Şükriye Atav

Türkçe

Şükriye Atav

biography:
Türk sinema ve tiyatro oyuncusu.

1919'da ailesiyle birlikte Rusya'ya giderek orada öğrenim görürken, 1931'de Türkiye'ye dönen sanatçı, 1932'de halk dans oyunlarındaki başarısı sayesinde Eminönü Halk Evinde keşfedildi ve amatör olarak tiyatroya başladı. 1942' de İstanbul Şehir Tiyatrosu'nda görev yaptı. Birçok sinema filmi ve dizide rol almıştır. Tiyatroda altı, sinemada bir Altın Portakal ödül sahibidir. Şükriye Atav, Erdal Boratap ve Yalçın Boratap'ın annesidir. 1988 yılında Yeşilçam`dan ayrıldı. 600`e yakın filmde rol aldı.

title: Destiny

overview: A retired tough guy's drive to avenging his brother and sister.

character: Haydar'ın Annesi

original_title: Alın Yazısı

title: Father's Son

overview: The transition of a factory worker to the mafia boss.

character: Murat's mother

original_title: Babanın Oğlu

title: Aşk Mahkumu

original_title: Aşk Mahkumu

title: Enişte

character: Sultan Ana

original_title: Enişte

title: Yalan Dünya

overview: The film tells the story of a life-and-death struggle between two brothers who grew up apart. Kemal, whose parents separated years ago, grew up with his mother. He is a tough young man. For years, he is plagued by trouble and spends a long time in prison. When he is released, his son, whom he has never seen, has grown up. But the child is sick. The mafia, seeking to eliminate Commissioner Murat, who has disrupted the established order of the criminal underworld, approaches Kemal. However, he is determined to leave his troubled past behind. That is, until he needs a substantial amount of money for his son's heart surgery.

original_title: Yalan Dünya

title: Ya Benimsin Ya Toprağın

overview: After graduating from university, Ferdi starts working at a real estate company. Every weekend, he visits his mother, who lives in the village. One day, Ferdi helps a woman named Leman and from that day on, a relationship begins between them. After some time, they decide to get married...Ferdi's life will completely change as she is not who he thought she was.

original_title: Ya Benimsin Ya Toprağın

title: Oh Where

overview: Three boys are having their higher education in Istanbul. In fact, they are messing around and dealing with radical politics, girls and gamble. However, the oldest discovers love, and the three realize it is time for change.

character: Ferit'in annesi

original_title: Ah Nerede

title: Ayrı Dünyalar

overview: Kemal is a casino owner, Tayyar is after his casino. Asli goes to a boarding-school, her granny is a flower seller from whom Kemal always buys some. Asli's father is in jail. One day Kemal hits Asli with his car, they become friends. She wants him to come to the school party, introducing him as her father. Tayyar's assassin shoots Kemal, Asli nurses him as he is released from hospital. They feel close to each other, yet Kemal wants her to stay away from the mafia world, he finds out that Asli is Fatma's grandchild. Fatma tells her that Kemal is married and has children. Tayyar kidnaps Asli, he asks Kemal for his casino to set her free. Kemal meets Tayyar, a volley starts and Kemal gets fatally wounded. Asli and Kemal loved each other, unfortunately Kemal dies.

original_title: Ayrı Dünyalar

title: Günah Defteri

overview: Resit goes to jail by killing the son of the feuding Kara Mithat. He entrusts his younger son Gökhan to his foster sister Adile. In the meantime, Gökhan grows up and starts working at a car mechanic. On the other hand, he makes preparations for marriage with Pinar, the young and beautiful girl of the neighborhood.

character: Pinar's Mother

original_title: Günah Defteri

title: Bedel

overview: The residents of a poor neighborhood have lost all their money to a banker. A young lawyer born in this neighborhood wants to take on the defense, but his boss, who has borrowed money from the banker at interest, forces him to drop the case. Later, he takes on the case in order to repay his debt of gratitude to the people who raised him, but he will have to pay the price for doing so.

character: Kemal'in Annesi

original_title: Bedel

title: Dertli Pınar

original_title: Dertli Pınar

title: Nazey

overview: The film tells the story of two young people who are in love. Ali, a truck driver, is preparing to marry Nazey, who is his childhood sweetheart. Meanwhile, Mithat Ağa's son is also in love with Nazey. Mithat Ağa, who is pressuring Nazey's family, promises his daughter to his son. At the same time, Mithat Ağa sends Ali on a long business trip and begins wedding preparations. Upon learning of this, Ali returns to the village and kidnaps Nazey on the wedding day. In response, Mithat Ağa sends his men to capture the two young people.

character: Zahide

original_title: Nazey

title: Sev Dedi Gözlerim

original_title: Sev Dedi Gözlerim

title: Şeytan Mayası

original_title: Şeytan Mayası

title: Vefasız

overview: The film tells the story of the love triangle between Zehra, Ömer, and Meral. Zehra lost her family in a traffic accident and considers the islanders her family. Ömer, the son of Mustafa the greengrocer, is in love with Meral, the daughter of a wealthy family. However, he believes his love is impossible and wants to commit suicide. Just as he is about to jump off the cliffs into the sea after writing a letter, Zehra arrives. She tells him he must confess his love to her. Upon hearing this, Ömer speaks with Meral, and their relationship begins. Zehra, who is the greatest contributor to Ömer and Meral's happiness, ignores the desires of her own heart.

original_title: Vefasız

title: I Live When I Die

overview: Duygu Sagiroglu, known as an art director, depicts the class conflict and exposes the injustice and contradictions of the modern Turkish life. Yilmaz Güney confirms his acting qualities with a pathetic composition.

original_title: Ben Öldükçe Yaşarım

title: Canavar

original_title: Canavar

title: Analar Ölmez

character: Dadi

original_title: Analar Ölmez

title: Bebek

overview: The story of Tarık, caught between two girls. Tarık gets involved with both Nazan and Sibel without knowing that they are sisters, but Nazan is already in a relationship with another man and has a child with him, which Tarık ends up having to deal with.

original_title: Bebek

title: Feryat

character: Ferdi'nin annesi

original_title: Feryat

title: The Last Birds

overview: A love story begins in an Istanbul bookstore. A young engineer meets a schoolgirl in her final year of studies. He follows her to her home. The next day, he looks again for her, and again and again. Slowly, he overcomes her shyness to win her affection, and finally her love.

character: Sabriye

original_title: Son Kuşlar

title: Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur?

overview: The story of Asiye, who was pushed to be a prostitute, always looking for a way out.

character: Zehra

original_title: Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur?

title: Kaderimin Oyunu

overview: Thinking that her fiancé, Bülent, is dead, Sema's life will become even more tragic when she loses her family in the earthquake. The paths of the two lovers will cross again.

original_title: Kaderimin Oyunu

title: Kızın Varmı Derdin Var

overview: The film deals with the cultural differences between two families whose children marry each other.

original_title: Kızın Varmı Derdin Var

title: Herhangi Bir Kadın

character: Saadet Şahin

original_title: Herhangi Bir Kadın

title: Arap Abdo

original_title: Arap Abdo

title: Ayşem

original_title: Ayşem

title: Yalan

original_title: Yalan

title: Günah

original_title: Günah

title: Papatya

original_title: Papatya

title: Düşkünler: Beyaz Baykuş

original_title: Düşkünler: Beyaz Baykuş

title: Dinmeyen Sızı

original_title: Dinmeyen Sızı

title: Osman, My Son

overview: The film deals with Osman's crisis of faith. Osman returns to his country from Germany, where he went to study engineering. His father, İhsan Bey, wants Osman to take over the factory and marry his fiancée Fatma as soon as possible. However, Osman opposes this decision, stating that he rejects everything traditional. During his time in Europe, Osman has forgotten his own culture. When he returns to his country, his father, unable to accept Osman's European lifestyle, kicks him out of the house. Osman returns to Germany and begins living with his former girlfriend Helga. One day, Helga's father asks Osman questions about Islam. These questions will remind Osman of the values he had forgotten.

original_title: Oğlum Osman

title: Yara

original_title: Yara

title: Anadolu Ekspresi

overview: The film tells the story of Halil, who is trying to leave his old life behind. Halil is one of the neighborhood's beloved young men. He runs Selim's casino and brothels. However, when Selim tries to force a girl named Zeynep to work in the brothel, Halil and Selim fall out. Selim then rapes Halil's friend Selma. Selma commits suicide because of what happened. When Halil finds out, he kills Selim. After being released from prison thanks to a pardon, Halil marries Zeynep. However, Selim's brother, who is waiting in ambush for revenge, will cast a shadow over their happiness.

character: Saziye Hanim

original_title: Anadolu Ekspresi

title: Yalnız Adam

overview: A man trying to solve a murder on his own and losing close friends along the way.

original_title: Yalnız Adam

title: Tövbe

original_title: Tövbe

title: Emine

overview: The film tells the story of two brothers who fall in love with the same woman. Murat, who lost his father at a young age, takes on the entire burden of his family. He takes care of his mother by sending his brother Metin to school. Years later, he starts running a casino and takes over a new one. He turns Emine, who works as a waitress at the casino, into a singer. Over time, he falls in love with Emine. However, Emine falls for Murat's brother Metin, whom she meets on a vacation. Murat will have to choose between his brother and Emine.

