Sometani Shota is a Japanese actor who was born on September 3, 1992, in Tokyo, Japan. He began working as an actor while still a child, appearing in films such as 2002’s “Ping Pong.” He landed his first lead role in the film “Pandora's Box” in 2009 and has also starred in drama titles such as “Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance” (2012). His more recent movie title credits include 2020’s “First Love” and “Detective Chinatown 3” (2021).

Sometani Shota

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As a child, Minato Nimomiya (Kentaro Sakaguchi) suffered the terrible loss of both his parents. Growing up without the two most influential people of his young life, Minato’s life was certainly a struggle. Even so, he found the strength to achieve his dreams, eventually becoming a detective for the Kanagawa Prefectural Police.

Despite finding success in his career, Minato’s personal life was a mess. Unable to trust anyone, Minato might have spent his entire life alone, had fate not brought Yuka Nanami (Asami Usuda) into his life. Over the five years they were together, Yuka taught Minato how to trust people again. Unfortunately, her lessons were cut short by her sudden and mysterious death.&nbsp;

Determined to find the true cause of Yuka’s death, Minato sets out on a personal quest to uncover the truth. As he searches, he happens upon a mysterious app named CODE, which has the ability to make any wish come true. Could this app hold the answers Minato seeks or will it only lead him further from the truth?

As mysterious as it is thrilling, “CODE: The Prince of Wishes” is a 2023 Japanese sci-fi action drama directed by Junichi Mori and Hisashi Kimura.

CODE Japan: The Price of Wishes

Code name: Make a wish! 📲

The young, straight-laced and highly analytical Chinese detective Qin Feng (Liu Hao Ran) has been forced into an uneasy partnership with his polar opposite, the noisy and hyperactive Thai investigator Tang Ren (Wang Bao Qiang).

After investigating cases in Bangkok and New York, they have now been sent to Tokyo, Japan, where they must get to the bottom of an unusual crime.

After the sudden murder of a Japanese mafia kingpin, the chief suspect is one of his rivals, a cool, calculated man named Watanabe (Miura Tomokazu).

But Watanabe claims he is innocent of the crime, and wants the detective duo to help him clear his name.

The roving investigators agree to look into the case, and are soon sucked into a madcap journey into the underworld, uncovering dark underworld conspiracies...and evidence of the possible involvement of a woman who used to work with the murdered mob boss, his former assistant Anna Kobayashi (Nagasawa Masami).

“Detective Chinatown 3” is a 2021 Chinese movie that was directed by Chen Si Cheng.

Detective Chinatown 3

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Kukai (Sometani Shota) is a Japanese monk who has traveled to the Chang’an, the Tang Dynasty’s capital, to study an important Buddhist work. But his studies are quickly interrupted when the Tang Emperor appears to have become possessed. An exorcist is summoned, who finds cat hair in the Emperor’s room. Kukai is aided by an imperial official and budding poet known as Bai Le Tian (also known as Bei Ju Yi) (Huang Xuan), who explains that a rumor is circulating concerning a strange talking “demon” cat who lives in the home of a royal guard.

A series of deaths at the court cause further panic and the duo decides to investigate. But as Kukai and Bai Ju Yi start to follow the trail of the vicious, talking feline, they start to understand that the case may somehow be linked to the untimely death of a famously beautiful Imperial concubine named Yang Gui Fei, whom some say was strangled to death many years ago. Their quest takes them to the heart of an intrigue that has lasted decades. But is the cat really at the center of all the trouble?

“Legend of the Demon Cat” is a 2017 Chinese movie that was directed by Chen Kaige.

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