Okawa Hiroshi

Okawa Hiroshi was a Japanese businessman and filmmaker born in Haguro, Kanai Village, Nishikambara District, Niigata Prefecture. He is the de facto founder of Toei. He has been a shoya since the Edo period, and was born in a family called Tocho in the Meiji period. He graduated from Iwakura Railway…

Jean Michel Casanova

Jean Michel Casanova, Chinese name Ma Jin, is a Frenchman living in China. He is an actor, screenwriter, stuntman and a world renowned rock climber and rock climbing coach. In 1989, he climbed the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France with bare hands, setting a Guinness World Record, with his free solo climb.…

Ando Kazuo

Ando Kazuo is a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan.

Ohira Toru

Ohira Toru was Japanese narrator and voice actor from the Tokyo Metropolitan area. He was a representative of Ōhira Production. One of his most known roles is the dub voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars. He was also known for his many narration roles, most notably in the Super Sentai series. He was a…

Kagawa Kyoko

Kagawa was born in Tokyo in 1931. She originally wanted to become a ballerina. She was discovered by a film studio after winning a beauty contest and began a career in acting. Her first major film role was in a movie Mado Kara Tobidase (Jump Out of the Window). She became a household name for her role…

Suzuki Mitsue

Born in Kanda Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo (currently Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo ). and dropped out of Tokyo City First High School (currently Fukagawa High School, Tokyo ). She studied under Masao Inoue and took her first stage in 1932 . In 1942, she formed a theater company Bunkaza with her husband Takashi Sasaki…

Yoshizawa Rie

Yoshizawa Rie, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese actress.

Ishihama Akira

Ishihama Akira was a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He died at the age of 87 from old age. (Source: sanspo.com)

Takashima Masahiro

Takashima Masahiro is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He comes from a family of actors, including his father (Tadao Takashima), mother (Hanayo Sumi) and younger brother Masanobu Takashima. He married the stage actress Sylvia Grab in 2005. Takashima debuted in the 1987 film "Totto Channel". His…

Mizuki Yoko

Mizuki Yoko was a Japanese screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, she later graduated from Bunka Gakuin and began writing screenplays to support her family after her father died. Mizuki was active in the 1950s era of the Japanese studio system and is notable for her work with directors Tadashi Imai and Mikio…

Tokyo Pop

7.6

A young New York City rock singer decides to try her hand at fame in Japan so makes the journey. Upon her arrival, she meets a Japanese musician who needs an American girl to front his band. Fortunately, she joins…

Tokyo Twilight

7.7

Two sisters live with their father. The younger sister is embroiled in an affair and becomes pregnant. The elder sister has run away from her husband and returned with her child to her parent's home. Both sisters are…

Tokyo MER: Hashiranai Kinkyuukyuumeishitsu

7.6

Spinoff to Tokyo MER: Hashiru Kinkyuukyuumeishitsu.

Tokyo Olympiad

7.8

A spectacle of magnificent proportions, Kon Ichikawa’s Tokyo Olympiad ranks among the greatest documents of sport ever committed to film. Utilizing glorious widescreen cinematography, Ichikawa examines the beauty…

Tokyo MPD PR Unit 2

7.8

Imaizumi Rintaro, once a detective at the Kuramaebashi Police Station, is suddenly transferred to Public Relations Section 2. He originally joined the Metropolitan Police Department with the goal of becoming a First…

Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room - Nankai Mission

7.8

In 2025, a trial run of Nankai MER has begun. The Nankai MER (Mobile Emergency Room) travels arounds islands in the southern sea on a ferry and carries the special vehicle NK1 that is equipped with an operating room.…

Tokyo MER: Sumidagawa Mission

7.8

Half a year has passed since the official approval of TOKYO MER. Kitami is racking his brains over the issue of a second doctor to replace Otowa, who has left the team in order to expand MER to ordinance-designated…

Tokyo Crime Squad: The Lucie Blackman Case

7.5

It follows the turbulent and complex investigation into the killing of British tourist Lucie Blackman. (Source: IMDb) ~~ Adapted from a real criminal case named in media "The Lucy Blackman Incident". It was an incident…

Tokyo Family

7.4

An old retired couple, Shukichi Hirayama and his wife, Tomiko, come from their island near Hiroshima, to visit their children in Tokyo. They have 3 children. The oldest son, Koichi is a doctor, his sister Shigeko runs…

Tokyo Taxi

7.8

One day, a taxi driver, Usami Koji is assigned to take an 85-year-old, Takano Sumire, from Shibamata, Tokyo, to a senior citizen's home in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture. On the way, Sumire asks Koji to make a few side…