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…

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)

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…

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…

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…

David Sakurai

David Sakurai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the age of 18, he moved to Japan where he received his theatrical training and honed his skills in the indie film scene in Tokyo. After relocating back to Denmark in 2008, Sakurai proved himself a strong, versatile actor having been cast in a variety…

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…

Tane Rakuko

Tane Rakuko is a Japanese actress born in Ishikawa, Japan, represented by Office PSC (オフィスPSC). At 20, she moved to Tokyo and began hosting shows at Mikado (ミカド) in Akasaka, marking the start of her acting career. She joined the research institute of the Sanjuninkai Theater Company (劇団三十人会)…

Kaneko Nobuo

Kaneko Nobuo was a Japanese actor, culinary researcher, host, and talent born in Shitaya, Tokyo, Japan. He grew up in a family of dentists and struggled with tuberculosis from a young age, facing a prognosis that he might not live past 20. Despite his health challenges, he graduated from Kyoka Gakuen…

Our Huff and Puff Journey

6.3

Four female high school students in Fukuoka, Japan are big fans of Japanese rock band "CreepHyp.” They decide to go to Tokyo to attend their live concert.

Welkame

6.3

The 81st NHK Asadora is Welkame. The story revolves around a young woman named Nami, who was born and raised in a minshuku (a type of inn). She leaves for Tokyo to work for a magazine publisher, but is soon laid off.…

The Graduates

6.3

Akimoto Kayoko, a senior student in high school, is adept at practically anything she does and makes good grades. She has her mind set on entering a university in Tokyo. Nishi Takumi, who is a member of the baseball…

Home Away from Home

6.4

A taxi driver, young girl, and backer packer travel through fantastical Tokyo that is connected with each of their homes in Africa, Europe, and South East Asia. Akiko is a Japanese woman who figures in those travels.…

Suna no Utsuwa

6.5

On December 11, 1960, an elderly man was found bludgeoned to death near the Kamata Station in Tokyo. Detective Yoshimura Hiroshi is a rookie detective who has only one clue to go on - the name "Kameda". Detective Yoshimura…

Ura Aka - L'Aventure

6.5

Machiko can't shake the feeling of emptiness in her day-to-day life as a manager of a clothing store in Aoyama, Tokyo. One day, the casual words of Sayaka, a younger and charismatic store staff, stirs Machiko into…

All Esper Dayo! SP

6.3

High school student Kamogawa Yoshio suddenly gained the power to read other people's minds. One day, he receives mail from Asami Sae in Tokyo asking for his help. Kamogawa Yoshio loves Asami Sae. Kamogawa Yoshio goes…

Lala Pipo: A Lot of People

6.3

Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. (Source: AsianCinematic)