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 Midnight Run

6.8

The story features Nao and Haruka being invited by their friend to play the Santa game in Shibuya on Christmas Eve i.e. doing good deeds for others and uploading the evidence on SNS. However, their friend fails to…

Tokyo Boys Collection Episode 1

Ikki is the ace pitcher on his baseball team, but he quits playing when his mother gets sick and he has to care for her and work part-time. He is acting out against his father, an aspiring musician who neglects the…

Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan

4.0

Tokyo Black Hole reveals the rarely discussed truth about real-life events in "Year Zero" of post-war Tokyo. It follows a young man living in present-day Tokyo who travels back in time and has "hands-on" experiences.…

Tokyo Decibels

6.9

University professor Chuya's big dream is to make a sound map of Tokyo, so he spends his days collecting sounds in Tokyo and analyzing them. One day, his girlfriend Fumi dumps him and a mysterious woman named Mariko…

Tokyo Capsule Hotel

Riko who works at a capsule hotel, came to Tokyo thinking she might be able to find something though she still hasn’t been able to achieve anything. One day, Riko finds something that someone forgot in a capsule.…

Tokyo Bang Bang

Tokyo Dara Dara Musume

7.4

Tokyo Noir

Yakuza's Narumi decides to retire, after doing his last job, but the gun fires during weapons trafficking transaction, killing an undercover investigator disguised as his opponent. Narumi, who has been chased by the…

Tokyo Blood Type House

8.0

The story is about 3 people who live together in a share house.

Sanjo Miki

Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…

Kudou Masaki

Born in Tokyo, Japan his father was the singer Hachiro Izawa and his sister is actress Kudou Youki. Horikoshi High School . Was an actor from 1988 - 1993. He attracted attention by appearing in the movie " The Seven Days of Our War " in 1988, and later appeared in many TV dramas and films, but resigned…

Gomi Kunitaro

He moved to Tokyo, and in 1900 (Meiji 33), when he was 25 years old, he joined the "Takada Minoru Ichiza", which was presided over by the new school Minoru Takada, and made many appearances in Hongo, Tokyo. In 1908 (Meiji 41), Yoshizawa Shoten started appearing in the movie studio Yoshizawa Shoten Meguro…

Nagahara Hideichi

Japanese screenwriter born in Tokyo.

Akagi Keiichiro

Born Akatsuka Chikahiro in Tokyo, Akagi and his family moved to Shonan, during World War II, to avoid air attacks, eventually settling in Hayama. His childhood was largely a pleasant affair, though it was sometimes punctuated by hardships typical for most Japanese families during the postwar years.…

Yoshikawa Mitsuko

Yoshikawa Mitsuko was a Japanese actress born in Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Yoshikawa Man (吉川マン). After graduating from Taimei Elementary School, she joined the Shochiku Kinema Research Institute in 1924 and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios in 1925. The following year,…

Hotta Ryusei

Singer and actor from Tokyo.

Mitsutake Kurando

Originally from Tokyo, Japan. Graduated with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. A member of the Directors Guild of Japan and Screen Actors Guild. Mitsutake made his feature film directorial debut with MONSTERS DON’T GET TO CRY in 2004. In 2008, Mitsutake produced, wrote, and directed his…

Tsuji Hitonari

Tsuji Hitonari is a Tokyo-born Japanese writer, composer, and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the name Tsuji Jinsei, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his name. He debuted as a vocalist of the rock band ECHOS in 1985 and the original song "ZOO" reached over a million…

Ichikawa Jun

Born in Tokyo, 1948. A prominent hitmaker of TV commercials, he earned the Grand Prize at the Cannes International Advertising Festival in 1985. His first film is "BU+SU" produced in 1987. His most acclaimed film is Tony Takitani, which earned him numerous festival awards. In the early morning hours…