Hiroaki Murakami

Hiroaki Murakami

Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as Hiroshi Tsukuba in Skyrider. Hiroaki appeared in a lot of jidaigeki television dramas. He appeared the NHK jidaigeki On'yado Kawasemi in 1980–81, and in a new series Shin On'yado Kawasemi in 1997. He appeared in Hissatsu series Hissatsu Shigotonin V as the florist-turned-blacksmith named Masa, and as a repeating character in Series and popularity. Five Taiga drama roles are among his credits. They are in Haru no Hatō (1985), Kōsaka Masanobu in Takeda Shingen (1988), Fujiwara no Kiyohira in Homura Tatsu (1993), Akechi Mitsuhide in Hideyoshi (1996), and Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu in Genroku Ryōran (1999). In the annual TV Tokyo New Year's spectacular, he portrayed Sasaki Kojirō in Miyamoto Musashi (1990), Kira no Nikichi in Jirōchō Sangokushi (1991), Yagyū Jūbei in Tokugawa Bugeichō Yagyū Sandai no Ken (1993), and Araki Mataemon in Tenka Sōran Tokugawa Sandai no Inbō (2006). Among the jidaigeki series he has starred in are Hatchōbori no Shichinin (2000-06), Zenigata Heiji (2004-05), Yagyū Jūbei Nanaban Shōbu (2005–07), and Shikaku Ukeoinin (2007). Additionally, he portrayed Oda Nobunaga in Taikōki Tenka o Neratta Otoko: Hideyoshi" (2006). He has appeared in more than fifteen films, including several in the Kamen Rider and " franchises. Further films to his credit include Gokudō no Onnatachi 2", Juliet Game" and Iron Maze" (In a Grove).

  • Title: Hiroaki Murakami
  • Popularity: 4.724
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1956-12-22
  • Place of Birth: Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
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Hiroaki Murakami Movies

  • 2008
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    Gu Gu, the Cat

    Gu Gu, the Cat

    6.8 2008 HD

    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...

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  • 2010
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    GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell

    GeishaCop: Fearsome Geisha Corps - Go to Hell

    1 2010 HD

    Spin-off short film to RoboGeisha, A woman infiltrates Kageno Steel Manufacturers to unravel their plot to take over Japan.

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  • 1994
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    Dark hunter

    Dark hunter

    1 1994 HD

    Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name...

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  • 1991
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    Iron Maze

    Iron Maze

    4.4 1991 HD

    In Corinth, a dying town 15 miles from Pittsburgh: One evening, a Japanese businessman, who wanted to tear down the closed iron mills to build an...

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  • 2006
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    TANNKA

    TANNKA

    6 2006 HD

    Kaori, a professional thirty-something caught between her passion for an older married man and the indulgence of an energetic, but less-fulfilling,...

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  • 1988
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    Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering

    Kamen Rider 1 through RX: Big Gathering

    1 1988 HD

    A TV special, centered on introduction of Kamen Rider Black RX.

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  • 2002
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    Wonderland in the Negative

    Wonderland in the Negative

    1 2002 HD

    When I woke up, my house was a wonderland.

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  • 1995
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    Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

    Assassin's Target: Iemitsu

    1 1995 HD

    A vicious plot that would change the course of Japanese history is set in motion when assassins conspire to kill Iemitsu, the third shogun of the...

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  • 1983
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    P. P. Rider

    P. P. Rider

    5.4 1983 HD

    Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped.

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  • 1979
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    No More Easy Life

    No More Easy Life

    7 1979 HD

    Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs...

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  • 2022
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    Usogui

    Usogui

    5.3 2022 HD

    Madarame Baku is a mysterious gambler. His nickname is Usogui (literally The Lie Eater). Club Kakerou is the top illegal gambling den, where gamblers...

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  • 1992
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    Shadow Hunters

    Shadow Hunters

    1 1992 HD

    In the middle of the Edo period, when the finances of the shogunate were in a desperate situation, the shogunate sent its shadow spies to each clan,...

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  • 2014
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    All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa

    All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa

    6.6 2014 HD

    In this adaptation of the popular eponymous mystery novel by Keisuke Matsuoka, Paris provides the gorgeous backdrop for a grand intrigue involving...

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  • 2014
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    The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom

    The Great Shu Ra Ra Boom

    7 2014 HD

    Two feuding eccentric families with super powers clash when their young sons confront each other after a silly mistake. Meanwhile, the local high...

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  • 2013
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    Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill

    Ataru: The First Love & The Last Kill

    6.2 2013 HD

    Ataru, who suffers from “savant syndrome,” has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved...

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  • 2002
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    金融腐蝕列島 再生

    金融腐蝕列島 再生

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2012
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    Love for Beginners

    Love for Beginners

    7.1 2012 HD

    Hibino Tsubaki is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very...

