Tokyo Telepath 2020

Summer 2018. Tokyo has become a giant building site in the run-up to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Behind the ambitious buildings' facades, an even more far-reaching transformation is unfolding: the city is…

Tokyo Kurds

It is difficult to get refugee status in Japan. In 2016, the number of recognized as refugees was 28 out of 10,901. For the past 20 years, Turkish Kurds have been fleeing from prejudice and persecution and coming to…

Tokyo Furugi Biyori

Tokyo Adios

3.0

The semi-autobiographical story of an underground comedian in Japan's vibrant comedy scene. (Source: IMDB)

Tokyo High Tide

Murakami Hiroyasu, director of the documentary Nagare, turns his camera on an elderly homeless man who digs for freshwater clams along the Tama River estuary. His life brings into relief numerous issues confronting…

Tokyo Miracle City: Anime - Captivating the World Frame by Frame

8.0

In this third episode, we delve into one of Japan's most successful exports: "anime." Every year Japan produces some 2,300 hours of animated films and series: an incredible 400 plus titles, with the vast majority made…

Tokyo Miracle City: Gourmet Capital - Keeping Alive the Spirit of Tsukiji

8.3

In the series Tokyo Miracle City, we unravel the secrets behind some of the capital's most intriguing wonders. In part one, we delve into Tokyo's famed and tantalizing food culture, exploring the role the iconic Tsukiji…

Tokyo Miracle City: Gargantuan Rail Network - The Passionate Pursuit of Punctuality

7.7

In this second episode, we explore the vast rail network that crisscrosses the metropolis. With 148 train lines carrying some 40 million passengers daily, Tokyo hosts the world's largest and most interconnected urban…

Tokyo Friend Park Special 2019

9.0

Tokyo Friends Park special feature. Takuya Kimura, Kyoka Suzuki and Sawamura Ikki from the Sunday Theater, Grand Maison Tokyo. From Tuesday's drama "You and I on the G-String" Haru, Taishi Nakagawa and Yuki Matsushita.…

Tokyo Miracle City: Shinise - Tokyo's Time-Honored Businesses

In this fourth episode, we focus on Tokyo's "shinise" or long-established businesses. Tokyo is home to more than 3,000 shops and businesses with over a century of history. In the 20th century, Tokyo was razed to the…

Atsumi Mari

Born in Tokyo to parents who were also actors, Atsumi went on to appear in 28 films after quitting high school in 1968 to pursue the profession. She flaunted her attractive body, which soon made her into a sex idol in Japan. Daei, the company under which she was on contract, went bankrupt however in…

Kakisawa Aya

Pastry chef from Tokyo .

Saito Emi

After graduating from Tokyo Zokei University, majoring in film, she gained experience as an assistant director under many directors. In 2017, she directed the short film "Tokyo Capsule" under the Young Filmmaker Development Project (ndjc). In 2018, her feature film project "Birth Cry" won the President's…

Kobayashi Hiromi

Born in Tokyo . After graduating from university , she joined a theater company and performed on stage . After 11 years , she left the theater company . After that , he expanded his range of activities to narration work , etc.

Ota Yu

Joined TV Tokyo in 2002.

Shimazaki Mami

Born in Tokyo in 1975, she started studying ballet at age three. At 16, she moved to Switzerland and studied at Maurice Bejart's Rudra dance school in Lausanne. After finishing her studies, she danced with several troupes and projects in Europe and Japan. At the end of the 1990s, after meeting Israeli…

Tanaka Hosaki

Born in Tokyo, Japan, and studied at Keio University, where he joined the KAKI-KUU-KYAKU Theater Company in 2016. He has directed an independent film that won the Grand Prix in the Science Fiction category at the 9th TOHO CINEMAS Student Film Festival.

Tabe Mikako

Tabe Mikako is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. Starting acting in her teens with a role in the Sailor Moon musicals, she has developed into a lead actress in film and television, playing the heroine in the Asadora Tsubasa, starring in TV comedy series such Yasuko to Kenji and Deka Wanko, and playing…

Yoshizawa Ryo

Yoshizawa Ryo is a Japanese actor from Tokyo represented by Amuse. He was signed by the agency after winning Right On award at the Amuse National Audition 2009, for which his mother registered him to join. His breakthrough roles were as Okita Sougo in Gintama, and as Yuichi in Friends Games. In early…

Kimura Tatsunari

Tatsunari Kimura is a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. He's headed by Up 2 You (UTY) Co. TeniMyu is his debut in the entertainment business. Within it, he plays the role of Kaidoh Kaoru as a part of Seigaku 7th.