Fujimura Shunji

Fujimura Shunji was a japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born on December 8, 1934 in Kamakura city, Kanagawa, Japan. He passed away on January 25, 2017 from a heart failure.

Nishimura Kou

Nishimura Kou was a Japanese actor who appeared in supporting roles in such films as Kurosawa Akira's "The Bad Sleep Well" and "Yojimbo", Okamoto Kihachi's "Sword of Doom", Nomura Yoshitaro's "Zero Focus", and Ichikawa Kon's "The Burmese Harp". (Source: Wikipedia)

Fujiwara Kamatari

Fujiwara got his start in the Asakusa Opera Company at the age of 15 and continued pursuing music until the Great Kanto Earthquake. He transitioned into theater, performing in comedy with fellow actor Enomoto Kenichi. Fujiwara began appearing in comedies for PCL in the 30s; after the merger with Toho,…

Morishige Hisaya

Morishige Hisaya was a Japanese actor and comedian born in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan. He graduated from Kitano Middle School (now Kitano High School) and attended Waseda University. He began his career as a stage actor, then became an announcer for NHK, working in Manchukuo. He appeared in nearly 250 films,…

Fujita Makoto

He was born in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, the son of silent-film actor Rintarō Fujima, and started his career as a comedian in 1952.Fujita appeared in both jidaigeki and contemporary roles. He starred as Nakamura Mondo, a samurai, in sixteen Hissatsu ("Kill") series on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation from 1973.…

Yamashiro Shingo

Yamashiro Shingo was a Japanese television and film actor. Yamashiro, who was originally from Kyoto, Japan, was born Watanabe Yasuji but used Yamashiro Shingo as his stage name. He made his film acting debut in 1957. Yamashiro starred in the television series Hakuba Doji, beginning in 1960. During the…

Tonoyama Taiji

Taiji Tonoyama was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō…

Kato Daisuke

Kato Daisuke, whose real name was Kato Tokunosuke (加藤徳之), was a Japanese actor born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Seventh Junior High School and began his career as a kabuki actor before transitioning to film. His father, Takejima Denzo, was a playwright and assistant…

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…

Tanaka Kunie

Tanaka Kunie is a Japanese actor. He had his first notable role in 1960 as a thug in Kurosawa Akira's The Bad Sleep Well and worked with the director again on Sanjuro. Tanaka is well known for his roles in Fukasaku Kinji's yakuza films, namely the Battles Without Honor and Humanity series. He also appeared…

High School Opera Company - Mens' Team

7.0

At an all boys high school in Nagoya, the Kazurakata musical troupe consists of boys performing as the famous all-female musical theater troupe " The Takarazuka Revue." The students in the Kazurakata musical troupe…

Miracle in Tanuma Hotel

Hotel Tanuma first opened in 1912. The hotel is situated in a now deserted hot spring town. With its 100th anniversary approaching, the hotel is planning to close its doors forever. Nao is a writer of a travel magazine.…

Hankyu Railway – A 15-Minute Miracle

7.5

"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the commuters is Shoko, an office worker…

A Special Attack Corps

Goodbye Heiji

Atsuko, is a girl wth aphasia due to repeated shocks such as divorce of her parents due to her father's affair and suicide of her mother. One day, she finds a puppy who from then on becomes her only family. (Source:…

Tetsudo Keisatsukan Kiyomura Kosaburo 6

~~ Adapted from the novel "Tetsudo Keisatsu-tai Series" (鉄道警察隊シリーズ) by Shimada Kazuo (島田一男).

Miracle in Four Days

6.6

Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Kisaragi…

Miracle in Kasama

7.2

Yuka Shibuya, a struggling actress, and Hatsue, a widowed chestnut farmer meet a mysterious bloody man in the farm. The three end up living together during chestnut season and form a special bond while a miracle slowly…

Senjo no Melody

8.0

Based on the true story of Watanabe Hamako, a popular Japanese singer before and during World War II. After the end of the war, many Japanese soldiers were tried for war crimes in the Philippines. In 1951, one of these…

Miracles

8.3

Aikawa Kazuki is a university lecturer who teaches ethology, which is the study of animal behaviour. He has just started work as a lecturer at the recommendation of Professor Samejima Shun whom he studied under back…