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Love or Duty: Samurai Rebellion (2013) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
上意討ち 拝領妻始末
director: Meiji Fujita actor: Masakazu Tamura / Yukie Nakama
other title: 上意討ち 拝領妻始末
In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his lord’s commands. This is the tragic story of one such loyal samurai, whose love for his family forced him to make the ultimate choice of disobeying the wishes of his lord.
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
天地明察
director: Yojiro Takita actor: Aoi Miyazaki / Junichi Okada
other title: Tenchi Meisatsu - Intuizione del cielo e della Terra / 天地明察
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan. Based on the life of Santetsu Yasui (December 27, 1639-November 1, 1715), appointed as the first official astronomer in the Edo Period and would go on to create the Jokyo calendar at the imperial request.
Detective Kyosuke Kozu's Murder Reasoning 9 (1990) [Movie] TMDB
探偵神津恭介の殺人推理9
director: Yukio Noda actor: Masaomi Kondo / Naomi Oki
other title: 探偵神津恭介の殺人推理9
Kyosuke Kozu (Masaomi Kondo), a university professor and a famous detective, is a big magic lover. He was asked to judge the Magic Competition to be held in Ito, and set out with his sister Nobuko, her lover's newspaper reporter Kenzo, and the brothers Shiro Kishibe. On the day, Shigeko Mizutani, who was supposed to play the guillotine technique, went missing, and she was found dead while her sister Yoshiko was taking her place. The suspects include Yoshiko, Shigeko's husband, Ryohei Mizutani, and her secretary, Yuriko.
Free and Easy (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
釣りバカ日誌
other title: 釣りバカ日誌
Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and old man who learns to enjoy life again through his friendship with Densuke. Meanwhile, Densuke is completely unaware that Ichinosuke is the boss of his construction company. The two men become friends through their shared passion for fishing.
READY! LADY (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
レディ! レディ READY! LADY
director: Kei Ota actor: Hiroko Yakushimaru / Kaori Momoi
other title: レディ! レディ READY! LADY / Ready! Lady
Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She comes to Tokyo, relying on her aunt Moeko, a career woman who works as a manager at a major city bank. The two, who have completely different personalities, quarrel constantly whenever they see each other.
Oishinbo (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
美味しんぼ
director: Azuma Morisaki actor: Koichi Sato / Michiko Hada
other title: 美味しんぼ
Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya.
Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by the newspaper's owner, along with the young Yuko Kurita, to provide recipes for the "ultimate menu".
Round About Midnight (1999) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
真夜中まで
director: Makoto Wada actor: Hiroyuki Sanada / Michele Reis
other title: 真夜中まで
While on a cigarette break in between sets, Koji, a jazz musician, witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. Mistakenly identified as prime suspects, they have to solve the crime but time is running out: Koji has to be back to perform in his club by midnight, as a very special guest will be attending.
A Class to Remember II (1996) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
学校 II
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Toshiyuki Nishida / Hidetaka Yoshioka
other title: 学校 II / Gakko II
The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.
The Eternal Zero (2015) [TV] NeoDB Douban
永遠の0 ドラマ part of TV Series: The Eternal Zero
director: 佐々木章光 actor: 向井理 / 多部未华子
第二次世界大战结束后的六十周年,青年佐伯健太郎(桐谷健太 饰)再度遭遇司法考试的挫败。适值此时,他的外婆去世,在和姐姐庆子(广末凉子 饰)奔丧期间他们发现与现在的外公(伊东四朗 饰)并无血缘关系,而真正的外公早已在二战中牺牲。以此为契机,健太郎在姐姐的督促下着手调查外公宫部久藏(向井理 饰)的事迹。据说久藏当年是部队中飞行技术一流的战士,但是每当执行任务时他总逡巡在战局外围,当战友受伤归来时,他往往毫发无伤,以致于被战称为海军航空队第一胆小鬼。
随着调查的深入,健太郎逐渐发现久藏胆小鬼外表下那令人不易察觉的一面,而外公最终慨然赴死的秘密也昭然若揭……
忠臣藏狂诗曲No.5 中村仲藏 发迹阶段 (2021) [TV] NeoDB Douban
忠臣蔵狂詩曲No.5 中村仲蔵 出世階段
director: 源孝志 actor: 中村勘九郎 / 上白石萌音
番組のもうひとつの主役ともいえるのが、江戸の芝居小屋。初代中村勘三郎が興した中村座(猿若座)に始まるとされる芝居小屋は、江戸時代を通じて庶民最大の娯楽場でした。日の出から日没まで熱気に満ち満ちていたという当時の芝居小屋を、今回巨大セットで再現!小屋に生きる裏方や地方(歌舞伎音楽の演奏家)、稲荷町(いなりまち)と呼ばれた大部屋役者たちなど、芝居小屋の宇宙も生き生きと描き、江戸歌舞伎の熱狂と魅力を伝えます。
仲蔵の才能を見抜いて抜擢をする当時の大スター・四代目市川團十郎、それを妬んで敵対する人気歌舞伎役者や座付き作者など、一癖も二癖もある実在の江戸の演劇人たちを演じるのは現代の演劇界のオールスター。超人気演目『仮名手本忠臣蔵』の五段目で、全く見せ場のない地味な役を割り当てられた仲蔵に一発大逆転はあるのか?厳しい階級制度で縛られた当時の歌舞伎界で、貧困やいじめに苦しみながらも、血の滲むような努力と才智でスターの座をつかんだ仲蔵の痛快な出世物語!閉塞感の只中を生きる現代の日本人を励まし、奮い立たせる年末エンターテインメント巨編です。
A Class to Remember (1993) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
学校
director: 山田洋次 actor: 西田敏行 / 新屋英子
other title: 学校 / L'École
本片榮獲藝學院賞最佳電影、最佳劇本、最佳男主角(西田敏行)最佳助演男配角(田中邦衛)最佳新人(萩原聖人、裕木奈江)暨最佳導演六項大獎!!

