Song of Home

Mizoguchi’s 30th film is the earliest surviving example of his work, and his only film of the 1920s to survive complete. Song of Home finds the director already concerning himself with the collision of traditional…

Shinano no Colombo Jiken File 1

A dismembered corpse of a man in a plastic bag was found at Lake Yatori in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture. Around the same time, at the Minami-Shinagawa police station in Tokyo, a taxi driver, Tozawa, complained that…

Watashi ni Fusawashi Hotel

7.1

Kayoko is a rookie novelist who won a new writer's award. Due to harsh criticism from well-respected writer Munenori Higashijuujo, Kayoko was unable to make a spectacular debut or publish her novel. She decides to…

Hitokowa 1: Evil Comes Home

6.5

An anthology of odd and eerie stories. Each one a contemporary precautionary tale. > Story 1 "A Friend's Secret" (知ってはいけない友達の秘密) > Story 2 "Wrong Number" (送り○チガイ) > Story 3 "What…

Warai no Kaibutsu

After high school, Tsuchiya avoids full-time employment, devoting himself to writing jokes he sends to comedy programs. He finally hires on as an apprentice at a comedy theater, but his single-minded devotion to laughter…

Hokusai to Meshi Saeareba

7.4

Yamada Fumiko, nicknamed Bun, is a poor university student who lives alone in Kita Senju, Tokyo with her talking soft toy Hokusai. A shy person and a day dreamer, Bun makes the people around her happy with imaginative,…

Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu Eiga

7.8

Eripyo, a part-time worker, has been devoting herself to her idol ever since she first felt a thrill in her life for Ichii Maina, a member of the underground idol group ChamJam in her hometown of Okayama, at the Tanabata…

Bentoya-san no Omotenashi Season 2

7.7

It's been 6 months since an office lady, Chiharu, transferred from Tokyo to Sapporo. There, she found her place in a small bento shop, "Kumaben." She wandered one day. On the other hand, cook Yuu is still determined…

Mothra vs. Godzilla

7.1

News reporter Ichiro Sakai and photographer Junko Nakanishi take pictures of a wreckage caused by a typhoon and they uncover a giant egg on the shore. The local villagers salvage it, and an entrepreneur of Happy Enterprises…

Hachiko Monogatari

8.6

A puppy was born in Akita Prefecture and sent as a gift to Professor Ueno of Tokyo University. Although professor's wife does not want keep the dog. Professor Ueno loves the puppy so much and names it Hachi. Professor…

Katsu Kanai

Kanai Katsu was born in 1936 the second son to a farming family from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. After studying film at the College of Art, Nihon University, he worked briefly in the film industry, joining a major studio company and freelancing as a commercial cinematographer. In 1960, he joined the…

Furuya Ikko

Furuya Ikko was a Japanese actor who was born in Tokyo. After completing his training in Haiyuza Theatre Company, he became known for his role as detective Kosuke Kindaichi in the TV drama series. His son is Furuya Kenji (Dragon Ash, Kj) and daughter-in-law is MEGUMI. He passed away on August 23, 2022.

Totsuka Yuki

Totsuka's first known acting role is in the 2022 film Memories of a Cat. In April 2023, he moved to Tokyo to continue acting and successfully auditioned for Yuma Hize only two weeks later. (Source: ultra.fandom.com)

Tanaka Sumie

Tanaka Sumie was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright born in Tokyo. She was most well-known for her long collaboration with film director Naruse Mikio and for writing screenplays for Japan's first major female director Tanaka Kinuyo. Member of the Bungakuza theatre company, she was married to playwright…

Papaya Suzuki

Papaya Suzuki, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese actor, dancer, choreographer, and entertainer. He founded the dance group, Papaya Suzuki, with Oyaji Dancers.

Mizushima Kaori

Mizushima Kaori, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese actress who is also active as a screenwriter under the name of Yazawa Yumi and as a movie editor under the name of Uni. Her husband is film director Nagasaki Shunichi. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Isobe Tsutomu

Isobe Tsutomu is a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He dubbed the roles of Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Chow Yun Fat, Peter Weller, Tim Allen, Sean Bean, Choi Min Sik, Stringfellow Hawke (Airwolf) and many more. His daughter is actress Isobe Rinako, and he is married to Saito Miyuki,…

Furusawa Takeshi

Furusawa Takeshi began making 8mm films in college and won the scriptwriting award for his film home sweet movie at the 1997 Pia Film Festival. He enrolled at the Film School of Tokyo in 1997. After graduating, he worked as a director's assistant for Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, and Takahisa Zeze,…

Kawamura Genki

Genki Kawamura is the leading producer in Japan, whose credit also includes screenwriter, director, author, creative director, and showrunner. He is currently producing for Paramount Studios alongside JJ Abrams, the Hollywood live-action adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's "your name." with Eric Heisserer…

Tanaka Noa

Tanaka Noa is a Japanese child actress and talent from Tokyo. Her agency is Central. She started performing arts activities when he was just a baby. In 2019, she attracted attention by playing the younger version of Okuhara Chiharu in the NHK TV series "Natsuzora".