Masato Harada — Playwright (30)

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Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
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other title: 神风72小时 / KAMIKAZE TAXI …
A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.

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Touch The Movie Ace without No (1986)
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other title: 棒球英豪 没有背号的王牌投手 / タッチ 背番号のないエース
在美好的季节里,上杉达也(三ツ矢雄二 配音)、和也(难波圭一 配音)和浅仓南(日高のり子 配音)这三个青梅竹马的好友顺利升入明青学园高中部。与另外两人相比,达也似乎心不在焉,他闲逛校园各个角落,迟迟未曾决定加入哪一个社团,而他对棒球部仿佛完全不做考虑。当他好不容易下定决心,却发现小南作为加入棒球部担当经理。充满万千情愫的达也,稀里糊涂被相貌凶恶的原田正平(银河万丈 配音)拉入全然没有任何概念的拳击部。落英缤纷的季节,少男少女百味心绪随风飘散…… 本片根据漫画家安达充的同名原作改编,是该系列动画的第一部剧场版。

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The Shadow Spirit (2007)
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★ 6.0 21 ratings
other title: 魍魉之匣 / 魍魎の匣 …
《魍魉之匣》改编自京极夏彦百鬼夜行系列的第二部作品。 榎木津礼二郎(阿部宽 饰)经营侦探事务所。一天,原电影明星柚木阳子(黑木瞳 饰)委托其受理她14岁的女儿加菜子(寺岛咲 饰)失踪一案。作家关口巽(椎名桔平 饰)和记者鸟口守彦(Magy 饰)对最近发生的美少女被肢解杀人事件十分好奇,一起前往现场追查,却在路途中迷路而误入一栋奇怪的盒状建筑物。负责侦破连续杀人事件的青木警官(堀部圭亮 饰)乘坐的列车上加菜子被撞下车送往医院。刑警木场修(宫迫博之 饰)强忍疲惫下接手处理案件,却发现加菜子的母亲,正是他暗恋多年的阳子。但日,运送加菜子的救护车和随同车辆消失在了匣馆的领地中。 消失的少女、相模湖分尸杀人案、追查案件的木场和关口、盒子般奇怪的建筑物,到底是什么将他们联系在一起?魍魉,真的只存在人心吗?

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Inugami (2001)
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★ 6.3 19 ratings
other title: 狗神 / 이누가미 …
Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.

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Chronicle Of My Mother (2012)
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★ 8.4 77 ratings
other title: 记我的母亲 / わが母の記 …
Best-selling novelist Kosaku Igami has made a career out of using his family as fodder for his novels, much to their dismay. When his mother, the spirited family matriarch, is diagnosed with dementia, Igami must come to terms with the toll his own behavior has taken on his increasingly distant family and resolve his own long-simmering resentments. Evocative of classic Ozu, this gorgeously wrought epic family portrait explores the tenderness and trappings of familial bonds.

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Kakekomi (2015)
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★ 8.1 118 ratings
other title: 投靠女与出走男 / 駆込み女と駆出し男 …
Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taking refuge in Tokeiji, a monastery in Kamakura.

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Climbers High (2008)
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★ 7.1 18 ratings
other title: 超越巅峰 / クライマーズ・ハイ …
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.

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Killing for the Prosecution (2018)
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★ 6.6 207 ratings
other title: 검찰측의 죄인 / 検察側の罪人 …
Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he will work with Takeshi Mogami, whom he admires. When a money lender is killed and it is suspected that someone from Mogami’s past is the perpetrator, the team prepares to do his best in order to prove the alleged criminal’s guilt.