Kumiko Akiyoshi

AKA: Kumiko Onodera, Kumiko Akiyoshi
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1954-07-29

Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {78}

2012-03-11 0

Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama)

The movie is based on an autobiographical book titled “Tokyo Furyou Shounen Densetsu.” The book was written by Endo Natsuki, who was once affiliated with the biker team and band COOLS that was formed ...
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2017-04-23 0

Karanukan

Genre :Romance, Fantasy

2011-03-18 0

地球征服アパート物語

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Nanako

1977-12-29 0

Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal

A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a debt bond in a basket with parrots, which they received instead of pension money. At that time, Hiromi ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Elizabeth

1981-09-12 5

Something Like It

Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets tha ...
Genre :Comedy

Sawa Takiguchi (Guide)

1977-06-04 6.4

Mount Hakkoda

Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Junko

1982-04-09 4.5

Farewell to the Land

Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry ...
Genre :Drama

Miyako Shinohara

1989-10-29 3.5

The Enchantment

A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Romance, Drama

Mitsuko

1995-04-01 7.2

Deep River

A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India. ...
Genre :Drama

2023-11-03 6.8

Family

Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist's own life experience, this film portrays the loss and regeneration of the life of four men. ...
Genre :Drama

Keechie's Client

2001-06-19 6.2

Desert Moon

A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know that their precarious relationship will soon be tra ...
Genre :Drama

Yuuko Kushimori

2003-03-15 7.4

The Blue Light

Shuichi Kushimori is a 17 year old high school student who lives happily with his mother and stepsister. One day, without warning, his estranged stepfather returns home from a long absence. He quickly ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Drama

Kazuko Shibayama

2001-03-24 5.7

Love Ghost

Teenager Midori's family moves back to the city where she lived as a child and is relieved to discover that her old friend Ryusuke still lives there. Her terrifying nightmares begin intersecting with ...
Genre :Horror

Yuriko Himura

2014-09-27 0

Cold

Genius scientist Kikuo Himura (Yosuke Kubozuka) succeeds in developing a miracle cure for the cold virus. There are now people who are after Kikuo Himura's cold vaccine. Doctor Ichinose (Akira Emoto) ...
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Azuna

1976-08-19 5.5

The War of the 16 Year Olds

A young drifter and a precocious sixteen years old girl slowly form a bond in a small town haunted by its wartime past. ...
Genre :Mystery, War, Drama

Satoko Okazaki

1987-01-17 1

Night Train

A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love. ...
Genre :Drama

1993-02-13 7

Crimson Lotus

Sakura and Kenzo are married. Both think they can live a happy marriage, despite the fact that she cannot have children and he does not want to give up her relationship with her lover Yoko. ...
Genre :Drama

Yaeko

1987-05-28 0

The Orphaned Geisha

Geisha Yaeko is approached by a samurai who has just returned to Edo while she is painting a picture of camellia flowers in a temple. The samurai, whom she meets again at a drinking party, is the heir ...
Genre :Drama

Fusako Harada

1988-09-15 6.3

The Discarnates

Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock, Harada indulges in melancholy, mainly on his failu ...
Genre :Fantasy, Drama, Horror

Takako

1987-12-26 9

Tora-san Plays Daddy

A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the th ...
Genre :Comedy

1982-10-23 0

Weekend Shuffle

First mainstream film directed by Genji Nakamura, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1974 short story of the same title. ...
Genre :Comedy

1974-03-23 6.3

Red Paper Lantern

A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1976-08-14 1

The Corporation

Tadashi Iki returns to Japan from a Soviet gulag 11 years after being captured during the invasion of Manchuria. He is offered a position in the expansive Kinki Corporation, but rival corporations are ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

1976-10-23 0

Brother and Sister

Members of a country family react differently to the return of daughter Mon from a town factory.While the men are angry she is pregnant with no husband, the women show kindness. ...
Genre :Drama

Kei Kaneshiro

1981-11-07 5.6

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “special fees” from parents wanting to assure their off ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Crime

Miyoshino

1991-01-03 6.5

Saito Dosan: Rage of Power

During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader. One of the first to vie for power in this way was Sa ...
Genre :History, War

1974-08-14 3

Younger Sister

Akio's sister, Neri has separated from her boyfriend. They lived in Kamakura. She moves in with her brother. Her ex-boyfriend's sister, Eiko comes to see Neri. She wonders if the separation occurred d ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1985-09-14 0

