Kokontei Kikuchiyo

Real name: Yasuyo Noguchi (野口 泰代). Born in Itabashi-ku , Tokyo. She's a Rakugoka - a person whose profession is to perform Rakugo. Rakugo is a type of traditional Japanese storytelling that was established in Japan during the Edo period. These are short anecdotes, humorous stories, passed on…

Hori Yukitoshi

Hori Yukitoshi is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Setagaya, Tokyo. He is the older brother of fellow voice actor Hori Hideyuki and is currently represented by Aoni Production. (Source: Wikipedia)

Harada Rikako

Harada Rikako is a Japanese actress born in Kagawa Prefecture. She is affiliated with Chouchou Saison Inc., and a former member of idol group Tokyo Cheer2 Party.

Kobayashi Toshiko

Kobayashi Toshiko, born in Tsukiji, Chuo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. In April 1946, she left school and joined the Nichigeki Dancing Team (NDT), making her stage debut in February 1947. In 1949, she was scouted by director Kinoshita Keisuke of Shochiku and debuted in the film "Yabure Daiko."…

Omi

Omi, born as Nakasato Hideomi, is a Japanese actor in Tokyo, Japan.

Ishii Hideaki

Ishii Hideaki is an actor and voice actor from Niigata prefecture. He belongs to the theater group Yen. When he was a junior high school student, he aspired to become an actor when he remained in the final selection of the movie "Shonben Rider". He moved to Tokyo after graduating from high school. After…

Yanaka Atsushi

Yanaka Atsushi is a Japanese musician, lyricist and actor. He is a member of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. (Source: Wikipedia)

Tsutsumi Daijiro

His real name is Masato Hayashima . Born in Nakano-ku , Tokyo. Actor and singer. Also voice actor and stage actor.

Hayashi Hiroko

Hayashi Hiroko is a Japanese singer, actress, and talent born in Ota-ku, Tokyo. In 1967, when she was seven, she made her debut as a child actress in the NHK TV series "Journey". She belonged to the theater company Iroha when she was a child actress. In 1973, she won the first Grand Champion in the…

Nihei Masanari

Nihei Masanari was a Japanese actor born in Nagata-cho, Kojimachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Senshu University High School. He had worked at the Nihei office and belonged to Mesena. His father was German. Because he liked movies, he aspired to be an actor in his third year of high school and…

Home: The House Imp

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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

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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

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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…

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,…

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…

Yoshino's Barber Shop

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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

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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

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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…