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Yumi Matsutoya

Yumi Matsutoya

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Biography

Yumi Matsutoya (松任谷 由実, Matsutoya Yumi, January 19, 1954) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Her birth name and old stage name is Yumi Arai (荒井 由実, Arai Yumi).

Known For

Kiki's Delivery Service
7.8

A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.

Kiki's Delivery Service

1989
The Wind Rises
7.8

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

The Wind Rises

2013
Dandarin Rules
9.5

Labor Standards Inspectors... are you aware of their existence? For the sake of the 52 million actively employed people across the nation, the government had set up this body to help ensure that there is safety at workplaces. Danda Rin, is an example of a very diligent and strict inspector. She doesn't compromise when it comes to the rules. The story opens with the transfer of Danda Rin to the new Labor Standards Inspector office. "She had caused her boss at her ex-office to go bald!!" is the rumor that accompanies her to her new office. Danda Rin is someone who doesn't do things in half measures, which is totally unlike the laidback male colleagues in the office. "Unpaid overtime", "Managers in name only", "Power harassment by managers"; these are all the things she fights against!

Dandarin Rules

2013
The Secret
7.0

Chikako Kaku and Shiro Sano of "I've Always Liked You" (1992) co-star again in a shocking film that depicts the extreme love-hate between a man and a woman with a strong touch of suspense on the theme of marriage. Mario's eccentricities played by Sano attracted even more attention, with the highest viewership of 33.7%. The main character, Kanako (Chikako Kaku), marries her beloved and starts a happy life. Next to it, his former lover, Mario, who abandoned himself, moves in and says that he wants to try again ... The strange love and relationships that begin here, and the "terrifying reverse tama man" Mario extends the devil's hand not only to Kanako but also to her husband. However, Mario was also unaware of his wife's gaze that burned with jealousy of him ... The secret hidden in a love marriage that "cannot be told to anyone" is gradually revealed. The theme song was written by Yumi Matsutoya for the first time in 17 years and became a big hit "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

The Secret

1993
Watashi no Unmei
N/A

Joy turns to sorrow when a couple learns just before their wedding day that the husband-to-be has been stricken with cancer and has only six months to live. Family and friends, as well as the assigned medical team, explore the depths of love and despair in this tragic tale of romance.

Watashi no Unmei

1994
Narita Divorce
N/A

No description available.

Narita Divorce

1997
Living Single
N/A

Tired of living with her parents, 26-year-old Miho decides to live by herself for the first time. She works at a department store along with her long-time best friend, Kyoko, and has an extremely affectionate and close relationship with her. She and Kyoko meet Shintani, a mysterious and handsome older man, who Miho at first simply cannot stand. However, the more she sees him, the more she's drawn to him - but even she can't explain why. Until now, Miho has never seriously been in love with someone, and her feelings for Shintani begin to scare her. Also, there's the issue of Kyoko, who is overcome with jealousy at the thought that Miho might abandon her to be with Shintani. Living alone, Miho comes to realize things she would have never realized otherwise; she discovers exactly what kind of person she is. Along the way, she also discovers the truth about people she thought she knew well...(awrittensin on dramawiki)

Living Single

1996
Radio Star
N/A

When volunteer Kanade Hiiragi arrives in a disaster-stricken town in Noto, she teams up with local residents to launch a community radio station.

Radio Star

2026
Let's Meet in a Dream
N/A

Hatsumi Kitahara (Akiko Yada) is a 26-year-old dental hygienist living with her father Kyotaro (Kyozo Nagatsuka) and grandmother Hanako (Yoko Nogiwa). Her ideas of happiness is to have an ordinary life, get a job then get married then live life happily ever after. She has been living carefree by herself since she was in college. But six months ago, due to her mother¹s death she has started to live with her father again. Every day is now filled with small conflicts. Hatsumi works at a dental office operated by Ryohei Noma (Manabu Oshio). Her co-workers are all female, further attesting the fact that she has no luck with men. Then one day all of a sudden Ryohei proposes to her. Furthermore Keiichiro Fujita, an IT millionaire, asks her out to dinner. Then she meets her ex boyfriend a second time, which wants to be with her again. Now all of a sudden her surroundings are in a flurry. The father daughter living is now swept up in a wave of upheaval. Hatsumi willy-nilly must now face her "marriage" and "family". The battle for her life and dreams now begins.

Let's Meet in a Dream

2005
Take Me Out to the Snowland
8.6

Fumio Yano is an unassuming young businessman in the ski wear line. His own skiing ability is close to professional level, and he assists a former world champion, Tayama, on the sales team. Fumio meets and falls in love with Yu, a young secretary, but initially finds it hard to express his true feelings for her. A St Valentine's Day fashion show provides an unexpected backdrop for crisis resolution, and a mad scramble ensues to beat the clock and make it to a neighboring ski resort in time for the press and photographers. A pack of chocolate is a symbol of true love...

Take Me Out to the Snowland

1987
Sayonara Jupiter
5.5

In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.

Sayonara Jupiter

1984
Sanada 10 Braves
7.6

Set at the end of the Sengoku period to early Edo period, "Sanada Ten Braves" follows 10 members of a ninja group who all serve under samurai warrior Yukimura Sanada.

Sanada 10 Braves

2016
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
7.5

A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

1997
Railways
7.0

A heartwarming tale about the turning point in the life of an elite business man in his fifties and a local train that has been running since 1911. Hajime is in line to be the next head of a prominent electronics company. He toils day and night over his work and has no time for his family. But one day, his mother in Shimane falls ill, and his best friend dies in an accident. Grief-stricken, Hajime returns home, where memories of his childhood dream come back to him. He had always wanted to be a train conductor and drive the local "bataden" Ichibata Electric Railway.

Railways

2010
Heaven's Bookstore
5.9

Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.

Heaven's Bookstore

2004
Cover as Many Waves as Possible
7.5

The year is 1982, and the place is Shōnan in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. A group of passionate young people operate a beach radio station for the local community.

Cover as Many Waves as Possible

1991
Balloon Club Revisited
6.7

Mitsuko Murakami puts the passion to balloon in the hot-air balloon Circle "Airheads". The club gathered young people holding a variety of thoughts. But "Airheads" is disbanded not too long. Five years after their time in the Balloon Club ended, the members' former club leader brings them back together and rekindles old flames.

Balloon Club Revisited

2006
See You at the Campground
8.0

Japanese romantic comedy film.

See You at the Campground

1995
Junji Ito Crimson
N/A

A new TV anime based on the works of Junji Ito with the concept of "monsters." This collection of horror stories carefully selects masterpieces filled with unique madness, allowing viewers to immerse themselves in the eerie, bizarre, and yet original world of Junji Ito.

Junji Ito Crimson

Wings Of Light "The Gates Of Heaven" Tour
10.0

No description available.

Wings Of Light "The Gates Of Heaven" Tour

1991