Ryo Kase
Ryo Kase (加瀬 亮 Kase Ryō) is a Japanese actor. He grew up in Bellevue, Washington, until he was seven. He portrayed Shimizu, one of the lower-ranked Japanese soldiers, in Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima and starred in Masayuki Suo's film I Just Didn't Do It.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.974 |
| Birthday | 1974-11-09 |
| Place of Birth | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Also Known As | かせ りょう, Рио Касе, Ryô Kase, Ryoh Kase, Ryou Kase, ریو کاسه, |
2006
Letters from Iwo Jima
7.479/2226
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who...
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Letters from Iwo Jima
2012
Making of 'Like Someone in Love'
0/0
Documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on the set of Abbas Kiarostomi's 2012 film "Like Someone in Love" with narration by the director.
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Making of 'Like Someone in Love'
2004
Cutie Honey
6.301/88
When Honey's uncle gets kidnapped by the evil criminal gang known as "Panther Claw," she must use her magical powers of transformation to save him. Me...
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Cutie Honey
2006
Hana
6.651/63
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 s...
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Hana
2005
Funky Forest: The First Contact
6.367/60
An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair...
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Funky Forest: The First Contact
2000
Party 7
6.63/23
Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the...
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Party 7
2007
I Just Didn't Do It
7.359/39
A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all th...
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I Just Didn't Do It
2008
Tokyo!
6.891/257
Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians....
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Tokyo!
2007
Glasses
7.183/41
An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
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Glasses
2003
Bright Future
6.8/53
Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.
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Bright Future
2008
10 Promises to My Dog
6.673/26
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She imm...
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10 Promises to My Dog
2003
Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri
0/0
Second installment of omnibus series Deka Matsuri. 10 films made under the conditions "The main character must be a female detective" "the film must b...
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Kaettekita! Deka Matsuri
2004
The Taste of Tea
7.484/159
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 project...
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The Taste of Tea
2010
Outrage
6.869/450
When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a bruta...
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Outrage
2008
Gu Gu, the Cat
6.6/9
Asako, a comic book artist in her early forties, is devastated by the death of her precious cat, Saba, which kept her company for over 15 years, as he...
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Gu Gu, the Cat
2023
Kubi
6.974/38
Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellio...
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Kubi
2007
Retribution
6.461/102
A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since they all are in the same vicinity and by the same...
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Retribution
2009
Instant Swamp
6.821/14
A woman finds out her father is not her real one after her mother falls into a coma while searching for a mythical creature. She decides to meet her r...
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Instant Swamp
2011
Restless
6.494/430
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
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Restless
2014
Lady Maiko
7.2/11
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent int...
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Lady Maiko
2010
About Her Brother
6.4/17
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to...
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About Her Brother
2011
Cannonball Wedlock
7.2/4
24-year-old OL Chie Ikeshita's (Yuriko Yoshitaka) motto is to try various things to enjoy life. Chie spends her time accordingly to her motto. Chie Ik...
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Cannonball Wedlock
2006
Honey and Clover
6.3/30
Adapted from the popular manga of the same name, director Masahiro Takada's coming of age drama follows five Hama Art College students as they prepare...
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Honey and Clover
2010
Sketches of Kaitan City
5.4/5
The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go...
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Sketches of Kaitan City
2006
Strawberry Shortcakes
5.6/26
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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Strawberry Shortcakes
2005
About Love
5.8/21
Three stories are told, respectively set in Tokyo, Taipei, and Shanghai. The first two stories are about a Japanese person and a Taiwanese person. The...
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About Love
2012
Like Someone in Love
6.884/268
An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her bod...
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Like Someone in Love
2009
Gravity's Clowns
7/8
On the outset, the Okunos seem like a normal happy family with father Tadashi and his two bright sons, genetics researcher Izumi and artsy Haru. When...
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Gravity's Clowns
2008
My Darling of the Mountains
6.4/6
In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo...
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My Darling of the Mountains
2012
Beyond Outrage
7.036/276
As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of t...
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Beyond Outrage
2005
Scrap Heaven
7.2/6
The lives of a young cop, a sanitation worker and a brooding pharmacist violently intersect on a bus that's hijacked by a suicidal political flunky, t...
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Scrap Heaven
2011
Tokyo Oasis
6.1/10
In Tokyo, actress Touko leaves the filming set of her latest project and comes across three people by random chance: she gives a ride to a man named N...
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Tokyo Oasis
2002
Frog River
0/0
Record shop clerk and aspiring DJ Tsutomu searches for his masculinity when challenged to a kendo duel.