character: Murat ve Metin'in Annesi

original_title: Emine

title: The Woman Whom Must Be Hanged

overview: The film tells the story of an old husband Hüsrev and Melek, who was first a servant and then his wife. With this marriage Hüsrev’s subconscious hidden passions are revealed.

original_title: Asılacak Kadın

title: Mavi Mavi

overview: A poor bus drive falls in love with a rich but the customs of his world forces him otherwise.

original_title: Mavi Mavi

title: The Hopeless Ones

title: İtirazım var

overview: The film depicts a platonic love story. Müslüm is a popular singer, who shares his wealthy income with poor people. An old friend of Müslüm commits suicide because he got in trouble with his gambling habits. The beautiful daughter of this man is entrustet to Müslüm by him as his legacy.

title: Çapkın Hırsız

overview: Orhan and Cemal are two thieves who work together abroad. Orhan learns that Cemal's grandfather, whom he has not seen since childhood, has a mansion in Istanbul. Orhan, who returns to Istanbul before Cemal, decides to rob the mansion. He goes to the mansion and introduces himself as Cemal. Orhan, who has ten days to rob the mansion, is in for a big surprise.

title: Sezercik Küçük Mücahit

overview: The film tells the story of Sezer and those around him during troubled times in Cyprus. Lale is deeply shaken by the unexpected death of her husband Murat. Lale, a school teacher, marries Murat, a pilot officer. However, Murat dies in a plane crash. At this time, Lale, who is pregnant, moves in with Murat's sister Aynur, who lives in Cyprus. One day, Lale returns to Turkey for a short time. During this time, Aynur's house in Cyprus is raided by a group of EOKA militants. Aynur and her husband are killed. Lale's young son Sezer is rescued by a man who happens to be at the scene. Years later, Sezer learns the truth about his past as a result of an EOKA attack. He will do everything in his power to find his mother and inform the fighters about what happened.

title: Torment

overview: While Elif is pregnant, she receives a blow to her stomach, and the baby remains paralyzed because the baby's food cord is damaged. When she cannot heal her baby in the village, she comes to Istanbul and tries to get to know the city and the people in it.

title: Umut Dünyası

overview: A girl later known as an orphan has to be taken care of because of an accusation of her Former employer. She gets fired and lands on the street. Rain , cold and hunger make her sick. But she has luck ; a young boy named Ahmet finds her and takes good care of her. They have to face many obstacles to be together- gossip, miscarriage and dreams of a better life in Australia.

title: Azad Kuşu

overview: The film tells the story of a mother trying to get her sick son operated. Working as a worker in a confection, Melek lives with her son Tayfun. However, Tayfun is sick and needs surgery in Europe. Melek tries to find money for her son's surgery. The hand returns emptyly from all the knobs. As a last resort, Tayfun considers giving adoption to the rich businessman Hakan. By making a plan, he ensures that Hakan adopts Tayfun. A love will begin between Melek and Hakan, who strive for the healing of Tayfun.

title: Hınç

overview: The story of a policeman whose life was ruined by an accident

title: Nasreddin Hodja at the Wedding Feast

overview: First Turkish film about Nasreddin Hodja. On wedding day one of the guests tells the jokes when the circumcised child asks Nasreddin Hodja anecdotes.

title: Yalnızım

overview: A love story between a young girl and a carpenter who loves her madly.

title: Enayi

overview: The film tells the love story of a poor painter and a rich young girl. Metin cannot hold down any job for long. To pay his rent to his landlord, he eventually starts painting and selling his artwork. One day, he meets a girl named Filiz. Filiz is a young and beautiful girl from a wealthy family. However, due to Metin's negative view of the wealthy, he introduces himself as a poor servant. Filiz invites Metin to her home, claiming that the woman she works for is looking for a painter. The two grow emotionally close over time. During this period, Metin coincidentally meets Filiz's uncle Fethi and begins working at his company. Filiz does everything in her power to keep her game a secret. However, once Fethi learns of the situation, he will attempt to separate the two.

title: Akrep Yuvası

overview: The film is about a cop and a hitman meeting up. Kemal is a cop. He stops the mafia in Istanbul from doing stuff like drug dealing and smuggling. The mafia boss Abbas has to get rid of Kemal because the big boss, Grandpa, told him to. He makes a deal with Kadırgalı Tahir, an ex-con. Kadırgalı Tahir just got out of jail. Though he wants to leave his criminal ways behind, he agrees to kill Kemal to provide his son with a better life. When Kadırgalı Tahir and Kemal face off, they will confront the dark parts of their pasts.

title: İnsanları Seveceksin

overview: Halil is a teenage boy, son of a poor porter, and sees him dying when serving a man without compassion. Halil keeps on with father's work, to pay for his younger brother and their old mother food and shelter in a slum. Then, the horse that pulled the chariot dies, and Khalil goes on, taking the animal's place. A rich man tries to kill another, and pays Halil to pick up the revolver, and take the blame - going to prison instead of him. Halil accepts, and takes the money to his mother. In prison, Halil grows up as a rowdy man. Later, fate will bring the two brothers together, but in opposite sides of the law: Halil is a paid assassin, and his brother is a public prosecutor. When the Mafia pays Halil to kill his own brother, he refuses - and the Mafia retaliates by killing his wife. Halil vows to revenge her.

title: Senede Bir Gün

title: Gönüller Fatihi Yunus Emre

title: Deli Gibi Sevdim

title: Günahsızlar

overview: The film tells the story of a young man whose life is turned upside down after committing a murder. Kemal is a successful architect. He discovers that his girlfriend has been cheating on him with Ökkeş, the owner of a casino. Kemal is brutally beaten by Ökkeş's men, but he takes his revenge by killing Ökkeş. Although the young man is acquitted in court, his conscience is not at ease. He takes in Ökkeş's young daughter, who is left behind. However, the crime he committed in the past will not leave Kemal alone.

title: Anneler Günü

overview: Nevin is very excited to see her daughter, whom she has been separated from for years. Ten years ago, when she separated from her husband, she was forced to leave her daughter because of the games played on her. Nevin dreams of spending a month indulging in the longing she has felt for years. As she prepares to embrace her daughter, she is left helpless in the face of her daughter's cold and distant demeanor. Ayşe is unaware that her father had her sent away so he could marry another woman. The young girl, filled with the pain of years spent without love and compassion, seems to harbor resentment toward her mother. Seeing the compassionate soul hidden behind her daughter's stern exterior, Nevin resolves to reach her daughter's heart.

title: Hakikat

title: Ölüm Dönemeci

overview: The film tells the story of a man who loses his memory. Murat is a famous and successful racing driver. He also owns a tyre factory. Before participating in the Turkish Rally, Kenan, Murat's cousin, plants a bomb in Murat's car. His aim is to kill Murat and take his fortune. In the accident, Murat's car explodes. As his body is not found, it is assumed that Murat is dead. However, after the accident, Murat has lost his memory and started a new life. But an event he experiences brings him back to his old life.

title: The Earthquake

title: Destiny

title: Father's Son

title: Aşk Mahkumu

title: Enişte

title: Yalan Dünya

title: Ya Benimsin Ya Toprağın

title: Oh Where

title: Ayrı Dünyalar

title: Günah Defteri

title: Bedel

title: Dertli Pınar

title: Nazey

title: Sev Dedi Gözlerim

title: Şeytan Mayası

title: Vefasız

title: I Live When I Die

title: Canavar

title: Analar Ölmez

title: Bebek

title: Feryat

title: The Last Birds

title: Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur?

title: Kaderimin Oyunu

title: Kızın Varmı Derdin Var

title: Herhangi Bir Kadın

title: Arap Abdo

title: Ayşem

title: Yalan

title: Günah

title: Papatya

title: Düşkünler: Beyaz Baykuş

title: Dinmeyen Sızı

title: Osman, My Son

title: Yara

title: Anadolu Ekspresi

title: Yalnız Adam

title: Tövbe

title: Emine

title: The Woman Whom Must Be Hanged

title: Mavi Mavi

title: The Hopeless Ones

title: İtirazım var

title: Çapkın Hırsız

title: Sezercik Küçük Mücahit

title: Torment

title: Umut Dünyası

title: Azad Kuşu

title: Hınç

title: Nasreddin Hodja at the Wedding Feast

title: Yalnızım

title: Enayi

title: Akrep Yuvası

title: İnsanları Seveceksin

title: Senede Bir Gün

title: Gönüller Fatihi Yunus Emre

title: Deli Gibi Sevdim

title: Günahsızlar

title: Anneler Günü

title: Hakikat

title: Ölüm Dönemeci

title: The Earthquake


Shogen

Kaikan shokunin

original_name: 快感職人

original_language: ja

Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist

overview: A multi-layered series that looks back to the formative years of Ryu and Ken as they live a traditional warrior's life in secluded Japan.

character: Young Gôken

original_name: Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist

original_language: en

Neo Ultra Q

overview: Ultra Q has returned, and continues investigations of monstrous appearances and strange ecological phenomenons.

character: Hashio (Epignoid)

original_name: ネオ・ウルトラQ

Zero: Black Blood

overview: Rei Suzumura, Zero the Silver Fanged Knight, is patrolling on his own when he encounters the white Horror Ring, who has created a commune where Horrors and humans live together in harmony, so long as one human a month allows themselves to be devoured by the Horrors. Rei, along with Makai Priest Cain and the knight-in-training Yuna are ordered by the Makai Senate to slay Ring and free the humans under his thrall by means of Yuna's mother the Makai Priestess Iyu.

