Tag: Kôichi Satô
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The Fable / Za faburu (2019)
Action | Comedy
Since childhood he was reared to be a cold blooded killer who knows no mercy. He is an independent man now – and an assassin who commands a high price for his service. He is known as The Fable. Yet, he takes a sabbatical and moves to Osaka where he picks up the pseudonym Sato Akira.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Fumino Kimura, Mizuki Yamamoto, Sôta Fukushi, Yûya Yagira, Osamu Mukai, Kôichi Satô
Director: Kan Eguchi
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Tags: Fumino Kimura, Junichi Okada, Kan Eguchi, Kôichi Satô, Mizuki Yamamoto, Osamu Mukai, Sôta Fukushi, Yûya Yagira
Posted on July 13, 2019 |
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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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Tags: Hiroshi Abe, Ittoku Kishibe, Kôichi Satô, Masato Sakai, Ryôko Shinohara, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yôjirô Takita
Posted on May 27, 2017 |
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Midnight Diner 2 / Zoku Shinya shokudô (2016)
Drama
When people finish their day and hurry home, his day starts. He's diner is open from midnight to seven in the morning. They call it " Midnight Diner ". Pork, Miso soup combo, Beer, Sake and Shochu is all that he has on his menu. Nevertheless, he makes whatever his customers request. As long as he has the ingredients for it… That is his policy. Does he even have customers? More than you would expect.
Starring: Kaoru Kobayashi, Aoba Kawai, Kôichi Satô, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Midoriko Kimura
Director: Joji Matsuoka
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Tags: Aoba Kawai, Joji Matsuoka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kôichi Satô, Midoriko Kimura, Sôsuke Ikematsu
Posted on December 22, 2016 |
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64: Part II / Rokuyon: Kôhen (2016)
Drama | Mystery
In 2002, a new kidnapping case takes place. The kidnapper introduces himself as "Sato" and demands twenty million yen for ransom.
Starring: Kôichi Satô, Gô Ayano, Nana Eikura, Yui Natsukawa, Naoto Ogata, Masataka Kubota
Director: Takahisa Zeze
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Tags: Gô Ayano, Kôichi Satô, Masataka Kubota, Nana Eikura, Naoto Ogata, Takahisa Zeze, Yui Natsukawa
Posted on December 2, 2016 |
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64: Part I / Rokuyon: Zenpen (2016)
Mystery | Thriller
1989 is the 64 Shouwa year in the Japanese calendar, thus the unsolved girl kidnapping-murder case is called "64(rokuyon)" that got up in this year in Criminal Investigation Department in the Prefectural Police Department. And 14 years were over as the prefecture's police to be unsolved greatest stain, and statute of limitations approached it. In 2002, Yoshinobu Mikami, an ex-detective who was assigned as the investigator of the "Rokuyon" case 14years ago, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department against his will. As a newly assigned Public Relations Officer, he was troubled with the relation between the reporters, new case has occurred. And that new case traced "Rokuyon" case exactly.
Starring: Kôichi Satô, Gô Ayano, Nana Eikura, Yui Natsukawa, Naoto Ogata, Masataka Kubota
Director: Takahisa Zeze
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Tags: Gô Ayano, Kôichi Satô, Masataka Kubota, Nana Eikura, Naoto Ogata, Takahisa Zeze, Yui Natsukawa
Posted on March 6, 2016 |
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Unfair the End / Anfea the end (2015)
Thriller
Set 4 years after movie "Unfair: The Answer." Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a terrible price. Natsumi goes back to the Investigation #1 of Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to take on the organization, but Natsumi becomes involved in a new case. She gets closer to the final enemy.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Kôichi Satô, Kento Nagayama, Sadao Abe, Masaya Katô, Akira, Susumu Terajima, Kôtarô Yoshida, Mion Mukaichi
Director: Shimako Sato
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Tags: Akira, Kento Nagayama, Kôichi Satô, Kôtarô Yoshida, Masaya Katô, Mion Mukaichi, Ryôko Shinohara, Sadao Abe, Shimako Sato, Susumu Terajima
Posted on January 18, 2016 |
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Hero the Movie (2015)
Drama
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu (Takuya Kimura) takes charge of a possible murder case implicating diplomats from the foreign embassy of Neustria. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation is doesn't go anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian embassy.
