Kotaro Shiga

Kotaro Shiga

Kotaro Shiga (志賀 廣太郎, Shiga Kōtarō, August 31, 1948 – April 20, 2020) was a Japanese actor and theater educator who was active since the 1990s until around 2020. Kotaro was born in Hyogo, Japan. He was a part-time lecturer at Toho Gakuen College of Art, majoring in theater. He was a member of Japanese theater company Seinen-dan (青年団). He was affiliated with l'être.

  • Title: Kotaro Shiga
  • Popularity: 5.303
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1948-08-31
  • Place of Birth: Hyōgo, Japan
  • Homepage: https://letre.co.jp/artist/Shiga/
  • Also Known As: Kôtarô Shiga, Kōtarō Shiga, Koutarou Shiga, しが こうたろう, 志賀 廣太郎
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Kotaro Shiga Movies

  • 2005
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    Funky Forest: The First Contact

    Funky Forest: The First Contact

    6.3 2005 HD

    An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the...

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  • 2004
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    The Taste of Tea

    The Taste of Tea

    7.4 2004 HD

    A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film...

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  • 2009
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    I Give My First Love to You

    I Give My First Love to You

    7.431 2009 HD

    Takuma knows that his life is shorter than the others and he feels that his demise is getting near. He chose to stay away from the girl that he loves...

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  • 2010
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    Wandering Home

    Wandering Home

    6.2 2010 HD

    War photjournalist Yasuyuki Tsukahara married popular manga artist Yuki Sonoda and had children. Because of Yasayuki's drinking problems the couple...

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  • 1998
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    After Life

    After Life

    7.2 1998 HD

    On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently...

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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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  • 2010
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    Sawako Decides

    Sawako Decides

    5.7 2010 HD

    After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill, she has to take over his...

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  • 2001
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    Smap Short Films

    Smap Short Films

    1 2001 HD

    Short films by top CM directors and CG creators: MUSIC POWER GO! GO! ダモン君の巻; BUS PANIC!!!; GAME SHINGO; 治療; Good-bye, cruel world;...

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  • 2018
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    Summer Blooms

    Summer Blooms

    6.5 2018 HD

    27-year-old Hatsumi Takimoto is a former teacher and now waitress. She holds a secret. Three years after her boyfriend died, she receives a letter...

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  • 2004
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    極限推理コロシアム

    極限推理コロシアム

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2012
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    Odayaka

    Odayaka

    5.7 2012 HD

    Saeko and Yukako live together in a small apartment complex in Tokyo. After the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, both live in a state of unease. Saeko, who...

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  • 2007
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    Yellow Tears

    Yellow Tears

    4.5 2007 HD

    The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up together in a tiny studio apartment in Tokyo. The...

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  • 2014
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    Judge!

    Judge!

    7.1 2014 HD

    After taking the blame for another disastrous advertising campaign, Ota Kiichiro is asked by his arrogant boss Otaki Ichiro to take his place as a...

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  • 2011
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    Love Come

    Love Come

    1 2011 HD

    a japanese love comedy

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  • 2006
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    Ryoichi & Kiyoshi

    Ryoichi & Kiyoshi

    1 2006 HD

    High school student, Ryoichi, hasn't gone to school since he injured a classmate. He kills time playing videogames alone everyday. One day, Uncle...

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  • 2013
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    Au revoir l'été

    Au revoir l'été

    6.579 2013 HD

    After failing her university entrance exam, Sakuko is invited by her aunt Mikie to spend summer vacation in a beautiful seaside town. Sakuko gets to...

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  • 2016
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    Sing My Life

    Sing My Life

    6.5 2016 HD

    Katsu (Mitsuko Baisho) is a 73-years-old woman. She often makes trouble with her biting remarks. While raising a daughter alone, Katsu was unable to...

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  • 2014
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    Rose Color's Buko

    Rose Color's Buko

    7.8 2014 HD

    Sachiko is an university student. Her nickname is Buko, because she has been negative about everything since she was young. Sachiko believes someday...

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  • 2008
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    Restaurant UFO

    Restaurant UFO

    1 2008 HD

    A high schooler who dreams of leaving her rural town for Tokyo puts out an ad for her job at her family's restaurant. Satoshi Yamaguchi directs.

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  • 2010
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    When You Love And When You Are Loved

    When You Love And When You Are Loved

    1 2010 HD

    An entry in a series focused on "love" and "erotica," in which six creators from multiple fields -- from film and TV to direct-to-video and manga --...

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  • 2017
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    Haruta & Chika

    Haruta & Chika

    7.1 2017 HD

    Haruta is handsome and smart, Chika is bright and naive. When they were children, they were friends until Haruta's family moved away while he was in...

