Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa is a Japanese actress and former teen idol. She is regarded as one of Japan's top actresses, and her accolades include six Japan Academy Film Prizes and three Kinema Junpo Awards Miyazawa began her career as a child model, seeing wide exposure as the original face of Mitsui Rehouse, and made her acting debut in the 1988 film Seven Day's War, for which she won the Japan Academy Award for Newcomer of the Year at age sixteen. Her short-lived music career began with the single "Dream Rush" in 1989, and the next year she performed at the prestigious Kōhaku Uta Gassen television special. Miyazawa quickly rose to prominence as one of the top idols of the early Heisei period, attracting controversy for her 1991 nude photography book Santa Fe, which moved 1.5 million copies. Her personal struggles were further scrutinized, including a high-profile engagement to sumo wrestler Takanohana, a suicide attempt and battle with anorexia nervosa. By 1996, she went into hiatus and briefly resettled in San Diego. She took on a few television drama roles in the late 1990s, and returned to the big screen in the Taiwanese films The Cabbie (2000) and Peony Pavilion (2001). She co-starred in the highly-acclaimed 2002 film The Twilight Samurai, which marked a full-fledged comeback for Miyazawa and remains as her most recognizable role both domestically and internationally. She saw further success in The Face of Jizo and Tony Takitani (2004), and received several accolades for Pale Moon (2014) and Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016).

  • Title: Rie Miyazawa
  • Popularity: 21.079
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1973-04-06
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 宮沢 りえ
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Rie Miyazawa Movies

  • 2006
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    Hana

    Hana

    6.7 2006 HD

    In a poor district of Edo lives a young samurai named Soza. He has been sent by his clan to avenge the death of his father. He isn't an accomplished...

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  • 1994
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    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin

    7.4 1994 HD

    Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal...

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  • 2010
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    MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming

    MIRACLE GIRLS: Neva-da Stop Dreaming

    4.5 2010 HD

    Musical band "Yajima Biyoshitsu" comes to Japan from Nevada, USA to debut their CD.

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  • 2005
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    The Book of the Dead

    The Book of the Dead

    6.2 2005 HD

    A sheltered aristocratic woman in feudal Japan, bored and unfamiliar with the world outside her estate, passes the time copying a special Buddhist...

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  • 2002
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    The Twilight Samurai

    The Twilight Samurai

    7.8 2002 HD

    Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles...

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  • 2009
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    Gelatin Silver, Love

    Gelatin Silver, Love

    6.3 2009 HD

    The story of a photographer who becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman who lives in the apartment opposite his.

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  • 2005
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    Tony Takitani

    Tony Takitani

    6.7 2005 HD

    A reclusive illustrator falls in love with a young woman who addictively shops for clothing.

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  • 1992
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    Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

    Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

    6 1992 HD

    There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He...

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  • 2005
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    Ashura

    Ashura

    5.316 2005 HD

    Adapted from the successful play, the film takes place in 19th-century Japan, where a war between demons and their slayers is fought. Izumo, a...

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  • 1988
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    Seven Days War

    Seven Days War

    6 1988 HD

    A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers....

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  • 2001
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    Peony Pavilion

    Peony Pavilion

    6.7 2001 HD

    In the 1930s, a songstress courtesan finds herself in a confusing relationship with her cousin as their marriages to men go into decline.

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  • 2023
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    Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower

    Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower

    2 2023 HD

    From time immemorial to the age of space colonization, there is one legend that has stayed unchanged in every history book—the tale of the...

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  • 2022
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    The Sunday Runoff

    The Sunday Runoff

    6 2022 HD

    A comedy about how the world of politics really works! Tsutomu is a secretary for a member of the Japanese Parliament. After the latter suffers a...

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  • 2023
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    The Moon

    The Moon

    5 2023 HD

    Yoko, who gets a job at a nursing home, witnesses the elderly and disabled people there having their human dignity threatened.

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  • 2014
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    Kiki's Delivery Service

    Kiki's Delivery Service

    6 2014 HD

    A young girl named Kiki must leave her home for a year to begin training in witchcraft. She leaves on her broom, but first says goodbye to her...

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  • 1990
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    Defeat the Devil!

    Defeat the Devil!

    1 1990 HD

    A one part drama/made for TV movie starring Rie Miyazawa

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  • 2016
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    疾走する蜷川幸雄80歳 〜生きる覚悟〜

    疾走する蜷川幸雄80歳 〜生きる覚悟〜

    1 2016 HD

    'The Ninagawa of the world', still ill. The 80-year-old's intense run to stay alive, even after falling ill!

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  • 1995
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    聖夜の奇跡 あなたの好きな愛はどれ?

    聖夜の奇跡 あなたの好きな愛はどれ?

    1 1995 HD

    A foreign student from Taiwan, Mr. Bell, attends language school in Japan and meets Miss Sato there. He falls in love with her, but doesn't dare to...

