1 Litre of Tears (movie) -
One day on her way to school, middle school student Aya (Asae Onishi) suddenly falls to the ground. The doctor diagnoses her with spinocerebellar degeneration, a rare and incurable neurological disease. Entering high school, Aya's condition continues to worsen as physic
10 Promises To My Dog (Inu to watashi no 10 no yakusoku /犬と私の１０の約束 ) -
One day a puppy comes to the house of Akari, who has just turned twelve, and was trying hard to act strong after her mother suddenly fell ill. She immediately falls in love with the puppy and names it "Socks" after the paws which looked like they had white socks on. Aka
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 video source from tudou Fumikazu Hara,Hiroyuki Hasegawa,Seiichiro Okawa,Tetsuya Chihiro,Toshihide Onisuka,Kawaoka Daijiro, January, 2005 1942. Malaya. Sgt. Yasuo Fujii, a war cameraman, is huddled in a trench, waiting to film the Japanese 6th Army cross the Slim River on its way south to Kuala Lumpur. An enemy mortar shell lands in the trench and, in a heartbeat, Sgt. Fujiiis running through the jungle for his life. Armed with nothing except his 8mm camera, the young soldier soon hooks up with remnants of the scattered 6th Army. Together with three soldiers, he must race against time to get a fatally wounded soldier back to the division in Kuala Lumpur. However, everything starts to go wrong and they get lost in the maze-like jungle. All their maps are wrong and their radio malfunctions. Sgt. Fujii starts sighting mysterious figures through his camera viewfinder, and a female ghost starts to haunt them. Survival is at stake and the ghost is hot on their heels. Will they make it to safety?.. |
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video source from tudou Daisuke Kizaki,Eiko Koike,Maho Nonami,Koike Eiko,Nonami Maho,Tsutsumi Yukihiko, May, 2004 Aspiring actresses Nozomi (Koike) and Rana (Nonami) belong to the same talent agency, share an apartment, and have just auditioned for the same part in a film called Yakuza Wives. Nozomi is a country girl from Sado Island, who has come to Tokyo with big dreams of becoming an actress, while Rana’s sharp tongue and flashy appearance is completely at odds with soft spoken, demure Nozomi. Waiting for the phone call that will decide their future, petty arguments escalate into hysterical violence, bringing the girls’ hatred of one another to the surface as they confront the reality of their empty, unfulfilled lives. Their bizarre conflict with each other includes electrocute, drown, fisticuffs, cutting tools, and even kissing... |
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video source from tudou Masanubu Ando,Renji Ishibashi,Ryo Ishibashi,Ryuhei Matsuda, September, 2006 At the end of their vacant, destructive lives, two boys meet when they are both incarcerated for murder. With exactly opposite personalities, the two boys share only their instincts, but this is enough for them to discover the emotion of love. However, at the end of their love lies another murder, with one boy the accused and one the victim... |
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video source from other Yuta Kanai ,Ando Masanobu,Mizukawa Asami, December, 2004 Based on Ry? Murakami's novel.The story takes place in 1969 in Sasabo, Nagasaki, where high school students Ken and Adama hope to challenge traditional beliefs and rules. Ken, in hope to catch a girl's attention, planned a festival which combines film, theatre and rock music, and developed their project into road-blocking the way to school! This plan however caught the attention of television stations and newspapers, and even cops became involved in this teenage adventure... |
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video source from other Nakagoshi Noriko,Hatsune Eriko,Itaya Yuka, January, 2003 A modern ghost story which turns a love hate relationship between mother and daughter into a tale of horror... |
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video source from megavideo Eita,Endo Kenichi,Harada Yoshio,Ishigaki Yuma,Kaneko Takatoshi,北村康,Kohashi Kenji,Narimiya Hiroki, January, 2003 After the Battle of Sekigahara, a samurai is tasked by the Ieyasu shogunate to raise a band of assassins to finish off Toyotomi's allies and other ambitious warlords, to prevent another civil war. Azumi, played by Aya Ueto, is discovered as a 7-8 year old girl weeping next to the body of her dead mother by the samurai master Gessai, played by Yoshio Harada, and his entourage of young students. Azumi is raised in the martial skills of samurai and shinobi sword fighting, and the art of assassination. Azumi and her fellow classmates, now at young adult age, are constantly being told about a "mission" they must accomplish, though they have no idea what this mission is yet. Prior to setting out on their mission, their master orders his students to "pair up" with each others' best friend and proceed to kill each other, thus out of 10 students only five will remain to proceed with the mission. Questions and internal conflicts begin to arise amongst Azumi and he.. |
