Yuriko Hirooka — Actor (17)
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Shadow of the Wraith (2001) IMDb TMDB
いきすだま 生霊
director: Toshiharu Ikeda actor: Yuichi Matsuo / Kôji Matsuo …
other title: Ikisudama - L'ombra dello spirito / いきすだま 生霊
Two brothers are plunged into the realm of psychic horror, one tormented by a stalker, and the other involved with a girl whose home is the site of eerie occurrences.
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The Key (1997) WikiData IMDb TMDB
鍵
director: Toshiharu Ikeda actor: Naomi Kawashima / Akira Emoto …
other title: 鍵
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 this changes after they meet the young Mr. Kimura
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The Brutal Insanity of Love (1993) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ちぎれた愛の殺人
director: Toshiharu Ikeda actor: Shiro Sano / Megumi Yokoyama …
other title: Evil Dead Trap 3 / Tokyo Snuff 3: Broken Love Killer …
A policewoman investigates the apparent suicide of a college coed. The prime suspects include the girl's professor, who may have been having an affair with her, and the professor's wife, who frequents lesbian bars. Gruesome axe murders and mutilations ensue, leading Yokoyama to a shocking discovery.
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Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015) WikiData IMDb TMDB
母と暮せば
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Sayuri Yoshinaga / Kazunari Ninomiya …
other title: Nagasaki : Memories of my Son / Nagasaki: Recuerdos de mi hijo …
Nobuko works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.
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Isola: Multiple Personality Girl (2000) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ISOLA 多重人格少女
director: Toshiyuki Mizutani actor: Yoshino Kimura / Yû Kurosawa …
other title: Isola - La tredicesima personalità / Isola - Das 13. Gesicht …
When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped
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Inugami (2001)
狗神
director: Masato Harada actor: Yuki Amami / Atsuro Watabe …
other title: Inugami - Le divinità maligne / Inugami - Die Verfluchten …
Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.
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A Girl Named Ann (2024) TMDB NeoDB
あんのこと
director: Yu Irie actor: Yuumi Kawai / Jirô Satô …
other title: あんのこと / 杏运
A drug-addicted girl from an abusive family finds hope through kind people but her grim reality strikes back just as she sees a glimmer of light.
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Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (2017) WikiData IMDb Douban NeoDB
君の膵臓をたべたい
director: Sho Tsukikawa actor: Minami Hamabe / Takumi Kitamura …
other title: Kimi no Suizō wo Tabetai / Quiero comerme tu páncreas …
A dying girl meets a nonchalant boy who found out her secret. She decided to fulfill her bucket list with none-other-than the boy who couldn't care less about the world.
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A Town Without Seasons (2023) TMDB
季節のない街
director: Kankuro Kudo actor: Sosuke Ikematsu / Taiga Nakano …
other title: 季節のない街
It follows a group of people who are still living in temporary housing 12 years after a natural disaster called "Nani" destroyed their town.
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Half Blue Sky (2018) TMDB
半分、青い。
actor: Mei Nagano / Takeru Satoh …
other title: 半分、青い。 / Die Vroni aus Kawasaki …
Suzume is a girl born to a family running a small restaurant in Gifu Prefecture. She loses her hearing in one ear from a disease. Encouraged by her loving parents and childhood friend, she lives through an eventful life with a tenacious spirit.
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Brass Knuckle Boys (2009) WikiData IMDb TMDB
少年メリケンサック
director: Kazushige Tanaka / Kankuro Kudo actor: Aoi Miyazaki / Koichi Sato …
other title: The Shonen Merikensack / Brass Knucle Boys …
A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them on behalf of her company. What Kanna did not know was that the Brass Knuckle Boys consists of all middle aged men.
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Audition (2000)
オーディション
★ 7.4 (13 ratings) director: Takashi Miike actor: Ryo Ishibashi / Eihi Shiina …
other title: Anjo ou Demónio / オーディション …
Seven years after the death of his wife, widower Shigeharu seeks advice on how to find a new wife from a colleague. Taking advantage of their position as a film company, they stage an audition. Interviewing a series of women, Shigeharu is enchanted by the quiet Asami. But soon things take a twisted turn as Asami isn’t what she seems to be.
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A Story of Yonosuke (2013)
横道世之介
★ 8.8 (9 ratings) director: Shuichi Okita actor: Kengo Kora / Yuriko Yoshitaka …
other title: Yokomichi Yonosuke / 横道世之介
The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo.
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Wood Job! (2014)
WOOD JOB! ～神去なあなあ日常～
★ 7.6 (10 ratings) director: Shinobu Yaguchi actor: Shota Sometani / Masami Nagasawa …
other title: WOOD JOB! ～神去なあなあ日常～
After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.
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Gemini (1999)
双生児 -GEMINI-
director: Shinya Tsukamoto actor: Masahiro Motoki / Ryo …
other title: Gemini - Tödlicher Zwilling / 双生児 -GEMINI- …
When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.