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Frog River
2012
SPEC: Heaven
7.2/27
Saya Toma is a female detective with an IQ of 201. Takeru Sebumi is a career detective with a distinguished background. They work on cases by postulat...
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SPEC: Heaven
2004
Antenna
5.7/10
Yuichiro is a college student whose sister went missing 15 years ago. That traumatic event hangs over him like a pall as he wanders Japan's S&M clubs....
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Antenna
2008
Tokyo Rendezvous
5.4/5
A salaryman debates selling his grandfather's land to pay off his father's debt.
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Tokyo Rendezvous
2013
It's Me It's Me
6.179/14
Hitoshi Nagano, who works at an electronics store, picks up a cellphone left behind by a customer and goes about a scam. He calls the person's mother...
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It's Me It's Me
2013
Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story
5.889/9
Keisuke Kinoshita sits easily alongside Ozu, Kurosawa and Naruse as one of Japan’s most respected legends of cinema. Made to commemorate the centenary...
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Dawn of a Filmmaker: The Keisuke Kinoshita Story
2013
SPEC: Zero
7.9/21
High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has...
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SPEC: Zero
2010
Kaidan Horror Classics
7/2
Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.
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Kaidan Horror Classics
2013
Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
5.7/9
Laid-back baby boomer Yuichi (Ryo Iwamatsu) is a middle-aged manga artist and singer-songwriter when he isn't at his salaryman day job or watching out...
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Pecoross' Mother and Her Days
2014
Hill of Freedom
6.6/71
Kwon returns to Seoul from a restorative stay in the mountains. She is given a packet of letters left by Mori, who has come back from Japan to propose...
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Hill of Freedom
2013
SPEC: Close Reincarnation
7.2/18
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "...
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SPEC: Close Reincarnation
2013
SPEC: Close~Incarnation
7.3/19
Mysteries are revealed like the words "Simple Plan," "Third Secret of Fatima" and also the mysterious white man which are all mentioned in the movie "...
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SPEC: Close~Incarnation
2014
My Hawaiian Discovery
3.5/3
Minori Oyamada, a put-upon editor at a travel-guide publishing company, is asked by an old friend to plan her forthcoming wedding party in Hawaii. Aft...
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My Hawaiian Discovery
2005
We Shall Overcome Someday
6.2/15
Romeo, A.K.A. Kosuke Matsuyama, is a second-year high school student. A nice, normal, nonviolent type, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a ra...
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We Shall Overcome Someday
2002
Rock'n'Roll Mishin
6/1
A bored salaryman quits his mundane job to help an old friend start an indie clothing label.
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Rock'n'Roll Mishin
2001
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
7.472/271
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri...
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001
Hush!
6.1/14
Naoya and Katsuhiro are boyfriends, new in their relationship. Things are uneven at first—Naoya is open and free while Katsuhiro is cautious and close...
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Hush!
2006
Su-ki-da
7.3/24
Two youths meet in adolescence, reconnect as adults, and though both have changed drastically, their love still remains.
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Su-ki-da
2004
69
6.2/13
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, an...
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69
2003
Kakuto
0/0
A very energetic, fresh and skilful début in DV from young Tokyo actor and model. Hanging out, clubbing and drugging, a young band of friends get way...
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Kakuto
2004
Survive Style 5+
7.245/216
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
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Survive Style 5+
2004
The Motive
6.4/8
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation deepens...
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The Motive
2003
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
7.465/115
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town cla...
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When the Last Sword Is Drawn
2004
Nobody Knows
7.984/619
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning.
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Nobody Knows
2005
Female
5.6/5
'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki,...
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Female
2009
Pool
5.9/5
A story of 6 days with 5 people gathered around a small sparkling pool at Chiang Mai in Thailand. 4 years ago, Kyoko started to live in Thailand and h...
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Pool
2005
Dead Run
5.6/12
Classmates Shuji and Eri becomes friends, both young people have family problems. When Eri is taken away to Tokyo by her relatives, Shuji becomes incr...
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Dead Run
2013
Penance
7.31/42
The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she wa...
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Penance
2008
The Sky Crawlers
6.7/169
Youngsters called Kildren, who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, becaus...
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The Sky Crawlers
2014
Judge!
7.114/22
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 jud...
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Judge!
2001
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
6.793/41
Benkei, a master fighter and killer, vows never to take another life after his conversion to Buddhism. His faith in pacifism, however, is shaken and u...
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Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2008
All Around Us
7.4/17
Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure...
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All Around Us
2008
Paco and the Magical Book
6.864/22
Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness.
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Paco and the Magical Book
2010
Mother Water
6/5
Set with three central figures, "Mother Water" describes the daily lives of people near the Kamo River in Kyoto, Japan.
