Tetsu Watanabe
Tetsu Watanabe (born 11 March 1950) is a Japanese actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1989.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 27.996 |
| Birthday | 1950-03-11 |
| Place of Birth | Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | 渡辺哲, Тэцу Ватанабэ, |
1997
Princess Mononoke
8.339/7792
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he...
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Princess Mononoke
1991
A Scene at the Sea
7.407/178
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by...
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A Scene at the Sea
1993
Sonatine
7.49/613
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, suppo...
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Sonatine
1996
Sleeping Man
7.6/7
Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.
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Sleeping Man
2008
Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
4.779/34
In the year 20xx, scientifically created zombies roam the world in record numbers. Despite this, Aya is determined to track down her father's killer,...
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Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
2002
The Cat Returns
7.15/2106
Young Haru rescues a cat from being run over, but soon learns it's no ordinary feline; it happens to be the Prince of the Cats.
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The Cat Returns
2009
Instant Swamp
7/10
A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her r...
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Instant Swamp
2011
Cold Fish
6.892/319
Shamoto runs a small tropical fish shop. When his daughter Mitsuko is caught shoplifting at a grocery store a man named Murata steps in to settle thin...
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Cold Fish
1990
Blood Oath
5.5/8
On an obscure Pacific Island just north of Australia, the Japanese Empire has operated a prisoner of war camp for Australian soldiers. At the close of...
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Blood Oath
2002
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit
5.69/20
When a lonely high school girl befriends a strange, mysterious and beautiful girl, it is soon becomes clear that the two girls' meeting was not purely...
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Tomie: Forbidden Fruit
2011
Himizu
7.1/148
After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.
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Himizu
1994
A New Love in Tokyo
6.1/17
A look a the lives of two sex workers in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. I...
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A New Love in Tokyo
1992
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
6.7/21
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they c...
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Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
2008
You'll Die Six Hours Later
7/1
"You will die six hours later." Keishi, a youth who proclaims himself a seer, suddenly says this to Mio, who is walking along the streets of Shibuya....
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You'll Die Six Hours Later
1996
Swallowtail Butterfly
7.4/78
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
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Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
Zero Woman: The Accused
5.5/2
Rei, the deadly but reluctant assassin for the Zero Division of the Tokyo Police Department, befriends a young man after she sees him cruising a gay b...
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Zero Woman: The Accused
2006
Memories of Matsuko
7.682/151
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life in...
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Memories of Matsuko
2005
Takeshis'
6.073/75
Beat Takeshi lives the busy and sometimes surreal life of a showbiz celebrity. One day he meets his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience st...
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Takeshis'
2013
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
7.369/274
In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.
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Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2007
Glory to the Filmmaker!
6.245/49
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete hi...
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Glory to the Filmmaker!
1997
A Story of Modern Chivalry
5.5/1
A hard-boiled man who lived in the world of the Yakuza, leaves everything behind in search of revenge for his great friend.
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A Story of Modern Chivalry
2010
Script
0/0
Four strangers participate in a psychological experiment in a dark space with nothing else other than a table and four envelopes. They are payed 100.0...
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Script
2008
Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station
7/2
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Detective Ushio VS Case Reporter Saeko at the Terminal Station
2014
Snow Jack
0/0
A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not respond t...
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Snow Jack
1994
Alone in the Night
6.5/11
An undercover narcotics officer is killed, and after his funeral some yakuza break into his apartment and rape his wife, Nami, while looking for the d...
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Alone in the Night
2005
Touch
5.857/14
Twin brothers, Tatsuya and Kazuya, grew up with their next door neighbor Minami like siblings. Minami's dream is that her school's baseball team will...
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Touch
2016
Shin Godzilla
7.183/1238
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of vol...
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Shin Godzilla
2016
Run for Love
2.8/7
A romantic anthology with five episodes featuring five love stories in Japan, United States, Norway, the Island of Saipan, and the one in Rjukan Norwa...
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Run for Love
2016
Silence
7.126/2992
Two Jesuit priests travel to seventeenth century Japan which has, under the Tokugawa shogunate, banned Catholicism and almost all foreign contact.
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Silence
1992
About Love, Tokyo
6.3/3
Looks at the lives of Chinese people in Japan.
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About Love, Tokyo
2015
Sumo Road - The Musical
4/1
An overweight exchange student with no friends decides to join the university’s sumo team at a Japanese university. But in order to get in, first he h...