character: Kuroudo

original_name: 絶狼＜ZERO＞-BLACK BLOOD-

Transit Girls

overview: High School student Sayuri is falling in love with Yui, the daughter of her father's fiancee.

character: Ryutaro Saeki

original_name: トランジットガールズ

House of the Owl

overview: At the height of his career and powers, Japan's master fixer, who has guided politicians and business heads through some of Japan's biggest scandals, discovers that fixing his family is harder than fixing a country.

character: Ken Murakami

original_name: フクロウと呼ばれた男

Absolute Zero

overview: Izumi Sakuragi is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.

character: Henry Chou

original_name: 絶対零度

facebook_id: shogenofficial

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iso_3166_1: ID

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糸数尚玄
丝数尚玄

title: CONTROL OF VIOLENCE

overview:
A three-way battle of hoodlums vs yakuza vs gyoza factory manager!
 A fierce battleground in Osaka, where territories are fought over with impunity. There, a group of hoodlums, who are in good shape and gaining momentum, have launched a series of surprise attacks on the Yakuza.

character: Chris（older brother）

original_title: CONTROL OF VIOLENCE

title: Gensan Punch

overview: Nao Tsuyama, a disabled athlete, refuses to let his articifical leg hinder his dream to become a professional boxer. His remarkable journey takes him from Japan to the Philippines, and specifically the celebrated ‘Gensan’ quarter which has spawned worldwide stars such as the legendary Manny Pacquiao.

character: Nao Tsuyama

original_title: Gensan Punch

title: Tokyo Butterfly

overview: There was a popular band with four students. After the band was offered a major contract, they broke up after a minor mistake. 6 years later, they are living their lives in their late twenties with troubles: Marriage, work, human relationship. They meet again and finish a song that they couldn't complete.

original_title: 東京バタフライ

title: JOINT

overview: After serving 2 years in prison, ISHIGAMI Takeshi (YAMAMOTO Yikken) spent two years working on a construction site and building up his funds before he returned to Tokyo with the help of Yasu, his best friend. He is determined to try and go straight but before he can do that, he has to raise even more money to break free of the criminal underworld and that requires a deep dive. He enlists his Korean friend Junghi and starts a business selling data for phone fraud to his Yakuza friend Yuki. As the business grows, Takeshi can just about make escape velocity, however, his old ties are holding him back and as a split in a yakuza family signals that start of a war, Takeshi finds himself getting dragged back down to the criminal underworld.

character: Jay

original_title: JOINT

title: The Rise and Fall of Park Avenue and the 10 Rooms

overview: Koza, Okinawa City, which prospered as a gateway town for the U.S. military.  Four omnibus dramas unfold at the intersection of Japanese, American, and Okinawan cultures.  Dream chasers, losers, wounded, and hangers-on...  The city of Koza and its people weave their own stories.

title: Intimate Stranger

overview: A psychological thriller set in the post-COVID Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son.

original_title: 親密な他人

title: December

overview: A divorced husband and wife reunite to fight the release of their daughter's murderer.

character: Katsu

original_title: 赦し

title: Everything, Everywhere

overview: Director Jay mysteriously disappears in 2019 and leaves behind a hard disc with the film “No Where, Now Here”. Actress Eva follows his steps to find him after she met Jay at the film shoot in 2018 film.

original_title: すべて、至るところにある

title: Detective Chinatown 3

overview: Tang Ren and Qin Feng travel to Japan to investigate the death of a mafia head. As they suspect foul play, they engage in a battle of wits against foreign detectives.

character: Su Chaiwit's Man

original_title: 唐人街探案3

original_language: zh

title: Your Lovely Smile

overview: A bittersweet, hilarious, enlightening and inspirational road trip through Japanese arthouse cinemas with a heartily independent filmmaker, who also struggles to release his own movies in real life.

original_title: あなたの微笑み

title: Borderless Island

original_title: ボーダレス アイランド

title: Sukiyaki Western Django

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

original_title: Sukiyaki Western Django

title: Lightning Over the Beyond

overview: Progressing from sound to color, Lighting Over the Beyond is a road movie that traces the roots of cinema and the history of war while asking "What is war?" and "What is an enemy?".

character: Itosu

original_title: 彼方の閃光

title: Bloody Snake Under the Sun

overview: The film is based on a true story about an Okinawan sansen (3 stringed guitar) player named Ryo and his experiences growing up in Okinawa in 1968. Ryo meets an American military solider named George, and they discover that they have more similarities than differences. The atmosphere of the film is heavily charged with discrimination and prejudice- Okinawans and Japanese (yes there is a difference-big difference in fact), US military and Japanese/Okinawans, officers and enlisted soldiers- and takes place with echoes of the civil rights movement lingering in the backdrop.

original_title: ハブと拳骨

title: Waiting for Good News

overview: General store manager Akio (Tetsuji Tamayama) lives a carefree live in Okinawa with his dog, Kafu. One day he receives a strange letter from a woman named Sachi, but that’s not any person he’s familiar with. It turns out that the letter was a response to a joke wish he hung up at a Shinto shrine months earlier. Then one day, Sachi (Maiko) shows up and the two begin a relationship.

original_title: カフーを待ちわびて

title: TAP: Perfect Education

overview: In Okinawa, a down-and-out middle-aged yakuza underling named Shidara kidnaps and confines a high school girl named Yui, the daughter of a fellow yakuza’s mistress.

character: Sôma

original_title: TAP 完全なる飼育

title: Twilight Phantom

overview: Misaki visits her boyfriend Koichi in Okinawa, the southern island of Japan. To welcome the arrival of Misaki, Koichi's friend Jinsei holds a welcoming party at his house. At the party, Misaki learns from the wise granny about the legend behind the bag hanging from the fig tree and the local demon: Kijimuna, which deeply fascinate Misaki. Jinsei then introduces Misaki to a young female writer, Kagemi, who tells Misaki the darker side of the Kijimuna legend. As the local shaman and medium to the other world, Kagemi’s knowledge in local lore gives Misaki much more to wonder about. The quiet life in Okinawa takes a sharp turn with the arrival of Jinsei’s ex-wife Sanae, which leads to a tragic accident. Soon, the parties involved begin to see a vengeful spirit and their peaceful lifes turn into a nightmare.

original_title: アコークロー

title: A Far Shore

overview: Aoi has dropped out of high school and gives birth to a baby son with her husband Masaya. They live in Okinawa, the Southern island of Japan where they were both born. To make ends meet, she starts working as a night-club hostess. Masaya loses his job and cannot deal with the family’s responsibilities. Their immaturity and dependence aggravate the relationship and continuous fights lead to a social downfall. Aoi’s bond with her son sets her on a path to find solutions.

original_title: 遠いところ

title: Chameleon

overview: A Filipino transgender woman, Marie, who is drawn into the Yakuza gangster life after befriending Ai, the rebellious daughter of a powerful Yakuza boss. Set against the pulsating background of the 1990s nightlife in Sapporo, Hokkaido, the film charts the almost impossible decisions Marie faced and her tumultuous journey to discovering family, love and ultimately her true identity.

original_title: Chameleon

title: The Redemption of Sin

overview: When the police halt their search, a troubled mother works with a podcaster to find her missing daughter but faces a dark force that haunts her.

character: Tetsuya

original_title: Tebusan Dosa

original_language: id

title: Stay

overview: After losing his job, a recovering addict struggles to survive and meets a free spirited woman, who changes his world, but cannot stay in his life.

character: Ryu

original_title: Stay

title: Tokyo Living Dead Idol

overview: One day an idol is bitten by a zombie and before she is taken into custody, she runs away. She only has 72 hours left until she becomes one, so she tries to find the zombie serum, but high school girl zombie hunter and zombies attack her. Will she make it to the destination within the time limit?

character: Mitsuo Inuda

original_title: トウキョウ・リビング・デッド・アイドル

title: Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

overview: Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money owed. The debt collector offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt & possibly make a boat load of money. Could the debt collector Endo actually be setting up Kaiji? One way or another, for Kaiji it's going to be the night of his life.

character: Satoru Majima

original_title: カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム

title: The Dog Bridegroom

overview: Ninomiya Azusa is a depressed elementary school teacher in Tokyo, who has problems both at work and in her personal life. One day, she suddenly hears a voice saying "If you go to Imore Island, you will get what you want.", so she decides to give it a try.

character: Yurina

original_title: いぬむこいり

title: Enemy Within

overview: When a Japanese pilot crash-lands on the tiny remote Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau, he is met with courtesy and traditional Hawaiian hospitality from the locals - until they discover he was part of the recent attack on Pearl Harbor.  Soon the community is split between those of Japanese ancestry who support the pilot and those of Hawaiian ancestry who oppose them.

title: Fancy

overview: Set in a spa town, Akira Takasu (Masatoshi Nagase) is a carver and a mailman. He keeps in touch with poet Penguin (Masataka Kubota). Penguin has a female fan with the name of Moonlit Night's Star (Sakurako Konishi). She sends letters to Penguin. One day, the female fan appears in front of Akira Takasu and Penguin. These three somehow get involved in a battle between the yakuza.

title: Okinawan Blue

overview: A tale of three families on a remote island.

title: The Room

overview: Yumi moves into her boyfriend's Tokyo apartment but on the night of the move, he is called away for business in New York. The couple communicates over Skype and over the course of four nights, their relationship descends into an abyss of mistrust and lies. Yumi believes there's a ghost in the room haunting her as her only connection to the outside world is Taka on the other side of the world. Taka believes she's slowly going crazy right in front of his eyes. The story concludes with a shocking twist that will haunt both of them forever.

