Shumon Mizuho

Shumon Mizuho is a Japanese actress born on November 14, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan. Her maiden name is Tanaba Mizuho. She is also known as Okura Mizuho. In 2006 she married the actor Okura Koji after dating for five years. The two met when co-starred in a musical in 2001. (Source: Wikipedia)

Wakayama Kiichiro

Wakayama Kiichiro is a Japanese actor and director born on November 30, 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. On November 28, 2013, he was arrested by the Chiba Prefectural Police Matsudo Police Department for violating the Stimulant Control Law for possessing a small amount of stimulants at his home in Minami-Azabu.…

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,…

Uno Naomi

Uno Naomi is a Japanese actress born on August 26, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan. Her father is the announcer Uno Kazuo and her older sister is the actress is Uno Ayumi. Naomi started her acting career as a child actor in 1996, influenced by her older sister. She graduated from Waseda university's faculty of…

Suzuki Utako

Suzuki Utako was a Japanese actress born in Kanda-ku, Tokyo. Her husband is actor Mizushima Ryotaro. She graduated from Kanda Elementary School. In 1938, she retired from the actress business, which lasted more than 30 years. Her whereabouts after her are unknown. However, her husband Mizushima died…

Ikeda Akira

Ikeda Akira, born in Japan, studied English literature at the Bunkyo University in Tokyo. He made his first feature film, Blue Monkey, in 2006 and received the Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival. His film Anatomy of a Paper Clip (2013) won a Hivos Tiger Award at IFFR 2014. (Source: IFFR)

Takagi Jiro

Takagi Jiro, born Takagi Kinjiro (高木緊二郎) in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Waseda Technical High School (早稲田高等工学校) and joined the Taiisen Artist Group (太泉アーチストグループ) in 1949. Takagi made his film debut in 1950 and was contracted with…

Kataoka Keiji

Kataoka Keiji is a Japanese director and television producer for NHK. Born in Tokyo, he majored in civil engineering at university where he his interest in video production began after encountering the world of show business in New York. He joined NHK in 1982 and has been producing and directing television…

Kusaka Takeshi

Kusaka Takeshi was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Toshima, Tokyo. He was the founder of the Shiki Theatre Company. His most known works as a voice actor are Frollo and Vega. And as an actor he is recognized by titles as Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994), Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)…

Haneda Erika

Haneda Erika is a Japanese actress and singer born on March 7, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan. She was part of the Jpop group CoCo.

Izakaya Moheji

7.5

A small, out-of-the-way izakaya in Tokyo has become the favorite hangout of people searching for nourishment for their bodies and their souls. The proprietor of Izakaya Moheji is Heiji. It is a place where regulars…

Tabi no Okurimono Ashitae

9.0

A man and two women travel by train to the city of Fukui from Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. The man formerly worked at a construction company. A woman is a hairstylist and the other woman is about to get married. As they…

Saibaku: Madi ni Shamisen Kanaderube

A documentary that records the last two years of Yujiro Takahashi, a Japanese folk song singer and Tsugaru shamisen master who passed away in September 2012. Born in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture in 1934, Yujiro moved…

Jouryuu Kaikyuu - Fukumaru Hyakkaten Gaishoubu

7.5

At the venerable Fukumaru Department Store in Kobe, Samejima Shizuo, who worked her way up from a part-timer, has been through a lot and built a career at the western confectionery department. She became a full-fledged…

Kakashi to Racket

6.8

Aki transferred from Tokyo to a school on a rural island. Tamako was born and raised on the island. Now, they attend the same middle school. Aki was a member of the soft tennis club back in Tokyo, but an incident caused…

Convenience Store Yume Monogatari

6.0

Koichi lives in Tokyo. He hears that his father Kozo has a heart attack and rushes back to his hometown. Kozo ran a liquor store for years. Despite the opposition of Kozo and people around him, Koichi changes the liquor…

born, bone, boon.

6.5

Hitoshi returns from Tokyo to his hometown on Aguni Island to introduce his new wife Yoko to his family. However, his real reason for coming back is the island's cultural tradition of "senkotsu," or washing the bones…

Momo to Kiji

8.8

Kojima Momo portrayed the character of Momotaro at a play in nursery school. Since then, she has dreamed of becoming an actress. At the age of 18, Kojima Momo went to Tokyo to become an actress, but it wasn't easy…

Fuuin Eizou 1 – Norowareta Mori

Dance Studio: Video security cameras had been installed in the dance studio somewhere in Tokyo, whereafter the girl went missing without a trace. Crawling: A female reporter for a local video variety show investigates…

Sakamichi no Ie

7.1

The bedding shop that Terashima Yoshitaro runs counters the flashy bargain sale of a large store with quality service. It steadily boosts sales. This is all thanks to Terashima whose only purpose in life is stashing…