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Posted on February 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Offbeat Cops (2022) 1080p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Offbeat Cops / Ido Jirei wa Ongakutai! (2022)
Mystery
Tsukasa Naruse works as a detective. He is enthusiastic with his job. To catch criminals, he sometimes breaks rules that detectives should follow. Tsukasa works on a voice phishing case that targets elderly people. He targets a suspect without a warrant. Due to his, Tsukasa gets transferred to the police musical band.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Nana Seino, Mahiro Takasugi, Shunya Itabashi, Serena Motola, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Director: Eiji Uchida
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Posted on September 24, 2022 | Comments Off on Tonbi (2022) 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Tonbi (2022)
Drama
Yasuo grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira. Yasuo's life seemed great at the time, but his life totally changed after his wife died in accident. Since that time, Yasuo, who never experienced parents' love himself, has to raise his son Akira alone.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Takumi Kitamura, Anne Watanabe, Ken Yasuda, Yûko Ôshima, Gaku Hamada
Director: Takahisa Zeze
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Posted on April 27, 2022 | Comments Off on In the Wake (2021) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
In the Wake / To Those Who Were Not Protected / Mamorarenakatta mono tachi e (2021)
Crime | Drama
Nine years after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, two murder cases take place in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. The two victims are assumed to have been murdered by the same person. Both of the victims were tied all over their body and starved to death. Yasuhisa Tone emerges as a suspect in the murders. Yasuhisa was just recently released from prison. In his past, he committed arson and injured someone to protect his acquaintance. Detective Seiichiro Tomashino discovers a common link between the two victims and chases after Yasuhisa.
Starring: Takeru Satoh, Hiroshi Abe, Kaya Kiyohara, Kento Hayashi, Eita Nagayama, Naoto Ogata
Director: Takahisa Zeze
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Posted on November 10, 2021 | Comments Off on Hokusai (2020) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Hokusai (2020)
Biography
There are several iconic paintings in Japan depicting scenes of nature and the times. Several of these have become famous world-wide. Several of these are the works of Hokusai. However, the artist was not always famous or in-demand. In fact, he was struggling. He has the urge to throw in the towel, but persists. Once older he is still trying to improve and reach the pinnacle for his profession.
Starring: Yûya Yagira, Min Tanaka, Hiroshi Abe, Eita Nagayama, Hiroshi Tamaki, Miori Takimoto, Munetaka Aoki
Director: Hajime Hashimoto
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Posted on August 16, 2021 | Comments Off on The Garden of Evening Mists (2019) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The Garden of Evening Mists (2019)
Drama | Romance
A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.
Starring: Angelica Lee, Hiroshi Abe, Sylvia Chang, David Oakes, Julian Sands, John Hannah
Director: Tom Lin
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Posted on July 13, 2019 | Comments Off on Sakura Guardian in the North (2018) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Sakura Guardian in the North / Kita no sakuramori (2018)
Drama
In August, 1945, the Soviet Union invaded the area around Sakhalin Island. Tetsu Ezure escaped with her two sons from Sakhalin Island and arrived in Abashiri City, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. What awaited for them was extreme cold weather and famine. They worked very hard. In 1971, Tetsu’s second son Shujiro returns to Japan after finding success in the United States. He visits Abashiri for the first time in 15 years. His mother Tetsu Ezure lives alone there.
Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masato Sakai, Ryôko Shinohara, Hiroshi Abe, Kôichi Satô, Ittoku Kishibe
Director: Yôjirô Takita
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Posted on December 9, 2018 | Comments Off on The Yellow Handkerchief (2011) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The Yellow Handkerchief / Shiawase no kiiroi hankachi (2011)
Drama
Yusaku Shima is sprung from a prison after serving his time for murder. No one comes for him to the prison. He starts traveling to Hokkaido with hesitation, because it is not certain whether or not his ex-wife still waits for him.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Maki Horikita, Gaku Hamada, Yui Natsukawa, Keiko Oginome, Ken'ichi Endô, Mitsukô Kusabue, Tamao Nakamura
Director: Hitoshi Iwamoto
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Posted on December 2, 2018 | Comments Off on Crows Thumb (2012) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Crow's Thumb / By Rule of Crow's Thumb / Karasu no oyayubi (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Constantly on the run from a vicious loan shark, two small-time con artists, Take and Tetsu, plan their biggest and most complex con yet in order to get revenge and retire from a life of crime. However, things get complicated when they cross paths with Mahiro, a young woman that Take inadvertently orphaned during a job gone awry years ago. Seeing Mahiro down on her luck, Take tries to relieve his guilt by taking her on as a partner, while hiding his true identity. But as his plan unfolds, Take discovers that he isn't the only one with a secret.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Shôji Murakami, Bengaru, Yû Koyanagi, Shôji Murakami, Rena Nônen
Director: Tadafumi Ito
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Posted on November 28, 2018 | Comments Off on Flea-picking Samurai (2018) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Flea-picking Samurai / Nomitori samurai (2018)
Comedy | Drama
Kobayashi Hironoshin is a samurai in the fiefdom of Nagaoka. Unfortunately for him and the area's fleas he displeases the local lord who orders him to immediately become busy ridding the local feline of any and all fleas. That is the bad news. The good news is it is all euphemism for some other occupation. That is good news, right?
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takumi Saitoh, Morio Kazama, Shinobu Ôtake, Atsuko Maeda, Bunshi Katsura Vi
Director: Yasuo Tsuruhashi
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Tags: Atsuko Maeda, Bunshi Katsura Vi, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hiroshi Abe, Morio Kazama, Shinobu Ôtake, Shinobu Terajima, Takumi Saitoh, Yasuo Tsuruhashi
Posted on August 8, 2018 | Comments Off on The Crimes That Bind (2018) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The Crimes That Bind / Inori no maku ga oriru toki (2018)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Michiko came to Toronto to visit Hiromi, but is instead found murdered. The renter of Michiko's place is missing. The police is having a hard time finding clues and solving the case. There are not any clues and a connection between the dead and absent is not forthcoming. The only hint is an item found near the corpse, but it complicated the matters because it makes the file personal to one of the detectives assigned to the murder.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Nanako Matsushima, Junpei Mizobata, Rena Tanaka, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ran Itô, Fumiyo Kohinata
Director: Katsuo Fukuzawa
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Posted on August 19, 2017 |
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A Loving Husband / Koisaika Miyamoto (2016)
Drama | Family
after their twenty-something son moves out Yohei, a school teacher, and his wife Miyoko may begin a new phase in their lives. Yohei is taken aback, however, when he comes across divorce papers stashed in the house. rethinking his life he has to plat his next steps with his wife.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yûki Amami
Director: Kazuhiko Yukawa
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Posted on July 8, 2017 |
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Shippû Rondo (2016)
Comedy | Drama
An illegal biological weapon K-55 is stolen from a university lab. The university lab can't even call the police because the secret nature of the weapon. The school lab then receives a message stating that the entire country is now being held hostage and they must pay a ransom of 300 million yen. Kazuyuki Kuribayashi works as a senior researcher at the university lab. He agonizes over his difficult relationship with his adolescent son. Kazuyuki Kuribayashi is selected got a mission to take back the stolen biological weapon.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Tadayoshi Ohkura, Yuko Oshima, Tsuyoshi Muro, Keiko Horiuchi
Director: Teruyuki Yoshida
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Posted on December 1, 2016 |
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After the Storm / Umi yori mo mada fukaku (2016)
Comedy | Drama | Family
Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son – until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Taiyô Yoshizawa, Kirin Kiki
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
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Posted on September 15, 2016 | Comments Off on Everest The Summit of the Gods (2016) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Everest: The Summit of the Gods / Everesuto: Kamigami no itadaki (2016)
Drama
Makoto Fukamachi is a Japanese cameraman. He finds an old camera on a backstreet of Nepal. The camera might possibly solve the mystery of whether George Mallory became the first person to successfully climb Mount Everest on June 8, 1924 or not. Pursuing the old camera's past, Makoto Fukamachi meets legendary Alpinist Joji Habu. Joji Habu is isolated from other people because of his reckless and thoughtless personality.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Hiroshi Abe, Machiko Ono, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Pierre Taki, Shunsuke Kazama, Masahiro Kômoto
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
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Posted on July 23, 2016 | Comments Off on Still Walking (2008) Criterion Collection 720p BluRay DTS x264-HDS
Still Walking / Aruitemo aruitemo (2008)
Drama
Middle-aged art restorer Ryota and his sister Chinami return to their childhood home with their own families for a gathering to mark the anniversary of the death of their older brother Junpei, who drowned while saving another boy's life 15 years earlier. The film tracks the subtle events that take place over the course of one summer's day as the family members reconnect while struggling to come to terms with undercurrents of generational conflict and the consequences of loss.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yoshio Harada, Yui Natsukawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Shohei Tanaka, Hotaru Nomoto
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
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Posted on January 24, 2016 | Comments Off on Tokyo Raiders (2000) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Tokyo Raiders / Dong jing gong lüe (2000)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Romance
Lam is a tough private eye who owns Tokyo with his debonair charisma and surprising fighting skills. Lam is hired by jilted bride Macy, who's in Japan tracking her wayward fiance Takashi. Joining them is Yung, a wushu expert masquerading as an interior designer in order to tail Macy for unknown parties.
