Aibou shirîzu: X Day (2013)

Actors: Tetsuya Bessho (actor), Satoshi Jimbo (actor), Kazuhisa Kawahara (actor), Yutaka Mizutani (actor), Mitsuhiro Oikawa (actor), Oji Osuga (actor), Gregory Pekar (actor), Seiji Rokkaku (actor), Tomorowo Taguchi (actor), Kei Tanaka (actor), Ken Utsui (actor), Yoshino Kimura (actress), Ryôko Kuninaka (actress), Anju Suzuki (actress), Takeharu Sakurai (writer),

Genres: Drama,

Aibô: Gekijô-ban II (2010)

Actors: Ryûji Harada (actor), Takehiro Hira (actor), Takashi Inoue (actor), Saburô Ishikura (actor), Satoshi Jimbo (actor), Ryûji Katagiri (actor), Shingo Katsurayama (actor), Kazuhisa Kawahara (actor), Ittoku Kishibe (actor), Jun Kunimura (actor), Yutaka Mizutani (actor), Yasukaze Motomiya (actor), Yûki Murakami (actor), Tatsuo Nadaka (actor), Shirô Gô (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Shakunetsu (2004)

Actors: Yoshihiko Hakamada (actor), Hakuryû (actor), Akira Hamada (actor), Shinji Kasahara (actor), Ryûki Kitaoka (actor), Mitsuo Kobayashi (actor), Taisei Miyamoto (actor), Kôji Motegi (actor), Yûto Nakano (actor), Ryô Nishihara (actor), Motoya Sano (actor), Masashi Sasaki (actor), Manzô Shinra (actor), Shun Sugata (actor), Ken'ichi Endô (actor),

Genres: Action,

Manbiki G-Men Nikaidô Yuki 6 (2001)

Actors: Jun Eto (actor), Takuzô Kadono (actor), Lou Ohshiba (actor), Rakutarô San'yûtei (actor), Casey Takamine (actor), Ryosuke Watabe (actor), Mayumi Asaka (actress), Tokie Hidari (actress), Yôko Ishino (actress), Tayo Iwamoto (actress), Nana Kinomi (actress), Satomi Murakami (actress), Shinobu Nakayama (actress), Aki Takejô (actress), Hiroshi Ohfuji (producer),

Genres: Mystery,

Mr. Baseball (1992)

Actors: Garry Bassin (actor), Nicholas Cascone (actor), Cin Chi Cheng (actor), Bob Costas (actor), Charles Fick (actor), Naoki Fuji (actor), Toshizo Fujiwara (actor), Greg Goossen (actor), Norihide Goto (actor), Jun Hamamura (actor), Dennis Haysbert (actor), Takanobu Hozumi (actor), Yoshimi Imai (actor), Satoshi Jimbo (actor), Shinsuke Aoki (actor),

Plot: Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he's been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league. Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Aya Takahashi, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace

Keywords: apology, asian, bare-chested-male, baseball, baseball-manager, baseball-movie, baseball-player, baseball-star, baseball-team, bath
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Sport,
Taglines: An inspirational baseball movie. He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!

Quotes:

Jack Elliot: I don't believe this. What's next? Somebody going to tell me how to take a crap?::[walks into the bathroom]::Jack Elliot: Hey Max!::Max 'Hammer' Dubois: Yeah, what!::Jack Elliot: I need someone to tell me how to take a crap.

Jack Eliot: We're not athletes, we're baseball players!

Jack Eliot: I'm a World Series MVP!::Skip: That was four years ago, Jack.::Trey: You hit .235 Last season.::Jack Eliot: LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!

Hiroko Uchiyama: Something very definite. Definite that Baseball and Jack always come before Hiroko and Jack.

Max 'Hammer' Dubois: Max Dubois. Around here they call me Hammer. Don't ask me why.::Jack Elliot: Jack Elliot.::Max 'Hammer' Dubois: Yeah. I know who you are. I've been in Japan, not dead.

[Jack is unfamiliar with the word 'gaijin']::Max 'Hammer' Dubois: It's like being a black guy back home. Only there's less of us.

Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: You rang, Mr. Baseball?::Jack Elliot: Yeah, I rang, Mr. Wise-Ass!::[Jack is forcefully dragging Yoji through his apartment]::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: Elliot-San, Elliot-San. I don't understand.::Jack Elliot: Understand THIS!::[Jack thrusts a newspaper at him, then shows his Japanese Phrasebook]::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: You see, all wisecracks you're making make you seem disrespectable. I just do this for you to save face. Besides, press writes their own story anyway.::Jack Elliot: I'LL deal with the Press! And I'll take care of my own face, YOU just translate what comes out of it! You got me?::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: [dejected] Hai.::Jack Elliot: Hai? Hai as in Yes, or Hai as in "I heard what you said but I'm not gonna do a goddamn thing about it!" That's right, Yoj! Gaijin catching on!::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: Hai. Yes.

[Jack just found out that Uchiyama is fluent in English]::Uchiyama: I am the Japanese manager for Japanese baseball team that you agreed to play for. It is your duty to learn my ways, not the other way around!::Jack Elliot: [to Hiroko] Different language, same attitude! Let's go!

Jack Elliot: Japanese way, 'Shut up and Take it'!::Hiroko Uchiyama: Jack's way, 'ME, ME, ME'! Sometimes acceptance and cooperation are strengths also.

Jack Elliot: C'mon, it ain't over till the fat lady sings!::Yoji Nishimura, Jack's Interpreter: [subtitle as he translates to the team] When the game is over, a fat lady will sing to us!

Oreno chi wa tanin no chi (1974)

Actors: Tôru Abe (actor), Yoshino Aoki (actor), Kaniyasu Atsumi (actor), Isao Hashimoto (actor), Shôhei Hino (actor), Takanobu Hozumi (actor), Kazuo Katô (actor), Hôsei Komatsu (actor), Ichirô Nakatani (actor), Furankî Sakai (actor), Hatsuo Yamaya (actor), Kin Ômae (actor), Wataru Nachi (actress), Etsuko Nami (actress), Kiyoshi Higuchi (producer),

Genres: Drama,

Seihanzai (1967)

Actors: Kenji Fukuma (actor), Ken Furusawa (actor), Yoshiyoru Takatsuki (actor), Toyosaburo Uchiyama (actor), Ryosuke Uryu (actor), Hatsuo Yamatani (actor), Michiyo Mori (actress), Shigechika Sato (actress), Machiko Tsuki (actress), Kôji Wakamatsu (producer), Masao Adachi (writer), Isao Okishima (writer), Kôji Wakamatsu (director), Fumio Miyata (editor),

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