Gen Hoshino

Gen Hoshino

Gen Hoshino (星野 源, Hoshino Gen, born January 28, 1981) is a Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and writer. Hoshino's movie debut, Lee Sang-il's 69, was an adaptation of the Ryū Murakami novel of the same name. He previously acted in various television dramas and stage plays. In 2012, he debuted as a voice actor, voicing Buddha in the original video animation (OVA) adaptation of Hikaru Nakamura's manga Saint Young Men, and also provided a theme song called "Gag" for its 2013 theatrical version, where he reprised his role. In 2013, he played the lead character in Masahide Ichii's Blindly in Love (箱入り息子の恋, Hakoiri Musuko no Koi) alongside Kaho, and starred in the Sion Sono film Why Don't You Play in Hell?. In 2016, Hoshino starred in TBS's The Full-Time Wife Escapist. With Yui Aragaki as his co-star, he portrayed a salaryman named Hiramasa Tsuzaki. The drama achieved steadily rising ratings, with a real-time viewership peak rating of 20.8% on the final episode, and an overall rating of 14.5%. Hoshino's performance earned him several Best Supporting Actor awards. He also provided the theme song for the drama, titled "Koi". In 2017, Hoshino lent his voice to the main character of award-winning animated film Night Is Short, Walk On Girl. He also became the voice of the Father in Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai, which was released into theaters in Japan on July 20, 2018. Idaten, NHK's 2019 Taiga drama, chosen for the theme to encourage the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Hoshino portrayed Kazushige Hirasawa, who delivered the persuasive speech that helped determine the venue for the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games. On April 30, 2018, it was announced that Hoshino will star in Samurai Shifters, the film adaptation of Akihiro Dobashi's historical novel Hikkoshi Daimyo Sanzenri, set to premier on August 30, 2019. In the movie, he plays a bookworm samurai called Harunosuke Katagiri, who receives the mission to help a daimyo move. It will be Hoshino's first lead role in a live-action movie since Blindly in Love in 2013.

  • Title: Gen Hoshino
  • Popularity: 6.923
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1981-01-28
  • Place of Birth: Saitama, Japan
  • Homepage: https://www.hoshinogen.com
  • Also Known As: Hoshino Gen, Gén Hoshino, 星野 源
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Gen Hoshino Movies

  • 2021
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    The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special

    The Full-Time Wife Escapist: New Year's Special

    7.091 2021 HD

    Mikuri and Hiramasa both work and share housework duties. They have peaceful days together. One day, Mikuri learns that she is pregnant. They decide...

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  • 2013
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    Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    Why Don't You Play in Hell?

    7.4 2013 HD

    In Japan, gonzo filmmakers hatch a three-pronged plan to save an actress's career, end a yakuza war and make a hit movie.

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  • 2023
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    Gen Hoshino Concert Recollections 2015-2023

    Gen Hoshino Concert Recollections 2015-2023

    8.3 2023 HD

    From "Hitori Edge" to "Pop Virus" and beyond, this collection of live performances features highlights from a selection of Gen Hoshino's concert...

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  • 2013
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    Saint☆Young Men

    Saint☆Young Men

    7.6 2013 HD

    Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a...

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  • 2013
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    Blindly in Love

    Blindly in Love

    6 2013 HD

    Kentaro is an unsocial 35-year-old who lives with his parents and has never dated a woman. When Kentaro’s parents set up an arranged marriage...

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  • 2022
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    Hoshi of the Girls' Garden

    Hoshi of the Girls' Garden

    7.3 2022 HD

    Mr. Hoshi is the homeroom teacher of 2nd Year Class 4 at an average Girl’s School. He spends his days baffled by the puzzles his students...

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  • 2008
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    Non-ko

    Non-ko

    6.333 2008 HD

    Nobuko tried to be successful as an actress in Tokyo (stage name ‘Nonko’), but wasn’t popular. She married her manager and soon...

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  • 2015
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    Chieri and Cherry

    Chieri and Cherry

    5.5 2015 HD

    Chieri is a sixth grade girl whose only friend is a stuffed toy named Cherry, which she found while hiding in the cellar during her father's funeral....

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  • 2009
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    Brass Knuckle Boys

    Brass Knuckle Boys

    6.4 2009 HD

    A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and...

