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Writing
Shōichi Maruyama
Born April 6, 1948 · Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan (age 78)
No biography available.
Known For
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog · 2004Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog
★ 7.02004
MovieDrama
A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is initially reluctant to rely on his new partner.
The Beast to Die · 1980The Beast to Die
★ 5.81980
MovieActionCrime
A Nietzschean journalist who covered the Vietnam War, Lebanese Civil War and other conflicts becomes mentally unstable and goes on a spree of robbery and murder.
Yo-Yo Girl Cop · 2006Yo-Yo Girl Cop
★ 5.62006
MovieActionCrime
Recruited by a clandestine police organization, "K" must stop a plot by student radicals to create anarchy in Japan. Armed with a hi-tech steel yo-yo, and a new name (Asamiya Saki), she must infiltrate an elite high school to find the terrorists but finds an even more sinister plan is about to unfold.
READY! LADY · 1989READY! LADY
1989
Movie
Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She comes to Tokyo, relying on her aunt Moeko, a career woman who works as a manager at a major city bank. The two, who have completely different personalities, quarrel constantly whenever they see each other.
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story · 1993Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
★ 5.51993
MovieFamilyAdventure
A young girl befriends an infant T-rex after her paleontologist father nurtures a lair of lost dinosaur eggs.
Through the Night · 2002Through the Night
★ 8.02002
MovieDrama
When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, but like everything around them there and owing to the forces around them, there is as much chance that these may burn to ashes and be destroyed or be the beginning of something new.
MARKS · 1995MARKS
★ 6.01995
MovieThrillerMystery
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea · 2007Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth And Sea
★ 5.62007
MovieHistoryAdventure
A look at Genghis Khan's life, from his birth to conquests in Asia.
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