Mihashi Ko

Mihashi Ko was a Japanese actor who flourished during the Taisho and Showa eras. His real name was Ohashi Yoshio (大橋芳雄). Born in Tokyo, he dropped out of the Faculty of Economics at Keio University and joined the New Theater Association. He made his debut on stage in February 1920 in "Blue Bird"…

Sato Toshizo

After being a police officer, he became a Liberal Party magistrate. His first performance as a substitute for the performance of Sudō Sadanori Ichiza in Ako in 1884. After that, he moved to Tokyo, and in 1926 he organized Isamizu Theater with Yoho Ii and Yoshimi Mizuno.

Kamiyama Sojin

He appeared in over 70 films between 1917 and 1954. He was the subject of a 1995 TV documentary by the Japanese film director Nobuhiro Suwa. He was born in Sendai, Japan and died in Tokyo, Japan. His wife was actress Uraji Yamakawa.

Kataoka Chosei

Kataoka Chosei was a former Kabuki actor, former onnagata, and actor born in Yotsuya-ku, Tokyo. He appeared in almost all movies starring Matsunosuke, mainly as an onnagata. After appearing in the movie "Senma Kesazukin" directed by Nagao Shiroku, which was released in 1926, he disappeared from the…

Hasegawa Shin

Hasegawa Shin was a Japanese novelist and playwright born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 1911, he joined a Tokyo newspaper as a journalist. In 1917, he wrote his first novel in the "Narration Club", and in 1927, he founded, with Edogawa Ranpo and other prominent writers, an association to propel…

Ueda Yoshihiko

Ueda Yoshihiko is a photographer and Professor of Graphic Design at Tama Art University. Among his many awards are the Photographic Society of Japan Lifetime Achievement Award, the Tokyo Art Directors Club Grand Prize, and the New York Art Directors Club Photography Award. In 2011 he launched Gallery…

Nakajima Chiaki

Nakajima Chiaki is a Japanese singer, model and actress born on September 6, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan.

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,…

Adachi Kentaro

Adachi Kentaro is a Japanese comedian born in Ikuno Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. He belongs to Yoshimoto Kogyo Tokyo Headquarters (Tokyo Yoshimoto). Adachi is an Osaka NSC 21st gen member. From 1998 to 2003, he worked with Uematsu Teppei as a combination "Sugar Life". He worked as a combination…

Hanayama Keiko

Hanayama Keiko is a Japanese actress from Niigata prefecture. Her agency is Empathy. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Vocal Music. She also works as a musical singing teacher.

Sonjo Sokora Shotengai

4.0

In 2000, Aoyama Makoto returns to the deserted shopping street in his hometown of Bungo Takada City in Oita Prefecture for the first time in 15 years. The death of his mother spurred him to resign from the event company…

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…

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…

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…

Gachiban Expanded

7.0

Monji, the proud 20-year-old school uniform wearing Yankee gang leader, is invited to Tokyo by a member of a Yakuza gang. Trouble happens, a fight breaks out, and Monji inadvertently stabs the younger brother of the…

Saibaku: Madi ni Shamisen Kanaderube

A documentary that records the last two years of Yujiro Takahashi, a Japanese folk song singer and Tsugaru shamisen master who passed away in September 2012. Born in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture in 1934, Yujiro moved…

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…