Aikawa Kinya

Aikawa Kinya was a Japanese actor, tarento, and voice actor. He was born in Tokyo and died in 2015 of lung cancer. (Source: Wikipedia)

Shimizu Kinichi

Shimizu Kinichi was a Japanese comedian and film actor born in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. He began his career at 16 in Tokyo, becoming a disciple of Shimizu Kintaro, a leader in Asakusa Opera. During this period, he took the name Shimizu Kinichi and had a child with actress Mine Rei. After Kintaro's death…

Oda Motoyoshi

An English major who graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious, in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was promptly accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Kajiro Yamamoto,…

Dokumamushi Sandayu

Sandayū Dokumamushi born Iyoshi Ishii on 31 March 1936 in Osaka, Japan is a Japanese actor. He portrayed the role of Daisuke Arashi in the original Ultraman series. He has been a radio personality on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 6, 1969 to the present.

Bando Kotaro

Bando Kotaro was a Kabuki actor and film actor in the early Showa period, born in Renjakucho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Honma Kentaro. At the age of five, he became a disciple of Sawamura Sojuro the seventh generation, and at the age of eight, he moved to the apprenticeship of Bando Mitsugoro…

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.

Mikhail Red

Mikhail Red is an independent filmmaker in the Philippines. He is the son of Palme d'Or winner Raymond Red. He is known for his second feature Birdshot, which won Best Film in the Asian Future section in Tokyo and was selected as the Filipino entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy…

Yamamoto Shinya

Yamamoto Shinya is a Japanese actor, director, talent, and reporter from Kanda, Tokyo, Japan.

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…

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.…

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…

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…

Marukibune to UFO

A documentary about a man who moved to Ishigaki Island and became a shipwright to build wooden boats, as well as dealing with various issues from the postwar period to the present, such as immigrants who settled in…

42-50 Nirvana

Yuji is a 50-year-old screenwriter. Kana is a 42-year-old actress. They got married two years ago. She lives with her husband's mother in a house in Tokyo. Recently, Kana has been feeling limited in her acting. Since…

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…

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…

Whether You Stay

A town where Mt. Fuji is a natural part of daily life. A man breaks up with his girlfriend who moves to Tokyo and stays in his hometown. A woman whose dream of leaving this town has not come true.... Eight people who…