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Posted on October 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Shylocks Children (2023) 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Shylock's Children / Shylock no kodomotachi (2023)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Masahiro Nishiki is a veteran bank clerk, working at the Nagahara branch for Tokyo Daiichi Bank. One day, a cash-lost incident takes place at the Nagahara branch. Masahiro chases after the truth behind the cash-lost case with his colleagues Airi Kitagawa and Yoji Tabata. A fact behind the incident is discovered.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Aya Ueto, Yûta Tamamori, Toshirô Yanagiba, Tetta Sugimoto, Ryûta Satô
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
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Posted on March 15, 2023 | Comments Off on I Am Makimoto (2022) 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
I Am Makimoto (2022)
Drama
So Makimoto works in the omiokuri department at city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for deceased individuals without family members and bury them at a cemetery. So doesn't like to socialize with or listen to other people. By doing his job, he meets various people and slowly begins to change his life.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Hikari Mitsushima, Rie Miyazawa, Jun Kunimura, Ryûdô Uzaki, Kôhei Matsushita
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Hikari Mitsushima, Jun Kunimura, Kôhei Matsushita, Nobuo Mizuta, Rie Miyazawa, Ryûdô Uzaki, Sadao Abe
Posted on February 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Lesson in Murder (2022) 1080p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Lesson in Murder / Shikei ni itaru yamai (2022)
Mystery
Masaya Kakei is a university student, but he attends a school that's not his ideal school. His days are generally gloomy. One day, he receives a letter from serial killer Yamato Haimura, who was convicted for eight murders and received the death penalty. Back when Yamato was committing his murders, he ran a bakery store. At that time, Masaya was a middle school student and a customer at his bakery store. According to the letter, Yamato confessed to committing the murders, but he insists that he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate the last murder case involving Yamato.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Kenshi Okada, Takanori Iwata, Miho Nakayama, Yu Miyazaki
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
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Posted on May 6, 2022 | Comments Off on Tokiwa The Manga Apartment (1996) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment / Tokiwa-so no seishun (1996)
Drama
A look at the youthful beginnings of manga giants Motoo Abiko, aka Fujiko Fujio, Fujio Akatsuka and Hiroo Terada, when they all lived in the same, dingy apartment building — named Tokiwa-so — in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.
Starring: Masahiro Motoki, Sadao Abe, Arata Furuta, Kazuo Hara, Masahiro Kômoto
Director: Jun Ichikawa
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Tags: Arata Furuta, Jun Ichikawa, Kazuo Hara, Masahiro Kômoto, Masahiro Motoki, Sadao Abe
Posted on March 28, 2019 | Comments Off on LOUDER Cant Hear What Youre Singin Wimp (2018) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
LOUDER! Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! / Onryô o agero tako! Nani utatten no ka zenzen wakannê n da yo!! (2018)
Comedy | Music | Romance
Shing 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 cord doping. His voice is now teetering on the edge, due to side effects from the vocal cord doping. Around this time, Shing meets Fuuka who is a street musician. When Fuuka sings, her voice is so small. Due to Fuuka, Shing looks back upon his past.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Riho Yoshioka, Yûdai Chiba, Kumiko Asô, Eiji Kotôge, Yuki Katayama, Yûko Nakamura, Shoko Ikezu
Director: Satoshi Miki
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Tags: Eiji Kotôge, Kumiko Asô, Riho Yoshioka, Sadao Abe, Satoshi Miki, Shoko Ikezu, Yûdai Chiba, Yuki Katayama, Yûko Nakamura
Posted on April 29, 2018 |
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Birds Without Names / Kanojo ga sono na wo shiranai toritachi (2017)
Drama | Mystery
Tawako's boyfriend is not her kind, but she puts up with it in exchange for shelter. Her old boyfriend of almost a decade ago is long gone, and was also not nice, but like most girls she still reminisces about him and is attracted to his bad ways. Enter Mizushima who reminds Tawako of her old boyfriend, but soon more transpires to remind the girl of her old relationship.
Starring: Yû Aoi, Sadao Abe, Tôri Matsuzaka, Yutaka Takenouchi, Eri Murakawa, Masaaki Akahori, Mukku Akazawa, Shû Nakajima
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
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Tags: Eri Murakawa, Kazuya Shiraishi, Masaaki Akahori, Mukku Akazawa, Sadao Abe, Shû Nakajima, Tôri Matsuzaka, Yû Aoi, Yutaka Takenouchi
Posted on June 7, 2017 | Comments Off on No More Cry (2009) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
No More Cry / Nakumonka (2009)
Comedy | Drama
Two brothers are separated as young boys and vow not to cry at their separation. They are unknowingly reunited as adults thanks to fate. Find laughter through the tears.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Eita, Yûko Takeuchi, Takashi Tsukamoto, Sarutoki Minagawa
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Eita, Nobuo Mizuta, Sadao Abe, Sarutoki Minagawa, Takashi Tsukamoto, Yûko Takeuchi
Posted on October 12, 2016 |
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The Magnificent Nine / Tono, risoku de gozaru! (2016)
Comedy | History
It is eighteenth century Japan and the residents of a poor town lead a typically meagre life. Then nine residents, which include Juzaburo, hatch a scheme to improve their lots by running a pawn and loan business with the proceeds being distributed among the townfolk. However, the plan is risky with such commerce and profiteering being frowned upon in a society with a caste system. Based on a novel by Isoda Michifumi, The Magnificient Nine features a cast of well-known Japanese cinema familiars.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Eita, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yûko Takeuchi, Ryûhei Matsuda, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
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Tags: Eita, Ryûhei Matsuda, Sadao Abe, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Yûko Takeuchi
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 November 9, 2015 |
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Parasyte: Part 2 / Kiseijuu: Kanketsuhen (2015)
Horror | Sci-Fi
The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called Mincemeat murders. High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Starring: Shôta Sometani, Ai Hashimoto, Sadao Abe, Eri Fukatsu, Masahiro Higashide, Nao Ômori, Pierre Taki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
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Tags: Ai Hashimoto, Eri Fukatsu, Masahiro Higashide, Nao Ômori, Pierre Taki, Sadao Abe, Shôta Sometani, Takashi Yamazaki
Posted on September 29, 2015 |
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A Farewell to Jinu / Jinu yo saraba Kamuroba mura e (2015)
Comedy
Former bank clerk Takeharu thought he was strange when he moved to a remote village in Japan's northeastern Tohoku region after developing an inexplicable "money allergy." However as he attempts to live a peaceful rural life without currency, Kamuroba village's bizarre characters draw him out of his shell in this increasingly surreal madcap comedy. Then a nearby town leader attempts to overthrow the handyman bus driver mayor, Takeharu must prove his attachment to Kamuroba and its people.