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  • 2014
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    Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

    Seicho Matsumoto's Black Gospel

    4 2014 HD

    In 1959, a body of a flight attendant of an international airline is found, strangled. Detective Rokuro Fujisawa takes charge of the investigation...

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  • 2017
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    Gintama

    Gintama

    6.771 2017 HD

    In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.

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  • 2004
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    Survive Style 5+

    Survive Style 5+

    7.2 2004 HD

    Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

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  • 2010
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    Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo

    Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo

    1 2010 HD

    With the recession still occurring in Japan and the area of Osaka thought to be hit hardest by the economic downtown, Osaka's gubernatorial election...

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  • 2014
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    Kamen Teacher: The Movie

    Kamen Teacher: The Movie

    4.8 2014 HD

    Set in the near future of Japan with the educational system nearing collapse. To rehabilitate the lawlessness at public schools and its troubled...

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  • 2023
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    Human Comedy in Tokyo

    Human Comedy in Tokyo

    5.2 2023 HD

    'Human Comedy in Tokyo', describes ordinary everyday lives without any significant incidents. Various dialogues are elaborately woven to bring tiny...

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  • 2012
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    Theatre 1

    Theatre 1

    5 2012 HD

    Theatre 1 (Observational Film Series #3) is a feature length documentary, which closely depicts the world of Oriza Hirata, Japan's leading playwright...

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  • 2017
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    Kohaku

    Kohaku

    1 2017 HD

    Yoneda Katsumi (Nishida Toshiyuki) is a police sergeant who exudes little presence.One day, Yoneda happens to come across an article on a cafe called...

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  • 2013
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    Flower of Shanidar

    Flower of Shanidar

    5.5 2013 HD

    A strange phenomenon takes place. A beautiful flower blooms on a selected woman's body and that flower is called the "Shanidar". When the Shanidar is...

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  • 2013
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    Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special

    Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special

    6 2013 HD

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  • 2008
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    Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen

    Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen

    7 2008 HD

    In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with his life after college while competing with Kyoko's...

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  • 2017
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    Hirugao

    Hirugao

    5.339 2017 HD

    Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet...

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  • 2009
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    Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy

    Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy

    6 2009 HD

    Jiro (Jiro Sato) is a 32-year-old man who doesn't have a job. He lives at his parents' house and doesn't go outside or socialise with people. After...

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  • 2009
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    Go Find a Psychic!

    Go Find a Psychic!

    6 2009 HD

    Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party, psychics gather together to show off their abilities while...

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  • 2015
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    The Curtain Rises

    The Curtain Rises

    6.4 2015 HD

    Saori is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka begins to work at the same high school as a...

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  • 2006
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    Unfair: Code Breaking

    Unfair: Code Breaking

    7.8 2006 HD

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  • 2009
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    Okaimono

    Okaimono

    1 2009 HD

    In a quiet farming village in northeastern Japan, there lives an elderly couple. One day, a notice arrives in the mail about an antique camera sale...

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  • 2009
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    The SanMei-sama: 5 seconds before they go wow.

    The SanMei-sama: 5 seconds before they go wow.

    1 2009 HD

    The seventh in a series of sitcoms in which Matsun, Mickey and Jumbo dabble in family restaurants. Mickey receives a warning email! He has to forward...

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  • 2008
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    The SanMei-sama Spin-off: Seven quotes from the parfait old man to save you in life's pinch.

    The SanMei-sama Spin-off: Seven quotes from the parfait old man to save you in life's pinch.

    1 2008 HD

    A family restaurant late at night. The customers visiting the restaurant are faced with a variety of shurahas: marital quarrels, break-ups, love...

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  • 2008
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    The SanMei-Sama: Our Summer Wind

    The SanMei-Sama: Our Summer Wind

    1 2008 HD

    Jumbo, Matsun and Mickey are still having the same loose, delusional talk in a family restaurant late at night. Tonight, they thought they would be...

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  • 2007
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    The SanMei-Sama: With all due respect, i love you

    The SanMei-Sama: With all due respect, i love you

    1 2007 HD

    The three freelancers Mickey, Matsun and Jumbo start dabbling as usual. For some reason, the conversation turns to Sentai Mono. Their fantasies grow...

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  • 1970
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    The SanMei-sama: Spring is a crunchy bite!

    The SanMei-sama: Spring is a crunchy bite!

    1 1970 HD

    Suddenly Mickey says, ‘The era is comedy’, and the three start talking about what role they should each play as comedians (‘What...

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  • 2005
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    The SanMei-sama

    The SanMei-sama

    1 2005 HD

    A unique film in which three freelancers talk about unimportant things in a family restaurant. The fast-paced talk exchanged in a loose atmosphere is...

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  • 2006
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    Unfair

    Unfair

    7 2006 HD

    A no-nonsense detective with a reputation for pushing limits investigates a rash of brutal murders connected by a series of cryptic short stories.

