Otsuji Shiro

Otsuji Shiro was born on August 5, 1896 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor and director, known for Niho meiyu no tabi dainihen (1921), Blind Woman's Curse (1970) and Bakumatsu (1970). He died on April 9, 1952. (Source: IMDb)

Nakamura Kasho III

Nakamura Kasho III is a Japanese kabuki actor born on April 26, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan. His great-great grandfather is Nakamura Karoku I, his great-grandfather is Nakamura Karoku III, his grandfather is Nakamura Tokizô III, his father is Nakamura Kashô II, his brother is Nakamura Karoku V and his sons…

Minawa Ichiro

Aiming to become a singer, he studied vocal music at the Oriental Music School (currently Tokyo College of Music ). He was interested in stage sound effects by helping his sister, who was an actress of the new cooperative theater company, with the help of a shadow song. Although he joined Million Records…

Mayama Tomoko

Mayama Tomoko is a Japanese actress and quilt writer born in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. She graduated from Tokyo Kasei University Women's High School. Her husband is director Ninagawa Yukio, and her daughter is photographer Ninagawa Mika. Her grandfather is actor Tanizaki Juro. Her nieces are actresses Ninagawa…

Hanayagi Kogiku

Hanayagi Kogiku was a Japanese actress born in Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo. Her husband is actor Nakamura Takeya. After graduating from Tsukudo Jinjo Elementary School in Ushigome-ku, she adopted the name of Kogiku to become a geisha in Kagurazaka. Even after the war, she was active in Shochiku, Toho, Daiei,…

Kenmochi Tomoki

Kenmochi Tomoki is a former Japanese actor and voice actor. He is from Tokyo but was born in Miyagi prefecture. He worked for the Haiyuza Theater Company, Bungakuza Training Center, and belonged to the Nakazato Office. Kenmochi graduated from Tokai University High School. In the early stages of his…

Shiratori Shinichi

Shiratori Shinichi was a japanese director born in Hongo, Tokyo. He was married to Shiratori Akane, a screenwriter. He died on August 22, 2001 from an esophageal cancer. (Source : Wikipedia)

Meguro Sachiko

Meguro Sachiko was a Japanese actress. She debuted in 1949 with Daiei Tokyo Studio and was married with director Inoue Yoshio from 1955 till 1989

Naito Yoko

Naito Yoko is a Japanese Actress and model born on May 11, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan. She retired from the entertainment industry in 2005 and became a flower artist. She married in May 2014 and gave birth to her first daughter in December that year, but she divorced on September 2015. (Source: Wikiepedia)

Ishida Katsuto

Katsuto Ishida is a Japanese director born on October 20, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. He died from pneumonia on February 2, 2012. (Source: Wikipedia)

Silent Voice

7.5

People tell lies with words through their cerebral neocortex. However, the moment before a person speaks, the mental reflexes of the limbic system will be apparent. There is a police sergeant with the Tokyo Metropolitan…

Nile Perch no Joshikai

7.5

Career woman, Shimura Eriko, works for a large general trading company on equal footing with the men. She is beautiful and highly educated. Her parents have a house in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward. Life seems to be going…

Women Document Detectives Season 3

7.5

Narumi Risa is an eccentric, intellectually brilliant detective with a pen fetish. She has been holed up in the 6th Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division's Special Investigation…

Ryosangata Riko: Saigo no Puramo Joshi no Jinsei Kumitate Ki

7.5

Komukai Riko is the family's second daughter, with an elder sister who is sturdy and a younger sister who is more free-spirited. Riko was working briefly in Tokyo when she returned to her parent's residence after her…

Jinsei Saiko no Okurimono

7.5

Sasai Ryosuke, a translator who used to be a university lecturer, stays in a small Western-style house that stands at the back of Kishimojindo Temple in Tokyo’s Toshima ward. He has been living alone ever since his…

Pocket ni Boken wo Tsumekonde

7.5

Madoka Akagi grew up in a port town in the Kanto prefecture of Japan. After graduating from university, she moved to work at ADventure, a small advertising agency in Tokyo. She came to Tokyo in search of her dreams,…

Unreachable

7.5

Misaki, Yuuka, and Sakura live together in an old house on a corner of Tokyo. Though they are not related by blood, they have been bound together by a strong bond for the last twelve years. (Source: Mubi.com)

Kazoku no Urajijo

7.5

The Isawas are the average, ordinary Japanese family. Husband Yasuhiko and wife Yukari are the owners of Isawaya, a restaurant that serves set meals in the old downtown district of Tokyo. They are a happy couple despite…

Tora-san 14: Lullaby

7.5

During his travels Tora-san meets a troubled father with a baby. He shares a drink with the man who then abandons the baby into Tora-san's care. At his hometown in Shibamata, Tokyo, the family is worried about who…

Izakaya Fuji

7.6

Eiichi Nishio is an aspiring young actor, who is not well-known yet and only receives roles to play dead bodies. While wandering around Nakameguro, Tokyo, he recognizes the restaurant/bar Izakaya Fuji, which he had…