and laughing over dirty jokes. Unbeknownst to them, Naoko has been secretly seeing her former teacher, Kashima....
Crossroads
Character: Mai
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife....
Vengeance Can Wait
Character: Azusa Kanamori
Hidenori and Nanase have lived together for ten years in a tense, platonic relationship. The wheels of change are set in motion when married couple Takao and Azusa move in next door. After Hidenori catches Nanase and Takao having an affair, he becomes obsessed with watching Nanase through a peephole, and planning his cruel revenge....
A Chorus of Angels
Character: Manae
Teacher Kawashima Haru takes a position on a remote island off the coast of Hokkaido, where she takes charge of six students. However, she is later forced to leave after an accident occurs. 20 years later, Haru learns that one of her former students has committed a crime, and eventually returns to the island once more....
子供の事情
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BOM !
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A youth comedy depicting five high school girls who got a revolver by chance and solve their problems with it....
The Kiss
Character: Kyoko Endo
One day Kyoko watches television and sees a man turning himself in to the police after murdering a family. Something within Kyoko connects with the man, as she recognizes a similar soul. Despite the worries of the killer's lawyer, she approaches the killer and the two start corresponding....
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
Character: Takasu
The final showdown, and the final reveal. who is Friend? How can he be stopped?...
Collage of Our Lives
Character: Aya
A young cameraman receives a letter from an old girlfriend, announcing that she is to hold a photo exhibition in the United States. Having heard rumors that she has died, he follows his curiosity to New York City....
Cape Nostalgia
Character: Eri Shibamoto
Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow....
Dogs & Cats
Character: Abe
Suzu lives with Furuta, her fiance, but one day she leaves home without saying a word. She moves into the apartment of her friend Abe, but he has gone abroad and Yoko now lives in his apartment. Suzu and Yoko, who have known each other since childhood and have both always loved Furuta, thus find themselves sharing the same home....
The Fallen Angel
Character: Shizuko
The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human society, especially so by society's refusal to take him seriously. He then follows a descent into alcohol, drugs, & suicide ......
Paco and the Magical Book
Character: Masami
Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness....
April Fools
Character: Flat tire Woman
Ayumi Nitta is a member of a hospital cleaning staff and suffers from extreme social anxiety. After having a one-night stand with genius surgeon and sex addict Wataru Makino, Ayumi discovers she’s pregnant. However, when she tells Wataru, he dismisses her claim as a bad April Fools joke. Refusing to believe he could possibly be the father of Ayumi’s baby after just one night together, Wataru takes a woman named Reiko on a date to an Italian restaurant. However, Ayumi also shows up, leading to a ...
Requiem from the Darkness: Kowai
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Requiem from the Darkness: Hinoenma
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Penance
Character: Maki Shinohara
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence....
お笑いインスパイアドラマ ラフな生活のススメ
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G'mor Evian!
Character: Teacher Ogawa
"Good Morning Everyone!" revolves around a family involved in the punk music scene. Aki is a former guitarist for a punk band. She became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter named Hatsuki. The mother and daughter live together happily, but they do have different personalities. A man named Yagu then enters their life. He is an ex-member of the punk band that Aki played with. Yagu has feelings for Aki....
Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel
Character: Yoko Fujisawa
In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation with a young detective Ichimura and his investigations lead him to Father Tolbeck as a suspect. But the police are forced to move very discreetly as the time was right after the Second World War, when a sensitive situation that involves Western people and religion is likely to become an international issue. The investigation leads to an unexpected dis...
小池栄子 : Moon Valley
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小池栄子 20-01 too hot
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Final Beauty「小池栄子」
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小池栄子 : with…
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小池栄子 : G-taste
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Perfect kiss: Nurashite playback
Character: Ayako Yamagishi
Sayuri, who aspires to become a teacher, is forced to kiss a student while working as a private tutor, which is viewed as a problem by the student's mother. Through no fault of his own, he was lectured by his girlfriend's biological mother, who is a university professor, and was forbidden from becoming a teacher, so he took a job as a clerk at the office run by her mother. As a result, she spent most of her days with her mother, such as going to lunch or shopping, and she was given a fiancé arra...
