Akira Emoto

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  Shylock's Children
  Masahiro Nishiki is a veteran bank clerk, working at the Nagahara branch for Tokyo Daiichi Bank. One day, a cash-lost incident takes place at the Nagahara branch. Masahiro chases after the truth behind the cash-lost case with his ...
   2023

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  September 1923
  Based on the great Kanto earthquake of 1923, which also led to a large number of killings by Japanese groups on Korean civilians.
   2023

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  5.5
  Hard Days
  On the night of December 29, Detective Yuji Kudo drives his car to see his mother, who is hospitalized with a serious health condition. He receives a phone call from the station police chief asking about his involvement in the cre...
  Character: Semba

   2023

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  4.0
  Umami
  Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.
   2022

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  7.0
  The Wandering Moon
  In a park on a rainy evening, a 19-year-old university student, Fumi, offers an umbrella to a soaking wet 10-year-old girl, Sarasa. Realizing her reluctance to go home, Fumi lets her stay in his place, where she spends the next tw...
   2022

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  The Great Yokai War: Guardians
  Kei Watanabe (Kokoro Terada) is a 5th grade elementary school student. He has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yokai. To save the world from being destroyed, Kei Watanabe challenges a war against the yokai.
   2021

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  Living in Your Sky
  Naomi is an editor for a small publishing house. After losing her parents in an accident, she moves into a luxury apartment thanks to her uncle. She starts a new life with her cat Haru in a house overlooking Tokyo. One day, he mee...
  Character: Concierge Kondo

   2020

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  Soratobu taiya
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  Character: Seiji Nomura

   2018

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  Mukoku
   2017

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  Survival Family
  After a sudden worldwide power cut, a Tokyo family are caught up in the chaos as millions traverse the country in search of electricity.
   2016

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  6.9
  Rage
  A grisly unsolved murder links three seemingly unrelated stories in three different Japanese cities.
   2016

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  7.2
  Shin Godzilla
  An unknown accident occurs in Tokyo Bay's Aqua Line, which causes an emergency cabinet to assemble. All of the sudden, a giant creature immediately appears, destroying town after town with its landing reaching the capital. This my...
   2016

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  The Big Bee
  Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, government and media all receive a fax that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline within 8 hours the hel...
   2015

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  7.2
  Journey to the Shore
  Mizuki lost her husband Yusuke at sea. Years later, her partner’s ghost appears before her eyes. It’s not a terrifying vision, but a return full of routine life. Following their reencounter, the two of them embark on a journey...
  Character: Hoshitani

   2015

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  0.5 mm
  Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family of an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to eventually lose her job and house. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets i...
   2014

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  Yellow Elephant
  Married couple Aiko Tsumari (Aoi Miyazaki) and Ayumu Muko (Osamu Mukai) live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this lette...
   2013

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  Ask This of Rikyu
  Sen no Rikyu is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eventually becomes one of the primary influences upon the Japanese tea ceremony. With his elegant esthetics, Sen no Rikyu is favored by the most power...
   2013

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  6.9
  Unforgiven
  Japan, late 19th century. A fleeing ronin (Ken Watanabe) is lured by a mercenary gig to avenge the mutilation of a prostitute. However, taking on the mantle of bounty hunter plunges him back into his violent past... Asian film sta...
  Character: Kingo Baba

   2013

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  Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
  The film looks at the role of Isoroku Yamamoto, the head of the Japanese Navy responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbour. It focuses on the last four years of this historical figure and away from the military epic, presents the d...
   2011

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  Sakurada Gate Incident
  In February 1860, 17 samurai organized a secret team in order to assassinate the minister of the government of Edo, Naosuke Ii, because he was the great promoter of the opening of the country abroad. This film is based on the hist...
   2010

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  Postcard
  Towards the end of the war, one hundred middle-aged soldiers were sent to the frontline according to lots drawn by their superior officer. On the night of the lottery, a soldier, expecting to be killed in action, leaves a postcard...
   2010

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  Cast Me If You Can
  Hiroshi (Toru Masuoka) is an actor who has always worked in supporting roles, when he goes out on the street, he is often confused with a store clerk, a staff member, a security guard or even a kidnapper. His father Kenta Matsuzak...
  Character: Homeless guy

   2010

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  Villain
   2010

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  7.0
  A Lone Scalpel
  Surgeon Touma (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) became a doctor after losing his mother at a young age due to a faulty diagnosis. Now working at at a local hospital in 1989, Touma faces the realities of a flawed medical system, but continues t...
  Character: Matsuo Ôkawa

   2010

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  7.3
  Hevunzu sutôrî
   2010

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  April Bride
  A young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live.
   2009

