Masaya Katô
Birthday: Born in 1963-04-27 in Nara, Japan
Deathday: Alive
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Masaya Kato (born April 27, 1963) is a Japanese actor and seiyū from Nara in the Kansai region. Description above from the Wikipedia article Masaya Kato, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Pretender
Character: Tommy Tanaka
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him....
Walker, Texas Ranger
Character: Lu Chee
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with ...
華麗なる一族
Character: Ichinose
Daisuke Manpyō is the owner and president of the successful Hanshin Bank. He also owns several other companies and some real estate. His son-in-law is a bureaucrat at the Ministry of the Treasury, who tips him off that there is a move afoot to reorganize commercial banks. Manpyō is in for difficult times as he attempts to block the merger between his bank and another....
アンフェア
Character: Mikami Kaoru
A no-nonsense detective with a reputation for pushing limits investigates a rash of brutal murders connected by a series of cryptic short stories....
天国への階段
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A past he wants to take back. A past that will never go away. Twenty-seven years ago Keiichi Kashiwagi lost his father to suicide after the rich and powerful Esei Group took over the family ranch, and Keiichi’s beloved Akiko married into the Esei family. Keiichi then swore he would have his revenge. Now, Keiichi is head of his own corporation and running for office in the same electorate as Tatsuya Esei, the man who took Akiko from him long ago. Having fallen on hard times, Tatsuya is trying to ...
義経
Character: Minamoto no Yoshitomo (Yoshitsune and Yoritomo's father)
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....
アネゴ
Character: Soichi Sawaki
Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called "anego" by her younger co-workers. What is "anego"? It means "older sister," but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything. This drama, depicts realistically how Naoko lives her everyday life, including her love life, the problems she faces, and her uneasiness about the future. --NTV...
ナオミ
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プリマダム
Character: Kioshi Yamamoto
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アガサ・クリスティーの名探偵ポワロとマープル
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Young Mabel West is the daughter of mystery writer Raymond West, who wants her to lead a normal life. Rebelling against this, Mabel wants to be a great detective, and sets out for London to become assistant to none other than Hercule Poirot, the great Belgian detective who resides there. She finally wins the reluctant approval of her father, and embarks on an exciting life of mystery and suspense - his only demand being that she occasionally spend some time with her great-aunt, Jane Marple, in t...
Overlord: Blood Genealogy
Character: Yuki Kanamaru
When a mafia leader is killed, his son and the deadliest assassin in the mafia compete in order to be the new leader....
ウルトラマンブレーザー
Character: Retsu Haruno
Ultraman Blazar is a hero with a great sense of justice hailing from “M421,” an extragalactic astronomical object far from Earth. The main protagonist, Gento Hiruma, is the captain of the Special Kaiju Reaction Detachment (SKaRD), established by the Global Guardian Force (GGF) in a world where kaiju disasters are a common practice. When their strong desire for the power to save human lives resonates, the two unite....
アラウンド40
Character: Kazuya Kanasugi
Ogata Satoko is a 39 years-old woman. She is happily enjoying the single life. However, things change after an alumni reunion wher she's the last single and a meet with Okamura Keitaro....
フィクサー
Character: Takumi Ujihara
Who will run Japan? The prime minister or a mastermind? A political thriller about the "fixer" pulling strings behind the scenes controlling the political, business, and legal worlds as the greed of money and power intersect....
ジュテーム～わたしはけもの
Character: Koichiro Shindo
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正直不動産2
Character: Masaya Tsukishita
Hotshot Nagase Saichi is Tosaka Real Estate’s top realtor. He lies through his teeth and will stop at nothing to seal a deal. One day, he disturbs a monument located at a construction site. Cursed with the inability to tell a lie, he is forced to run his mouth off with things that are better left unsaid. With so many angry clients, he's got no hope of surviving as an honest realtor....
パンドラの果実～科学犯罪捜査ファイル～
Character: Yasuo Sakakibara
Kohiruimaki Yuichi is a police officer who established the "Science Crime Countermeasures Office", a department that specializes in issues related to cutting-edge science and technology. He welcomes the genius scientist Mogami Yukiko as an advisor and she is in charge of investigating cases related to cutting-edge science. The crimes entrusted to the Science Crime Countermeasures Office are crimes that the legal system and police organization cannot keep up with. The two will unravel the science...
