Namiki Ichiro

Namiki Ichiro Namiki was a manzai master and actor from Hongo-ku, Tokyo, in the Showa and Heisei eras. He belonged to the Dosa troupe and toured various places. In 1936, he joined the Sumiko Kurishima Theater Company after traveling around and studied under Kurishima Sagoromo. In 1938, he turned to…

Wakahara Harue

Wakahara Harue was a Japanese actress and singer born in Azabu-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from Takarazuka Music and Opera School, she made her movie debut in 1935 with "Hesitate Young People" directed by Satoshi Taguchi, produced by Nikki Tamagawa Film Studio. She also made her singer debut from Polydor.…

Nishi Akemi

Nishi Akemi is a Japanese actress born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Bunka Fashion College. She joined Shintoho in 1952, and her oldest recorded appearance is the movie "Koi no Oen Dancho". Her last recorded work is "Jiken Kisha Chabo!" which was produced in 1983.

Takehisa Chieko

Takehisa Chieko was a Japanese actress from Akita Prefecture who was active in the Showa period. After moving to Tokyo she started at Komatsugawa High School, but entered the movie world at the age of 15 and dropped out. She joined the Enomoto troupe Casino Foley in 1930 at the age of 18. She then she…

Takiguchi Shintaro

Takiguchi Shintaro was a former Japanese actor and announcer born in Shiba-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Okada Yoshiko. In April 1925, he joined Inoue Masao's troupe after graduating from Sakurada Elementary School and appeared as a child actor in the stage play "Rashamen no Chichi". He made his movie…

Nomoto Hotaru

Hotaru Nomoto (野本 ほたる) was born on February 20, 1997 in Tokyo. She voices Akira Yukishiro and is affiliated with Mitt Management.

Yanagida Teiichi

Yanagida Teiichi was a Japanese actor and singer from Fukagawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo. He was active in Asakusa opera during the Taisho era. He is known as "Enoken" and is known as Enomoto Kenichi's master. At the age of 51, he suddenly died of stomach cancer on July 16, 1947, shortly after the war.

Yanagiya Gontaro I

The first Yanagiya Gontaro was a Japanese rakugoka born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1939, he belonged to the Toho Meijinkai. In addition, h becomes a signboard rakugoka of Toho along with the 3rd generation Kinba Sanyutei. Even after the war, he remained popular but fell ill in 1950. At the same time, a…

Osaka Go

Osaka Go is a Japanese novelist and detective writer born in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. His father is illustrator Naka Kazuya. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Chuo University in 1966. During his studies, he was working at Hakuhodo, which he retired from after 17 years. He then became a full-time writer…

Aizawa Haruo

Aizawa Haruo was a Japanese actor born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Drawing Course at Showa Industrial Technical School, he was detained in Siberia before joining the Theater Arts Academy. In 1959, he co-founded the Tokyo Theater Seminar. He passed away on March 10, 1995, at…

Coffee & Vanilla

6.8

A love story between Risa Shiroki and Hiroto Fukami. Twenty year old Risa Shiroki comes to Tokyo from her hometown in the countryside to attend university. Pretty and popular with male students, she has never had a…

Pulse

7.0

After college student Taguchi commits suicide, a number of young adults living in Tokyo witness terrifying visions transferred across the Internet. As more people disappear throughout the city, the Internet becomes…

Living no Matsunaga-san

7.1

Matsunaga Jun is a 29-year-old single man who works as a freelance graphic designer in Tokyo. He lives in a share house that has residents from various age groups. He seems like a feisty person, but he is affectionate…

Furuhata Chugakusei

7.1

Young Furuhata, a 3rd-year junior high student from Tokyo, transferred to a school in the countryside due to family circumstances. He doesn't fit in at first, but he eventually gains a reputation as a detective and…

Hajimari no Uta

7.1

Wataru, a freelance cameraman who works for a travel magazine in Tokyo. In actual fact, he had aimed to be a teacher when he was in his hometown but failed to achieve his goal and left home to go to Tokyo. However,…

Pornographer - Spring Life

7.2

This story takes place about 2 and half years after their first encounter. Kijima moved from Tokyo to his parents' house where his sister and her husband live, and Kuzumi, who was a university student, got a job and…

Tonari no Chikara

7.3

Nakagoshi Chikara is married and has two children. His family lives together at a complex in Tokyo. He introduces himself as a novelist, but he is actually a ghost writer and writes essays for famous people. He is…

Hell Is Other People

6.8

Yuu feels trapped in his hometown. He decides to go to Tokyo and visit his girlfriend, Megumi. Yuu tells her that he wants to live with her in Tokyo, but she is confused by his sudden visit. They end up having an argument.…

Marebito

6.6

A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Shinya Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo. (Source: IMDb)

Pika*nchi Life Is Hard However Happy

7.3

"Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex.Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wildlife in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen…