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Akira Emoto

Old good "Emo-chan" of modern Japanese cinema. Emo's father was a close friend of legendary episode player Taji Tonoyama in elementary school days. His mother's grandfather ran a shamisen store in Ginza, Tokyo. Both parents like movies and theaters. After graduating from Machinery Department of Tokyo Industrial High School, Emoto got a job at a trading company. However, he became an actor and became a student of the acting classes of the theater company "Marui", which is headed by Nobuo Kaneko, and met Yusaku Matsuda who was in the same class. In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dr. Akagi. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Dotonbori River and Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born3 November 1948 (age 77)
  • Place of BirthChūō, Tokyo, Japan

Akira Emoto

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Old good "Emo-chan" of modern Japanese cinema. Emo's father was a close friend of legendary episode player Taji Tonoyama in elementary school days. His mother's grandfather ran a shamisen store in Ginza, Tokyo. Both parents like movies and theaters. After graduating from Machinery Department of Tokyo Industrial High School, Emoto got a job at a trading company. However, he became an actor and became a student of the acting classes of the theater company "Marui", which is headed by Nobuo Kaneko, and met Yusaku Matsuda who was in the same class. In 1999, he won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Dr. Akagi. He also won the award for best supporting actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award for Dotonbori River and Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born3 November 1948 (age 77)
  • Place of BirthChūō, Tokyo, Japan
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Muromachi Burai
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The Boy and the Dog
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2024
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Maru
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2024
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Umami
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2023
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Hard Days
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Goal of the Sky
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September 1923
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Touken Ranbu 2
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The Innocent Game
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Shylock's Children
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Yudo: The Way of the Bath
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Egoist
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Ripples
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Do Unto Others
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Noise
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2022
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The Setting Sun
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Wandering
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海の見える理髪店
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No Place to Go
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A Man
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Girls, Guns and Gangsters: Shinji Somai & Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
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2021
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祈り ―幻に長崎を想う刻―
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2021
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Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai
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2021
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The Great Yokai War: Guardians
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2021
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The End of the Tiny World
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2021
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空蝉の森
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2021
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Nosari: Impermanent Eternity
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2020
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Living in the Sky
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7.3
2020
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Underdog: Part One
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2020
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Stardust Over The Town
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6.0
2020
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I Never Shot Anyone
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2020
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Wonderful Paradise
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6.7
2020
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Underdog: Part Two
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6.0
2020
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BON-UTA, A Song from Home
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7.2
2019
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Iwane: Sword of Serenity
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7.7
2019
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Castle of Sand
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8.7
2019
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They Say Nothing Stays the Same
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6.8
2019
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The Promised Land
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6.4
2019
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Show Me the Way to the Station
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6.7
2019
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Godot of the Emotos
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2019
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It Feels So Good
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6.5
2019
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Finding Light at the Darkness Festival
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2019
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Color Me True
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7.6
2018
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Evil and The Mask
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7.2
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Shoplifters
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7.856
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Recall
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6.8
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Oz Land
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7.2
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Lu Over the Wall
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Mukoku
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Random Lives
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2017
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Neko Ninja
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Kodokunogurume ōmisoka supesharu ~ tabe-osame! Setouchi shutchō-hen ~
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The Dog Bridegroom
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2017
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The Mohican Comes Home
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6.1
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Shin Godzilla
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7.191
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Black Widow Business
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8.5
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Shippu Rondo
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A Living Promise
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A Grain of Wheat
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2016
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Sniper
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2016
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Survival Family
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2016
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Living Rights
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2015
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Journey to the Shore
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6.5
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Vampire in Love
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7.0
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GARO -Gold Storm- Sho
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7.4
2015
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The Big Bee
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5.9
2015
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The Pearls of the Stone Man
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8.3
2015
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A Woman from Ashio
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9.0
2014
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Wood Job!
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7.385
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0.5 mm
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2014
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Oh! Father
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5.5
2014
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Cold
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2014
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Time Trip App
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6.0
2014
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A House on a Hill
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2014
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Sleeping Forest
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2014
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Banana, Gloves and Whale Shark
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2013
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Unforgiven
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Yellow Elephant
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The War and a Woman
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4.2
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Present for You
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2013
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Fly, Dakota, Fly!
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2013
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The Life of Budori Gusuko
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6.7
2012
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One Day in January
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2012
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Ace Attorney
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Humanoid Monster, Bem
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A Sower of Seeds
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2012
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Casting Blossoms to the Sky
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6.6
2012
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In His Chart
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4.889
2011
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Karate-Robo Zaborgar
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5.9
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Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
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6.5
2011
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Life Back Then
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4.8
2011
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Ninja Kids!!!
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5.8
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A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. & Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
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Shikei Kijun
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A Crowd of Three
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4.9
2010
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Villain
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6.61
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Sakurada Gate Incident
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Golden Slumber
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Haru's Journey
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6.5
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Cast Me If You Can
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The Lightning Tree
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Postcard
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After the Flowers
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A Lone Scalpel
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6.4
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Heaven's Story
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Elevator to the Gallows
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2010
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Hutch the Honeybee
