Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama (松山 ケンイチ, Matsuyama Ken'ichi, born March 5, 1985) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films Death Note, Death Note 2: The Last Name and L: Change the World in 2008, as well as voicing Gelus in the Death Note animated adaptation. He was cast to play lead character Toru Watanabe in the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, which was released in December 2010.

  • Title: Kenichi Matsuyama
  • Popularity: 5.358
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1985-03-05
  • Place of Birth: Aomori Prefecture, Japan
  • Homepage: https://www.horipro.co.jp/matsuyamakenichi/
  • Also Known As: Мацуяма Кэнъити, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, 마츠야마 켄이치, 松山研一, Matsuyama Kenichi
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Kenichi Matsuyama Movies

  • 2007
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    The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File

    The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File

    1 2007 HD

    Matsuda's signature is needed on some final documents to wrap up the Kira case. However, Matsuda refuses to sign. Seeking closure, Soichiro Yagami...

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  • 2008
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    Death Note: L Change the World

    Death Note: L Change the World

    6.013 2008 HD

    "The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are...

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  • 2008
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    Detroit Metal City

    Detroit Metal City

    6.4 2008 HD

    Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the...

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  • 2003
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    Bright Future

    Bright Future

    6.9 2003 HD

    Two friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life. They become fascinated with a deadly jellyfish.

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  • 2009
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    Bare Essence of Life

    Bare Essence of Life

    6 2009 HD

    Youjin is a quirky young man living in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Yojin has a difficult time sitting still and can't focus on extended conversations....

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  • 2005
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    Nana

    Nana

    6.7 2005 HD

    Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business....

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  • 2004
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    The Taste of Tea

    The Taste of Tea

    7.46 2004 HD

    A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film...

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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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  • 2009
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    Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

    Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

    6.813 2009 HD

    Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days...

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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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  • 2009
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    Kamui

    Kamui

    6.1 2009 HD

    A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

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  • 2007
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    Prodigy

    Prodigy

    7.1 2007 HD

    Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point...

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  • 2023
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    We're Broke, My Lord!

    We're Broke, My Lord!

    7 2023 HD

    Koshiro Matsudaira lives in Tanjousan Bun in Echigo as a commoner and surrounded by people that love him, including his father Sakubei, who works for...

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  • 2008
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    Sex Is No Laughing Matter

    Sex Is No Laughing Matter

    6.2 2008 HD

    Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical...

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  • 1970
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    hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–

    hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2011
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    Gantz: Perfect Answer

    Gantz: Perfect Answer

    6.688 2011 HD

    Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.

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  • 2010
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    Norwegian Wood

    Norwegian Wood

    6.3 2010 HD

    Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's girlfriend, and another woman, the...

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  • 2010
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    Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

    Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

    5.6 2010 HD

    Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with no memory of the last four years. Naomi must...

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  • 2011
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    Bunny Drop

    Bunny Drop

    7.028 2011 HD

    Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin and she is just 6...

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  • 2020
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    Mio's Cookbook

    Mio's Cookbook

    7.6 2020 HD

    When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend Noe. Afterwards, Mio found her talent in...

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  • 2007
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    South Bound

    South Bound

    1 2007 HD

    Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are both ex-extremists, his elder sister and a younger...

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  • 2006
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    Vanished

    Vanished

    5.6 2006 HD

    Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to make their greatest dreams come true. But, they soon...

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  • 2011
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    My Back Page

    My Back Page

    5.1 2011 HD

    In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a weekly magazine. Two years later,...

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  • 2014
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    Homeland

    Homeland

    5.7 2014 HD

    Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village in Fukushima Prefecture. The entire...

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  • 2013
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    The Kiyosu Conference

    The Kiyosu Conference

    6.524 2013 HD

    After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and...

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  • 2012
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    Train Brain Express

    Train Brain Express

    6 2012 HD

    Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers,...

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  • 2007
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    Tsubaki Sanjuro

    Tsubaki Sanjuro

    6.8 2007 HD

    "Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, faster, subtler sword, talking and perception. He...

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  • 2022
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    Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

    Dreaming of the Meridian Arc

    8 2022 HD

    In the present day, the local government of Katori City is in the process of sponsoring a taiga drama about its famous historical figure Tadataka...

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  • 2014
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    Climbing to Spring

    Climbing to Spring

    7.2 2014 HD

    Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain with his father to prepare their...

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  • 2005
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    Linda Linda Linda

    Linda Linda Linda

    7.333 2005 HD

    Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for...

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  • 2003
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    Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement

    Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement

    3.5 2003 HD

    A shy, nerdy man, Takeru finds a schoolgirl hooker Lily is unconscious in a Tokyo park, so he decides to bring her home and lock her up in a secret...

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  • 2015
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    Chasuke's Journey

    Chasuke's Journey

    6.2 2015 HD

    Things are hectic in heaven. Dozens of scribes sit before a long scroll incessantly scribbling away. They are composing the biographies of...

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  • 2023
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    Do Unto Others

    Do Unto Others

    7.8 2023 HD

    A community is shocked when the bodies of an elderly man and the manager of a home-visit nursing centre are found. The passing of 42 elderly patients...

