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River's Edge: The Ohkawabata Detective Agency / Reverse Edge: Ohkawabata Tanteisha (TV Mini-Series 2014)
Comedy
Set along the Sumida river, there is a company by the name of "Ookawabata Tanteisha". It is a small private investigators' agency, run by 3 people. Specializes in strange cases.
Starring: Jô Odagiri, Maya Koizumi, Renji Ishibashi
Creator: Hitoshi Ohne, Kôji Shintoku
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Tags: Hitoshi Ohne, Jô Odagiri, Kôji Shintoku, Maya Koizumi, Renji Ishibashi
Posted on December 25, 2014 |
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Airport 2013 / Daikûkô 2013 (2013)
Comedy
An airplane lands due to bad weather. A family, who rode on that airplane, goes through various troubles and it gets worse.
Starring: Yûko Takeuchi, Katsuhisa Namase, Erika Toda, Jô Odagiri, Teruyuki Kagawa
Director: Kôki Mitani
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Tags: Erika Toda, Jô Odagiri, Katsuhisa Namase, Kôki Mitani, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûko Takeuchi
Posted on September 20, 2014 |
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La maison de Himiko / Mezon do Himiko (2005)
Drama
Saori is a young woman who struggles to make a living, with no financial or romantic prospects in her life. One rainy day, she receives a visit at work from a handsome young man called Haruhiko. He claims to be the boyfriend of her estranged father, Himiko, who now runs a seaside rest home for elderly gays. He tells her that her father is dying of cancer. Saori still harbors resentment toward her father for abandoning her and her mother years ago. However, Haruhiko makes her a financial offer she can't refuse, and she agrees to go and work at House of Himiko.
Starring: Jô Odagiri, Ko Shibasaki, Min Tanaka
Director: Isshin Inudô
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Posted on May 12, 2014 |
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The Human Trust / Jinrui shikin (2013)
Drama | Thriller
Yuichi Mafune is known as a finance broker, but he's actually a conman. One day, two men show up in front of Yuichi. One man is "M" and the other is his underling Yuki Seki. They ask Yuichi Mafune to steal the "M funds". The "M funds" is thought to be a longheld legend that massive amounts of gold and other stolen loot from World War II were hidden in the basement of a Japanese bank. The loot was then taken by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces to fund secret operations. Yuichi accepts the proposal after hearing of the large fee offerred if successful. In order to steal the "M funds," which Yuichi isn't even sure if it exists, "M" plans an unprecedented money game which brings in interests from the U.S., Russia and other places.
Starring: Kôichi Satô, Shingo Katori, Mirai Moriyama, Arisa Mizuki, Vincent Gallo, Ji-tae Yu, Jô Odagiri
Director: Junji Sakamoto
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Tags: Arisa Mizuki, Ji-tae Yu, Jô Odagiri, Junji Sakamoto, Kôichi Satô, Mirai Moriyama, Shingo Katori, Vincent Gallo
Posted on February 20, 2014 |
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Retribution / Sakebi (2006)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
While investigating the gruesome death of a woman found in a puddle with her stomach inexplicably full of seawater, Detective Yoshioka begins to wonder whether he himself is actually the killer he's been looking for. He doesn't remember committing the crime, but the murder scene is littered with his belongings – and his fingerprints are all over the body.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Jô Odagiri
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Tags: Jô Odagiri, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Koji Yakusho, Manami Konishi, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Posted on December 16, 2013 |
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Real: A Perfect Day for Plesiosaur / Real / Riaru: Kanzen naru kubinagaryû no hi (2013)
Drama | Sci-Fi
Koichi (Sato) and Atsumi (Ayase) are childhood friends who have become lovers. Despite this closeness when Atsumi attempts suicide Koichi is at a loss to understand the circumstances that drove her to do such a thing. Now she is in a coma and Koichi needs to find out the reason. Since Koichi is a neurosurgeon he has access to the latest studies and so he takes part in a medical procedure that will allow him to enter Atsumi's subconscious. Through 'sensing', a type of neurosurgical procedure allowing contact with the intentional aspect of a comatose patient's mind, Koichi tries to discover why Atsumi tried to kill herself, and to bring her back to consciousness. When he enters her mind she asks him to find a picture which she drew as a child. It is the key to a suppressed memory connected to a childhood trauma, an incident buried in their past which will bring their minds together and allow him to get close to truly knowing his love.
