Takashiro Tsuyoshi

Takashiro Tsuyoshi is a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer. Takashiro was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 18, 1964. At university, he received the “Tokyo International Video Biennale" prize. It was the first in his career. After that, he became a filmmaker of CF and music videos. He married actress…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Kimi no Sukina Uta

7.0

Sousuke is a furniture maker. He was dumped by his fiance. Sousuke begins to live with Chikako Fujieda. She just moved to Tokyo, but they have been friends since their college days. Their relationship develops beyond…

Enkiri-Mura: Dead End Survival

6.0

Set in a village in the heart of a mountain in Japan. One day, a TV crew from Tokyo, looking to shoot some footage for a show about local cuisine, visit a shrine known for being able to sever connections with evil.…

In a Lonely Planet

6.0

Mari lives a comfortable life as a single woman. She has a nice job at a company and resides in an apartment in the suburbs of Tokyo. A couple lives next to door to her. Mari can hear them argue or making happy conversations…

Quilt no Ie

Minami Sora and Remon, a young couple that has moved into an old housing complex in the outskirts of Tokyo, make the acquaintance of a queer old man called Hashiba Katsuya and are taken to the “house of quilt”.…

Sosa Kenji Chikamatsu Shigemichi 11

Chikamatsu Shigemichi, an investigative prosecutor who has been assigned to Toyama, visits a hot spring inn in Omaki Onsen with the guidance of administrative officer Komiyama Sanae, and meets Satake and Hatanaka,…

A Sower of Seeds

8.0

"Tanemaku Tabibito: Minori no Cha" describes people who are enthusiastic to make refreshing tea. The background of the movie is set in Usuki, Oita. Kinjiro is a public officer who drinks alcohol with field workers.…

The Love Leading to Tomorrow

The film is being made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of friendly relations between Japan and China and will be a collaborative effort between the two countries. Set in Aomori, Beijing and Tokyo, a fashion designer…

The Three Points

The film is separated into three parts all directed by Yamamoto Masashi (Junk Food, Man, Woman & the Wall), with segments set in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Okinawa. The Tokyo chapter features an odd love story starring Aoi…

Rakugo Monogatari

7.1

Haruki Masato is a shy youth who gets swept away when he happens upon a rakugo performance. He knocks on the door of rakugo master Imadoka Shoroku in Tokyo’s old downtown and somehow gets taken on as a disciple,…

Keishichou Sousa Ikkachou

6.0

The head of the Metropolitan Police Department's criminal investigation first division, Oiwa Jyunichi, leads the division that investigates all of the violent crimes that occur within the Tokyo Metropolis. This series…