Hoshino Kazunari

Hoshino Kazunari is a Japanese director from Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Nakayama Yuichiro

Yajima Kenichi

Yajima Kenichi is a Japanese actor from Gifu prefecture. He graduated from Meiji Gakuin University. He belongs to Papado. Yajima debuted as an actor in 1981. He has appeared in over 200 TV dramas and 70 films.

Hasegawa Tomoharu

Hasegawa Tomoharu is a Japanese actor.

Yanagiba Toshiro

Yanagiba Toshiro is a Japanese actor.

Katagiri Jin

Katagiri Jin is a comedian, actor, sculptor, and potter from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from Kasukabe High School and Tama Art University. Outside of Japan, he is most well known for playing the PC in the "Get A Mac" advertising campaign in Japan. He is a member of the Rahmens owarai comedy…

Maruyama Tomomi

Maruyama Tomomi is a Japanese actor and model born in Tomi, Nagano. He belongs to Cube. Maruyama graduated from Ueda Higashi High School in 1993, after which he entered the entertainment business. An advertisement he did for JT's Seven Stars in 2003 caught the attention of director Otani Kentaro, which…

Morinaga Yuki

Morinaga Yuki, born in Osaka, is a Japanese actor and model.

Nishida Masafumi

He was born in Tokyo. While studying at Gakushuin University, Nishida performed in a comedy unit which was later disbanded. He made his directing debut with the web movie ”Kikikomi”. He was also in charge of the composition of NHK's educational program ”Shakiin!”. Since then, he has been working…

Kinoshita Houka

In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, Gaki Teikoku, which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989,…

An Eater

A meditation on eating people and quiet waitresses. (Source: Letterboxd)

Young People

6.0

Asako, a daughter of an old banker Ryosuke Komiya, worked as a female clerk at Yahari Bank, but every morning she comes to work earlier than anyone else, cleaning up and handing tea even when not on duty earning scorn…

Beauty Within

69 years have passed since the atom bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and the consequences are still being felt. This documentary unites victims of the bomb and they range from Japanese women to Dutch and Koreans who were…

The Mourner

6.7

Sakatsuki Shizuto is a mourner. He goes to scenes of accidents and mourns for the victims. Nagi Yukiyo, who killed her husband and served prison time, goes to the scene of the murder and meets Shizuto. She follows…

Inch Forward

Kojima Kiriko is a film director who wants to make a road movie. What choices did Kiriko make as her ideals and reality drifted apart due to numerous problems such as limited budget and undecided cast? (Source: Japanese…

My Housemate Is an Heir

A rom-com about a thrilling new life where, by a strange twist of fate, a young heir who’s lost his memory starts living together with someone?! (Source: Japanese = swipedrama X || Translation = MyDramaList)

Beautiful Person

In 1945, when the Pacific War was nearing its final stage. Tosaku Kurihara, the deputy editor of Hyoronsha, who had a peaceful family with his beautiful wife Shino, was imprisoned as a suspect in the spy case raised…

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki

7.7

This intimate, revealing NHK documentary portrait of Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away) follows the tireless animator from his announced semi-retirement in 2013 through his decision to develop Boro…

I'm Your Destiny

7.8

Makoto Masaki and Haruko Kogetsu are both single 29-year-olds. Since they were children, they have passed by each other at various places, such as the beach and at shrines. Yet the two remain unaware of each other.…

A Girl & Three Sweethearts

8.0

Sakurai Misaki is a pastry chef who dreams of someday working for a renowned Patisserie overseas; she has prioritised work to the extent that she has forgotten how to kiss. When she loses her job at a bakery and has…