Flakes of Snow

A troubled architect weaves his way through numerous romantic situations in a search for true love and contentment. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Mami Hatake

1974-11-22 5

Virgin Blues

Teenagers are rebels without a cause. Let it be for stress relief or just a way to kill time, Mami (Kumiko Akiyoshi) and Chiaki were always up to no good – but their luck runs out when they shoplift w ...
Genre :Drama

1976-09-23 0

Permanent Blue

In a fishing town by the Seto Sea, a student discovers a woman motionless on the beach and takes her back to his family's inn to nurse her, but he soon discovers than she is an extremist on the run fr ...
Genre :Romance

1974-09-21 0

Aoba shigereru

Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue. ...
Genre :Drama

1974-12-28 5

Statue in Fire

Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band The Tigers (1966-1971, 1981-1983). ...
Genre :Drama

Noriko

1975-06-07 6

The Perennial Weed

A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1982-09-25 6

To Trap a Kidnapper

Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school. ...
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Yuki Kobayashi

1977-04-29 0

Suddenly, Like a Storm

21-year-old Hideo Ishida is a reckless young man. Today again, he took part in a car race with a stolen driver's license and a car belonging to the junkyard. But unfortunately, things go wrong and aft ...
Genre :Drama

Tomoko Araki

1982-09-15 5

The Shootout

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly desperate as events spin out of control, culminating in an ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Action

1983-12-24 0

Aitsu to lullaby

Genre :Romance, Drama

1987-01-01 8

Taikoki

Rising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is one of the pivotal figures of the Sengoku period. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Physis (voice)

1980-04-26 6.1

Toward the Terra

A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth. ...
Genre :Animation, Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

Kyoko Toda

1976-03-13 0

Light and Shade of Youth

Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job than to studying for a college entrance exam. On the other hand, Bunpei Noro is an awkward fellow who on ...
Genre :Drama

2019-02-15 0

Smiles Leading To Happiness

Daichi (Mahiro Takasugi) is a young dental technician. He is called a prince due to his excellent skills at work and his handsome appearance. One day, he meets again his childhood friend Manatsu (Seia ...
Genre :Drama

2002-05-10 0

Seventeen

Based on the actual experience of Michi Inoue, an active female high school student at the time, a movie of the best-selling essay “17 years old” depicting the honest feelings of a high school girl. ...
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Ryu

1999-11-07 0

The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Ryoko Akimoto

1982-08-10 7

Cute Devil

While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental ho ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Chigiri Yamazaki

2004-10-30 1

Translucent Tree

Translucent Tree is centered around divorced Chigiri, a suburban middle-aged mother taking care of her teenage daughter, Mayu, and her ailing father Kaho. Her life is mundane and rather hopeless until ...
Genre :Drama

1990-04-20 10

Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode

Some of the greatest battles during the Age of Civil Wars were fought between the Uesugi and Takeda clans. Leading up to them was the incredible life of Uesugi Kenshin, who rose from a son out of favo ...
Genre :History, Drama, War, TV Movie

Otomi Murai

1977-10-29 0

Sugata Sanshiro

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, bu ...
Genre :Drama, Action

2013-02-23 7

The Intermission

A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup. Uni ...
Genre :Comedy

1993-01-03 0

Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon

Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is the man to fill those sainted clogs. The fastest way to do this is to subjugate the neighboring warlor ...
Genre :History, Drama

2007-01-05 0

Kindachi Kosuke: The Devil Comes and Blows the Whistle

Genre :Crime, Mystery, Horror

Sakura

1984-02-11 0

The Horizon

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises 4 children. After Pearl Harbor is attacked, they a ...
Genre :Drama, History

1994-01-01 2

Lesson

The days of love between a free-spirited heroine who continues to seek freedom and a young man who is attracted to her charm. Starring Kumiko Akiyoshi. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1983-12-03 0

Afternoon of the Evil Spirits

An ancient evil spirit resurrects in the modern age and possesses a beautiful woman. ...
Genre :Horror

2012-11-03 0

Joyū

2012 Japanese movie ...
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2012-08-11 0

「わたし」の人生(みち) 我が命のタンゴ

Genre :Drama

1990-09-03 0

The Fir Tree Remains

The Fir Tree Remains | Yamamoto explores the life of Koi Harada, a man wrongfully branded a “traitor” in Japanese history. As the Date clan faces the threat of destruction from within and from the sho ...
Genre :History, Drama, Action

Reiko Ando

1976-02-11 0

Elegy

Based on a novel of the same name by Yasuko Harada. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

