Byplayers: What if 100 Supporting Characters Make a Movie

7.5

In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set. (Source: genkinahito.wordpress.com)

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 25th Anniversary Special - Movie Director Edition

7.1

An omnibus special comprised of five segments: >> Story 1: "Hako" (箱) Yoshino Sakuko wakes up confined in a narrow box resembling a coffin, relying on her smartphone to seek help. She tries calling emergency services…

The Man Who Left His Will on Film

6.6

A metaphysical mystery involving a university student's camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide. Looking back upon the event, the situation comes to be questioned if it happened at all.

Oi Handsome!!

7.9

Ito Gentaro is a well-meaning but slightly annoying father who wants his family’s happiness. His daughters face their own challenges: Yuka is successful but stuck in her love life and dieting; Rika is divorced and…

Gekijouban Himitsu x Senshi Phantomirage ~Eiga ni Natte Chodai Shimasu~

7.2

They'll take back your uncool heart to protect peace! One day cool director Piyoshi Kurosawa offers Phantomirage a sparkling big role! That's right, if this is the case, let's make everyone's heart flutter through…

Fujiishi Osamu

Fujiishi Osamu is a Japanese cinematographer and focus puller from Niigata, Japan. He studied at the College of Art at Nihon University (日本大学) but left in his third year due to financial difficulties. He is a member of the Japan Society of Cinematographers (J.S.C.; 日本映画撮影監督協会).…

Sugi Giichi

Sugi Giichi, born Sugi Yoshikazu (杉義一) in Uzumasa, Ukyo, Kyoto, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of actor Sugi Kyoji (杉狂児). In 1941, while attending Meisei Gakuen (明星学園), he joined the children’s theater troupe Kamoshikaza (かもしか座) and made his stage…

Satoh Takeru

Satoh made his acting debut on TV asahi's school comedy drama "Princess Princess D" in 2006, at the age of 17. The following year, he landed his first leading role in a TV drama as Nogami Ryotarou in "Kamen Rider Den-O". He would soon become a popular young actor and would land roles in TV dramas such…

Nagase Ren

Nagase Ren is a Japanese idol, singer, and actor. He is a member of the Japanese idol group King & Prince. Nagase joined the talent agency Johnny & Associates on April 3, 2011, starting activities as Kansai Junior. In May 2018, he made his CD debut as a member of "King & Prince" with the single "Cinderella…

Kataoka Ichitaro

Kataoka was born on February 13, 1877 to Hikoemon HARASAWA, the master sculptor for Kyoto Imperial Palace, at Harasawa's house on the corner of Sakaimachi-dori and Marutamachi-dori streets, right across from the Imperial Palace. Upon his father's death in 1881, he was adopted by Seizaburo TSUKAMOTO.…

Adachi Masao

Adachi’s career testifies to the opportunities which “pink” cinema provided for the expression of dissident attitudes. He had achieved notice as a student filmmaker collaborating on such creative experimental films as The Lacquered Bowl (Wan, 1961), a tragedy set in an isolated village. From 1966…

Tsubaki Sanshiro

Tsubaki Sanshiro was a Japanese actor born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Mase Matsutaro (間瀬 松太郎), and he also went by the stage name Tsushima Keiichiro (津島 慶一郎). In March 1924, he completed his education at the former Nishikiko Commercial School in Kanda Nishiki-cho,…

Tsurumaru Mutsuhiko

He was born in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, as the eldest son of six siblings of a doctor, Bunko. After graduating from Waseda High School, he moved to the United States in 1923 and then went to Spain to save his travel expenses when he saw a picture of El Greco. He returned to Japan in 1927.…

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Shiomi Yo

Shiomi Yo, born Katasayama Kisaburo (片山喜三郎) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Previously known as Shiomi Shigeru (汐見蓊), he pursued a career in theater after leaving Keio University’s Faculty of Economics in 1917. In 1920, Shiomi co-founded the New Theater Group Kenkyiza with Ishikawa…

Fukansho ni Natte Iku Korekara no Bokura ni Tsuite

eiga.com award-winning short film at Tanabe Benkei Film Festival. The story follows a guy named Ken who is struggling with his dream of being a musician in Tokyo. He has lost all songwriting inspiration. He returns…

Happy Endings

"Hajimete no Eiga" (lit. The First Movie) depicts high school students struggling to make a movie. "Tori o Mi ni Iku" (lit. Going to See the Birds), staring at the vivid love patterns of four men and women who visited…

Dead End

8.0

This routine effort from cult pinku-eiga director Hisayasu Sato centers around a divorcée who opens a beauty parlor and begins selling sexual services to boost her business. Source: theMoviedb

Kyo Kara Ore wa!! The Movie

A coming-of-age comedy depicting the delinquent duo of the blond Mitsuhashi and the straight-haired Ito. (Source: Japanese = eiga.com || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Kyo Kara Ore wa!!"…

Tsukishima Kyoso

A short story that comically depicts the family swaying in various turmoil triggered by the hospitalization of the head of the family. (Source: eiga)