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video source from myspace Sakaguchi Taku,北村康,Kuriyama Chiaki,Maeda Ai,Negishi Toshie,Osaki Reiko,Kitamura Kazuki,Takashima Reiko, January, 2005 Multitalented Aya Ueto returns as the sword wielding assassin out to continue the mission she left unfinished at the finale of her first hit movie. Once again, Azumi must wrestle between the person she's been trained to be all her life and the woman she's now becoming. Will she risk death or love? Find out in this thrilling new adventure helmed by popular fantasy director Shunsuke Kaneko (Heisei "Gamera"Trilogy, "NECRONOMICON," "Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters' All-Out Attack"). He picks up the story and style from the previous adventure. Alternative Title: Azumi 2: Death or Love Genre: Action Film Date: January, 2005 Japan Casts: Kuriyama Chiaki, Oguri Shun, Takashima Reiko , Ueto Aya .. |
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video source from wat_tv Aki Maeda,Shibasaki Kou,Takeshi Kitano,Tatsuya Fujiwara,Ando Masanobu,Fujiwara Tatsuya,Matsuzawa Ren,Sakaguchi Taku, December, 2000 The film centers around Shuya Nanahara (Tatsuya Fujiwara), a charismatic young boy living in Kanagawa Prefecture. After his mother abandons him and his father commits suicide, he becomes disillusioned with life. The rest of his classmates are similarly disillusioned, and have little respect for authority. Shuya's best friend, Yoshitoki "Nobu" Kuninobu (Yukihiro Kotani), attacks their teacher Kitano (Takeshi Kitano), but runs away before he can be identified. Noriko Nakagawa (Aki Maeda), a sweet, reserved young girl who happens to witness the incident, hides the knife that Nobu has just attacked Kitano with. Kitano, frustrated, resigns... |
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video source from veoh Okamoto Natsuki, January, 2006 Yori and his twin sister Iku used to be very close as children but lately Yori has grown colder toward Iku and is always eager to stay away from her. Iku was confused by Yori's attitude. Actually Yori is in love with Iku and that forbidden love is causing Yori sleepless nights since Yori and Iku are sharing the same room with bunk beds. Yori tried to ease his intense desire for Iku by bedding Iku's best friend. He had even applied to attend a boarding school in another city to take him far away from Iku. Yori lost his resolve to stay quiet about his feelings when Iku started to talk about having a boyfriend and going on dates. Now Yori want to have his little sister and he confessed. Iku loves her big brother and wanted them to stay together, so Iku is willing to anything to keep them together. But Yori wanted to have Iku as a lover, not as a sister loyal to her twin... |
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video source from myspace Daito Shunsuke,Endo Kenichi,Fukami Motoki,Hashizume Ryo,Kamiji Yusuke ,Kiritani Kenta,Koyanagi Yu,Matsushige Yutaka, October, 2007 Delving into the hyper-stylized world of feuding high school gangs, Crows Zero actually takes place before the events of the manga (hence the title), setting up the origins and rivalries of the iconic characters. Other than the avid fanbase that already exists for the manga, Crows Zero gets some extra box office pull with the casting of heartthrobs Oguri Shun (Kisaragi) and Yamada Takayuki (Train Man) as the lead delinquents. Oguri, who also featured in Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django, continues to impress as one of Japanese cinema's most talented young stars, while Yamada Takayuki leaves behind the sensitive romantic lead image he's cultivated from numerous tearjerkers for a hard-hitting bout in the ring. Rounding out the film's problem teenager cast are Yabe Kyousuke (Dead or Alive, Kids Return), Kuroki Meisa (Under the Same Moon), and Izaki Yusuke and Izaki Hisato from boy band Flame... |
