Ichikawa Suminojo

Ichikawa Suminosuke was a Japanese Kabuki actor and actor born in the Miyazu clan of Tango Province. He is sometimes referred to as Ichikawa Tomiyuki, and his real name is Okumura Sukichi. His old stage names are Nakamura Umetaro and Nakamura Rokusho. His death date is unknown. In 1867, when he was…

Otani Kijaku

Otani Kijaku was a Japanese actor born in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. He joined Yokota Shokai in the last years of the Meiji era and had supporting roles in silent movies mainly starring Onoe Matsunosuke. On September 10, 1912 , Yokota Shokai became Nikkatsu due to the merge with Fukuhodo, Yoshizawa…

Tokoo Kenichi

Tokuo Koji

Shishi Bunroku

Shishi Bunroku was a Japanese novelist and director from Tsukioka-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy and a recipient of the Order of Culture. He went to Keio University's Department of Finance but dropped out. In 1942, he won the Asahi Prize for Culture for "Kaigun" which…

Seki Megumi

Seki Megumi is a Japanese actress born in Kanagawa. She belongs to Stardust Promotion. She debuted in April of 2004 with a commercial for "Sokenbicha Green Tea Blend." Her movie debut she made in March of 2005 in "Love Is Five Seven Five!."

Gotsuji Shingo

Gotsuji Shingo is a Japanese actor. He is mainly active in TV dramas, movies, commercials and stage plays.

Katsura Asami

Katsura Asami is a Japanese actress.

Kondo Masaomi

Masaomi Kondō is a Japanese actor.

Kataoka Tsurutaro

Tsurutarou Kataoka is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards, at the 13th Hochi Film Award and at the 10th Yokohama Film Festival for The Discarnates. -- Wikipedia

A Weather Report

One summer, Hikaru Nishizawa, who was born and raised in Niigata and just graduated from high school, comes to Tokyo alone to meet her father, whom she has never met, without telling her mother Mayumi. A road movie…

On the Hills of Biei

Biei Town, spread out at the foothills of the Tokachidake mountain range in Hokkaido. There, Kaoru and Riko, who have come from Tokyo, work hard in training as they aim to start new lives as farmers. However, the integration…

Mei no Mei: Fuyu Camp Hen

The story takes place six months later and tells the story of Ozu, Mei and other immigrants as they take on a "freezing cold camp" in 12 cities and towns in Fukushima during the winter. (Source: Japanese = tv-tokyo.co.jp…

4D: Love Transcends Time

Love & loss across space and time. The year is 1898, Tokyo, Japan. A beautiful widow, Sachi, attends a moon-lit Kuchiyose ceremony on the anniversary of her deceased husband’s death - to bring her beloved Anjin back.…

Ginger Boy

Kishida, a regional bank employee, is suddenly transferred to the Tokyo headquarters. With nowhere else to go, he temporarily moves in with Kura, a high school friend who is now a free-spirited filmmaker in Tokyo.…

Kikatan

"Why am I here?" Under the bright lights, the naughty questions continue. Yoneda Chiaki came to Tokyo hoping that "something" would change, but the only people who showed interest in her in the city were the touts…

Midsummer Fruit

Ayumi and her husband, Ryoma, who met by chance and run a grape farm together. Every winter, Ryoma leaves his house and fields to his wife and goes to Tokyo to work. In the meantime, Ayumi lives with her mother-in-law,…

The Making of a Japanese

What are the traits necessary to become part of Japanese society? Following 1st and 6th graders at a public elementary school in Tokyo for a year, we observe a school system that might differ from other countries.…

Last Shadow at First Light

Haunted by recurring apparitions, sixteen-year-old Ami embarks on a mystical journey from Singapore to Japan in search of her mother who went missing during a cataclysmic tsunami. Upon her arrival in Tokyo, she meets…

DQN no Hoshi ni Totsugimashita

DQN is an internet slang term that refers to someone who is thoughtless, rude, and unreasonable. The main character, housewife Azusa, and her family move from Tokyo to her husband's hometown. Then her husband, who…