Shusuke Kaneko

Shusuke Kaneko

Shusuke Kaneko (born June 8, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. Kaneko began his career at Nikkatsu and would serve as a writer for film and anime. Establishing himself as an up and coming director, Kaneko would win accolades at various film festivals. His film Summer Vacation 1999, would garner him his first award for best director at the Yokohama Film Festival. As a lifelong fan of the original Godzilla films, Kaneko would be chosen as the director for Daiei's revival of the Gamera franchise. Kaneko's work on the Gamera films were met with unprecedented critical acclaim. He would be honored with the Director's Award at the 17th Yokohama Film Festival for his work on Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. This film would also go on to top Kinema Junpo's best films of the year list and earn Blue Ribbon awards for best Director and Best supporting actress. Kaneko would go on to direct the most successful Godzilla film of the millennium series as well as the live action adaptations of Death Note. Kaneko has also contributed to various documentaries on kaiju films, particularly those of Ishiro Honda, championing their artistry and imagination

  • Title: Shusuke Kaneko
  • Popularity: 6.453
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1955-06-08
  • Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
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  • Also Known As: Shûsuke Kaneko, Shūsuke Kaneko, Kaneko Shūsuke, Сюсукэ Канэко
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Shusuke Kaneko Movies

  • 2006
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    What's a Director?

    What's a Director?

    1 2006 HD

    Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

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  • 2002
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    Project GMK: The Day Shusuke Kaneko Fought Godzilla

    Project GMK: The Day Shusuke Kaneko Fought Godzilla

    10 2002 HD

    Behind the scenes of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.

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  • 1995
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    The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    1 1995 HD

    The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter Kazunori Ito and lead actress...

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  • 2019
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    The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

    The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga

    8.444 2019 HD

    Japan, 1954. A legend emerges from the ashes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastated by atomic bombs in 1945. The creature's name is Godzilla. The film...

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  • 1999
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    GAMERA 1999

    GAMERA 1999

    7 1999 HD

    Hideaki Anno's documentary about the making of Shusuke Kaneko's Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. From concept to film, the documentary is a video diary of...

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  • 2008
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    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects

    8.4 2008 HD

    A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the tradition of Japanese special-effects. Highlighted is...

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  • 1983
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    The Family Game

    The Family Game

    6.7 1983 HD

    A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a...

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  • 2005
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    Azumi 2: Death or Love

    Azumi 2: Death or Love

    6.6 2005 HD

    Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army...

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  • 1984
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    Sukeban Kabushiki-gaisha: Yacchae! Ojôsan

    Sukeban Kabushiki-gaisha: Yacchae! Ojôsan

    2 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    Sukeban Kabushiki-gaisha: Yacchae! Ojôsan

    Sukeban Kabushiki-gaisha: Yacchae! Ojôsan

    2 1984 HD

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  • 1993
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    Necronomicon

    Necronomicon

    6 1993 HD

    H.P. Lovecraft anthology is divided into four segments: "The Library" which is the wraparound segment involving Lovecraft's research into the Book of...

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  • 2001
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    Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

    Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

    7.466 2001 HD

    Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter...

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  • 1999
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    Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

    Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

    7.4 1999 HD

    With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an...

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  • 1999
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    Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

    Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

    7.4 1999 HD

    With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an...

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  • 2005
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    Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth

    Ultraman Monster Legend: The 40 Year Old Truth

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2006
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    Death Note

    Death Note

    7 2006 HD

    Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the...

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  • 2006
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    Death Note: The Last Name

    Death Note: The Last Name

    7 2006 HD

    In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named...

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  • 2000
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    Crossfire

    Crossfire

    6.1 2000 HD

    Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with...

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  • 2000
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    Crossfire

    Crossfire

    6.1 2000 HD

    Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with...

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  • 1995
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    Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    7.455 1995 HD

    A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he...

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  • 1996
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    Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

    Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

    7.518 1996 HD

    A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to...

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  • 1985
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    I'm All Yours

    I'm All Yours

    2 1985 HD

    A beautiful day Rokurou, a student, was to masturbate when a beautiful girl knocks on his door: You need a girl? And so begins the story. Rokurou did...

