Ryo Iwamatsu
Playwright, stage director, actor, and film director.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.0548 |
| Birthday | 1952-03-26 |
| Place of Birth | Kawatana, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan |
| Also Known As | Ryō Iwamatsu, Ryou Iwamatsu, いわまつ りょう, 이마와쓰 료, |
2009
Dear Doctor
6.565/23
Osamu Ino is a great doctor who is beloved in his rural village. His knowledge and dedication make an equally strong impression on his reluctant medic...
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Dear Doctor
2004
Cutie Honey
6.349/96
When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Me...
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Cutie Honey
2005
In the Pool
7.667/6
A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.
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In the Pool
2021
Inubu: The Dog Club
6.8/4
Hanai Sota is 22-years-old and a university student in the veterinary department. Since he was little, he has always loved animals. His apartment is f...
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Inubu: The Dog Club
1995
Gonin
6.641/64
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by co...
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Gonin
2005
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
6.6/37
Suzume Katagura, a bored housewife, spends her days doing chores and taking care of her husband's pet turtle. One day, she sees a wanted ad for spies....
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Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers
2007
Adrift in Tokyo
7.1/65
A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.
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Adrift in Tokyo
1994
Turning Point
7/2
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
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Turning Point
2009
Instant Swamp
6.7/17
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
2001
Quartet for Two
8/1
Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to en...
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Quartet for Two
2010
Sawako Decides
5.727/11
After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill, she has to take over his s...
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Sawako Decides
2015
The Man of the Political Economy
0/0
Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the...
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The Man of the Political Economy
2001
Hush!
6.4/16
Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and close...
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Hush!
2011
Crossroads
7/3
Domestic drama focusing on a soon to be retired train driver and his wife.
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Crossroads
2019
Aging Police / Resurrection Special
6/3
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Aging Police / Resurrection Special
2012
The Last Days of the World
4.2/6
The life of a student named Kanou is transformed when a tiny man informs him that Earth will soon be annihilated. Kanou decides to do just as he pleas...
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The Last Days of the World
2021
In the Wake
7.1/18
Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence f...
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In the Wake
1999
Sunday's Dream
7/1
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
2022
Sabakan
7.7/13
Nagasaki in 1986. Young friends Hisada and Takemoto decide to go to Boomerang Island to "see the dolphins". The friendship between the two deepens as...
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Sabakan
2013
Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
5.35/10
Katsuya Maruyama is a middle school student boy full of obscene thoughts. He then meets Tatsuo Shimoi, a single father who moves into the same apartme...
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Maruyama, the Middle Schooler
2013
It's Me It's Me
6.367/15
Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother...
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It's Me It's Me
2022
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
4.6/26
A large monster attacks Japan, but dies suddenly. While the people rejoice and bask in relief, the giant corpse left behind begins to slowly rot and b...
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What to Do With the Dead Kaiju?
2006
Damejin
5/1
An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When the...
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Damejin
2010
8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
6/1
With Saitama no rappa 2 (AKA 8000 Miles 2 – Girls Rapper), Yu Irie tells the story of amateur girl rappers who dream of a small big-time. The film ope...
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8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper
1994
119
6.333/3
In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly... unt...
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119
1988
Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
6/4
A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passio...
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Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You
2022
Convenience Story
6.7/7
Kato is an up-and-coming scriptwriter in the middle of a severe slump. He submits ideas for potential movies but makes no headway whatsoever, and spen...
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Convenience Story
2013
Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
5.7/9
Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching out...
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Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
2023
カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？
0/0
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カモメよ、そこから銀座は見えるか？
2007
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
6.8/6
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the d...
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The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia
2005
Into a Dream
6.267/15
Low-profile theatre troupe actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey home, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him wit...
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Into a Dream
1993
Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
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Abnormal People: Three Legendary Rainbow Brothers
2007
Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
6.9/17
Adapted from the bestselling Japanese autobiography of the same title, this gentle coming-of-age drama concerns an adolescent boy, Boku - Masaya, torn...
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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
1992
The Hit-and-Run Family
5/4
Set in the 1990s, this film uses black humour to cast a sharp, satirical eye at the problems facing modern Japanese families. Hiroshi accidentally hit...
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The Hit-and-Run Family
1995
MARKS
6/5
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later i...
