Yamamoto Shinya

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

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)

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…

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,…

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…

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.

Yamaguchi Naoya

Yamaguchi Naoya is a Japanese filmmaker who lives and works in Japan. In 2009, he enrolled in BA Design at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

Hayashi Hiroshi

He was born in Kyoto on January 31, 1905. His real name is Inagaki Saburo. He dropped out of his junior high school and moved to Tokyo. He began acting on stage soon after. In 1940, he married Takeda Moto. With her, he had two children but the two divorced in 1965. After WWII, he joined Shin Toho and…

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…

Pancho Kagami

Pancho Kagami was a Japanese drummer who also worked as a voice actor and actor. His real name was Kagami Kuniaki. He was affiliated with Altross Music Agency. He was born in Taito Ward, Tokyo. He was the second son of three brothers (one older and one younger). He graduated from the Tokyo University…

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…

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)

My Father's Tracks

7.5

Kitamura Taiga's mother died when he was a child, and he blames his father’s rally racing obsession for it. Resentful, he moves to Tokyo for university. Years later, he learns from childhood friend Uechi Miho that…

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…

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…

The Unnameable Dance

Tanaka Min is a unique dancer and actor who has reconstructed on film some of his notable performances in theaters and on streets around the world. The dancer's past and present mingle in the dance, with all he sees…