Inoue Kohei

Born in Tokyo, Inoue is a Japanese film director and a commercial planner. His major films include Excited Death (Moosic Lab 2018 Grand Prix for Short Films) and Dong Teng Town (TIFF 2020). He has also worked on a video for Nogizaka 46. Excited Death is his first feature film. (Source: TMDB)

Nagahara Hideichi

Japanese screenwriter born in Tokyo.

Gomi Kunitaro

He moved to Tokyo, and in 1900 (Meiji 33), when he was 25 years old, he joined the "Takada Minoru Ichiza", which was presided over by the new school Minoru Takada, and made many appearances in Hongo, Tokyo. In 1908 (Meiji 41), Yoshizawa Shoten started appearing in the movie studio Yoshizawa Shoten Meguro…

Akagi Keiichiro

Born Akatsuka Chikahiro in Tokyo, Akagi and his family moved to Shonan, during World War II, to avoid air attacks, eventually settling in Hayama. His childhood was largely a pleasant affair, though it was sometimes punctuated by hardships typical for most Japanese families during the postwar years.…

Yoshikawa Mitsuko

Yoshikawa Mitsuko was a Japanese actress born in Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Yoshikawa Man (吉川マン). After graduating from Taimei Elementary School, she joined the Shochiku Kinema Research Institute in 1924 and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios in 1925. The following year,…

Hotta Ryusei

Singer and actor from Tokyo.

Fujii Rokusuke

Originally from Tokyo , his real name is Rikusuke Tanaka, and he used Ayamine and Rokuyo as his haiku names . Originally a fishmonger as a family business, he became an actor by becoming a disciple of Yoho Ii , who follows the Shinpa trend . He was active in the Ii troupe and the Shizuma Kojiro troupe…

Aono Hirayoshi

Born in Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Azabu-ku, Roppongi (now Tokyo, Minato-ku, Roppongi). His birthplace had the long-established Japanese confectionery shop "Aono Sohonpo", and the popular product "Umochi" was also made by Aono's suggestion "a confectionery that can be eaten in the dressing room without…

Sanjo Miki

Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…

Mitsutake Kurando

Originally from Tokyo, Japan. Graduated with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. A member of the Directors Guild of Japan and Screen Actors Guild. Mitsutake made his feature film directorial debut with MONSTERS DON’T GET TO CRY in 2004. In 2008, Mitsutake produced, wrote, and directed his…

Rhapsody of Colors

Located in Nishikamata, Tokyo, Colors is a club where people socialize without differentiating between those with or without disabilities. The camera steps into the lives of the club's individualistic members and captures…

The Notes

A misanthropic and eccentric old man from the Netherlands moves to Tokyo, and grows closer to the abused Sri Lankan girl next door through music. One day, the old man picks up a letter written in Sinhalese. (Source:…

All About Kindness

Maasa and Kai are lovers who live in Tokyo. Although they constantly fight, they spend their days happily and freely. The two enjoy reuniting with their local friend Aki and think about their future. However, Maasa…

Mankai Movie A3!: Spring & Summer

7.7

Veludo, a suburb of Tokyo, is a mecca for actors and home to many theatre companies along its famous Veludo Way. The film audience's point of view will overlap with that of the female POV character, a former actress…

Unfeigned Happy Ending

7.7

Eimi, who came to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school, recommends her sister Yu, who lives in her hometown of Shiga, to live in Tokyo. She refused at first, but for some reason she accepted that she suddenly…

The Residents

It is summer and we are taken to an apartment in Tokyo’s Suginami Ward which will be overwhelmed by a number of people who claim to be the resident. First it is a woman who has just quit her job, then it is a woman…

BLT Sandwich Cafe

6.7

Aso Riku walks into the world of "La Grande Baguette Tokyo", the Sandwich Café of European owner Tom West, and finds a family of Japanese society outcasts who welcome him as a new member of their twisted community.…

Goto-san

Sunflower is a 24-hour internet cafe in Tokyo that’s comfortable and reasonably-priced. It is a haven that appeals to part-timers like Goto-san, our protag, a 30-year-old man who lives and works there to maintain…

Memory's Technique

6.6

Karen is an ordinary high school student in Tokyo, but she sometimes recalls pieces of her childhood memories that she did not know before. During the process of getting her passport for a school trip, Karen views…

Gekikaradou Season 2

8.2

Kenta Sarukawa is employed in the sales promotion department at the Tokyo branch office of Lonron drink company, and he has a fondness for spicy cuisine. Miyu Onodera, who joined the company around the same time as…