DCU
Character: Ichiro Kimi
Niina Masayoshi is the leader of DCU. The group was newly created by the Japan Coast Guard and stands for Deep Crime Unit. Their mission is to find evidence and dead bodies hidden underwater, that are crucial to solving criminal cases. Niina Masayoshi never gives up investigating the truth....
いつまでも白い羽根
Character: Kotaro Bansho
Rumi Kizaki enrols in a nursing program because she failed to enter a university. However, she does not want to become a nurse because she believes that she will not make a good nurse. While Rumi ponders over what to do, she continues her training in nursing. Along the way, Rumi meets new people and discovers new things about herself....
眼の壁
Character: Riichi Tamaru
In 1990, Hagizaki Tatsuo, the accounting department chief of Ukishima Electric Works, was busy negotiating on getting a loan together with Sekino, the company's general manager. However, just as they were about to get the funds, Sekino was involved in a 200 million yen fraud and he later disappeared with the loan. The company decides to cover up the incident to protect its image, but Hagizaki wants to get to the bottom of the matter with the help of his newspaper reporter friend, Muraki. Hagizak...
青春家族
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The 42nd NHK Asadora which is about the Agawa family....
HOTEL -NEXT DOOR-
Character: Shu Haoren
Set in the present era of intensified hotel competition and depicts the decline and crisis of Hotel Platon....
女はそれを許さない
Character: Yuji Katsuragi
31-year-old Urara Iwasaki (Kyoko Fukada) makes an error during her first trial as an attorney which hurts her client. Urara Iwasaki thinks law isn't right for her and she quits her job. She now has a debt of 4 million yen and earns a living by doing part-time work. Meanwhile, Rinka Ebisawa (Shinobu Terajima) is a competent lawyer, but its revealed she used excessive ways in her cases and is dismissed from her law firm and disbarred. She can't work as a lawyer anymore. By chance, Rinka meets Ur...
聖徳太子
Character: Hatsusebe no miko
In the late 6th century the leaders of the Yamato Dynasty had no clear plan for the creation of a unified state. Battles still raged among various warrior clans. Shotoku Taishi, second son of Emperor Yomei, strived to create a new nation out of this chaos. NHK captures this great man from a time in history rarely depicted on screen, in a story of epic proportions. Shotoku Taishi is known mainly through legends and myths and has been viewed as more god than man. The elaborate and colorful costume...
笑うマトリョーシカ
Character: Yoshitaka Wadajima
Ichiro Seike (Sho Sakurai) is a popular, 43 year old politician. He has gained popularity for his impressive smile and liberal speech and behavior. He is expected to be a future prime minster candidate. He has a secretary, Toshiya Suzuki (Tetsuji Tamayama), who carefully works to guide him to the prime minister position. They look like a perfect match as a politician and his secretary, but Reporter Kanae Michiura (Asami Mizukawa) feels something is off about the relationship of these two. She be...
金田一少年の事件簿
Character: Isamu Kenmochi
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather....
Like a Dragon: Yakuza
Character: Sohei Dojima
Set in the fictional town of Kamurocho, the story unfolds across two intersecting timelines—1995 and 2005. In 1995, four friends eager to escape their restrictive lives in an orphanage dive into the yakuza-controlled underworld of 1995 Kamurocho. Meanwhile, in 2005, their friendship is deteriorated, as tensions between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance are at a boiling point....
アリスさんちの囲炉裏端
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Alice returns to her hometown after ten years to live in a farmhouse with an irori hearth, where shared meals and moments help rekindle a bond with a childhood friend....
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Brother
Character: Shirase
A Japanese Yakuza gangster's deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother's gang....
Okinawan Blue
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A tale of three families on a remote island....
Godzilla
Character: Japanese Tanker Crew Member
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world....
Shinjuku Incident
Character: Toshinari Eguchi
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet....
Fighter in the Wind
Character: Kato
An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin....
