Naruse Katsuo

Naruse Katsuo is a Japanese director and screenwriter. In 1997, he made his directorial debut with "Immoral Affairs". In the same year, "Setouchi Moonlight Serenade" was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, and then moved on to drama, writing screenplays such as Kiraware Matsuko no Issho,…

Miura Mitsuko

Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…

Nakahara Sanae

Nakahara Sanae was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood (1973), Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978), and Day of Resurrection (1980). Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, and her…

Ando Mitsuo

Ando Mitsuo was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He began his career with the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1947 at the age of 18, remaining until 1953. He made his film debut in 1958 with Toei in "Jigoku no Gozen Niji" and continued into the 1960s, appearing in gangster films and action movies…

Nitani Hideaki

Nitani Hideaki was a Japanese actor born in Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan. He graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Higashi Maizuru High School (京都府立東舞鶴高等学校) and attended Doshisha University (同志社大学) but dropped out of the Department of English Literature. After leaving university,…

Nanao Reiko

She was a student at Tokyo Prefectural third higher girls' school (now Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School) in 1942 and joined NHK Tokyo Broadcasting System troupe after graduation. She played an active role as a voice actress in the radio drama "Kimi no Naha" in 1956. After that, she was been active…

Sakurai Reika

Sakurai Reika is a member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46 and the captain of the group. On July 9, 2019 she announced that she would be graduating from Nogizaka46 after after wrapping up their nationwide tour 'Nogizaka46 Manatsu no Zenkoku Tour 2019' on September 1, 2019,

Wakamatsu Setsuro

Wakamatsu Setsuro is an alumni of Nihon University College of Arts, graduating from faculty of broadcasting. He is known for his association with Oda Yuji, Sato Koichi and Matsushima Nanako in multiple dramas and movies. As a director, Setsuro Wakamatsu has produced multiple award-winning and nominated…

Shishido Joe

Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…

Toda Erika

Toda Erika is a Japanese actress born in Nada-Ku, Kobe City, Hyogo prefecture. Toda began her performing arts activities in the fifth grade of elementary school and debuted as a gravure model by the age of 13. She moved to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school and started her acting career…

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Risou no Musuko

7.5

Suzuki Umi raised her son Daichi singlehandedly while she worked. Daichi is a high school student and mummy’s boy who has been raised as the perfect, obedient son. He loves his mother and is a high achiever who tries…

Koufuku no Ouji

6.0

This is the tragic love story of Shuhei and Umi. Shuhei is the only surviving son of a hospital director. He loves to play the piano as accompaniment to Umi's cello. Umi is the only daughter of a couple who own a little…

No Call No Life

7.3

In the summer of the third year of high school, guided by an answering machine message from the past left on a mobile phone, Sakura Umi meets and falls in love with Harukawa Mahiro, the most problematic child in school.…

Kiseki no Hito

7.7

Ittaku lives without having a reason. One day, he falls in love with Hana who struggles with her harsh life. Hana's daughter Umi has problems with her ears and eyes. Umi has a hard time dealing with her daily life.…

Shi ga Futari wo Wakatsu Made: Iro no nai ao

4.9

The first film in an action series following the fates of a man and woman who bear deep emotional scars and darkness within them. Japanese-Chinese Meihua is all alone in the world. Seeing no point in living, he avoids…

Tetsudo Sosakan 9: Kyoki ga Torokko Ressha ni Notte Kita!? Aizu Tetsudo Shaso ni Hirogaru Satsujin F

~~ Adapted from the story "Umi wo Wataru Satsui" (海を渡る殺意), within the novel "Totsugawa Keibu no Konwaku" (十津川警部の困惑) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

The Garden Apartment

6.1

Umi Ishihara soaks the frame with melancholia as her characters drive into the night with no destination in sight for her effortlessly cool debut feature that explores the limbo state of becoming an adult. The effortlessly…

Bijin Joshi Daisei Tsuma Tantei to Inaka Keiji 1

~~ Adapted from the story "Umi wo Wataru Satsui: Tokkyu Shiokaze Satsujin Jiken" (海を渡る殺意―特急しおかぜ殺人事件), within the novel "Totsugawa Keibu no Konwaku" (十津川警部の困惑) by Nishimura…