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Sumo Road - The Musical
1996
Kagerô 2
0/0
An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.
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Kagerô 2
2002
Kichiku
0/0
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Kichiku
1998
KIZU
0/0
Direct to video crime film.
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KIZU
2016
Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30
0/0
A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
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Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30
2003
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
5.9/7
When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called Kisar...
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Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
2005
Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
0/0
Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when he meets an elderly fencing instructor who may be...
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Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter
2015
Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu
4.3/3
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Taxi Driver's Mystery Diary 37 - Mystery of Double Homicides from Tokyo to Hamamatsu
2016
Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special
6/1
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special
2012
Graffreeter Toki
0/0
A shopping arcade in a working-class Tokyo neighborhood filled with Baki fans comes under threat when an unscrupulous corporation tries to take over.
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Graffreeter Toki
2016
Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo
6.667/3
A prequel to the story of the legendary samurai and one cat. In Edo era, there was a legendary samurai named Kyutaro Madarame who are feared as a "Mad...
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Samurai Cat: Tamanojo Goes to Edo
1999
Ley Lines
6.4/50
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befr...
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Ley Lines
2018
Shino Can't Say Her Name
7.286/7
Ooshima Shino is a 1st-grade high school student. She has difficulties pronouncing words that start with vowels in front of people. Because of her spe...
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Shino Can't Say Her Name
2016
Detective Ballerino
6.3/3
In the past, Kurumi Usushima (Yuto Nakajima) wanted to become a ballerino, but he is now a detective. Kurumi Usushima and his senior detective, Takao...
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Detective Ballerino
2000
Ichigensan
0/0
A foreign university student tries to fit in in Kyoto by reading books to the blind and finds himself falling in love.
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Ichigensan
2018
Darc
6.131/187
To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.
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Darc
2016
Conflict II
7/1
When Tendokai's headquarters are attacked, underboss Washio Kazuma orders his trusted lieutenant to investigate a possible mole inside the family.
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Conflict II
2016
Conflict
7/1
Tendokai's Washio Kazuma, the underboss of Japan's largest crime syndicate, goes on the warpath when his blood brother and family turn up dead.
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Conflict
2017
Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
0/0
Dollmaker Haruhiko Kasukabe, nicknamed Haru-san, lost his wife Ruriko in an airplane crash 22 years ago and has been living with his only daughter Fur...
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Haru-san – The Bride's Father is a Great Detective
2015
Yakuza Apocalypse
5.953/159
When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.
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Yakuza Apocalypse
1997
Woman in Witness Protection
6.4/8
Biwako is a vain, middle-aged actress who witnesses a brutal murder. Realizing that the very public life of the woman makes their sole witness vulnera...
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Woman in Witness Protection
2020
Enter the Fat Dragon
6.361/108
After being dumped by his fiancé, heartbroken Hong Kong police officer Fallon Zhu gains 200+ pounds. His superiors demote him to the job of escorting...
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Enter the Fat Dragon
1995
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
7.5/142
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he give...
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Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
1995
Kamikaze Taxi
6.6/10
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a ta...
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Kamikaze Taxi
1996
Story of Miss Q
0/0
Lulu, the most popular woman in the phone sex business, was helpless to resist the wiles of a female client. But the laws of the phone sex club are st...
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Story of Miss Q
1992
Godzilla vs. Mothra
6.8/182
Mothra's dark counterpart, Battra, emerges to eliminate humanity on behalf of the Earth. Two tiny fairies called the Cosmos offer their help by callin...
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Godzilla vs. Mothra
1993
Madadayo
7.332/116
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset o...
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Madadayo
1994
Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
6/1
The seventh movie of the series “Yakuza Ladies” focuses on a wife of a small Osaka family. She risks her life to protect her husband’s family and its...
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Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell
2012
The Pod of Good Fortune
8/1
Ryosaku, a struggling actor, endures daily abuse from his wicked wife. One day, the janitor of his apartment gives him a 'The Pod of Good Fortune'. An...
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The Pod of Good Fortune
2002
Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
7.354/195
JSDF pilot Akane has a fateful encounter when a new Godzilla emerges in Tateyama. As a countermeasure, a cyborg named Kiryu is constructed from the re...
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Godzilla Against MechaGodzilla
2008
End Call
3.8/5
The Devil has a phone number, and if you call him on your mobile phone at midnight, he will grant your wish. In return however, he will control your l...