Starring: Takeru Satô, Haruka Ayase, Miki Nakatani, Jô Odagiri, Shôta Sometani, Keisuke Horibe, Yutaka Matsushige, Kyôko Koizumi
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Tags: Haruka Ayase, Jô Odagiri, Keisuke Horibe, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Miki Nakatani, Shôta Sometani, Takeru Sato, Yutaka Matsushige
Posted on December 7, 2013 |
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The Great Passage / Fune wo amu (2013)
Drama
Majime (Ryuhei Matsuda) has a talent to comprehend different languages and holds different views than others. He is the most important member of a dictionary edit team. Other word enthusiasts gather at the dictionary edit section for a publishing company. Majime finds himself struggling with the word "sea". Meanwhile, Majime attempts to tell Kaguya Hayashi (Aoi Miyazaki) how he feels about her. Kaguya Hayashi is a cook and the granddaughter of the owner of his boarding home.
Starring: Ryûhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Jô Odagiri, Haru Kuroki, Misako Watanabe, Chizuru Ikewaki, Shingo Tsurumi
Director: Yûya Ishii
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Tags: Aoi Miyazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Haru Kuroki, Jô Odagiri, Misako Watanabe, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shingo Tsurumi, Yûya Ishii
Posted on November 22, 2013 |
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Bugmaster / Mushishi (2006)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery
Ginko, a Mushi-shi has always been attuned to the Mushi, creatures close to life itself and able to affect and alter their surroundings. He cannot stay in one place for too long so he wanders, helping the inhabitants of rural Japan understand the Mushi around them and how to coexist peacefully.
Starring: Jô Odagiri, Nao Ômori, Yû Aoi, Lily, Makiko Kuno, Reia Moriyama, Hideyuki Inada
Director: Katsuhiro Ohtomo
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Tags: Hideyuki Inada, Jô Odagiri, Katsuhiro Ohtomo, Lily, Makiko Kuno, Nao Ômori, Reia Moriyama, Yû Aoi
Posted on November 6, 2013 |
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Mr. Go / Mi-seu-teo Go (2013)
Action | Comedy | Drama
A 15-year-old circus ringmaster Wei-wei is left all alone with gorilla Ling-ling after grandfather passes away. Thanks to her grandfather's love for baseball, Ling-ling was trained to play baseball and has developed remarkable hitting skills. The materialistic sports agent Sung Chung-Su hears of this remarkable gorilla, and signs Ling-ling to play in the professional South Korean baseball league. Dreaming of success, World's first gorilla pinch hitter and his 15-year old trainer begin on their run in the Korean Baseball League.
Starring: Dong-il Song, Jiao Xu, Hee-won Kim, Kang-woo Kim, Jô Odagiri
Director: Yong-hwa Kim
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Tags: Dong-il Song, Hee-won Kim, Jiao Xu, Jô Odagiri, Kang-woo Kim, Yong-hwa Kim
Posted on July 25, 2012 |
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My Way / Mai wei (2011)
Action | Drama | History | War
Inspired by a true story. Jun Shik works for Tatsuo's grandfather's farm while Korea is colonized by Japan, but he has a dream to participate in Tokyo Olympics as a marathon runner. Tatsuo also aims to become a marathon runner, so the two are in rivalry. But war breaks out and they both are forced to enlist in the army. Tatsuo becomes the head of defense in Jun Shik's unit and he devises a scheme but fails. Jun Shik and Tatsuo are captured by the Soviets. They run away but soon are captured by Germans and forced to separate. In 1944, they meet again at the shores of Normandy.
Starring: Dong-gun Jang, Jô Odagiri, Bingbing Fan, In-kwon Kim, Seung-hyeon Han
Director: Je-kyu Kang
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Tags: Bingbing Fan, Dong-gun Jang, In-kwon Kim, Je-kyu Kang, Jô Odagiri, Seung-hyeon Han
Posted on March 29, 2012 |
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Shinobi / Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
Action | Drama | Fantasy | Romance
The year is 1614. Japan is finally a unified country under the first shogun, Tokugawa. Gennosuke of Kohga and Oboro of Iga, are the last hope of two isolated ninja villages wracked by endless tragedy and a cycle of revenge. The blessing of their love should have brought peace to the suffering people. However, the conspiracy brought by Tokugawa once again tears the two villages apart. Gennosuke constantly speaks in favor of peace, while Oboro takes the choice to fight to resolve the conflict. With each Ninja having super human powers, the battle is set to fight off each other for their own existence. Now destined to meet as enemies, will Gennosuke and Oboro find a way to pursuit their star-crossed love?
Starring: Jô Odagiri, Yukie Nakama
Director: Ten Shimoyama
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