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Nodame Cantabile (2006) [TV] TMDB IMDb
のだめ カンタービレ
director: Tomoko Ninomiya actor: Juri Ueno / Hiroshi Tamaki …
other title: のだめ カンタービレ
Megumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a preschool teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized. Shinichi Chiaki is Momogaoka's top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he is trapped in Japan because of his childhood phobia of airplanes and the ocean. They meet by accident and sparks fly!
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Linda Linda Linda (2005) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
リンダ リンダ リンダ
8.5 (12 ratings) director: Nobuhiro Yamashita actor: Bae Doona / Aki Maeda …
other title: LINDA LINDA LINDA / リンダ リンダ リンダ
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three songs for the festival's rock concert—including a classic '80s song by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts called "Linda Linda".
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Antihero (2024) [TV] TMDB
アンチヒーロー
director: Kenta Tanaka / Yohei Miyazaki … actor: Hiroki Hasegawa / Takumi Kitamura …
other title: アンチヒーロー / Antihéroe
Japan has a conviction rate of 99.9% for criminal cases that go to trial. A lawyer (Hiroki Hasegawa) is able to defeat those odds and obtain an acquittal for his client, even though there's conclusive evidence that says otherwise. Sometimes, due to minor things, good and evil can switch sides and good people can become bad people.
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13 Assassins (2010) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
十三人の刺客
director: Takashi Miike actor: Koji Yakusho / Takayuki Yamada …
other title: 13 assassini / 13 Assassinos …
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
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Love and Honor (2006) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
武士の一分
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Takuya Kimura / Rei Dan …
other title: L'âme du samouraï / El catador de venenos …
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
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Elpis (2022) [TV] TMDB
エルピス —希望、あるいは災い—
actor: Masami Nagasawa / Gordon Maeda …
other title: エルピス —希望、あるいは災い—
Inspired by multiple true cases of false accusations, Elpis follows Ena Asakawa (Masami Nagasawa), a former network anchor whose star has faded due to scandal and now helms a late-night, less-formal magazine show. There an under-rated and rookie director Takuro Kishimoto (Gordon Maeda) begins to doubt a death row conviction which, together with Asakawa, make-up artist Cherry (Toko Miura) and star reporter Shouichi Saito (Ryohei Suzuki), they investigate and unravel as a state-wide conspiracy and cover up.
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Weakest Beast (2018) [TV] TMDB
獣になれない私たち
actor: Yui Aragaki / Ryuhei Matsuda …
other title: 獣になれない私たち
Seemingly perfect from the outside, Shinkai Akira was exhausted from worrying too much about how to be perfect. Nemoto Kousei is amicable and popular with women, but he trusts no one and views everything with a cold heart. The two of them, who became unable to live instinctively like animals, meet by chance at a craft beer bar after work and gradually become close enough to fight and tell each other how they really feel. Due to their encounter, even while getting hurt, they begin to try to be themselves and start taking a step forward.
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What a Wonderful Family! (2016) [Movie]
家族はつらいよ
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Isao Hashizume / Kazuko Yoshiyuki …
other title: 家族はつらいよ / What a wonderful family! …
A husband and wife have been married for 50 years. For her birthday, the husband asks the wife what she wants for her birthday present. She replies that she wants a divorce. The wife's divorce announcement sends the entire family into chaos.
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Punk Samurai Slash Down (2018) [Movie] TMDB Douban
パンク侍、斬られて候
director: Gakuryu Ishii actor: Go Ayano / Tadanobu Asano …
other title: パンク侍、斬られて候 / 庞克武士(台) …
Junoshin Kake is a ronin. To get hired by the Kurokaze Han, he lies and tells them that a religious group is trying to destroy them. He gets hired by the Kurokaze Han, but they learn that Junoshin Kake lied. Junoshin Kake is given the death sentence and he must think of an escape plan.
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The Hidden Blade (2004) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
隠し剣 鬼の爪
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Masatoshi Nagase / Takako Matsu …
other title: La Servante et le Samouraï / La espada oculta …
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his new life when he is put to the test and ordered to kill a traitor who just happens to be his dearest friend.
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Ping Pong (2002) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban
ピンポン
director: Fumihiko Sori actor: Yosuke Kubozuka / Arata Iura …
other title: ピンポン / 乒乓
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
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Zebraman (2004) [Movie] TMDB
ゼブラーマン
director: Takashi Miike actor: Show Aikawa / Kyoka Suzuki …
A failure as a teacher and a familyman, Shinichi tries to escape everyday live by dressing up as the superhero "Zebraman". Although the TV series was canceled after only 6 episodes, this cannot stop him from acting out his escapist fantasy in a self made zebra-suit. He gets more then he could ever wish for when his black-and-white dressed alter-ego seems to be the only thing to stand between absolute (green) evil and a happy ending.
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My Well-Organized Home (2016) [TV] TMDB
わたしのウチには、なんにもない。
actor: Kaho / Kyōko Enami …
other title: わたしのウチには、なんにもない。
Mai Yururi decides to get rid of her old books, memorabilia, furniture and clothes. Everything around her room, except the basic necessities. Her friend visits her place and is shocked that her place is empty. Mai realizes how good it feels to get rid of clutter.
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Tamagawa Ward Office of the Dead (2014) [TV] TMDB
玉川区役所 OF THE DEAD
actor: Kento Hayashi / Alice Hirose …
other title: 玉川区役所 OF THE DEAD
Set in a place where zombie's existence are commonplace. Shinsuke Akaba (Kento Hayashi) works in the special welfare division at the Tamagawa City Office. His job is to deal with zombies and catch zombies. His life is boring, but, one day, a pretty woman is assigned to work in the same division.
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Occult (2009) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData Douban TMDB IMDb
オカルト
director: Koji Shiraishi actor: Shohei Uno / Koji Shiraishi …
other title: オカルト / 超自然 …
Koji Shiraishi interviews the survivors of an indiscriminate attack at a sightseeing resort and starts investigating the strange events that have been happening to them.
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Female (2005) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
フィーメイル
director: Tetsuo Shinohara / Miwa Nishikawa … actor: Nene Otsuka / Naoyuki Morita …
other title: フィーメイル
'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki, Miwa Nishikawa, and Suzuki Matsuo.