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video source from wat_tv Aki Hirose,Kentaro Matsumoto,Ryunosuke Oki,Sakutaro "Saku" Matsumoto , May, 2004 In a small regional town in 1980s southern Japan, Sakutaro "Saku" Matsumoto and Aki Hirose, who were classmates all through junior high school, become high school students and then fall in love with one another. They share audio diaries, go on excursions together, and enjoy summer vacation. However, Aki soon finds herself suffering from Leukemia and begins to weaken day by day, rendering her unable to see Saku or go outside. Saku, desperate to take Aki to Uluru (Ayer's Rock) in Australia (the "Center of the World" in the Japanese title), a place she had wished to go to, desperately tries to achieve just that. Saku buys tickets to go, but Aki dies before boarding the plane... |
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video source from yahoo Asaka Seto,Matsuyama Kenichi,Nakamura Shido,Nana Katase,Tatsuya Fujiwara,児島雄一,Yashiba Toshihiro,Magii, January, 2006 The Battle Continues. L is still Suspicious about Light Yagami. which he believes to be Kira and on the other Hand Light Yagami met a Girl who is believe to had a Death God Eyes and a Death Note. Now there are two Kira. Will L Succeed in Tracking Down Kira. Who will be the Last Name. Will Light Succeed in showing the new world... |
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video source from yahoo January, 2008 Ken'ichi Matsuyama reprises his role as L Lawliet from the previous Death Note films. The film chronicles the final 23 days of L's life, as he solves one final case involving a bioterrorist group that aims to wipe out much of humanity with a virus with ten times the infectiousness of Ebola, taking a boy, the sole survivor of its use in a village in Thailand, and a junior high schooler named Maki Nikaido under his wing... |
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video source from dailymotion Hosoda Yoshihiko,Matsuyama Kenichi,Okada Yoshinori,Takahashi Issei,Yamane Kazuma,Kato Rosa,Omori Mika, Soichi Negishi is a shy and gentle young man who dreams of a career as a pop musician. Dreams don't pay the bills, so he's ended up as the lead singer and lead guitarist of a death metal band called “Detroit Metal City.” In stage costume he is Johannes Krauser II, rumored to be a terrorist demon from hell. Negishi despises DMC and all that it stands for, but so help him, he's a terrific performer and can't walk away from that. As DMC's star rises Negishi tries to satisfy both worlds, but can't... |
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video source from tudou Etsushi Toyokawa,Haruka Igawa,Ryo Ishibashi,Shigeru Izumiya ,Ishibashi Ryo,Izumiya Shigeru,Toyokawa Etsushi,Fukaura Kanako, January, 2002 A guide dog named Shiro wishes to be transformed into a man so that he may pursue a relationship with his master. And as luck would have it, his wish is granted; but his master may not be too excited about sleeping with an ex-dog...would you be.. |
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video source from myspace Abe Atsushi,Shibasaki Kou,Satoshi Tsumabuki,Eita,Kawashima Shogo,Harada Yoshio,古関安広,Nakai Kiichi, June, 2007 "Dororo" is a thriller Manga in which Dororo, a young orphan thief, falls into the company of Hyakkimaru, a powerful demon-hunting Rounin. Before Hyakkimaru's birth his father, a greedy feudal lord, made a pact with 48 demon gods (or majins) and let them each take a piece of his unborn son's body, in return for granting him great power. Hyakkimaru was born without arms, legs, eyes, ears a nose or mouth, a barely human creature, and his father had him thrown in the river. He was rescued and raised by Dr. Honma, who made him artificial limbs and helped him learn to fight the demons - each time he defeats one he reclaims one piece of his body. Now he and Dororo travel together through the war-torn countryside... |
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video source from youtube Masato Ibu,Akira Emoto,Rena Tanaka,Yuji Miyake,Ihara Tsuyoshi,Kanie Keizo,徳井利次,Tokuyama Hidenori, November, 2007 Motoki Katsuhide’s “Drugstore Girl” is a light, cute, and often pathetic comedic story of a beautiful young pharmacology student who turns a group of middle-aged men into raving, lecherous gits whilst starting a new life in a new town. Obayashi Keiko (Tanaka Rena) finds her live-in boyfriend cheating on her and subsequently bolts her apartment in Shinjuku, boarding the JR and basically disembarking at a random station. She ends up in the town of Masao on the outskirts of Tokyo-to and there she begins a new life (except for the fact that she has her pharmacology classes back in the city). Whimsically letting things fall into place, she lands a job at “Hustle Drug”, a new Wal-Mart sort of super store which threatens to put the local mom & pop merchants out of business. A group of middle-aged men - consisting of three of the local merchants (druggist, baker and kombini owner), a monk and Keaton-esquire homeless man - initially plan to sabotage the g.. |
