Sakamoto Taro

Sakamoto Taro is a former TV drama director and tokusatsu series director from Okayama prefecture. He graduated from Nihon University College of Art. In 1964, he started his career as an assistant director for "Haikyo no Kuchibiro" at Toei TV Production. Since then, he has been involved as an assistant…

Ginga Banjo

Ginga Banjo, born Tanaka Takashi, is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was born in Kofu, Yamanashi. Ginga is affiliated with Aoni Production. He is also married to voice actress Takashima Gara. Known for his deep baritone voice, his most well-known roles include Giren Zabi in Mobile Suit…

Butsuda Hiroshi

Butsuda Hiroshi, also known as Harada Hiroshi (原田洋), is a Japanese special effects director from Yamagawa, Kumamoto, Japan. He is the representative of Tokusatsu Kenkyujo Co., Ltd. Hiroshi completed his education at Kumamoto University Junior High School, Kumamoto Prefectural Sasebo High School,…

Imai Yasuhiko

Imai Yasuhiko is a suit actor, well known for his works in "Super Sentai Series" and "Metal Hero". He also did stunts for "Kamen Rider" Ryuki and "13 Riders" TV Special. In 2008, he sustained an injury and underwent knee surgery, having to exit from Go-Onger early. He was still healing during Shinkenger…

Hachisuka Yuichi

Yuichi Hachisuka (蜂須賀 祐一 Hachisuka Yūichi?) is a recurring suit actor. He is the twin of Shoji. He often plays female rangers and non-human villainesses, but he has also played three male rangers. He played monsters in the Metal Hero series Sharivan and Shaider. He has also portrayed HurricaneBlue…

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…

Fukuzawa Hirofumi

Fukuzawa Hirofumi is a Japanese actor, stuntman, and action coordinator affiliated with Red Entertainment Deliver. He is from Nagano, Japan. After graduating from high school, Fukuzawa joined the Ono Kendo Association with the goal of becoming an action actor. His career began with a voice-over role…

Matsuzawa Kazuyuki

Kazuyuki Matsuzawa is a Japanese actor. He played Toshizo Tanba in "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger", a role he would reprise 2 years later in "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger".

Ishinomori Shotaro

Ishinomori Shotaro was a Japanese manga artist born in Ishinomori, Toda, Miyagi, Japan. His real name was Onodera Shotaro (小野寺章太郎). Until 1984, he used the name Ishinomori Shotaro (石森章太郎). In 1950, as a middle school student, Ishinomori sent a fan letter to Tezuka Osamu, which…

Suzuki Hiroki

Hiroki Suzuki (born October 3, 1983) is a Japanese actor and singer from Kitakami city, Iwate Prefecture. He is known most notably for his roles as Shuichiro Oishi in The Prince of Tennis (musical series, Tenimyu, live film adaptation), and as Jyan Kandou (GekiRed) in the tokusatsu television series,…

Matrilineal Family

8.0

A generations old family business is sent into turmoil when the sudden death of the head of the family opens the door to a fierce struggle between his three powerful and privileged daughters and the young mistress…

Going the Distance

Asahi, who hails from the remote Goto Islands, earns his living as a boxing trainer at a gym in Tokyo and is planning to marry Kaori soon. Asahi invites his childhood friend Hiroto to Tokyo and finds a job for him.…

Family Meeting

Shigezumi is a young stock broker from Tokyo. He is in love with young Taiko who lives in Osaka. The marriage seems impossible as Shigezumi had a difficult relationship to Taiko' father who bankrupted and drove Shigezumi's…

Family Story

7.2

Takuya Kobayashi is a university student in Tokyo. He receives his living expenses from his parents who run an apple farm in their hometown. Takuya Kobayashi becomes frustrated and he does not know what to do. He focuses…

13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats

7.2

Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and sent to a sadistic woman’s prison. Will Maki be able to escape and take revenge? (Source: Letterboxd)

My Father, the Bride

6.4

Toka is a career woman in Tokyo. For the 3rd year anniversary of her mother's death, Toka travels back to her hometown on a remote island. There, Toka sees her father, Seiji, wearing her mother's clothes. Toka is shocked,…

Our Family

7.0

A family that is scattered get together because of their mother's sudden illness. They begin to about their family. Since Reiko turned 60-years-old, she seems to get more and more forgetful, but her husband Katsuaki,…

Tokyo Family

7.4

An old retired couple, Shukichi Hirayama and his wife, Tomiko, come from their island near Hiroshima, to visit their children in Tokyo. They have 3 children. The oldest son, Koichi is a doctor, his sister Shigeko runs…

Ramen Shop

7.4

Masato is a young ramen chef in the city of Takasaki in Japan. After the sudden death of his emotionally distant father, he chances upon a suitcase of memorabilia and a red notebook—filled with musings and old photos—left…

Residential Complex

7.7

A scuba diving instructor, Nana and an ordinary salaryman, Daiki live together in a small apartment. After purchasing a 'corporative' house together in a residential complex, they soon decide that they want to conceive…