Imamura Shohei

Shohei Imamura was a Japanese film director. Imamura is the only Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards. Imamura was born to a comfortably upper-middle-class doctor's family in Tokyo in 1926. For a short time after 1945, when Japan was in a devastated condition following the war, Imamura participated…

Hirata Akihiko

He had an unusual background for an actor: his formal education began in a kindergarten founded by the wartime-era Japanese Imperial Army and continued in a military academy which was Tokyo's answer to West Point. Upon graduating from Tokyo University, Hirata confounded many family expectations of him…

Sakamoto Koichi

Sakamoto Koichi is a Japanese stuntman, film director, producer, and action coordinator with experience in Japan, the United States, and New Zealand. Affiliated with Alpha Stunts, he also works as a freelance producer and director. Sakamoto is from Senju, Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, and graduated from Senshu…

Kazama Morio

Kazama Morio, real name Sumida Tomohito, is a Japanese actor, born on April 26, 1949 in Satagaya, Tokyo. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival for Shiki Natsuko and Yūgure made and at the 6th and 7th Japan Academy Prizes. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sato Naoki

Sato Naoki is a Japanese composer. He rose to prominence in the 2000s, primarily through his work in anime, video games, before breaking into films ca. 2004. His style has a distinctly Western flair while retaining classic Japanese sensibilities. Sato excels at composing brash, bold action music, but…

Higa Suzuki

Higa Suzuki, known mononymously as Suzuki, is a Japanese singer under LDH JAPAN. He is a member of the groups DEEP SQUAD and WOLF HOWL HARMONY from EXILE TRIBE, as well as a special seven-member unit under Cloud Dream Project by G & LDH, a joint venture between LDH JAPAN and GMM Music formed with FLIO…

Hino Shohei

Hino Shohei is a Japanese actor and singer born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. He belongs to Seeds Management. He belongs to "Gekidan Komadori" from the age of 12. He debuted in 1962 on Fuji TV's "Shonen Tanteidan." In 1974, he made his movie appearance in "Ore no Chi was Tanin no Chi." Since 2011, he has been…

Iwaki Koichi

Koichi Iwaki is a Japanese Actor and Racer of Korean descent, born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. He debuted in 1975 at the age of 24, but shot to international fame with his role in the TV drama Kita no Kuni kara. He is very good friends with Tachi Hiroshi, with the two of them crazy over motorbikes.…

Satsuki Emi

Satsuki Emi is a Japanese actor under Stardust Promotion Inc. She was recruited to the company after being a finalist in Stardust Promotion's "2nd Star☆Audition." She was born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and is currently living in Tokyo. (Source: Japanese = Stardust Promotion || Translation = milo__ian…

Nakazono Miho

Nakazono Miho (中園美保) is a Japanese screenwriter from Nakano, Tokyo. She graduated from Nihon University Second High School (日本大学第二高等学校) and the Department of Broadcasting at the College of Art, Nihon University (日本大学). Since 2010, she has been a visiting professor…

I Hate But Love

6.9

In the high-octane, unorthodox romance I Hate But Love, a celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves face-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When…

Dorei Kojo

The bad situation of employees at Kanto Iron Works, causes them to form a trade union and making an attempt to change their working conditions. Soon, however, the newly created union has to fight not only with the…

Sabita Hono

In the early hours of April 13th, someone kidnapped five-year-old hemophiliac Kazuya Maruyama from Tanemura General Hospital in Setagaya, Tokyo. Soon, the desperate parents are contacted by the kidnapper, who blames…

Shin Kogarashi Monjiro

The story is set during the Tenpo era. Monjiro is born into a poor farming family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta District, Joshu Province. Having spent an unfortunate childhood, Monjiro leaves home at the age of 10 and…

Lost Love

6.4

The corpses of Nozomi Aoba, the daughter of a wealthy family, and Yamazaki, an engineer at the nearby nuclear plant, are found on a beach in what appears to be a double suicide. Shortly after that, a pimp named Sakata…

Pursuit at Dawn

This documentary-style police drama depicts life in the back alleys of Tokyo’s Shimbashi district. The film’s camera work shows the beginnings of Ichikawa’s innovative style.

A Female Spy, Elisa

During the Korean War (1950-1953), Park Ho, a Korean secret agent staying in Tokyo has relations with a female spy, Elisa. She, becoming a slave to his love, at last, confesses her identity. Later, she begins providing…

Drops of God

7.9

Alexandre Léger is the founder of a world-famous red wine guide and an authority on wine. He dies at his home in Tokyo, Japan. He has one child, Camille, but after Alexandre Léger divorced when Camille was 9 years…

We Made a Beautiful Bouquet

8.2

Mugi and Kinu first met after missing the last train at Meidaimae Station on the Keio Line in Tokyo. They bonded over their shared taste in music and films and quickly fell in love, and after college, they got part-time…