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…

Kaga Yoshiji

Kaga Yoshiji is a Japanese producer born in Setagaya, Tokyo. He graduated from Keio University Faculty of Economics. After college, he hoped to become a film director, but his father opposed this decision. He joined NTV in 1962 as a part-time worker in the performing arts departments. Two years later,…

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.…

Shokatsu Damashii

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A young woman's strangled corpse was found at a boat dock in a park in Koto district, Tokyo. Her belongings are nowhere to be found, and her identity is unknown. There was no sign of her clothes being disheveled or…

The Woman in the Rumor

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Hatsuko Mabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out about her mother's profession.…

Atai no Elegance

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Yakushiji Momoko is a single mother working as a truck driver. Momoko recently moved from Ibaraki to Tokyo, and realised that the elementary school her daughter will be attending is one of those where only celebrity…

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Bestseller Kara no Chousenjou

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1. "Poseidon no Batsu" A large real estate company’s social gathering is held on board the cruise ship ‘Poseidon’ as it goes around Tokyo Bay. Then, the company president, Kudo Ryoko, is fatally stabbed. The…

Kansatsu no Ichijo-san

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Yuki Maria, a highly accomplished detective who has been working her way up the career ladder at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division, is suddenly abandoned by her fiancé on her…

Cutie Honey: The Live

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A live-action TV remake of the popular manga by Go Nagai, "Cutie Honey: The Live" premiered on TV Tokyo on October 2, 2007. Starring gravure idol Mikie Hara as Honey, the series focuses on a set of three transforming…

Chief - Keishichou IR Bunsekishitsu

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Togane Takichi, the CEO of a construction company, is shot dead in the street in Nishi Shinjuku in Tokyo. The only eyewitness, Odagiri Naoto, refuses to cooperate with the police for some reason. Fukamachi Kotaro,…

Odayaka-ya

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A short film documenting a couple who, after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake & tsunami, uproot their urban Tokyo lives and plant themselves in a traditional, natural farming community in rural Sagamiko, Kanagawa Prefecture,…

Follow the Light

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In a fading village in the Japanese countryside, the school is about to be closed, which weighs heavily on the students. Freshly arrived from Tokyo with his father after an acrimonious divorce, the shy Akira escapes…

Heaven's Coin

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A woman named Aya is working in Hokkaido for a doctor, Shuichi, that left Tokyo for personal reasons. Aya is both deaf and mute, and she's secretly in love with Shuichi. After a while, Aya tells him that Shuichi has…