Tokunaga Reiko

Tokunaga Reiko, born Sato Reiko (佐藤礼子) in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, is a former actress. She graduated from Shoei Women's Academy High School and, in 1968, passed the Toho New Faces audition, subsequently becoming a trainee at Toho. That year, she made her acting debut in the TV drama "Dekkai…

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…

Kaku Kento

Kento Kaku (born July 3, 1989) is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He has appeared in several feature films, television series, and stage productions. He is represented with Amuse, Inc. His wife is actress Nana Eikura. They married in August of 2016 and welcomed their first child in June of 2017. On…

Kitano Kie

Kitano Kie is a Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol. She is signed with the Foster agency. Kitano is a former member of the celebrity girls futsal team Miss Magazine. In 2005, Kitano won a Miss Magazine Award, becoming the youngest (age 14) to receive that award. In 2007, Kitano was chosen for…

Arimura Kasumi

Arimura Kasumi, born in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, is a Japanese actress represented by FLaMme. In December 2009, while attending Hyogo Prefectural Itami Nishi High School, she auditioned for FLaMme and passed. In May of 2010, she made her first series appearance in "Hagane no Onna". She also gained…

Hoshii Nanase

Hoshii Nanase is a Japanese actress, singer and gravure idol. She was born in Tochigi, Japan. Other than acting in ddramas, Hoshii has also been a voice actor for the anime Kemono no Souja.

Kurose Manami

Manami Kurose is a japanese actress and singer. She made her debut in the 2006 film "Rough" after having achieved the Grand Prix title in the 6th Toho Cinderella Audition. She is best known for her role in "Hanazakari no Kimitachi e" as Imaike Komari.

Nogiwa Yoko

Nogiwa Yuko was a Japanese actress. She was born in Tsubata Town in Kawakita, Ishikawa, and raised in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, as well as Amanuma, Tokyo. She attended Rikkyo University's Department of English and American Literature. She was selected as the university's first Miss Rikkyo. After graduating…

Maeda Atsuko

Maeda Atsuko is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She was in Team A and was one of the most prominent members in the group, being voted number one in the 2009 and 2011 Senbatsu Elections. However, in the 2010 Senbatsu Election, she lost to fellow member Yuko Oshima, who was the lead…

Otake Shinobu

Shinobu Otake is a Japanese film and stage actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), Go (2001), and Like Asura (2003). She has won three Japanese Academy Awards: the 2000 Best Actress award for Poppoya, and the 1979 awards for both Best Actress (Jiken) and Best Supporting Actress (Seishoku no ishibumi).…

Tetsudo Sosakan 2: Watashi wa Korosareta - Naruto no Uzu ni Onna no Sakebi!

A man named Wakita is pushed down the stairs. Noriko, a railway investigator, takes him to the hospital in an ambulance. After that, Noriko is drinking with her college friend Hiromi, and is informed that Wakita has…

Nichiyo Kyofu Series: Best Selection

A Japanese horror omnibus which consists of three stories: > Story 1: "Ayashi no Umi" (怪しの海) A photographer is shipwrecked in a storm and washed up on a deserted island, where he meets a vampire woman and falls…

Umi yo Orera no Uta ni Nake

Sea Without Limit

7.0

Koji Namiki, a talented young pitcher, who had won the National High School Baseball Championships enters university, but soon afterwards injures his elbow. He and his teammates work hard to get back on the field placing…

Izure no Mori ka Aoki Umi

Kensou no Machi, Shizuka na Umi

7.7

At a street corner in Osaka at night, an elderly man speaks to high school girls doing "JK business." "JK" is an acronym standing for joshi kosei (female high school students) and "the business" involves dating services.…

Zoku Tokyo Nagaremono: Umi wa Makkana Koi no Iro

The Volcano Wind

4.0

An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the remains of the pilot can be found. The second of 8 part 'Gambler'…

In Between Mountains and Oceans

Held once every 20 years at the Ise Grand Shrine in Mie Prefecture, the Shikinen Sengu, a rite central to the relationship between Japanese and the natural world, is explored in this documentary by photographer Miyazawa…

Sea and Sunset and Her Tears Strawberry Fields

6.8

Maki is a member of their school's judo club, having earned a spot in a judo tournament she has to go with 3 of her classmates. When others refused to go, Mika, Natsumi and Risa volunteers. On their way to the tournament…