Kurihara Thomas

Thomas Kurihara, birth name Kisaburō Kurihara (栗原喜三郎), was born in Hadano, Kanagawa. Kurihara's father was a wood trader, but he failed in business. Kurihara went to United States and enrolled in a school for film actors in 1912. After graduation, working as an extra, he entered Oriental…

Kobayashi Tsuneo

Graduated from Nihon University Art Department in 1934 . Selected and performed in the Takarazuka Revue review script open call for participants. In 1935, he joined the production department of the Tokyo Vocal Film Factory of the same Toho affiliate and studied under Shiro Toyoda , triggered by the…

Dan Tokumaro

Dan Tokumaro was a Japanese actor and screenwriter born in Kireto-cho, Hyogo, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. He is the first actor to play Tange Sazen. His eldest daughter is actress Yamamoto Toriko, his son-in-law is actor Gomi Ryutaro, and his granddaughter is broadcast writer Yamamoto Manami. In 1916,…

Mimura Akira

Mimura Akira was a cinematographer and film director during the Taisho and Showa periods, born in Etajima, Aki, Hiroshima, Japan. He was one of the pioneers of Japanese cinema photography and is known internationally as Harry Mimura (ハリー・三村). He graduated from Zushi Kaishin Junior High School…

Tsubaki Sanshiro

Tsubaki Sanshiro was a Japanese actor born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Mase Matsutaro (間瀬 松太郎), and he also went by the stage name Tsushima Keiichiro (津島 慶一郎). In March 1924, he completed his education at the former Nishikiko Commercial School in Kanda Nishiki-cho,…

Tsurumaru Mutsuhiko

He was born in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, as the eldest son of six siblings of a doctor, Bunko. After graduating from Waseda High School, he moved to the United States in 1923 and then went to Spain to save his travel expenses when he saw a picture of El Greco. He returned to Japan in 1927.…

Shimoda Atsuyuki

Shimoda Atsuyuki is a Japanese producer.

Hisamoto Manami

Matsui Itsuki

Kawamura Natsuki

To Dance with the White Dog

A fairy tale depicting the interaction between an old man and a dog that seems to be the reincarnation of his late wife. (Source: Japanese = Eiga || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the novel "To Dance with…

Virgin: We're All Talk

Omnibus by three young directors in the spotlight of Japan's independent film industry, dealing with the theme of "lost virginity." Imaizumi Rikiya, who made his commercial film debut with {Tama no Eiga} and has won…

Short Movie Crash 1st Crash

The first installment of "SHORT MOVIE CRASH," a project in which video creators and music artists collide with each other's sensibilities and individualities to create a single short film. >> Story 1: "Return of the…

The Legend of General of Hong An

It tells the story of General of Hong An, Liu Tong Luo, who leads his brothers to join and work in the Red Army of the Workers & Peasants to make them grow in and achieve revolutionary ranks. (Source: Baidu Eiga ||…

Downrange

For six college students carpooling cross-country, a seemingly mundane blow-out is the beginning of a grueling fight for survival. They're in the midst of changing the flat when they discover a spent slug and realize…

Sancha no Poltergeist

A documentary-style film exploring a multi-tenant haunted building in Sangenjaya, Tokyo, capturing various paranormal phenomena on camera. (Source: Japanese = eiga.com || Translation = MyDramaList)

Nihon Gokudoshi: Yabo no Gundan

A gangster coming-of-age film depicting young people in Osaka in the late 1950s, centered on a single Fuunji, who formed an organization that would later shake the Kansai region. (Source: Japanese = Eiga.com || Translation…

Ningen kosaten

Set in a local city in the latter half of the Showa 30's, it depicts a bad boy growing up through interaction with yakuza and young prostitutes. (Source: eiga.com)

Documentary of Miss Universe: Japan 2022

A documentary film that follows the journey of Japanese women who compete to represent Japan in the Miss Universe 2022 pageant. The film captures their training and growth over the four months leading up to the competition.…