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End Call
1989
Circus Boys
5/1
Two brothers, Jinta and Wataru, are raised in a travelling circus. After an accident, Jinta decides to leave the circus and travels the countryside wo...
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Circus Boys
1994
Uneasy Encounters
0/0
A five-part comedy and horror anthology
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Uneasy Encounters
2009
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
6/1
Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After th...
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Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
2009
Girl's Life
0/0
Rina Sakurai, a popular model of Koakuma Ageha, a hair and make-up magazine for gals, makes her actress debut. Abandoned by family and betrayed by her...
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Girl's Life
2006
Aogura
0/0
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Aogura
2015
The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
6.9/6
An Orthodox priest, Father Nikolay, the brother of a Yakuza boss, is drawn into in a mob war in Japan. He escapes to the small Russian village of Glub...
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The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
2005
Sunday's Dream
0/0
Kazuya goes to live with his mother Shinobu because his father, Yoshiki, who works in the same company, has fired him according to the company policy...
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Sunday's Dream
2010
Railways
7/6
A heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911. Ha...
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Railways
1997
Fireworks
7.668/662
Detective Nishi is relieved from a stakeout to visit his sick wife in hospital. He is informed that she is terminally ill, and is advised to take her...
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Fireworks
2020
Red Post on Escher Street
7.463/27
A genius film director, Tadashi Kobayashi holds an audition for his new film project. Several actors and actresses answer the open call, but most wil...
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Red Post on Escher Street
2002
Igyō no koi
1/1
A sensual coming-of-age drama direct — It depicts a precarious relationship between a homosexual woman and a man who was picked up by her and ends up...
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Igyō no koi
2020
Stardust Over The Town
5.3/3
Story of the struggling chorus group "Yamada Osamu and the Hello Nights", who gain an unexpected new member in the young Ai, who pursues her dream of...
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Stardust Over The Town
1990
Dreams
7.7/449
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
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Dreams
2021
Prisoners of the Ghostland
5.011/545
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by wealthy warlord The Governor, whose adopted granddaugh...
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Prisoners of the Ghostland
1991
The love song of farewell later
0/0
A suspense drama based on Osamu Takahashi's original work starring Shinobu Otake. The shooting location of Gunkanjima is a famous tourist attraction....
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The love song of farewell later
2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
7/5
Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people after winning the National Middle School Shogi Tou...
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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
1995
A Quiet Life
7.4/7
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Austr...
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A Quiet Life
2020
The Menu For Tomorrow
0/0
Reiwa Wedding Hall is one of the popular wedding halls in Tokyo. Their new chef, Saki, is always busy planning new menus. However, one day, something...
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The Menu For Tomorrow
2021
A Janitor
6.429/7
Fukumi is a high school janitor whose father was a gangster. He works at the school as a janitor instead of belonging to the gang so he can watch out...
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A Janitor
2018
天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～
0/0
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天才を育てた女房～世界が認めた数学者と妻の愛～
2019
The Promised Land
6.2/8
A girl is kidnapped and the perpetrator roams freely. When a similar case occurs along the same road and in similar circumstances a suspect is identif...
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The Promised Land
2022
Pure Japanese
7.448/29
Action actor Tateishi Daisuke who struggles with loneliness after suffering a traumatic experience due to an accident during filming. One day, he come...
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Pure Japanese
2015
The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
6.9/6
An Orthodox priest, Father Nikolay, the brother of a Yakuza boss, is drawn into in a mob war in Japan. He escapes to the small Russian village of Glub...
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The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai
1994
Zëiram 2
6.35/10
Intergalactic bounty hunters Iria and Bob return to track down an ancient mystical relic. When a second Zeiram unit shows up and goes berserk, it take...
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Zëiram 2
2014
The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
7/1
Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high scho...
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The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom
1990
Like a Beast
0/0
This work further strengthens the neo-chimpira line of Toei V-Cinema which has a reputation for being more powerful than the movie.
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Like a Beast
1996
劇的紀行 深夜特急’９７ 西へ！ユーラシア編
0/0
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1996
Lipstick: Falling Woman
0/0
1996 / Japan / Drama / 75 minutes
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Lipstick: Falling Woman
1996
Chimpira Blues Do Stupid!
0/0
A comedy in which Furaibo and a detective work together against a bomber.
