Shimazaki Toson

Shimazaki Toson was a Japanese writer active in the Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan. He began his career as a Romantic poet, but went on to establish himself as a major proponent of Japanese Naturalism. (Source: Wikipedia)

Nakagawa Yoshie

Nakagawa Yoshie was a Japanese actress from the end of the Meiji era, the Taisho era, and the early Showa era. Her husband is movie director Kako Zanmu, and her younger sister is actress Komatsu Midori. Sge was born in Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo, and was originally a stage actress. In 1911 she appeared in…

Fujiwara Kozaburo

A Japanese photography engineer (cinematographer), editorial engineer , and developing engineer . In the Taisho era , he served as the chief engineer at Nikkatsu Mukojima Photo Studio and independently established Fujiwara Shokai (currently Fujiwara Productions )

Onda Seijiro

He was born in 1907 (Meiji 40) at Tokyo Prefecture Tokyo City Asakusa District (now Tokyo, Taito-ku, Asakusa) . His father was a landowner in Saitama prefecture . In 1925 (Taisho 14), at the age of 18 , entered the gate of Toyo Kinema 's famous actor Kondo Iyokichi .He was a movie benshi until 1935.…

Minoru Murata

Murata Minoru was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor in the Taisho and early Showa periods born in Ogawamachi, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. He is the first deputy director of the Directors Guild of Japan. He joined Norimasa Kaeriyama's Film Arts Association from the Shingeki movement and is known…

Inoshita Yasuo

Seconded to Keisuke Kinoshita Productions, worked on a number of masterpiece dramas, and then filmed Toshiba Sunday Theater as the core director of TBS's own dramas, and Ryoko Hashida's drama “ Wataru no Sekai wa dainori” . The scriptwriter Taichi Yamada, who worked with many works such as “Bread…

Fukada Koji

Fukada Koji is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, Fukada had a father who was a film aficionado and he watched many films on VHS when he was young. It was when he was 19 years old studying at Taisho University and discovered the Film School of Tokyo that he began taking evening…

Mori Masayuki

Masayuki Mori was a Japanese actor, the son of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist active during the late Meiji and Taisho periods. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa's films such as Rashomon and The Idiot. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse (Floating Clouds)…

Saotome Yuki

Saotome Yuki is a Japanese actor and stage play actor born in Kitakyushu Fukuoka, Japan. He is the younger brother of Saotome Taichi. He began acting in stage plays at 1 and a half years old, and is a well accomplished stage play actor. He is currently represented by Avex Management.

Chiba Kichizo

He belonged to the magic lantern club of Yoshizawa Shoten , he worked as a developing engineer, and became a photography engineer when the company started producing newsreels in 1903 (Meiji36) .. In 1905 (Meiji 38) Togo Taisho Katsudo Shashin was filmed and according to Edamasa, Chiba was the first…

Tensai wo Sodateta Nyoubou: Sekai ga Mitometa Suugakusha to Tsuma no Ai

7.8

Mathematics genius Oka Kiyoshi spent about 15 years researching the Hartogs Inverse Problem which went largely unnoticed because it was too difficult to understand by the Japanese academic world. However, when he started…

Route 29

Tonbo is a lonely cleaner who is unable to communicate with people more than necessary. She goes on a trip with a young girl named Haru, who is a bit different from ordinary girls. During their trip, Tonbo's bond with…

Boku wa Boku, Kujira wa Kujira de, Oyoide Iru

8.0

Taiji-cho Whale Museum is located in the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture. The museum doesn't get a lot of visitors. Due to its low attendance, the museum is in a difficult financial situation. Veteran museum staff…

1972 Nagisa no Keika

The story begins when a cash transport vehicle loaded with one million dollars in US dollar bills is attacked and goes missing. The Ryukyu Police, fearing that if the yen-dollar exchange cannot be completed in its…

Blossom

Hano Tama was born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1897. Her biological mother died when she was two years old, and she was raised by her father and his stepmother. After graduating from a girls' school, she started…

The Goose Goes South

6.2

When his boss, Dae Jung, goes missing in a ship accident, the company sends Woo Joo to Osaka to finish his business. On his last day in the city, Woo Joo chases someone looking exactly like Dae Jung to Taisho, an area…

Anata ni Drop Kick Wo

6.0

The heroine Akiko has to bear with a lot of unfair treatment from the people around her such as being dumped by her fiance. When she meets Momo, a female pro wrestler who is of the same age as her, Akiko realizes that…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 54: Sunrise Izumo no Onna Kieta Nigaoe no Onna

Inspector Totsugawa encounters a strange incident in Izumo, a business trip destination. The corpse of a strangled woman was found at a hotel in Izumo, but another woman who seems to know the situation is missing.…

Kakure Karakuri

6.4

What better way to spend a summer vacation than to go to an onsen for part-time work? However, Abe Tomonari and Kurimoto Yousuke find that they get a lot more than they were hoping for, when they're asked to help unravel…