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  • 2024
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    Last Mile

    Last Mile

    6.8 2024 HD

    On the night before ‘Black Friday,’ which is the one of the busiest commerce days, a cardboard box, that is delivered from the world's...

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  • 2004
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    69

    69

    6.2 2004 HD

    Hoping to catch a girl's attention, high school students Ken and Adama cook up an ambitious plan. They plan a festival that combines film, theater,...

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  • 2017
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    Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

    Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

    7.5 2017 HD

    As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of...

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  • 2015
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    The Day Kouhaku Was Born

    The Day Kouhaku Was Born

    1 2015 HD

    This drama focuses on the story of how NHK's famous New Year's Eve program "Kohaku Uta Gassen" came about in 1945, when the country was under General...

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  • 2015
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    Love & Peace

    Love & Peace

    6.9 2015 HD

    A man, who once dreamed of becoming a punk rocker, is working as a low salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He's secretly in love with...

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  • 2018
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    Mirai

    Mirai

    7.2 2018 HD

    Unhappy after his new baby sister displaces him, four-year-old Kun begins meeting people and pets from his family's history in their unique house in...

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  • 2019
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    GEN HOSHINO STADIUM TOUR "POP VIRUS"

    GEN HOSHINO STADIUM TOUR "POP VIRUS"

    7 2019 HD

    Singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino takes the stage at the sold out Tokyo Dome in his highly anticipated 2019 Pop Virus dome tour.

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  • 2019
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    Samurai Shifters

    Samurai Shifters

    5.7 2019 HD

    Shunnosuke Katagiri is a samurai and a bookworm. He receives a mission to help a daimyo move. With the assistance of Genemon Takamura and Oran,...

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  • 2019
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    No Smoking

    No Smoking

    7.3 2019 HD

    A documentary about Haruomi Hosono, a musician respected around the world and the music composer of Cannes Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters. The footage...

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  • 2020
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    The Voice of Sin

    The Voice of Sin

    7 2020 HD

    Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago.The case involved a group of people extorting...

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  • 2025
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    Slow Train

    Slow Train

    1 2025 HD

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  • 2022
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    Ghost Book

    Ghost Book

    5.8 2022 HD

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  • 2021
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    Cube

    Cube

    5.4 2021 HD

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  • 2019
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    108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba

    108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba

    6 2019 HD

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  • 2016
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    Moriyamachu Driving School

    Moriyamachu Driving School

    6 2016 HD

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  • 2013
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    Tamako in Moratorium

    Tamako in Moratorium

    6.1 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    Saint☆Young Men

    Saint☆Young Men

    7.6 2013 HD

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  • 2012
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    Paikaji Nankai Sakusen

    Paikaji Nankai Sakusen

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Woodsman and the Rain

    The Woodsman and the Rain

    6 2012 HD

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  • 2018
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    Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island

    Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island

    7.2 2018 HD

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  • 2023
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    SPY x FAMILY CODE: White

    SPY x FAMILY CODE: White

    7.1 2023 HD

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  • 2006
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    大人計画ウーマンリブvol.10「ウーマンリブ先生」

    大人計画ウーマンリブvol.10「ウーマンリブ先生」

    1 2006 HD

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  • 2004
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    大人計画ウーマンリブvol.8「轟天VS港カヲル」

    大人計画ウーマンリブvol.8「轟天VS港カヲル」

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2009
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    大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」

    大人計画「サッちゃんの明日」

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2023
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    LIGHTHOUSE

    LIGHTHOUSE

    8.2 2023 HD

    Two leading entertainers casually get together for some real talk, shedding light on their vulnerabilities and worries, with lots of laughs along the...

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  • 2005
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    Tiger and Dragon

    Tiger and Dragon

    6.6 2005 HD

    A young yakuza thug apprentices with an indebted comic "rakugo" performer, whose not-so-fashionable son runs a clothes shop in the Harajuku...

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  • 2011
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    Odd Family 11

    Odd Family 11

    6.9 2011 HD

    Minoru Sanada is a cameraman with little skills in his profession. His wife Megumi runs a cafe, but the cafe doesn't have any customers. Yet, the...

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  • 2008
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    Mirai koshi Meguru

    Mirai koshi Meguru

    5 2008 HD

    Meguru Yoshida (Kyoko Fukada) is an English instructor at a cram school who is forced to support her family after her debt-ridden father disappears....

