The Devil's Path

7.1

Death-row inmate Sudo sends a letter to magazine reporter Fujii. In his letter, he states that a man named Kimura, also known as "teacher," committed numerous murders for insurance money. While checking out the story,…

Iikubo Masayuki

Iikubo Masayuki is a Japanese editor and businessman born in Tokyo, Japan. He is the president of Bungeishunju Ltd. He is the eldest son of Iikubo Yukiteru, who served as vice president of Iikubo Co., Ltd. and president of Iikubo Oil Sales. His grandfather, Iikubo Yukinaga, was the president of Iikubo…

Oshima Arata

Oshima Arata is a Japanese documentary filmmaker, producer, and television director born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. He attended Fujisawa Municipal Kugenuma Junior High School and graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Shonan High School. After two years of preparation, he entered the First Literature…

Fukushima 50

7.4

The story takes place over 5 days from March 11 to March 15, 2011. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake strikes at 2:46 PM on March 11, 2011. The earthquake triggers a giant tsunami that hits the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power…

Ishi Tsubute

7.6

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ secret funds are discovered in a scandal which rocks the government and bureaucracy. Detective Kizaki from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Second Investigative Division…

Move to Heaven

9.1

Han Geu Ru is an autistic 20-year-old guy. He works for his father’s business “Move To Heaven,” a company that specializes in crime scene cleanup, where they also collect and arrange items left by deceased people,…

Randen: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram

9.0

"If you ride this train, you can go anywhere." A story about the Randen train line in western Kyoto and the people that ride it. Eisei is a nonfiction writer searching for urban mysteries related to the train line…

Flying bodies

In-depth documentary about the Aomori University Men's Rhythmic Gymnastics Team. Follows their rehearsals for a special performance planned and produced by designer Miyake Issey under the direction of Daniel Ezralow,…

Sa-ard

Tanis Werasakwong is a screenwriter and comic artist under the pen-name "Sa-ard". He made his debut in 2011, while studying Journalism and Mass Communication at Thammasat University, with The Man Who Finds His Own Voice – an anthology of ‘slice of life’ short stories that earned him an award from…

Kai Minori

Kai Minori is a Japanese writer from Shizuoka. She graduated from the Osaka University of Arts. Following graduation, she moved to Kyoto and helped out at a small published. She started her general brand "Loule" before getting her start as an author. After moving to Tokyo, she became an assistant to…

Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…

Murakami Haruki

Murakami Haruki is a Japanese novelist and literary translator. He was born in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City in Kyoto Prefecture on January 12, 1949 and grew up in Nishinomiya and Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture. While attending Waseda University, he owned a jazz cafe. He married his wife, Yoko, who also attended…

Matsumoto Seicho

Matsumoto Seicho was a Japanese author born on February 12, 1909 but his birthday is listed as December 21 on his family register. His real name is Matsumoto Kiyoharu. While Matsumoto himself stated he was born in Hiroshima, official records state he was born in Itaku Village, Kiku District, Fukuoka…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 8

Asami Mitsuhiko, a nonfiction writer, happens to discover the body of a man at a shrine in Tokyo. The deceased is identified as Ashino Takajiro, a master doll artisan who rose to fame more than a decade earlier after…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 6

Traveling to Otaru for his work as a nonfiction writer, Asami Mitsuhiko, who has a strong dislike of flying, arrives at Otaru Port by ferry. Shortly after his arrival, a murder occurs, and Mitsuhiko himself becomes…

The Naked Director

7.8

From his unlikely start as an English encyclopedia salesman, Toru Muranishi casts a charismatic vision that leads Japanese pornography from idealized, substanceless skin flicks to more realistic and story-based encounters.…

The Naked Director Season 2

7.4

In the year 1990, Muranishi is now at the top of his game, with his company raking in billions in annual sales. He and Kaoru Kuroki are more outspoken about porn, constantly conducting TV interviews and publicly advertising.…

Shiraishi Kazuya

Shiraishi Kazuya is a Japanese filmmaker from Hokkaido. He participated in a video school sponsored by Director Nakamura Genji. After that, he studied under Koji Wakamatsu and worked as a free director. He worked as an assistant director for works such as "A Street Corner Without Tomorrow" (97), "Complete…

Hayasaka Akira

Hayasaka Akira, born Tomita Yoshisuke (富田祥資), was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. Born in Hojo, Onsen, Ehime, Japan, he grew up in a prominent merchant family and was exposed to pilgrimage culture early in life. He attended Matsuyama Middle School and was in the Naval Academy at the end…

Fujitani Ayako

At age 12, she won the Asian Beauty Contest, held in commemoration of the Japanese release of the film Police Story 3. At age 13 she became the sixth girl to lead the Mitsui ReHouse advertising campaign. This began her modeling career. She was featured regularly in magazines and television commercials.…