Tanaka Tetsushi

Tanaka Tetsushi is a Japanese actor from Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture. After graduating from Kaisei High School in 1984, he immediately moved to Tokyo and went on to a vocational school for acoustics, but he quit after a year. He then went to the Department of Theater at Nihon University College of Art…

Hoshi Yuriko

Born on December 6 1943, Yuriko Hoshi was one of the younger members of the Toho stable of actors during the 1960s. She made a big impression in the Wakadasho (Young Guy) movies and was recognized for her youthful energy. Eventually she became more known for her roles in kaiju eiga films such as Mosura…

Hoshi Michiko

Kinami Haruka

Kinami Haruka, born in Toyonaka City, Osaka, is a Japanese actress represeted by Horipro. She graduated from Kokugakuin University. Her sister is actress Kinami Sayaka and her husband is actor Tamaki Hiroshi. In 2001, she was selected as the "Summer High School Baseball PR High School Girl" while attending…

Ichikawa Kon

Ichikawa Kon was a Japanese director born in Ujiyamada, Mie. He has worked on a wide range of films, from entertainment films to documentaries to TV historical dramas, and was involved in film production for a long time. His major directorial films include "The Burmese Harp," "Flame," "Ototo," "Key,"…

Katsuta Hisashi

Katsuka Hisashi was a Japanese vactor and voice actor. He was best known for his voice-over portrayal of Professor Ochanomizu in three anime adaptations of the Astro Boy franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger, Professor Tobishima in Groizer X, and Izumi Shinichiro in Tosho Daimos. Katsuta…

Sasaki Yasushi

Sasaki Yasushi was a film director in the Showa period. He dropped out of the Japanese Literature course at Hosei University. He belonged to Shochiku, Toei, and Toei Television Productions. Known as a master of fast-shooting, he produced a succession of hit movies during his Shochiku era, including…

Sue Takashi

Sue Takashi was a Japanese actor, known for Jun'ai monogatari (1957), Gunki hatameku motoni (1972) and Shinjû: Ten no Amijima (1969). (Source: IMDb)

Takamine Hideko

Takamine Hideko was a Japanese actress, singer, and essayist born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Her real name was Matsuyama Hideko (松山秀子), and her maiden name was Hirayama Hideko (平山秀子). Her family lived in a household run by her grandfather, Rokusho, who managed a soba restaurant called…

Yokoyama Unpei

Yokoyama Unpei was a Japanese actor from Hikone Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. He became the first Japanese film actor to appear in Japan's first feature film. His real name is Yokoyama Yasushi. In 1893, he joined the troupe of Sudo Sadanori, a pioneer of the Shinpa drama, and debuted on…

When You Wish upon a Star

Shining Boy & Little Randy

7.1

Tetsu Susumu, an introspective, somewhat rebellious teen who lives with his family on a Hokkaido animal ranch. Owned and operated by his feisty mother Saori and his bumbling stepfather, the ranch is essentially an…

Night of the Shooting Stars

7.2

Shogo is left blind and mute from an accident but he is able to live a fruitful life as a composer. He receives ongoing therapy from the hospital where nurse Kana works. Just when their relationship is about to blossom…

My Love from the Stars

7.3

A love fantasy with a unique world view that depicts the love pattern of an alien, Mitsuru Higashiyama, disguised as a university lecturer, living on Earth while hiding his identity for the past 400 years, and a popular…

The Stars Know Nothing

On a Starry Night

8.2

Yukimiya Suzu, a 35-year-old gynecologist, feels emotionally drained by her life in a peaceful seaside town. The demanding and stifling society has left her unable to open up to anyone, despite her job bringing new…

A Crimson Star

6.6

When fourteen-year-old Yo is hospitalized, she gradually develops feelings for Yayoi, who is a nurse tending to her. However, Yayoi leaves the nursing profession in favour of prostitution. Yo is disappointed and turns…

I Want to See You Again on That Starry Hill.

Yuri, a high school girl who time-slips back to Japan in 1945, meets a young man named Akira and falls in love for the first time. However, he is a member of a special attack unit. Unable to stop Akira as he takes…

A Beautiful Star

6.5

The Osugi family are aliens living together on earth. The father Shigeichiro Osugi is a weather forecaster from Mars, Iyoko, the mother absorbed in her weird water business, is from Jupiter, the son Kazuo is a freeter…

Star Watching Dog

7.7

Based on the manga "Hoshi Mamoru Inu" by Murakami Takashi. An unidentified middle aged man (Nishida Toshiyuki) is found dead in his car, near a camping ground, on a mountain. His dog, an Akita, lays next to him. The…