Kotaro Yoshida

AKA: Kôtarô Yoshida , Kōtarō Yoshida, Kohtaloh Yoshida
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1959-01-14

Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Crew Roles

King John
Director
Macbeth: The Empty Throne
Director
Creator
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {97}

2012-04-02 0

Cymbeline

In William Shakespeare's "Cymbeline," King Cymbeline is furious when his only daughter, Inogen, marries Postumus, a man of low birth, instead of marrying Cymbeline's stepson, Cloten. As a result, Post ...
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2020-06-08 0

King John

The Saitama Shakespeare Series concludes with “King John,” featuring Shun Oguri and Kotaro Yoshida. Originally starting in 1998 under Yukio Ninagawa, the series aimed to perform all 37 of Shakespeare’ ...
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榊原一成(さかきばら かずなり)

2018-04-02 0

がん消滅の罠～完全寛解の謎～

Genre :Mystery

Oba Kunimasa

2014-10-18 10

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special

An omnibus special comprised of five segments. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

Aso Iwao

2023-10-13 7

We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie

Three men, born in 1987, are from the yutori ("relaxed") generation, and they continue their attempts at finding love, friendship, and success. Masakazu Sakama stopped working for a large company and ...
Genre :Comedy

Ryo Aoi

2019-05-19 7

死命～刑事のタイムリミット～

Genre :Drama

Kondo

2022-06-03 7.8

The Way of the Househusband: The Cinema

The most notorious househusband in history appears!! The sinister yakuza who left behind many legends in the underworld, "The Immortal Dragon". He washed his hands of the yakuza lifestyle, and the new ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2016-01-02 0

疾走する蜷川幸雄80歳 〜生きる覚悟〜

'The Ninagawa of the world', still ill. The 80-year-old's intense run to stay alive, even after falling ill! ...
Genre :Documentary, TV Movie

Zentaro Ichijo

2022-06-29 7

Inspector General Ichijo

Ichijo Zentaro, an inspector who is a trend junkie and loves to use out-of-fashion vocabulary used by high school girls, works together with Yuki Maria, a sharp-tongued inspector who has built up a st ...
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King (voice)

2014-11-29 4

The Nutcracker 3D

This adaptation of the Nutcracker story (by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov) is updated in this stop-motion animation from the original Japanese release of 1979. ...
Genre :Animation, Family, Music, Fantasy

Yoichi Ota

2023-02-23 6.8

Yudo: The Way of the Bath

Two estranged brothers inherit Marukin Hot Springs, a small-town bathhouse. One sees it as an homage to their late father; the other—a struggling architect—as lucrative real estate for condos. Their e ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

2010-07-17 5.8

Surely Someday

Drawing influence from the street musicians of Miyagi, four high school students form a band and spend their free time practicing for their school's upcoming festival. When the festival is abruptly co ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Branch Manager Yamamoto

2014-01-11 7.5

Trick the Movie: Last Stage

Trade company employee Shinichi recommends to Naoko and Jiro to go to a beautiful place abroad. There, Naoko and Jiro meets tribal shaman and sees through her tricks. The shaman has refused to leave h ...
Genre :Mystery, Comedy

2004-11-16 0

Mourning Becomes Electra

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2014-10-07 0

Julius Caesar

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Shuzen Amano

2015-05-30 5.5

Shinjuku Swan

Shiratori Tatsuhiko works as a scout for Burst, a talent agency in Kabukichō, Shinjuku's red light district. In a business where money means everything Tatsuhiko finds himself in a constant struggle b ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

Gen Saijo

2024-01-26 9

Love You as the World Ends: The Movie

Utopia was a tower of hope, but it was a tower of despair created by human desires. In Utopia, they were researching the only way to save this world: a vaccine against the monster called Golem. One gi ...
Genre :Action, Mystery, Horror, Romance

Chief

2015-09-05 5.6

UNFAIR: the end

Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a t ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Mystery

Chief of Special Investigation Team

2015-09-05 5.6

UNFAIR: the end

Natsumi Yukihira (Ryoko Shinohara) receives secret documents of an organization that controls the country from the shadows. Because of this, Natsumi's ex-husband, Kazuo Sato (Teruyuki Kagawa) pays a t ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Mystery

