Yakumaru Gaku

Yakumaru Gaku is a Japanese novelist born in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from Komazawa University Senior High School in 1988. He made his debut in 2005 and is a current member of the Mystery Writers of Japan. He passed the Tokyo Kid Brothers enrollment test, but musicals didn't feel…

Date Satoko

Satoko was a Japanese actress active during the Showa era. Born in Shioiri, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, she moved to Tokyo during childhood and attended Bunkagakuin Junior High School after graduating from Hikawadai Elementary School in 1923. She developed an interest in acting at Bunkagakuin and, following…

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…

Oku Keiichi

Oku Keiichi is a Japanese keyboardist, composer, and arranger born in Shiga prefecture. He is presided over "or-lab." Oku graduated from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, and dropped out of the master's program at the same university. He joined Hiromi Go's…

Matsumoto Eiichi

Matsumoto Eiichi was a Japanese film director born in Mukojima Susaki-cho, Honjo-ku, Tokyo. He played an active part in the era of silent movies. Matsumoto graduated from Kogyokusha Junior High School around 1912 and worked at the Railway Institute Ueno Station. After that, he entered Waseda University,…

Misawa Akemi

Misawa Akemi is a Japanese enka singer and actress born in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture. She currently lives in Tokyo. She passed the 7th Toei New Face, after which she joined Toei and made her debut in 1959 with the NET TV drama "Fuebuki Doji". She made her movie debut in 1961 and is active in historical…

Watanabe Mototsugu

Watanabe Mototsugu is a highly revered filmmaker in the Pink Eiga world. A consummate entertainer, he was born December 2nd, 1957 in Tokyo and studied filmmaking at Nihon University. From there he entered Mukai Productions (the ‘father of Pink Eiga’, Hiroshi Mukai’s production company), where…

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…

Jono Yuki

Jono Yuki is a former Japanese actress born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo. Originally aspiring to be a designer, she worked part-time as a fashion model while attending college, but was impressed by the American movie "Summertime"…

Yomo Harumi

Yomo Harumi is a former Japanese actress and former child actress from Denenchofu, Ota-ku, Tokyo. In 1962, she made her debut as a child in the movie "Boku Chin Wandering Record". She announced her retirement in 1975. Yomo was helping with a small restaurant run by her mother but returned temporarily…

Shimotsukare Girl

Aiko, born and raised in Tochigi, meets Rie, a visitor from Tokyo, at Shin-Tochigi Station. Rie fell asleep on the train and is unable to return home, so Aiko takes pity on her and the two of them head to a pub. The…

Caesium and the Girl

7.0

Mimi is a 17-year-old high school student and she lives with her parents in Asagaya, Tokyo. While walking home from school, Mimi is hit by a lightning and meets Raijin Ra San (God of Lightning). Through Raijin Ra San,…

Harajuku Denier

8.0

Set in Harajuku, various young people in various professions are the stars of a story which depicts the people who make up the lively area of Tokyo known as Harajuku. A policewoman named Yokoyama finds her story is…

Dust and Fantasy

8.1

Matsuno goes back to his hometown of Asahikawa. He left Asahikawa after graduating from high school. He tells people there that he works as an artist in Tokyo. One day, Matsuno spots a flyer concerning the city's intention…

TRASH

8.0

Hondo Kento, an undefeated street fighter in his hometown, moves to Tokyo. Unfortunately, nothing goes right for him, and he falls into a life of debauchery. Upon returning to his old stomping ground, he learns that…

Kaze no Tayori

8.0

Sendai, four years after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Kurumi Yoshii was entrusted with the cafe owned by her grandfather and she left that behind to open a cafe in Tokyo, with her friend. All that changes when…

Mosh Pit

Documentary shot with 17 cameras covering a gigantic free party featuring two bands and an idol unit. November 18, 2015. Throngs of people gather at the concert hall LIQUIDROOM in Ebisu, Tokyo in response to an appeal…

Ki.Ryu

A dragon was randomly witnessed several times in the city of Kiryu, Gunma Prefecture, a suburb of Tokyo. Mari Yoshida, an associate professor at Gunma University, started her own investigation upon the civilians' plea…

The Next Generation: Patlabor Dai 2 Sho

6.7

Labors are robots used in various industries like construction. With their introduction to Japan, a new type of crime became prevalent: Labor Crime. To combat this, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police created a unit of Patrol…

Conflict Saidai no Koso

The head of the Hyodo syndicate, affiliated with Japan's top yakuza syndicate Tendokai, gets killed. Tendokai lieutenant Washio Kazuo figures out that the figure behind the murder is Myojin Yoshinari, who controls…