Liar Game: Reborn
Character: Emi
To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who kept refusing to take part in the game, finds himself in the game. Along with Akiyama, there's 19 other players competing for the prize of two billion yen. Omega, who revived the game, plays the game at the Liar Game office with Alice. Alice sets up the game, chooses the players, and sets the traps....
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Character: Takasu
Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy....
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia
Character: Carmen Pascual / Dominguez (voice)
Pepe Benengeli is a second-class cyclist, only there to support the star member of the team. This summer he is participating in the Tour of Spain, which passes through the streets of his hometown of Andalusia. In a coincidence, his brother and ex-girlfriend are getting married on the same day as the climax of the race. Pepe, who left his hometown after suffering a breakdown, is determined to achieve something special on this day....
Terra Formars
Character: Mina Obari
With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their...
Copycat Killer
Character: Akemi Kishida
Based on the best-selling novel by Miyuki Miyabe. The title “Mohouhan” means “Copycat”, and it tells the story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public....
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
Character: O-Hatsu
Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs....
Legal High SP
Character: Sawachi Kimie
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's rooftop. There were other male students on the roof when Kazuhiko Kogure fell off. According to the other students there, Kazuhiko Kogure tried to jump to another school building, but missed. Fortunately, Kazuhiko Kogure only fractured his leg and ribs. According to Kazuhiko Kogure's mother Hidemi, the school insists it was students playing around and did not involve bullying. Hidemi though, doesn't ...
Vamp Bamboo Burn～ヴァン！バン！バーン！～
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It's On Me
Character: Sakura Hiraba
News comes out that several people found 1 kg of solid gold in their mail boxes. Maya Yamabuki moves back to her hometown and surprises the movers by the amount of money she gives them....
Deep Sea of Tree
Character: Nobuko Kasahara
Sachiko lost her parents at an early age and lived together with her only sister Nobuko who worked for a newspaper. Out of the blue, she is told that Nobuko is killed in an accident, but she simply cannot believe it because her sister had told her she was going to an entirely different place. She begins her investigations on her sister’s mysterious death with the help of Nobuko’s colleague and journalist Ryoichi. And when another colleague, Tomoe commits suicide, Sachiko has a gut feeling that a...
The Blue Hearts
Character: (segment “1001 Violins”)
Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song....
A Living Promise
Character: Sayuri Fujioka
Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding his company. He receives a phone call from his former co-worker and friend Kouhei, but Kouhei doesn't say anything. Yuma gets the sense that something is wrong and heads to Kouhei's hometown of Shinminato, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. In Shinminato, Yuma meets other people and becomes involved in the Shinminato Hikiyama Festival. His outlook on life begins to change....
To Each His Own
Character: Reiko Oba
Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. After his encounter with Yamamoto, Takashi recovers his bright personality and gets better results at work. One day, Takashi sees Yamamoto boarding a bus to the cemetery with a serious expression....
Perfect Revolution
Character: Eri
Kuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike anybody he’s ever met before. She barrages into one of his lectures, demanding to know why he only talks of sex, not love, before declaring her own affection. It’s the first of many inappropriate acts by Ryoko and the start of a relationship that is by turns sweet, strange and toxic. Ryoko hopes that she and Kuma’s love can change the world. What she fails to realise is that sometimes it’s the small ...
Risking it All: The Spirit of the Men in Orange
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Yamakura of the Kobe Fire Department aspires to wear the vaunted “orange” uniform of an elite rescue force that only 3% of all firefighters can attain. But to do so, he and his fellow trainees must suffer through the most rigorous training. As Yamakura and his fellow trainees grit their teeth and complain, their superior officer, Sakurai, impresses upon them the lessons of the Great Hanshin Earthquake (Kobe Earthquake) 20 years ago as “the only time we ever lost.” What happened on the front line...
Wenny Has Wings
Character: Ms Yuriko
Masato and his wife Keiko are a happy couple, with their children Eiji and Erina. He, she and Eiji are plunged into despair, after Eiji and Erina are involved in a car accident whereby Erina dies....