2024-10-11 0

Lu jarudan he youkoso

This film is based on the book "Welcome to Le Jardin" by Akemi Mochizuki, owner of the high-end club "Le Jardin" in Ginza, Tokyo. Based on the original story, which has been released up to three insta ...
Genre :Drama

Makabe Anna

2020-01-08 8

Off the Record

Keito is a reporter for a weekly magazine. The magazine covers everything from corruption by politicians to entertainers' scandals. She watches out for the next big scoop. Keito is also rich and enjoy ...
Genre :Drama

2023-04-24 8.5

Fixer

Who will run Japan? The prime minister or a mastermind? A political thriller about the "fixer" pulling strings behind the scenes controlling the political, business, and legal worlds as the greed of m ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

2003-01-17 5

Sky High

Sky High is a live-action, supernatural Japanese television drama series, starring actress and model, Yumiko Shaku. It aired in Japan, first run, from 2003 to 2004, and was popular enough to spawn the ...
Genre :Drama

Tsukamoto Ayako

1999-04-15 0

Miracle of Love

After finding out about her surprise pregnancy, Janesuda was labeled as her lover, Atiruj's life-destroyer. Despite the taunts from the people around her lover, she tried to be patient and persevere t ...
Genre :Drama

Momodaira Minako

2006-10-16 7.8

Nodame Cantabile

When a classically trained young conductor meets a free-spirited pianist at music school, their romance and their music have a hard time harmonizing. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Kaede Takeyama（武山 かえで）

2001-04-12 6.2

My Husband

A sexy renegade male chauvinist rock singer by day, a bossed around, lousy dressed and demurring husband by night. Yuichi, the handsome, sexy, and a great rock singer, is known by his fans as 'The Wo ...
Genre :Drama

Yuki Aoyama

2005-07-07 7.9

Train Man

With the help of an online community, a nerdy and socially awkward man gathers the courage to start dating an attractive lady he met on a train. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Keiko

1977-10-07 0

Older brother

The series tells about the life of construction foreman Eiji and his sister. Both have a love interest: she has a boyfriend, and he has a young girl. The sister is thinking about marriage, and the bro ...
Genre :Drama

Bistro Guest

1996-04-15 8.5

SMAP×SMAP

SMAP×SMAP was an ongoing weekly Japanese variety show on Kansai TV and Fuji TV starring the members of SMAP. The show began on April 15, 1996 and it aired from 22:00 to 22:54 every Monday. The show's ...
Genre :Comedy

Chacha

1998-01-02 0

Sanada Yukimura: The Man Shogun Ieyasu Feared Most

An entertaining historical drama depicting Sanada Yukimura, a hero who has gone through the era from the incident at Honnōji Temple to the summer siege of Osaka Castle, as "a man of men". ...
Genre :Drama

1981-02-15 0

Yumechiyo Nikki

Yumechiyo is the madam of a geisha house in a remote hot spring in the San'in region. When Yumechiyo learns that she is dying of leukemia caused by the atomic bomb, she writes about her life in the fo ...
Genre :Drama

Sanae Kitō / Katsuko Kitō

1983-02-19 7

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Akiko Tsubaki

2004-04-03 9

稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ

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2001-06-29 0

Moshichi

A mysterious humanistic period drama, setting in the Edo Period. As Okappiki, unofficial collaborators who played a marginal role in police functions, Moshichi (Takahashi Hideki) solves a number of my ...
Genre :Mystery

2000-02-15 0

いちど死んだ妻

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Namiko Miyazawa

1988-10-07 7

Dragonfly

Eiji Ogawa, a young leader of the Hattagumi yakuza, left the prison after two years sentence. However, it was only Tsuneyoshi Mito, the younger brother, who came to meet him. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

2016-01-12 0

Itooshikute

Genre :Drama

1980-03-14 0

Nukata no Ōkimi

A historical romance about the life of Princess Nukata, a Manyo poetess who was loved by two brothers, Emperor Tenji and Emperor Tenmu, and the formation of an ancient nation. ...
Genre :Drama

Keiko Ota

1999-01-08 8.3

Unsolved Cases

Keizoku is a Japanese mystery thriller created first as a TV drama and later as a film. It is about Detective Jun Shibata, who handles unsolved cases with her hardened partner Tōru Mayama. The televi ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

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Zoku Yumechiyo Nikki

Set in a remote hot‑spring town in the San’in region, the story continues in the diary format of Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam who survived intrauterine radiation exposure during the Hiroshima bombi ...
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