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Keiko Kitagawa, Takako Matsu, Kôichi Satô
Director: Masayuki Suzuki
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Tags: Keiko Kitagawa, Kôichi Satô, Masayuki Suzuki, Takako Matsu, Takuya Kimura
Posted on November 9, 2015 |
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The Pearls of the Stone Man / Ai wo tsumu hito (2015)
Drama
Atsushi (Koichi Sato) and Ryoko (Kanako Higuchi) are a married coupled. They decide they want to live around nature and move to Biei in Hokkaido, Japan. Atsushi isn't sure what to do with his free time, so Ryoko asks him build a stone wall around their house. Atsushi experiences tragedy, but later gets closer to his estranged daughter, Satoko (Keiko Kitagawa). Atsushi continues building the stone wall.
Starring: Kôichi Satô, Kanako Higuchi, Keiko Kitagawa, Shûhei Nomura, Hana Sugisaki
Director: Yûzô Asahara
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Tags: Hana Sugisaki, Kanako Higuchi, Keiko Kitagawa, Kôichi Satô, Shûhei Nomura, Yûzô Asahara
Posted on July 11, 2015 |
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The Vancouver Asahi / Bankûbâ no asahi (2014)
Drama | Sport
The Vancouver Asahi baseball team consists of 2nd generation Japanese immigrants living in Canada. They play within a local amateur baseball league. The team got popular due to their fair play spirit, while struggling to fight against discrimination and poverty in their everyday lives. Reggie is a 2nd generation Japanese immigrant who works at a sawmill in Vancouver. He is the leader of the team and plays shortstop. Roy is the team's ace pitcher and works at a fishery field. Kaye is the team's 2nd baseman and co-worker of Reggie. Tom is the catcher and works at a tofu shop. Frank works at a hotel and plays baseball with the team.
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kazuya Kamenashi, Ryô Katsuji, Yûsuke Kamiji, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Kôichi Satô
Director: Yûya Ishii
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Posted on July 7, 2015 |
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The Locked Room / Kagi no kakatta heya (2014)
Mystery
Based on two novels by Yusuke Kishi: "Kyou no kuni no Satsujin" (published in literary magazine "Shosetsu Yasei Jidai" on November 12, 2013) and "Futatsu no Mitshitsu" (publishing date yet to be decided).
Starring: Satoshi Ôno, Erika Toda, Kôichi Satô
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
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Posted on July 21, 2014 |
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When the Last Sword is Drawn / Mibu gishi den (2003)
Drama
Yojira Takita's excellent 2003 samurai epic takes place in Meiji-era Japan, when the few remaining samurai were forced to choose sides and fight for either the Emperor or the Tokugawa Shogunate (a time period familiar to American audiences from THE LAST SAMURAI, but explored with more complexity and nuance here). Kiichi Nakai stars as Kanichiro Yoshimura, a principled Bushido warrior whose difficult decisions and complicated path are skillfully revealed through flashback.
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Kôichi Satô, Yui Natsukawa, Takehiro Murata, Miki Nakatani, Yûji Miyake
Director: Yôjirô Takita
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Posted on June 30, 2014 |
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The Spiral / Ring: The Spiral / Rasen (1998)
Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Following the events of Ring, the body of Ryūji Takayama, former husband of Reiko Asakawa and father of Yōichi Asakawa, is examined by his friend and rival, pathologist Mitsuo Andō. After he finds a cryptic note in Takayama's stomach, Reiko and Yōichi also turn up dead. Andō soon learns of a mysterious cursed videotape, haunted by the spirit of a murdered young woman. Rumor has it that anyone who watches the video will die exactly one week later. Despondent over the death of his own child, and believing that he is being guided by his rival's ghost, Andō decides to see the video for himself. After watching the tape, strange things begin to happen around him, and he soon discovers that the tape's restless spirit has different plans in store for him.
Starring: Miki Nakatani, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kôichi Satô, Hinako Saeki, Shingo Tsurumi, Shigemitsu Ogi
Director: Jôji Iida
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Tags: Hinako Saeki, Hiroyuki Sanada, Jôji Iida, Kôichi Satô, Miki Nakatani, Shigemitsu Ogi, Shingo Tsurumi
Posted on May 28, 2014 |
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The Kiyosu Conference / Kiyosu kaigi (2013)
History
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata (Koji Yakusho), Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
Starring: Fumiyo Kohinata, Kôji Yakusho, Yô Ôizumi, Kôichi Satô, Eisuke Shinoi, Kyôka Suzuki, Yûsuke Iseya, Miki Nakatani, Kankurô Nakamura, Ayame Gôriki
Director: Kôki Mitani
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Tags: Ayame Gôriki, Eisuke Shinoi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kankurô Nakamura, Kôichi Satô, Koji Yakusho, Kôki Mitani, Kyôka Suzuki, Miki Nakatani, Yô Ôizumi, Yûsuke Iseya
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 19, 2014 |
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Unforgiven / Yurusarezaru mono (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Set in Hokkaido, Japan in the 1880's. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), who is on the side of the Edo shogunate government, kills many people. His name is infamous in Kyoto. When the battle at Goryoukaku is about to be finished, Jubei disappears. 10 years later, Jubei lives with his kid in relative peace. He is barely able to make a living. Protecting his dead wife's grave, Jubei has decided to never pick up a sword again, but due to poverty he has no choice but to pick the sword again. Jubei becomes a bounty hunter.