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  • 2009
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    幼獣マメシバ

    幼獣マメシバ

    6 2009 HD

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  • 2006
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    Time Limit Investigator

    Time Limit Investigator

    6.7 2006 HD

    Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are...

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  • 2007
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    ハゲタカ

    ハゲタカ

    8.7 2007 HD

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  • 1990
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    Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

    Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

    9.5 1990 HD

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  • 2003
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    You are my only Madonna

    You are my only Madonna

    1 2003 HD

    Boku dake no Madonna, sometimes shortened to BokuMado, is a drama series that aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2003. In English it is often called You...

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  • 2009
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    Tokyo Dogs

    Tokyo Dogs

    7.3 2009 HD

    Kanade Takakura is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen sense of judgement but is cold and inflexible. Kanade...

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  • 2007
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    Evil People

    Evil People

    8 2007 HD

    Toyomi Terajima (Ryoko Yonekura) chose to become a nurse because she had no interest in marriage and wanted an occupation she could do for the rest...

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  • 2015
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    The God of Risk

    The God of Risk

    7 2015 HD

    Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the USA and the Japanese government. He is known as a legend in crisis...

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  • 2013
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    Kamen Teacher

    Kamen Teacher

    4.6 2013 HD

    Gota Araki begins work at a new high school. He is assigned to the school's notorious 2nd Year, Class C as their homeroom teacher. All of the...

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  • 2018
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    Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan

    Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan

    6.9 2018 HD

    The adventures of the Yorozuya gang and their friends.

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  • 2017
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    Reverse

    Reverse

    6.8 2017 HD

    Kazuhisa Fukase graduated from a prestigious university, but he leads a boring life. His only strength is making delicious coffee. Whenever he makes...

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  • 2014
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    Heisei Busaiku Salaryman

    Heisei Busaiku Salaryman

    1 2014 HD

    At the West Tokyo branch office of Pakupaku Confectionery, capable salarymen clinch successive business deals. However, nothing seems to go right for...

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  • 2012
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    Solitary Gourmet

    Solitary Gourmet

    9 2012 HD

    Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments...

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  • 2017
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    Rikuoh

    Rikuoh

    7.8 2017 HD

    Koichi Miyazawa runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese socks). He is the CEO of the fourth generation company...

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  • 2010
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    Clone Baby

    Clone Baby

    1 2010 HD

    Revolving around human cloning, the story is described as a suspense and mystery story set in a metaphorical game of "musical chairs," involving...

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  • 2013
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    dinner

    dinner

    7.5 2013 HD

    This drama follows the staff of an Italian restaurant and their everyday struggles. “Roccabianca” is a famous and popular Italian...

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  • 2011
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    Antarctica

    Antarctica

    8 2011 HD

    Set in the 1950's, a Japanese Antarctic research exploration team and 19 dogs that accompanied the team are stationed at the Showa Base in...

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  • 2019
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    Innocence, Fight Against False Charges

    Innocence, Fight Against False Charges

    6.8 2019 HD

    This work is a human drama that attorney, Taku Kurokawa challenges reversal play with weapons, passion, and science as a weapon to cause "miracle" to...

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  • 2012
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    Hana's Lazy Meals

    Hana's Lazy Meals

    7.5 2012 HD

    The story is about the daily life of a 30-year-old new wife, Hana, who cooks “Zubora Meshi”, while her husband is on a job transfer away...

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  • 2015
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    War of Money

    War of Money

    7 2015 HD

    Tomio Shiraishi graduated from a prestigious university and now works for foreign securities company. He has a beautiful fiancée, Kozue Aoike,...

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  • 2013
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    OLカナのおじさん観察日記。

    OLカナのおじさん観察日記。

    6 2013 HD

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  • 2019
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    What Did You Eat Yesterday?

    What Did You Eat Yesterday?

    7.067 2019 HD

    Kakei Shiro is a lawyer who works at a small law firm. He is a good cook and a meticulous and thrifty person who keeps the monthly food budget to...

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  • 2008
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    NHKスペシャル 沸騰都市

    NHKスペシャル 沸騰都市

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2010
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    Steel Frame

    Steel Frame

    1 2010 HD

    Sharply revealing the issue of Japanese construction industry where bid-rigging was a common practice among the giants. After working diligently for...

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  • 2011
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    The Brave 'Yoshihiko'

    The Brave 'Yoshihiko'

    7.4 2011 HD

    The story is set in an ancient time, when the whole country was covered in thick forests. A mysterious plague breaks out, resulting in countless...

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  • 2002
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    Power of Love

    Power of Love

    6 2002 HD

    Toko (Fukatsu Eri), decides after she turns 30 that she is all but ready to give up on any future career hopes or romance, so she turns to the bottle...

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  • 2016
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    Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

    Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

    7.745 2016 HD

    In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is...

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