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…

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.

Yokoo Dekao

Yokoo Dekao was a Japanese film actor active from the 1920s to the 1950s. He featured in over 90 films. Born in Saga Prefecture, Yokoo studied Western painting at the Tokyo Bijitsu Gakko (now the Tokyo University of the Arts). He joined the art department of the Shochiku studio in 1923, eventually becoming…

Yamamoto Kiyoshi

Yamamoto Kiyoshi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After growing up in Malaysia, Yamamoto attended the Tokyo Metropolitan Ryogoku High School and then graduated from Meiji Gakuin University's Department of Psychology. After his directorial debut in 2003, he has been involved in the production…

Katou Yuusuke

54th The TV Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2007, “Life”) 57th The Television Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2008 “Last Friends”) 76th The Television Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2013, “The Best Divorce”) International Drama Festival in TOKYO Tokyo Drama Awards Kids…

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…

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…

Abe Nagisa

Abe Nagisa is Japanese singer and actress from Obihiro City, Hokkaido. In charge of trumpet at the brass band from junior high to high school. She went to Tokyo as a musical audition when she was in high school, and had experience as a musical back dancer while taking lessons at the theater company.…

Nakahara Shoko

Shôko Nakahara was born on July 9, 1970 in Kumamoto, Japan. She is an actress and producer, known for Tokyo Gore Police (2008), Tsunagaru (2016) and Bijitâ Q (2001).

Onkio Haus Melody-Go-Round

A documentary film on the famous recording studio Onkio Haus Inc. (株式会社音響ハウス, Kabushiki-gaisha Onkyō Hausu) located in Ginza, Tokyo. Founded in December 1974, the recording studio has witnessed the…

Joint

After serving 2 years in prison, Ishigami Takeshi spent two years working on a construction site and building up his funds before he returned to Tokyo with the help of Yasu, his best friend. He is determined to try…

Songs of Triumph

A documentary set in the “National Sanatorium Tama Zenseien“, a facility for people with Hansen’s disease that is located in Higashi-murayama, Tokyo. The crew of the film interviewed former Hansen’s disease…

D Cup Girlfriend

5.6

An earnest request from a friend who can't handle the girlfriend's sexual desire! Would you like to play with my girlfriend? Jinyoung, who lives in Tokyo in a rural area and sits in the house of his university friend,…

Akogare no Sora no Shimo Kyoukasho no nai Shougakkou no Ichinen

A documentary film on the Wako elementary school, a private school in the Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. The school is known for its unique teaching method, which is to encourage the independent activity of its students rather…

One Night, Two Threads

Feeling the pressure of a strained marriage in a new country, Yi Jun wanders the streets of Tokyo until a chance encounter with Aki becomes a moment of profound connection for both women. (Source: emisaito.net)

Matsuo Suzuki to 30-pun no Joyu

6.6

In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of WOWOW, Matsuo Suzuki, the artistic director of Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon and the leader of Otona Keikaku in Tokyo, will write, direct, and perform in an original omnibus comedy…

Saikou no Bakayarou Aomori Junjou Hen

Teru, who has returned to his parents'house in the countryside, reunites with his childhood friend Michio, who has lost his dream in Tokyo and is withdrawn at his parents' house. A childhood friend, Masami also appeared…

Twiceborn

5.7

On July 15, 1991, Satoru Ichijo is about to give a lecture at Tokyo Dome. Time goes back to a fateful spring day right before his college graduation. Satoru received a message from the spiritual world and realized…

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)