Aragami
Character: Aragami
Two seriously wounded samurai find refuge from a storm at an isolated temple, the home of a swordsman and a mysterious young woman. One samurai awakes to find that not only has his comrade died, but that his wounds have miraculously healed. He discovers that he has been given the power of immortality by the swordsman, a man once known as the legendary Miyamoto Musashi, who now lives an endless existence as Aragami, a "god of battle"....
Nobody
Character: Taki
Three elite salarymen find themselves in a bar fight with a group of threatening but mysterious men. When the mystery men come looking for revenge, the salarymen find themselves embroiled in a deadly game......
Like Madonna
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Like Madonna 1990...
Drive
Character: Advanced Model
A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time....
Crying Freeman
Character: Ryuji Hanada
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader....
Gozu
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Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for....
HiGH&LOW The Movie 2: End of Sky
Character: Ryuichiro Katsunari
Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku. The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD....
The Files of Young Kindaichi: The Legendary Vampire Murders
Character: Isamu Kenmochi
Miyuki receives an invitation from her friend Hikune Youhei to the themed inn called "Ruins", located in a virtual ghost town haunted by the legend of a vampire. However, what Kindaichi had originally dismissed as spooky rumours with no basis became horribly real when their fellow guests staying at the inn are found dead one by one, with their bodies drained of blood and wounds in their necks that resembled vampire bites...
The Last Supper
Character: Doctor Yuji Kotorida
A plastic surgeon who excels at his job hides a dark secret. After finally succumbing to his desire to taste human flesh, the surgeon soon finds himself addicted to the taste of his patients' skin, which leads him to discover further culinary delights at a seedy restaurant with some highly dubious special dishes. Murder and mayhem ensue as the demented doctor continues to find new and gruesome ways to satisfy his appetite....
SEE HEAR LOVE
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Manga artist "Shinji Izumoto" has secured a movie deal. He should be celebrating, but he's going blind, his manga series has been canceled, and he can no longer care for his grandmother. All alone, Shinji makes the devastating decision to jump off a balcony. When "Hibiki Aida", a deaf fan of his, saves Shinji, they begin an unusual life together....
Women of the Night
Character: Sato
Three entwined stories of love, lust, danger and revenge....
The Rise and Fall of Park Avenue and the 10 Rooms
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Koza, Okinawa City, which prospered as a gateway town for the U.S. military. Four omnibus dramas unfold at the intersection of Japanese, American, and Okinawan cultures. Dream chasers, losers, wounded, and hangers-on... The city of Koza and its people weave their own stories....
One Second Ahead, One Second Behind
Character: Heibē Sumeragi
Set in Kyoto, Japan, a love story takes place between Hajime and Reika. Hajime is a handsome young man, who is usually a second quicker than everyone else and straightforward. He works at the post office. Reika is a young woman, who is usually a step slower than everyone else. After Valentine's Day, Hajime wakes up and is unable to remember what happened that day....
School Day of the Dead
Character: Isamu Kurabayashi
Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents....
The Young Blood Typhoon
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On the way home from a small assault incident at a love hotel in Tokyo, Shuntaro Katagiri playfully entered the love hotel with his friend Iwanaka. When I fell asleep, I screamed and screamed from the room. Katagiri, who was full of blood, jumped out of the room after hearing the noise. A running girl, a bloody man, and a muscle man, a yakuza, a mysterious woman. The corridor of the hotel turned into a shambles for a moment, but Katagiri, a karate master, he slammed the place and he broke it...
Unfair: the answer
Character: Kaoru Mikami
After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato, is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. Th...
Vanishing Glow
Character: Tajima
Tony, Max, and Rei, who are mixed-race children of Japanese and Filipino, have lived together as brothers and sisters with no blood connection from a young age, despite the fact that they are discriminated Eventually, Tony One day, seemed to have an opportunity to score a big difference in the underworld......
Talking Head
Character: Yamashita
After the director of a film in production dissappears, his replacement has to deal with the cast and crew being mysteriously killed off one by one....
Bad City
Character: Kenji Hirayama
Kensuke Sonomura directs the legendary Hitoshi Ozawa in this ultimate V-Cinema actioner. Kaiko City is plagued with poverty and crime. When a corrupt businessman decides to run for mayor and starts eliminating opponents from the rival mafia, a former police captain serving time for murder is secretly released and put in charge of a special task force to arrest him....
