Masanobu Ando

Masanobu Ando

Masanobu Ando  (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director. For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return. Ando has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday). Out of all of Ando's characters, he is best known for his role as Kazuo Kiriyama, the heartless, psychopathic killer in the controversial film, Battle Royale (2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01 (2003). As well as acting, Ando has been in Japanese ad campaigns for the popular Japanese snack food, Pocky, Toyota, and for DoCoMo mobile phones. In 2003, he directed his first film, Adagietto. Sehr langsam, starring Japanese actress, Kumiko Aso. The short is included in Hiroyuki Nakano's Peacedelic compilation called Short Films. In it, he also stars in the short, 県道スター (loosely translated to "Prefectural road star"). In his spare time, he enjoys photography and shopping Description above from the Wikipedia article Masanobu Ando, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Popularity : 5.57
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1975-05-19
  • Place of Birth : Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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Masanobu Ando Movies

  • 2000
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    Battle Royale

    Battle Royale

    7.289 2000 HD

    In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle...

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  • 2023
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    Rohan au Louvre

    Rohan au Louvre

    7 2023 HD

    The blackest and most evil painting in the world. In pursuit of its mystery, Rohan Kishibe, a manga artist with a special power, visits the Louvre in...

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  • 1999
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    Adrenaline Drive

    Adrenaline Drive

    7.1 1999 HD

    A gas leak explosion at a yakuza hideout provides a shy nurse and a rental car clerk with the opportunity to take a briefcase full of money. A...

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  • 1996
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    Kids Return

    Kids Return

    7.1 1996 HD

    Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time...

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  • 2022
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    My Brother, The Android And Me

    My Brother, The Android And Me

    1 2022 HD

    A lonely researcher doubting his own existence builds an android which looks exactly like himself.

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  • 2007
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    Sukiyaki Western Django

    Sukiyaki Western Django

    6.2 2007 HD

    A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.

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  • 2000
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    Monday

    Monday

    6.9 2000 HD

    A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what...

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  • 2007
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    Nightmare Detective

    Nightmare Detective

    5.9 2007 HD

    When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate.

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  • 2002
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    Drive

    Drive

    6.5 2002 HD

    Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber...

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  • 2004
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    Black Kiss

    Black Kiss

    5.3 2004 HD

    Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre...

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  • 2000
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    Space Travelers

    Space Travelers

    5.5 2000 HD

    Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the...

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  • 1999
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    Railroad Man

    Railroad Man

    6.9 1999 HD

    A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line...

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  • 2006
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    Strawberry Shortcakes

    Strawberry Shortcakes

    5.8 2006 HD

    Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.

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  • 2011
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    Smuggler

    Smuggler

    6.38 2011 HD

    To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of...

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  • 2011
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    The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

    The Butcher, the Chef, and the Swordsman

    5.3 2011 HD

    A tale of revenge, honor and greed follows a group of misfits that gets involved with a kitchen cleaver made from the top five swords of the martial...

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  • 2001
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    Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

    Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius

    6.5 2001 HD

    A young, good-hearted doctor Kenichi suffers from a rare syndrome whereby his feelings cannot be hidden. Such people are known as "satorare" and...

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  • 2003
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    SHORT FILMS

    SHORT FILMS

    1 2003 HD

    Omnibus of six short films: Return; Ken-do star; Hana to oji-san; Adagietto Sehr, langsam; Nakayoki koto wa yoki koto ka na; Slow is Beautiful. Third...

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  • 2022
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    The Setting Sun

    The Setting Sun

    6 2022 HD

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  • 2005
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    Aegis

    Aegis

    4.2 2005 HD

    The Isokaze, an Aegis-class escort vessel, sets sail on a routine training exercise, playing host to a platoon from the Fleet Training Group. No...

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  • 2000
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    Making of 'Battle Royale'

    Making of 'Battle Royale'

    1 2000 HD

    An abundance of footage from the shooting of Battle Royale and cast and crew discussions.

