Ryo Sugimoto

biography: Ryo Sugimoto (杉本 亮, Sugimoto Ryō, born 1976) is a Japanese art director. He received the the Best Art Award of the Japan Academy for the films Villain and Unforgiven directed by Lee Sang-il.

Midnight Diner

job: Production Design

overview: Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.

department: Art

original_name: 深夜食堂

Siren

job: Art Designer

overview: Satomi  Shinobu works in the Mobile Investigation Unit of The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The Mobile Investigation Unit conducts the initial investigation at all crime scenes. He works with Inokuma Yuki. They are a couple, but they keep their relationship a secret at work. They both hope to work at the #1 Investigation Station. One day, they meet beautiful Tachibana Kara at the site where a dead body was found. Kara appears at the other crime scenes involving grotesque murders. She shows an interest in Yuki. Satomi Shinobu thinks it's a bad sign for Yuki. To protect his girlfriend from danger, he struggles to find uncover the truth behind the serial murder cases and Kara’s identity.

original_name: サイレーン

Starman: A Love Story

overview: Sawako (Ryoko Hirosue) was dumped by her husband and since then she has raised her three sons alone. One day, she happens to meet a young man (Sota Fukushi) who is dying. She falls in love with him at first sight. The young man also suffers from memory loss. Sawako names him Hoshio. Taking advantage of his memory loss, she decides to make him live with her and as the father of her three sons. Now, Sawako, her three sons, her grandmother and Hoshio all live together. Sawako hopes Hoshio never regains his memory. Hoshio also begins to develop feelings for her. Whenever Sawako has troubles, Hoshio helps her out with his mysterious ability. Hoshio's past is also a mysterious. A mystery that is finally revealed.

original_name: スターマン・この星の恋

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biography: Ryo Sugimoto (杉本 亮, Sugimoto Ryō, nacido en 1976) es un director de arte japonés. Recibió el premio de la Academia de Japón al Mejor Arte por las películas Akunin (Villain) y Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru Mono) dirigidas por Lee Sang-il.

also_known_as:
Ryō Sugimoto
Ryou Sugimoto

title: Monsters Club

overview: Having abandoned modern civilization, Ryoichi lives an isolated, self-sufficient life on a snow-covered mountain and sends mail bombs to the CEOs of corporations and TV networks. One day, he encounters a mysterious creature in the forest. That night, his older brother, who had committed suicide, appears before him at his cabin. The apparition takes Ryoichi beyond a door, where Ryoichi learns the truth about his family.

original_title: モンスターズクラブ

title: Unforgiven

overview: An old swordsman, his former comrade and a young braggart are hired by prostitutes to track down bandits who mutilated one of the women.

original_title: 許されざる者

title: Unforgiven

title: A Crowd of Three

overview: A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as part of a demolition crew but become fed up with their jobs. The friends then decide to take a road trip up north to visit Kenta's brother at the Abashiri prison.

original_title: ケンタとジュンとカヨちゃんの国

job: Art Direction

title: Silk

overview: A scientist uses his invention - the "Menger Sponge" - to capture the energy of a dead child's spirit in an old building. In trying to determine why the energy of the ghost does not dissipate, the team discovers the identity and the dramatic story of the boy.

original_title: 詭絲

original_language: zh

job: Assistant Art Director

title: Lost in Translation

overview: Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

original_title: Lost in Translation

title: Penalty Loop

overview: When Jun's lover is killed, he decides to kill her murderer. He's then stuck in a time loop and forced to relive the same day over and over, but he continues to kill the same man every day.

original_title: ペナルティループ

title: Beneath the Shadow

overview: From coworkers to close friends, Konno and Hiasa drift apart. When Hiasa goes missing, Konno must face what he didn’t say in time.

original_title: 影裏

title: After the Rain

overview: Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.

original_title: 恋は雨上がりのように

title: A Bolt from the Blue

overview: Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they were young and he learns the secret of his birth.

original_title: 青天の霹靂

title: Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

overview: A Japanese assassin falls in love with the Spanish wine seller she was hired to kill.

original_title: Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

title: Suzuki=Bakudan

overview: An unemployed man named Suzuki is taken in by police after breaking a booze vending machine. When he predicts the explosions of two bombs and claims there are more, the police start to investigate him as a terrorist. However, Suzuki first claims to know about the bombs through psychic clairvoyance, and then claims he was hypnotized to forget. He gives hints about the bombs with riddles while riling up his interrogators, especially senior detective Kiyomiya and his junior Ruike. Things seem to be connected to a disgraced cop named Hasebe, who committed suicide after a scandal some years ago. But is Suzuki actually the perpetrator behind the bombs or not?