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MARKS
2007
Invisible War
6/1
Kitahara Shuji, an ordinary business man turns into a spy for his town's war against a neighboring town in a Dystopian society.
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Invisible War
1989
Beijing Watermelon
7/7
Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change w...
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Beijing Watermelon
2011
A Man with Style
5.3/5
Miyata lost his wife early on and single-handedly raised their two children. One day he notices a change in his physical condition, and decides that i...
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A Man with Style
2013
The Apology King
6.595/21
Ryoro Kurojima is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apo...
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The Apology King
1992
Original Sin
5/9
Based on a novel by Bo Nishimura, the film is about an extramarital affair between the wife of an estate agent and a 22 year old man.
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Original Sin
1993
A Night in Nude
5.6/23
Jiro is a Tokyo man who offers a stand-in service where he'll do "anything". A woman claiming to be from Fukuoka wants to be shown around Tokyo and se...
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A Night in Nude
2024
Wakamusha
8/3
Three young men live and work in a nearly-deserted Japanese city. The three wander the streets, ruminating on the pointlessness of life in the modern...
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Wakamusha
2005
Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
6/4
Yaji and Kita are two men who live in Edo. They are deeply in love. Yaji is married to a woman, while Kita is an actor addicted to various drugs.
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Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
1998
MIND GAME
8/1
A university hospital therapist and his researcher girlfriend treat a withdrawn youth with multiple personalities. As therapy peels back trauma, a vio...
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MIND GAME
2013
The Complex
4.86/68
Nursing student Asuka has just moved into an apartment complex with her parents and younger brother. On the first night in her new room, she is awoken...
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The Complex
1998
Samurai Fiction
6.656/61
A warrior-in-training and his bumbling friends go in pursuit of a stolen sword.
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Samurai Fiction
2009
Yamagata Scream
4.5/2
High school seniors Mikayo, Chuko and Kei are forced to join a historical research club to fulfill a graduation requirement. Their teacher, Mr. Kachi,...
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Yamagata Scream
2017
March Comes In Like a Lion
7/24
Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by hims...
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March Comes In Like a Lion
2017
Memoirs of a Murderer
6.762/84
The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how h...
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Memoirs of a Murderer
2012
Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
5.8/6
Follows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the horror inherent in daily life.
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Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
2017
March Goes out Like a Lamb
7.1/18
The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an u...
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March Goes out Like a Lamb
2017
Tokyo Ghoul
7.056/385
A Tokyo college student is attacked by a ghoul, a super-powered human who feeds on human flesh. He survives, but has become part ghoul and becomes a f...
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Tokyo Ghoul
2017
Laughing Lucky Cats
6.5/2
Hitomi Takagi (Fumika Shimizu) and Akako Honda (Rena Matsui) are members of comedy duo “Akako to Hitomi.” The created the comedy duo about 5 years ago...
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Laughing Lucky Cats
2018
The Cat in Their Arms
5.3/3
A 33-year-old supermarket worker at a provincial city used to be an idol, but could not see a future as a singer. Sick of everything, she moved to a p...
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The Cat in Their Arms
2018
Black Dahlia
0/0
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Black Dahlia
2017
Joryu Tohaiden Aki
0/0
Aki was practically born and raised in a mahjong parlor. At the age of 15, she goes to Tokyo during winter and although she is knocked around by the...
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Joryu Tohaiden Aki
2017
Goodbye, Grandpa!
0/0
A 20 something girl Yoshiko is having sex with her boyfriend when a shocking telephone call arrives - grandpa has passed away. The lightning from clea...
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Goodbye, Grandpa!
1993
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
9/1
Kantarou Kobayashi is an ordinary businessman who has multiple troubles on hand. He's been having an affair with a woman working in the same company,...
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Sky Cannot Be This Blue
2009
Air Doll
6.9/287
A life-size, inflatable sex doll suddenly comes to life one day. Without her owner knowing, she goes for a walk around town and falls in love with Jun...
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Air Doll
2006
Faces of a Fig Tree
5/1
Comedy about a woman who finds a new life after she loses her busband.
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Faces of a Fig Tree
2018
LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
6.1/12
Sin is a rock star. He has an amazingly loud voice with a range of four octaves. His secret is that he has created his voice through a method of vocal...
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LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp!
