Hoshi Reiko

Real name Kotoko Tada (多田 琴子). Born in Tokyo. After working as a dancer in the Takarazuka Revue , she joined Nikkatsu at the age of 17. During World War II , she traveled to Manchuria with her husband, who was the managing director of Toei after the war. Michiko Hoshi, another actress was her…

Tsunehiko Kasahara

Former rugby player, actor. Born in Tokyo City Koishikawa Ward. As a rugby player, his main positions during his active career were Fullback (FB) and Five Eighth (FE). After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nikkatsu and became an actor. His last movie apperance was in 1942. It is not known…

Azusa Eiko

Actress. Born in Chiyoda-ku , Tokyo.

Tezka Macoto

Tezuka Macoto is a Japanese screenwriter, director and actor born in Tokyo, Japan.

Sugaya Isamu

Sugaya Isamu is a Japanese voice actor and stage actor from Taito, Tokyo. He belongs to Aoni Production.

Umehara Motoi

Umehara Motoi is a Japanese television producer born in Nerima, Tokyo. He is the former Executive Officer of NTV, Senior Director of Media Strategy Bureau, and former President of Kumamoto Prefectural Television. He graduated from Nihon University College of Art's Department of Drama and joined NTV…

Kaga Yoshiji

Kaga Yoshiji is a Japanese producer born in Setagaya, Tokyo. He graduated from Keio University Faculty of Economics. After college, he hoped to become a film director, but his father opposed this decision. He joined NTV in 1962 as a part-time worker in the performing arts departments. Two years later,…

Ogawa Natsumi

Hamada Minako (née Shimamura; born in Chōfu, Tokyo), better known as Ogawa Natsumi, is a Japanese actress and entertainer managed by Yoshimoto Creative Agency. Her aunt is actress Megumi Tama. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kitamura Masako

Real name Masako Kotani (小谷昌子). Born in Tokyo. Also stage and dubbing actress.

Otsuki Yoshikazu

Otsuki Yoshikazu was a Japanese film director born in Nakano, Tokyo. He joined the Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio in 1951 as an assistant director. He made his directorial debut in 1962 with "Nagashibina." In 1966 he left Shochiku to become a freelancer. He then spent his career directing TV dramas until…

On the Street

7.4

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…

Canary

7.4

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…

Second Blue

7.4

Tateishi Daichi, a book designer working at a design company in Tokyo, is so absorbed in his love of reading that he has little interest in real-life romance. One day, his contact at Marufuji Publishing is replaced,…

Nasake no Onna

7.4

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

7.4

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

7.4

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…

Tora-san 16: The Intellectual

7.4

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…

Before Next Spring

7.4

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…

Shinjuku Seven

7.3

Nanase runs a pawnshop in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. He is a genius appraiser able to distinguish fakes from originals. He gets pretty much everything at his pawn shop. When clients come to his shop,…

Miyazawa Kenji no Shokutaku

7.4

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,…