Hiroko Yakushimaru

Hiroko Yakushimaru

After passing the audition for the film produced by Haruki Kadokawa, she began her acting career. Along with teen idols Tomoyo Harada and Noriko Watanabe who debuted from Kadokawa Haruki Corporation, she was often dubbed as one of "Kadokawa Sannin-musume" in her early career. Yakushimaru made her acting debut in the 1978 movie Never Give Up. In 1981, she came into prominence with Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, the film where she played the leading role. She also recorded the same-titled theme song for the film, which hit No. 1 on Oricon in late 1981, and stayed there until January 18, 1982. Since rising to fame, Yakushimaru has gained success as both an actress and a pop singer, mainly during the 1980s. She had also worked as a prolific recording artist until her marriage with Kōji Tamaki, the leader of the band Anzen Chitai.

  • Title: Hiroko Yakushimaru
  • Popularity: 5.949
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1964-06-09
  • Place of Birth: Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: 药师丸博子
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Hiroko Yakushimaru Movies

  • 2007
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    Glasses

    Glasses

    7 2007 HD

    An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.

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  • 2019
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    Black School Rules

    Black School Rules

    6.7 2019 HD

    Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is an unpredictable character that often...

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  • 1978
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    Never Give Up

    Never Give Up

    5.7 1978 HD

    Special forces officer Ajisawa leaves his paramilitary group to take care of his newly-adopted daughter, Yoriko: the sole survival of a bloodbath for...

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  • 2005
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    Always - Sunset on Third Street

    Always - Sunset on Third Street

    7.4 2005 HD

    Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's family. Neighbors Hiromi, writer Chagawa with admirer...

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  • 2007
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    Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

    Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

    6.8 2007 HD

    Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with...

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  • 2007
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    Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust

    Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust

    5.8 2007 HD

    It's 2007 and the Japanese Ministry of Finance have calculated that the economy will collapse in two years' time. They intend to prevent this by...

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  • 2010
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    Hanamizuki

    Hanamizuki

    7.5 2010 HD

    A young girl tries to maintain a long-distance relationship with an aspiring fisherman.

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  • 2005
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    Princess Raccoon

    Princess Raccoon

    5.5 2005 HD

    Amechiyo (the banished prince) falls in love with Tanukihime (a princess of raccoon dog disguised as human). This is an operetta which includes...

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  • 1997
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    Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

    Magnitude: Bridge to Tomorrow

    1 1997 HD

    A drama about a father and his son centered around the Great Hanshin earthquake.

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  • 1981
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    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

    6.898 1981 HD

    A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

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  • 1983
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    Legend of the Eight Samurai

    Legend of the Eight Samurai

    5.8 1983 HD

    The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess...

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  • 2022
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    Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021

    Live at GLORIA CHAPEL 2021

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1979
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    G.I. Samurai

    G.I. Samurai

    6.05 1979 HD

    A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai...

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  • 2011
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    Wasao

    Wasao

    6.8 2011 HD

    Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao...

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  • 2002
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    Fan of Hong Kong star

    Fan of Hong Kong star

    1 2002 HD

    The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a famous French shoe brand. The protagonist is...

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  • 2008
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    Be yourself

    Be yourself

    1 2008 HD

    Yasushi and Yuka, who have both lost their spouses in the past, are brought together by fate and lead a happy life together, blessed with two...

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  • 2019
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    絆のペダル

    絆のペダル

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2022
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    Tonbi

    Tonbi

    7.3 2022 HD

    Yasuo (Hiroshi Abe) grew up as an orphan. He married a woman he loved and they had a son Akira (later played by Takumi Kitamura). Yasuo's life seemed...

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  • 1987
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    Hoshi Kikou

    Hoshi Kikou

    1 1987 HD

    Hiroko Yakushimaru live performance 1987

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  • 1990
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    Heart's Delivery

    Heart's Delivery

    1 1990 HD

    1990 Concert

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  • 1992
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    Twinkle

    Twinkle

    4.3 1992 HD

    Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is...

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  • 1983
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    Detective Story

    Detective Story

    6.2 1983 HD

    Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard...

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  • 2004
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    The Lakeside Murder Case

    The Lakeside Murder Case

    6.4 2004 HD

    Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance...

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  • 2009
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    A Good Husband

    A Good Husband

    5 2009 HD

    The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a...

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  • 2006
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    Arigatou

    Arigatou

    1 2006 HD

    In the early morning of January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck, and Tadao Furuichi (Hidekazu Akai), who was running a camera...

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  • 1989
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    READY! LADY

    READY! LADY

    1 1989 HD

    Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She...

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  • 1984
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    The Tragedy of “W”

    The Tragedy of “W”

    7.6 1984 HD

    A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron...

