Maie Hiromi

Profession: Actor / taxi driver / essayist Alias: Shotaro Tachibana (Tachibana Shotaro) Old stage name: Maie Hiromi Group name: Johnny's Born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, he's the middle of three brothers (sister and brother). He was scouted by the second generation Johnny Kitakawa who worked for the US Embassy,…

Ishihara Yoshizumi

Ishihara Yoshizumi is a Japanese weather forecaster, TV personality, and actor. Born in Zushi, Kanagawa, he is the second son of Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, and brother of politicians Nobuteru Ishihara and Hirotaka Ishihara. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kitagawa Mika

Kitagawa Mika, born Ono Teruyo (大野照代) in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress. She initially pursued ballet and aspired to become a ballerina during her time at Hosui Elementary School (芳水小学校), later attending Osaki Junior High School (大崎中学校) and Teikyo Girls' High…

Shimojo Atom

Atomu Shimojou was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. He is the son of actor Masami Shimojou and actress Yoshiko Tagami. He was also the first dubbing voice actor of Eddie Murphy. He passed away on January 29, 2025, at the age of 78. The news was officially announced…

Precious Lara Quigaman

Precious Lara Quigaman is a Filipina actress, multi-product endorser and beauty queen who won the Miss International 2005 beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipino to have won the crown, after Gemma Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, and Melanie Marquez in 1979. Prior to winning…

Hayashi Toru

Hayashi Toru is a Japanese director. Since he was in college, he was in charge of the props of the era play under the image director of Kyoto, Yoshinobu Nishioka. After coming to Tokyo, he worked as a freelance assistant director and debuted as a director of the series drama "101st Proposal" in 1991.…

Suzuki Ikko

Suzuki Ikkou, real name Suzuki Hirokazu, is a Japanese actor. He was born in Sangenjaya, Tokyo. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yanagisawa Shinichi

Yanagisawa Shinichi was a Japanese jazz singer, actor, voice actor, welfare activist, vaudevillian, and lyricist from Tokyo. He was affiliated with M-Three and served as honorary president of the NPO Japan Abilities Association and honorary director of the Kima Makan in Higashiyamato. During World War…

Zhu Xu

Zhu Xu was a Chinese actor. He was well known for his roles in Zhang Yang's Shower and Wu Tianming's The King of Masks, the latter film helping him garner a Best Actor prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival. (source: Wikipedia)

Fukuma Kenji

Kenji FUKUMA is a poet, film maker, film critic and scholar of English literature and cultural studies. Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University. He started to write as early as the late 1960s. He has studied and wrote about the works of modern poets such as Dylan Thomas and W. H. Auden. As a film…

17-sai no Cinderella

17-year-old Aoi decides to become an actress after seeing her childhood friend Haruki performing brilliantly as an idol. There she auditions for the Cinderella general election for the Tokyo Boys Collection, which…

Reiwa Uprising

Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara follows Ayumi Yasutomi, a cross-dressing candidate, who is also a Tokyo University professor, as she embarks on a national campaign for a seat in Japan's Upper House. (Source:…

Tsumugu

Part of the Alice Film Collection, a short film on the Textile industry in Sabe City, Fukui Prefecture. Wataho is a third-year university student who dreamt of working in a video production company in Tokyo. But, one…

Niham no Tabi

Iwai Hanako came back to her hometown of Niihama five years ago, having departed from a restaurant in Tokyo. Acting as a stand-in for her sister, Haruko, who abruptly set off for overseas studies, Hanako now takes…

Paradise Lost

How do you live in this world where you have lost your dream of paradise? How do you get your hope back? A man named Shinya Yamaguchi collapsed from a heart attack on the outskirts of Tokyo and died. Shinya used to…

Nagi no Umi

A family drama set in a small village along the Uwakai, which is rich in nature and has islands of various sizes. Keisuke, who came to Tokyo to become a musician 10 years ago, receives a call from his hometown. It…

The Dancing Homeless

A documentary that captures the activities of the dance troupe “Sokerissa!” (which comes from the Japanese, “sore ike!” “Step forward!”) who are led by the choreographer Yuki Aoki who works with the homeless…

Fukansho ni Natte Iku Korekara no Bokura ni Tsuite

eiga.com award-winning short film at Tanabe Benkei Film Festival. The story follows a guy named Ken who is struggling with his dream of being a musician in Tokyo. He has lost all songwriting inspiration. He returns…

Hinatazaka46's Sasaki Mirei Starts a Bakery! Miipan's Bakery

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Hinatazaka46's Sasaki Mirei has openly expressed her love for bread in other shows. She and two other bread fanatics, Kanemura Miku and Watanabe Miho, go on a trip around Tokyo checking out the hippest bakeries of…

A Tale of the Riverside

Koji's been taking care of the guesthouse where he was born and raised since his father ran away with a strange woman. Meanwhile, Miho, a runaway from Tokyo, starts to work at Koji's guesthouse. One day, Koji tells…