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Hosokawa Chikako
Hosokawa Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Uchisaiwai, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Koran Women's School and joined Osanai Kaoru’s Tsukiji Little Theater in 1925, making her stage debut in "Kakujin Kakusetsu". In 1929, at age 23, she left the theater to help form the Shinjuku Theater…
Ishibashi Etaro
Ishibashi Etaro was a Japanese actor, pianist in the jazz band "Hana Hajime and Crazy Cats", and cooking expert. Born in Shinbashi, Tokyo as the son of musician Rando Fukuda and grandson of painter Shigeru Aoki. When Etaro was three years old, his father, Rando, raped actress Hiroko Kawasaki. Rando…
Tani Kei
Tani Kei was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician born in Tokyo, Japan. He learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the Occupation of Japan. He quit university and joined the "City Slickers" in 1953,…
Yasuda Shin
Yasuda Shin was a Japanese sax player, comedian, actor, and composer from Nogata, Toyotama, Tokyo, Japan. Nogata-cho, Toyotama-gun , Tokyo
Yamaguchi Masatoshi
He is from Kobe City , Hyogo Prefecture . After graduating from Toho High School and the University of Tokyo Law School , he studied at Columbia University and acquired an MBA (Master of Business Administration) and then joined Fuji TV . He had a connection with an actor belonging to Stardust Promotion…
Kanda Takashi
Kanda Takashi, born Kanda Sumitaka (神田澄孝) in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Kakashi Pro (かかしプロ), Amachi Proze (アマチプロゼ), and Kitagawa Office (北川事務所). He graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature,…
Yasumoto Ayaka
Yasumoto Ayaka is a Japanese singer, talent, and member of Shiritsu Ebisu Junior High School. She belongs to Stardust Promotion and was born in Tokyo. She is a former member of Mini Cheer ☆ Bears.
Towake Hisao
Toake Hisao, born Ogura Hisao (小倉久雄) in Koamicho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, was a Japanese actor. From a young age, he was involved in the performing arts. He attended Gyosei Elementary School, Kyoka Middle School, and later studied economics at Hosei University. While still a student in 1928, he joined…
Miura Mitsuko
Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…
Nanbara Koji
Nanbara Koji was a Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He died of myocardial infarction in Chofu, Tokyo at age 74. (Source: Wikipedia)
Kakatte Koi yo Sekai
Japanese Movie - 2023
Hamada Maki is an aspiring screenwriter and it makes sense since she lives with her grandfather, Shoichi, who runs a mini-theatre in Tokyo. Maki meets and falls in love with Arai Kunihide, an employee at a film distribution…
Last Shadow at First Light
Japanese Movie - 2023
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…
The Making of a Japanese
Japanese Movie - 2023
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.…
A Weather Report
Japanese Movie - 2024
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…
Mei no Mei: Fuyu Camp Hen
Japanese Drama - 2024, 3 episodes
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…
On the Hills of Biei
Japanese Drama - 2024, 3 episodes
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…
4D: Love Transcends Time
Japanese Movie - 2024
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.…
Hakobune
Japanese Movie - 2023
Yoshinori Nishimura lost his eyesight in an accident but tries to live an independent life with some assistance from his aunt. His former school classmate, Aoi, works as an actor in Tokyo but finds the contrast between…
Kataomoi
Japanese Movie - 2023
At 43, Sugishita Kanako leaves her husband Hosei due to his infidelity and takes a job at a downtown Tokyo diner. Although her lie about being 33 is quickly discovered, owner Yoshio and his daughter Yasuha accept her…
Ginger Boy
Japanese Movie - 2024
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.…
