Hasebe Kanae

Hasebe Kanae is an actress, voice actor, and writer from Tokyo, Japan. Her father is the movie director Hasebe Yasuharu and her brother is the novelist and screenwriter Hasebebakushino. She graduated from Tamagawa University. She's been active since 1985. She's best known for her "Abunai Deka" role,…

Sawamura Sadako

Sawamura Sadako was a Japanese actress and essayist born in Saruwakacho, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ohashi Teiko (大橋貞子). She was also known as an essayist, publishing memoirs such as "Song of Shells" and "My Asakusa." Her older brother, Tomokazu, became the fourth-generation Sawamura…

Kishida Kyoko

Kishida Kyoko was a Japanese actress, voice actor, and fairy tale writer born in Toyotama-gun, Tokyo as the second daughter of playwright Kishida Kunio. She graduated from Jiyu Gakuen High School. While she was a student at said school, she became interested in performing arts and aspired to become…

Abe Yuji

Abe Yuji is a Japanese television reporter and actor. He is represented with Tender Pro. He was born in Itabashi, Tokyo. He graduated from Yayoi Elementary School, Daiichi Junior High School, Koishikawa High School, and Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics. His height is 185…

Yokosawa Natsuko

Natsuko Yokosawa is a Japanese actress and comedian from Itoigawa, Niigata. She is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency in Tokyo from Yoshimoto Kogyo. She graduated from NSC in Tokyo. She is equally synchronised with comedy duos Matenrō and Dennis.

Furusawa Takeshi

Furusawa Takeshi began making 8mm films in college and won the scriptwriting award for his film home sweet movie at the 1997 Pia Film Festival. He enrolled at the Film School of Tokyo in 1997. After graduating, he worked as a director's assistant for Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, and Takahisa Zeze,…

Masumura Yasuzo

Masumura was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. He would become known as a maverick director whose main legacy was films portraying and promoting individualism, which was the opposite of the norm in Japanese society. He entered the law department of Tokyo University, but his studies were interrupted when he…

Ken Arai

Debuted as a member of "Transluv" from U'S Music in 2003, and solo debuted with the album "Tokyo Boy,Tokyo Girl" in 2007. Besides his self production, his activity ranges from producing music for artists, TV commercials and soundtracks. He has released 13 albums and 22 eps so far. As a DJ, his regular…

Kimura Kaela

Kimura Kaera is a Japanese pop rock singer, songwriter, fashion model, and television presenter. Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a British father and Japanese mother, Kimura started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine Seventeen. On September 1, 2010, Kimura married actor Eita after…

Koga Yako

Koga Yako (古賀哉子) is a Japanese singer and artist. She was a member of the Japanese pop girl group LaLuce from Last Idol. She announced her graduation from the group during their solo concert at Zepp DiverCity TOKYO on April 18, 2018.

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

8.1

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

6.9

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

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…

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…