Sing a Song of Sex

6.1

Four high school students preparing for their university entrance exam fantasize about a classmate and meet up with their inebriated teacher while singing bawdy-drinking songs. (Source: IMDb)

Japan’s Longest Summer

3.3

The year is 1963. Twenty-eight former military and government officials meet at a restaurant in Ginza to lament over Japan’s decision to surrender in World War II.

Japan's Longest Day

7.3

Depicting the time period from August 14, 1945 at noon until August 15. It depicted the Emperor and the cabinet as they decide to surrender and the subsequent radio broadcast announcing the decision to the Japanese…

Dark Tales of Japan: Special Edition

6.4

It comprises five short horror stories, directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told through a mysterious old lady in a kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long, isolated mountain road. >>…

Night and Fog in Japan

7.0

The wedding of two former student activists is interrupted by an uninvited guest, also a former activist. The film explores the rise and fall of student activism in 1950's Japan following the Japan-US Security Treaty…

Renewable Japan: The Search for a New Energy Paradigm

The lawyer and director Kawai Hiroyuki present how pioneering individuals, communities, and companies are meeting their energy needs in Japan and around the world. Together with Iida Tetsunari, the director shows the…

Nuclear Japan: The Nightmare Continues

A complete picture of Japan's nuclear problem is drawn in this documentary. Based on interviews with concerned parties and experts as well as documents and information gathered on-site, the film seeks out the truths…

Japan's Tragedy

5.9

A retired widower, Murai Fujio, who after being diagnosed with lung cancer, refuses treatment and shuts himself in his room with his wife’s altar. Meanwhile, his unemployed son is suffering with depression after…

Ley Lines

7.3

A group of Chinese youths living in Japan struggle to make their way in life and eventually find trouble with the local crime syndicate.

Japan Sinks: People of Hope

7.8

In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Higashiyama Eiichi pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Higashiyama…

Cho Hun Hyun

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Sugi Giichi

Sugi Giichi, born Sugi Yoshikazu (杉義一) in Uzumasa, Ukyo, Kyoto, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of actor Sugi Kyoji (杉狂児). In 1941, while attending Meisei Gakuen (明星学園), he joined the children’s theater troupe Kamoshikaza (かもしか座) and made his stage…

Kaihara Yukio

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Kitaura Akiyoshi

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Uchida Maaya

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Tomosaka Rie

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Tsuburaya Eiji

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Kinoshita Keisuke

Kinoshita Keisuke was a Japanese film director. Kinoshita was highly prolific, turning out some 42 films in the first 23 years of his career. For this, Kinoshita explained that he "can’t help it. Ideas for films have always just popped into my head like scraps of paper into a wastebasket. Although…

Hitoto Yo

Hitoto Yo, born September 20, 1976 in Taiwan, is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Hitoto is best known for her extremely popular debut single "Morai Naki". She is Taiwanese through her father and Japanese through her mother. Hitoto Yo lived in Taipei until her kindergarten years, then moved to Japan…

Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…