Sunny: Our Hearts Beat Together
Character: Yuko
A group of friends from high school days reunite for once more time before one of them dies from cancer....
Legal High 2 SP
Character: Kimie Sawachi
Attorneys Kensuke Komikado and Machiko Mayuzumi receive a request from a general hospital. They go up against veteran attorney Kazuma Kujou who is trying to extract money from the general hospital by a medical malpractice lawsuit....
Recall
Character: Yuko Enomoto
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....
Majutsu wa Sasayaku
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A woman named Kazuko (Kimura) who was guilty of a “serious crime” in the past, along with three of her friends. Those friends suddenly begin to die one by one. Kazuko learns that one of those deaths is somehow connected to Mamoru (Nakamura Aoi), her younger brother from whom she has been separated ever since their father disappeared 15 years earlier. Although Mamoru knows nothing of his sister, Kazuko is determined to find the killer in order to protect Mamoru and herself....
Close-Knit
Character: Naomi
After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her....
Penguin Fufu
Character: Ayumi
When Ayumi Mastuda (Eiko Koike) worked as a freelance writer she met Chinese cameraman Gyoukou (Kingone Wang), who worked at the same publishing company in Tokyo. They married 5 years ago. After his employer's went bankrupt, Gyoukou and Ayumi Matsuda moved to Ishigaki Island. Gyoukou also decided to apply for naturalization as a Japanese citizen. In order to prove they are real married couple they have an interview at a local Bureau of Judicial Affiars branch. As the interview goes along, they f...
A Chair on the Plains
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Four people decide to travel to Hunza, Pakistan to find paradise. Kentaro Tooma works as head of sales for a camera company. One of his clients is Jujo Togashi who owns the shop Camera Togashi. The two men are friends and become captivated by a picture with only a chair sitting in a field of grass. Kentaro and Jujo know of a 4-year-old boy Keisuke through Kentaro's eldest daughter. 4-year-old Keisuke is traumatized from being abused by his mother. Kishiko Shinohara is the owner of an antique s...
Hit Me Anyone One More Time
Character: Nozomi Banba
Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda’s subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country. The only pe...
Seven Souls in the Skull Castle
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After the demise of warlord Nobunaga ODA, Japan was about to be unified by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI. However, there was one man in Kanto region that was defiant to it. That man, who named himself TenmaOh (Mirai MORIYAMA) and leads the KANTO DOKURO-TO, an armed group hiding in the pitch-black DOKURO-JO (skull castle), once worked for NOBUNAGA. Sutenosuke (Shun OGURI) happens to rescue a woman who has been chased by the KANTO DOKURO-TO, which was headed by the bloodthirsty madman TenmaOh....
Ooku Saishusho
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Kume tries to protect her husband Tokugawa Yoshimune and their three children from the schemes of the inner palace of Edo Castle....
Farewell: Comedy of Life Begins with a Lie
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The editor-in-chief of a literary magazine who is popular with women sets up a fake wife and bids farewell to his mistresses....
Poupelle of Chimney Town
Character: Lola (voice)
The story is about a young boy named Lubicchi and a trashman named Poupelle who meet on a Halloween night in a city that is full of tall chimneys. The chimneys pour out black smoke and the true sky cannot be seen....
Rhapsody in August
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The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies....
Drift Wars
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Hell's Garden
Character: Reina Onimaru
Naoko Tanaka is a 26-year-old office lady (OL). Her job is typical, but her workplace has fierce fights among different cliques. Other OLs are absorbed in the daily clique fighting. One day, due to an OL at the company, Naoko Tanaka's company is targeted by OL from all over Japan....
出るトコ出ましょ!
Character: Masami Gotoda
Shizuka Kamei is a young high school student whose family is in deep debt since the disappearance of her father. After being expelled from her high school because of her money problems, she finds a part-time job: here she is an assistant to a lawyer, Nonaka Hiromu, who fantasizes about the uniforms of high school girls....
A Morning of Farewell
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Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and staff Seiji. Seiji, who worked with Sawako at the university hospital, followed her and works with her again. Mahoroba Clinic provides home healthcare to patients. Sawako visits the patients' homes and provides treatment there. At firs...