Sakura Ando

Sakura Ando

With parents in the show business perhaps it is not surprising that Sakura Ando would become an actress and, moreover, also end up marrying an actor. She was born to actor/director Okuda Eiji and celebrity Kazu Ando on 18.02.1986. Her great grandfather was prime minister Tsuyoshi. Her older sister is director Ando Momoko. She saw her father on stage at age five and decided to become an actress while in second grade. She was often ill as a child. Her disease made her dizzy, lose her balance and more throughout her childhood. Her brain would shut down. She would opt for her mother's maiden surname for her professional career. Sono Sion picked her for his film Love Exposure and gave her a major start on the big screen. She won an award as the Best Supporting Actress for her work in it at the 31st Yokohama Film Festival. Earlier her father cast her in his film Kaze No Sotogawa ('Outside The Wind') alongside her mother and sister. She has since appeared in multiple movies and serials and won several more awards. She married actor Emoto Tasuku in 2012. She had met him on a train in 2008 and had obtained her father's permission to date and marry. She was a boxer in 100 Yen Love, which was fortunate since she had practiced boxing when she was fourteen-years-old. She gave birth to her first child, a girl, in 2017. She won the award for Best Actress at the 42nd Japan Academy Prize for her work on 2018's Shoplifters. By then she was considered one of several top young actresses in Japan next to Yu Aoi, Miyazaki Aoi and perhaps Aso Kumiko. Interestingly, she had earlier decided to retire and focus on raising her child. She is a graduate of Gakushuin Women's College.

  • Popularity : 10.543
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1986-02-18
  • Place of Birth : Tokyo, Japan
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Sakura Ando Movies

  • 2009
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    Love Exposure

    Love Exposure

    8 2009 HD

    The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while working as an "up-skirt" photographer in an offshoot of the porn...

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  • 2009
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    Oh, My Buddha!

    Oh, My Buddha!

    6 2009 HD

    Based on the semibiographical novel by Jun Miura, Oh My Buddha is the classic summer coming-of-age story that is burned to a crisp with teenage...

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  • 2008
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    Ain't No Tomorrows

    Ain't No Tomorrows

    6.4 2008 HD

    17 year-old Hiruma is desperate to get laid and takes out his sexual urges on Anpai, a fat boy who has "boobs." His classmate Tomono, a sickly loner,...

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  • 2023
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    Bad Lands

    Bad Lands

    6.7 2023 HD

    A grifter and her loose-cannon brother get their hands on a massive amount of money, but their ill-gotten gains puts a huge target on their back.

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  • 2019
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    孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令! 成田~福岡~釜山 弾丸出張編!

    孤独のグルメ2019大晦日スペシャル 緊急指令! 成田~福岡~釜山 弾丸出張編!

    10 2019 HD

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  • 2010
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    A Crowd of Three

    A Crowd of Three

    4.9 2010 HD

    A Crowd of Three tells the story of two men, Kenta & Jun, who grew up as almost brothers at a children's facility. Kenta & Jun now works as...

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  • 2012
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    Our Homeland

    Our Homeland

    6 2012 HD

    From the late 1950s through the '70s, more than 90,000 of the ethnic Koreans in Japan emigrated to North Korea, a country that promised them...

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  • 2012
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    For Love's Sake

    For Love's Sake

    6.9 2012 HD

    Troubled high school student Makoto arrives in Tokyo to exact revenge from a past incident. He then falls in love at first sight with Ai, a daughter...

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  • 2023
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    We're Millennials. Got a Problem? International

    We're Millennials. Got a Problem? International

    7 2023 HD

    Three men, born in 1987, are from the yutori generation (relaxed generation) and they continue their attempts at finding love, friendship, and...

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  • 2012
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    The Samurai That Night

    The Samurai That Night

    6 2012 HD

    Five years after a hit-and-run accident kills his wife, a distraught metalworker comes face to face with the man behind the steering wheel.

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  • 2009
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    Torso

    Torso

    5.9 2009 HD

    A seemingly "normal" office worker Hiroko has a secret. At home she lives with a prosthetic torso - no head, arms or feet, just body and penis....

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  • 2023
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    The Imaginary

    The Imaginary

    8 2023 HD

    Amanda and her imaginary friend Rudger go on thrilling make-believe adventures. But when Rudger finds himself alone, he faces a mysterious threat.

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  • 2013
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    Yellow Elephant

    Yellow Elephant

    6 2013 HD

    Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One...

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  • 2013
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    Petal Dance

    Petal Dance

    6.4 2013 HD

    Long-time friends Jinko and Motoko hear that their college friend Miki has jumped into the ocean. They are joined by Haraki, who Jinko happens to...