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  • 1984
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    Main Theme

    Main Theme

    5.964 1984 HD

    A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.

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  • 1980
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    Dreamy Fifteen

    Dreamy Fifteen

    6.286 1980 HD

    Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrolls in a prestigious high school...

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  • 1990
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    Tasmania Story

    Tasmania Story

    9 1990 HD

    Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by...

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  • 2015
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    Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island

    Sinbad - The Flying Princess and the Secret Island

    7.3 2015 HD

    Sinbad: Sora Tobu Hime to Himitsu no Shima is an upcoming Japanese animated family adventure film inspired by Arabian Nights. The film is produced by...

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  • 2007
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    1 Litre Of Tears SP

    1 Litre Of Tears SP

    4 2007 HD

    The Story of the 1 Litre of Tears special takes place after the events in the main drama. The Special takes the view of Asou Haruto who is...

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  • 2013
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    Amachan

    Amachan

    1 2013 HD

    Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo moves to the Sanriku Coast in the Tohoku region to become a female diver. She becomes a local idol, then...

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  • 2008
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    Nadeshiko Tai

    Nadeshiko Tai

    1 2008 HD

    The story is set in Chiran, Kagoshima, the site of a secret base used to launch kamikaze missions during the war. At the time, a group of young girls...

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  • 2010
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    Dr. Hisayoshi Suma

    Dr. Hisayoshi Suma

    5 2010 HD

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  • 2024
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    Last Mile

    Last Mile

    7 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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  • 2015
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    Aka Medaka

    Aka Medaka

    7.9 2015 HD

    One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was...

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  • 2016
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    Fuji Family

    Fuji Family

    1 2016 HD

    At the foot of Mt Fuji, there is a small old-fashioned shop ‘Fuji Family’ that is a convenience store in name only. It is run by three...

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  • 2012
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    Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

    Always: Sunset on Third Street '64

    6.7 2012 HD

    The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is...

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  • 2024
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    Blue Period

    Blue Period

    8 2024 HD

    Yatora is the perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an effortless performance, and, ultimately… a dull one....

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  • 2009
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    The Homeless Student 2

    The Homeless Student 2

    1 2009 HD

    Sequel to the 2008 film.

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  • 1990
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    Let's Go to the Hospital

    Let's Go to the Hospital

    6 1990 HD

    When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip...

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  • 1981
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    School in the Crosshairs

    School in the Crosshairs

    5.7 1981 HD

    Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to...

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  • 1985
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    Like a Savage

    Like a Savage

    5 1985 HD

    Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

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  • 1986
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    The Gentlemen’s Alliance

    The Gentlemen’s Alliance

    1 1986 HD

    Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.

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  • 2017
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    The 8-Year Engagement

    The 8-Year Engagement

    7.353 2017 HD

    Hisashi and Mai are a happy couple in their 20s who are engaged to be married. But three months before their wedding, Mai becomes seriously ill. Her...

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  • 2017
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    Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

    Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

    7.2 2017 HD

    Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a...

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  • 1988
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    Downtown Heroes

    Downtown Heroes

    8.4 1988 HD

    The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.

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  • 2018
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    Café Funiculi Funicula

    Café Funiculi Funicula

    6.663 2018 HD

    Kazu works at "Funiculi Funicula" cafe. There is a mysterious rumour that if a customer takes a specific seat at the cafe, that customer can travel...

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  • 2006
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    Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series

    Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series

    6.7 2006 HD

    After terminally ill Bussan finally passes away he misses hanging out with his still living friends and decides to return to Kisarazu. In his ghost...

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  • 2003
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    Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series

    Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series

    5.9 2003 HD

    When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called...

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  • 2017
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    Fuji Family New Year Special 2017

    Fuji Family New Year Special 2017

    1 2017 HD

    here is a small old-fashioned shop called ‘Fuji Family’ at the foot of Mt Fuji that is a convenience store in name only. It is run by...

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  • 2013
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    The Stork Nest

    The Stork Nest

    7 2013 HD

    A small clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture begins accepting anonymous drop-offs of unwanted newborn babies at a residential building. The name of the...

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  • 1993
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    Nurse Call

    Nurse Call

    5.3 1993 HD

    A drama about a nurse starring Hiroko Yakushimaru

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  • 1980
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    Toward the Terra

    Toward the Terra

    6.3 1980 HD

    A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.

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  • 2008
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    Sing Salmon Sing

    Sing Salmon Sing

    5.6 2008 HD

    High school student Kasumi Ogino is a member of the school choir and after years of praise for her singing voice thinks she is the absolute...

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  • 2016
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    Yuriko's Picture Book

    Yuriko's Picture Book

    1 2016 HD

    Onodera Yuriko sets off for Sweden where her husband, Major General Onodera Makoto, is stationed as a military attache in Stockholm during World War...

