Abe Tetsuro

Abe Tetsuro was a Japanese screenwriter and broadcast writer born in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. His name is also written as Abe Tetsuro (阿倍徹郎) and Abe Tetsuro (安部徹郎). In 1948, he joined the Japanese Communist Party. During his early membership, he was involved in the party’s movement to…

Muramatsu Eiko

Muramatsu Eiko, a Japanese actress and poet born in Tokyo, comes from a scholarly background. Raised with a love for literature and theater, she was influenced by her father's readings of "Mother Goose" and "Perrault's Fairy Tales," and by her grandmother's fondness for kabuki performances. Her older…

Ose Ro

Ose Ro is a Japanese actor born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. His real name is Ose Motasaburo (小瀬元三郎). (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Kawaguchi Setsuko

Kawaguchi Setsuko was a Japanese actress born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. She dropped out of the Faculty of Home Economics at Wayo Women's University. She attended the Toho Performing Arts School and was affiliated with Toho, and later with Shinsei Productions, before joining Takarai Project. In 1963,…

Rionne McAvoy

Rionne McAvoy is a documentary filmmaker originally from the Gold Coast in Australia. Now residing in Tokyo, Japan, for over 17 years, Rionne is fully bilingual in English and Japanese. Rionne grew up in South East Queensland, Australia, and at the age of 19 went to Japan for an 8-week karate training…

Yakushiji Yoko

Yakushiji Yoko is a Japanese actress born in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Horikoshi High School. In 1986, she was selected as the campaign girl "Miss Anmitsu Hime" in the magazine "Nakayoshi." Subsequently, she gained attention as the lead actress in the movie "Another Harajuku…

Ichikawa Hisao

Ichikawa Hisao was a Japanese producer born in Honjo, Tokyo, Japn. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After working as a civil servant in the Ministry of Communications, he joined Shinko Kinema in 1939. He initially worked in the publicity department. He was called up for military…

Yamada Harumi

Yamada Harumi is a former Japanese actress born in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Yakumo High School. She was affiliated with Ichitani Planning and later with Hosoya Office. Since elementary school, she has been active as a model in girls' magazines and in commercials. In June 1969, while…

Kikuchi Yoko

Kikuchi Yoko was a former Japanese idol singer and actress born in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, but shortly thereafter moved to Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. She graduated from Horikoshi High School. She was affiliated with Takenouchi Office. In 1982, she won the TBS Award at the Miss Seventeen Contest. This achievement…

Yamaguchi Hiroko

Kikuchi Yoko was a former Japanese idol singer and actress born in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, but shortly thereafter moved to Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan. She graduated from Horikoshi High School. She was affiliated with Takenouchi Office. In 1982, she won the TBS Award at the Miss Seventeen Contest. This achievement…

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…

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…

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,…

Shinigami San

7.3

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.…

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…