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kôichi Satô, Akira Emoto, Yûya Yagira, Shiori Kutsuna, Eiko Koike, Jun Kunimura, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Takahiro Miura, Ken'ichi Takitô, Yoshimasa Kondô
Director: Sang-il Lee
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Tags: Akira Emoto, Eiko Koike, Jun Kunimura, Ken Watanabe, Ken'ichi Takitô, Kôichi Satô, Sang-il Lee, Shiori Kutsuna, Takahiro Miura, Yoshimasa Kondô, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Yûya Yagira
Posted on July 23, 2013 |
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Nobô no shiro / The Floating Castle (2012)
Drama | History | War
In the year 1590, powerful daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi nears his plan to unify all of Japan, but he comes across a floating fortress known as Oshi Castle. Narita Nagachika, in charge of defending the castle, must use his army of 500 men to combat Toyotomi Hideyoshi's army of 20,000.
Starring: Mansai Nomura, Nana Eikura, Hiroki Narimiya, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Kôichi Satô, Masachika Ichimura, Takehiro Hira, Takayuki Yamada, Yûsuke Kamiji, Masahiko Nishimura, Sei Hiraizumi
Director: Shinji Higuchi, Isshin Inudô
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Tags: Hiroki Narimiya, Isshin Inudô, Kôichi Satô, Mansai Nomura, Masachika Ichimura, Masahiko Nishimura, Nana Eikura, Sei Hiraizumi, Shinji Higuchi, Takayuki Yamada, Takehiro Hira, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Yûsuke Kamiji
Posted on July 10, 2013 |
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The Last Chushingura / The Last Ronin / Saigo no Chûshingura (2010)
Drama
An army of loyal samurai plot to revenge their unjustly executed lord.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Kôichi Satô, Nanami Sakuraba, Kôji Yamamoto, Jun Fubuki, Kunie Tanaka, Masatô Ibu, Yoshi Oida, Narumi Yasuda, Nizaemon Kataoka
Director: Shigemichi Sugita
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Tags: Jun Fubuki, Kôichi Satô, Koji Yakusho, Kôji Yamamoto, Kunie Tanaka, Masatô Ibu, Nanami Sakuraba, Narumi Yasuda, Nizaemon Kataoka, Shigemichi Sugita, Yoshi Oida
Posted on July 5, 2013 |
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A Gentle Breeze in the Village / Tennen kokekkô (2007)
Drama
Set against the backdrop of Japan's scenic countryside, director Nobuhiro Yamashita's tale of adolescent love avoids the tear-jerking and virulent social commentary of many first-love stories in telling the tale of a rural schoolgirl smitten by a handsome new arrival from Tokyo.
Starring: Kaho, Masaki Okada, Yui Natsukawa, Kôichi Satô, Erisa Yanagi, Shoko Fujimura
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
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Tags: Erisa Yanagi, Kaho, Kôichi Satô, Masaki Okada, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Shoko Fujimura, Yui Natsukawa
Posted on May 2, 2013 |
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Anata e / Dearest (2012)
Drama
A prison officer hands in his resignation after his wife's death, to drive to the port where she wants her ashes scattered at sea.
Starring: Ken Takakura, Yûko Tanaka, Kôichi Satô, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kimiko Yo, Haruka Ayase, Takahiro Miura
Director: Yasuo Furuhata
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Tags: Haruka Ayase, Ken Takakura, Kimiko Yo, Kôichi Satô, Takahiro Miura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yasuo Furuhata, Yûko Tanaka
Posted on September 28, 2012 |
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Unfair: The Answer / Anfea: The Answer (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama
After detective Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case (storyline took place in "Unfair: The Movie"), Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa), is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami (Takayuki Yamada) appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Kôichi Satô, Takayuki Yamada, Sadao Abe, Masaya Katô
Director: Shimako Sato
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Tags: Kôichi Satô, Masaya Katô, Ryôko Shinohara, Sadao Abe, Shimako Sato, Takayuki Yamada
