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Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

. He started his acting career after joining a theater company/talent agency, Otona Keikaku, in around 1992 and gained his popularity after the drama series ''

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'' and as being the lead singer of the Japanese

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Group Tamashii is a Japanese comedy rock band. It was started by actors in a theatrical company called "Otona Keikaku" (Project Adult) in 1995. Its original members were Hakai (Sadao Abe), Boudou (Kankuro Kudo), and Baito Kun (Seminosuke Murasugi). When it st ...

. His stage name is a pun on notorious geisha

Sada Abe was a Empire of Japan, Japanese geisha and prostitute who murdered her lover, , via strangulation on May 18, 1936, before cutting off his Human penis, penis and testicles and carrying them around with her in her kimono. The story became a natio ...

. Abe was nominated for best actor in the 31st

Japanese Academy Award The , often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, ''Nippon Akademii- ...

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Maiko Haaaan!!! is a Japanese comedy film released in 2007. Hitoshi Ueki made his final film appearance in the film. Plot Kimihiko Onizuka ( Sadao Abe) is a salaryman infatuated with maiko (apprentice geisha) and whose greatest goal in life is to play a party ga ...

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Naked Blood , literally, ''Naked Blood: Mischief'', is a 1996 Japanese horror film directed by Hisayasu Satō. It is a remake of Satō's 1987 film, , and, according to AllMovie, "contains one of the most appalling scenes in Japanese horror." Plot A scient ...

'' (1995) as Eiji Kure *''Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment'' (1996) as Hiroshi Fujimoto *'' After Life'' (1998) *''

Uzumaki is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Appearing as a serial in the weekly ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Big Comic Spirits'' from 1998 to 1999, the chapters were compiled into three bound volumes by Shoga ...

'' (2000) as Mitsuru Yamaguchi *''

Kamikaze Girls ''Kamikaze Girls'', originally released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese light novel written by Novala Takemoto. The story centers on the friendship between two students named Momoko Ryugasaki and Ichigo "Ichiko" Shirayuri. These two are fro ...

'' (2004) as Ryuji 'the Unicorn'/Doctor *''

The Great Yokai War is a 2005 Japanese fantasy film directed by Takashi Miike, produced by Kadokawa Pictures and distributed by Shochiku. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, and Mai Takahashi. The film focuses largely on creatures ...

'' (2005) *'' Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims'' (2005) *''

Helen the Baby Fox is a 2006 Japanese film. It was directed by director Keita Kono, and stars actors Takao Osawa, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Arashi Fukasawa and Ryoko Kobayashi in lead roles. It was released in Japanese cinemas on 18 March 2006. ''Helen the Baby Fox'' t ...

'' (2006) as police officer *''

Ten Nights of Dream or ''Ten Nights' Dreams'' is a series of short pieces by Natsume Sōseki. It was serialized in the ''Asahi Shimbun'' from July 25 to August 5, 1908. Sōseki writes of ten dreams set in various time periods, including his own time (the Meiji peri ...

'' (segment - The 6th Night) (2006) *''

Kisarazu Cat's Eye is a Japanese comedy television show and movie series. To date, there have been two Kisarazu Cat's Eye movies: ''Kisarazu Cat's Eye Nihon Series'' (2003) and ''Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series'' (2006). Synopsis The story follows a 21-year-old y ...

: World Series'' (2006) as Kaoru Nekota *''

'' (2007) as Kimihiko Onizuka *''

Paco and the Magical Picture Book is a 2008 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on a play by Hirohito Gotō. It was shown at the Munich Asian Filmfest in 2008 and has been nominated for three awards for the 2009 Asian Film Awards. Actors Kōji Yakusho ...

'' (2008) as Horigome *''

Yatterman is a Japanese anime television series broadcast from January 1, 1977 to January 27, 1979, comprising 108 episodes. It is the second and longest show in the ''Time Bokan'' series by Tatsunoko Productions. The series succeeded ''Time Bokan'' a ...

'' (2009) as Dr. Kaieda *'' Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki'' (2011) as Gōyan (voice) *''

Gothic Lolita Battle Bear is a 2013 Japanese tokusatsu film directed by Noboru Iguchi and starring Shoko Nakagawa. Cast * Shoko Nakagawa as Yumeko Aikawa, a gothic lolita fashionista * Rina Takeda as Kill Billy, Takeshi's sidekick; and Nuiguruma, Yumeko's superhero alter ...

'' (2013) as teddy bear (voice) *'' Parasyte: Part 1'' (2014) as Migi (voice) *'' Parasyte: Part 2'' (2015) as Migi (voice) *''

The Magnificent Nine is a 2016 Japanese jidaigeki samurai comedy film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. It was released in Japan by Shochiku on May 14, 2016. The original story is collected by "Unsung Heroes of Old Japan" written by , a record of the townspeople who ...

'' (2016) as Juzaburo Kokudaya *''

Birds Without Names is a 2017 Japanese drama film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Towako leads an idle life alongside Jinji Sano, in his fifties, a man ab ...

'' (2017) as Jinji *''Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp'' (2018) as Shin *''The 47 Ronin in Debt'' (2019) as Asano "Takumi no Kami" Naganori *''Mother'' (2020) as Ryo *''Lesson in Murder'' (2022) as Yamato Haimura *''I Am Makimoto'' (2022), Sō Makimoto *''Shylock's Children'' (2023) as Masahiro Nishiki

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Bayside Shakedown is a Japanese police comedy-drama television series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was developed by Ryoichi Kimizuka and stars Oda Yūji, Toshirō Yanagiba, Eri Fukatsu, Chosuke Ikariya, Miki Mizuno, and Y ...

'' (1997) as Saeki *''

Ikebukuro West Gate Park , usually referred to by its initials IWGP, is a series of urban mystery novels by Ira Ishida. It was adapted into a drama television series directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko. The television drama then got a manga adaptation. An anime televisio ...

'' (2000) as Hamaguchi *''

Summer Snow ''Summer Snow'' is a Japanese television drama that was broadcast from July 7 to September 15, 2000, on TBS. It is a love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly, and a young woman with an activity-restricting ailment ...

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'' (2002) as Kaoru Nekota *''Tiger & Dragon'' (2005) as Hayashiyatei Donta *''

Unfair Unfair may refer to: * Double Taz and Double LeBron James in multiverses ''fair''; unfairness or injustice * ''Unfair'' (drama), Japanese television series * '' Unfair: The Movie'' * Unfair (song), a song by South Korean boy group EXO