《學校》是山田洋次構思了15年的意念。影片的背景是一所夜間中學,負責教學的是已屆中年的黑井先生。

他本來可以有機會調職到另一家正規學校任教,但他卻拒絕了。又一個學期要過去,在畢業禮即將來臨之前,黑井叫每個學生都以過去一年的日子做題材,寫下一些值得回味的事情。班上的同學,有不同年齡的、不同國藉和背景的,不約而同都發現:歲月雖然匆匆,但箇中悲喜,尤其是黑井的關懷,卻教他們永誌難忘。

本片是山田洋次創作生涯上的另一高峰:七年間已拍了四集,是山田繼《男人之苦》後的第二個成功系列。

Directed by the creator of the Tora-san series, Yamada Yoji, "A Class to Remember" unfolds in a night junior high school on the lower east side of Tokyo. Students from their teens to their sixties are enrolled. One of the most beloved teachers, Kuroi, asks each student to write an essay recalling their experience in the night school. In the midst of the class, a piece of tragic news arrives: Inoda, one of Kuroi's students, has passed away, upon which the whole class starts talking about each other's memory of Inoda. Compassionate and extremely poignant, "A Class to Remember", marks the beginning of another film series for Yamada. So far four installments have been made and all are box office hits.
奥林匹克的赎金 (2013) [TV] NeoDB Douban
オリンピックの身代金 ~1964年・夏~
director: 藤田明二 actor: 竹野内丰 / 松山研一
昭和39年 东京奥运会开幕在即。当全国上下如火如荼准备这场盛事的时候,一桩桩精心策划的犯罪悄然进行。距离开幕还有四十多天的时候,接连两起爆炸事件在东京发生。嫌犯假托之前甚嚣尘上的爆弹狂魔草加次郎之名,声言要破坏奥运会的举行。赌上日本国民和警察的尊严,警视厅搜查一课刑警落合昌夫(竹野内丰 饰)与后辈岩村杰(斋藤工 饰)合作展开调查。他们发现两起案件均针对着东奥最高警备总部的幕僚长须贺修一郎(岸部一德 饰)而来,因此怀疑是与父亲断绝了关系的花花公子须贺忠所为。谁知调查刚刚有所进展,上层却下达了让二人退出搜查的命令。执拗的落合持续追逐真凶,真相则慢慢浮出水面……
本片根据奥田英朗的同名原作改编。
The Silent Service (2023) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData Douban IMDb
沈黙の艦隊
director: 吉野耕平 actor: 大泽隆夫 / 玉木宏
other title: 沈黙の艦隊 / 沉默的舰队
Shiro Kaieda is appointed the captain of Japan's first nuclear submarine, jointly built by Japan and the United States in top secret. However, he and his 76 crew members go rogue in this story that delves into themes of nuclear war, international politics, and world peace.
The Silent Service (2024) [TV] IMDb
沈黙の艦隊
actor: Takao Osawa / Hiroshi Tamaki
other title: 沈黙の艦隊
An MSDF submarine collides with a U.S. nuclear submarine, crushing all 76 people on board, including its CO, Shiro Kaieda. However, the crew survives. The accident is a cover story to get the MSDF submarine's crew on board the Seabat, a nuclear submarine secretly built by the Japanese and U.S. governments. However, Kaieda loads the Seabat with nuclear missiles and suddenly mutinies and flees.
Babanbabanban Vampire (2025) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB
ババンババンバンバンパイア
director: Shinji Hamasaki actor: Ryo Yoshizawa / Rihito Itagaki
other title: Baban Baban Ban Vampire / ババンババンバンバンパイア
Ranmaru is a 450-year-old vampire who works in a bathhouse. As a vampire he is particularly picky about his blood choices, his main goal being to drink the blood of an 18-year-old virgin. To do so, he has been watching 15-year-old Rihito, the son of the bathhouse owner who saved him from near death. Rihito must not lose his virginity before he turns 18 and Ranmaru does everything he can to prevent that. However, when Rihito starts to show interest in a classmate, Ranmaru's desperate fight to preserve the boys virginity begins.
Cut (2011) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
Cut
director: 阿米尔·纳得瑞 actor: 西岛秀俊 / 常盘贵子
other title: 片场杀机 / 拳拳到戏肉(港)
已拍过三部电影却无缘放映的独立导演秀二(西岛秀俊 饰),长久以来始终坚持拍摄真正艺术电影的目标,他一方面控诉着当下的商业体制,一方面尽自己所能让更多的人了解电影之美。谁知长久以来资助他的哥哥,因向自己所在的黑帮高额举债无力偿还被杀。备受打击的秀二,必须在两周之内还清哥哥的债务。最终,他做出了一个连黑道都分为震惊的决定:那就是以哥哥被打死的厕所为据点,通过挨揍来赚钱还债。黑帮分子的拳打脚踢让他皮开肉绽,而在那一刻影史上一幕幕经典场景盘桓脑海给秀二以短暂的慰籍。平日里,他会参拜黑泽明、沟口健二、小津安二郎的墓地,仿佛从巨匠那里会得到前进的勇气与力量。
就这样,还钱的最后期限慢慢到来……
Train Brain Express (2012) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
僕達急行 A列車で行こう
other title: 僕達急行 A列車で行こう
Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves of their lives?