Saegusa Genjiro

Saegusa Genjiro was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Shibuya-mura, Toyoma-gun, Tokyo. In March 192, he graduated from Tokyo Physics School, and in May of the same year, joined the Nikkatsu Mukojima Photo Studio Supervision Department. He made his debut as a director in "Minzoku no Reimei"…

Shiba Seika

Shiba Seika was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Jonai-cho, Saga City, Saga Prefecture. After graduating from the former Saga Prefectural Saga Junior High School, he joined the international livelihood in Tokyo in 1922 and worked in the company's main building. In May 1923, at the age…

Ose Itaru

Ose Itaru, born Sato Kakuto (佐藤格), was a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School (東京都立新宿高等学校) and the Faculty of Literature at Waseda University (早稲田大学). In 1955, he joined the Bungakuza (文学座) theater company,…

Mimura Shintaro

Mimura Shintaro was a Japanese screenwriter born in Okayama, Japan. He moved to Tokyo and entered Meiji University but dropped out. His real name Iwai Shintaro (岩井伸太郎). He joined the screenplay collective "Narutakigumi" in Kyoto during the early days of the talkie era. In 1926, he joined the…

Araki Michiko

Araki Michiko, born in Misaki-cho, Kanda, Tokyo, was a Japanese actress. Michiko attended Meika Elementary School and graduated from Joshi Gakuin in 1934. She worked in the language department of the YWCA and as a librarian at the Imperial University. In 1938, she joined the Bungakuza Research Institute…

Shima Koji

Shima Koji was a Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter. Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. He appeared in over 90 films as an actor, playing mostly romantic leads. He turned to directing…

Miyazon

Miyazon, born as Daiko Miyazono, is a Japanese comedian born on April 25, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. He is part of the comedy duo ANZEN Manzai.

Arapon

Arapon, born as Yu Araki, is a Japanese comedian born on October 13, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. He is part of the comedy duo ANZEN Manzai.

Mayama Tomoko

Mayama Tomoko is a Japanese actress and quilt writer born in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. She graduated from Tokyo Kasei University Women's High School. Her husband is director Ninagawa Yukio, and her daughter is photographer Ninagawa Mika. Her grandfather is actor Tanizaki Juro. Her nieces are actresses Ninagawa…

Yoshiyuki Aguri

Yoshiyuki Aguri was a Japanese pioneering beauty specialist. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Yoshiyuki opened a beauty shop in Tokyo after marrying writer Eisuke Yoshiyuki at age 15. Despite the sudden death of her husband in 1940, she raised three children while working as a beautician. In 1985 Yoshiyuki…

Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!

7.1

A one-horse town in central Japan does not look like the kind of place where passions would flare. Nonetheless, set to the backdrop of the traditional, rustic scenery, a drama of love and hate plays out that reflects…

Afro Tanaka

7.2

Based on manga by Masaharu Noritsuke, about the unique daily life of an afro-haired young guy. Tanaka has to move to Tokyo for his work, where he meets a beautiful young lady at a Goukon (group date). This is their…

Odayaka-ya

7.2

A short film documenting a couple who, after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake & tsunami, uproot their urban Tokyo lives and plant themselves in a traditional, natural farming community in rural Sagamiko, Kanagawa Prefecture,…

658km, Yoko no Tabi

7.2

42 year old Yoko is single and lives in Tokyo. Her hometown is Hirosaki, Aomori prefecture. She has given up on her life and spends her time meaninglessly as a freeter. One day, she hears news of her estranged father’s…

Tora-san 21: Stage-Struck Tora-san

7.3

Tora-san returns from his travels throughout Japan to his family's home in Tokyo to find his uncle recovering from an illness. After a family fight erupts, he returns to the road and becomes friends with Tomekichi.…

Kuroi Jukai

7.3

Kasahara Sachiko’s parents died young and she lives in a Tokyo apartment with her only sister Nobuko, a journalist for a newspaper’s cultural department. She has not found a job and has been interviewing at a number…

LINE no Kotae Awase - Otome to Kanchigai

7.4

Yasui Tsukasa, the young CEO of an IT venture company, is one of seven men and women (Onishi Ayaka, Kuroba Mario, Kakei Miwako, Wada Masato, Mashima Hidekazu, Sakai Maki) who meet at a one-day cooking class at the…

Keibuho Yabe Kenzo 2

7.5

A thief who calls himself Blue Oracle stole into the jewellery shop which Daidoji Fumino runs, and got away with diamonds worth some 60 million yen. The criminal had sent a cryptic warning beforehand, but the police…

Shimokitazawa Die Hard

7.1

Snack bar owner and her regular patron tell 11 different stories about the worst day in the lives of people in their neighborhood of Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. One of those instances involve a Tokyo politician being kidnapped…

Enzaihan

7.2

A murder case that happened in Chiba closely resembles the serial murders of seven years ago. However, the murderer has already committed suicide in prison. Is he falsely accused? Is it a copycat? The detective uncovers…