Yo Takeyama

Writer

July 28, 1946 (76 years)

† April 12, 2023

Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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Filmography

9.7

Hideyoshi

A dramatized biography of the second of Japan's three legendary leaders. Rising from obscurity, Hideyoshi served under the command of Oda Nobunaga. With an extraordinary combination of intelligence, bravery and military skill, Hideyoshi rose to near-absolute power and greatly expanded upon Nobunaga's unification of Japan's warlords. This series also focused on Hideyoshi's personal life, particularly his relationships with his mother and his wife, and the pair's rivalry for influence over him.

9.5

Special Crime Investigation Front

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4.5

Story of White Coat: Indecent Acts

A trainee has dream is to become a nurse and live a comfortable life. But that dream turns into a nightmare when she becomes the object of obsession for the sex crazed son of a major shareholder at the hospital where she works. When he is admitted to the hospital with alcohol poisoning, no nurse is safe! Will she escape his clutches or will she finally succumb to his amorous appetite?

8.3

Toshiie and Matsu

The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political savvy and the support of his fiercely loyal wife, Maeda Toshiie rose to second in power in the shogunate and built up a fiefdom that encompassed Echizen, Noto and Kaga.

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Tenka

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Akai Tsuki

Fifty-five years after World War II, Morita Misaki travels to China with hopes of uncovering the truth behind the murder of a young Russian woman she witnessed as a child. Her journey allows her to revisit her childhood memories and retrace her family's struggles in a foreign land. In the midst of WWII, the Morita family moves to Manchuria to start a Japanese sake factory. Though their hopes for a new life seem quickly realized with the success of their business, the family's fortunes take a turn for the worse when a military informant accuses their live-in tutor of being a spy for Russia. Further complications arise when Russia begins its invasion of Manchuria and the family is forced to flee for their lives. In the midst of the ensuing turmoil and confusion, the Morita family, led by matriarch Namiko, must find the strength to endure and survive.

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Koichiro Uno's Convent Girls' Dorm

A comedy-porn film depicting the antics of Yuka—a female college student forced into a men-free girls' dormitory attached to a convent after her strict father put an end to her relationship with her boyfriend, Tanaka—and her fellow residents.

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Kyo, Futari

The 45th NHK Asadora. Set in an old Kyoto tsukemono (Japanese preserved vegetables) store, this series depicted the conflicts between a woman, her daughter and her father-in-law. It is a story about the relationships of three generation of women in the Nakahide family.

7.0

The Castle of Sand

On December 11, 1960 an elderly man is found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in Tokyo. Detective Yoshimura Hiroshi is a rookie detective that has only one clue to go on - the name "Kameda." Detective Yoshimura also has a dark side himself from his miserable experience in the war. Now, Detective Yoshimura places himself in the criminal's dark mind to track down the killer. Based on the 1961 novel "Suna no utsuwa" by Seicho Matsumoto it was also made as a feature film The Castle of Sand (1974).

7.4

47 Ronin

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.

5.2

Gynecology Ward: Caress Me Tenderly

A female hair stylist is torn between two lovers as she waits for treatment in a gynecological ward. She meets the other patients who are there and gets to know their stories.

6.0

Nanohana no Oki

A romance of a man who risked his life at sea on a Kitamae ship during the Edo period. Based on the famous book "Offshore of Rape Blossoms" by Ryotaro Shiba, the movie tells the story of Kahei Takadaya, a great merchant who lived a turbulent life and single-handedly conducted diplomacy with the great Russian power.

5.3

A Tale of Happiness

A department manager at his company, buys a one-room apartment to have some space to himself. He signs an agreement with a young woman and has an affair with her once a week at the apartment.

4.3

Kangofu nikki: Waisetsu na karute

Ryoko is suffering from sleep deprivation due to her daily intimate encounters with her fiancé, Hirata. One day, she jumps into a taxi just before being late and meets the driver, Akira. Meanwhile, at the hospital, the director is plotting to marry his daughter, Yuka, to Hirata. After much deliberation, Hirata chooses Ryoko, but an enraged Yuka slips an aphrodisiac into Ryoko's drink...

6.6

4.50 from Paddington

Toko Amano worked as a detective, but to take care of her sick husband she quit her job. After her husband passed away, Toko Amano now works as a crisis management expert. 3 days ago, Toko Amano's former mother-in-law rode on an express train with beds. She witnessed a man strangling a woman and told the train conductor, but he thought she imagined it. The police later searched for the woman's body, but could not find her. Toko Amano boards the same express train that her former mother-in-law rode. She looks for the dead body.

7.5

The Firefly

Shūji Yamaoka was a suicide pilot during the war who somehow survived Japan's surrender. After decades of working as a fisherman in Kumamoto, a provincial seaside city in southern Kyushu, Yamaoka remains reluctant to discuss his wartime experiences with anyone, much less an intrusive reporter looking for a feature story. Then a series of events shake Yamaoka to the core, forcing him to re-evaluate his past.

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Snow Jack

A blackmail arrives at Appi ski resort. “We demand 30,000,000 yen as consolation money for the destruction of the environment. If you do not respond to the demand, a time bomb set on the ski slope will be detonated.” If the bomb goes off, it will not only hurt the skiers but trigger an avalanche and cause a major catastrophe. The general manager of the ski pistes, Kurata (Ken Watanabe) pleads for an immediate shutdown of the ski site and reporting to the police, but the president of the ski resort gives priority to business interests and decides to negotiate with the blackmailer. And a negotiation process for a despicable ransom case with a massive hostage of all the skiers at the resort begins.

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ドラマスペシャル松本清張鬼畜

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6.5

Giwaku

Sahara Takako is a lawyer who specialises in civil cases. She hates to lose and will use whatever means necessary to pursue the truth. Despite her competence, she is mocked as a rotten lawyer for defending companies that exploit their employees and winning many of these lawsuits. One day, Takako gets an unexpected request from a veteran lawyer, Harayama Masao. He would like her to take over the defence of a woman because he is in poor health and needs to be hospitalised. This woman is Shirakawa Kumako, who has been in the public eye. Called “Onikuma” by the public, which is a play on her maiden name, Onizuka, she faces charges of killing her husband Fukutaro, the owner of an established Atami restaurant, for insurance money.

6.5

300 Million Yen Robbery

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Yo Takeyama

Biography

Filmography

Hideyoshi

Special Crime Investigation Front

Story of White Coat: Indecent Acts

Toshiie and Matsu

Tenka

Akai Tsuki

Koichiro Uno's Convent Girls' Dorm

Kyo, Futari

The Castle of Sand

47 Ronin

Gynecology Ward: Caress Me Tenderly

Nanohana no Oki

A Tale of Happiness

Kangofu nikki: Waisetsu na karute

4.50 from Paddington

The Firefly

Snow Jack

ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜

Giwaku

300 Million Yen Robbery

Filmography

Hideyoshi

Special Crime Investigation Front

Story of White Coat: Indecent Acts

Toshiie and Matsu

Tenka

Akai Tsuki

Koichiro Uno's Convent Girls' Dorm

Kyo, Futari

The Castle of Sand

47 Ronin

Gynecology Ward: Caress Me Tenderly

Nanohana no Oki

A Tale of Happiness

Kangofu nikki: Waisetsu na karute

4.50 from Paddington

The Firefly

Snow Jack

ドラマスペシャル 松本清張 鬼畜

Giwaku

300 Million Yen Robbery

ドラマスペシャル松本清張鬼畜

ドラマスペシャル松本清張鬼畜