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  • 2007
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    1 Litre Of Tears SP

    1 Litre Of Tears SP

    4 2007 HD

    The Story of the 1 Litre of Tears special takes place after the events in the main drama. The Special takes the view of Asou Haruto who is...

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  • 2004
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    Be-Bop High School

    Be-Bop High School

    5.5 2004 HD

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  • 2015
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    Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran

    Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran

    5 2015 HD

    Soma, an immigrant from a defeated country, lives as a fortuneteller in Japan. She is saved from corrupt court officials by Kojiro Masakado, a...

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  • 2016
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    Rage

    Rage

    6.725 2016 HD

    A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes...

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  • 2016
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    Chinyuki

    Chinyuki

    5.1 2016 HD

    Genzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he happens to visit a house and meets an old couple. The...

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  • 2011
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    Another Gantz

    Another Gantz

    7 2011 HD

    Before finding out the Perfect Answer, discover Another Gantz. Aired on Nippon Television network before the theatrical release of Gantz: The Perfect...

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  • 2014
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    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    Buddha 2: The Endless Journey

    7.6 2014 HD

    2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his position as a prince to see the world. He meets a...

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  • 2024
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    Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~

    Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~

    1 2024 HD

    There are saints living in Tokyo, Japan: Buddha the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God. After successfully bringing the previous century to a...

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  • 2007
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    Ten Nights of Dreams

    Ten Nights of Dreams

    6.4 2007 HD

    Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to...

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  • 2010
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    Gantz

    Gantz

    6.6 2010 HD

    After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down...

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  • 2016
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    Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

    Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

    6 2016 HD

    Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century, died of an...

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  • 2016
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    Something Like, Something Like It

    Something Like, Something Like It

    10 2016 HD

    Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in his...

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  • 2007
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    Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji

    Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Locker 2

    The Locker 2

    4.7 2004 HD

    Seconds before Reika (from the first movie) dies, she gives the key to a coin locker to her pupil Ayano. After a hunt for the right coin locker,...

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  • 2017
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    Sekigahara

    Sekigahara

    6.915 2017 HD

    The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army of the East defeated...

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  • 2017
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    Yurigokoro

    Yurigokoro

    7.4 2017 HD

    Ryosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot soon with his alluring girlfriend. But then his father...

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  • 2015
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    The Day Kouhaku Was Born

    The Day Kouhaku Was Born

    1 2015 HD

    This drama focuses on the story of how NHK's famous New Year's Eve program "Kohaku Uta Gassen" came about in 1945, when the country was under General...

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  • 2019
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    Promare

    Promare

    7.1 2019 HD

    Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire...

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  • 2005
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    Custom Made 10.30

    Custom Made 10.30

    8 2005 HD

    Sisters "Manamo" and "Minamo" live separately in Hiroshima and London since the divorce of their parents. The elder sister Manamo lives in Hiroshima...

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  • 2016
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    Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

    Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

    6.4 2016 HD

    10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon...

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  • 2019
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    Promare / Side: Galo

    Promare / Side: Galo

    7.3 2019 HD

    A prequel to Promare, set one day before the events of the film.

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  • 2015
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    The Emperor in August

    The Emperor in August

    6.3 2015 HD

    In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and...

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  • 2004
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    Winning Pass

    Winning Pass

    1 2004 HD

    This is a story about a high school student who had it all going for him. He was great at basketball, he had a love like no other, until a day where...

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  • 2019
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    From Miyamoto to You

    From Miyamoto to You

    6.1 2019 HD

    Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young and relatively inexperienced...

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  • 2014
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    A Far Promise

    A Far Promise

    1 2014 HD

    There was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of the orphans of Manchuria refugee camp who had to struggled...

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  • 2019
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    Promare / Side: Lio

    Promare / Side: Lio

    6.9 2019 HD

    A second prequel set one day before the events of the Promare film.

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  • 2019
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    Saint Young Men 2nd Century

    Saint Young Men 2nd Century

    1 2019 HD

    SAINT☆YOUNG MEN 2nd Century imagines a world where Jesus Christ (Kenichi Matsuyama; Death Note) and Gautama Buddha (Shōta Sometani; Himizu) take a...

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  • 2020
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    Saint Young Men 3

    Saint Young Men 3

    1 2020 HD

    A group of saints living together in a room in Tokyo's tachikawa apartment, the awakened man Buddha and the son of god Jesus, form an effort to make...

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  • 2005
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    Yamato

    Yamato

    5.4 2005 HD

    Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of...

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  • 2021
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    Brave: Gunjyou Senki

    Brave: Gunjyou Senki

    6.8 2021 HD

    Students, including Aoi Nishino, take part in class and sports activity at a prestigious high school. Aoi Nishino is a member of the school's archery...

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  • 2020
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    Hotel Royal

    Hotel Royal

    5.2 2020 HD

    Set at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests, the family that runs the hotel, and the hotel's staff....

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  • 2021
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    Riverside Mukolitta

    Riverside Mukolitta

    6.5 2021 HD

    A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.