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  • 1998
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    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    Tom Cat Holmes and the Twilight Hotel

    1 1998 HD

    The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.

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  • 2014
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    Pale Moon

    Pale Moon

    6.3 2014 HD

    Daily, Rika Umezawa battles a nagging sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction. She works a tiring job, comes home to an unappreciative husband and has...

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  • 2004
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    The Face of Jizo

    The Face of Jizo

    6.7 2004 HD

    Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of...

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  • 1970
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    Asura

    Asura

    1 1970 HD

    Four sisters discover that their elderly father is having an affair. When a letter is published in the newspaper detailing the affair, they try to...

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  • 2000
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    The Cabbie

    The Cabbie

    6.9 2000 HD

    After falling in love with a traffic cop, a cab driver commits as many traffic violations as he can in order to see her again.

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  • 2008
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    Dreaming Awake

    Dreaming Awake

    1 2008 HD

    Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students, Daisuke. The brash, headstrong young man...

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  • 2022
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    I Am Makimoto

    I Am Makimoto

    7.5 2022 HD

    Sou Makimoto works in the "send-off" department at the city hall. The department's main responsibility is to hold funerals for people who die alone...

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  • 1992
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    Erotic Liaisons

    Erotic Liaisons

    4.5 1992 HD

    A low-key private detective agency in Paris is run by Rie and her lover and partner Kishin, two ex-pats who tick along between cases by giving guided...

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  • 2001
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    Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

    Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project

    7.5 2001 HD

    Mr. Takano, a company employee, announces plans to take an early retirement so he can return to his home town and spend his days fishing. Su-san and...

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  • 1992
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    Basara: The Princess Goh

    Basara: The Princess Goh

    6.8 1992 HD

    Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit...

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  • 1995
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    The Tale of Himeji Castle

    The Tale of Himeji Castle

    6.5 1995 HD

    A young samurai dares to approach a castle mistress as he searches for an escaped falcon, a crime punishable by death, but escapes with his life. He...

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  • 1989
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    Why Do I Choose?

    Why Do I Choose?

    1 1989 HD

    Who Do I Choose? is a Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko.

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  • 2002
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    Utsutsu

    Utsutsu

    1 2002 HD

    A mysterious woman approaches a salaried man who leads a peaceful family life and tells him, "Your wife is having an affair with my husband." From...

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  • 2007
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    The Invitation from Cinema Orion

    The Invitation from Cinema Orion

    6.5 2007 HD

    Based on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The Invitation from Cinema Orion" tells the story of a couple's...

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  • 2013
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    The After-Dinner Mysteries

    The After-Dinner Mysteries

    5.5 2013 HD

    Kageyama (Sho Sakurai) works as the butler for rich heiress Reiko Hosho (Keiko Kitagawa). Reiko happens to be a novice detective but lacks certain...

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  • 2015
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    Pieta in the Toilet

    Pieta in the Toilet

    7 2015 HD

    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...

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  • 1995
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    Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

    Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

    6 1995 HD

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  • 2016
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    Her Love Boils Bathwater

    Her Love Boils Bathwater

    7.1 2016 HD

    A strict, but caring mother has an awakening when she is told she has cancer and it is terminal. She has a few months. She needs to complete her...

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  • 2010
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    Oceans

    Oceans

    7.4 2010 HD

    An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.

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  • 2016
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    Too Young To Die!

    Too Young To Die!

    6.4 2016 HD

    After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world.

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  • 2019
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    No Longer Human

    No Longer Human

    6.1 2019 HD

    The story of Osamu Dazai, one of Japan's most celebrated novelists, absorbed in alcohol and love; married and in a relationship with two other lovers.

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  • 2002
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    Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso

    Kogoro Akechi vs Kaijin Nijyuu Menso

    5 2002 HD

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  • 2019
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    Seven Days War

    Seven Days War

    6.4 2019 HD

    In the town of Saima, when summer is about to begin, a group of six high school students intend to live a secret adventure by spending seven carefree...

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  • 1993
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    Youth Peony Lantern

    Youth Peony Lantern

    1 1993 HD

    Based on "Kaidan Botan Dango" by Sanyutei Encho, a rakugo storyteller who was active from the late Edo period to the Meiji era, Kara Juro was in...

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  • 1992
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    Don't Steal My Heart

    Don't Steal My Heart

    1 1992 HD

    Sakurako, an aspiring model living in a flat in downtown Rome, is chosen as the new character of the conglomerate.

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  • 2022
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    The 13 Lords of the Shogun

    The 13 Lords of the Shogun

    8.1 2022 HD

    Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hōjō Yoshitoki...

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  • 2021
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    FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS

    FM999: 999 WOMEN'S SONGS

    6.7 2021 HD

    Kiyomi Koike is a 16-year-old girl. She has all these different emotions intertwined in her mind. One day, she suddenly blurts out "What is a woman?"...