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  • 1988
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    Summer Vacation 1999

    Summer Vacation 1999

    6.1 1988 HD

    Summer Vacation tells the story of four teenage students who spend their summer vacation at school – unsupervised and untouched by the outside...

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  • 2009
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    Pride

    Pride

    5 2009 HD

    Shio Asami (Stephanie) was brought up in a wealthy family whose mother is a prominent opera singer. However, the bankruptcy of her father’s...

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  • 2006
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    God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand

    God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand

    4 2006 HD

    What's scary is being a human being, and what's scary is being myself. Truly horrifying things reside inside oneself. The work asks if you can stand...

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  • 1984
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    Koichiro Uno's Wet and Swinging

    Koichiro Uno's Wet and Swinging

    1 1984 HD

    A high school girl has a crush on the leader of the girls tennis team. But off court she always ends up scoring with the boys. A parody of Aim for...

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  • 2024
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    Gold Boy‎

    Gold Boy‎

    7.2 2024 HD

    It was supposed to be a perfect crime... until it was witnessed. Based on a Chinese drama series with two billion total views, the film depicts a...

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  • 2022
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    When the Rain Falls

    When the Rain Falls

    5.5 2022 HD

    Hazuki clips her nails every time it rains. She caressed 'her' with these fingers back then. Hazuki, an editor of a publishing company now, is...

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  • 2014
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    Danger Dolls

    Danger Dolls

    5.9 2014 HD

    A quartet of cute idol singers moonlight as butt-kicking action heroines. When extraterrestrial invaders threaten the safety of the Earth, after an...

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  • 2001
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    Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

    Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack

    7.466 2001 HD

    Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter...

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  • 2013
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    Sacrifice Dilemma: Second Part

    Sacrifice Dilemma: Second Part

    6 2013 HD

    A high school graduating class is forced into a sadistic game threatening certain death to all unless they offer one of their own as sacrifice.

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  • 1989
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    Why Do I Choose?

    Why Do I Choose?

    1 1989 HD

    Who Do I Choose? is a Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko.

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  • 1983
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    Uno Koichiro no nurete manabu

    Uno Koichiro no nurete manabu

    2 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    Uno Koichiro no nurete manabu

    Uno Koichiro no nurete manabu

    2 1983 HD

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  • 1982
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    Seiko no futomomo: Za chiagāru

    Seiko no futomomo: Za chiagāru

    2 1982 HD

    An awkward girl tries out for a university cheerleading squad and ends up getting an extracurricular education in growing up.

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  • 1982
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    Zeccho shimai ochiru

    Zeccho shimai ochiru

    2 1982 HD

    Mika, who used to be a call girl, is being pursued by a man that brokers prostitution. Her mother Yoshimi and older sister Mayumi also sold their...

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  • 1997
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    Haunted School 3

    Haunted School 3

    6.8 1997 HD

    Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school students as they wander into an alternate world that...

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  • 2002
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    恋に唄えば♪

    恋に唄えば♪

    1 2002 HD

    A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone...

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  • 1991
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    All's Quiet on the Recruit Front

    All's Quiet on the Recruit Front

    4 1991 HD

    New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials....

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  • 1991
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    All's Quiet on the Recruit Front

    All's Quiet on the Recruit Front

    4 1991 HD

    New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials....

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  • 1993
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    Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan

    Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan

    1 1993 HD

    During a graduation tour in Chitwan, simple-minded and shy Yasuo accidentally becomes a super singer under the name "Ibatsu Taro". Fame and respect...

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  • 2006
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    The iDol

    The iDol

    1 2006 HD

    Ken is a mild-mannered man in his mid-twenties who like many his age has interests that stopped developing during adolescence. On a visit to a local...

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  • 1984
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    Main Theme

    Main Theme

    6 1984 HD

    A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.

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  • 2010
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    The Idiots

    The Idiots

    10 2010 HD

    10 years ago Hide, a college student, meets Yuki Gakuko, an older woman, through work. They become lovers with Hide falling hard for Yuki Gakuko. The...

