Kodaka Masaru

Kodaka Masaru is a former actor and child actor from Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo. He joined Shinko Kinema in 1937 and debuted with "Otoko Narya koso." In 1938, he transferred to Toho. In 1944, after transferring to Shochiku, he entered the School of Political Science and Economics at Hosei University but dropped…

Tanaka Akiko

Screenwriter. Born in Fuchu, Tokyo .

Kazu Yuko

Real name Sachiko Matsuyama. Born in Toshima-ku , Tokyo. Miss Kimono in 1981. Wife of singer Hiroshi Itsuki. She was active between 1982-1989, and then retired. Now, she's talent agency CEO and a manager, including her husband.

Nagayama Yoko

Enka singer and actress. Born in Ota-ku , Tokyo, Japan.

Yanagiya Gontaro III

The third generation Yanagiya Gontaro is a rakugo storyteller from Kita-ku, Tokyo. He belongs to the Rakugo Kyokai and is a consultant to the association. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Meiji Gakuin University. At Meiji Gakuin University, he was active in the Rakugo Study Group. On April 1, 1970,…

Yanagiya Gontaro I

The first Yanagiya Gontaro was a Japanese rakugoka born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1939, he belonged to the Toho Meijinkai. In addition, h becomes a signboard rakugoka of Toho along with the 3rd generation Kinba Sanyutei. Even after the war, he remained popular but fell ill in 1950. At the same time, a…

Sato Tamio

Sato Tamio is a Japanese actor born on March 17, 1970 in Tokyo, Japan.

Murakoshi Shigeru

Murakoshi Shigeru is a Japanese screenwriter. He was born in Tokyo.

Namiki Ichiro

Namiki Ichiro Namiki was a manzai master and actor from Hongo-ku, Tokyo, in the Showa and Heisei eras. He belonged to the Dosa troupe and toured various places. In 1936, he joined the Sumiko Kurishima Theater Company after traveling around and studied under Kurishima Sagoromo. In 1938, he turned to…

Yanagida Teiichi

Yanagida Teiichi was a Japanese actor and singer from Fukagawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo. He was active in Asakusa opera during the Taisho era. He is known as "Enoken" and is known as Enomoto Kenichi's master. At the age of 51, he suddenly died of stomach cancer on July 16, 1947, shortly after the war.

Monster Seafood Wars

6.7

Yuta, a young master at the Tsukiji Fish Market, accidentally drops his meal of mixed seafood into the Sumida River. Some time afterward a gigantic mutated squid monster arises from the depths and begins to wreak havoc…

Shiawase no Soup wa Ikaga?

6.7

In Hong Kong, Lam Mei Lan is determined to hold onto her grandfather's noodle shop despite plans for redevelopment in the area. She meets Tao Tetsuya, a from Tokyo who is supposed to be looking after a friend's cats…

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 25th Anniversary Special - Masterpiece Revival

6.7

An omnibus special comprised of five segments: >> Story 1: "Kino Koen" (昨日公園) Nakajima Miwa, now attending a Tokyo university, reunites with her childhood friend Machida Takako in their hometown, only to learn…

Take Me Away!

6.7

Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not in his mind. They were to meet again back in Tokyo but Tetsu didn't turn up. She went to look for him in San Francisco…

Amnok River Flows

6.7

This drama portrays the turbulent life of Lee Mi Reuk, a Korean expatriate who fought for the freedom of his country while studying medicine in Tokyo during the period when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. He…

Sauce-san no Koi

6.7

Uno Masanao, a 19-year-old student of a university of the arts, works part-time at a convenience store in Tokyo. Every night, a mysterious older woman Gota Mika comes to this convenience store and only buys sauce.…

Nin x Nin: Ninja Hattori-kun

6.8

Kanzo Hattori, an apprentice ninja, leaves his hometown of Iga to go to Edo (Tokyo). There, for his final training, he must find himself a master, and protect his master with his life, whilst upholding the ninja code.

Sister

6.7

Nagisa Miyoshi and Saho Miyoshi are sisters and very close to each other. Younger sister Nagisa Miyoshi leaves her hometown of Hiroshima and begins to live with her older sister Saho Miyoshi, who has already moved…

The Room

6.6

A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy has left behind, in hopes of finding The Room.

Profound Desires of the Gods

6.8

Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the Tokyo engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well for the…