Satake Uki

Ogasawara Shojiro

Ogasawara Shojiro was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He entered the Army Childhood School, but dropped out due to illness, and graduated from Gakushuin High School. In the Taisho era, the dawn of Japanese cinema, he became an exclusive member of Ogasawara Productions, which was established by his brother…

Oki Shunji

Oki Shunji was a Japanese film and television producer.

Kamoda Kiyoshi

Kamoda Kiyoshi is a Japanese actor.

Sakurai Michio

Sakurai Michio is a Japanese actor.

Kamiyama Sojin

He appeared in over 70 films between 1917 and 1954. He was the subject of a 1995 TV documentary by the Japanese film director Nobuhiro Suwa. He was born in Sendai, Japan and died in Tokyo, Japan. His wife was actress Uraji Yamakawa.

Omori Keishiro

Higashioka Tsugumi

Higashioka Tsugumi is a Japanese actress signed under NAC.

Dan Ikuma

Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before being assassinated in 1932. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin and Tokyo Music School in 1946. He studied with teachers including Kosaku Yamada, Kunihiko Hashimoto, Kan'ichi…

Oi Hidefumi

Oi Hidefumi is a Japanese film editor.

Kunimitsu no Matsuri

10.0

Kunimitsu is a man with the crazy dream of wanting to reform a corrupt Japan. This story of how he sets his sights on becoming Prime Minister starts out with him running for mayor in a touching "world-reformer" comedy…

The Crying Wind

5.5

Seikichi, 70, makes his living fishing from a small boat off the coast of Okinawa. He and his 12-year-old grandson Akira live in a small, tree-lined village in the northern part of the island which is surrounded by…

Osaka Hamlet

7.1

"Osaka Hamlet" tells the story of the Kubo family and their life in Osaka. The mother, a hospital attendant by day, a club hostess at night — raises three sons with their uncle. There is Hasanori - the skinny-but-spunky…

Sosa Kenji Chikamatsu Shigemichi 12

Chikamatsu Shigemichi, an investigative prosecutor who has been assigned to Niigata, is on a tour of Sado guided by Shiraishi Suzuko, an administrative official, when he receives news of an incident. Yamashita Masashi,…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 33

Kajikawa Jinsuke, a traveling medicine seller from Toyama, pays a visit to the Asami household. Mitsuhiko, who has been commissioned by the travel magazine Travel and History to write a feature article on “Toyama’s…

Osaka Violence

The realistic portrayal of violence dazzles in this acton film depicting the life and death struggle of two outlaws who scare even the yakuza as told from a 12-year-old juvenile delinquent's perspective. In the old…

Tokumei Shikikan Goma Ayaka

7.3

Ayaka Goma works as a police sergeant. One day, a demonstration is held and a hostage situation occurs at Shinsekai Finance. Someone calls the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, demanding that Ayaka come to the…

Shoro Nagashi: Anata wo Wasurenai

8.0

In the summer of 1982, Sakurai Masahiko returns home to Nagasaki so he can participate in sending off the floating lanterns during O-bon. It's the first O-bon since his beloved aunt, Setsuko, has died. Masahiko is…

Talking About the Ghost

Four stories focus not on the "appearance" of ghosts, but on "talking about" them, hinting at the way the world is, with an allegorical quality. >> Story 1: "Cat in the Fog" Novelist Watanabe is staying in a suburban…