original_title: 爆弾

title: A Hundred Flowers

overview: Diagnosed with dementia, Yuriko's mind quickly begins to fade. Yet, for her son Izumi, memories of the mother feel as vivid as when he lived them. One in particular, when he believed she had disappeared, haunts him terribly.

original_title: 百花

title: Character

overview: A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more. He uses the real-life situation for his work.

original_title: キャラクター

title: Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High

overview: Teiichi Akaba is a student at a prestigious private male high school known for producing important politicians and bureaucrats. His dream is to become the prime minster and make his own country. To help achieve his dream, he wants to become elected as his school's student council president. The elected student president receives privileges and a better chance for promotions later in the political & bureaucrat world. A power struggle takes place surrounding the student election.

original_title: 帝一の國

title: Amy Said

overview: Twenty years have passed since the sudden disappearance of Amy, who was the femme fatale in her film studies group. Something that Naoko said triggers emotions that were frozen in time for the group's members, who see each other for the first time after a long absence: Asada Iida,Naoko,Okamoto,Miho,Goto and Kizuka.

original_title: AMY SAID エイミー・セッド

title: The Blue Hearts

overview: Six directors picked a favorite song by Japanese punk rock band "The Blue Hearts" and made a short film inspired by the song.

original_title: ブルーハーツが聴こえる

title: Haruta & Chika

overview: Haruta is handsome and smart, Chika is bright and naive. When they were children, they were friends until Haruta's family moved away while he was in the 3rd grade. They meet again during a high school entrance ceremony. After all of these years, Chika is eager to join the wind instrument club. Due to an incident, the wind instrument club is about to be disbanded. Chika can't give up the flute so she attracts Haruta to her side and tries to recruit members from the wind instrument club. The group attempts to solve various cases taking place at their school while they plan to take part in a contest.

title: If Cats Disappeared from the World

overview: A postman learns that he doesn't have much time left to live due to a terminal illness. A devil then appears in front of him and offers to extend his life if he picks something in the world that will disappear. The man thinks about his relationships with ex-friends, ex-lovers, relatives and colleagues who will be sincerely sad when he dies.

title: Chameleon

overview: Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men kidnapping a middle-aged man in the parking garage. Goro records the man on his cell phone without knowing he could be in big trouble.

title: The Town of Headcounts

overview: Pursued by loan sharks, Aoyama is rescued by a mysterious man in orange overalls, and spirited away to “The Town,” where other dropouts hide out from debtors, abusive partners or the police. It’s a perpetual holiday resort where every need is catered to but hidden in it is a sinister conspiracy.

title: Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic

overview: The intertwined love story of four young people on Christmas night.

original_title: MIRACLE デビクロくんの恋と魔法

title: Double Trouble

overview: Chief Iizuka, who works at the Cultural Center, misunderstands two chorus groups with similar names and double-books the concert hall on New Year's Eve. Although they talk to each other, neither of them gives up a step and develops into a big problem. Iizuka, who has lived his life with a "no-nonsense" attitude, finds himself in the middle of two groups and at a loss for words.

title: Children of the Dark

overview: A Middle-aged Japanese ex-pat journalist investigates child organ trafficking in Thailand and he uncovers a sinister network. In the darkest corners of Thailand, child prostitution and organ sales flourish. In order to save a child's life, another life must be taken. An outraged Japanese journalist and a passionate young Japanese NGO member attempt to save "children of the dark" from being consumed by arrogance and greed. However, the harsh realities of life intervene... Adapting Yan Sogil's book, which unflinchingly portrays the tragic realities unfolding today, filmmaker Junji Sakamoto directs a talented multinational cast to bring these stark events to life.

title: Tada's Do-It-All House

overview: In Mahoro, the fictional suburb of Tokyo, Tada works as a general problem solver for hire. One day, former classmate Gyoten appears unannounced. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. With no explanation, Gyoten suddenly asks to spend the night at Tada's home. Eventually, Tada accepts Gyoten as his assistant and together they become involved in various cases concerning an assortment of people from different walks of life.

title: We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

overview: Two people meet each other after missing the last train home, leading to a beautiful relationship over five years.

title: Climbing for Life

overview: In 1975, a woman reached the summit of Mount Everest: Junko, the first woman in history to reach the world's highest peak. Junko's unforgettable feat stunned the world, bringing her into the spotlight but casting a huge shadow over her friends and family. Despite being diagnosed with a terminal illness in her final years, Junko continued to challenge the mountains. What was the last thing she saw beyond the summit?