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  • 2001
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    Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

    Shooting Film is Battleground: Making of BATTLE ROYALE

    1 2001 HD

    The late Kinji Fukasaku directed "Battle Royale" - his 60th movie - at the age of 70. This film follows the shooting of the film.

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  • 2013
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    Petal Dance

    Petal Dance

    6.4 2013 HD

    Long-time friends Jinko and Motoko hear that their college friend Miki has jumped into the ocean. They are joined by Haraki, who Jinko happens to...

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  • 2008
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    Forever Enthralled

    Forever Enthralled

    6.2 2008 HD

    The epic story Mei Lanfang, who overcame the prejudice against artists in 1930s China to become the country's greatest opera star.

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  • 2005
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    Synesthesia

    Synesthesia

    3.5 2005 HD

    Shin is a professional voyeur who provides live camera feeds of everything from the street corner to the public toilet. He is also afflicted freakish...

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  • 2024
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    The Yin-Yang Master Zero

    The Yin-Yang Master Zero

    5.2 2024 HD

    During the Heian period, Seimei Abe trains in magic but lacks interest, until a collaboration with Hiromasa Minamoto arises to solve a strange...

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  • 2022
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    Thousand and One Nights

    Thousand and One Nights

    6.5 2022 HD

    Tomiko, a middle-aged woman, waits patiently for her husband, who disappeared thirty years ago, to return. She lives alone in a declining fishing...

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  • 2011
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    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag

    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag

    7.3 2011 HD

    An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive,...

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  • 2006
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    Sakuran

    Sakuran

    6.4 2006 HD

    Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwara District, navigating brothel politics...

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  • 2001
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    Red Shadow

    Red Shadow

    4.8 2001 HD

    The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and...

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  • 2011
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    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge

    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge

    8.1 2011 HD

    After the uprising at Wushe, Mona Rudao faces a guerrilla war against the militarily superior Japanese and Seediq clans. He and his followers must...

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  • 2003
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    Karaoke Terror

    Karaoke Terror

    6 2003 HD

    One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down...

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  • 2006
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    Green Mind, Metal Bats

    Green Mind, Metal Bats

    6.6 2006 HD

    The film follows Nanba, a shunned outcast who doesn’t have a girlfriend, any money or prospects, a turnaround from his glory days in high...

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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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  • 2002
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    Tokyo 10+01

    Tokyo 10+01

    5.5 2002 HD

    A group of 11 criminals are trapped in a warehouse with bracelets. The 11 learn that they are part of a game where the prize is 3 million yen and a...

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  • 2006
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    Crickets

    Crickets

    7 2006 HD

    Kaoru, a wealthy woman whose youth is fading, abandons the hustle and bustle of the city to live a peaceful life in a house on the coast. There she...

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  • 1998
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    Innocent World

    Innocent World

    1 1998 HD

    High school student Ami was born through a fertilization technique. Her brother is developmentally challenged and is immature for his age. They go on...

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  • 2015
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    No No Sleep

    No No Sleep

    6.2 2015 HD

    In 2015, Tsai Ming-Liang was once again invited by the Hong Kong International Film Festival to make the opening short film. This time, he selected...

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  • 2024
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    City Hunter

    City Hunter

    6.495 2024 HD

    An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to investigate his...

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  • 2012
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    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

    Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

    1 2012 HD

    [INTERNATIONAL VERSION] Mouna Rudo was born and raised among the Seediq people, an indigenous tribe in Taiwan, and as he grew to be a man he became...

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  • 2024
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    Stay Mum

    Stay Mum

    1 2024 HD

    Chisako Satoya, a writer, and her father, Kozo, had a long-standing feud and had been living apart for a long time. However now that Kozo, who lives...

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  • 2015
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    Gonin Saga

    Gonin Saga

    5.1 2015 HD

    Seiji is a third generation "Gosei kai" gang member. He works to build up the group's strength. Meanwhile, a journalist investigates a case that...

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  • 2016
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    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation

    6 2016 HD

    Izumi Hoshi is senior in high school, but she led a small yakuza group in her past. After killing her uncle's murderer with a machine gun, her yakuza...