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  • 1986
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    Cabaret

    Cabaret

    4.7 1986 HD

    A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist...

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  • 2012
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    I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair

    I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair

    8 2012 HD

    (I will Soar to the Skies in my Wheelchair ) Hasebe Yasuyuki is living his life carelessly alone in his apartment, until one day, he jumps from the...

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  • 2006
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    Aogeba Tôtoshi

    Aogeba Tôtoshi

    5.5 2006 HD

    Mortality and death seen through the eyes of a lonely student who has an morbid and albeit naive fascination with death. His teacher, Koichi is also...

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  • 2005
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    Tetsujin 28: The Movie

    Tetsujin 28: The Movie

    6 2005 HD

    One of the true classic's of anime's much-loved robot genre.

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  • 2021
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    Riverside Mukolitta

    Riverside Mukolitta

    6.5 2021 HD

    A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.

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  • 1970
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    薬師丸ひろ子 35th Anniversary Best Songs 1981-2017 ~Live in 春日大社~

    薬師丸ひろ子 35th Anniversary Best Songs 1981-2017 ~Live in 春日大社~

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2023
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    薬師丸ひろ子 40th Anniversary Tour 2022 ~アナタノコトバ~

    薬師丸ひろ子 40th Anniversary Tour 2022 ~アナタノコトバ~

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1989
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    READY! LADY

    READY! LADY

    1 1989 HD

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  • 2002
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    Kisarazu Cat's Eye

    Kisarazu Cat's Eye

    6.556 2002 HD

    Kisarazu Cat's Eye is a humorous Japanese television show and movie series. To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies: Kisarazu Cat's...

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  • 2005
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    1 Litre of Tears

    1 Litre of Tears

    8.4 2005 HD

    1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15,...

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  • 2015
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    The Gutsy Frog

    The Gutsy Frog

    1 2015 HD

    Live-action version of the popular 70's japanese manga and anime, "Dokonjô Gaeru". In this version, Hiroshi, Kyôko, and the rest of the...

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  • 2002
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    Mama no Idenshi

    Mama no Idenshi

    1 2002 HD

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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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  • 2021
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    Dearest

    Dearest

    7 2021 HD

    Rio Sanada is the president of "Sanada Wellness" and an up-and-coming businesswoman who is selected as one of the "100 people in their 30s who will...

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  • 2013
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    Amachan

    Amachan

    8.3 2013 HD

    Amachan is the 88th 2013 NHK asadora written by Kankuro Kudo (Tiger and Dragon, Unobore Deka). It's about Amano Aki (Nounen Rena), a 16 year old girl...

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  • 2023
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    Passion for Punchlines

    Passion for Punchlines

    8.667 2023 HD

    May 31, 2021—as COVID-19 continued to spread, Masayasu Wakabayashi and Ryota Yamasato were on stage in front of an empty house getting ready...

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  • 2010
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    Detective Lovesick

    Detective Lovesick

    7 2010 HD

    He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had his heart broken by the sudden flight of a fiancee...

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  • 2018
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    Unnatural

    Unnatural

    8.4 2018 HD

    Mikoto Misumi is a pathologist at UDI (Unnatural Death Investigation) Lab. She can't stand neglecting unnatural deaths and believes there must be a...

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  • 1970
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    The Kingdom of Ingredients

    The Kingdom of Ingredients

    8 1970 HD

    Every day, we spend time considering what to eat or how to prepare different kinds of ingredients to fit our daily needs. Each ingredient has story,...

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  • 2013
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    Carry On! Hara-chan!

    Carry On! Hara-chan!

    7 2013 HD

    Echizen, who is a modest woman, works at a fish cake plant. Instead of keeping a diary, she draws cartoons of "Nakuna, Harachan" on her notebook...

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  • 2011
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    The Full Throttle Girl

    The Full Throttle Girl

    7.4 2011 HD

    Devoted to becoming an international lawyer, Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. Her hard work pays off when she lands a job at an international law...

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  • 2022
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    Lost Man Found

    Lost Man Found

    7.9 2022 HD

    Satoru Matsudo moves to Tokyo in hopes of becoming an actor. He has trouble breaking into the industry, but his luck begins to change when he finds...

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  • 2020
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    Yell

    Yell

    7.5 2020 HD

    NHK's 102nd morning drama depicts the life of a famous composer. Koyama Yuichi with his wife Oto. They meet each other through music and overcome...

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  • 2014
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    Back of Father

    Back of Father

    8 2014 HD

    A 10-part omnibus drama by 10 different scriptwriters on the theme of fathers and their sons and daughters.

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