original_title: てっぺんの向こうにあなたがいる

title: 1st Kiss

overview: After losing her husband to death following a troubled marriage, a woman unexpectedly travels back to the moment before their first meeting, allowing them to reconnect and rekindle their romance.

original_title: ファーストキス 1ST KISS

title: Exit 8

overview: A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

title: Bare Essence of Life

original_title: ウルトラミラクルラブストーリー

title: Villain

overview: Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.

title: Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man

original_title: 外事警察 その男に騙されるな

title: Monsters Club

title: Unforgiven

title: Unforgiven

title: A Crowd of Three

original_title: ケンタとジュンとカヨちゃんの国

title: Silk

title: Lost in Translation

title: Penalty Loop

title: Beneath the Shadow

title: After the Rain

title: A Bolt from the Blue

title: Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

title: Suzuki=Bakudan

title: A Hundred Flowers

title: Character

title: Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High

title: Amy Said

original_title: AMY SAID エイミー・セッド

title: The Blue Hearts

title: Haruta & Chika

title: If Cats Disappeared from the World

title: Chameleon

title: The Town of Headcounts

title: Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic

original_title: MIRACLE デビクロくんの恋と魔法

title: Double Trouble

title: Children of the Dark

title: Tada's Do-It-All House

title: We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

title: Climbing for Life

original_title: てっぺんの向こうにあなたがいる

title: 1st Kiss

original_title: ファーストキス 1ST KISS

title: Exit 8

title: Bare Essence of Life

original_title: ウルトラミラクルラブストーリー

title: Villain

original_title: 外事警察 その男に騙されるな


Naoko Kouda

biography: Naoko Kouda (幸田 直子, Kōda Naoko, born March 22, 1959) is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Her real name and former stage name is Yumiko Sato (佐藤 由美子, Satō Yumiko). She also worked under the stage name of Naoko Kouda (幸田 奈穂子, Kōda Naoko). She is affiliated with Remax. She was formerly affiliated with Mausu Promotion, Mouvement and Office Kaoru.

Mashin Sentai Kiramager

overview: After the kingdom of Crystalia is plunged into a deep darkness by Yodonheim, the army of darkness. Princess Mabushina, comes to Earth with the Kiramai Stones to find individuals with strong "shining spirits" to become the Kiramagers and fight against the Yodonheim Army.

character: Numajo (voice)

original_name: 魔進戦隊キラメイジャー

original_language: ja

Najica Blitz Tactics

overview: Najica, perfumer and secret agent, is sent out on a number of recovery missions to round up rogue androids with combat abilities. Najica is assigned an android partner, Lila, whom Najica is to groom as an agent and receive assistance from along the way.

character: Madam

original_name: ナジカ電撃作戦

Kamen Rider

overview: Takeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams are suddenly ruined when he gets kidnapped by Shocker, the evil secret organization planning to dominate the world. After being remodeled into a cyborg, Takeshi escapes and swears to protect the world from the inhuman monsters.

character: Katchu Ganma (voice)

original_name: 仮面ライダー

Monster

overview: Kenzou Tenma, a Japanese brain surgeon in Germany, finds his life in utter turmoil after getting involved with a psychopath that was once a former patient.

character: Elna (voice)

original_name: MONSTER

Kamen Rider

character: Shroud (voice)

Girls Band Cry

overview: Nina Iseri drops out of high school and moves to Tokyo by herself. In front of the station in the suburbs of Tokyo, Nina sees Momo Kawaragi singing alone and is touched by the power of music. Nina decides to form a band with Momo, Subaru Awasu, a girl who hides her true feelings, Tomo Ebutsuka, who was abandoned by her parents, and Rupa, a lonely girl without any family...

character: Tendo Awa (voice)

original_name: ガールズバンドクライ

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iso_3166_1: CN

english_name: Mandarin

English

iso_639_1: en

iso_3166_1: US

english_name: English

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iso_639_1: ja

iso_3166_1: JP

english_name: Japanese

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Naoko Kouda

biography: Naoko Kouda (幸田 直子, Kōda Naoko, nacida el 22 de marzo de 1959) es una actriz y actriz de voz japonesa de Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japón. Su nombre real y antiguo nombre artístico es Yumiko Sato (佐藤 由美子, Satō Yumiko). También trabajó bajo el nombre artístico de Naoko Kouda (幸田 奈穂子, Kōda Naoko). Está afiliada a Remax. Antiguamente estuvo afiliada a Mausu Promotion, Mouvement y Office Kaoru.

