Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Mizushima Ryotaro

Mizushima Ryotaro was a Japanese actor and film director born in Higashifukuda-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Suzuki Utako, and actor Mizushima Michitaro is his nephew. After graduating from the Japanese-French Law School, he entered "Kawakami Otojiro Ichiza". After that, he joined the Yoshizawa…

Nakamura Zeko

Nakamura was an actor and author born on December 6th 1990 in the Kishima District, Saga, Saga Prefecture of Japan. He died on December 6th 1989 at Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East in Tokyo, Japan.

Bando Tsumasaburo

Bando Tsumasaburo was a Japanese Kabuki actor and movie actor born in Hashimoto-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His brother, sister, and mother died one after another, and his father failed in business and went bankrupt. In 1916 he graduated from Jinjo Elementary School High School. In 1920, when the Shochiku…

Ikeuchi Junko

Ikeuchi Junko, whose real name was Nakazawa Sumiko, was born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. She made her screen debut with “Kotaishi no Hanayome” (“The Crown Prince’s Bride”) in 1955 after working at a department store and becoming a marquee actress for Shintoho Pictures Co. In her long career, Ikeuchi…

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Okamura Fumiko

Okamura Fumiko was a Japanese actress from Nagano. Japan. After graduating from Nagano City Nabeyada Elementary School and Nagano Prefectural Nagano High School for Girls, she moved to Tokyo. She began her career as an actress after being apprenticed to a noble family of art enthusiasts to learn manners.…

Takizawa Osamu

Osamu Takizawa was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater, Takizawa participated in a number of theatrical troupes before forming Gekidan Mingei with Jūkichi Uno.

Ogawa Tomoko

Ogawa Tomoko is a Japanese actress born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. When she was a child, her family moved to Tokyo and she attended Kitaku Public Prince Elementary School. She also studied ballet while being part of the Toei Young Actor's Group. She made her acting debut in 1960 by appearing in…

Nakayama Shoji

Nakayama Shoji was a Japanese actor from Yushima Tenjin, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.

The Unnameable Dance

Tanaka Min is a unique dancer and actor who has reconstructed on film some of his notable performances in theaters and on streets around the world. The dancer's past and present mingle in the dance, with all he sees…

Shimane ga Drama ni Naru Nante!

7.2

Iwami Shinnosuke, a second-year high school student in Shimane, wanted to go to Tokyo as soon as he graduated from high school in order to become a musician. Shinnosuke was still playing the guitar on the roof of the…

Actress Montage

Four unsold actresses. An idol who sought help from medicine and religion. A newcomer who endures power harassment on the stage of a big chance. A housewife who chose reality over dreams. A rough stone of an actress…

Tororo Soba to Watashi: Mama Teki Ajido

It’s the third summer for Mei Ling as an international student. Her boyfriend Naoto takes her out for a picnic date to Mt. Takao, a nature landmark in Tokyo. After climbing, they get to a famous soba noodle shop.…

Truth: The End of the Funeral

A man died in an accident. On the night after the funeral, three women in mourning clothes appear at a man's atelier in a prime location in Tokyo. "Who are you!?" "I was going out with him." "Me too!". Single mother…

Mankai Movie A3!: Autumn & Winter

8.6

"Director! Please make our talent blossom!" Veludo, a suburb of Tokyo, is a mecca for actors and home to many theatre companies along its famous Veludo Way. The film audience's point of view will overlap with that…

Shiosuke to Amami: Soba ga Dekiru Made Tantei

7.8

A spin off to the drama series 'Ishiko to Haneo: Sonna Koto de Uttaemasu?' Amatsuyu Kayami, nickname Amami, is a law student of The University of Tokyo. She will partner with Shiozaki Keisuke, a soba restaurant staff…

My Father's Tracks

7.5

Kitamura Taiga's mother died when he was a child, and he blames his father’s rally racing obsession for it. Resentful, he moves to Tokyo for university. Years later, he learns from childhood friend Uechi Miho that…

Leo's Return

8.0

Leo, an actor playing the lead in his breakthrough role, returns home to Tokyo after the pandemic canceled his film shoot only to face more problems with his wife. (Source: MUBI)

Far Away, Further Away

A marriage is weaker without something in common. Sayoko is a seemingly carefree woman but she hides doubts about her marriage behind her cheerful demeanor. After five years of being in Tokyo, it is apparent that she…