2022
Shin Ultraman
7.467/254
The Japanese government sets up a special task force to fight the giant creatures suddenly appearing across the country. Soon, the squad unexpectedly...
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Shin Ultraman
2014
The Vancouver Asahi
6.8/7
In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrimination, hatred and injustice at the hands of thei...
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The Vancouver Asahi
2011
Guilty of Romance
6.899/247
While police investigate a woman found dead in a derelict love hotel, a romance novelist's wife lives a life that seems simply a daily repetition with...
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Guilty of Romance
2012
Lesson of the Evil
6.7/238
Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal w...
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Lesson of the Evil
2000
The Last Day
0/0
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The Last Day
2021
A Family
7.354/82
Taken in by the yakuza at a young age, Kenji swears allegiance to his old-school boss, pledging to adhere to the family code amid ever-changing times.
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A Family
2021
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
7.7/119
Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.
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We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
2008
Love Exposure
7.9/534
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an off...
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Love Exposure
2010
The Days of Morisaki Bookstore
7/1
After learning her boyfriend and colleague was already in a relationship and about to marry another colleague, Takako quits her job and falls into a s...
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The Days of Morisaki Bookstore
2020
Step
7.143/7
Single father Kenichi has raised his daughter Miki alone for the past ten years, from when she attended nursery school until her graduation from eleme...
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Step
1991
Bakayarō! 4 You!
9/1
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Bakayarō! 4 You!
2004
Zebraman
6.285/93
A down-and-out schoolteacher receives the calling to become the real life personification of an old television superhero, Zebraman.
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Zebraman
2021
Remain In Twilight
7.333/6
Six friends, who hanged out together during their high school days, gather again after 5 years for a friend's wedding. The six friends are: Kazuki Yos...
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Remain In Twilight
2006
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
6/12
Four strangers (a verbose romantic, a human lie detector, an expert pickpocket, and a woman with a preternaturally precise sense of time) are brought...
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A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth
2015
Pieta in the Toilet
6.69/21
Hiroshi has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live...
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Pieta in the Toilet
2021
Every Trick In The Book
7.583/12
Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business in...
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Every Trick In The Book
2017
吹く風は秋
8.5/2
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吹く風は秋
2022
Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special ~Crab Errand Sure is Tough~
10/1
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2024
峠の我が家
0/0
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峠の我が家
1992
A Canned Crab
0/0
A comical episode from Fuji TV's Yonimo Kimyouna Monogatari. Suekichi runs a small liquor store. He finds that someone has stolen canned crab from his...
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A Canned Crab
2024
Tokyo Cowboy
6.2/4
Brash businessman Hideki (Arata Iura) convinces his Tokyo bosses he can turn a profitless Montana cattle ranch into a premiere-performing asset. Howev...
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Tokyo Cowboy
2011
Early Autumn
0/0
As summer gives way to autumn, Matsubara Tatsuhira (played by Yakusho Koji), who runs a wine specialty store in Nagano, feels a mix of emotions as he...
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Early Autumn
2003
TRUNK
0/0
TRUNK, also known as WebCINEMA TRUNK, is a three-part short film directed by Shinji Aoyama. Released online as part of an experimental web cinema proj...
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TRUNK
2023
Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition
0/0
After a Kyowakai member is killed, detectives Shima and Hayami investigate the case, which is connected to recent unsolved murders. Kyowakai also laun...
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Unification of Japan: Kanto Edition
2025
Diamonds in the Sand
0/0
Divorced salaryman Yoji has just buried his mother in Tokyo. With few meaningful relationships left, he comes to grips with the realization that he ha...
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Diamonds in the Sand
2025
Don’t Look for Me
0/0
With his marriage decided, Akio Koga returns to his hometown to share the news. As he feels a wave of nostalgia for the town, he is also reminded of A...
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Don’t Look for Me
1998
Dog Race
8/1
Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't pl...
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Dog Race
1992
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
5/31
A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy while a killer prowls the city. The projectionist's relationship with her attractive and...
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Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
2003
横山秀夫サスペンス「第三の時効」
0/0
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横山秀夫サスペンス「第三の時効」
2002
横山秀夫サスペンス「沈黙のアリバイ」
0/0
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横山秀夫サスペンス「沈黙のアリバイ」
2003
Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series
6.188/8
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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