title: Kakera: A Piece of Our Life

overview: A college student's relationship is going nowhere until she meets a bisexual medical artist who makes prosthetic body parts.

title: Uzumasa Limelight

overview: Fewer samurai films are being made, and the Uzumasa studio has fallen on hard times. One day, veteran "kirareyaku" (whose job it is to be felled with a sword by a film's star) actor Kamiyama is tasked with teaching sword action techniques to fledgling actress Satsuki. A few years later, the now-retired Kamiyama is visited by Satsuki, who has become a popular star.

title: Sexual Drive

overview: Designer Enatsu worries about his sexless life. Office worker Akane is getting ready to return to work while undergoing rehab at home for panic attacks. Elite advertising agent Ikeyama wants to end his relationship with his lover. A shabby man named Kurita appears before all three with a secret.

title: Nighthawks in Bangkok

overview: Proy, a young waitress has always been curious about a worn-out drifter who often strolls into the cafeteria with no money. One night, seeing the drifter again lost in thought, Proy takes the courage to speak to him.

title: Come and Go

overview: Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot city through the eyes and experiences of a dozen characters who struggle to find their place in society: among them a Nepali refugee with dreams of opening a restaurant, a Burmese student struggling to make ends meet while working two jobs, and a Taiwanese sex tourist who travels to meet his favorite adult video actress.

original_title: COME & GO カム・アンド・ゴー

title: Samurai of the Dead

overview: As the end approaches for Japan’s age of military rule, the Tokugawa shogunate brings together a squad of ruthless assassins to defend its representatives in Kyoto. These men were known as the Shinsengumi. Formidable swordsmen with unswerving dedication to their cause, the Shinsengumi think nothing of slashing down their enemies…but what happens when the enemy is the undead?

title: One Last Bloom

overview: Forty years after leaving Japan for a boxing career in the U.S. that never panned out, Jin returns to restart his life with his old boxing buddies. When hotheaded young boxer Shogo asks for Jin’s help to get him back into the ring after an unfair loss, the two men decide to seize their final chance at glory. A boxing film so authentic that it inspired co-star Yokohama Ryusei to qualify as a pro boxer, Zeze Takahisa’s boxing drama is one of the veteran director’s most crowd-pleasing films thanks to the touching father-son bond at its core.

title: Mô Hitotsu no Yanagawa-gumi: Mukuge no Hana

overview: A live-action adaptation of the story of Shigeo Yanagawa, known as the "Legendary Bare-Knuckle Yakuza"! What kind of life did this incredibly strong man's short existence entail?!  Undefeated in bare-knuckle fights, the man who was too strong, "Bare-Knuckle Shige," a.k.a. Shigeo Yanagawa, quickly gained attention even as a high school student for his impressive fighting skills and charismatic personality, becoming a prominent figure in Matsuyama, Shikoku. However, Shigeo himself had no interest in the world of yakuza and was instead aiming to take university entrance exams.  Things changed when an attempt was made on the life of Genichiro Kumada, the head of the Kumada family who had looked after Shigeo. This incident drew him into the yakuza world. Shigeo rose to prominence as Matsuyama's top enforcer.  The life of Shigeo Yanagawa, a man who left his mark on post-war outlaw history, is now fully brought to life in this live-action adaptation!

title: A Day Begins

title: Joyū

title: ZERO: Black Blood - Kuro no Shō

overview: Theatrical movie edit of the last three episodes of the miniseries ZERO: Black Blood.

title: ZERO: Black Blood - Shiro no Shō

overview: Theatrical movie edit of the first three episodes of the miniseries ZERO: Black Blood.

title: Purehearted

overview: Majimu, a timid office temp in Okinawa, stumbles upon a company contest and proposes an idea no one expects—crafting local rum from sugarcane. With no experience but growing passion, she faces skeptical bosses, family doubts, and island politics. As challenges mount, her bold dream sparks a movement that could change everything. A heartwarming story based on the true tale of ambition, identity, and finding purpose in the unlikeliest place.

title: Army on the Tree

overview: In the final days of the Pacific War, two Japanese soldiers, a senior officer and a local recruit, are cornered during the battle of Okinawa and hide in a banyan tree, only coming down for food. Unaware the war has ended, the two await reinforcements for two years. As they wait, they discover differences in rank, worldviews and motivation.

title: Hero's Island

overview: Set in post-war Okinawa, Japan, Gusuku had 3 close childhood friends: On, Yamako and On's younger brother Rei. On was the oldest of the group and he was like a leader to everybody else. He was also a heroic figure to them. On led his friends into the U.S. military base and they stole supplies to give away to the local residents. Everybody in the neighborhood praised On. One night, they entered the U.S. military based to steal supplies. During their raid, On was chased by U.S. soldiers and went missing. Years later, Gusuku now works as a police officer. Yamako is an elementary school teacher. Rei is a member of the yakuza. These three people are still unable to get over the disappearance of On. They chase after the truth behind On's disappearance and uncover a shocking answer.

title: Lone Samurai

overview: A violent and reckless samurai is shipwrecked on a remote island left without an avenue for his rage. After undertaking a spiritual journey to appease his aggressive thoughts, he finds himself abducted by external demons taking the form of cannibals, putting his sense of reality and deadly talents to the test.

title: Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist The Movie

overview: If one man changes his path, will he be able to change his destiny...or will he only delay the inevitable?  Ryu and Ken are two traditional warriors who find themselves isolated in some corner of Japan to carry out their training as fighters, trying to master an ancient style of fighting, known as "Ansatsuken" (The Killing Fist). There they will begin to learn about the mysterious past of their trainer, Goken, and the tragic and dark legacy that the Ansatsuken style hides. Will they be able to choose their destiny or will history repeat itself once again?

title: SEEK II

overview: The world is now on the brink of World War III, a terrorist group posing as Russian extremists want to destroy Japan. Kyohei Aizawa and SEEK must stop them. The ancient art of the ninja is still Japan's ultimate shield and only hope.

title: CONTROL OF VIOLENCE

title: Gensan Punch

title: Tokyo Butterfly

title: JOINT

title: Intimate Stranger

title: December

title: Everything, Everywhere

original_title: すべて、至るところにある

title: Detective Chinatown 3

title: Your Lovely Smile

title: Borderless Island

title: Sukiyaki Western Django

title: Lightning Over the Beyond

title: Bloody Snake Under the Sun

title: Waiting for Good News

title: TAP: Perfect Education

title: Twilight Phantom

title: A Far Shore

title: Chameleon

title: The Redemption of Sin

title: Stay

title: Tokyo Living Dead Idol

original_title: トウキョウ・リビング・デッド・アイドル

title: Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

title: The Dog Bridegroom

title: Enemy Within

title: Fancy

title: Okinawan Blue

title: The Room

title: Kakera: A Piece of Our Life

title: Uzumasa Limelight

title: Sexual Drive

title: Nighthawks in Bangkok

title: Come and Go

original_title: COME & GO カム・アンド・ゴー

title: Samurai of the Dead

title: One Last Bloom

title: A Day Begins

title: Joyū

title: ZERO: Black Blood - Kuro no Shō

title: ZERO: Black Blood - Shiro no Shō

title: Purehearted

title: Army on the Tree

title: Hero's Island

title: Lone Samurai

title: SEEK II


Dominic Roth

Scene of the Crime

job: Original Music Composer

overview: Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

department: Sound

original_name: Tatort

origin_country: AT CH DE

original_language: de

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

job: Music

overview: A two-part television film by UFA Fernsehproduktion about Jutta Gallus, who peaceful protested against the SED dictatorship in the GDR.

original_name: Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

Deutsch

iso_639_1: de

iso_3166_1: CH

english_name: German

title: The Next-Door Neighbour Is Alive

original_title: Der Mann von nebenan lebt!

title: Macht

overview: Just under two weeks before the election, a party’s leading candidate is kidnapped, and a large ransom is demanded. When the party provides the money but the handover by its chairman fails, a sinister suspicion begins to take root among those involved. The kidnapped man’s wife takes the initiative and comes to some bitter realizations.

original_title: Macht

title: Grüße aus Kaschmir

overview: After sleeping with Sharif, an engineer from Kashmir, the young and naive Lisa leaves his apartment without a comment. Six weeks later, they meet again and fall in love. Although Lisa feels totally happy, she doesn't tell Sharif about her pregnancy. On the other hand, he keeps secret that his brother Tajjab came to Munich and forced him to commit a terrorist attack. They both were soldiers of the Muslim liberation army in Kashmir, but Sharif left his home country to study in London. Little by little, Lisa discovers the truth about her boy-friend and tries to prevent the worst...

original_title: Grüße aus Kaschmir

title: Das Geheimnis des Lebens

original_title: Das Geheimnis des Lebens

title: Nathalie

overview: A little girl runs after a lost ball and ends up in a large, old cemetery. In this strange, strange environment of light and silence, she meets a man, the gravedigger. The man takes her into his hut, an enchanted world where dozens of self-carved puppets give it an eerie life. There he tells her things about sin, purity and preservation that she does not understand and yet to which she reacts with a strange fascination. As he talks and plays with his puppets, the man gets closer and closer to her until his hands gently wrap around her neck...

