Naoto Takenaka — Actor (263)
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Legendary Teacher (2000)
伝説の教師 WikiData IMDb TMDB TheTVDB
actor: Hitoshi Matsumoto / Masahiro Nakai …
other title: 伝説の教師 / 傳説中的教師 …
A man who appears to have no particular passion for anything ironically proves effective with troubled high school students. Known as a legendary savior of problem schools, he shows up one day to salvage what's left of a class that had fallen apart completely. His highly unpredictable reactions and controversial advice to students shock the teachers and staffs much as they do the problem students themselves.
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Candy Boys (2015)
お江戸のキャンディー IMDb TMDB
Léona Hirota actor: Akihiro Mayama / Hiromu Takahashi …
other title: お江戸のキャンディー
In EDO, the fabulous wonderland where only men exist, the most beautiful courtesan is Shiratori Dayū. His apprentice's suicide made him desolate, and he finds love when he meets the most popular and sexy candy boy, Furimatsu, at the "Candy Shop." However, the town of EDO bans romantic relationships, and a rare disease starts to spread.
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Bartender (2011)
バーテンダー WikiData IMDb TMDB
★ 6.9 23 ratings
Kazuya Shiraishi / Naoki Tamura … actor: Masaki Aiba / Shihori Kanjiya …
other title: 바텐더 / バーテンダー …
Upon return from Paris, Sasakura Ryu spends some time wandering amiss, but after some time he decides to start anew by becoming a bartender. On a daily basis as a bartender, he helps solve the various problems burdening his customers, including work and love and family troubles, one cocktail at a time. Furthermore, what will happen to the romantic relationship between Ryu, who seeks the best cocktail, and Kurushima Miwa, who ispertinent to his growth as a person. Also in the drama you'll see the fateful showdown between Kuzuhara Ryuichi, referred to as Mr. Perfect, and Master Kase Goro. -- TV Asahi
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Water Boys Season 1 (2003)
part of TV Series: Water Boys TMDB
Yuichi Satoh actor: Takayuki Yamada / Mirai Moriyama …
先輩たちが“男のシンクロナイズドスイミング”を披露したことで、観光名所と化した唯野高校。何をやってもパッとしない勘九郎は、くじ引きで水泳部のリーダーに選ばれる。しかし水泳部の大学進学率が低いことが原因で、教育委員会からシンクロの自粛要請が来る。そのことを知った勘九郎は、シンクロするために転校してきた憲男と自粛の反対運動をはじめる。
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Six Singing Women (2023)
唄う六人の女 IMDb TMDB
Yoshimasa Ishibashi actor: Yutaka Takenouchi / Takayuki Yamada …
other title: 唄う六人の女 / 森中六魔女 …
Two men with opposite personalities, Kayashima and Uwajima, accidentally wander into a beautiful village after a car accident. When they wake up, they are imprisoned by six beautiful but strange girls who live in the village. Kayashima is at the mercy of the girls' instinctive behavior, but is gradually drawn to the pure beauty of girls, who are at one with nature. Uwajima is attracted to one attractive girl and steps into forbidden territory. The six girls were incarnations of catfish, pit vipers, owls, dormice, bees, plants, and other creatures of nature disguised as humans. What they wanted from the men...
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Lust in the Rain (2024)
雨の中の慾情 IMDb TMDB
Shinzo Katayama actor: Ryo Narita / Eriko Nakamura …
other title: 빗속의 욕정 / 雨の中の慾情 …
The story centers on Yoshio, a poor and struggling manga artist who lives in Kitamachi. He is sent by Oyaji, the landlord of his apartment who is also engaged in other shady businesses, to help a novelist called Imori move in, and meets a recently-divorced woman named Fukuko. Yoshio is immediately bewitched by her beauty, even though she is already seeing someone else. In the meantime, Imori establishes an advertising agency, borrowing the name of a larger agency from the wealthier Minamicho, in order to sell his novel. Yoshio ends up helping with Imori's efforts, and somehow Imori and Fukuko come to live together with Yoshio.
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Dosukoi! Love (2019)
どすこい！すけひら IMDb TMDB Douban
宫胁亮 actor: 知英 / 草川拓弥 …
other title: 嘿哟！助平 / どすこい！すけひら …
Ayane Sukehira (Kang Ji-Young) is an overweight woman who loves chocolate. Because of her love for chocolate, she has moved to Italy which is famous for its chocolates. There, Ayane Sukehira gets involved in an accident and she passes out. When Ayane Sukehira wakes up, she finds that her appearance has totally changed. She is now a beautiful woman. Ayane Sukehira travels back to Japan and she begins work as an esthetician. She still is not interested in dating and she buries herself in eating chocolate and playing games. One day, popular idol Takumi Minato invites her for dinner
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Sakuya: The Slayer of Demons (2000)
さくや 妖怪伝 WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tomoo Haraguchi actor: Nozomi Ando / Kyusaku Shimada …
other title: 사쿠야 - 요괴전설 / さくや 妖怪伝 …
The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and defeat the evil spirits. Accompanying her on her journey are two veteran warriors who served her father, and Tarō, a young kappa, or river spirit, whom she has adopted as her little brother. Along the way, the two warriors have doubts about Tarō’s loyalties, and the young kappa himself must decide if he will stand with his own species or with the humans who have cared for him.
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×××HOLiC (2013)
CLAMPドラマ　ホリック　×××HOLiC WikiData IMDb TMDB
★ 5.1 22 ratings
actor: Anne Watanabe / Shota Sometani …
other title: 클램프드라마 홀릭 xxxHOLiC / xxxHOLiC～ホリック～ …
Yūko Ichihara is the sexy owner of a strange store which offers to make any wishes come true for a price. Kimihiro Watanuki has a special type of blood that attracts spirits and ghosts. He goes into the shop owned by Yūko Ichihara and asks her to get rid of the spirits. Yūko offers to do so if he works part-time at the store.
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A day begins/Hajimarinohi (2024)
はじまりの日 IMDb Douban
日比游一 actor: 中村耕一 / 遥海 …
other title: 起始之日 / はじまりの日
A former rock star experiences a chance encounter with a troubled young woman who is touched with a remarkable musical gift that reshapes a casual friendship into a surprising, transformative journey toward hope and redemption.