Tanaka Noboru

Tanaka Noboru was a Japanese film director known for his Roman Porno films, including three critically respected films known as the Showa trilogy: A Woman Called Sada Abe (aka Sada Abe: Docu-Drama) (1975), Watcher in the Attic (1976), and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! (1977), all three starring Nikkatsu…

Ashikawa Yoshimi

Ashikawa Yoshimi, born Kono Yoshimi (河野芳美), is a Japanese actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Ono Gakuen Women's High School (小野学園女子高等学校) and is affiliated with Office Mitsui (オフィス三井). She is also known by the name Awaya Yoshimi (粟屋芳美)…

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…

Hoshino Yuka

Hoshino Yuka is an actress known for supporting roles in Bayside Shakedown and Onsen Maruchi Daisakusen series. She graduated from Kyoto Sangyo University (specialty: Kyoto dialect; other interests: playing clarinet, piano, ocarina). In 1995, she moved to Tokyo where she made her debut in dramas.

Shiba Toshio

He was born on April 27, 1947 in Taito-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Kyoko Mano. Their daughter is actress Yuki Shibamoto. Shiba formerly went by his real name, Toshio Shibamoto (柴本俊夫 / SHIBAMOTO Toshio).

Aoyama Noriko

Noriko Aoyama who was born in Chiba, Japan is an actress and a former model, known for Legendary Assassin (2008), Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night (2010) and Fukigen na jiin (2005). She has appeared in more than 20 films since 2002. (Source: Wikipedia & IMDb)

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).

Date Shin

In 1925 he became a member of the theater company Tsukijishogekijo, where he made his debut in the play Gasu. When this theater company was disbanded in 1929, he joined forces with, among others, Osamu Takizawa and transferred to the left-wing theater company Tokyo sayokugekijo . There he spent a lot…

Honjo Manami

Honjo Manami is a Japanese talent, actress, voice actress, narrator, and essayist born in Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name is Sawada Manami (沢田まなみ). She is represented by Acura Inc., a talent agency. She spent her early years in Tokyo before moving to Osaka and Hyogo at the age of 4, where she…

Ayata Toshiki

Toshiki Ayata is a Japanese actor and director born in Nara prefecture. He graduated from Meiji University Faculty of Letters. His agency is knockout. After working at the On Theater Free Theater, he formed the theater company Tokyo Kandenchi with Emoto Akira and Bengal. Although he rarely appears on…

Tokyo Miracle City: Gargantuan Rail Network - The Passionate Pursuit of Punctuality

7.7

In this second episode, we explore the vast rail network that crisscrosses the metropolis. With 148 train lines carrying some 40 million passengers daily, Tokyo hosts the world's largest and most interconnected urban…

Tokyo High Tide

Murakami Hiroyasu, director of the documentary Nagare, turns his camera on an elderly homeless man who digs for freshwater clams along the Tama River estuary. His life brings into relief numerous issues confronting…

Tokyo Friend Park Special 2019

9.0

Tokyo Friends Park special feature. Takuya Kimura, Kyoka Suzuki and Sawamura Ikki from the Sunday Theater, Grand Maison Tokyo. From Tuesday's drama "You and I on the G-String" Haru, Taishi Nakagawa and Yuki Matsushita.…

Tokyo Adios

3.0

The semi-autobiographical story of an underground comedian in Japan's vibrant comedy scene. (Source: IMDB)

Tokyo Furugi Biyori

Tokyo Miracle City: Anime - Captivating the World Frame by Frame

8.0

In this third episode, we delve into one of Japan's most successful exports: "anime." Every year Japan produces some 2,300 hours of animated films and series: an incredible 400 plus titles, with the vast majority made…

Tokyo Miracle City: Shinise - Tokyo's Time-Honored Businesses

In this fourth episode, we focus on Tokyo's "shinise" or long-established businesses. Tokyo is home to more than 3,000 shops and businesses with over a century of history. In the 20th century, Tokyo was razed to the…

Tokyo Miracle City: Gourmet Capital - Keeping Alive the Spirit of Tsukiji

8.3

In the series Tokyo Miracle City, we unravel the secrets behind some of the capital's most intriguing wonders. In part one, we delve into Tokyo's famed and tantalizing food culture, exploring the role the iconic Tsukiji…

Tokyo Kurds

It is difficult to get refugee status in Japan. In 2016, the number of recognized as refugees was 28 out of 10,901. For the past 20 years, Turkish Kurds have been fleeing from prejudice and persecution and coming to…

Tokyo Telepath 2020

Summer 2018. Tokyo has become a giant building site in the run-up to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Behind the ambitious buildings' facades, an even more far-reaching transformation is unfolding: the city is…