Yang Yong Hi

Yang Yong Hi is a Japanese-born Korean (or Zainichi) film director. Born in Osaka in 1964 as a second-generation Korean. She studied Korean literature at Korea University in Tokyo and media studies in New York. She has worked as a teacher, actress, radio host and foreign correspondent for TV. Having…

Watanabe Fumio

Fumio Watanabe was a Japanese actor most known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo before joining the Shōchiku studio in 1956.

Koike Asao

Koike Asao was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Tokyo. He graduated from Aoyama High School and joined the Bungakuza Acting Research Institute in 1950, making his stage debut in "The People of Mount Kunlun." In 1963, following a split in Bungakuza, he helped found the modern theater…

Jeffrey Rowe

Canadian actor, voice actor and producer. Originally from Prince Edward Island though living on and off in Tokyo and Vancouver since 2003. Speak English, French and Japanese. Involved in drama and theatre since his teens (Macbeth; The Merchant of Venice). Many lead and featured roles in TV and film…

Numata Yoichi

Numata Yoichi was a Japanese actor born in Yubara Village, Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Sixth Junior High School and dropped out of Nihon University's Film Department. After working as a trainee at the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Theater Company, he joined Toyoko…

Sato Shimako

Sato Shimako is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Her husband is the film director Takashi Yamazaki . In 1992, she made his directorial debut in the movie “Tale of a Vampire” and won the Aboriaz Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)

Nabe Osami

Nabe Osami is a Japanese actor, comedian, talent, radio personality, voice actor, and screenwriter from Omori, Tokyo, Japan.

Nishikiori Kazukiyo

Japanese actor , voice actor , director , dancer , leader of the male idol group " Shonentai". Nicknamed " Nikki " by fans , " Nishiki " among members . Born in Tokyo. He auditioned in his fifth year of elementary school and entered the office in July 1977, 6th year of Hirai Minami Elementary School…

Mariya Tomoko

Mariya Tomoko is a Japanese actress, singer, writer, and Musashino Art University lecturer from Minato-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Takarazuka Music School in 1980, scoring the highest points in her graduation exam. She joined the Takarazuka Revue as a 66th gen member. In 1989, she won the 39th Minister…

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. Born in Shinagawa- cho , Tokyo (now Shinagawa-ku , Tokyo ). In the 1930s Nikkatsu Kyoto studio joined in, Sadao Yamanaka studied with, Marne SanTaro , Kinugasa fourteen San , Hiroshi Inagaki…

Noriben: The Recipe for Fortune

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Komaki Nagai is a 30-ish woman that has had it with her aspiring writer, but holds no job, husband. She then divorces him and moves back to her hometown area of Kyojima, Tokyo, along with their young daughter Non-chan.…

Kimi ga Kemono ni Naru Mae ni

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At the end of the year, a poison gas terror attack takes place at a terminal station in Tokyo. 666 people die or are injured in the attack. The terror attack's number of victims is related to the "number of the beast",…

Nichijo no Zekkei

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The story depicts two women of different backgrounds who travel together to "everyday spectacular scenery", becoming closer to each other and being healed and energized by the scenery. (Source: Japanese = tv-tokyo.co.jp…

Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow

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Satoshi Murayama is a player of shogi (Japanese chess) who learned the game from Mori over a 10-year period starting at the age of 15. In 1994, he decided to move to Tokyo to get Meijin, which is one of the seven titles…

The Summer of Whales

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Chuya, who has been living without dreams or aspirations, decides to go to Tokyo. However, his resolve wavers after Yumiko, an older girl who he looks up, returns from Tokyo. Chuya starts to doubt his decision. (Source:…

Doku

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“A completely undetectable poison that kills 24 hours after consumed.” It is the rumour that has spread on the internet of a lethal drug that makes the perfect crime possible. It has even become a topic at the…

Aru Ai no Uta

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What happens when young people meet amidst the warmth, soft breezes and gentle waves of Okinawa? This is a romantic love story about a young college student on break from Tokyo who meets a handsome dive employee on…

Hotsureru

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Watako has just lost her lover, Kimura, in a traffic accident in Tokyo. She decides to bury the trauma of this tragedy and carries on with her life with her husband. Although she puts on a facade for a while, the loss…

Wolf Guy

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Sonny Chiba is Wolfguy, the only survivor of a clan of werewolves who relies on his feral, full-moon-activated superpowers to solve mysterious crimes. One night, a bizarre and bloody death in the Tokyo streets plunges…

Life Can Be So Wonderful

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Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama film. "The World Is Sometimes Beautiful" Noeda is 38 years old and has lived in Tokyo for 19 years. For 11 years now, she has…