Fujikawa Sannosuke

*Between 1912 and 1922, the new actor "Fujikawa Sannosuke" (real name, Miya Hirata) of the Nikkatsu Mukojima Studio near Asakusa was active, but this person left Nikkatsu and is a completely different person

Kubota Mantaro

Kubota Mantaro was a Japanese novelist, playwright, and haiku poet born in Asakusa, Japan. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy, a recipient of the Order of Culture, and awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure (Third Class) and the Order of the Rising Sun (First Class). He gained attention as a…

Iwao Kinshiro

Iwao Kinshiro was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and recitation artist born in Tokyo, Japan. He dropped out of the Faculty of Commerce at Meiji University (明治大学) and later served as the chairman of the All Japan Entertainment Troupe Management Association (全国芸能団運営会) and as a…

Shimizu Kinichi

Shimizu Kinichi was a Japanese comedian and film actor born in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. He began his career at 16 in Tokyo, becoming a disciple of Shimizu Kintaro, a leader in Asakusa Opera. During this period, he took the name Shimizu Kinichi and had a child with actress Mine Rei. After Kintaro's death…

Okamura Fumiko

Okamura Fumiko was a Japanese actress from Nagano. Japan. After graduating from Nagano City Nabeyada Elementary School and Nagano Prefectural Nagano High School for Girls, she moved to Tokyo. She began her career as an actress after being apprenticed to a noble family of art enthusiasts to learn manners.…

Takada Minoru

Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…

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,…

Yamamoto Shohei

Yamamoto Shohei was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator, born in Penghu, Taiwan. He was affiliated with Office Yamamoto (オフィス山本) after previously working with Freeport Pro (フリーポートプロ). He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Edogawa High School (東京都立江戸川高等学校).…

Okada Tokihiko

Okada Tokihiko was an actor in the Taisho and early Showa eras born in Miyamoto-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. He entered Zushi Kaisei Junior High School with outstanding results, but was impressed by the "Broken Coin" he saw at the movie theater in Ise Sakicho, and went to Asakusa Rokuku without studying. He…

Makoto Naoya

Makoto Naoya debuted as an actor in 1971. His first appearance was as a guest performer in the film Gendai Yakuza: Sakura Chi Sankyoudai at the age of 23. In 1971 and 1972, Makoto appeared in the film series Furyou Banchou. Over the next few years, Makoto performed in a variety of small roles. He also…

Rise Against the Sword

7.1

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight…

Joyu Natsuki Midori Series 4

Natsuki Midori will co-star with senior actress Mizushima Yukie in the drama "Legend of the Evil Woman". At her announcement press conference, Yukie was persistently asked by reporters about her relationship with production…

Women's Victory

8.7

A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Hiroko Hosokawa, a female lawyer, defends Mrs. Asakura, who suffocated her child in her grief after her husband died penniless following…

Koibumi Biyori

6.0

Four stories: Atashi o shiranai kimi e, Binsen-biyori, Ikarusu no koibito-tachi, and Yuki ni saku hana. (Source: IMDb) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Koibumi Biyori" (恋文日和) by George Asakura (ジョージ朝倉).

6 Lying University Students

Depicts the psychological suspense that unfolds as six applicants who make it to the final round of interviews at a global IT company are thrust into a team debate to determine the one successful candidate. Jeon Yo…

Salvation, Swallowed by the Nest

7.1

Minase Ama, a rookie idol, spends her days enduring harassment from the members of “LUNA NEST,” led by Saotome Anna. Amid this, Ama is guided by the popular actor Hosho Chiaki, whom she happens to meet by chance,…

Drowning Love

7.2

Natsume Mochizuki was a magazine model in Tokyo but moves to the rural town of Ukigumocho. Mochizuki, feeling depressed about living in the boring countryside, meets Koichiro Hasegawa, a member of a locally prominent…

Time Traveller

7.6

In 2010, Yoshiyama Kazuko works as a pharmaceutical researcher secretly developing a formula for time travel. When she is left comatose after a car accident, her daughter Akari learns of her mother's first love, Fukamachi…

Night Doctor

7.8

Japan's emergency medical care system faces a labor shortage, leading to increased overtime for doctors, especially at night when care is even more strained. In response, the Hakuoukai Asahi Kaihin Hospital introduces…

Fermat's Cuisine

8.1

Kitada Gaku is gifted in mathematics. He dreamed of becoming a mathematician, but he gave up on his dream. He now spends his days without purpose. One day, he happens to meet a genius chef named Asakura Kai. Asakura…