Onodera

2015-05-01 6.4

The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War

An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter `Gray Ghost`. 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen. The perpetrators are followers of Yukihito Tsuge. Yukihito T ...
Genre :Action, Science Fiction

Gentaro Ito

2024-06-21 6.5

Hey Handsome!!: The Movie

Live-action movie adaptation based on Risa Itou's "Hey Hey Pitan!" Manga. ...
Genre :Comedy

Soichi Aizawa

2016-04-02 6

The Stare

Ayano Mishima works as an AD at a TV broadcasting station. She covers the mysterious death case of a young man. Before he died, he said that somebody was watching him. Covering the case, Ayano Mishima ...
Genre :Horror

Josuke Akaba

2017-04-29 6.9

Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High

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 he ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2002-06-07 0

オイディプス王

Oedipus, a prince of Corinth, was prophesied to "kill his father and marry his mother." To avoid the fulfillment of this prophecy, he went on a wandering journey, drove off the monstrous Sphinx in the ...
Genre :

Daisuke Settsu

2017-09-09 6.6

The Third Murder

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Crime

Sakutaro Kuriyama

2014-04-26 7.2

AIBOU: The Movie III

A news report circulates about a man who died after being kicked by a horse on a small island located 300km away from Tokyo. National Police Agency director Takeru Kanbe assigns Vice Director Mineaki ...
Genre :Drama, Action

Seiichiro Yamashita

2017-10-21 6.6

Mixed Doubles

To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend and to help revive her late mother's tennis table club, a table tennis prodigy decides to take part in a mixed doubles table tennis tournament. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mamoru Yamagami

2017-05-27 6.5

To Each His Own

Takashi Aoyama has way too much work to do and pushes himself mentally too hard. He blacks out and collapses at a railroad station. When he is about to be hit by a train, he is saved by Yamamoto. Afte ...
Genre :Drama

Takumi Kaibara

2018-01-20 6.711

The Lies She Loved

Yukari Kawahara works at a drink manufacturer. She works hard and achieves recognition for her work. Yukari Kawahara is dating research doctor Kippei Koide. They have lived together for 5 years. One d ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Masanori Kunieda

2015-02-22 0

Pla-Baroque

Yu Kuroha, a female detective from the Kanagawa PD Mobile Unit, discovers bodies of fourteen men and women frozen to death in a rental container. When the wills of the dead persons were found, her bos ...
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Issei Tsuzuki

2018-06-01 6.6

Over Drive

At the SCRS (Seiko Cup Rally Series), talented young drivers hope to advance to the WRC (World Rally Championship). Atsuhiro Hiyama is the chief mechanic and an engineer at Supika Racing Factory. He ...
Genre :Action

Goro Kawamura

2017-03-15 0

Aozora Cut

Hairstylist Shota Kawamura (Kento Hayashi) lives in Paris, but returns to Osaka when he learns his mother Sumire Kawamura (Yoshiko Tokoshima) his mother has passed away. He has a strong dislike for hi ...
Genre :Family

Matsunaga Yasuzaem

2015-09-19 0

The Man of the Political Economy

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon was a man called “Electricity Monster”. The post-war recovery and high economic growth serve as the basis for him to achieve the breakup and privatisation of the electricity busin ...
Genre :

Shuzen Amano

2017-01-21 4.8

Shinjuku Swan II

Tatsuhiko Shiratori works as a scout, recruiting girls to work in the adult entertainment business. He movies to Yokohama from Shinjuku, Tokyo. He comes into conflict with Masaki Taki who is the CEO o ...
Genre :Action

Diablo (voice)

2019-03-01 7.304

Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration

During a Japanese robotic exploration to find life on the other side of the moon, Nobita is watching from Earth and sees the moon turn yellow. With the help of Doraemon, the pair travel to the moon an ...
Genre :Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Family

2019-06-21 7.5

Brave Father Online - Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV

Akio wishes he had a better relationship with his reserved father Akira. One day Akira suddenly quits his job and retires without giving out any explanation to the family. Thinking it could be a good ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Family

Prince Henry (voice)

2019-08-02 6.761

Dragon Quest: Your Story

Luca follows in his father's footsteps to rescue his mother from evil Ladja. Finding the heavenly hero who wields the Zenithian sword is his only hope. ...
Genre :Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Family

