Neko to Zeikin

Neko to Kingyo no Koi Monogatari

Neko to Watashi to, mo 1-ri no Neko

Neko to Jiichan

7.8

Daikichi is a seventy-year-old who lives on a small island; since his wife died, he spends his days with the cat Tama and childhood friends, including Iwao. Daikichi's son, Tsuyoshi, lives in Tokyo and worries about…

Inu to Neko to Ningen to

6.6

Animals are not always met with a loving and caring home, and approximately 1000 abandoned cats and dogs are put down each and every day in Japan. The creators of 'Dogs, Cats, & Humans' make it their mission to speak…

Cat and Salt, or Sugar

8.0

Ichiro, a young man who rejects society and becomes his mother's pet "cat", lives with his modest mother and alcoholic father. One day, his mother meets with her ex-boyfriend. Soon after, the man and his daughter come…

Living with Feral Cats

Documentary that depicts stray cats, alone in birth and death, as a community and environmental problem from the vantage point of a preservationist. After her daughter got a kitten, the documentary's protagonist took…

Stray Cat Girl

8.0

A Cat, Two Women, and One Man

6.0

A timid man who has spent much of his life attempting without success to get out from under the domination of his mother, finds that marriage is no answer. His first wife is boring and traditional, and his second wife…

Chiba Nobuo

Shiba Nobuo, born Chiba Taizo (千葉泰三) in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Meiji University (明治大学). He was also known by the name Chiba Nobuo (千葉信夫). In 1946, he joined the Tokyo Broadcasting Theatre Company (東京放送劇団)…

Mitsuaki Iwago

Iwago is a prominent Japanese wildlife photographer and filmmaker. He is the son of Tokumitsu Iwagō, himself a noted wildlife photographer. After graduating from Hosei University, Iwago went as his father's assistant to the Galápagos Islands, where he decided to become a photographer. His work Letters…

Ima Harube

Ima Harube, born Takasaki Eiichi (高崎英雄) in Kiyase, Kurate, Fukuoka, Japan, was a Japanese writer and playwright. He also used the pen name Ima Uhei (伊馬鵜平) earlier in his career. Born into a merchant family with roots dating back to the Edo period, Ima graduated from the former Kurate…

Aikawa Sho

Aikawa is a Japanese actor who has appeared in a number of Kurosawa Kiyoshi's films, including Eyes of the Spider, Serpent's Path, License to Live, Seance, and Pulse.

Hitoto Yo

Hitoto Yo, born September 20, 1976 in Taiwan, is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Hitoto is best known for her extremely popular debut single "Morai Naki". She is Taiwanese through her father and Japanese through her mother. Hitoto Yo lived in Taipei until her kindergarten years, then moved to Japan…

Ichimura Toshiyuki

Ichimura Toshiyuki, born Ishikawa Kiyonosuke (石川清之助), was a Japanese actor from the former Tokyo City. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Fifth Junior High School (東京府立第五中学校) and initially worked for the Japan Medical Association (日本医師会). In 1938, he joined the…

Mizunoya Kiyomi

Mizunoya Kiyomi, born Sada Mizutani (水谷貞) in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She began her career at the age of nine, debuting alongside her aunt, actress Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子). As a child, she was a member of the Geijutsuza (芸術座) and its Children’s Drama Group (芸術座童話劇部).…

Kitahara Fumie

Kitahara Fumie, born Abe Fusae (阿部房枝) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Nihon University (日本大学). In 1937, she began her career in small theater and later joined the Haiyuza Theater Company (劇団俳優座) upon its founding…

Tanaka Yuuko

Tanaka Yuuko is a Japanese actress. Her supporting role in the 1981 film Eijanaika won her several awards including Best Supporting Actress at the 1983 Yokohama Film Festival. Tanaka became popular after appearing in the serial drama Oshin (1983–84). She was the Japanese voice of "Lady Eboshi" in…

Miki Norihei

Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…

Yudan Taiteki

4.0

Detective Jin, whose wife passed away long ago, is raising his daughter single-handedly. Working day and night to round up hoods and crooks, he encounters by chance the legendary thief Neko. Neko apparently had never…