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  • 2016
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    The Full-Time Wife Escapist

    The Full-Time Wife Escapist

    7.8 2016 HD

    A series of events leads single, 25-year-old Mikuri Moriyama and 36-year-old Hiramasa Tsuzaki to marry as a cover.

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  • 2022
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    Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron

    Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Kōron

    9.5 2022 HD

    An educational program hosted by Gen Hoshino and his puppet "Kaisetsuin" that focuses on a "history changing" musician in each episode.

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  • 2013
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    LIFE! Jinsei ni Sasageru Konto

    LIFE! Jinsei ni Sasageru Konto

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2017
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    おげんさんといっしょ

    おげんさんといっしょ

    10 2017 HD

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  • 2020
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    We Married as a Job: New Year's Special

    We Married as a Job: New Year's Special

    9 2020 HD

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  • 2015
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    Dr.STOЯKS

    Dr.STOЯKS

    7.6 2015 HD

    The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His...

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    NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen

    NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen

    8 1951 HD

    NHK Kouhaku Uta Gassen (NHK紅白歌合戦, "NHK Red and White Song Battle"), more commonly known simply as Kouhaku, is an annual New Year's...

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  • 2022
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    Teen Regime

    Teen Regime

    7.5 2022 HD

    In the year 202X, Japan feels a deep sense of stagnation and has been branded by the world as a country on the decline. Wanting to break free of this...

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  • 2006
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    Akihabara@DEEP

    Akihabara@DEEP

    8.8 2006 HD

    Akihabara is a Tokyo district full of manga, anime, electronics, video games, figurines, etc. It is a place that gathers fanatics of such themes,...

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  • 2017
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    Plage -Share House for Losers-

    Plage -Share House for Losers-

    8 2017 HD

    A humorous suspense drama starring Gen Hoshino, currently Japan's most popular actor. The story is set in a shared house for people with various...

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  • 2022
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    Ogen-san no Sabusuku-do

    Ogen-san no Sabusuku-do

    7.8 2022 HD

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  • 2010
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    My Husband is a Cartoonist

    My Husband is a Cartoonist

    8.4 2010 HD

    The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki...

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  • 2014
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    Last Night's Curry, Tomorrow's Bread

    Last Night's Curry, Tomorrow's Bread

    7.7 2014 HD

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  • 2006
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    Once Again Sugar & Spice

    Once Again Sugar & Spice

    1 2006 HD

    Stories about how sweet and bitter love can be.

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  • 2007
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    Detective School Q

    Detective School Q

    8.5 2007 HD

    The city is filled with countless urban legends. Strange incidents that occur in the midst of these legends lead people into a labyrinth... It is the...

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  • 2022
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    GAME GENOME

    GAME GENOME

    8.3 2022 HD

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  • 2012
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    Saint☆Young Men

    Saint☆Young Men

    7.6 2012 HD

    Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a...

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  • 2020
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    7.7 2020 HD

    The Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department attempts to solve cases within 24 hours. Detective Kazumi...

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  • 1970
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    7.5 1970 HD

    College student Kahoko is the quintessential overprotected child born out of today's Japanese society. Shielded by her parents, Kahoko grew up...

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  • 1970
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    7.8 1970 HD

    A series of events leads single, 25-year-old Mikuri Moriyama and 36-year-old Hiramasa Tsuzaki to marry as a cover.

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  • 1970
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    8.6 1970 HD

    World peace is at stake and secret agent Twilight must undergo his most difficult mission yet—pretend to be a family man. Posing as a loving...

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  • 1970
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    6.6 1970 HD

    Mashiba Karumi is a young woman who loves dressing up. She works as a PR for interior maker "el Arco Iris" and has nearly 100,000 followers on her...

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  • 1970
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    8 1970 HD

    Achikochi Audrey is a variety show lead by the comedic duo Audrey. Every week, different guests are invited to the show to consult with Audrey on...

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  • 1970
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    7.6 1970 HD

    Suzume is a girl born to a family running a small restaurant in Gifu Prefecture. She loses her hearing in one ear from a disease. Encouraged by her...

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  • 1970
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    8 1970 HD

    Everyone has a worry or two in life. Not to mention all the anxieties of the modern world that add to our list of worries. Crazy For Me is a romantic...

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  • 1970
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    MIU404

    MIU404

    1 1970 HD

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