Inagaki Mihoko

Mihoko Inagaki is a Japanese actress and businesswoman born in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. She attended Tamagawa Gakuen schools and began her studies at Japan Women's University before transitioning to her acting career. In 1956, while still a student, she was scouted and debuted in Nikkatsu's "Hanano Unkou."…

Hiraiwa Yumie

The daughter of the chief priest of Yoyogi Hachiman shrine, Hiraiwa Yumie was born in Tokyo in 1932. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women's University, the aspiring author studied under novelist Togawa Yukio and became a member of Shinyo-kai, an organization to…

Fukae Shoki

Fukae Shoki, born Fukae Akiyoshi (深江和久) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor affiliated with Ishihara Promotion (石原プロモーション) and Group 71 (グループ71). During World War II, he served as a special naval youth recruit aboard the aircraft carrier Shinano. After working in…

Egi Toshio

Toshio Egi was born on June 4, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor and producer, known for High and Low (1963), Yuki no Concerto (1991) and Zatôichi monogatari (1974). Child activity started at the age of three. Since 1959, he has been active mainly in Nikkatsu films, and has performed with numerous…

Miura Hayato

Miura Hayato is a Japanese screenwriter. He was born in Tokyo. His talent agency is &REAM,Inc.

Miyazono Junko

Junko Miyazono was born on May 30, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan as Junko Miyano. She is an actress, known for Furyô banchô: Inoshika Ochô (1969), Yôen dokufu-den: Han'nya no Ohyaku (1968) and Yôen dokufu-den: Okatsu kyôjô tabi (1969). (Source: IMBd)

Matsuo Kazuko

Matsuo Kazuko was a Japanese singer born in Kamata, Tokyo (now Kamata, Ota, Tokyo ) and raised in Hakone.

Inuzuka Hiroshi

Hiroshi Inuzuka is a Japanese actor, comedian and bassist born in Tokyo, Japan. Inuzuka is one of the members of the Crazy Cats. He is known for "Kamen Raider Zetto O" (1993), "Onsen Derira Dai shogeki" (1970) and "Kureji da yo: Kisotengai" (1966).

Furuyama Kentaro

Furuyama Kentaro is a Japanese actor born in Suginami ward, Tokyo, Japan.

Kawazu Yusuke

Kawazu Yusuke was a Japanese actor born on May 12, 1935 in Tokyo, Japan.

Home: The House Imp

7.1

A family in ruins recovers through their encounter with a Zasikiwarashi (Japanese yokai). A middle-aged father cannot find his place at work or home. He is transferred to Iwate from Tokyo. The father takes his wife,…

Afro Tanaka

7.2

Based on manga by Masaharu Noritsuke, about the unique daily life of an afro-haired young guy. Tanaka has to move to Tokyo for his work, where he meets a beautiful young lady at a Goukon (group date). This is their…

Follow the Light

7.2

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…

Odayaka-ya

7.2

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,…

Shokatsu Damashii

7.2

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

7.2

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

7.2

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…

Yoshino's Barber Shop

7.1

In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day, a drastic change occurs when a transfer student with bleached hair…

Beijing Watermelon

7.1

The film is based on true events. It centers around Shunzo, a popular greengrocer who lives in a city near Tokyo. His life, and that of his wife, Michi and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change when he encounters…

Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! Bestseller Kara no Chousenjou

7.2

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…