ナニワ金融道 2発目〜銭と泪と権利と女〜
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Naniwa Kinyudo - Haibara knocks on the door of Imperial Finance!
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ナニワ金融道 3発目～大蛇市マネーウォーズ～
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Zankyo
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The story of Iwaki, a young brawler who becomes a professional criminal when he joins a Yakuza clan....
Let's Go Karaoke!
Character: Akira Tanaka
Satomi Oka is worried about his final choir competition but is accosted by a shadowy gangster, Kyouji Narita, who demands karaoke sessions with him....
Warship Boy
Character: Genkai Sakamoto
Kaisei Sakamoto is a 16 year old boy who is inclined to settle everything with his fists. He grew up in a town where you can see both Nagazaki and Gunkanjima, living with his father. His father, Genkai Sakamoto, runs a small ramen shop. The father-son duo has just recently had a large fight. The story showcases fragments of one's youth and the questions that crop up while growing up....
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....
Fool's Blues
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Daikon, the director who created a legendary movie 30 years ago, is now a person of the past, and he is spending his empty days falling for the pimp of the pinsaro girl Tamako. One day, Tamako's old lover appears, and Daikon and Tamako escape to a striptease theater in Hiroshima, where a junior from college is the director. The two end up living in the theater's dressing room, where the director and his friends in the entertainment district warmly welcome them. However, when Daikon dabbles in a ...
Songs of Kamui
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More than anything, brilliant Teru longs to attend school with other girls. But in early 20th-century Japan, Teru is excluded because she is Ainu. Instead of writing, the Ainu—indigenous people from Japan’s Hokkaido island—pass down their traditions through yukar (oral poems). When Teru meets a Tokyo professor who has devoted his life to decoding yukar, Teru discovers a chance not only to prove her brilliance but to rewrite the fate of the Ainu....
Unfair: the movie
Character: Kaoru Mikami
When a devoted detective probes the suspicious death of her father, she uncovers massive corruption and finds herself in grave danger....
Borderless Island
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Gekashitsu
Character: Takamine
Melodrama about a woman refusing surgery....
Broken Heart
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Eight love stories start and end in an amusement park....
Lightning Over the Beyond
Character: Hikari (part 3)
Progressing from sound to color, Lighting Over the Beyond is a road movie that traces the roots of cinema and the history of war while asking "What is war?" and "What is an enemy?"....
Overlord: Blood Genealogy
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The Naitō Shinjuku Family, Japan's oldest yakuza organization with a hereditary tradition, is led by its boss, Gunji Washio (Hitoshi Ozawa). His young son, Taiga (Haruto Ochiai), though only an elementary schooler, spends his days being trained as the heir by senior lieutenant assistant Reiji (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi). However, in stark contrast to his father's wild and daring nature, Taiga is timid and prone to tears, raising doubts about his suitability as the next leader. Amid this uncertainty, G...
Agitator
Character: Kunihiko
When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in the death for a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events, the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and, as bloody violence ensues, the body count reaches excessive proportions....
Unfair: the end
Character: Kaoru Mikami
Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to take on the organization, but Natsumi becomes involved in a new case. She gets closer to the final enemy....
Jikan no Shûzoku
Character: Shuichi Mineoka
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Terra Formars
Character: Keisuke Dojima
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...
Crime's Blank
Character: Manager
Ando can't accept this his daughter Kana committed suicide. Kana fell from the ledge of a school building and died. Ando attempts to find out the truth behind his daughter's death. He becomes suspicious of his daughter's former classmate, Saki. Saki isn't a typical high school student and she aspires to work in show business. She dominates her high school with her charisma....
Savage City: Angel Whisper
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A corrupt cop teams up with an unlikely partner to protect the city from a gang of ruthless drug addicts....
Ghosts Dream Selfish Dreams
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Crime's Blank
Character: Mitsuru Takayama
Ando can't accept this his daughter Kana committed suicide. Kana fell from the ledge of a school building and died. Ando attempts to find out the truth behind his daughter's death. He becomes suspicious of his daughter's former classmate, Saki. Saki isn't a typical high school student and she aspires to work in show business. She dominates her high school with her charisma....