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video source from veoh Izam,Naohito Fujiki,Ryo Ishibashi,Ryudo Uzaki,Yukie Nakama,Fujiki Naohito,Izam,Okayama Hajime, November, 2008 G@me is a 2003 Japanese thriller film, based on a novel by Keigo Higashino. A 'kidnapper' holds a girl hostage until a ransom demand is paid from her father. In reality, the kidnapper is actually an advertiser, who has been beaten to a 3 billion deal and so takes his Rival's daughter hostage. The girl later turns out to be more than she seems and turns into a handful for her 'kidnapper'.. |
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video source from rutube Anne Suzuki,Kayoko Kishimoto,Kazuko Yoshiyuki,Keiko Matsuzaka ,Takeshi Kitano,Toru Emori, June, 2007 Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project... |
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video source from rutube Kazuko Yoshiyuki,Taro Yamamoto, June, 2006 Set in a rural village in southern japan in the late 1950s, the film tells the story of "gabai“ (or "super“) Granny and her grandson Akihiro, who ends up living with her for eight years. Granny is full of power and an expert at Yamamoto Taro, Suzuki Yoma, positive thinking. Through her, Akihiro learns to find the bright side of their poor postwar life and especially to never give up... |
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video source from myspace Fujiwara Norika,Hideyuki Kasahara,Rena Tanaka,Sorimachi Takashi,Kirari, July, 1998 While peeping up girls' skirts at a local shopping mall, Onizuka meets a girl who agrees to go out on a date with him. Onizuka's attempt to sleep with her fails when her current "boyfriend", her teacher, shows up at the love hotel they are in and asks her to return to him. The teacher is old and unattractive, but has enough influence over her that she leaps from a second story window and lands in his arms... |
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video source from wat_tv Abe Tsuyoshi,Inoue Mao,Matsuda Shota,Matsumoto Jun, November, 2008 begins as Domyoji holds an extravagant press conference to announce his wedding to Makino the following spring. The press is playing her up like a modern-day Cinderella and everything seems to be going well. Later, the families offer congratulations to the couple. Even Domyoji’s mother?who was formerly vehemently opposed to the relationship and tried desperately to break them up at every opportunity?is suddenly happy for them. She even offers Makino a family heirloom: a tiara worth 10 billion yen (about $95 million USD) called “Smile of Venus”. Later in their hotel room, Makino begins to worry that her life is about to take a drastic change from what she’s used to. Domyoji consoles her by telling her he’ll spend the rest of his life protecting her, but just as he says that a man dressed in black crashes into their room through a window and steals the “Smile of Venus” tiara. Domyoji tries to chase the man but he vanishes into the city. By the .. |
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video source from dailymotion Hakase,Koji Yajima,Mami,Misuzu Yajima,Ritsuko Ogawara,Taichi Ogawara, July, 2006 Early spring in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Taichi, a young boy who tends to be a dreamer, has just arrived from the big city to live with his mother’s new boyfriend, a veterinarian, and his daughter. One day after school, Taichi discovers the cub of a northern fox crouching near the side of the road and despite the objections of those around him, decides to take care of the lovable creature. The baby fox cannot see, cannot hear and cannot bark. Even when offered milk, it just ignore. So Taichi names it Helen, after Helen Keller, the first blind, deaf and mute woman who was able to communicate using the sign language. Helen responds to Taichi’s devoted caring efforts and begins to strive for live, in spite of her frail body. The boy and his veterinarian family watch over her with encouragement and love... |
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video source from dailymotion Eri Tokunaga,Etsushi Toyokawa,Shizuyo Yamazaki,Shoko Ikezu ,Yasuko Matsuyuki,Yū Aoi,KATSUMI,Terajima Susumu, The sleepy mining town of Joban is slowly heading for the hills, so town leader Yoshimoto decides to start a Hawaiian Centre amongst the coal mines to attract tourists. As a further gimmick, local girls will give hula performances... |