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  • 1992
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    Tokyo Elevator Girl

    Tokyo Elevator Girl

    1 1992 HD

    Tsukasa leaves her hometown to work in Tokyo. While there, she is on her own facing the fascination and challenges of the working world. Her...

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  • 1999
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    Romance

    Romance

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    Genroku Ryoran

    Genroku Ryoran

    7 1999 HD

    The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history....

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  • 1998
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    Precious Time

    Precious Time

    7.75 1998 HD

    Masaki is fond of a music producer named Keigo, to get to his concert she ends up selling her body. She end up meeting him after the concert and fall...

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  • 2003
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    Musashi

    Musashi

    8.333 2003 HD

    Orphaned when he was not yet ten, Musashi grows up skilled in the martial arts. During the Battle of Sekigahara, he fights on the side of the losing...

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  • 2017
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    Ashiato Hime

    Ashiato Hime

    1 2017 HD

    NODA MAP, led by Hideki Noda, broadcasts its 2017 performance of "Princess Footprints" . This work is a tribute to Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII.

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  • 2021
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    Guilty Flag

    Guilty Flag

    8 2021 HD

    Ryōsuke Sagara is an ordinary salaryman and he works for a mid-size shipping company. He is a good-natured person. His family consists of his wife...

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  • 2004
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    一番大切な人は誰ですか?

    一番大切な人は誰ですか?

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2023
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    Phoenix: Eden17

    Phoenix: Eden17

    6.8 2023 HD

    In the age of space exploration, Romi and George flee a devastated Earth in search of a new world.

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  • 2014
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    Leaders

    Leaders

    1 2014 HD

    Before World War II, the automobile industry in developed countries in Europe and the United States possessed formidable technological capabilities....

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  • 2012
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    Blackboard

    Blackboard

    8 2012 HD

    "Blackboard ~ Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoushitachi~," revolves around teachers in different time periods having to deal with the problems of that...

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  • 2011
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    Princess Go

    Princess Go

    8 2011 HD

    Princess Go was the youngest of the most famous three sisters in Japanese history, who each led a remarkable life in an age of turmoil and civil war....

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  • 1989
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    青春オーロラ・スピン スワンの涙

    青春オーロラ・スピン スワンの涙

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1996
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    SMAP×SMAP

    SMAP×SMAP

    8.5 1996 HD

    SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996...

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  • 2012
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    Blackboard

    Blackboard

    8 2012 HD

    "Blackboard ~ Jidai to Tatakatta Kyoushitachi~," revolves around teachers in different time periods having to deal with the problems of that...

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  • 2025
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    Asura

    Asura

    1 2025 HD

    In 1979 Tokyo, four distinct sisters uncover their aging father's affair, causing their happy facades and bottled-up emotions to slowly unravel.

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  • 2019
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    The Naked Director

    The Naked Director

    7.329 2019 HD

    Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series...

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  • 2005
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    Natsumeke no Shokutaku

    Natsumeke no Shokutaku

    1 2005 HD

    A Meiji era home drama about the great writer Soseki Natsume and his wife Kyōko. A story of love and tears of a funny couple starring Rie Miyazawa...

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  • 2011
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    Princess Go

    Princess Go

    8 2011 HD

    Princess Go was the youngest of the most famous three sisters in Japanese history, who each led a remarkable life in an age of turmoil and civil war....

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  • 2014
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    Gu Gu the Cat

    Gu Gu the Cat

    6 2014 HD

    About a lady and her cat. The lady's cat dies and she loses all inspiration to continue living, and doing her work from home job. One day when forced...

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  • 1994
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    結婚式場 花嫁介添人がゆく

    結婚式場 花嫁介添人がゆく

    1 1994 HD

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  • 2021
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    Byplayers ~Meiwakiyaku no Mori no 100-nichikan~

    Byplayers ~Meiwakiyaku no Mori no 100-nichikan~

    10 2021 HD

    Set in "Byplaywood" a large film studio surrounded by forest, far from the city. The story depicts 100 days of turmoil caused by the gathering of...

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  • 2000
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    Food Fight

    Food Fight

    8 2000 HD

    The president of a large food production company combines gourmet eating and gambling into an underground eating contest, or "Food Fight," in the...

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  • 2013
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    神様のボート

    神様のボート

    1 2013 HD

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  • 1996
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    Concerto

    Concerto

    1 1996 HD

    Love and ambition collide when two brilliant architects compete for the same woman and the glory of success in their highly competitive field....

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  • 1990
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    梦中情人

    梦中情人

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    同屋三分亲

    同屋三分亲

    1 1990 HD

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  • 2020
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    North Light

    North Light

    7.5 2020 HD

    A family asks a man to build a house he would like to live in himself. However, when it is completed, the family disappears without moving in.

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