Yanagida Teiichi

Yanagida Teiichi was a Japanese actor and singer from Fukagawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo. He was active in Asakusa opera during the Taisho era. He is known as "Enoken" and is known as Enomoto Kenichi's master. At the age of 51, he suddenly died of stomach cancer on July 16, 1947, shortly after the war.

Nishi Akemi

Nishi Akemi is a Japanese actress born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Bunka Fashion College. She joined Shintoho in 1952, and her oldest recorded appearance is the movie "Koi no Oen Dancho". Her last recorded work is "Jiken Kisha Chabo!" which was produced in 1983.

Namiki Ichiro

Namiki Ichiro Namiki was a manzai master and actor from Hongo-ku, Tokyo, in the Showa and Heisei eras. He belonged to the Dosa troupe and toured various places. In 1936, he joined the Sumiko Kurishima Theater Company after traveling around and studied under Kurishima Sagoromo. In 1938, he turned to…

Wakahara Harue

Wakahara Harue was a Japanese actress and singer born in Azabu-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from Takarazuka Music and Opera School, she made her movie debut in 1935 with "Hesitate Young People" directed by Satoshi Taguchi, produced by Nikki Tamagawa Film Studio. She also made her singer debut from Polydor.…

Takehisa Chieko

Takehisa Chieko was a Japanese actress from Akita Prefecture who was active in the Showa period. After moving to Tokyo she started at Komatsugawa High School, but entered the movie world at the age of 15 and dropped out. She joined the Enomoto troupe Casino Foley in 1930 at the age of 18. She then she…

Takiguchi Shintaro

Takiguchi Shintaro was a former Japanese actor and announcer born in Shiba-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Okada Yoshiko. In April 1925, he joined Inoue Masao's troupe after graduating from Sakurada Elementary School and appeared as a child actor in the stage play "Rashamen no Chichi". He made his movie…

Yanagiya Gontaro I

The first Yanagiya Gontaro was a Japanese rakugoka born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1939, he belonged to the Toho Meijinkai. In addition, h becomes a signboard rakugoka of Toho along with the 3rd generation Kinba Sanyutei. Even after the war, he remained popular but fell ill in 1950. At the same time, a…

Yanagiya Gontaro III

The third generation Yanagiya Gontaro is a rakugo storyteller from Kita-ku, Tokyo. He belongs to the Rakugo Kyokai and is a consultant to the association. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Meiji Gakuin University. At Meiji Gakuin University, he was active in the Rakugo Study Group. On April 1, 1970,…

Aizawa Haruo

Aizawa Haruo was a Japanese actor born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Drawing Course at Showa Industrial Technical School, he was detained in Siberia before joining the Theater Arts Academy. In 1959, he co-founded the Tokyo Theater Seminar. He passed away on March 10, 1995, at…

Nomoto Hotaru

Hotaru Nomoto (野本 ほたる) was born on February 20, 1997 in Tokyo. She voices Akira Yukishiro and is affiliated with Mitt Management.

Uminari ga Kikoeru

Rikona, a former photographer, lives in an apartment near Tokyo with her husband Tomohisa, who works at an advertising agency, and her son Daichi. While busy raising her child, she took on advertising photography work…

Starting Over

Shigeki, a freeter moves into a run-down apartment on the outskirts of Tokyo to restart his life. However, he fails to pay the security deposit and rent. As he is about to be kicked out, he meets the earthbound spirit…

Wash Away

Although it pays for her glamorous lifestyle, Kana keeps her job washing bodies in a Tokyo soapland quietly and has questions about her future. That job comes in handy when she is asked to care for her long-forgotten…

Cafune

Maye Sora, a 19-year-old university student living in Tokyo, receives news of her grandfather's death. Busy with moving with the help of her friends, she puts off confirming the news. (Source: shortshorts.org)

Still Water

18-year-olds Mikan and Maya spend their monotonous summer days working at an exotic fish store in the quiet suburbs of Tokyo, until one day an opportunity of a lifetime presents itself in the form of a rare fish. This…

The Girl at the End of the Line

Tachibana Kiyoko, a student at an all-girls high school in Tokyo met Okusawa Akari, who was wearing a bright blue dress, at the start of the new school year, in her first year of high school. In contrast to the other…

Niko Tama

Asao Atsuko works at the bento shop “Yonesuke” in Yanaka, Tokyo. Iwaki Kohei is a patent attorney who handles procedures related to patents and other intellectual property on behalf of his clients. The two met…

All the Songs We Never Sang

A rebellious teen, Natsumi, ventures from Tokyo to a small provincial island where her aunt Reiko lives. Reiko is an "ama-san", a traditional Japanese pearl diver. She has been at odds with Natsumi’s mother, her…

Cake no Kirenai Hiko Shonentachi

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Kodaira Megumi is a normal 17-year-old girl who attends a public high school in Tokyo. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't study, and people around her say she's unmotivated. In fact, her IQ is 76. Although…

Kyo mo Curry desu ka?

The story depicts how female college student Kurobe China, who moves to Tokyo after entering university, meets curry enthusiast Endo Natsumi and thoroughly enjoys curry at real, well-known restaurants. (Source: Japanese…