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  • 1987
    imgMovies

    Kyoufu no Yacchan

    Kyoufu no Yacchan

    1 1987 HD

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  • 2021
    imgMovies

    Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

    Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

    1 2021 HD

    Based on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period general Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen has proven himself...

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  • 1994
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    It's a Summer Vacation Everyday

    It's a Summer Vacation Everyday

    1 1994 HD

    The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife...

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  • 1994
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    It's a Summer Vacation Everyday

    It's a Summer Vacation Everyday

    1 1994 HD

    The Rinkaiji family, by all appearances, is a well-to-do Japanese family. The father, Nariyuki, works in an elite corporation, which gives his wife...

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  • 1997
    imgMovies

    Haunted School 3

    Haunted School 3

    6.8 1997 HD

    Third installment of the "Gakko No Kaidan" series follows the trek of several elementary school students as they wander into an alternate world that...

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  • 1991
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    My Soul Is Slashed

    My Soul Is Slashed

    6 1991 HD

    A hospital accidentally gives a man Count Dracula's blood while trying to save his life. A year later, he's back from the dead, trying to right the...

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  • 1983
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    Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard

    Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard

    4.6 1983 HD

    A lusty woman runs a dormitory and a pawn shop for needy male college students. The only payment she asks for is a little nightly servicing.

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    My Soul Is Slashed

    My Soul Is Slashed

    6 1991 HD

    A hospital accidentally gives a man Count Dracula's blood while trying to save his life. A year later, he's back from the dead, trying to right the...

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  • 1986
    imgMovies

    Itazura lolita: Ushirokara baajin

    Itazura lolita: Ushirokara baajin

    3.3 1986 HD

    A drunk office worker spots a discarded doll in the trash and decides to bring it home. When the doll mysteriously comes to life as a normal sized...

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  • 2013
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    Sacrifice Dilemma

    Sacrifice Dilemma

    1 2013 HD

    It's graduation day. Junichi Shinohara shows up at school following a prolonged absence, to find a gigantic "pit" dug in the middle of the campus and...

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  • 2013
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    Jellyfish

    Jellyfish

    0.8 2013 HD

    Based on 16-year-old writer Sarie Hinakura’s award winning story Jellyfish is centered around two adolescent girls disconnected from their...

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  • 2013
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    Sacrifice Dilemma: Last Part

    Sacrifice Dilemma: Last Part

    1 2013 HD

    In the final act, the students agonize over their seemingly inevitable fate as they try to figure out why they've been trapped in this gruesome game.

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  • 1984
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    Office Ladies: Lesbians in Uniforms 3

    Office Ladies: Lesbians in Uniforms 3

    5.9 1984 HD

    Two young women, Minako and Naomi, have been friends and lovers since their school days, and are now living as roommates in the city, working...

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  • 2017
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    Matchmaking Cruise

    Matchmaking Cruise

    5 2017 HD

    The movie was inspired by Hiroshima prefectural government's marital activity "Koinowa Project" which is practiced as part of countermeasures against...

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  • 2017
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    Matchmaking Cruise

    Matchmaking Cruise

    5 2017 HD

    The movie was inspired by Hiroshima prefectural government's marital activity "Koinowa Project" which is practiced as part of countermeasures against...

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  • 2017
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    Linking Love

    Linking Love

    2.7 2017 HD

    High School student Miyui Mashio is really struggling. She can't fulfill her dream of becoming an idol and her parents are always fighting. Suddenly,...

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  • 1978
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    Panic in High School

    Panic in High School

    6.7 1978 HD

    A parable about the inefficiency and anachronism of the Japanese educational system, which places an unusually large amount of importance on cramming...

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  • 2017
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    Linking Love

    Linking Love

    2.7 2017 HD

    High School student Miyui Mashio is really struggling. She can't fulfill her dream of becoming an idol and her parents are always fighting. Suddenly,...

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  • 1970
    imgMovies

    Siberia

    Siberia

    10 1970 HD

    A film about the lives of Chinese businessmen in Russia.

