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Yanagiya Gontaro III
The third generation Yanagiya Gontaro is a rakugo storyteller from Kita-ku, Tokyo. He belongs to the Rakugo Kyokai and is a consultant to the association. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Meiji Gakuin University. At Meiji Gakuin University, he was active in the Rakugo Study Group. On April 1, 1970,…
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…
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…
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.
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.…
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…
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…
Canary
Japanese Movie - 20057.4
Based on the true events of the deadly gas attacks perpetrated by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult on the Tokyo subway system, CANARY tells the moving story of two children, each abandoned by their families, who come…
On the Street
Japanese Movie - 20217.4
Arakawa Aoi works at a secondhand clothing store in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. He lives a simple life. In his free time, he likes to browse used bookstores or go to bars by himself. Things become more complicated when Aoi…
Tora-san 16: The Intellectual
Japanese Movie - 19757.4
Tora-san returns to his family's shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused of being the father of a 17-year-old girl. It turns out that Tora-san had only given help to the girl's mother after her husband had…
The Ramen Girl
Japanese Movie - 20087.4
Abruptly abandoned by her boyfriend, a young American woman finds herself suddenly alone and adrift in Tokyo. Lost in the shuffle of a foreign culture and seeking to console herself, Abby winds up hanging out in her…
Nasake no Onna
Japanese Drama - 2010, 8 episodes7.4
Matsudaira Matsuko is a tax investigator from the countryside who is suddenly called to work at the Tokyo Tax Investigation Bureau. Her rather unorthodox methods of investigating tax evaders shocks the rest of the…
Spring Has Come
Japanese Movie - 20157.4
In February, Hajime Tokita and his daughter travel to Tokyo from Hiroshima, looking for an apartment for Riko who will start college soon. Along the way, Hajime thinks back to his late wife and raising his daughter…
Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2024 Summer Special
Japanese Special - 2024, 1 episodes7.4
An omnibus special comprised of four segments: >> Story 1: "Tomobikimura" (友引村) Fujisaki Rin is a typical college student in Tokyo. Along with her close friends, Takahashi Soma and Hibino Yamato, her life takes…
Before Next Spring
Chinese Movie - 20217.4
The film is a fresco of the daily life of a group of young Chinese people in a Tokyo suburb; their story is told through a series of minor actions, some moments of intimacy and others of despair, especially of great…
Shinigami San
Japanese Drama - 2021, 6 episodes7.3
Kennin Gido is a detective. He belongs to a mysterious division at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is the only member in the division. There, Kennin Gido reinvestigates cases that received not-guilty verdicts.…
Miyazawa Kenji no Shokutaku
Japanese Drama - 2017, 5 episodes7.4
In 1921, Miyazawa Kenji left a wealthy family and went to Tokyo. Standing on his own two feet, he lived there for 8 months. Late summer, Kenji received a telegram from his family. Worried about his younger sister Toshi,…