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
Character: Shi Shi (Si Shi)
To defend their kingdom against a sudden invasion, a mighty general returns to the battlefield alongside a war orphan, now grown up, who dreams of glory....
The Man in White
Character: Azusa Moribe
After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to exact revenge....
Kingdom 2: Far and Away
Character: Si Shi
It follows a young man who dreams of becoming a general and Ying Zheng, whose goal is unification....
The Blue Hearts
Character: (segment “Be Kind To Others”)
Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song....
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections
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This omnibus film brings together three globally acclaimed directors from Asia with a common theme 'Living Together in Asia' to depict the lives of characters who journey between Japan, Cambodia, the Philippines and Malaysia. Brillante Mendoza grapples with the issue of loss of national identity and home, with a story set in the Obihiro area of Hokkaido and Manila in the Philippines. Isao Yukisada directs a story in Malaysia where the Japanese army was once stationed but is now home to many Japa...
Balloon
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Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love....
The Signs of Love
Character: Yoshiro Nakajima
Sayaka Miyamoto (Nao Matsushita) and Keita Fukushima (Terunosuke Takezai) attend the same university and believe their love for each other will never end. However, as time goes by and they graduate, their future starts to part as they both begin moving forward to capture their own dreams. Now in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain, the former lovers cross paths once again....
Zebra
Character: Shimauma
Dora (Ryo Ryusei) and associates runs a badger game scheme to extort victims out of money. One day though, their target looks like an ordinary guy, but he turns out to be a yakuza. Dora and his associates fall into a far darker world. Dora steps into a business that offers to take revenge on others by any means necessary....
Kaze no Tayori
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Kurumi suddenly gave up opening a cafe with her friend. She hears that her grandfather Takeshi collapsed and goes to visit him in her hometown of Sendai. Takeshi entrusts Kurumi to open a cafe which closed temporarily due to the earthquake, but Kurumi doesn't know what to do. Takeshi hopes Kurumi finds her own way to live. There's not much time left for Takeshi and Kurumi....
CrimeBroker
Character: Jin Okazaki
High court judge Holly McPhee devises blueprints for criminal operations and offers them for sale to the crime world. Her scrupulous operation falls apart when she takes part in a multi-million dollar bank robbery and becomes an accessory to murder....
Monster
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A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some dough and extends the plastic surgery to her entire body. She changes her name and begins a new life. The perfect body leads her to think about men and her hometown....
The Seventh Floor
Character: Mitsuru
Kate Fletcher has the perfect apartment. Everything is computer controlled. It is the home of her dreams until a psychotic man begins to execute the violent orders he hears from his long dead sister....
RE:BORN
Character: Defence Force Commander
A former special forces operative struggling to contain the destructive impulses of his past goes on a rampage against a squad of ruthless assassins....
Unrequited Love
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Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. Several short films put together under the common theme of One Sided Love: ***My Nickname is Butatchi ***Something Blue ***Asahan no Yuge ***Kataomoi Supairaru ***Usotsuki no Koi ***Ibu no Okurimono ***Radio Personality ***Boku no Sabotin...
Sanada 10 Braves
Character: Yukimura Sanada
Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada....
Four Days of Snow and Blood
Character: Tadashi Sakai
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed....
The Setting Sun
Character: Kaya Tatsuma
A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement....
Abunai Deka Forever The Movie
Character: Date
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Muscle Heat
Character: Rai Kenjin
In the year 2009, a young policeman must collapse a Yakuza family whose members make a large profit with a new drug....
Je t'aime: I Am a Beast
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Yuka, a troubled young woman who suddenly begins working part-time as a high-class call girl, finds unexpected romance while on the job....
Shiro and Marilyn
Character: Daisuke Nakazato
Based on a true story. Shiro, a dog who lives in an inn on Akajima in Okinawa, swims to the opposite shore on Zamami to see his love, a dog named Marilyn. Shiro is portrayed by the real-life Shiro....
The Final Parting
Character: Yuji Uemura
A young woman grows emotionally as she overcomes the deaths of those dear to her after meeting a female mortician.....