Starring: Ryûhei Matsuda, Sadao Abe, Takako Matsu, Fumi Nikaidô, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hairi Katagiri, Yûko Nakamura
Director: Suzuki Matsuo
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Tags: Fumi Nikaidô, Hairi Katagiri, Ryûhei Matsuda, Sadao Abe, Suzuki Matsuo, Takako Matsu, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yûko Nakamura
Posted on April 16, 2014 |
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The Apology King / Shazai no ohsama (2013)
Comedy
Ryoro Kurojima (Sadao Abe) is the director of a Tokyo apology center. His job is to teach others how to apologize. Ryoro Kurojima solves problems by using his apology techniques on anything from simple arbitration to a national crisis.
Starring: Sadao Abe, Mao Inoue, Yutaka Takenouchi, Masaki Okada, Machiko Ono, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Katsumi Takahashi
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
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Tags: Katsumi Takahashi, Machiko Ono, Mao Inoue, Masaki Okada, Nobuo Mizuta, Sadao Abe, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Yutaka Takenouchi
Posted on January 29, 2014 |
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Miracle Apples / Kiseki no ringo (2013)
Drama
Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens…
Starring: Sadao Abe, Miho Kanno
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
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Posted on June 4, 2013 | Comments Off on Kamikaze Girls (2004) BluRay 720p AC3 x264-CHD
Kamikaze Girls / Shimotsuma monogatari (2004)
Comedy
Momoko is a rococo Lolita whose idyllic dreams of Versailles clash sharply with her isolated existence in the Ibaraki hinterlands. When a chance encounter brings Momoko together with head-butting biker chick Ichigo, the quest for a mysterious embroiderer sets the unlikely friends, played by J-Pop stars Kyoko Fukada and Anna Tsuchiya, off on an explosive, pachinko-studded adventure.
Starring: Kyôko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Sadao Abe, Kirin Kiki, YosiYosi Arakawa
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
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Posted on May 13, 2013 |
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Yume uru futari / Dreams for Sale (2012)
Crime | Drama
After a fire destroys their restaurant, a married couple turn to conning lonely spinsters out of money to make ends meet.
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûsuke Iseya, Takako Matsu, Kyôsuke Yabe, Kana Kurashina, Rena Tanaka, Sadao Abe
Director: Miwa Nishikawa
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Tags: Kana Kurashina, Kyôsuke Yabe, Miwa Nishikawa, Rena Tanaka, Sadao Abe, Takako Matsu, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûsuke Iseya
Posted on October 17, 2012 | Comments Off on Paco And The Magical Picture Book (2008) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-HDChina
Paco and the Magical Picture Book / Pako to mahô no ehon (2008)
Comey | Drama | Family
There once was a hospital where patients and even doctors & nurses were all weird. Above all, Onuki, a patient who built up his company all by himself from scratch, is a super cranky old man. One day, he meets up a girl called Paco, who cannot retain memory beyond one day due to a car accident. She is reading the same picture book everyday. Onuki starts bonding with Paco after some incident, and begins to doubt his way of living. He starts wanting to do something for Paco with his remaining life, and comes up with a brilliant idea. This pleases Paco, but their fate is?
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Ayaka Wilson, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Anna Tsuchiya, Sadao Abe, Ryo Kase, Eiko Koike
Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
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Tags: Anna Tsuchiya, Ayaka Wilson, Eiko Koike, Koji Yakusho, Ryo Kase, Sadao Abe, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Tetsuya Nakashima
Posted on September 28, 2012 | Comments Off on Unfair The Answer (2011) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
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
Posted on August 28, 2012 | Comments Off on Unfair The Movie (2007) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Unfair: The Movie / Anfea: The Movie (2007)
Action | Crime | Drama
Hardboiled, hard-drinking, and hard-hitting female detective Yukihira Natsumi has the best record in the police force, but it has come at a cost. Her fiercely independent personality and penchant to not go by the books has alienated her from colleagues, while her dedication, or perhaps obsession, with work has already cost her a marriage and custody of her eight-year-old daughter. Natsumi has no time for apologies and misgivings though when there is crime to be fought. She is forced to reconsider everything she knows, however, when terrorists take over the hospital her daughter is being treated at. How far will she go to save her daughter?
Starring: Ryôko Shinohara, Kippei Shiina, Hiroki Narimiya, Sadao Abe, Mari Hamada
Director: Yoshinori Kobayashi
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Tags: Hiroki Narimiya, Kippei Shiina, Mari Hamada, Ryôko Shinohara, Sadao Abe, Yoshinori Kobayashi