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video source from dailymotion Asaka Seto,Kohji Yamamoto,Ryo Kase , January, 2006 A young man is falsely accused of molesting a high-school girl on a train. He is arrested and charged, and goes through endless court sessions, all the while insisting that he is innocent... |
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video source from veoh Beat Kiyoshi,Great Gidayu,Kayoko Kishimoto,Kazuko Yoshiyuki,Takeshi Kitano,Yusuke Sekiguchi,Yuuko Daike, May, 2000 Brash, loudmouthed and opportunistic, Kikujiro hardly seems the ideal companion for little Masao who is determined to travel long distances to see the mother he has never met. Their excursion to the cycle races is the first of a series of adventures for the unlikely pair which soon turns out to be a whimsical journey of laughter and tears with a wide array of surprises and odd ball characters to meet along the way... |
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video source from yahoo Keisuke Koide,Kouichi Iwaki,Mika Hada,Nana Katase,Riko Narumi,Shinichiro Ishikawa,Kang Yoon sung,Hada Mika, January, 2007 Directed by Hagishima Tatsuya, Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai (a.k.a. Calling You) is based on the same-titled light novel series by popular writer Otsuichi. Like Otsuichi's Waiting in the Dark, which was also recently adapted for the big screen, Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai revolves around two lonely young people who find each other in an uncommon manner. The film's strengths lie in its haunting, empathetic story and genuinely affecting performances from young leads Narumi Riko and Koide Keisuke. At only 15 years old, Narumi Riko has established herself as one of Japan's best young actresses, already with seven years of acting experience under her belt and a maturity that belies her age. The beautiful actress has found both popularity and acclaim with her many television outings, as well as subtle performances in films like Shindo and How to Become Myself. Koide is also a familiar face to audiences, having appeared in many popular youth films and dramas like Pacchigi!,.. |
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video source from youtube Aragaki Yui,Miura Haruma, November, 2007 Koizora (恋空 lit. Sky of Love) is a Japanese romance film and a drama series based on a "mobile phone novel" (ケータイ小説 keitai shosetsu) written by a young woman named Mika (美嘉) The author has noted that Koizora is completely nonfiction however admitted that it was a made-up story. The cell phone short story Koizora: Setsunai Koi Monogatari (恋空～切ナイ恋物語) was written by Mika, with 25 million readers by the end of the serialization. It was later published as a novel which sold approximately 2 million copies. The film adaptation was released in November 2007, with a gross revenue of 3.9 billion yen, with 3.14 million people attending the theater. The DVD was released on April 25, 2008. The short story was also adapted into a TV drama series, which aired from August 2 until September 2008, with a total of six episodes. From March until June 2008, auditions were held to choose the actor and actress for the t.. |
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video source from yahoo Daichi Mao,Horikita Maki,Ichikawa Yui ,Takenaka Naoto,Yamashita Tomohisa, March, 2008 Kurosagi is a film based on the 2006 popular TV series Kurosagi.Kurosagi is about a young man named Kurosaki who had his family destroyed by swindlers (con artists). When Kurosaki grows up, he becomes a swindler named Kurosagi, so that he can avenge his family. Ever since his family was destroyed by swindlers, Kurosagi swindles other con artists and returns the money to the victim... |
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video source from yahoo Gackt ,Hideto Takarai,KoJi Chihara,Leehom Wang,Susumu Terajima,Taro Yamamoto,Zeny Kwok,Ishibashi Ryo, September, 2003 In the year 2014, Japan has collapsed economically and thus its people emigrated in large numbers and settled in other parts of the world. In a corner in Asia, there is a little street called Mallepa, a big melting pot where Asians such as Hongkongers, Taiwanese and Japanese live together. It was a place where people fought for order, food and freedom. It was there where Shou (Gackt), raised as an orphan and Kei (Hyde), who could live forever, met and became the best of friends. However, they were unable to escape from the fight for power involving gangs of different ethnicity on the street of Mallepa..... |
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