Nozawa Naoko

Here real name is Naoko O'Claire ( ナオコ・オークレアー). Born in Tokyo . Lives in San Francisco . She's comedian and was part of idol group Yoshimoto hill 46, until 2019. Most of her family is related to business or the entertainment industry. Currently, she rarely participates in programs…

Mabuchi Kaoru

He studied under Toshio Yasumi in 1951 and became a screenwriter .Tomoyuki Tanaka, the producer who supported the Toho special effects route, and Takashi Shimura , a regular performer , are theater friends from Kansai University, but even after entering the movie world in Tokyo, they have a connection…

Hanashima Kiyoko

Hanashima Kiyoko was a Japanese actress and singer born in Takanawa, Shiba-ku, Tokyo. She married Enomoto Kenichi and they had a baby together, but the baby died of tuberculosis. The two divorced, but re-married later. Her subsequent whereabouts are unknown, and she has an unknown year of death.

Wakahara Harue

Wakahara Harue was a Japanese actress and singer born in Azabu-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from Takarazuka Music and Opera School, she made her movie debut in 1935 with "Hesitate Young People" directed by Satoshi Taguchi, produced by Nikki Tamagawa Film Studio. She also made her singer debut from Polydor.…

Kishi Matsuo

Kishi Matsuo was a Japanese film critic, journalist, screenwriter, and film director born in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo. He is known as the critic who discovered the filmmaker Yamanaka Sadao. He graduated from Keio University. In 1937, at the strong recommendation of film director Shimizu Hiroshi, he retired…

Nire Kotaro

Nire Kotaro was a Japanese actor born in Higashikomagata, Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1919, he made his debut in Asakusa's "Mikuniza". In 1922, he served in the military, and after his discharge, he participated in the Arashi Hina Masu no Tabi troupe and toured the countryside. After World War II, he joined…

Kodaka Masaru

Kodaka Masaru is a former actor and child actor from Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo. He joined Shinko Kinema in 1937 and debuted with "Otoko Narya koso." In 1938, he transferred to Toho. In 1944, after transferring to Shochiku, he entered the School of Political Science and Economics at Hosei University but dropped…

Seiroku Saito

Seiroku Saito is a Japanese actor and comedian, born in Kita-ku, Tokyo. He was a member of the Kin-chan family - a family of entertainers who collectively refer to talents raised by Kin-chan, (Kinichi Hagimoto), or who made a break in his variety show.

Ishimatsu Yoshihiro

Ishimatsu Yoshihiro is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist born in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Aesthetics and Art History, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo. He has been a member of Toho's scenario study group since he was in college. After graduating,…

Fushimi Akira

Fushimi Akira was a Japanese screenwriter born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. He moved to Tokyo and entered Meiji University, but dropped out. He joined the Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio in Kamata, Tokyo, and in 1926 wrote the script for "Tetsuwan" and made his debut as a scriptwriter. He died on…

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…