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Ogata Ken
Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys.[1]
In television,…
Nakagawa Ryutaro
Nakagawa Ryutaro, born in 1990 in the Kanagawa prefecture, released his first feature film in 2012. His sixth feature Summer Blooms (2017) was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival. He has attracted further attention both in Japan and abroad through his latest work Silent…
Ogawa Sara
Born in Tokyo, Japan. She made her debut as an actress and first starred in Innocent 15 (2016). As a filmmaker, all of her three independent short films are selected by film festivals and she gains acclaim as a director too. The Goldfish: Dreaming of the Sea is her first feature film. (Source: JIFF)
Tajima Shogo
Tajima Shogo from Tokyo, Japan was a contestant on the idol competition show 'Produce 101 Japan Season 2' where he placed 3rd in the final rankings. He went on to become a member of the resulting boy group INI.
Uchiyama Shinji
Born in Tokyo, Japan, he's both an actor and a comedian. His talent agency is Ishii-Mitsuzo Office.
The Izakaya Dialogue
Japanese Special - 2023, 1 episodes
Swedish student Mark finds himself disillusioned by the conformity around him in Japan. But his life changes when he crosses paths with Yuuka, who works at a quaint izakaya in Akasaka, Tokyo, and who poses him a question…
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…
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…
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…
Ai no Komuragaeri
Japanese Movie - 2023
Sato Kaori, who worked as a local government employee, was moved by an independent film she saw at a local film festival and quit her job to move to Tokyo. Kaori, who was working in the film industry, met Kohei, who…
Icchorai
Japanese Movie - 2023
Tetsuya reluctantly takes over his family's Chinese restaurant after his father falls ill, giving up his dream of opening his own restaurant in Tokyo. As Tetsuya's life becomes stagnant, those around him find happiness…
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…