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  • 2016
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    Sadako vs. Kayako

    Sadako vs. Kayako

    5.5 2016 HD

    A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two...

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  • 2016
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    Kokoro

    Kokoro

    6 2016 HD

    After her brother's death, Alice leave France for Japan and takes refuge in a small village just above the cliffs. Her brother Nathan said to her...

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  • 2021
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    Sakura,

    Sakura,

    1 2021 HD

    A short film by Masanobu Ando.

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  • 2017
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    An Emblem Dedicated To You

    An Emblem Dedicated To You

    3 2017 HD

    Kazuya Takajo was a promising soccer player. At the age of 23, he was selected for the national A football team and he bought a house to live with...

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  • 2016
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    Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

    Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

    6.6 2016 HD

    A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to...

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  • 2018
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    Code Blue: The Movie

    Code Blue: The Movie

    6.7 2018 HD

    A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians...

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  • 2018
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    Still Life of Memories

    Still Life of Memories

    4.2 2018 HD

    Haruma is an up-and-coming photographer who is getting full exposure at a photo exhibition in a Tokyo photo gallery. Rei, a beautiful curator at the...

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  • 2019
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    Day and Night

    Day and Night

    5.6 2019 HD

    A man suicides causing ruin for his family, reasons are unknown, but his son will decide to take revenge after a succesion of events.

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  • 2018
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    Lenses on Her Heart

    Lenses on Her Heart

    1 2018 HD

    Akemi is unable to get over the death of his girlfriend, but a book leads to his encounter with Akane, a woman with a wonderful smile. He gradually...

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  • 2000
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    School Ghost Story: Curse Special

    School Ghost Story: Curse Special

    9.8 2000 HD

    Japanese horror film with four segments.

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  • 1996
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    Making-of Kids Return

    Making-of Kids Return

    6 1996 HD

    Making of Takeshi Kitano's movie Kids Return.

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  • 2013
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    Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope

    Self-Bondage: All Tied Up with My Own Rope

    1 2013 HD

    Yuria discovered the pleasure of tying herself up in her university days, and resumes the pursuit in order to relieve work stress. She starts a blog...

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  • 2016
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    A Flower Aflame

    A Flower Aflame

    6 2016 HD

    When Sonoko enters a traditional Japanese arranged marriage with Amamiya facilitated by her parents the resulting union is loveless including the...

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  • 2006
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    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    6.4 2006 HD

    An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling,...

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  • 2021
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    THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

    THE FABLE: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

    7.1 2021 HD

    Akira is the legendary killer known as the Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner,...

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  • 1993
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    Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

    Rex: A Dinosaur's Story

    5 1993 HD

    A young girl befriends an infant T-rex after her palentologist father nurtures a lair of lost dinosaur eggs.

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  • 2021
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    Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

    Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

    7.673 2021 HD

    Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who...

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  • 2021
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    ZOKKI

    ZOKKI

    7.3 2021 HD

    Five loosely connected storylines concerning the secrets and lies, the fears and tears, and the puerile potty jokes that punctuate the characters'...

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  • 2003
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    SHORT FILMS

    SHORT FILMS

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2021
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    Sakura,

    Sakura,

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1998
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    When the Saints Go Marching In

    When the Saints Go Marching In

    10 1998 HD

    Exploring the perception and treatment of mentally-challenged youth and their similarities to juvenile delinquents in Japanese society, this drama...

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  • 2021
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    The Ideal Man

    The Ideal Man

    7.7 2021 HD

    A man ten years younger, and a man of the same age appeared in front of our heroines, who had taken a break from love. A coworker, a husband, a...

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  • 1998
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    Blue Days

    Blue Days

    8 1998 HD

    Abandoned by his mother and having had to fend for himself, Ryuu is one of many Japanese youths that have turned to a life of petty crime in order to...