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  • 2005
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    Be-Bop High School 2

    Be-Bop High School 2

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2021
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    Blue

    Blue

    6.7 2021 HD

    Nobuto, a dedicated boxer, can't seem to win a match, while his friend Kazuki is becoming a rising star and may win the championship. Meanwhile,...

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  • 2018
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    Saint Young Men

    Saint Young Men

    2.5 2018 HD

    What if Jesus and Buddha were living on Earth in modern times? What if they shared an apartment in Japan? Saint☆Oniisan is a humorous drama about...

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  • 2022
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    Noise

    Noise

    5.8 2022 HD

    Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi...

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  • 2019
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    Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Wind

    Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Wind

    1 2019 HD

    In Japan in the 1590s, the wandering samurai gathered to fight the nobles of the Skull Castle. In the performance of the "Wind" version that is shown...

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  • 2015
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    The Gutsy Frog

    The Gutsy Frog

    1 2015 HD

    Live-action version of the popular 70's japanese manga and anime, "Dokonjô Gaeru". In this version, Hiroshi, Kyôko, and the rest of the...

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  • 2018
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    From Miyamoto To You

    From Miyamoto To You

    6 2018 HD

    The story follows an amateur salaryman named Hiroshi Miyamoto, who works at a stationary company and pushes forward despite his frustration with his...

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  • 2005
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    1 Litre of Tears

    1 Litre of Tears

    8.4 2005 HD

    1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease at 15,...

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  • 2007
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    Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo

    Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2012
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    Taira no Kiyomori

    Taira no Kiyomori

    7.889 2012 HD

    Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori was raised as a...

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  • 2021
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    JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope

    JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope

    6.2 2021 HD

    In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and...

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  • 2013
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    オリンピックの身代金

    オリンピックの身代金

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2007
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    Sexy Voice and Robo

    Sexy Voice and Robo

    8 2007 HD

    Hayashi Niko is a mature middle school student with heightened hearing and the ability to mimic the voice of anyone she encounters. Sudo Ichiro is an...

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  • 2017
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    A Life

    A Life

    6.2 2017 HD

    When Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He left his girlfriend Danjo Mifuyu behind and went to...

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  • 2024
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    Farewell Hospital

    Farewell Hospital

    1 2024 HD

    Henmi Ayumi is a nurse working on the front lines in the convalescent ward of a hospital, where she tends to patients who have either a few months...

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  • 2006
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    Death Note

    Death Note

    8.632 2006 HD

    Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a...

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  • 2018
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    Residential Complex

    Residential Complex

    7 2018 HD

    Story depicts the conflicts and growth of families who live at co-operative houses. Nana Igarashi is 35-years-old and works as a diving instructor....

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  • 2024
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    The Tiger and Her Wings

    The Tiger and Her Wings

    8 2024 HD

    In the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume Tomoko (Ito Sairi), gains nationwide...

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  • 2015
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    Dokonjō Gaeru

    Dokonjō Gaeru

    1 2015 HD

    Hiroshi is now 30-years-old and lethargic, but Pyonkichi, the frog imprinted on his shirt, is always energetic. Sometimes Hiroshi does not wear...

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  • 2023
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    What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

    What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

    7.7 2023 HD

    The drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616). Takechiyo (who later becomes Tokugawa Ieyasu) was born...

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  • 2009
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    Money Crazy

    Money Crazy

    6.5 2009 HD

    Fuutarou has always lived in poverty and hated it. Because of his past he had become obsessed with money and will do anything to obtain it.

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  • 2006
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    Angels with Broken Wings

    Angels with Broken Wings

    4.4 2006 HD

    A miniseries starring famous actresses, based on the short story collection "Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi" by the author Yoshi. This dark drama has a...

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  • 2023
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    Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?

    Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?

    6.7 2023 HD

    When childhood friends Yui and Naoki are by chance reunited as adults, they begin to feel they were destined for each other. However, just as Naoki...

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  • 2008
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    Detroit Metal City

    Detroit Metal City

    7.6 2008 HD

    Dominating the world of indie music, Detroit Metal City (DMC) is a popular death metal band known for its captivatingly dark and crude style. Its...

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  • 2019
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    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    6.5 2019 HD

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  • 2010
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    Japanese Americans

    Japanese Americans

    7 2010 HD

    99 Years of Love 〜Japanese Americans〜 is a Japanese, 5-episode miniseries produced by TBS for its 60th anniversary, starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi...

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  • 2019
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    歪んだ波紋

    歪んだ波紋

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2015
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    Futagashira

    Futagashira

    1 2015 HD

    Starring Kenichi Matsuyama & Directed by Yu Irie! Based on the comic “FUTAGASHIRA” by Natsume Ono. A ransackingly entertaining...

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  • 2020
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    Komoribito

    Komoribito

    6 2020 HD

    The relationship between a man who has been a hikikomori for over ten years and his father who has little time left to live.

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  • 2025
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    Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?

    Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?

    1 2025 HD

    University student Komugi Yamashita teams up with lawyer Yoshiteru Matsukaze to uncover the connection between her father's murder and a decades-old...

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