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  • 1987
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    Sure Death 4

    Sure Death 4

    6.6 1987 HD

    Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in...

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  • 2010
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    Solanin

    Solanin

    7.1 2010 HD

    Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Taneda is permanently crashing at her apartment...

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  • 2015
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    Kuroi Gashu: Kusa

    Kuroi Gashu: Kusa

    7 2015 HD

    Ichiro Numata (Hiroaki Murakami) is the chief editor of a publishing company. He suddenly falls unconscious and is hospitalized, but various cases...

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  • 1988
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    Break Out

    Break Out

    6.8 1988 HD

    An accidental shooting on the job and a recent divorce take a toll on the personal and professional life of a Japanese detective. Just as it seems he...

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  • 1987
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    Mayonaka no tsuma-tachi

    Mayonaka no tsuma-tachi

    1 1987 HD

    Japanese horror movie from 1987.

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  • 1987
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    Let's Gotokuji

    Let's Gotokuji

    1 1987 HD

    The Gotokuji family has a colossal amount of money. Yuri is a paid housekeeper and sent to this family. While working at the house, she finds a new...

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  • 1980
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    Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King

    Kamen Rider: Eight Riders vs. Galaxy King

    7.7 1980 HD

    When a new threat from outer space called Galaxy King arrives on Earth seeking an equation for a new type of energy, Skyrider, and the other seven...

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  • 1987
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    Yakuza Ladies 2

    Yakuza Ladies 2

    7.7 1987 HD

    Yuki, the wife of a leading member of the Domoto family, must assume her husband’s role as a yakuza boss while he serves out a prison sentence....

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  • 1985
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    Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!

    Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!

    6 1985 HD

    When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto...

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  • 1986
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    Sure Death! 3

    Sure Death! 3

    5 1986 HD

    Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket...

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  • 1991
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    Sure Death 5

    Sure Death 5

    1 1991 HD

    Fifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a mysterious band of murderers wage a bloody battle against...

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  • 2005
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    Shibuya Story

    Shibuya Story

    1 2005 HD

    Biopic of yakuza Noboru Ando, based on his autobiography.

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  • 1989
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    The Juliet Game

    The Juliet Game

    1 1989 HD

    Romantic comedy about a school teacher.

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  • 2004
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    Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

    Onna no naka no futatsu no kao

    1 2004 HD

    2004 film

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  • 1982
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    Jealousy Game

    Jealousy Game

    5.2 1982 HD

    Set in the wilderness of Hokkaido, the story of a couple in their 30s and a couple in their 20s is drawn, and the subtle emotions of the two men and...

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  • 2016
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    The Rite of Loss

    The Rite of Loss

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Gold Woman

    Gold Woman

    1 2016 HD

    A female career banker shatters the glass ceiling of a mega bank by disclosing its shady business to light. Tamaki, the Gold Woman, has worked her...

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  • 2003
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    Seventeen

    Seventeen

    6 2003 HD

    Maiko is a 17 year old aspiring picture book writer who was abandoned by her widowed father at the age of 3 and has lived in a foster home ever...

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  • 1986
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    Portrait in Prussian Blue

    Portrait in Prussian Blue

    1 1986 HD

    Fuyuhana, is bullied child at school, because she was not able to speak until recently. This was due to the accidental death of one of her...

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  • 2017
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    Error

    Error

    1 2017 HD

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  • 1999
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    Genroku Ryoran

    Genroku Ryoran

    7 1999 HD

    The 38th NHK Taiga Drama is Genroku Ryoran. The "Forty-seven Loyal Samurai" is one of the most enduring and best loved stories of Japan's history....

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  • 2021
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    Love is Phantom

    Love is Phantom

    5.6 2021 HD

    love story begins when Hirasawa Momoko, the cafe clerk at a hotel, meets a stranger on the hotel's observation deck. Even though they have just met,...

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  • 1988
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    Igai to Single Girl

    Igai to Single Girl

    1 1988 HD

    A single woman debating between work and marriage.

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  • 2001
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    西村京太郎サスペンス 天使の傷痕

    西村京太郎サスペンス 天使の傷痕

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2018
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    Double Fantasy

    Double Fantasy

    9 2018 HD

    Natsu Takato is a 35-year-old popular screenwriter. She lives with her husband Shogo in the outskirts of Saitama. Shogo used to work as a TV station...

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  • 2003
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    警察庁 特別広域捜査官 宮之原警部シリーズ(村上弘明版)

    警察庁 特別広域捜査官 宮之原警部シリーズ(村上弘明版)

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1997
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    Omigasa Juubee

    Omigasa Juubee

    1 1997 HD

    An undercover agent of the shogunate assists with the Chuushingura attack.

