Movies: Koji Yakusho

  • 2010
    The Last Ronin

    The Last Ronin (2010)

    The Last Ronin

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    16 years after the fateful "revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin," involving samurais from the Ako domain who avenged their leader and then commited seppuku (ritual suicide), the sole survivor of that incident, Kichiemon Terasaka (Koichi Sato) traverses ...

    The Last Ronin
  • 1999
    Charisma

    Charisma (1999)

    Charisma

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    A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering...

    Charisma
  • 2005
    Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

    Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)

    Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean

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    A drama set during World War II where a submarine carrying a secret weapon attempts to stop a planned third atomic bombing of Japan. Based on Harutoshi Fukui's novel Shuusen no Lorelei....

    Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
  • 1979
    Hunter in the Dark

    Hunter in the Dark (1979)

    Hunter in the Dark

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    Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds...

    Hunter in the Dark
  • 2001
    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

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    A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers....

    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
  • 1980
    Twelve Months

    Twelve Months (1980)

    Twelve Months

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    A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her. ...

    Twelve Months
  • 1999
    License to Live

    License to Live (1999)

    License to Live

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    Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the ...

    License to Live
  • 2007
    I Just Didn't Do It

    I Just Didn't Do It (2007)

    I Just Didn't Do It

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    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....

    I Just Didn't Do It
  • 2004
    The Lakeside Murder Case

    The Lakeside Murder Case (2004)

    The Lakeside Murder Case

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    Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. They want them to prepare intensely for a prestigious high school's entrance exam with the help of a private tutor. One night, one of the wives confesses to her husband that she has...

    The Lakeside Murder Case
  • 2023
    Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

    Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window (2023)

    Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window

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    This engaging series of childhood recollections tells of an unconventional school in Tokyo during World War II that combined learning with fun, freedom, and love. The school had old railroad cars for classrooms and was run by an extraordinary man – i...

    Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window
  • 2008
    Paco and the Magical Book

    Paco and the Magical Book (2008)

    Paco and the Magical Book

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    Onuki asks people in a hospital to perform a play for Paco, who suffers from memory disorder. His only hope is to help Paco survive from her illness....

    Paco and the Magical Book
  • 2003
    Doppelganger

    Doppelganger (2003)

    Doppelganger

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    Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own....

    Doppelganger
  • 1997
    Lost Paradise

    Lost Paradise (1997)

    Lost Paradise

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    Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages....

    Lost Paradise
  • 1996
    Sleeping Man

    Sleeping Man (1996)

    Sleeping Man

    7.61996HD

    Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day....

    Sleeping Man
  • 2004
    University of Laughs

    University of Laughs (2004)

    University of Laughs

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    In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways....

    University of Laughs
  • 2018
    Oh Lucy!

    Oh Lucy! (2018)

    Oh Lucy!

    6.72018HD

    A lonely, chain-smoking office lady in Tokyo falls for her teacher when she decides to take English lessons. When her teacher disappears, she sets out on a journey to find him....

    Oh Lucy!
  • 2007
    Walking My Life

    Walking My Life (2007)

    Walking My Life

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    A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some people he has not met ...

    Walking My Life
  • 2017
    Sekigahara

    Sekigahara (2017)

    Sekigahara

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    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 the Army of the West of Ishida Mitsunari. The story includes the intrigues and shifting loyalties of th...

    Sekigahara
  • 2017
    The Third Murder

    The Third Murder (2017)

    The Third Murder

    6.62017HD

    A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened....

    The Third Murder
  • 2024
    Hakkenden

    Hakkenden (2024)

    Hakkenden

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    Takizawa Bakin, a popular Edo period author, begins to recount a story he is planning in front of his friend, the artist Katsushika Hokusai. The story is about eight warriors who, each carrying a jewel, gather together as if guided by fate and embark...

    Hakkenden