Shindo Eisaku

Born in Hidakagawa, Wakayama Prefecture. He moved to Tokyo to become a professional kickboxer, but changed his course and joined the acting institute of Theater Group Yen and became an actor. After that, he worked as a member of Tokyo Kid Brothers musical theater. In 1984, he made his debut as the leading…

Tanaka Mayuko

Tanaka Mayuko is a Japanese stage actress and voice actor. She is from Tokyo. She has an O blood type. She is 162 cm tall. She belongs to Group Impact (Kitazawa section) and the theater company Sugoroku.

Motegi Hiroshi

Known as the third chef of the long-established Western restaurant " Taimeiken " in Nihonbashi, Tokyo (currently Managing Director of Taimeiken).Mostly known from cooking variety shows.

Seki Sanjuro V

Seki Sanjûrô V was a tachiyaku actor, who spent the best years of his career in Tôkyô koshibai, performing in venues like the Asakusaza (which became the Hôraiza when he managed it for a few years in the 1910s), the Engiza, the Azumaza or the Waseda Gekijô. His forte were jitsugotoshi roles in…

Takayama Chigusa

Takayama Chigusa is a Japanese actress. She was affiliated with the Tokyo Actors' Cooperative (東京俳優生活協同組合) after working at Nikkatsu (日活). (Source: MyDramaList)

Kato Naoki

A film director, writer and producer. Born in Tokyo, Japan. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2007.

Yuki Mami

Yuki Mami is a Japanese actress born in Toshima-ku, Tokyo.

Ishihara Umi

Ishihara Umi is a Japanese artist and film director. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a BA in Fine Arts and went on to study at the University for the Creative Arts in London for an MA in Filmmaking. Her work consists of a surreal mix between documentary and fiction. The Garden Apartment…

Ogawa Natsumi

Hamada Minako (née Shimamura; born in Chōfu, Tokyo), better known as Ogawa Natsumi, is a Japanese actress and entertainer managed by Yoshimoto Creative Agency. Her aunt is actress Megumi Tama. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ichikawa Raizo VII

Ichikawa Raizo VII was a Japanese film and kabuki actor His father was the chief priest of the Honganji temple in Tôkyô. Disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX, he made his debut on stage in January 1896, performing under the name of Ichikawa Eitarô. He took the name of Ichikawa Raizô VII in March 1908.…

Midnight Swan

7.8

Nagisa is transgender woman. She grew up in Hiroshima as a man, but now lives in Shinjuku, Tokyo as a woman. Due to an incident, she begins to live with middle school student Ichika, who is a distant relative. Ichika…

Postman Blues

7.8

Sawaki, a quiet suburban postman, inadvertantly gets mixed up in the violent criminal underworld – eventually becoming the subject of a manhunt by the Tokyo police force. (Source: Mubi)

The Usual Night

7.8

Half scripted half real "A New Kind of Fake Documentary" starring the members of Fantastics From Exile Tribe It takes place in a boys' dormitory in Tokyo. An extraordinary "usual night" is weaved by facts and fiction.…

Letter from the Mountain

7.8

Highly specialized doctor Michiko finds herself seized with panic attacks. So, she and her partner, Takao, decide to leave behind their stressful lives in Tokyo for a simpler life in the small farming village of Shinshu.

Keiji 7-nin Season 2

7.8

Called the “graveyard of detectives”, the Twelfth Section is ridiculed as the “banishment room where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent”. Amagi Yu transfer to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s…

FAKE MOTION: Yukemuri Onsen Takkyu Jikenbo

7.8

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…

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)

Tsuribaka Nisshi

7.8

Hamasaki Densuke is a newly-hired employee who has just joined the big construction company Suzuki Construction. The construction industry is enjoying a boom as the country prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hama-chan…

The Story of Shotaro Ishinomori, the Man Who Created a Hero

7.7

It's April 1956. 18-year-old Ishinomori Shotaro graduated high school with dreams of becoming a manga artist. After graduating, he moved from Miyagi Prefecture to Tokyo. His older sister Yoshie was seeing him off,…

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…