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  All Around Us
  At work, Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, silently observes crimes and scandals of the 1990s and the decline of Japanese values. At home in joys of marriage, he quietly observes his wife’s first pregnancy. When their child di...
   2008

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  Ikigami
   2008

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  築地魚河岸三代目 / Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime
  Shuntaro Akagi is a head of the personnel department of a major commercial company in downtown Tokyo, and hopes to soon marry his girlfriend, Asuka. Both his public and private life seems perfect. But by chance, Shuntaro has to he...
  Character: Seijiro Sanada

   2008

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  Three for the Road
  There comes a time in the life of a prostitute where clients start gravitating away. It is the inevitable result of being past one's prime, aging and of course becoming used up. Okino opts to pack it up and return to her village i...
   2007

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  7.8
  Memories of Matsuko
  It is the present day and Matsuko's nephew, Sho, is cleaning out his dead aunt's filthy apartment. Through a series of encounters, he gradually learns of his aunt's checkered life. Matsuko, in fact, seems at time to be speaking to...
  Character: Kôzô Kawajiri

   2006

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  5.8
  The Sinking of Japan
  In the aftermath of a major earthquake under Suraga Bay, Misaki (a young girl) and Toshiro (a pilot of a deep sea submarine) are rescued from a ruined city street just as leaking gasoline ignites. Reiko Abe arrives just in time, l...
  Character: Prof. Fukuhara

   2006

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  6.7
  The Go Master
  Based on the life of Wu Qingyuan, the most renowned modern master of "go". A Chinese prodigy who became the undisputed master of this Japanese board game, Wu is torn by the increasingly bellicose relations between the tw...
   2006

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  Yawarakai seikatsu (It's Only Talk)
   2005

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  Zebraman
  Being a failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as "Zebraman", the superhero. Although the TV series whas canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acti...
   2004

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  7.6
  The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
  Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning–fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town r...
  Character: Tavern Owner Pops

   2003

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  Drugstore Girl
   2003

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  Koinu Dan no monogatari
  Mao is a bright young woman who lives in today's Tokyo and is fed up with her parents not appearing to care about her. Her father has to work in Toyama and needs to move. Since Mao's mother works as a florist, it is impossible for...
   2002

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  7.4
  Kaza-hana
  A haunting tale of destiny and life's unpredictability: an elite bureaucrat, humbled by an incident which ruined his promising career, has a chance encounter with a glamorous hostess, heartbroken by her husband's death.
   2000

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  Will to Live
  The legend of abandoning old people in the mountains is preserved in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. But similar stories can be found, as folktales, here and there throughout the country. A number of poems have been written on t...
   1999

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  5.5
  Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
  A retiring Yakuza gang member and a cop go on a road trip to attend the funeral of a mutual female friend.
   1999

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  Dr. Akagi
   1998

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  The Key
  Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been that her husband is dissatisfied with her lack of passion during lovemaking. All...
   1997

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  Abduction
  The director of a large Tokyo trading company is kidnapped and held for ransom. A young but experienced detective is put on the case while being at the center of a nation-wide television sensation.
   1997

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  7.0
  The Eel
  The film opens with Takuro Yamashita (Koji Yakusho), a seemingly normal salaryman, learning that his wife might be having an affair. When he catches the couple in flaganto delicto, he freaks out and brutally stabs them both to dea...
   1997

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  7.7
  Shall We Dance?
  Character: Toru Miwa

   1996

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  Maborosi
   1995

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  The Friends
  A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. The boys form a bond with the recluse and ...
   1994

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  Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
  In order to graduate from college in a timely manner, and to gain the job waiting for him due to his family connections, Shuhei must join the school's sumo team to please his professor. Shuhei and the other reluctant sumo wrestler...
   1992

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  Goodbye Mama
  The lifestyle of a successful businesswoman is interrupted by the appearance of her ex-husband's son.
   1991

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  Beijing Watermelon
   1989

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  Revolver
  One stolen pistol brings together the lives of several people.
   1988

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  The Yen Family
  Comedy about a family and their obsession for making money.
   1988

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  Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
  The Angel Guts films were given their name by manga writer and director Takashi Ishii, who intended them to be a tribute to victimized women, Angels with Guts. After being attacked by terminal patients at the hospital where she w...
   1988

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  The Great Department Store Robbery
  Keiko Matsuzaka is a beautiful and cute thief, she falls in love with a poor cellist. She wants to somehow give him an instrument, and she gathers friends and tries to steal the department store's sales.
   1987

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  The Heartbreak Yakuza
  A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn't seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of intergang warfare.
   1987

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  Tora-san 29: Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
   1982