original_title: Nathalie

title: Arthur & Claire

overview: The chance meeting of two people at the darkest moments of their lives leads to a bright new beginning : Arthur (around 50) and Claire (around 30) pull each other from the abyss – by trying to save the other they see the worth of their own life.

original_title: Arthur & Claire

title: Tödliche Lüge

overview: TV superstar Claudia Fischer basks in the fame she has earned with her erotic “Domino Show.” On her show, she mercilessly exposes her contestants' most intimate feelings. However, she has wisely kept her own life lie hidden from the public until now. This proves to be her undoing when a psychopathic killer takes her daughter hostage to expose Claudia’s secret on live television…

original_title: Tödliche Lüge

title: Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten

overview: Nikolas, a boy sexually abused by his father, and Eva, a girl physically abused by her mother, make a pact to kill each other's nemesis after getting the idea from a school play [Faustus]. Nikolas must realize the seriousness of that pact soon enough

original_title: Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten

title: Nana

overview: 16-year-old Nana finds out that she has just a short time left to live, because of a bad and serious disease.

original_title: Nana

title: Because I Am Good!

overview: A teenage car thief is incarcerated in a home for the hard-to-educate. He gets a second chance when he's offered a job at a car dealership that cares for juvenile delinquents. There, he is confronted with his past and becomes the target of a youth gang that wants to recruit him for a major heist.

original_title: Weil ich gut bin!

title: Gran Paradiso

overview: Three jailers, a wheelchaired man and a mentally handicapped girl climb a mountain in the alps along with their supervisors.

original_title: Gran Paradiso

title: A Pirate's Heart

overview: The end of the 14th century. Parents send the eldest son Jan to study in Hamburg, and the youngest - Klaus - to the monastery. No sooner had the children moved away from their homes, as on Klaus'es eyes the robbers kill their parents and burn the house. Only thanks to the loyal monk Wigbold Klaus managed to survive the shock. A few years later Klaus Störtebeker finds his brother Jan and his long-time friend Elizabeth Pren in Hamburg. From her, he learns that she is expected to marry Simon von Wallenrod, whose father Klaus suspects of killing his parents. But the Pranks and the Wallenrods are rich and respected people, and Klaus is a poor man. And now he becomes a pirate...

original_title: Störtebeker

title: Die Diebin & der General

overview: Because of shoplifting and property damage Jessie Fischer, a single mother with a rather big mouth, is sentenced to charitable work in a nursing home. There she meets Walter Voss, known as the General. The fate of the grumpy pensioner, who was disenfranchised by his adult children and deported to the home, touches her and she decides to fight for him. But when the general's expensive pocket watch disappears, Jessie, already convicted of theft, is suspected. But the general stops by and they both embark on an adventurous journey to the sea.

original_title: Die Diebin & der General

title: The Next-Door Neighbour Is Alive

media_type: movie

title: Macht

title: Grüße aus Kaschmir

title: Das Geheimnis des Lebens

title: Nathalie

title: Arthur & Claire

title: Tödliche Lüge

title: Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten

title: Nana

title: Because I Am Good!

title: Gran Paradiso

title: A Pirate's Heart

title: Die Diebin & der General


Takayuki Godai

biography:
Takayuki Godai (五代高之, Godai Takayuki, born July 1, 1956) is a Japanese actor best known as the shōgun's ninja Saizō in the long-running prime-time television jidaigeki Abarenbō Shōgun. Godai first appeared as Saizō in Episode 57 of Series III, and continued through Series IV and V, about 190 episodes.

His stage name is the name of the character portrayed by Yujiro Ishihara in the 1969 film Eiko e no 5,000 kiro.

He is also a voice actor. He has had important roles in Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan, and as the villain Akudaikaan in Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star.

In film, Godai played the male lead opposite Rina Akiyama in the 2006 horror film Eko eko azaraku: B-page. He appeared in the 1985 Shiosai, an adaptation of The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima. He also played a role in Moonlight Mask (the 1981 movie version).

Godai appeared live on stage at a special performance Koi densetsu: Ai sureba koso by Yōko Nagayama.  Wikipedia contributors. (2021, February 12). Takayuki Godai. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan

overview: Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan is the fifth season in Toei Company's Super Sentai tokusatsu television series. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, and is the only Super Sentai series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series and the only all-male Super Sentai team. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply Sun Vulcan. This was the last Sentai season to be co-produced with Marvel Comics.

character: Takayuki Hiba

original_name: 太陽戦隊サンバルカン

Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

overview: A group of young pirates from space come to Earth to obtain the "Greatest Treasure in the Universe", which can only be acquired after obtaining the Ultimate Powers of the 34 Super Sentai. However, they end up running afoul of the Space Empire Zangyack, whose earlier invasion forces were wiped out by the 34 Super Sentai long ago. As a result, the space pirates use "pirate copies" of the powers of the older teams and fight the Zangyack forces as the Gokaigers.

original_name: 海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー

PreCure Splash Star

overview: During the summer festival five years ago, two girls met at a mysterious tree and saw two glowing spheres. Now, these two girls--Saki Hyuga, ace pitcher on the school softball team; and Mai Mishou, who prefers sketching over stargazing--are chosen by the spirits of flowers (Flappy) and birds (Choppy) to restore the Seven Fountains and save their worlds from Dark Autumn. Together, they are the NEW Pretty Cure.

character: Akudaikaan (voice)

original_name: ふたりはプリキュア Splash Star

新・ミナミの帝王～狙われた銀次郎～

original_name: 新・ミナミの帝王～狙われた銀次郎～

Engine Sentai Go-Onger

overview: The Barbaric Machine Clan “Gaiark” was exiled from the Machine World by the Engines, who are huge machines that have their own will. With the exile, the Gaiark switched their target to the world of humans and attacked to pollute the Earth in order to make it more habitable for them. This is when three young individuals with hearts of justice stand up as Go-Ongers.

character: Chainsaw Banki (voice)

original_name: 炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー

character: Saw Banki (voice)

Kiyoko Ranman

overview: The drama takes place in the 28th year of the Meiji Era. After their victory in the First Sino-Japan war, the whole of Japan is celebrating. Against this backdrop, lives a girl named Kiyoko, who is the daughter of a samurai family. Although boasting samurai bloodlines, the Kudo family live modestly and is much respected by all who knew them, especially since the patriarch, Tadachika, runs the elementary school in the village. However, all these changed, when one day, Kiyoko's father is accused of embezzlement and is arrested and imprisoned. Soon, Kiyoko is labelled as the daughter of a corrupt teacher and her entire family is ostracized. As much as she would like to rescue her father, Kiyoko finds herself helpless and she turns to her childhood friend, the village doctor Yuma Souta. Both Souta and Kiyoko grew up together and are as close as brothers and sisters. Wanting to help Kiyoko, Souta goes to beg Shibuzawa Yahiko for help.

character: Yuma Kiichi

original_name: 潔子爛漫～きよこらんまん～

name: White and Yellow ~My Pancake Story from Hawaii~

overview: University student Sawano Natsumi lives in Shonan, Kanagawa Prefecture. An encounter in Hawaii makes her decide to bring the popular pancake restaurant Eggs n’ Things to Japan, which sparks a pancake boom in the country. Despite suffering difficulties and setbacks, Natsumi fulfils her dream, motivated by thoughts of her father as well as the support of family and friends.

character: Ibata [regular customer]

original_name: しろときいろ ～ハワイと私のパンケーキ物語～

Tales of the Bizarre

overview: Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.

original_name: 世にも奇妙な物語

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

original_name: 江戸川乱歩の美女シリーズ

Let's Go to Onsen

overview: Left at the altar after quitting her job to marry, Kaoru travels to the countryside to work at the Japanese inn and hot spring resort that her mother manages. With her daughter back, Kaoru’s mother decides to groom her to become the next manager, but this causes the woman previously in line for that position to become a jealous rival. On top of that, the rest of the staff don’t respect her and refuse to cooperate at every turn. Fighting to thwart the efforts of her rival, earning the respect of her co-workers, learning a new job and hopefully finding love along the way may be tough, but she is determined to make this her new home!

original_name: 温泉へ行こう

title: Like a Beast

overview: The second popular explosion! The man who aims at the top of the organization with indomitable fighting spirit has transformed into a ferocious beast! A powerful hero that shines like a comet!

original_title: 続・獣のように

title: Goryokaku

overview: After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country. Survivors of the Shinsengumi were among the followers of Enomoto Takeaki who took them to the northernmost island of Ezo where they fought their final battle at the star shaped fort, Goryokaku. The Japanese Civil Wars fought in the name of the emperor signaled the complete end of the feudal system and Japan’s entry into the modern world as those brave samurai tried to halt progress and learned that the age of modern warfare and weaponry had passed them by. Swords were no match for rifles and cannons, nor was any man a match for the power of the imperial flag. Japanese loyalty to the emperor has long defined the nation and culture despite the changing times.

original_title: 五稜郭

title: Whispering Grudge

overview: Kumiko, a fledgling newspaper reporter, was covering the murder case as it was. A police investigation revealed that the murdered woman had been stalking relentlessly during her lifetime. And Kumiko notices that a strange voice is recorded on her on-site coverage tape.  "... No one helps. No one forgives."  The curse of the grudge causes the detectives and criminals who did not save from the stalker to die one after another. And the distorted madness of the grudge also applies to Kumiko.

original_title: 囁く怨霊

title: Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie

overview: A Sun Vulcan movie was released on July 18, 1981 at the Toei Manga Festival. It takes place some time after episode 23. In it Black Magma decides to separate Hiba from his teammates while plotting to blow up Tokyo with hidden bombs.

