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Shotengai no Pianist: Towa no Shirabe
Japanese Drama - 2023, 12 episodes
Mizusaki Keita, a chef at a French restaurant in the shopping district, is in a state of despair after his beloved wife is predeceased by illness, but with the support of Kataoka Miho, a pastry chef apprentice who…
Gunko no Ko: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946
Japanese Special - 2023, 1 episodes
Post-war Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Adults who are swayed by the US military stationed in the country and swayed by US intentions cannot afford to care about children who should be protected. The war orphans, who…
Umibe no Koibito
Japanese Movie - 2023
When Yuriko and Shinji meet in a seaside town, it is love at first sight, and Shinji moves into Yuriko’s place. Career troubles put a strain on their relationship as Shinji’s street performer lifestyle just isn’t…
Futari no Kizuato
Japanese Movie - 2023
Kizaki Mina, a 3rd year high school student who, during her 2nd year of high school, experienced the loss of her best friend Aoba Haru, who had planned to perform with her at the school festival. Due to the sadness…
Jidaiokure no Saisentan: Fu no Tani Yochien no Kodomotachi
Japanese Movie - 2023
A documentary filmed over the course of a year captures Amano Yuko, who created an ideal kindergarten based on her belief in the inherent “nurturing power” of children. It is centered on a kindergarten in Kawasaki…
Fujita Susumu
Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…
Yamanaka Sadao
Yamanaka Sadao was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Hinoshitacho, Takakuradori Matsubarashita, Shimogyo, Kyoto, Japan. He is known as one of the representative directors of Japanese cinema in the 1930s, during the transition from silent films to talkies, and is recognized as a talented…
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.…
Yamamoto Masashi
Yamamoto Masashi was born on January 24, 1956 in Oita, Japan. He is a director and producer, known for Robinson no niwa (1987), Man, Woman & the Wall (2006) and Carnival in the Night (1981). (Source: IMDb)
Sasabe Kiyoshi
Kiyoshi Sasabe was born on January 8, 1958 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi prefecture. He graduated from Meiji University before attending the Yokohama Hōsō Eiga Senmon Gakuin (now the Japan Academy of Moving Images). He worked as an assistant director to Yoichi Sai, Seiji Izumi, and Yasuo Furuhata before…
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,…
Tanimura Masahiko
Masahiko Tanimura was born on February 25, 1927 in Yamagata, Japan as Makoto Takeda. He was an actor, known for Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen (1974), Torakku yarô: Totsugeki ichiban hoshi (1978) and Akutarô-den: Warui hoshi no shita demo (1965). He died on August 6, 2000 in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan (Source:…
Nagisa Mayumi
Nagisa Mayumi is a Japanese actress and singer. She was born in Tokyo. After dropping out of high school, she made her debut in 1961 in the film Yuyake Ko yake no Akatonbo. She went sold out as Daiei Film's fresh star. Her stage name, "Nagisa Mayumi", was named by composer Yamada Kosaku. She appeared…
Kodo Kuninori
Kodo Kuninori was a Japanese actor born in Takasago City, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Tanigawa Saichiro. Before the war, he was active in Teikoku Kinema and Utaemon Ichikawa productions and appeared in Toho during and after the war. In 1901, after dropping out of the junior high school of Kansai…
Abe Yutaka
A director from the mid-twenties, Abe had trained in Hollywood, where he played bit parts in films starring his compatriot, Sessue Hayakawa. After returning home, he became known as the Lubitsch of Japan, a reputation founded on his witty and polished social satires. A Mermaid on Land (Riku no ningyo,…