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Mother Water
2001
Misuzu
0/0
Tells the life story of Teru Kaneko, who was born and raised in a small coastal town. While working as a clerk in a book shop, Teru starts writing her...
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Misuzu
2008
R246 STORY
0/0
The anthology film R246 Story centers around the major Japanese highway Route 246. Originating in Chiyoda Ward's Miyakezaka district, the 122.7 kilome...
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R246 STORY
2007
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
6.5/2
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 un...
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The Invitation from Cinema Orion
2015
Our Little Sister
7.6/544
After the death of their estranged father, 3 adult sisters invite their teenaged half-sister to live with them.
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Our Little Sister
2003
North Point - Friends
0/0
Japanese TV movie from 2003
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North Point - Friends
2001
School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
0/0
"Kaibyo Densetsu" - Maki (Chizuru Ikewaki), who finds it strange that her best friend appears as a living spirit, goes to check on her. "Nanika ga Tsu...
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School Ghost Story: Mononoke Special
2015
Foujita
5.167/6
A biopic of seminal 20th century artist Leonard Foujita, a contemporary of Picasso and Modigliani, who was famous for mixing up European and Japanese...
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Foujita
2016
Japanese Girls Never Die
6.619/21
While a gang of high school girls randomly beats lone men at night, the photo of a young woman who has been declared missing is used to design a templ...
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Japanese Girls Never Die
2003
Hana
0/0
Yoichiro Nozaki, a high-achieving office worker, collapses from an aneurysm. The doctor advises immediate surgery, but the outcome is uncertain. Even...
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Hana
2006
The Passenger
2/2
Yakuza Naoki Sando discovers his daughter Hiroko in bed with his adopted son Kohji. Three years later, Kohji is working the streets as a hustler, stil...
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The Passenger
2017
March Comes In Like a Lion
6.9/22
Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by hims...
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March Comes In Like a Lion
2016
Silence
7.122/3248
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, an...
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Silence
2017
March Goes out Like a Lamb
7.1/17
The time spent between professional Shogi player Kiriyama and his three stories helps to heal his wounds. As he prepares to secure another win in an u...
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March Goes out Like a Lamb
2018
Mori, The Artist's Habitat
7.3/16
Vegetation thrives in painter Morikazu's garden, which is home to creatures that serve as models for his paintings, including numerous bugs and cats....
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Mori, The Artist's Habitat
2012
SPEC: Life
7.889/18
Set one year after the fight between detectives Saya Toma, Takeru Sebumi, and Satoshi Chii. More confrontations ensues between the detectives at the U...
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SPEC: Life
2018
Lying to Mom
6.5/8
Suzuki Koichi, a 30-something hikikomori shut-in, allows his mother to dotingly tend to his needs. When she discovers that Koichi has killed himself,...
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Lying to Mom
2016
Through Their Eyes
7/1
A compelling human drama about the growing social problems and public responsibilities regarding the welfare and ethical treatment of neglected dogs a...
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Through Their Eyes
2018
Bel Canto
5.464/137
A famous opera singer is held hostage in South America by a guerrilla rebel group after performing at a Japanese businessman's lavish birthday party....
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Bel Canto
2019
To the Ends of the Earth
6.347/59
A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her trave...
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To the Ends of the Earth
2005
Custom Made 10.30
8/2
Sisters "Manamo" and "Minamo" live separately in Hiroshima and London since the divorce of their parents. The elder sister Manamo lives in Hiroshima w...
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Custom Made 10.30
2022
The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
8.1/5
An eight-hour fiction shot for a total of twenty-seven weeks, over a period of fourteen months, in a village population forty-seven in the mountains o...
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The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)
2020
Minamata
6.947/319
War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.
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Minamata
2004
A Making of Nobody Knows
8/1
The making of the movie "Nobody Knows" by award-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda.
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A Making of Nobody Knows
2001
Hanako San
5.3/3
Short film directed by Kurosawa Kiyoshi as part of the 学校の怪談物の怪スペシャル series centered around the legend of Hanako san.
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Hanako San
2006
CHiLDREN
0/0
The bestseller based on Kotaro Isaka, starring Kenji Sakaguchi, directed by Takashi Hara! Muto, who works for a family court, is involved in a bank r...
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CHiLDREN
2007
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
0/0
Documentary on the making of Clint Eastwood's film 'Letters from Iwo Jima'.
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2004
Chicken Is Barefoot
6.5/4
A disabled child of separated parents gets caught up in police espionage due to his uncanny ability to remember license plate numbers.
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