Kin Sugai
Birthday: 1926-02-28
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography: Kin Sugai (菅井きん Sugai Kin) (28 February 1926 – 10 August 2018) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Funeral. Sugai is famous for her role in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.
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Kwaidan
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four fol...
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Pigs and Battleships
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occup...
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Dodes'ka-den
On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “dri...
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High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s ...
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A Woman's Life
A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son....
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Police Precinct Part 14
An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, informed the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, ...
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The Funeral
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events a...
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Ie Naki Ko
"Don't pity me, just give me money." A smart little girl, Suzu, for the sake of her beloved sick mot...
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The Akasaka Sisters: Soft Touch of Night
Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters w...
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The Pornographers
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society...
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Stolen Desire
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki t...
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Police Precinct Part 17
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspec...
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The Soundless Cry
Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one h...
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Foundry Town
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and on...
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The Long Darkness
The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino,...
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Fire Festival
Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, ins...
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Haru's Journey
Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a t...
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This Transient Life
Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. A...
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Sir Galahad in Campus
The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series....
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A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era
Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes th...
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I, the Executioner
Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who ...
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The Great Japanese Pick-Pocket Club
A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pi...
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Tracked
When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whethe...
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The Body
The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to he...
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My Hobo
Story of a resourceful hobo (Kobayashi), a con woman (Takamine) who pretends to be a victim of the N...
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Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
Girl Boss Ruriko and her cellmates escape from a greedy corrupt reform school that's more interested...
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Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face
A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body...
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Eighteen Years in Prison
A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and...
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Father
A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless ...
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Gassan
Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and inter...
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A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen
Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn....
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Detective
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal,...
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The Washing Machine
Kizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work at a...
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Young Swordsman
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. O...
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Sandakan No. 8
A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a b...
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The Viper Brothers Rage Again
Part 2 in a long running (8+1 films) action/comedy/melodrama series about a pair of short tempered, ...
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Yellow Tears
The movie is centered around five friends as they end up spending the summer of 1962 shackled up tog...
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One Summer's Day
Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of...
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Kewaishi
Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of a manga by Shotaro Ishinomori was an official selection a...
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Red Beard
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed w...
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Godzilla
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the isla...
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The Approach of Autumn
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with...
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Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for ...
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The Bad Sleep Well
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within...
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Hachiko
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even...
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A Wanderer's Notebook
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook featu...
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The Inheritance
A dying businessman intends to will his fortune to his three illegitimate children, whose whereabout...
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A Scream from Nowhere
In 1930, the chance meeting of a novelist and one of his fans opens the door to a series of mysterio...
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Inte...
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Run, Genta, Run!
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of findin...
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The Woman Next Door
A 1981 TV movie based on a short story by Kuniko Mukoda, starring Kaori Momoi and Jinpachi Nezu. A h...
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Appassionata
This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter S...
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The Time of Reckoning
"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful busine...
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The Last Song
Junkichi is the son of a rich landlord, while Koyuki is the daughter of a poor lumber worker. The mi...
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Stakeout
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect wi...
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An Innocent Witch
Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her fat...
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Ballad of a Workman
A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work...
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The Lost Alibi
Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when...
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Donden Family (Pretend Divorce)
A housewife whose memoir of divorce is selected becomes an editorial staff member, something she has...
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The Wolves
A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their w...
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Gone in the Rain
Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They...
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Joke with a Sorrowful Heart
This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who suffered by...
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Flames of Blood
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course ...
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Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shog...
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Sure Death
A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover t...
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Black River
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land...
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Sure Death 5
Fifth movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. At the behest of a corrupt bureaucrat, a mysterio...
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Sure Death 6
When an artist dies, the official cause of death is judged to be a stroke, but his daughter suspects...
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Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s rele...
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The Sunshine Girl
A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life....
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Sure Death 4
Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by ...
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Yakuza Graveyard
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotia...
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Flower and Dragon
Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi...
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The Blossom and the Sword
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who cros...
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught ami...
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Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses ...
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Nothing But Bones
The harrowing joruney of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's ...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple i...
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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She ...
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The International Gang of Kobe
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by U...
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Cross-Currents
A ryokan maid is on trial for pushing a familiar guest off a cliff to his death. An eager attorney o...
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The Start of Life
A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father lose...
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Girls of the Night
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Jap...
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007
A violent fire one evening kills a husband and wife couple and burns their Kazusaya rice shop to ash...
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Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected
A highly anticipated cultural festival is less than a week away for the students of a local high sch...
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I Like You!
A romantic comedy, it comically depicts a great twist of fate between a young man who leads an attra...
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Shimanto River
A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He come...
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Tales of a Golden Geisha
Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundre...
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Burden of Love
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a prog...
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Spring Dreams
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home...
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Sure Death! 3
Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assass...
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Piecing Me Back Together
A young woman named Izumi suffers the loss of her boyfriend Junichi, who died from a fatal motorcycl...
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The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers
Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his broth...
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My Grandma
Home-design sales representative Tomohiro lives with his wife and their son. As his job involves hou...
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Kamigata Kugaizoshi
"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their har...
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Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses
A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and...
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Vengeance Is Mine
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police....
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Willful Murder
The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service...
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The Man Who Wagers Tomorrow
Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for ...
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Deep River
A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India....
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The Castle of Sand
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a To...
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City of Beasts
University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutica...
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The Child Writers
A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the chi...
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Maison Ikkoku Kanketsuhen
In this direct continuation of the earlier special, Godai tries to figure out what to do with his li...
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The Motive
Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims app...
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Beast Alley
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns...
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Kaze to Ki to Sora to
A nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of wave...
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A Cornered Apartment Wife
A human drama of joys and sorrows about a married woman living in an apartment complex who suddenly ...
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Zoku izuko e
Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka....
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Hidden Fangs
Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch....
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Koi no gashū
Taiji (Kawazu Yusuke), who works at Noble Cosmetics, wants to marry his girlfriend Tomie (Kuwano Miy...
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Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19
In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man wi...
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Police Precinct Part 7
The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin ma...
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Girls Behind Bars
A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths o...
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Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
Detectives of the First Investigation Division are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, w...
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Police Precinct Part 17
The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspec...
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Vehicle Shadows, Messengers of the Dead
Taeko, who last saw her missing grandmother, could not forget the white gloves of the cab driver. Th...
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Black Flower Petal
A reformed bartender is blackmailed into aiding a heist by former gang associates, leading to betray...
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Daybreak Chorus
In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Sa...
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The Human Bullet
A soldier has been in the Japanese military for the entirety of WWII, and in that time, his dedicati...
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