黑泽 武藏

2019-08-23 5.222

Ossan's Love: Love or Dead

The story takes place after the TV drama series Ossan's Love (2018). It's been a year since Haruta and Maki pledged their undying love. Haruta has now come back and receives a warm welcome from famili ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, Comedy

Lambert (voice)

2019-12-06 7.294

Lupin III: The First

The iconic "gentleman thief" Lupin III returns in an action-packed, continent-spanning adventure, as Lupin III and his colorful underworld companions race to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Bres ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Animation

Junji Awai

2018-05-11 7

Love x Doc

Asuka Goda is a 40-year-old pastry chef who runs a sweets store. She works with pastry chef Seiya Hanada, who is younger than her, and Kenichi Gonda, who wants to become a pastry chef. One day, Seiya ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Yohishiro Kurosaki

2020-01-10 7

Kaiji: Final Game

Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything he, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. He is gi ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Ichiro Mitsuhashi

2020-07-17 6.9

From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie

Taking place after the events of the TV series, Mitsuhashi and Ito face the new enemies. ...
Genre :Comedy, Action

Ohanefu (voice)

2019-12-27 6.8

Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion The Movie: The Marvelous Fast ALFA-X That Comes From the Future

The new enemies, Nahane and Ohanefu, along with the mysterious new Giant Monstrous Beings appear from space to take over the Earth! Holding the key to these events is Shinkalion ALFA-X, which was secr ...
Genre :Animation, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Ando Kazumasa

2021-10-22 5.382

Cube

Six complete strangers with widely varying personalities are involuntarily placed in an endless maze of interlocking cube-shaped rooms containing deadly traps. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction

Ryuk

2015-10-17 10

Death Note: The Musical

A high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone’s name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die ...
Genre :Music, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Horror

Yozo Watafune

2021-08-20 7

Last of the Wolves

After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Action

2015-09-15 7.9

Double Meaning: Chain Reaction

Akira Mochizuki survived a kidnapping as a child. Now, she's a detective, and there are signs that the kidnapper may be back again after 20 years. ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Mystery, TV Movie

Ichigo Saitou

2024-12-20 6.4

Oshi no Ko -The Final Act-

Goro is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Goro realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common ...
Genre :Drama, Music, Fantasy

Shoji Tsuyoshi

2025-02-07 4.867

SHOWTIME 7

Orimoto Shinnosuke, a former popular news anchor, was forced to leave the nationwide news program “Showtime 7” for a certain reason. Orimoto, now a negotiator, forcefully goes live on air to negotiate ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

黒澤武蔵

2016-12-31 0

おっさんずラブ

Soichi Haruta is unpopular among women due to his poor social skills. However, he accidentally finds out his middle-aged boss and his room-mate have a crush on him. But they are both men. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Youji Akimoto

2024-10-18 6

Maru

Sawada graduated from an art university but cannot rely on it to make a living and is working as an assistant to a famous contemporary artist. He lost his independent will and became accustomed to sim ...
Genre :Drama

Fujiyoshi Sho

2025-07-25 6.8

Stigmatized Properties: Possession

Aspiring celebrity Yahiro Kuwata moves to Tokyo and becomes a "Cursed Property Resident Talent," living in haunted locations for TV and social media. As he hops between eerie apartments, an old inn, a ...
Genre :Horror

Yagyu Munenori

2020-04-11 0

Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Hidetada Tokugawa died suddenly and the death of the Shogun upset the Tokugawa system, and was concealed by a part of the Oku-cho. To top it off, Hidetada's successor had not yet been determined. Ori ...
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Voltemand (voice)

2025-11-21 7.667

Scarlet

After failing to avenge her father's murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the "Land of the Dead." In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach ...
Genre :Animation, Fantasy, Adventure

2025-05-08 0

Macbeth: The Empty Throne

Genre :

2025-01-11 0

Nursing Aide at Your Side SP

Genre :Drama

2016-12-28 0

年の瀬 変愛ドラマ

Genre :

Hideo Gondo

2021-04-15 7

Tower of Justice

Ren Kamijō is the director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Liaison Division. His father is a former police officer. An incident in Ren's childhood triggered his th ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Matsunaga Yasuzaemon