character: Takayuki Hiba / Vul Eagle II

original_title: 太陽戦隊サンバルカンTHE MOVIE

title: Lady Karuizawa

overview: A university student travels to a popular resort in the mountains for a summer job as a waiter and becomes romantically involved with an older woman from a wealthy family.

character: Jun'ichi Shitô

original_title: 軽井沢夫人

title: Ninja Sentai Kakuranger Part 3: The Fights of Middle Age

overview: 30 years after the Yokai were sealed away, the Kakurangers must reunite to face a new threat.

character: Yoshiteru

original_title: 忍者戦隊カクレンジャー 第三部・中年奮闘編

title: "Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2

overview: Sequel to "Guys Who Never Learn".

original_title: 塀の中のプレイ・ボール

title: Anthropologist Kumiko Misaki Murder Exam 6

overview: Restaurant owner Kenji Nagata has been stabbed to death. When the police begin an investigation, a bag of human bones is discovered in Nagata's car and Detective Kajikawa asks anthropologist Kumiko Misaki to perform an examination. She discovers that the deceased was a man in his mid-twenties and that he died more than 15 years ago. Meanwhile, suspicion for Nagata's murder falls on his apprentice chef Ryohei Miyamura due to the murder weapon being a kitchen knife. Afterwards, Miyamura breaks into Kumiko's lab, but manages to escape...

character: Yutaka Inaba

original_title: 人類学者・岬久美子の殺人鑑定6

title: Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku

overview: The body of a young woman is discovered in a park in Tokyo with all her organs removed. The case is assigned to Detective Inukai, a usually cool and unemotional detective known for seeing through the lies of others. But Inukai has a young daughter in need of a kidney transplant, so when the first crime is followed by two similar crimes, Inukai is caught between his roles as a detective and a father.

original_title: 切り裂きジャックの告白　～刑事　犬養隼人～

title: Eko Eko Azarak: B-Page

overview: Misa Kuroi continues her search for the demon Ezekiel and investigates a strange situation involving a wheelchair-bound doll maker named Ryo.

original_title: エコエコアザラク B-page

title: Fallen Angels II

overview: Authentic eroticism returns in part two of this much-anticipated sequel. Reveals the hearts and bodies of five young women who descend into a life of compromise for the sake of money...

character: Takeda

original_title: 新・バブルと寝た女たち

title: Ring

overview: In different parts of Tokyo, four young and seemingly healthy people suddenly die of heart failure at exactly the same moment. Reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa decides to investigate the deaths, and discovers that the four had stayed at a rural inn together just a week earlier. At the inn, he comes across a strange video that ends with a message saying that anyone who watches it will die exactly seven days later. Now the clock is ticking for Asakawa. Can he break the curse in time?

character: Copy Editor

original_title: リング

title: Abarenbo Shogun: The Avenging Angel

overview: This is a standalone movie, based on the long-running television series about Shogun Yoshimune.  When the very foundation of the government is shaken by a counter-feiting scandal, Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune must take to the road as an itinerant ronin in order to find out who's behind the conspiracy.  Meanwhile, a woman acting as an avenging angel begins assassin-ating the suspects in the case, causing Yoshimune to not only find his original quarry, but to help her get her revenge against those corrupt individuals that had murdered her family when she was only a child.  Matsudaira Ken shines in his most famous role, the 'Roughneck' Shogun who travels the country seeking to stomp out evil and corruption.

original_title: 暴れん坊将軍V（第1回）スペシャル 大雪原の血煙り、吉宗を愛した復讐鬼！

title: Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga

overview: Live-action adaptation of the "Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga" manga by Akira Miyashita.

original_title: 世紀末博狼伝サガ

title: The King of Minami Returns: Ginjiro in Danger

overview: Ginjiro lends 50 million yen to a man named Sugaya, who dies before repaying it. Sugaya’s daughter appears with a photo of someone unknown to Ginjiro.

original_title: 新・ミナミの帝王〜狙われた銀次郎〜

title: A Certain Seductive Summer

overview: Saeko had an affair with Kuno, a photographer, but after the car they were driving in had an accident, she has withdrawn into a villa in Shonan. One day, she meets Shinji, who rides his motorcycle in front of her beach villa every day.

original_title: 白く濡れた夏

title: The Moon Mask Rider

overview: The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.

original_title: 月光仮面

title: Abarenbo Shogun: The Bride of Edo Castle

overview: The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted.

original_title: 暴れん坊将軍Ⅳスペシャル 狙われた江戸城の花嫁!

title: Onna no Naka no Kaze

original_title: 女の中の風

title: Baian the Assassin

overview: This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces.  The Edo period. Nagato Abe, a Hatamoto (a feudal lord), is annoyed by his son's bad behavior, and when it becomes a hindrance to his own career, he asks Otowaya Hanemon, a black marketeer, to assassinate his son. The target is then taken care of by the assassin, Umeyasu. In order to keep his mouth shut, Nagatomon no Mamoru also attempts to take Otowaya's life. Nagato's brother-in-law, Omiya Sahei, a corrupt merchant from the Kamigata region, also plans to replace Otowaya as the head of Edo's black market business, so Umebayashi and his fellow trapper Hikojiro set out to eliminate them.

character: Jugoro Kosugi

original_title: 仕掛人梅安

title: Futari wa Precure Splash☆Star: Maji Doki Theater

overview: A seed of hope descends from the sky, landing atop Flappy's head and sprouting between his ears. Goyaan is sent after the seed of hope and uses a seed of despair to transform an Uzaina, causing big trouble for the Precure!

character: Akudaikan (voice)

original_title: ふたりはプリキュア Splash☆Star マジッ★ドキッ♥ シアター

title: Onihei Gaiden -  Promise in the Shadows

overview: Ex-bandit Komakichi has a random encounter with an ex-ally, Matsuzou. Seeing each other for the first time in 35 years, the two drink and talk about their past, without revealing their current lifestyles, Matsuzou then recounts an odd story... The doomed reunion slowly steers the old bandits toward a life-changing event.

original_title: 鬼平外伝 老盗流転

title: Love Letter from Heaven

overview: This film is based on a collection of letters written by Motomura Hiroshi, a surviving relative of a mother and child murdered in Hikari City, and his wife while he was still alive.  A moving story that vividly depicts the happy days from when the two first met until the day of the murder, and their encounter with the new life they were blessed with.

character: Eisuke Motomura

original_title: 天国からのラブレター

title: New Eagle of Decotora

overview: Sixth and last film in the 'Decotora no Eagle' series.

original_title: 新 デコトラのシュウ 鷲

title: Gambling King

overview: An adaptation of the popular gambling comedy serialized in 'Weekly Manga Sunday.'

original_title: Gambling King

title: Female Criminal Jutteura Punishment II

overview: A "wicked" scoundrel who will do anything for money, women, and lust races through the streets of Edo! The shadow of a man silently approaches the side of a woman who is sleeping disheveled. His criminal record is etched on his forehead, and this ultimate ruffian, who has committed womanizing, intimidation, and violence, has by chance become a pawn of a rookie constable. The man's name is Nana, also known as Inu Nana, and he takes on a difficult case. When the rage of this ruthless villain who will do anything explodes, his deadly boomerang attack tears through the darkness.

original_title: 女犯十手裏仕置II

place_of_birth: Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

title: Like a Beast

title: Goryokaku

title: Whispering Grudge

title: Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie

original_title: 太陽戦隊サンバルカンTHE MOVIE

title: Lady Karuizawa

original_title: 忍者戦隊カクレンジャー 第三部・中年奮闘編

title: "Guys Who Never Learn" Part 2

original_title: 人類学者・岬久美子の殺人鑑定6

title: Kirisaki Jack no Kokuhaku

original_title: 切り裂きジャックの告白　～刑事　犬養隼人～

title: Eko Eko Azarak: B-Page

original_title: エコエコアザラク B-page

title: Fallen Angels II

title: Ring

title: Abarenbo Shogun: The Avenging Angel

original_title: 暴れん坊将軍V（第1回）スペシャル 大雪原の血煙り、吉宗を愛した復讐鬼！

title: Seikimatsu Bakuroden Saga

original_title: 新・ミナミの帝王〜狙われた銀次郎〜

title: A Certain Seductive Summer

title: The Moon Mask Rider

original_title: 暴れん坊将軍Ⅳスペシャル 狙われた江戸城の花嫁!

title: Onna no Naka no Kaze

title: Baian the Assassin

original_title: ふたりはプリキュア Splash☆Star マジッ★ドキッ♥ シアター

title: Onihei Gaiden -  Promise in the Shadows

title: Love Letter from Heaven

title: New Eagle of Decotora

original_title: 新 デコトラのシュウ 鷲

title: Gambling King

title: Female Criminal Jutteura Punishment II

新・ミナミの帝王～狙われた銀次郎～

original_name: 新・ミナミの帝王～狙われた銀次郎～

Kiyoko Ranman

original_name: 潔子爛漫～きよこらんまん～

original_name: しろときいろ ～ハワイと私のパンケーキ物語～

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

original_name: 江戸川乱歩の美女シリーズ


Yumi Nemoto

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan

overview: Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan is the fifth season in Toei Company's Super Sentai tokusatsu television series. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, and is the only Super Sentai series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series and the only all-male Super Sentai team. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply Sun Vulcan. This was the last Sentai season to be co-produced with Marvel Comics.

