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Chara

Chara

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Biography

Chara is a Japanese singer, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is most well known for her song "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly (in which she starred), her 1997 hit single "Yasashii Kimochi", and her collaboration with Judy and Mary vocalist Yuki, "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange". Chara later formed a band with Yuki, called Mean Machine.

Known For

From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke
8.4

Nicknamed "Sadako" for her spooky appearance, high schooler Sawako begins to break out of her shell when she befriends popular boy Kazehaya.

From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke

2009
Telepathy Shoujo Ran
N/A

Telepathy Shōjo Ran Jiken Note is a novel series by Atsuko Asano. A manga adaptation by Toshitsugu Iida is serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sirius. A twenty-six-episode anime adaptation aired in Japan between June 21 and December 20, 2008. It is being produced by TMS Entertainment and was broadcast by NHK.

Telepathy Shoujo Ran

2008
Because We Forget Everything
7.6

M, a mystery writer, has a girlfriend of five years named F, who disappeared on Halloween night. When a woman comes and claims to be her sister, M begins the search for his girlfriend. Along the way, the people he meets describe a woman very unlike the F he knew.

Because We Forget Everything

2022
Snakes and Earrings
6.2

While alone in a nightclub, straight-laced Lui meets sensitive but troubled punk kid Ama. Mesmerized by his split tongue, she becomes obsessed with body modification and soon wants the same treatment. After Ama's heavily-tattooed friend Shiba pierces her tongue, Lui finds herself inexorably drawn to both men – and to her growing list of desires, she now adds a tattoo.

Snakes and Earrings

2008
Saihate kara, Toho 5-fun
7.0

Unable to live or die due to certain circumstances, Koda Sumomo visits Auberge Gilda which is a five-minute walk from Cape Shide, a famous suicide spot. She listens to its owner Shiraishi Yuko and ends up working with the employee Koreeda Ibuki and chef Omori Zen for three months. Guests with all sorts of circumstances come to this auberge at the farthest reaches, including an actress being criticized for reports of an affair, and a man faced with divorce on the day he reached the mandatory retirement age. Through their stay at Auberge Gilda, they become aware of life and are revitalized. Seeing this with her own eyes, Sumomo also has a change of heart. However, she learns about Yuko’s secret.

Saihate kara, Toho 5-fun

2022
An Invisible Cradle
7.0

17-year-old Aoi came to Yui Obstetrics and Gynecology clinic as a part-time nurse apprentice in Summer 1997. Right after her entry, she is shocked after witnessing an abortion surgery. However, she also met staff members like Yui, the head of the clinic who is careful about everything, Sayako, a reliable and experienced nurse, and Sakaki, the gentle head nurse, who face each pregnant patient and support them after surgeries. Fumika, Aoi's mother, is worried about her clumsy nature and poor communication skills, but Aoi's unique compassion and kindness draws patients' hearts. "I wonder what's life..." Aoi matures while looking at the newborn babies' overwhelming life and asking herself that question.

An Invisible Cradle

2018
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress
6.6

Hamaji, a young huntress from the mountains, stumbles into the middle of a shogun’s vendetta against a group of human-dog hybrids, the Fusé. Rumors of Fusé murdering innocent people in the bustling city of Edo have sparked a bounty for their heads. Along with her brother, Hamaji joins the hunt for this dangerous quarry, but after accidentally befriending one of them, Hamaji is torn between two worlds: her life as a self-reliant huntress, and the young woman her new friend has helped her to uncover.

Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress

2012
ZOKKI
7.3

Five loosely connected storylines concerning the secrets and lies, the fears and tears, and the puerile potty jokes that punctuate the characters' daily (and in one eerie case, nightly) encounters.

ZOKKI

2021
Swallowtail Butterfly
7.5

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996
Picnic
6.8

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.

Picnic

1996
Freesia: Bullet Over Tears
5.6

In the near future of a Japan, the ancient 'Act of Vengeance' is revived and professional executioners are permitted to kill criminals by the requests from their victims. People who are to be executed are notified of the execution time and date in advance and they are allowed to have their own guard.

Freesia: Bullet Over Tears

2007
m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena
N/A

"m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena" is the 6th DVD released by m-flo with live concert performances from Yokohama Arena. It is the second DVD to be released that is predominantly part of the m-flo loves series.

m-flo Tour 2007 COSMICOLOR at Yokohama Arena

2007
円都 YEN TOWN
N/A

Making-of documentary for Swallowtail Butterfly

円都 YEN TOWN

1996
ENTO KUKAN in INUJIMA
N/A

Swallowtail Butterfly 20th Anniversary concert at Inujima Seirensho Museum as part of Setouchi Triennale 2016

ENTO KUKAN in INUJIMA

2016
m-flo 10 Years Special Live "we are one"
N/A

m-flo 10 Years Special Live "we are one" was filmed on December 15, 2009 to celebrate m-flo's 10th anniversary in the music business. It features both performances with LISA and from the "loves" series. This was held at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.

m-flo 10 Years Special Live "we are one"

2010
Ainone
N/A

A short film consisting of rotoscoped clips from 'Swallotwail Butterfly,' set to the music of the film's Yentown band.

Ainone

2015
Skirt
N/A

Promotional video for Chara's song "Skirt", directed by Sogo Ishii.

Skirt

2001