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  • 2023
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    Godzilla Minus One

    Godzilla Minus One

    7.6 2023 HD

    In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the...

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  • 2010
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    8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper

    8000 Miles 2: Girls Rapper

    6 2010 HD

    With Saitama no rappa 2 (AKA 8000 Miles 2 – Girls Rapper), Yu Irie tells the story of amateur girl rappers who dream of a small big-time. The...

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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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  • 2014
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    0.5 mm

    0.5 mm

    7.3 2014 HD

    Sawa, a home helper for a middle class family with an elderly infirm grandfather, is forced to stretch her morals to keep her job. As a result, she...

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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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  • 2010
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    Sweet Little Lies

    Sweet Little Lies

    5.5 2010 HD

    A husband and wife, who have not had sex in three years, both fall into extra-marital affairs.

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  • 2013
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    Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi

    Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi

    6.2 2013 HD

    Kyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown....

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  • 2006
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    A Long Walk

    A Long Walk

    7 2006 HD

    A lonely retired girl's High School Principal who's lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old apartment in a country town. There he forms a...

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  • 2014
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    100 Yen Love

    100 Yen Love

    7.2 2014 HD

    Slacker Ichiko gets into a fight with her younger sister and begins to live on her own, working the late shift at a 100 yen shop. On her way home,...

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  • 2022
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    Korosuna

    Korosuna

    7.5 2022 HD

    Kotani Zenzaemon, a ronin who has a side job making brushes in a tenement house in the back alley, is watching Omine, who lives with him, from...

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  • 2013
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    Penance

    Penance

    7.3 2013 HD

    The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she...

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  • 2015
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    Asleep

    Asleep

    5.3 2015 HD

    Terako is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako's friend kills herself....

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  • 2009
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    The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio

    The Wonderful World of Captain Kuhio

    5.8 2009 HD

    Set in the early 1990's, after The Persian Gulf War began, a 30 year old man passes himself off as Captain Kuhio a pilot for an American Special...

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  • 2015
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    Her Granddaughter

    Her Granddaughter

    5.7 2015 HD

    Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother’s house in the countryside....

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  • 2007
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    Out of the Wind

    Out of the Wind

    6 2007 HD

    High school student Mariko sings in the choir at the all-girls school she attends, and her biggest dream right now is to go to a music college. One...

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  • 2023
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    Monster

    Monster

    8 2023 HD

    When a young boy begins behaving strangely, shocking truths emerge as the story unfolds through the eyes of his single mother, a teacher who is...

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  • 2009
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    We'll Keep Walking, That's All

    We'll Keep Walking, That's All

    6 2009 HD

    A young woman named Miyuki returns to her hometown, camera in hand, after a difficult breakup. As she walks and takes photographs, she meets a...

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  • 2009
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    Crime or Punishment?!?

    Crime or Punishment?!?

    7.3 2009 HD

    Riko Narumi plays an unpopular idol who in an attempt to boost her faltering career becomes police chief for a day. During the day a robbery occurs...

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  • 2016
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    Seed

    Seed

    1 2016 HD

    Naomi Kawase describes Sakura Ando, the lead character in her film, as "a mysterious creature" who is "like a fairy. SEED is the story of the journey...

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  • 2016
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    Sound of Waves

    Sound of Waves

    6 2016 HD

    Umi’s hearing is so sensitive that even notes played slightly out-of-tune give her a headache. Violinist Yuko arrives from Tokyo to play a...

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  • 2016
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    Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys

    Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys

    2.5 2016 HD

    About 150,000 illegal entrants live in Tokyo. They are not recognised as refugees and live in poor conditions. To protect themselves, the illegals...

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  • 2017
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    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

    5.5 2017 HD

    A detective in Toyama is forced to confront his painful past when he takes on a murder case involving his two estranged childhood friends.

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  • 2017
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    Tornado Girl

    Tornado Girl

    6.8 2017 HD

    Koroki is a 35-year old man who admires Japanese singer-songwriter Tamio Okuda and aspires to live like him. He works as an editor at the lifestyle...

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  • 2017
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    Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

    Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura

    7.2 2017 HD

    Set in an alternate universe, the ancient capital of Kamakura is a vibrant town where fantastical creatures live alongside humans. Akiko is a...

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  • 2018
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    Shoplifters

    Shoplifters

    7.852 2018 HD

    After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl,...

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  • 2010
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    Teto

    Teto

    1 2010 HD

    Teto is a secret agent trainee. Hatoko is a high school student who lives on venting her anger in a combined combative sport gym. On the day Hatoko...