Okinawa Rendez-vous
Character: Ken Sato
Jimmy Tong is an expert blackmailer and thief who specialises in white-collar crimes. With his side-kick, Jimmy steals a personal diary belonging to a Yakuza leader Ken Sato intending to use its details as a platform for blackmailing and to extort money. Sato agreed to the uneasy deal and made preparations to pay Jimmy his exorbitant demands only for Sato's girlfriend Jenny to betray him and make off with the money to Okinawa....
Kingdom
Character: Jie Shi
Set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in ancient China. Shin was a war orphan. He has a dream of becoming a great general Shin has a fateful encounter with young King Eisei. King Eisei aims to unify all of China....
Double Meaning: Yes or No?
Character: Kaoru Mikami
A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' The team investigates a grisly video circulating online that asks viewers to answer 'yes' or 'no' questions with potentially deadly outcomes....
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
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A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss....
You'll Fall For Me
Character: Kyousuke Dazai
Meet Chika. She thinks she's been jinxed: she's going to be dumped on Christmas Eve. Enter Tomako, who likes reading and making pudding. Although they're total opposites, by a twist of fate, they become best friends. However, it turns out they both want to spend Christmas Eve with the same guy. Will they choose friendship? Or love?...
1750 Days of Turbulence
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After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years....
FLARE
Character: Ensai Ymazaki
A meeting in the middle of Tokyo between Jan, a middle age French photographer who is living his life carelessly, and Flare, a 17 years old runaway girl with a complicate family background. Charmed by Jan’s works, a budding of love soon developed in Flare. While attracted to the wild life of Jan, she holds onto a complicated feelings. With this swaying conflicts inside of her, it painted a vivid picture of growing up in this Japan – France collaboration work of a painful love story....
Good Advice
Character: Japanese Trader
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life....
Prayer Beads
Character: (segment "Real")
This horror anthology is featuring nine independent episodes, each 30 minutes long, that are revolving around bad karma and terror....
Samurai Resurrection
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Shiro Amasuka, dead leader of the Shimbara Revolt is resurrected from hell with the desire of overthrowing the shogunate for killing his companions. To do this , he resurrects an army of living dead swordsmen. Between him and his goal, only Yagyu Jubei stands......
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Character: Ryuzo Kayama
Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a living as a shogi gambler (shinken-shi), and Ryuzo Kayama (Masaya Kato) who aims to become a professional player....
The Gun 2020
Character: Tomita
Toko grew up unloved by her mother Mizuho who continues to adore her deceased son. She lives alone in an apartment the electricity has been cut off and the trash is piling up. One late night, Toko enters a gloomy building in order to escape from a threatening stalker, Tomita. There she finds a handgun. She brings it back home and confirms it is loaded with four bullets. One day, the family living next door who have already been enduring poverty and violence end up murdering a man. Toko helps th...
We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous
Character: Naoya Arashiyama
The central Kansai region of Japan is the setting for the historic cities of Sakai and Kyoto. Noda and Koike from We Make Antiques are back and together for the tea ceremony by Furuta Shigenari who is the master of the ceremony. Enter a mysterious new woman named Shino about whom the two have a feeling....
Okite
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Yakuza film directed by Hiroki Matsukata....
Karate Kill
Character: Delivery Company Boss
When a mysterious loner and Karate master Kenji's little sister goes missing in Los Angeles, whoever stands in his way of finding her will face the wrath of a lethal KARATE KILL!...
Hope
Character: Teranuma Toshitsugu
Kazuto Ishikawa is a first-class architect. He is married to Kiyomi. They have a son, Tadashi, who attends high school and a daughter, Miyabi, who attends middle school. They live together in a refined home, designed by Kazuto. An injury causes Tadashi to quit playing soccer. Since that time, Tadashi often stays out all night without permission. One evening, Tadashi leaves home and does not return. Kazuto and Kiyomi become worried about their son and consider going to the police. News then reve...
Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project
Character: Hanada (segment "Genkou no Hate")
Six Stories based on Six Songs....
Singapore Sling
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Tatsuya is on a honeymoon in Australia. A couple of unfortunate encounters land him in jail, where he’s imprisoned without a chance of ever getting out again. His wife tries her best to launch an appeal, but it’s Tatsuya’s inmates who are his best chance of escaping his current predicament....