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4.667
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Rain Fall
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4.593
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April Bride
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John Rabe
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Asahiyama Zoo Story: Penguins in the Sky
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Yona Yona Penguin
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Boku to Mama No Kiiroi Jitensha
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ICHI
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The Chasing World
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Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
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The Taste of Fish
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The Most Beautiful Night In The World
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All Around Us
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The Cycling Genius Is Coming!
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Teacher and Three Children
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Happy Flight
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6.3
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Starfish Hotel
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The Shadow Spirit
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The Go Master
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Tokyo Towers: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad
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Life Can Be So Wonderful
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Three for the Road
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Prodigy
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The Happiness
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Memories of Matsuko
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It's Only Talk
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Japan Sinks
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The Summer of Stickleback
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The Great Yokai War
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The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
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For the coming day
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Scrap Heaven
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Love Is Five Seven Five
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Tetsujin 28: The Movie
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The Motive
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6.4
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The Lakeside Murder Case
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River of First Love
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Moon and Cherry
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6.0
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Drugstore Girl
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5.2
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The Hunter and the Hunted
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Winning Pass
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Zebraman
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Takada Wataru Teki
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Zatoichi
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Worst by Chance
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Owl
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Farewell, Kuro
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Doppelganger
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Hana
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Teacher's suitcase
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7.0
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Samurai Resurrection
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KT
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2002
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Barber's Sorrow
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11’09”01—September 11
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6.4
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Turn
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6.8
2001
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Kaza-hana
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5.813
2001
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Waterboys
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6.6
2001
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The City of Lost Souls
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6.2
2000
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The Whispered City
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9.0
2000
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Nagisa
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7.2
2000
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Another Heaven
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6.061
2000
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Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
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5.9
1999
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Will to Live
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6.3
1999
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Round About Midnight
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6.8
1999
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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
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1999
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Dr. Akagi
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6.6
1998
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Love Letter
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1998
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The Eel
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6.93
1997
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Abduction
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1997
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Body and Soul
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1.0
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The Key
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4.857
1997
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The Rainbow Seeker
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Free and Easy 8
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7.5
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Shall We Dance?
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7.307
1996
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Maborosi
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7.4
1995
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Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
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6.824
1994
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The Friends
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7.2
1994
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Sky Cannot Be This Blue
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1993
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Private Lessons II
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2.5
1993
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I Can Hear the Duck Singing
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1993
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When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
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6.667
1993
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Sumo Do, Sumo Don't
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6.6
1992
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Manhattan Kiss
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1992
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Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
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2.0
1992
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The Last Frankenstein
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6.0
1991
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Dance till Tomorrow
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1991
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Goodbye Mama
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1991
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A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
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1991
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Betrayal tomorrow
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Roar of the Crowd
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1990
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Maria's Stomach
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1990
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Universal Laws
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Beijing Watermelon
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1989
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Fancy Dance
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6.8
1989
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Battle Heater
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7.2
1989
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Tora-san Goes to Vienna
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8.0
1989
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Harimao
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8.0
1989
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Mottomo Abunai Deka
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8.0
1989
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The Silk Road
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1988
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Angel Guts: Red Vertigo
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6.045
1988
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The Yen Family
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5.9
1988
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Revolver
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1988
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The Great Department Store Robbery
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1987
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The Heartbreak Yakuza
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1987
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Bedtime Eyes
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3.3
1987
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A Tale of Young Elopement
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1987
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I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
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1985
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Capone Cries a Lot
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5.7
1985
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The Second Is a Christian
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5.0
1985
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Congratulatory Speech
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1985
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Location
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8.0
1984
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Make-Up
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1984
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Double Bed
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5.4
1983
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Legend of the Cat Monster
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1983
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Amagi Pass
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6.7
1983
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Lovers Lost
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7.1
1982
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The Man from Shimizu
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1982
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Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
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8.0
1982
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Suspicion
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6.7
1982
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Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
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1981
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Disciples of Hippocrates
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6.4
1980
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Fujio Akatsuka's Gag Porno: In the Mood Once Again
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6.9
1979
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Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
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1979
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Shimo-ochiai Yakitori Movie
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1979