Oda Masao

Oda Masao, born Saiki Masao (斎木政雄) was a Japanese actor born in Waseda, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. He later changed his name to Oda Masao (織田真佐男). He began his acting career at age six and graduated from Tokyo Prefectural School of Arts (東京府立工芸学校). In 1930, he enrolled…

Miki Norihei

Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…

Yamaoka Hisano

Yamaoka Hisano was a Japanese actress born in Magome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The rights to her past works were entrusted to Office Tendo by her adopted daughter. In 1942, she enrolled in the 33rd class at the Takarazuka Music School. She aimed to become an otokoyaku (male role performer) and had planned…

Fukuhara Mitsunori

Fukuhara Mitsunori is a Japanese screenwriter, theatre director and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Imaging Art. His talent agency is KNOCKS,INC.

Koyanagi Yukimi

Koyanagi Yukimi was born on April 9, 1958 in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Departures (2008), Bokura no nanoka-kan sensô (1988) and Ringu 0 (2000).

Yanagisawa Shinichi

Yanagisawa Shinichi was a Japanese jazz singer, actor, voice actor, welfare activist, vaudevillian, and lyricist from Tokyo. He was affiliated with M-Three and served as honorary president of the NPO Japan Abilities Association and honorary director of the Kima Makan in Higashiyamato. During World War…

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Azuma Chiyonosuke

Azuma Chiyonosuke was a Japanese actor and dancer. He appeared in more than forty films from 1954 to 1993. Born in Tokyo, Azuma attended the Tokyo University of the Arts, while studying Japanese dance under Bando Mitsugoro VIII. He joined the Toei studio in 1954 and became a star after his debut film,…

Maie Hiromi

Profession: Actor / taxi driver / essayist Alias: Shotaro Tachibana (Tachibana Shotaro) Old stage name: Maie Hiromi Group name: Johnny's Born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, he's the middle of three brothers (sister and brother). He was scouted by the second generation Johnny Kitakawa who worked for the US Embassy,…

Suzuki Ikko

Suzuki Ikkou, real name Suzuki Hirokazu, is a Japanese actor. He was born in Sangenjaya, Tokyo. (Source: Wikipedia)

Life of Mariko in Kabukicho

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Mariko works as a bartender at a small bar in the alleyways of Shinjuku Golden Gai, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo. She also works as a private detective. One day, she receives a request from an organization. Their request…

Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City

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School teacher Ichikawa, sometimes known as Zebraman, suddenly awakes 15 years later in the year 2025. The megapolis known as Tokyo has now been renamed to Zebra City. The city has become virtually crime free due to…

The Terrible Couple

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Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrolls in a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Plans are made for him to live in his uncle’s house,…

Cobalt Blue

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Cobalt Blue is the story of three childhood friends—Ryoko , Kazuya , and Daisuke”who grew up together on a remote island of Okinawa. Ryoko's mother, Morishita Yukiko , is a world-renowned pianist who arrives…

The Room

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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.

Aruku Aruku Aruku. Shikoku Henro-do.

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The story of Hayama Misa, a down-on-her-luck free-lance writer, leaving her unhappy life in Tokyo as she takes part in the Shikoku Pilgrimage as a lone walking pilgrim. It has been said that if a pilgrim completes…

Dynamite Graffiti

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When he was just seven-years-old, Suei's mother blew herself up with dynamite in a love-pact suicide with the neighbor's son. Suei worked at a factory in the city after graduating from high school and then quit to…

Crazy Thunder Road

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A nihilistic tale of warring biker gangs and ultra-nationalist militias. When the leader of the once-notorious biker gang of Tokyo falls in love with a barmaid and quickly loses his rebellious ideals, the rest of the…

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss

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Tough girl biker Ako comes across Mei and her girl gang (the Alleycats/Stray Cats) as they are about to have a knife fight in Shinjuku, Tokyo with another gang of girls. When the second gang calls in their boyfriends…

Princess Toyotomi

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National Audit Bureau member Matsudaira Hajime (Tsutsumi Shinichi), Torii Tadako (Ayase Haruka) & Asahi (Okada Masaki) travel from their homebase of Tokyo to the city of Osaka. Their mission is to discover any financial…