2015-08-22 0

Keisei Saimin no Otoko

A 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK. ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

2019-09-06 0

アジアの女

Genre :Drama

Kaizo Yamihara

2023-04-18 6

Unknown

Yamihara Kokoro and Asada Toramatsu live in a town that is quite peaceful, until a serial murder case happened where the bodies all had their blood drained out. Five years have passed but the case rem ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Hiroshi Naito

2013-07-07 8.3

Hanzawa Naoki

Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Hanzawa makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Hanzawa didn't want to ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Mishima Kaoru

2015-01-16 7.2

Ouroboros

"Ouroboros" is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail - meaning infinity. Based on a popular comic, a clumsy detective and a cool gang stand up to true evil. Ikuo and Tatsuya grew ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Endo

2014-04-19 6.6

The Long Goodbye

Tamotsu is suspected of murdering his actress wife Shizuka Harada. He flees to Taiwan and commits suicide. Tamotsu’s friend Banji Masuzawa works as a private detective, and has doubts about Tamotsu’s ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Bunzo Kurosawa

2013-01-12 0

The Brothers Karamazov

Set in present day Japan in a provincial town, Bunzo Kurosawa, a greedy and violent father, is murdered in his own home. Bunzo has 3 sons: oldest son Mitsuru, second son Isao and youngest son Ryo. The ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Mitsuki Sakate

2015-07-08 7

The God of Risk

Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the USA and the Japanese government. He is known as a legend in crisis management and known as "The God of Risk." To deal with num ...
Genre :Drama

Jin Nakagawa

2014-04-10 8.8

MOZU

An explosion take place in a street of Tokyo. Many people were killed or seriously injured. One casualty is Chihiro, the wife of Public Security chief inspector Kuraki Naotake. While trying to find w ...
Genre :Crime

Shosuke Nishinosono

2014-10-21 6

The Perfect Insider

Due to Professor Kita’s suggestion, student Moe Nishinosono and Associate Professor Sohei Saikawa head to Professor Kita’s research institute. There, various experiments have been conducted in a low t ...
Genre :Mystery

Ryo Higashimura

2016-07-11 7.8

A Girl & Three Sweethearts

Sakurai Misaki has not dated in a long time. She has focused on her work as a pâtissier to eventually run her own business. One day, she gets fired from work. She then meets her first love from high s ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2021-07-28 0

Musashi

Genre :Drama

Hisaya Morishige

2016-04-30 6

Totto Television

A drama series based on the novel "Totto Channeru" by famed Japanese actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. ...
Genre :Drama

Iwao Asou

2016-04-17 8.2

We're Millennials. Got a Problem?

Drama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the world through work, love, and friendship. The men are from the "yutori generation", when the Japanese gover ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Family

Hiromichi Wakisaka

2019-01-13 7.5

The Good Wife

Kyoko Hasumi (Takako Tokiwa) is a former lawyer who quit her job to become a housewife and a mother. Her husband is an elite prosecutor. He works as the leader of a special investigation department at ...
Genre :Family, Drama

Musashi Kurosawa

2019-12-23 0

おっさんずラブ -in the sky- ゆく年くる年SP

Genre :Drama

Takeshi Saionji（西園寺 猛司）

2012-10-18 7.4

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon

Daimon Michiko is a 37-year-old freelance surgeon who is part of a questionable “doctor placement service” that has her wander from hospital to hospital. The harsh environment at the hospitals led man ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Hitoshi Uesugi

2018-10-08 6.2

Suits

Shogo Kai is a lawyer at one of the big 4 law firms in Japan. He is good at his job, but he is arrogant. Shogo Kai only thinks about winning and he thinks the only way to satisfy his clients is to win ...
Genre :Drama

Giemon

2022-07-08 0

Good Man Nagaya

Follows the people in the "Long House of Good People" who are different in appearance, a group of villains disguised as good people. They sometimes help ordinary people in difficulty, sometimes rescue ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Musashi Kurosawa

2018-04-21 6.8

Ossan's Love

First his boss shocks him with a confession of love, then his roommate. Maybe one of them is Soichi's Mr. Right after all. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Kurosawa Musashi

2024-01-05 9.5

Ossan's Love Returns

Marital bliss gets complicated for two newlyweds when their new housekeeper turns out to be their former boss! Will their old love triangle resurface? ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Ichiro Mitsuhashi

2018-10-13 7.772

From Today, It's My Turn!!

