Kataoka Kyoko

Kataoka Kyoko is a Japanese actress born on June 19, 1971 in Tokyo, Japan. Her father is the Kabuki actor Kataoka Nizaemon. Her older brother is Kataoka Kotaro and her older sister is Kataoka Sachi. She married in 1999. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ikeda Shuichi

Ikeda Shuichi is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo, Japan. Ikeda is married to Tamagawa Sakiko, although he was once married to Toda Keiko. He currently works for Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society.

Oami Ayano

Oami Ayano is a Japanese gravure idol, actress and radio host born at Tokyo.

Take Masaharu

Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1967, Take Masaharu graduated from Meiji University in Tokyo. In 1986, during the course of his studies, he began making independent films. He then moved on to work as an assistant director for directors like Ishii Takashi or Sai Yoichi and made his feature film debut with…

Irie Wakaba

Irie Wakaba is a Japanese actress from Minato-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Bunka Gakuin, Department of Fine Arts. Her mother is Irie Takako, a popular actress from the silent film era. (Source: MyDramaList)

Yamamoto Yoko

Yamamoto Yoko is a Japanese actress born in Nakano, Tokyo.

Alexander Hunter

Alexander W. Hunter is an American born actor and model based out of Tokyo, Japan. He is mainly known for his role as David in The Benza, Benza English, and the spin-off video game The Benza RPG. He is also known for his roles as Owen Scott in the movie Eine Kliene Nachtmusik and John in 1446: An Eternal…

Fukumura Mizuki

Fukumura Mizuki, born October 30, 1996 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese pop singer under Hello! Project. She is a 9th generation member of the Japanese pop-group Morning Musume and a former member of the Hello! Project trainee group Hello! Pro Egg. She joined Hello! Project in 2008 as a Hello! Pro Egg,…

Shimizu Saki

Saki Shimizu, born November 22, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan, is a J-pop singer. Her career began in 2002 when she successfully passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within Hello! Project. Since then, she has continued to sing in that group and has become a part of two smaller…

Isaki Mitsunori

Mitsunori Isaki was born on March 17, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Dreams (1990), Howl's Moving Castle (2004) and Kamen raidâ Ôzu (2010).

A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

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From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and background artist for many famed works from Japan’s Studio Ghibli. Over…

Fragments of the Last Will

8.1

Set in a Siberian detention camp where more than 600,000 Japanese were unfairly detained in 1945 after World War II. (Source: News Yahoo) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Shuyojo kara Kita Isho" (収容所から来た遺書)…

The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea

8.3

A grand tale of love, friendship, and family spanning 70 years, set between the coal industry boom in Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, from 1955 and modern-day Tokyo. The story weaves together the bonds of family,…

The Last Man the Movie: First Love

Minami Hiromi, a blind FBI special agent, is assigned to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for an exchange program. Nicknamed the “Last Man,” he is regarded as the ultimate trump card who never fails to…

Road

An international crime thriller that follows two detectives, Kang Cheong Do and Inose, as they track a series of gruesome cross-border murders, characterized by twisted bodies and mysterious dying messages. The story…

Imado Jinja

“I want you to be with me forever. I'll always be there for you.” The Imado Shrine in Tokyo is known as a power spot for matchmaking and, according to the legend, the birthplace of the Maneki-neko (lucky cat) figurine.…

Monster

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The film is about a woman who has lived two very different lives. As a girl, she was known as Tabuchi Kazuko and was often called a monster for her hideous facial features. After leaving her hometown for Tokyo, she…

Tabi Suru Sandwich

7.9

Kurumi and Kaede run a "traveling sandwich shop" that wanders around Japan and offers sandwiches made from local produce. (Source: TV Tokyo)

FAKE MOTION: Yukemuri Onsen Takkyu Jikenbo

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One month after Ebisu Nagato Campus High School table tennis club challenged Satsukawa University Shibuya High School, both schools and Tokyo Metropolitan South Hachioji Technical High School make a hot spring trip…

Kare ga Boku ni Koishita Wake

6.3

Two teachers work together at the same high school. Hikawa Toru is a methodical but naive elite graduate from the University of Tokyo while Akagi Masashi is a physical education teacher who is kind-hearted but a little…