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  • 2013
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    The Stork Nest

    The Stork Nest

    7 2013 HD

    A small clinic in Kumamoto Prefecture begins accepting anonymous drop-offs of unwanted newborn babies at a residential building. The name of the...

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  • 2009
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    Make the Last Wish

    Make the Last Wish

    6.2 2009 HD

    Koike Minami returns from USA to Japan to accomplish her deceased twin sister's wish to win a competition and sing with Avril Lavigne on the stage in...

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  • 2010
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    All to the Sea

    All to the Sea

    1 2010 HD

    Natsuki, a sales clerk of a bookstore, and Koji. a high school student. Seemingly nothing in common, they have one thing they can share: books.

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  • 2021
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    The Great Yokai War: Guardians

    The Great Yokai War: Guardians

    6.3 2021 HD

    Kei Watanabe is a fifth grade elementary school student. He has inherited the hunter's blood to hunt yōkai. To save the world from being destroyed,...

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  • 2021
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    Ryuukou Kanbou

    Ryuukou Kanbou

    7.3 2021 HD

    The novelist Shiga Naoya lives with his wife Haruko and their 4-year-old daughter Saeko. He is paranoid about Saeko’s health, making her wear...

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  • 2013
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    Radio

    Radio

    7 2013 HD

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  • 2021
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    Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"

    Once upon a time... "Shoplifters"

    10 2021 HD

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  • 2022
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    A Man

    A Man

    6.917 2022 HD

    Akira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.

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  • 2018
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    Manpuku

    Manpuku

    9 2018 HD

    Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the...

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  • 2021
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    Girl Gun Lady

    Girl Gun Lady

    7.2 2021 HD

    Koharu is a dull high school girl who is always alone. Her only hobby is making plastic models. One day, Koharu stops by a mysterious antique shop...

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  • 2009
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    Chance!

    Chance!

    5 2009 HD

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  • 2010
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    野田ともうします。

    野田ともうします。

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2012
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    Penance

    Penance

    8.1 2012 HD

    The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with...

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  • 2013
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    The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

    1 2013 HD

    Set in present day Japan in a provincial town, Bunzo Kurosawa, a greedy and violent father, is murdered in his own home. Bunzo has 3 sons: oldest son...

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  • 2012
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    ATARU

    ATARU

    6.8 2012 HD

    Ataru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police solve criminal cases. It stars Masahiro Nakai in the...

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  • 2013
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    Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi

    Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi

    5 2013 HD

    The drama is based on a novel by Sato Shogo called ‘Minoue Banashi‘. Its story revolves around a bookstore clerk named Michiru who...

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  • 2016
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    We're Millennials. Got a Problem?

    We're Millennials. Got a Problem?

    8.2 2016 HD

    Drama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the world through work, love, and friendship. The men are...

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  • 2017
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    Love Exposure: The TV-Show

    Love Exposure: The TV-Show

    5.3 2017 HD

    A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.

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  • 2016
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    Like a Girl Playing House

    Like a Girl Playing House

    1 2016 HD

    Onchi Eiko, the proprietress of a bar, is trapped in a sad, hidden past. One day, an old friend Shigeko shows up with her 5-year-old son Daiji in...

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  • 2018
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    Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!

    Magic × Warrior MagiMajo Pures!

    7.7 2018 HD

    In an attempt to conquer the world, the Nuisance World has stolen the Majoka Jewels and have corrupted each into an Akiramestone, which interferes...

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  • 2022
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    Tabiya Okaeri

    Tabiya Okaeri

    1 2022 HD

    Using her stage name, Oka Erika works as an entertainer and a program reporter. She is in her 30's and her real name is Okabayashi Eriko. Erika loves...

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  • 2019
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    Mango no Ki no Shita de

    Mango no Ki no Shita de

    1 2019 HD

    Rinko and Aya, employed in the Philippines in 1944, escape one of the most gruesome battles of the Pacific War. Based on the accounts of actual women...

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  • 2023
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    Rebooting

    Rebooting

    8.7 2023 HD

    A comedy focusing on Kondo Asami, a 33-year-old single woman who lives with her parents and works at the local city hall, and suddenly finds herself...

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  • 2020
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    Today's Nekomura

    Today's Nekomura

    7 2020 HD

    A cat who dreams of reuniting with its owner & works as a housekeeper to save money.

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  • 2022
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    Tabiya Okaeri

    Tabiya Okaeri

    1 2022 HD

    Using her stage name, Oka Erika works as an entertainer and a program reporter. She is in her 30's and her real name is Okabayashi Eriko. Erika loves...

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  • 1970
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    Tabiya Okaeri

    Tabiya Okaeri

    9 1970 HD

    Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the...

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