Kitahara Fumie

Kitahara Fumie, born Abe Fusae (阿部房枝) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Nihon University (日本大学). In 1937, she began her career in small theater and later joined the Haiyuza Theater Company (劇団俳優座) upon its founding…

Minami Hiroshi

Minami Hiroshi was a Japanese musician and actor born in Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Nakajima Hiroshi (中島廣), and his former stage name was Minami Hiroshi (南広). He attended Hosei University Industrial School but dropped out. In 1947, he formed the band "Shin Watanabe and the…

Mizushima Mitsuyo

Mizushima Mitsuyo is a Japanese actress born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.

Hara Masato

Hara Masato is a Japanese film director from Meguro City, Tokyo. He is currently living in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. (Source: Wikipedia)

Isonishi Maki

Isonishi Maki is a veteran actress, voice actress & narrator from Tokyo, Japan. (Source: Wikipedia JP)

Yoshino Mayumi

Yoshino Mayumi, born Kiuchi Masako (木内昌子) in Tokyo, Japan, is a former actress. Initially known by her stage name Kiuchi Masako (木内まさこ), she was selected as the 5th mascot girl for the Unichika brand in 1984, while still in middle school. After graduating high school in 1989, she adopted…

Mizuki Ranko

Mizuki Ranko was a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.

Koga Satoko

Koga Satoko was a Japanese female singer and actress born in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Ueno Gakuen High School's music department.

Suzuki Satoshi

Suzuki Satoshi is a Japanese director, producer and screenwriter from Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the faculty of political science and economics in Waseda Ubiversity. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)

Mari Yoko

Yoko Mari is a former Japanese actress . She was born in Tokyo and graduated from Teikyo Women's Junior College (now Teikyo University Junior College). Around 1987, she began working as a model under her real name, Hisanaga Mari, and made her debut in 1989 as the heroine Tsujiguchi Yoko in the TV Asahi…

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…

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…

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…

Leave Behind

Momoe and Tatsuo live in Machida, a town on the outskirts of Tokyo. Momoe works as a web designer, and Tatsuo works as a chef. One day, it is decided that Momoe will be transferred to a remote city. The last few days…

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…