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  • 1997
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    Tomodachi no Koibito

    Tomodachi no Koibito

    1 1997 HD

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  • 2008
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    Code Blue

    Code Blue

    7.5 2008 HD

    Four young physicians are assigned to the “Doctor Helicopter” system, the latest medical system where a medical team is dispatched to the...

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  • 2022
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    Gossip

    Gossip

    7.2 2022 HD

    Ririko Seko (Kuroki Haru), who works in the accounting department of a major publishing company, Kusunoki Publishing, is not very good at...

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  • 2022
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    Fishbowl Wives

    Fishbowl Wives

    6.203 2022 HD

    Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse...

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  • 2023
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    My Second Aoharu

    My Second Aoharu

    7 2023 HD

    Shiratama Sayako has never experienced much good luck. Since she was a child, she dreamed of becoming an architect. She studied hard, but she...

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  • 2019
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    それを愛とまちがえるから

    それを愛とまちがえるから

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2022
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    Pandora's Fruit

    Pandora's Fruit

    7 2022 HD

    Kohiruimaki Yuichi is a police officer who established the "Science Crime Countermeasures Office", a department that specializes in issues related to...

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  • 2019
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    Voice

    Voice

    5.8 2019 HD

    Shogo Higuchi (Toshiaki Karasawa) is a detective whose wife was murdered by a serial killer. Hikari Tachibana (Yoko Maki) is a voice profiler whose...

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  • 2016
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    シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

    シリーズ・横溝正史短編集

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

    Koi no sanriku ressha kon de iko!

    6 2016 HD

    A heartwarming romantic drama set in Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture. The story revolves around Yukari, a city hall employee who hosts a...

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  • 2020
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    The Ship of Theseus

    The Ship of Theseus

    7.2 2020 HD

    At the age of 10, Shin Tamura’s happy family life was torn apart when his policeman father was sentenced to death and imprisoned for murder....

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  • 2018
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    Love and Fortune

    Love and Fortune

    6.7 2018 HD

    Wako Taira is 31 years old. She works part-time at a cinema close to her home. Her boyfriend is Fu-kun and they have lived together for three years....

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  • 2024
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    Destiny

    Destiny

    5.429 2024 HD

    When an estranged friend resurfaces after 12 years, a prosecutor starts connecting disjointed events to unveil the truth behind her father's tragic...

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  • 2012
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    Keigo Higashino Mysteries

    Keigo Higashino Mysteries

    6.7 2012 HD

    11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories.

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  • 2019
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    Cheers to Miki Clinic

    Cheers to Miki Clinic

    1 2019 HD

    Tsukumo Katsumi is a surgeon who lost his job after causing the death of a patient in a medical mishap. He comes to work for Miki Clinic on the...

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  • 2021
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    Tokyo Houchi Shokudou

    Tokyo Houchi Shokudou

    7.3 2021 HD

    Mano Hideko is a former judge who left Tokyo after getting tired of judging people. She traveled 120km south to an island called Oshima. There, she...

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  • 2024
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    House of the Owl

    House of the Owl

    6.8 2024 HD

    At the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and business heads through some of Japan's biggest scandals,...

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  • 2018
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    Black Scandal

    Black Scandal

    1 2018 HD

    Sara Fujisaki is a top actress who is getting married soon. The media suddenly falsely claims that she is having an affair. Although she doesn't...

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  • 2020
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    DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-

    DIVER -Special Investigation Unit-

    5 2020 HD

    The spread of criminal organisations around the city is out of control - Kyoto police are forced to take action. A special task force has been set up...

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  • 2019
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    Your Turn To Kill

    Your Turn To Kill

    7.5 2019 HD

    Nana and Shota are a newlywed couple and Nana is 15 years older than Shota. Nana works as a designer and Shota works as a gym trainer. They both...

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  • 2020
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    The Sun Does Not Move

    The Sun Does Not Move

    7.7 2020 HD

    Kazuhiko Takano is an agent for spy organizatoin "AN Tsuushin." His rookie partner is Ryoichi Taoka and they sneak into the International City Fair,...

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