Soji Arai
Birthday: Born in 1975-12-19 in Niigata, Japan
Deathday: Alive
Soji Arai was born in Niigata, Japan. After graduating from Waseda University, one of the top private institutions of higher education in Japan, he began acting with the Bungakuza theater company. In 2002, he made a major impact on the Tokyo theater world with his starring role of Max in Bent directed by Robert Allan Ackerman.
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Tokyo Vice
Character: Shingo
A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name....
Legacies
Character: Kurutta
In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted....
Pachinko
Character: Mozasu
Follow the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family beginning with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning....
Cobra Kai
Character: Jirou Tanaka
This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi....
S.W.A.T.
Character: Kaito
A locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles....
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The Ramen Girl
Character: Toshi Iwamoto
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a tyrannical Japanese master....
All About Her
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Pure Asia
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A young man is unable to save a young woman from being assaulted, despite her having helped him out of a difficult situation in the past. Wracked with regret, he decides to provide assistance to her younger twin sister who is plotting revenge against society....
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
Character: Chinese Gangster (as Sohee Park)
Korean-Japanese director Gu Su Yeon makes his directorial debut with the mouthwateringly delicious The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi. As the title clearly states, pride of place goes to juicy, bite-sized meat, and viewers will get a delightful eyeful of food, food, and more food in this fabulously fulfilling gourmet comedy. Reveling in Japan's love for food-themed shows, the film revolves around a culinary battle of David and Goliath proportions, cheekily parodying Japanese cooking shows with Iron Che...
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Character: Prisoner 'A'
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals....
The Depths
Character: Gilsu
After a failed wedding shoot, Bae-hwan meets Ryu—a callboy tangled in a murder case—and offers him a way out....
Ark Exitus
Character: Coyote
Doppelgangers from a parallel universe have assumed the identities of their opposites. To stop the threat of a mass invasion of look-a-likes, Structure, a covert agency that polices interdimensional travel, has sent its best assassin....
Route 7
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Young-ho, an Ethnic-Korean living in Japan, decides to close the pachinko parlor that he has operated with his mother Kyung-ja for 50 years along National Route 7 in Akita Prefecture, Japan. When he invites his mother on an overseas trip to celebrate her retirement, she expresses her desire to visit Niigata instead of going abroad....
Dog Gone
Character: Japanese Official
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication....
Route 7
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In a small town along Route 7 in Akita Prefecture, Yong-ho decides to close down the pachinko parlor that he and his mother Kyong-ja have operated for 50 years. He invites his mother on an overseas trip to celebrate her retirement, but she says she wants to go to Niigata. At the port of Niigata, Yong-ho remembers that his aunt Sun-ja went to North Korea from there, and realizes how his mother feels. When his mother dies, Yong-ho is left alone and finds a letter from North Korea addressed to hi...