Sleep in the Shadows
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Fuyuki is an established artist who runs several bars in Yokohama. One day, injured Shinji runs into his bar. He always idolizes Fuyuki as his elder brother. Shinji is a member of the charity group which looks after troubled young girls in Yokohama. Fuyuki decides to help Shinji who is in a trouble with Yakuza for helping an underage girl out of their prostitution business. In the midst of getting involved in this conflict, Fuyuki learns that his dearest love, Kyoko has a very short time to live...
Dancing in her Dreams
Character: Kinoshita
Hiroshima Theater Number One is a venerable strip club on the verge of shutting down. Theater head Kinoshita takes to the stage for the theater's final night and stands before famous strippers and mysterious young dancers to reminisce about the glorious past and his secret love affair with a certain dancer....
Yumeji: A Spurt of Love
Character: Hikino's Father
Yumeji is married to Tamaki and they have a son. Tamaki was a model for Yumeji. He makes a living by running a picture store. Due to his dissatisfaction as an artist and his own inner conflicts, he spends his days doing other things besides painting. Meanwhile, he has lots of female fans. They are fascinated by his sexual charm. He meets Hikono and falls in love with her....
The Nikaidos' Fall
Character: Tatsuya Nikaido
After losing his son, Tatsuya is anguished by the danger of his ancient family line coming to an end. His mother Haru urges him to embark on a loveless second marriage, and meanwhile he secretly hopes that his daughter Yoshiko will marry a husband willing to adopt the Nikaido name and follow in his footsteps....
Sakura
Character: Masao Mizoguchi
Three siblings share a home with their parents living a happy life. The oldest one is good-looking guy, which is something of a contrast from his younger brother who is at school. The youngest one is the girl and has two brothers to protect her. And then there is Sakura, the family's dog who is always by their side. The fate of this quirky but happy family changes drastically after Hajime, the family's hero-like figure, encounters a tragic accident......
Tokyo: The Last War
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The year is 1945. After the horrific fire-bombings of the Pacific War levels Japan to the ground, the government decides to consult spiritual psychics to aid them in winning the war. Unfortunately, the resentment and agony of the souls of the fire-bombing victims culminate together to revive the evil Onmyoji, Yasunori Kato. Only a young, psychically imbued apprentice of the priests will dare fight against the evil magic user. However, can this lone man possibly contend with Kato's overwhelming p...
Double Meaning
Character: Kaoru Mikami
A new female detective joins the special investigations team and dives into some of their hardest cases in this follow-up to the series 'Unfair.' Just as a girl asks the team for help finding her missing father, a man calls to say he has four hostages and makes a cryptic request....
Double Meaning: Chain Reaction
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Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years....
Unfair: Code Breaking
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Crazy Boys
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Tamotsu Iwaki (Masaya Kato), also known as "The Dandruff Cancer," was admitted to a juvenile training school in the summer when he was 18 years old after being hit with dirt on his car. At first he is at odds with Ginji (Shinobu Sakagami) and others, but eventually a friendship develops between them. One day, Gan escapes, falls in love with a beautiful girl, Kanako, whom he met at his friends' apartment, and attacks her in an elevator, but is captured again. After being discharged from the hospi...
Ultraman Blazar The Movie: Tokyo Kaiju Showdown
Character: Retsu Haruno (flashback)
A wave of kaiju emerges from an industrial zone, prompting Capitan Gento and the SKaRD to engage in the relentless battle. Yet despite their efforts, the endless kaiju attack continues. Suspecting a link to Necromass Co., an advanced chemical company that researches kaiju carcasses and owns factories in the industrial zone, SKaRD rushes to the company’s CEO and renowned chemist, Dr. Mabuse. At Necromass Co.’s research facility, Dr. Mabuse explains the development of the damudoxin, a substance o...
Overlord: Blood Genealogy II
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After the death of the 12th-generation boss, Gunji Washio, the Naito Shinjuku Family attempts to rebuild under acting boss Kanemaru (Masaya Kato). However, a clash arises with the underboss, Reiji (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), who nominates Gunji’s successor, Taiga Washio (Haruto Ochiai), as the 13th-generation boss. This discord fractures the once-unified family. Adding to the chaos, the Tokyo Four Society, which had been held together by Gunji’s absolute leadership, falls into disarray. Shinjuku des...