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Chimpira Blues Do Stupid!
1998
Yakuza Lone Wolf
0/0
Kansuke Kandaiji, an expert witness who takes see's the heart's of people and determines the true value of things.
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Yakuza Lone Wolf
1996
Jingi 7: Proxy War Outbreak
0/0
The seventh film in the Jingi series
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Jingi 7: Proxy War Outbreak
2000
Jingi 23: Bodyguard
7/1
The long-established Kanto Ichienkai, Nabarikai, was shaking. Chairman Nabari is suffering from an elderly illness of 80 and is trying to give his mar...
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Jingi 23: Bodyguard
1994
Gokutsubushi
0/0
The original is a manga work by Shigeru Tsuchiyama serialized in the magazine "Leed Comic". The director is Takeshi Watanabe of "Kyouju Luger P08", th...
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Gokutsubushi
1995
History of Jirocho Shimizu
0/0
A historical chivalric drama with tears and laughter, telling the story of Jirocho Shimizu's family, his confrontation with Katsuzo Kurokoma's family,...
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History of Jirocho Shimizu
1994
Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
0/0
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Osaka Gokudo Senso: Shinoidare
1992
続・こちら凡人組
0/0
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続・こちら凡人組
1994
用心坊 極道狩り
0/0
Priests from a temple solving problems caused by yakuza, taiwanese mafia and hitmen with their fists.
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用心坊 極道狩り
1996
おやしい人妻 テレクラ リポート
0/0
A former reporter becomes a telekura hostess.
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おやしい人妻 テレクラ リポート
2023
Baby Assassins 2 Babies
6.909/22
After being suspended from their agency due to a rules violation, teenage hitmen Chisato and Mahiro are forced to get “real” jobs to make ends meet. B...
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Baby Assassins 2 Babies
2021
The Pretenders
7/1
It depicts two high school girls trying to change the atmosphere of the world with their ideas by setting up a camera in the town and transmitting the...
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The Pretenders
1997
The King of Kita: Roar of Darkness
0/0
The mysterious death of the perpetrator of sexual violence against women continues. Former lawyer Toshisuke Honmoto begins to work on solving the case...
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The King of Kita: Roar of Darkness
1996
Manji Mai 3: I will let you go Paradise Jodo
0/0
The female ninja butterfly was the daughter of a large store five years ago. The butterfly is in love with the Ronin Kurokawa Gennoshin, and one night...
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Manji Mai 3: I will let you go Paradise Jodo
2014
A Samurai Chronicle
7.375/8
A retired samurai must redeem himself for a crime that he committed earlier in his life.
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A Samurai Chronicle
1996
Suspicious Married Woman Telekura Report
0/0
Sawaki, who used to be a socially active reportage writer, is now unemployed. The job that came to Sawaki was that of a telekura report. Now that his...
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Suspicious Married Woman Telekura Report
2006
Gamera the Brave
7.1/70
A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle t...
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Gamera the Brave
2023
Kamaishi Ramen Story
7/1
The eldest daughter, Masami, who ran away from home three years ago and hadn't heard from her father and sister who run the ramen shop "Kogawa Shokudo...
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Kamaishi Ramen Story
1996
Dangan Runner
6.929/21
A would-be bank robber forgets his mask on his first big heist, and then botches an attempt to shoplift a replacement mask from a nearby convenience s...
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Dangan Runner
2023
Tea Friends
0/0
Shigeo Tokioka (Tetsu Watanabe), a lonely man who has lost his wife, sees a three-line ad for a club in the newspaper that reads, "Tea drinking friend...
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Tea Friends
1996
Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle
6/1
Nagisa Gumi Gold Batch Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi) was imprisoned in Aomori for attempted murder at the end of a war with the Shuyukai. However...
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Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle
2013
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
6.1/42
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is...
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The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
2016
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio
7.1/14
A young undercover cop tries to get back with his former love, while unraveling the mystery behind the head of the police force. Meanwhile he has to p...
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The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio
2024
Suiheisen
0/0
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Suiheisen
2015
The Noise
10/1
Underground people who exhale toxic gas appear in Tokyo's S-Ward, which is dealing with construction noise from urban development projects. Everyone p...
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The Noise
2024
This Man
0/0
An inexplicable wave of tragic deaths plunges two investigators into the heart of a fateful whirlwind, where logic and facts have no value as a far-fe...
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