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  • 2017
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    FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan

    FACE - Cyber Hanzai Tokusouhan

    7 2017 HD

    Yuki Rin’s parents passed away and she has been living with her older brother Koichiro. Koichiro was an IT engineer who worked for the...

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  • 2008
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    刑事の証明

    刑事の証明

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2012
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    ATARU

    ATARU

    6.8 2012 HD

    Ataru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police solve criminal cases. It stars Masahiro Nakai in the...

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  • 1993
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    The Fire Still Burns

    The Fire Still Burns

    1 1993 HD

    This drama tells the story of the Oushu Fujiwara clan spanning generations, 140 years in the late Heian era. They established their domain in Touhoku...

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  • 2009
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    警視庁南平班〜七人の刑事〜

    警視庁南平班〜七人の刑事〜

    1 2009 HD

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  • 1971
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    Kamen Rider

    Kamen Rider

    6.3 1971 HD

    Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by...

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  • 2020
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    堂場瞬一サスペンス ラストライン 刑事 岩倉剛

    堂場瞬一サスペンス ラストライン 刑事 岩倉剛

    1 2020 HD

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  • 1990
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    Miyamoto Musashi

    Miyamoto Musashi

    1 1990 HD

    On September 15, Keicho, a young man, Takezo, whose life was ruined by the war in Sekigahara wandered around like a wild beast. Only his lover Otsu...

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  • 1970
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    新・御宿かわせみ

    新・御宿かわせみ

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2011
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    Villain - Felony investigation team -

    Villain - Felony investigation team -

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2010
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    黒澤明生誕100年企画 悪い奴ほどよく眠る

    黒澤明生誕100年企画 悪い奴ほどよく眠る

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2020
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    24 JAPAN

    24 JAPAN

    7.3 2020 HD

    Japanese adaptation of the American TV Series "24". Genba Shido is the director of Team A in the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). He is excellent at his...

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  • 2022
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    嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇/梶隆臣篇-

    嘘喰い -鞍馬蘭子篇/梶隆臣篇-

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1986
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    Miyako no kaze

    Miyako no kaze

    1 1986 HD

    The 37th NHK Asadora. A woman from Kyoto moves to Nara and runs a ryokan (a traditional Japanese inn) and then enters the fashion industry.

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  • 2022
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    HOTEL -NEXT DOOR-

    HOTEL -NEXT DOOR-

    6 2022 HD

    Set in the present era of intensified hotel competition and depicts the decline and crisis of Hotel Platon.

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  • 2007
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    刺客請負人

    刺客請負人

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2010
    imgS1 E156

    My Husband is a Cartoonist

    My Husband is a Cartoonist

    8.4 2010 HD

    The 82nd NHK Asadora is Gegege no Nyobo. The story is based on a 2008 autobiography by Mura Nunoe, the wife of Gegege no Kitaro mangaka Mizuki...

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  • 2015
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    Zanka: Beautiful Snares

    Zanka: Beautiful Snares

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2004
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    Zenigata Heiji

    Zenigata Heiji

    1 2004 HD

    Heiji is an undercover policeman in the city of Edo. He possesses a superior skill of throwing coins. When a criminal is caught, Heiji throws coins...

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  • 1996
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    Hideyoshi

    Hideyoshi

    9.5 1996 HD

    A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga....

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  • 2000
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    Hachobori Seven

    Hachobori Seven

    10 2000 HD

    This is the story of seven constables in the district of Hachobori in old Edo. Under the leadership of Inspector Aoyama, they work together to keep...

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  • 2006
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    新聞記者・鶴巻吾郎

    新聞記者・鶴巻吾郎

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1998
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    Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi

    Bloody Journal of the Shinsengumi

    1 1998 HD

    The arrival of Matthew Perry's Black Ships rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of isolation from the world. Men set their eyes beyond Japan and...

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  • 2005
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    Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei

    Legendary Swordfights of Yagyu Jubei

    1 2005 HD

    A story of Yagyu Jubei, master swordsman from the well-known Yagyu-Shinkage school in the Edo period. Even decades after the establishment of the...

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  • 1993
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    Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword

    Three Generations of the Yagyu Sword

    1 1993 HD

    After the 'Incident at Honnoji' (assassination of Oda Nobunaga by Akechi Mitsuhide, a former trusted general), a group of Tokugawa samurai are...

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  • 1993
    imgS3 E15

    The Fire Still Burns

    The Fire Still Burns

    1 1993 HD

    This drama tells the story of the Oushu Fujiwara clan spanning generations, 140 years in the late Heian era. They established their domain in Touhoku...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E10

    The Fire Still Burns

    The Fire Still Burns

    1 1970 HD

    The arrival of Matthew Perry's Black Ships rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of isolation from the world. Men set their eyes beyond Japan and...

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