Starring: Tony Leung, Ekin Cheng, Kelly Chen, Cecilia Cheung, Tôru Nakamura, Hiroshi Abe
Director: Jingle Ma
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Posted on July 4, 2015 |
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Snow on the Blades / Zakurozaka no adauchi (2014)
Action | Drama | History
Shimura Kingo fails his duty to protect the life of the Shogun's chief minister, and spends his life tracking down the assassins. However, all but one of the assassins die before Kingo can reach them. Still, Kingo presses on.
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Masahiro Takashima, Sei Matobu, Eisaku Yoshida, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yôichirô Ohmi, Yuria Kizaki, Tatsuya Fuji, Kichiemon Nakamura
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu
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Tags: Eisaku Yoshida, Hiroshi Abe, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kiichi Nakai, Masahiro Takashima, Ryôko Hirosue, Sei Matobu, Setsurô Wakamatsu, Tatsuya Fuji, Yôichirô Ohmi, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yuria Kizaki
Posted on April 28, 2015 |
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Cape Nostalgia / Fushigi na misaki no monogatari (2014)
Drama
A story set in a café situated along a small cape and run by an elderly woman named Etsuko and aided her nephew Koji.
Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Abe, Yûko Takeuchi, Tsurube Shôfukutei
Director: Izuru Narushima
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Posted on January 31, 2015 | Comments Off on Isoroku (2011) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku / Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (2011)
Biography | Drama | War
Admiral Yamamoto was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor 1941. The strategy was crystal clear – to strike as hard and as unexpectedly as possible. With the element of surprise as their primary weapon, they succeeded in doing the impossible, taking the U.S. by surprise and knocking out one of the world's most powerful navies. Yamamoto was marked for death by radical Japanese nationalists for his outspoken opposition to any attack on the United States. What dramatic turn of events could have possibly compelled him to orchestrate the infamous early morning raid?
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Hiroshi Abe, Shûichi Azumaya, Mitsugorô Bandô, Akira Emoto
Director: Izuru Narushima
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Posted on November 28, 2014 |
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Thermae Romae II / Terumae romae II (2014)
Comedy
In ancient Rome, bathhouse architect Lucius (Hiroshi Abe) becomes famous with designing the original "thermae" (bathhouse). He receives an order to build a thermae in the colosseum to help gladiators recover from their wounds, but faces difficulties. Thus, Lucius travels again to modern day Japan through the time slip. He meets Manami (Aya Ueto) again, who is now a reporter for a magazine which covers bathroom. With the help of the flat face Japanese tribe, Lucius again designs a new thermae. Meanwhile, Emperor Hadrian (Masachika Ichimura) wants to keep the peace with the thermae, but the Senate wants to extend the land by using force. Emperor Hadrian and the Senate now have a confrontation and Rome becomes divided.
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Aya Ueto, Kazuki Kitamura, Riki Takeuchi, Kai Shishido, Takashi Sasano, Masachika Ichimura
Director: Hideki Takeuchi
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Tags: Aya Ueto, Hideki Takeuchi, Hiroshi Abe, Kai Shishido, Kazuki Kitamura, Masachika Ichimura, Riki Takeuchi, Takashi Sasano
