Susumu Terajima — Actor (78)
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Untouchable (2009) TMDB
アンタッチャブル
actor: Yukie Nakama / Jun Kaname …
other title: アンタッチャブル
When reporter Narumi Ryoko loses her job at a first-rate publisher and ends up at a trashy tabloid called "Shukan Untouchable." She now chases celebrity scandals and sensational stories, but she hasn't lost her sense of duty or her persistence. While investigating her stories, she tends to notice details that imply some hidden truth beneath the surface, leading her to probe deeper into dangerous secrets. --Tokyograph
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Ichi the Killer (2001)
殺し屋1
★ 6.8 (12 ratings) director: Takashi Miike actor: Tadanobu Asano / Nao Omori …
other title: Ichi The Killer / Ichi - O Assassino …
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
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Suite Dreams (2006)
THE 有頂天ホテル
director: Koki Mitani actor: Koji Yakusho / Takako Matsu …
other title: The Wow-Choten Hotel / THE 有頂天ホテル …
New Year's Eve at a posh hotel and all should be shipshape. It is not. There is the traditional party, an official ceremony, entertainment and a special dinner planned and yet there is trouble everywhere. An Animal is on the loose, a politician to protect, a prostitute to handle, a bellhop to focus and a few things more.
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Antarctica (2011) TMDB
南極大陸～神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語～
director: Kitamura Yasuichi actor: Takuya Kimura / Haruka Ayase …
other title: 南極大陸～神の領域に挑んだ男と犬の物語～
Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in Antarctica. After a year, the exploration team is ordered to withdraw from the Antarctic station due to severe weather conditions. The dogs have to be left behind. The following year, the next team arrives at the Showa Base station and a miraculous reunion occurs between a dog handler accompanying the new tean and two dogs, Taro and Shiro, that are brothers.
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Monday (2000) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
マンデイ
director: SABU actor: Shinichi Tsutsumi / Yasuko Matsuyuki …
other title: マンデイ
A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.
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All Around Us (2008)
ぐるりのこと。
★ 8.6 (5 ratings) director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi actor: Lily Franky / Tae Kimura …
other title: Gururi no koto / ぐるりのこと。
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first child’s death, hope slowly unfolds and their love story flickers to life once again.
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Fireworks (1997)
HANA-BI
★ 8.1 (15 ratings) director: Takeshi Kitano actor: Takeshi Kitano / Kayoko Kishimoto …
other title: Hana-Bi - Fiori di fuoco / Hana-Bi - Fogo de Artifício …
Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.
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Unlucky Monkey (1998) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
アンラッキー・モンキー
director: SABU actor: Shinichi Tsutsumi / Hiroshi Shimizu …
other title: アンラッキー・モンキー
A dark and strange comedy about a bank robber with bad luck. Bungling a bank robbery turns out to be a profitable mistake for Yamazaki, an amateur crook who ends up with 80 million yen after a string of improbable accidents. But having so much cash doesn't make his life is any easier. In fact, it gets much more complicated when Yamazaki stabs a hairdresser by mistake and instantly becomes a hunted fugitive. He's just one unlucky monkey but can he turn his luck around?
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Helter Skelter (2012)
ヘルタースケルター
★ 6.7 (11 ratings) director: Mika Ninagawa actor: Erika Sawajiri / Nao Omori …
other title: ヘルタースケルター
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
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Kids Return (1996)
キッズ・リターン
★ 9.0 (6 ratings) director: Takeshi Kitano actor: Ken Kaneko / Masanobu Ando …
other title: Os Rapazes Regressam / キッズ・リターン
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
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When Marnie Was There (2014)
思い出のマーニー
★ 8.1 (9 ratings) director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi actor: Sara Takatsuki / Kasumi Arimura …
other title: Quando c'era Marnie / Marnie - min hemmelige veninde …
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007) WikiData IMDb Douban NeoDB
東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン
director: Jōji Matsuoka actor: Joe Odagiri / Kirin Kiki …
other title: Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad / 東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々、オトン
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn between the inherited recklessness of his father Oton and the inherited responsibility, wisdom and emotional strength of his mother Okan. Following a period of intensely rebellious behavior, Boku learns that his mom has contracted cancer; suddenly, his mother comes to live with him in Tokyo the entire emotional landscape of his life is altered.
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After Life (1999)
ワンダフルライフ
★ 7.7 (6 ratings) director: Hirokazu Kore-eda actor: Arata Iura / Erika Oda …
other title: After LIfe / ワンダフルライフ …
On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.