Tanno Yuji

Tanno Yuji, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese film director, animation director, screenwriter and producer.

Isono Yoko

Isono Yoko is a Japanese actress and reporter from Tokyo, Japan.

Kobayashi Tatsuo

Kobayashi Tatsuo is a Japanese screenwriter and critic from Tokyo, Japan.

Hama Yuko

Hama Yuko is a Japanese actress born at Meguro in Tokyo. She was married to Ichikawa Ennosuke III, a kabuki actor, and gave birth to Kagawa Teruyuki, who also became an actor, before divorcing three years later in 1968. She started working in the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater…

Nukui Tokuro

Tokuro Nukui, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese novelist.

Watanabe Yoshinori

Watanabe Yoshinori was a Japanese movie and TV producer from Tokyo, Japan.

Senda Mitsuo

Senda Mitsuo is a Japanese talent and comedian from Tokyo, Japan.

Sugiyama Tokuko

Sugiyama Tokuko was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo. She graduated from Jissen Girls' School and initially worked as a nursery school teacher and in the advertising department at Chiba Shimbun. In 1946, she joined Toho's New Face program and trained at the Academy of Stage Arts. She became a member…

Naito Chin

Naito Chin was a Japanese comedian and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He dropped out of Nihon University College of Art.

Kawai Genji

Kawai Genji was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学) and initially worked for various electrical companies, including Oki Electric Industry (沖電気工業株式会社). After World War II, while serving in the General Headquarters…

Mother Maybe

A son is reunited with his mother in Tokyo, Japan as their family joins an absurd but high-paying Japanese game show on TV. But as he enjoys his renewed connection to his mother, he discovers that at night, his mother…

The Trio's Engagement

6.0

Three jobless men start working simultaneously in a big store in Tokyo. As they get involved with the boss' daughter, and they think that they might have an affair with her, they try to separate from their fiancés.…

Unicorn Brothers

A fact-based drama set in early 2000s Tokyo—before the term “K-wave” even existed—following a group of Zainichi Koreans living on the fringes of Kabukicho who begin distributing pirated Korean drama tapes as…

Jubilation Street

5.0

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye. (Source: TMDB)

Daytime Shooting Star

7.9

Yosano Suzume is a naïve country girl who transfers to a high school in Tokyo. When she gets lost on her first day in the big city, a man named Shishio comes to her rescue. He turns out to be her homeroom teacher.…

Memories of Matsuko

8.1

Sho, a teenager living alone in Tokyo, is visited by his father who brings the ashes of his recently murdered aunt, Matsuko. His father asks Sho to clean her apartment, which is filled with years of collected junk.…

Cinderella Closet

8.1

Haruka is a “plain jane” who left the countryside to start her college life at Tokyo. She’s secretly in love with Kurotaki, a coworker at her part-time job, but she lacks the self-confidence to confess her feelings…

Chihayafuru Part 2

8.1

The second part of the "Chihayafuru" trilogy following the Karuta tournament in Tokyo. Chihaya's team is ready for the national championship. However, she is disappointed to hear that her childhood best friend has…

Nagi's Long Vacation

8.2

28-year-old Oshima Nagi works for a home appliance manufacturer in Tokyo. She conforms to her surroundings as she constantly gauges people’s moods. Because of that, her goal is to pass each day without incident.…

NIZI Village Clinic

8.3

Kureno Masora is a young doctor who was working happily at a large hospital in Tokyo. However, she found out that she has an illness and decided to continue working as a doctor, while hiding her illness at a clinic…