character: Misa Arashiyama

character: Morizo Arashiyama's Subordinate

title: Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie

overview: A Sun Vulcan movie was released on July 18, 1981 at the Toei Manga Festival. It takes place some time after episode 23. In it Black Magma decides to separate Hiba from his teammates while plotting to blow up Tokyo with hidden bombs.

original_title: 太陽戦隊サンバルカンTHE MOVIE

title: Lady Karuizawa

overview: A university student travels to a popular resort in the mountains for a summer job as a waiter and becomes romantically involved with an older woman from a wealthy family.

character: Aya Takakura

title: Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan: The Movie

original_title: 太陽戦隊サンバルカンTHE MOVIE

title: Lady Karuizawa

media_type: tv

known_for_department: Acting


Antoine Bardou-Jacquet

Italiano

iso_639_1: it

iso_3166_1: IT

english_name: Italian

Latviešu

iso_639_1: lv

iso_3166_1: LV

english_name: Latvian

job: Director

title: Moonwalkers

overview: What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent will never find Kubrick but is forced to team up with a lousy manager of a seedy rock band to develop the biggest con of all time.

department: Directing

original_title: Moonwalkers

title: The Child

original_title: The Child

original_language: fr

title: Clip Cult

overview: A compilation of 12 cutting-edge music videos, including Bjork's "All Is Full Of Love", Squarepusher's "Come On My Selector", Autechre's "Second Bad Vilbel", Leftfield's "Africa Shox", Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" and Aphex Twin's "Come To Daddy" and "Windowlicker".

original_title: Clip Cult

place_of_birth: France

title: Moonwalkers

title: The Child

title: Clip Cult

known_for_department: Directing


Henry Jaderlund

biography:
Henry Jäderlund is an American producer, casting director, and creative executive with more than twenty-five years of experience spanning feature films, prestige documentary series, and internationally distributed television productions. His credits include Captain Phillips, The Food That Built America, The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen, The American West, Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth, The American Miracle, The Gateway, and The Watermen. Throughout his career, Jäderlund has contributed to productions executive produced by Academy Award winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Redford, Emmy Award–winning producer Stephen David, and projects featuring Academy Award winner Tom Hanks. His work encompasses casting, creative development, production leadership, and historically driven programming viewed by audiences in more than 100 countries. Jäderlund continues to develop original film and television projects while collaborating with filmmakers, executives, historians, and subject-matter experts worldwide.

Jäderlund is currently developing a slate of scripted and unscripted projects exploring history, culture, and the human experience for global audiences.

Washington

job: Casting

overview: The story of how a fatherless young soldier full of personal ambition becomes a leader of men willing to sacrifice all for the common cause. How a once-loyal British subject rises to battle an empire in a liberty-or-death campaign to forge a new nation. And then how, at the zenith of his power, the victorious general voluntarily steps down, becoming what King George III would call “the greatest man in the world.”

department: Production

original_name: Washington

The Food That Built America

job: Casting Director

overview: The fascinating stories of the families behind the food that built America, those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, those who invented new technologies and helped win wars.

original_name: The Food That Built America

The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

overview: A look at the lives of iconic pioneers such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Tecumseh, Davy Crocket and Andrew Jackson as they traveled across America.

original_name: The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

The American West

overview: The story of the aftermath of the Civil War and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull.

original_name: The American West

job: Consulting Producer

American Genius

overview: Behind every great genius was a great rival - an unstoppable adversary whose incredible vision, determination, and ambition is their match. Out of their struggles came the world's most brilliant inventions, the spoils of the heated battle between competitors.

original_name: American Genius

John Adams

overview: Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.

original_name: John Adams

Legends & Lies

overview: Longtime Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly serves as an executive producer of this adaptation of the "Legends & Lies" book series. The documentary series explores the stories behind events and the notable historical figures involved. Historical re-enactments and analysis from historians and other experts are used to bring viewers details about the topic discussed in each episode.

original_name: Legends & Lies

NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed

overview: The most in-depth high-octane account of the gritty true story behind NASCAR comes roaring to life in a first of its kind limited series.

original_name: NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed

Dolley Madison

overview: Dolley Madison is the subject of an acclaimed 85-minute biographical documentary Dolley Madison's Life | American Experience | Official Site - PBS produced as part of the American Experience | Official Site - PBS history series on PBS Dolley Madison the TV Show | Season 2010 | Episode 24 - PBS.

original_name: Dolley Madison

facebook_id: JaderlundCasting

instagram_id: jaderlund

title: Evan Almighty

overview: God contacts Junior Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

character: Ark Reporter (uncredited)

original_title: Evan Almighty

title: Sherman's March

overview: This documentary chronicles General William Tecumseh Sherman's fabled "March to the Sea" through Georgia and the Carolinas, utilizing state of the art production techniques including CGI, special effects and historical re-creations.

character: Union Soldier

original_title: Sherman's March

title: George Washington: We Fight to Be Free

overview: 'We Fight to Be Free' vividly illustrates defining moments that made George Washington an indispensable leader. You'll see Washington take command of British forces during the French and Indian War, and later leading the Army across the icy Delaware River. Charming scenes show Washington's first encounter with the widow Martha Custis and his return home to Mount Vernon after resigning his military commission at the end of the war. Special features include George Washington Quiz and Mount Vernon Picture Gallery and bonus videos Saving Mount Vernon and a Mount Vernon overview.

character: Iroquois Warrior

original_title: George Washington: We Fight to Be Free

title: The American Miracle

overview: Journeys through some of the most significant events in America's rise to power, reliving the improbabilities that demonstrate what the Founders always believed: that events unfolded according to a master plan.

character: Native Guide

original_title: The American Miracle

title: The New World

overview: A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

character: Leaf Garlanded Warrior

original_title: The New World

title: Evan Almighty

character: Ark Reporter

title: The Watermen

overview: A clan of watermen capture a crew of sport fishermen who must then fight for their lives.

original_title: The Watermen

job: Extras Casting Assistant

title: The Box

overview: Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

original_title: The Box

title: The American Miracle

title: The Gateway

overview: A social worker assigned to the care of the daughter of a single mother intervenes when the dad returns from prison and lures them into a life of crime.

original_title: The Gateway

title: Captain Phillips

overview: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

original_title: Captain Phillips

title: Evan Almighty

title: A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

overview: A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.

original_title: A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

title: Eco Teens Save The World

overview: Four teenage misfits take on Big Oil, the U.S. Government, and one very slick politician.

original_title: Eco Teens Save The World

title: To Have and to Hold

overview: Based on the best-selling 1900 novel by American author Mary Johnston. Honor was their measure of wealth and faith was their source of strength. Together they embarked on a perilous journey and battled for true love. They vowed to love and to cherish, to honor and to protect, but above all, to have and to hold.

original_title: To Have and to Hold

title: Haze

overview: A young journalist returns home to investigate unsolved deaths at an abandoned psychiatric center. As he dances with the shadows of his past, and a mysterious new man in his life, his family’s history and the town's secrets begin to converge.

title: Field of Lost Shoes

overview: A group of teenage cadets sheltered from war at the Virginia Military Institute must confront the horrors of an adult world when they are called upon to defend the Shenandoah Valley.

title: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

overview: The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

title: Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

overview: The story of Pocahontas has been passed down through the centuries. Her relationship with John Smith has been characterized as a romance that united two cultures and created lasting peace. However, the life of this American Indian princess was anything but a fairytale. Join us as we look beyond the fiction and reveal the real story of Pocahontas, a tale of kidnapping, conflict, starvation, ocean journeys, and the future of an entire civilization.

title: Reunion 108

overview: Two generations of professional baseball players return for a reunion game at one of their minor league stops en route to the big leagues. Unbeknownst to them, the owner of the club, on his way to a month of rustic living in the high Asian elevations, and desiring a connection to home, arranges an inducement to get the players to reveal novel anecdotes from their past 'on and off the field' baseball lives. The only apparent commonality between the two groups is their success on the ball field, each team providing the locals with the only two minor league championships for the small town nestled in the valley of the Allegheny Mountains.

title: The Watermen

title: A Little Closer

overview: In the forgotten corners of rural Virginia, Sheryl struggles to balance her work as a housekeeper and raising her two sons, fifteen year-old Marc and eleven year-old Stephen. Hoping to meet the love of her life and bring home a father for her boys, she frequents a depressing, weekly mixer for the towns aging singles set. Meanwhile, Marc is desperate to lose his virginity, and spends his days working at a used car lot. And his brother Stephen, in the throes of sexual discovery, becomes infatuated with his school teacher while hoping to win the approval of a group of peers who adamantly detest her.

title: Evan Almighty

title: Sherman's March

title: George Washington: We Fight to Be Free

title: The American Miracle

title: The New World

title: Evan Almighty

title: The Watermen

title: The Box

title: The American Miracle

title: The Gateway

title: Captain Phillips

title: Evan Almighty

title: A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

title: Eco Teens Save The World

title: To Have and to Hold

title: Haze

title: Field of Lost Shoes

title: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

title: Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth

title: Reunion 108

title: The Watermen

title: A Little Closer


Thomas Dehler

biography: Thomas Dehler (born October 20, 1961, in Altenburg) is a German actor and voice actor.

Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara

character: Klaus Mittelstedt

original_name: Heiter bis tödlich - Alles Klara

Polizeiruf 110

overview: Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

character: 1. Arbeiter

original_name: Polizeiruf 110

origin_country: XG DE

Die Rosenheim-Cops

overview: A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.

character: Dr. Bernd Hauck

original_name: Die Rosenheim-Cops

Bella Block

overview: Bella Block is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger, first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF. In 2010 the 30th series was produced.

character: Thomas Paslak

original_name: Bella Block

name: In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte

overview: The spin-off to the original series 'In aller Freundschaft' focuses on the young doctors in a fictional clinic in Erfurt. In this emotional drama series, hospital staffers and patients navigate life's challenges.

character: Lutz Wagenfeld

Ein Fall von Liebe

character: Kurt Friedrichs

original_name: Ein Fall von Liebe

Polizeiruf 110

character: Rolf Mertens

Prinzessin Lillifee

character: Bruno

original_name: Prinzessin Lillifee

Ein starkes Team

overview: The unlikely police pair Verena Berthold and Otto Garber are part of a special task force investigating organized crime in Berlin. He comes from the east, she from the west of Berlin. He's a redneck, she's from a better background. This causes conflict. Over time, things start to sizzle between the two. Their team includes the agile German-Turkish Yücsel and the sluggish Georg, who, like Verena and Otto, are constantly bickering. The department manager is Lothar Reddemann. Sputnik is a former colleague of Otto's from the People's Police and is constantly coming up with new business ideas for stores and pubs where the team meets.

character: Carsten Seiters

original_name: Ein starkes Team

SOKO Leipzig

overview: SOKO Leipzig is a German police procedural television programme, a spin-off of the earlier German police programme SOKO 5113. It was first broadcast on 31 January 2001, on German television channel ZDF. On 12 November 2008, the first part of a two-part crossover between SOKO Leipzig and British police procedural The Bill was aired, with the same version being shown on both ZDF and British television channel ITV1.

character: Polizeihauptmeister Frank Hübner

original_name: SOKO Leipzig

character: Paul Meier

character: Viktor Fettweis

character: Sebastian Ellermann

Line of Separation

overview: After the fall of the Third Reich, the small town of Tannbach is cruelly divided between East and West regimes and the town’s inhabitants suffer the consequences. A gripping historical drama exploring the devastating effects decades of conflict had on communities from the end of the Second War War to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

original_name: Tannbach – Schicksal eines Dorfes

Im Labyrinth der Lügen

character: Prof. Hartwig (voice)

original_name: Im Labyrinth der Lügen

Scene of the Crime

overview: Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

character: Mr. Reuter

original_name: Tatort

Geschichten aus dem Schuhregal

character: Lumi (Voice)

original_name: Geschichten aus dem Schuhregal

The Red Empire

overview: The story of an empire: From its founding in 1922 to its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union was shaped by revolutionary idealism, but also by oppression and decay. The USSR evolved from Stalinist terror through the Thaw under Khrushchev to political processes such as glasnost and perestroika under Gorbachev. Finally, in 1991, it collapsed.

character: Narrator (voice)

original_name: Das Rote Imperium

Schloss Einstein

character: Kartverleiher

original_name: Schloss Einstein

Deutsch

Thomas Dehler

biography: Thomas Dehler (* 20. Oktober 1961 in Altenburg) ist ein deutscher Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher.

iso_3166_1: DE

Français

iso_639_1: fr

iso_3166_1: FR

english_name: French

title: Nazi-Karrieren in der DDR?

overview: It was a foundational myth of the GDR that it was anti-fascist and free of Nazis. But was that really the case? The film takes a critical look on the actual way the brown heritage was dealt with in the GDR.

original_title: Nazi-Karrieren in der DDR?

title: Magie & Medizin - Die Geheimnisse des Papyrus Ebers

overview: At around 3,500 years old, the Ebers Papyrus is the oldest completely preserved medical manual in the world. Recipes were written down here on 18.6 meters in ancient Egypt. When Georg Ebers set out in search of the scroll in 1872, its existence was questionable and its sensational condition only a rumor.

character: Georg Ebers

title: The Investigation

overview: Peter Weiss’ monumental 1965 stage play, among the greatest artworks on the Holocaust, condenses the testimonies of witnesses and the accused during the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963-1965. This ultra-faithful film adaptation builds, across four hours, in its intensity and graphically described detail.

character: Angeklagter 2 Boger

original_title: Die Ermittlung

title: Oma ist verknallt

overview: Matthias is hopelessly overwhelmed when suddenly his mother Gisela is at the door. After a thigh fracture she sits in a wheelchair and needs help. When Matthias learns that Gisela has discharged herself from the rehab clinic, he realizes that she needs new life courage and is desperately looking for a solution. It comes quite unexpectedly from Tom, Gisela's ten-year-old grandson: Grandma needs a worshiper! The unusual plan works. The anonymous love letters, written by Matthias himself, enchant his mother. But when she wants to meet the unknown, all the dizziness threatens to fly up.

character: Dr. Berg

original_title: Oma ist verknallt

title: Schlamassel

overview: Germany, late 90s: Johanna is an intern at a local newspaper and is struggling with the death of her grandmother. In addition to her grief, she is burdened by conflict with her family after she angrily confronts her uncle, who is only interested in his inheritance, at the funeral. She seeks balance by throwing herself headlong into her work. In the process, she comes across an old photograph of a concentration camp guard named Anneliese Deckert. With this find, she hopes to advance her journalistic career: Johanna tracks down the now 80-year-old, but does not expect to meet her entire family on the spot, nor does she expect the fuss the photo causes.

character: Herbert

original_title: Schlamassel

title: Im nächsten Leben

original_title: Im nächsten Leben

title: Fabian: Going to the Dogs

overview: In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.

character: Kriminalkommissar Donath

original_title: Fabian oder der Gang vor die Hunde

title: Das Monstrum

character: Paul

original_title: Das Monstrum

title: Vena

overview: Jenny and her boyfriend Bolle are expecting a child. This triggers ambivalent feelings in Jenny. She has clashed with the law and the youth welfare office and her relationship with Bolle is increasingly suffering from their drug addiction.

character: Arzt Krankenhaus

original_title: Vena

title: Between Us

overview: Ilyas and Yasemin are a couple in love - until Yasemin is shot by an unknown assailant in their shared café. Ilyas' life, as well as that of their daughter Senna, completely falls apart. And as the police begin to link him and his deceased wife to the crime, Ilyas finds himself utterly bewildered. The longer the suspicions persist, the more he wonders: Was Yasemin truly the woman he loved?

character: Prison officer Merz

original_title: Was von der Liebe bleibt

title: Harter Brocken: Der Goldrausch

overview: When the village sheriff Frank Koops settles a dispute between the neighbors Ernst and Rudi, he has no idea that this is the prelude to murderous complications that go back far into the past.

character: Rudi

original_title: Harter Brocken: Der Goldrausch

title: Leipzig von oben

title: Der Kroatien-Krimi: Tod im roten Kleid

title: Stadtlandliebe

overview: Sam and Anna are part of the hip, vegan, green, eco-friendly, upper-class subculture of Berlin. Anna is a successful doctor, and Nick works in advertising. However, life in Germany's capital is fast-paced and stressful, so the two of them decide to take the next step towards the ideal "eco lifestyle" and move out to the country. As they arrive, they find that life in the country is much less relaxing than they expected, as the rather eccentric locals keep them on their toes.

title: Lachesis

overview: A woman who appears to be in the middle of life travels to Switzerland to seek euthanasia. As she puts the well-considered decision into action in an apartment, she encounters doubts for the last time.

title: GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln

title: Wolfsland - Heimsuchung

title: Java in Jeopardy - Exploring the Volcano

overview: Scientists regard it as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Time and again, Merapi, the Fire Mountain of Java in Indonesia, has proved its deadly potential. The risk of another serious eruption is high and could even have global consequences. Now scientists are looking at a mysterious tectonic disturbance: a crack that has suddenly wound its way through the center of the volcano.

title: Die kalten Ringe

overview: 19 years after the dropping of atomic bombs in Japan, the Olympic Games of 1964 took place in Tokyo. In the midst of the cold war, the games are supposed to become a symbol for a peaceful world. Especially the divided Germany is expected to prove this: By order of the IOC, both German states must participate in Tokyo with a joint team despite deep ideological rifts. The fact that athletes from both German states still had to compete against each other in order to form a joint team for the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck and in Tokyo is all but forgotten. The film tells the story of the East-West German team of 1964 for the first time and is simultaneously a current document about the relation of sports and politics in international relations.

title: Neues Land

overview: After many years, geologist Ina Sedlitz returns to her home village of Neukirch - a place that has been transformed from a former brown coal mining area into a popular tourist destination. Ina only wants one thing: to transfer her inheritance of the family hotel to her niece Mara and finally put the past behind her. But when she is asked to draw up a geological report for the man-made lake, she comes across dangerous instabilities - and the shadows of a long-suppressed family secret.

title: Das Paket

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title: The Investigation

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title: Schlamassel

title: Im nächsten Leben

title: Fabian: Going to the Dogs

title: Das Monstrum

title: Vena

title: Between Us

title: Harter Brocken: Der Goldrausch

title: Leipzig von oben

title: Der Kroatien-Krimi: Tod im roten Kleid

title: Stadtlandliebe

title: Lachesis

title: GG 19 – Deutschland in 19 Artikeln

title: Wolfsland - Heimsuchung

title: Die kalten Ringe

title: Neues Land

title: Das Paket