In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.
Matsuda Seiko's 12th live video release. It was filmed at Nippon Budokan on July 7, 1995. The concert was released in DVD format in 2003.
Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.
Seiko Live '97 My Story is Matsuda Seiko's 14th live video release. It was filmed at Osaka-jo Hall on July 5, 1997. The concert was re-released in DVD format in 2000 and 2003.
Stuck doing show-biz schlock, an investigative reporter stumbles on a scheme to swindle pensions through an attractive gold futures scam, a potential news-story.
After stealing a briefcase, a drifter finds himself caught in the middle of an international crime caper.
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.
A couple unable to naturally conceive recruit a young woman to act as their surrogate. She falls pregnant with their baby and moves into their home. But sweet Jennifer has a secret, and she soon traps the couple in a terrifying hell with little chance of escape.
East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles...
Young lovers Makiko and Hidekazu break up because of misunderstanding. Makiko flies to New Zealand and soon recovers. When she is about to marry a man who really loves her, Hidekazu suddenly appears in her life again... Between a man who loves her and a man she loves, how would Makiko's choice be?
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
Born in affluent families among the Japanese mountains, two close cousins fall in love and have to suffer through the social constraints of their time.
Musical band "Yajima Biyoshitsu" comes to Japan from Nevada, USA to debut their CD.
Masato is a young ramen chef in Japan. When he finds his late mother's journal after the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he takes it with him to her native country, Singapore, hoping to piece together the story of his family and his life.
Coco leads an intense life in the lively subculture of the boomtown Shanghai. It revolves around endless nights spent in the Shanghai club and art scene, sex, literature and the writing of her first novel. Her life takes an unexpectedly complicated turn when she suddenly feels attracted to two very opposite men.
Set in Mexico. The love story of an architect and a fashion designer. Both from Japan
Mike is a penguin soldier who returns home after being injured during combat. Estranged from his family and friends, he leaves his hometown and starts to roam adrift through the country.
Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a hotel chain. Although Emiko is not yet ready to get married, Akira and both of her parents are enthusiastic about the matchmaking. During a summer vacation in Japan, Emiko is attacked with a knife by a boy, but is saved by Shinji Terao (Kiichi Nakai), a young man who happens to be passing by. Shinji is passionate about windsurfing and trains hard every day for the world championships. Emiko is attracted to him because of his sincerity, though he is not very sociable. Upon returning to Hawaii, she overcame her parents' objections and got him to break off his proposal to Akira. Meanwhile, the world competition is approaching and Shinji comes to Hawaii from Japan.
Seiko Matsuda's first starring role in a TV drama, adapted from the novel Father by Shusaku Endo. As well as the title, the film attracts great attention for Seiko's bewitching transformation from a young girl to an adult! The heroine, who lives for her job as a sports club instructor, falls in love with a businessman with a wife and child. But her father wants his daughter to have an ordinary but happy marriage and a peaceful family... This drama explores the conflict between a daughter who wants to keep her love alive and her father, as well as the nature of love. Hiroshi Katsuno plays Seiko's adulterous partner, and Keiki Kobayashi plays Kikuji, the father who wishes for ordinary happiness as a woman.
A special set half a year after the series finale. As Osaka High School prepares for an upcoming Valentine's Day event, Sano and Nakatsu reflect on the final week of their summer vacation, which falls between episodes 7 and 8 in the original series' timeline. The special also includes a graduation scene and the direction Mizuki and Sano's relationship is taking.