Sakaguchi Minako

Sakaguchi Minako was a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with the Mingei Theatre Company. Sakaguchi's husband was actor and voice actor Maeda Masaaki, and their daughter is dancer and choreographer Maeda Nina. Inspired to become an actress after watching…

Ichikawa Danjuro XII

Ichikawa Danjuro XII, a Japanese Kabuki actor born in Tokyo, Japan, was known for his contributions to traditional theater. He inherited the stage name Naritaya and was affiliated with the Japan Art Academy, holding the rank of Senior Fifth Rank. His birth name was Horikoshi Natsuo, and he also used…

Arai Tamao

Arai Tamao, a former Japanese actress from Setagaya, Tokyo, was affiliated with Hirata Kon Promotion in 1984 and later with Natsuki Production in 1989. She is the niece of actress Ishihara Maki. Encouraged by her mother, Arai joined the Wakasou Theater Company at age four and pursued acting from her…

Murakoshi Ichiro

Murakoshi Ichiro was a Japanese narrator, actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was a Waseda University graduate. His real name was Murakoshi Yoshikazu.

Hirokawa Taichiro

Hirokawa Taichiro was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born in Tokyo, Japan. He died on March 3, 2008, from cancer. His death was announced at the beginning of the 2nd Seiyu Awards. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yuzuki Asako

Yuzuki Asako is a Japanese novelist born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. She attended Keisen Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School and graduated from Rikkyo University with a degree in French literature. She is married and a member of the Japan PEN Club. Since her university days, she aimed to become a…

Nakamura Masato

Nakamura Masato, born in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese musician, music producer, and actor, best known as the leader and bassist of DREAMS COME TRUE. Nakamura attended Doshisha Kori Junior High School but transferred to Ichikawa Municipal Daiichi Junior High School after one semester. He began…

Umeda Haruo

Umeda Haruo, born Umeda Akira (梅田晃) in 1920 in Tokyo's Yotsuya district, was a Japanese scholar, playwright, novelist, and essayist specializing in French literature. He graduated from Keio University Graduate School and was involved in writing scripts for stage plays and radio dramas, as well…

Shimegi Shigako

Shimegi Shigako is a Japanese actress born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Atomi Gakuen High School. After training at the Actor's Training Institute, she joined the Bungakuza theater company. From around 1960, she was active mainly in movies and TV dramas produced by Nikkatsu, Daiei, and…

Kusano Hayato

Kusano Hayato is a Japanese actor born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. When he was 2 years old, his family moved to Ibaraki, Japan. He debuted as a professional boxer at the age of 18 from the Yamaguchi Tsuchiura Boxing Gym, but retired at the age of 21 due to injury. He then pursued acting under the mentorship…

MaTcH

An old Japanese mother, Haruko, comes to Tokyo from Osaka to see her 30 years old son, Shuji. Her purpose of the visit is setting up a matchmaking for him because he is still a single man. However, Shuji already uses…

Akane no Sora

Sora, a first-year member of society who got fired from a company in Tokyo, She happens to meet her local childhood friend Akane, but she gets frustrated by Akane's cheerful and fun appearance, and in a single word…

Gray Wall Gear

The stage of this work is Saitama, a suburb of Tokyo in the early Heisei period. Immediately after the bubble burst gangster countermeasures law, there were gangsters who defended the last territory and young people…

Smile

A teen movie that depicts the growth of the heart of a girl who lives with her mother in Tokyo for entertainment activities. (Source: natalie.mu)

Black / Crowes

6.9

An underworld picaresque drama set in the "darkness casino" of Roppongi, Tokyo, and is unfolded by people who are attracted to the "darkness" of Tokyo. (Source: Realsound.jp)

Uta no Sunset

An evening music information program that delivers the latest songs and various information. (Source: Japanese = TV Tokyo || Translation = MyDramaList)

Black / Crowes: Roppongi Underground

7.0

An underground picaresque drama set in the underground casinos of Roppongi, Tokyo. Based on a number of "real stories" that actually happened in "underground casinos," the film focuses on the "karma" of people drowning…

Gekiteki ni Chinmoku

Set in Ekoda, Nerima Ward, Tokyo, it revolves around college students who belong to a failing club at an art university. (Source: Japanese = gekitekinichinmoku.com || Translation = MyDramaList)

The Extraordinary Pursuer

6.4

The film tells the story of Wu Xiao Yue, a Kung Fu girl who travels to Tokyo to pursue the dream of a girl group, but accidentally encounters evil extraterrestrial creatures and plagues the earth. In order to protect…

Snow Escape

On January 6, 2022, heavy snow fell in Tokyo for the first time in four years. A story about a man and a woman who will soon become strangers that happened that night. (Source: Japanese = filmarks.com || Translation…