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep

    Pink Cut: Love Me Hard, Love Me Deep

    3.5 1983 HD

    Mayumi and Mai are hair stylists who open a Barber shop called The Pink Cut. The place is an immediate success, due mostly to their super-short...

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  • 2005
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    Ultra Q Monster Legend: Jun Manjome's Confession

    Ultra Q Monster Legend: Jun Manjome's Confession

    1 2005 HD

    A special direct-to-video movie based on Ultra Q TV series.

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  • 1990
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    Hong Kong Paradise

    Hong Kong Paradise

    1 1990 HD

    Set in decadent, chaotic Hong Kong and Tokyo, the film tells the story of a young woman caught up in a mysterious turn of events. A young tour guide,...

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Female Teacher Hunting

    Female Teacher Hunting

    4.2 1982 HD

    A moonlight skinny-dipping session between two carefree high schoolers leads to a young boy being accused of a violent assault on his female...

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  • 1998
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    F

    F

    6.2 1998 HD

    A love story between a timid woman and frustrated ballet dancer.

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  • 1998
    imgMovies

    F

    F

    6.2 1998 HD

    A love story between a timid woman and frustrated ballet dancer.

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  • 1988
    imgMovies

    Rasuto kyabaree

    Rasuto kyabaree

    2.3 1988 HD

    A bittersweet coming of age story of a high school girl, her father and the end of an erotic night club. An allegorical requiem for Nikkatsu studios.

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    The Family Game

    The Family Game

    6.7 1983 HD

    A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a...

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  • 1983
    imgMovies

    Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard

    Final Scandal: Madam Likes It Hard

    4.6 1983 HD

    A lusty woman runs a dormitory and a pawn shop for needy male college students. The only payment she asks for is a little nightly servicing.

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Gigolo: A Docu-Drama

    Gigolo: A Docu-Drama

    2 1982 HD

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Zoom Up: Seiko's Thigh

    Zoom Up: Seiko's Thigh

    3 1982 HD

    Toshihiro, a photography school dropout, is obsessed with secretly photographing the lovely Seiko. He is in love with her and hopes to lose his...

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  • 1983
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    The Red Shoes: Tokyo Rape Incident

    The Red Shoes: Tokyo Rape Incident

    2 1983 HD

    The daughter of divorced parents lives with her mother in Tokyo. On the weekends, she takes the train to her hometown of Koga, in Ibaraki Prefecture,...

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  • 1984
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    Eve-chan no hime

    Eve-chan no hime

    2 1984 HD

    A new high school teacher is secretly given a mysterious floppy disk. It leads her into danger at a local porno theater.

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  • 2011
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    Messiah

    Messiah

    1 2011 HD

    A live action adaptation of En Takadono's Messiah novel. Eiri Kaito, a "Sakura" agent, infiltrates the prestigious Seinei Academy. His mission is to...

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  • 1995
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    The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    The Making of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

    1 1995 HD

    The production of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. Includes interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko, screenwriter Kazunori Ito and lead actress...

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  • 2016
    imgMovies

    Scanner

    Scanner

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1982
    imgMovies

    Oh! Takarazuka

    Oh! Takarazuka

    2 1982 HD

    Takarazuka is a gym teacher who wants to work in a girls high school in the worst way, and of course, for the worst reasons. He finally lands his...

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  • 1988
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    Yamada Village Waltz

    Yamada Village Waltz

    1 1988 HD

    In Yamada Village, which is suffering from a serious shortage of wives due to the wave of depopulation, four young men from the village decide to go...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    7 1970 HD

    High school student, Kamishiro Yu doesn't fit in and is constantly bullied; fed up with the abuse Yu secretly trains in boxing and takes revenge on...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E13

    7 1970 HD

    High school student, Kamishiro Yu doesn't fit in and is constantly bullied; fed up with the abuse Yu secretly trains in boxing and takes revenge on...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E16

    9 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E39

    9.2 1970 HD

    Ultraman Max was an Ultraman TV series which started airing on 7 July 2005, and produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co.,...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E26

    10 1970 HD

    Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy is a 2004 production, and the 19th installment in the Ultra Series that was broadcast in Japan in 2004. It is a sequel to Ultra...

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