Hamada Mitsuo

Takarada Akira

Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor who is most known in the west for his roles in the Godzilla film series. Takarada was born in Japan-occupied Korea, and lived for a time in Harbin, China. His father worked as an engineer on the South Manchuria Railway. After the war, he remained in Harbin, and…

Kiyohiro Makoto

Kiyohiro Makoto is a Japanese director and producer.

Mori Mitsuko

Mori Mitsuko, real name Murakami Mitsu, was a Japanese actress. In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed the stage play Hōrōki (放浪記 "A Wanderer's Notebook") 2,000 times. She was born in Kyoto, Japan. On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded…

Mizumori Kota

Mizumori Kota is a Japanese actor born in Shizuoka, Japan. His old stage name is Mizuno Kosaku. (Source: Wikipedia)

Awashima Chikage

Awashima Chikage was a Japanese actress who first appeared in films in the 1950s. She died on 16 February 2012, aged 87, from cancer. (Source: Wikipedia)

Watanabe Chumei

Watanabe Chumei is a Japanese film and television score composer and orchestrator, who has also worked on tokusatsu shows and mecha anime. His son, Watanabe Toshiyuki, is a musician and composer, who also has scored films and anime series. For his work on anime, Watanabe Chumei received an Award of…

Kyono Kotomi

Kyono Kotomi is a Japanese actress and J-Pop singer born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan.

Tanaka Kinuyo

Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Ozu Yasujiro's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine,…

Izumi Pinko

Takemoto Sayo (Maiden name: Eguchi, previous stage name: Mikado Mariko), known by the stage name Izumi Pinko, is a Japanese actress, comedian, comic storyteller, and singer born in Tokyo. In 1966, after dropping out of Nippon Music High School, she studied under Maki Shinji and made her debut as a singing…

Radiance

7.2

The story follows the social intercourse between Masaya, a photographer who is slowly losing his sight, and Misako, who disconnects from the world.

Innocent of Blood

7.5

Innocence is a fragile thing: A bitter realization which throws three people out of their everyday life. Hikari is a bright, happy teenager with a strong sense of justice. After she realizes that a classmate is getting…

Maborosi

7.4

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant. Yumiko remarries and moves from Osaka to a small fishing village, yet continues to search for meaning…

Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories II: Ayashii Ai no Monogatari

9.0

Nanimono: A man has been staying at the house of a friend, Yuki, who lives in Kamakura. A mysterious man called Akai also comes and goes. One night, Yuki is shot in his ankles in the study. The footprints left behind…

Ultraman Arc the Movie: The Clash of Light and Evil

7.7

"Do you have… what it takes to be a hero?" It all starts when a mysterious space sage asks Hize Yuma this question. The mysterious man entrusts Yuma with challenges that surpass the limits of his imagination with…

Light from There ~ From Me in the Future to Me ~

10.0

Movie revolves around the history of the protagonist's diagnosis of MS, her feelings during the fight against illness, and her relationships with medical personnel, family members, friends, and patients with the same…

Bengoshi Takamizawa Kyoko 7

This time, Kyoko is in charge of defending the man who shot the murder defendant in court. Kyoko worries about how to defend a man who doesn't even give his name or motive... (Source: Japanese = TBS || Translation…

Marumaru Tsuma

7.0

Hikari will perform household chores to perfection for the sake of her husband, Kubota Masazumi. Her own life is only to support him. Kubota, a newscaster, takes pride in his popularity because of his outspoken remarks…

Real Girl

7.3

Hikari Tsutsui is a quiet, unassuming high school student who forsakes the company of his classmates to spend his time reading manga, playing video games, and watching anime. Hikari is perfectly content to dwell in…

Kamen Rider W

8.4

Hidari Shotaro is a detective working in his beloved town Futo. But something is threatening the peace in the town - Gaia's memories, which turn people into monsters. Shotaro has a secret partner, and together they…