Two transfer students, Takashi Mitsuhashi and Shinji Itō, tired of their boring normal life and unpopularity, decide to take their arrival at a new school as an opportunity to reinvent their image, an ...
Genre :Comedy

Masatoshi Katagiri

2015-07-15 7.4

Seven Detectives

Yū Amagi is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division from the Lost and Found Centre. The T ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Soichi Kuru

2012-01-15 0

Man of Destiny

A newspaper reporter (Masahiro Motoki) uncovers a secret "Okinawa pact" between the Japanese and U.S. government. A woman who is the deputy director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes a key fi ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Kida Takao

2016-09-21 8

The Copycat Criminal

Based on the novel "Mohouhan" by Miyuki Miyabe. Journalist Maebata Shigeko, young Tsukada Shinichi and elderly Arima Yoshio all suffer from and become involved in a serial kidnap and murder case. Shi ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Kururi Takuzo

2016-01-16 0.5

Tokyo Sentimental

Tokyo-born Kururi Takuzo creates a sweet rice treat called dango at his family's traditional Japanese confectionery that has been there for decades. In his spare time the divorcee roams the city, obse ...
Genre :Drama

Ito Gentaro

2022-01-08 8

Hey Handsome!!

58-year-old Gentaro Ito lives with his wife Chizuru in a house in Tokyo. Each of their three daughters should have left home and lived well. However, their eldest daughter, 28-year-old Yuka, is single ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Musashi Kurosawa

2019-11-02 6.8

Ossan's Love: In the Sky

Sōichi Haruta is 35 years old and single. He gets fired from his job. He begins to work as a cabin attendant for Tenkū Peach Airline. On the first day of his new job, he is late for a briefing meeting ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Nakai

2019-08-08 7.322

The Naked Director

Follows the rise of Tooru Muranishi, one of Japan's most notorious directors of adult video. Adapted from a biography of the man, this series depicts the character, his art, vision and his interactio ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Tonegawa Joji

2024-07-13 6.333

GO HOME ~Metropolitan Police Department Unidentified Person Consultation Office~

Mita Sakura is considered to be weird by her colleagues at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, because she voluntarily works in the unidentified bodies department. About 20,000 unidentified bodi ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

2012-02-27 0

O-PARTS〜オーパーツ〜

Genre :Drama

Kamaji Asada

2025-03-31 8.3

Anpan

In wartime Japan, spirited Nobu transforms from a militarist schoolgirl into Kochi’s first female reporter, as she and childhood friend Takashi endure personal loss and struggle to find their own trut ...
Genre :Drama

Tōru Nagashima

2020-05-24 7.9

The Sun Does Not Move

Kazuhiko Takano is an agent for spy organizatoin "AN Tsuushin." His rookie partner is Ryoichi Taoka and they sneak into the International City Fair, which will be held in three years in Tokyo. Various ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Drama

Ichigo Saito

2024-11-28 7

OSHINOKO

Two fans of pop idol Ai are reincarnated as her "secret" baby twins, Aqua and Ruby, and grow up supporting her until the tragic day she is stabbed by a stalker. Flash forward a few years later, and Aq ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

八角民夫

2013-07-13 0

七つの会議

Genre :

Kano Densuke

2014-03-31 7.3

Hanako & Anne

A Japanese girl from a poor family named Hanako went on an adventure to study in a girl's Christian school in Tokyo. She found her passion in English and step by step made her dream come true. ...
Genre :Drama

Nishino Masayuki

2012-04-16 7.286

The Locked Room Murders

Enomoto Kei is a security "otaku" working for a security firm, devoted to improving the securities system on a daily basis. He is not an easy person to familiarize oneself with, always collected and c ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

2026-01-12 0

Delinquent to Doctor

An ex-delinquent girl dramatically transforms into a highly skilled neurosurgeon, challenging the outdated and bureaucratic medical establishment to fiercely advocate for her patients. ...
Genre :Drama

2025-10-21 7

Just a bit Espers

A down-and-out salaryman, fired and divorced, lands a bizarre job requiring him to fake a marriage with a stranger to save the world. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy