Arishima Ichiro

Arishima Ichiro, born Oshima Tadao (大島忠雄) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of a steel factory owner. After attending Hioki Elementary School (日置尋常小学校) and Nagoya Middle School (名古屋中学校), where he developed an interest in theater, he…

Bando Kotaro

Bando Kotaro was a Kabuki actor and film actor in the early Showa period, born in Renjakucho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Honma Kentaro. At the age of five, he became a disciple of Sawamura Sojuro the seventh generation, and at the age of eight, he moved to the apprenticeship of Bando Mitsugoro…

Mochizuki Yuko

Mochizuki Yuko was a Japanese actress, film director, and politician, serving as a member of the House of Councillors for the Japan Socialist Party. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and in 1930, she left Tokyo Municipal Shinobugaoka High School without graduating. Under the stage name…

Hosokawa Chikako

Hosokawa Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Uchisaiwai, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Koran Women's School and joined Osanai Kaoru’s Tsukiji Little Theater in 1925, making her stage debut in "Kakujin Kakusetsu". In 1929, at age 23, she left the theater to help form the Shinjuku Theater…

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Murota Hideo

Murota Hideo was a Japanese actor born in Hokkaido, Japan. He was known for "Kagemusha" (1980), "Original Sin" (1992) and "Endless Waltz" (1995). He died on June 15, 2002, in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, due to lung cancer. (Source: IMDb)

Otomo Jun

Otomo Jun was a Japanese actor born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He was affiliated with Sogei Pro, Teatro Kakko, Hanabusa Pro, and the Tokyo Actors Cooperative Association. He graduated from the Tokyo Music School's pre-war Teacher Training Course and worked as a music teacher at Osaka Municipal Namba…

Imamura Genpei

Imamura Genpei was born Onodera Yukio on June 15, 1910 in Kaminarimon, Asakusa, Tokyo (now know Taito, Tokyo). He used a variety of kanji for his stage name during his career. He belonged to Empire Kinema, Shinko Kinema, Yoshimoto Kogyo, and Moulin Rouge Shinjukuza and presided over the Imamurahara…

Shinoda Noboru

Shinoda Noboru was a cinematographer born in Saitama, Japan. He studied at Nihon University and is best known for Love Letter (1995), Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) and Love Hotel (1985). He died in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Source: IMDb)

Shiozawa Kaneto

Shiozawa Toshikazu, better known by the stage name Shiozawa Kaneto, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. At the time of his death, he was attached to Aoni Production. His stage name originated from the Japanese director Shindo Kaneto. He was best known for his performances as Rei…

Nekoben to Toumei Ningen

7.6

Momose Taro, nicknamed “Nekoben”, is described as a genius lawyer by the people around him, and yet he is a poor man who lives in a run-down apartment. To make matters worse, he is 40 and still has no luck with…

Kabuki-Mono Keiji

10.0

At the time Tokugawa Ieyasu won the battle of Sekigahara, the Uesugis had their vast 1,200,000 koku holdings in Aizu drastically curtailed to 300,000 koku in Yonezawa, Dewa Province. Great numbers give up on the future…

Asura Girl - BLOOD-C Ibun Chi

6.6

It is confirmed today that Asura Shojo ~BLOOD-C Ibun~" (Asura Girl -Blood-C Side Story), an all-new live-action film inspired by the Blood-C anime series created by Production I.G and Nanase Ohkawa (CLAMP), is now…

Overnight Walk

Sakura(27), is an actress living in Tokyo. She is having difficulty getting work and wondered if she'd accept working in fields involving nudity. Right at that time, Yuriko visits Sakura. Yuriko is Sakura's sister…

Keishicho Tsuiseki Sosagakari: Kosa

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division, Pursuit Investigation Unit, is a department that investigates unsolved cases from a unique perspective and leads them to resolution. They are…

Mikikan no Tomo ni

The story follows "Sensei," a novelist who has formed a deep friendship with one of his students, Tsuruta. As Tsuruta prepares to go to war, he shares a drink with Sensei and reveals his decision to break up with his…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 37: Tokkyu Azusa Satsujin Jiken

A cash robbery murder case occurs in Tokyo, but the suspects in the case are killed one after another. Is it the culprit of the criminals trying to monopolize the money, or is it the crime of another person? As if…

Double Suicide Elegy

7.0

Mashiro works for a law firm in Kagurazaka. It takes 2 hours for him to commute one way. Kyoko works at the counter in a real-estate agency in Yurakucho. It takes 2 1/2 hours for her to commute one way. They meet each…

The Sacrifice Dilemma - Above

6.3

On the morning of the high school's graduation day, a voice over the school's intercom announces that "one hour later, everyone will die." But there is a way to survive. The students must offer a sacrifice. All the…