Hara Setsuko

Hara Setsuko became one of Japan's best-loved stars over her 30-year film career. Her signature character type, variations on a daughter devoted to her parents and home, inspired the nickname that stayed with her until retirement: the Eternal Virgin. To some extent, reality mirrored her roles in these…

Sasaki Yoshihide

Sasaki Yoshihide is a Japanese actor and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan. He has been involved in many productions but is most involved in theater. He's best known for his role as Shiraishi Kuranosuke in The Prince of Tennis musical series. In 2010, he debuted as a music artist with his mini-album Spark.…

Jang Yong

Jang Yong is a popular South Korean actor, born in Tokyo, Japan. He has starred in numerous hit dramas, among which Miss Ripley, Pasta, Please Marry Me and Full House. (Source: French Nautilijon)

Izumi Masayuki

Izumi Masayuki was a Japanese actor born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. He was affiliated with the talent agency Gift during his lifetime. He completed his education at Komagome High School and later graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Tokai University's Second Engineering Faculty. Izumi…

Tomosaka Rie

Tomosaka Rie is a Japanese actress and pop star from Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, born on October 12, 1979, in Nagano-shi, Nagano. She works for Itoh Company. From 1996 to 1997, she has also released music under the name Eri Sakatomo. In 1992, Rie Tomosaka joined the entertainment world with the commercial film…

Yamanaka Takashi

Takashi Yamanaka was born on March 18, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Fisshu sutôrî (2009), Kiseijuu (2014) and Akunin (2010).

Hirasawa Kokoro

Hirasawa Kokoro is Japanese actress. She was born in Tokyo, Japan.

Kaga Mariko

Kaga Mariko is a Japanese actress, born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She was scouted by directors Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji, and made her film debut in a Shinoda-directed, Terayama-penned movie, Tears on the Lion's Mane, in 1962. In recent years, she has gained newfound popularity thanks to her…

Kawai Aoba

Kawai Aoba is a Japanese actress and former fashion model. She was born in Tokyo. She is currently under Breath. She has been active since 2004. In 2016, at the 37th Yokohama Film Festival, she won Best Supporting Actress Award. In 2022, at the 35th Takasaki Film Festival, she won Best Actress Award.

Morishita Yoshiko

Morishita Yoshiko is a Japanese screenwriter. She graduated from the University of Tokyo, majoring in religious studies.

Roppongi Yajuu Kai

It's 1959, the year after Japan's Economic Miracle and the completion of Tokyo Tower. Naoto, a high school student with a far-fetched dream of becoming an actor one day, sees the light upon meeting the infamous "Roppongi…

A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

6.0

The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo. There they meet a Russian translator, Nicholai, played by Sergei Nakariakov - a trumpeter from Russia.…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 23: Shuchaku Eki Satsujin Jiken

Inspector Totsugawa and Detective Kamei is asked by Morishita Kohei, a teacher who moved to Tokyo from his hometown of Aomori. He asks them to search for his student, Matsuki Noriko, who is missing in Tokyo. (Source:…

Renai Hensachi - Kanojo no Kiraina Kanojo

10.0

This is the strange story about two women who work in the Marunouchi business district in Tokyo: a 34-year-old "old miss" and a 22-year-old who is just waiting for a marriage partner to come along. Although friends,…

Catharsis

Naoki Ono, a 14-year-old boy murders a young girl in the suburbs of Tokyo. As a result, the large family change their names and live apart, while Naoki goes to a reformatory. Towako, his mother, stays away with her…

Heat Shakunetsu

1.0

A young man suddenly rises to the top of the underworld in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Other crime bosses now conspire to take him down.

Shinjuku Punk Rescue Squad

10.0

In the hard-playing entertainment district that is Shinjuku, Tokyo, it seems only fitting that so are the members of the local rescue squad. Former bike gang members Hideki Go and Goro Todoroki are a pair of mischievous…

The Whispered City

4.0

The movie portrays this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses. (Source: Letterboxd)

Joi Yu: Aozora Clinic

Fuji Yu, an excellent internal medicine doctor at a university hospital in Tokyo, has a realistic idea that "medical care doesn't require heart, all you need is the latest equipment and technology" because of the harsh…