iso_639_1: es

iso_3166_1: ES

english_name: Spanish

Český

iso_639_1: cs

iso_3166_1: CZ

english_name: Czech

普通话

iso_3166_1: HK

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iso_639_1: uk

iso_3166_1: UA

english_name: Ukrainian

also_known_as:
Naoko Kōda
幸田 直子
佐藤 由美子
Yumiko Satō
Yumiko Satou
幸田 奈穂子

title: Appleseed: Ex Machina

overview: As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of the threats that Deunan must contend with as she fights to save Olympus!

character: Dr. Xander (voice)

original_title: エクスマキナ

title: Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W Featuring Skull: Movie Wars Core

overview: Confronting a mysterious enemy, the Pteranodon Yummy, Kamen Rider W receives aid from Ryu, who has infuriated Akiko by being too busy to attend her wedding! Akiko demands to know why he even became a Kamen Rider in the first place and the Pteranodon Yummy as it uses the Memory Memory on her to give her the answer to her question. Meanwhile, at the Kougami Foundation, Kousei Kougami talks of the most avaricious man in Japan, Oda Nobunaga, whose final resting place was found. With Doctor Maki overseeing the process, Kougami commissions the creation of a Cell Medal homunculus based on Nobunaga himself.  Later, Kamen Rider Core begins to destroy the area as Kamen Riders OOO and W team up to fight the enemy. However, Kamen Rider Core proves too powerful and the two go underground to destroy the Gaia Memory’s source of power to even the odds.

original_title: 仮面ライダー×仮面ライダー オーズ&ダブル feat.スカル MOVIE大戦CORE

title: Techno Police 21C

overview: The year is 2001 and the criminals have taken over Centinel City. The Police have lost control. The citizens are terrified... and no one can stop the madness. Even the Techno Police, a special anti-crime squad, find the situation hopeless until a wise cracking cop with an uncanny knack for out-guessing the criminals joins the force.  When a powerful experiment tank is hijacked, the Techno Police and their newest recruit go to work. Equipped with an ultra-sonic car and crime-fighting Technoids, the rookie cop sets out on a death defying high-speed chase through the streets... trying to capture the crooks and trying to stay alive.  But no one is aware of the awesome powers about to be unleashed.

character: Ayabe Marionera

original_title: テクノポリス21C

title: Licca-chan no Nichiyoubi

overview: Based on the character Rika-chan from Takara Tomy's long-running line of girls' toys, this is the third installment in the OVA series "Rika-chan" that aired in the 1990s. One Sunday. Rika goes to her friend Izumi's relative's house with Izumi and ends up answering the doorbell there. The house had a large tree in the backyard and was quite luxurious, but there was a shy girl named Akichan and her younger sister Tomochan who were a bit concerning.

original_title: リカちゃんの日曜日

title: ウルトラニャン2 ハッピー大作戦

original_title: ウルトラニャン2 ハッピー大作戦

title: Ultra Nyan 2: The Great Happy Operation

overview: Ultra-Nyan's adventures continue. This time, he is tasked with finding the cause of the crows' sudden declaration of war upon the cats.

character: Ramnmaru (voice)

original_title: ウルトラニャン２　ハッピー大作戦

title: Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty

overview: Foiled repeatedly by the predictions of Interpol's supercomputer,  Lupin has settled down. His partner Jigen asks him to pull one last heist: recover the Super Egg, a massive diamond hidden somewhere inside the Statue of Liberty.

character: Judy (voice)

original_title: ルパン三世 バイバイ・リバティー・危機一発!

title: Fuuto PI: The Portrait of Kamen Rider Skull

overview: Shotaro tells Tokime all about his mentor, Shokichi Narumi, and the night he and Philip became Kamen Rider W.

character: Fumine Sonozaki (voice)

original_title: 風都探偵 仮面ライダースカルの肖像

title: Legend of the Phantom Heroes

overview: Yazawa, a Japanese pilot, suffers a crash in his Phantom jetfighter. After a six month recovery, his old friend from an airplane magazine wants him to investigate the appearance of a Phantom in an armed conflict in El Salvador. Yazawa's investigations makes him wind up in an international arms conspiracy. Based on a series of military fiction novels.

original_title: ファントム勇者伝説

place_of_birth: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

title: Appleseed: Ex Machina

media_type: movie

title: Techno Police 21C

title: Licca-chan no Nichiyoubi

title: ウルトラニャン2 ハッピー大作戦

original_title: ウルトラニャン2 ハッピー大作戦

title: Ultra Nyan 2: The Great Happy Operation

original_title: ウルトラニャン２　ハッピー大作戦

title: Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty

original_title: ルパン三世 バイバイ・リバティー・危機一発!

original_title: 風都探偵 仮面ライダースカルの肖像

title: Legend of the Phantom Heroes

Mashin Sentai Kiramager

media_type: tv