Ikeuchi Junko

Ikeuchi Junko, whose real name was Nakazawa Sumiko, was born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. She made her screen debut with “Kotaishi no Hanayome” (“The Crown Prince’s Bride”) in 1955 after working at a department store and becoming a marquee actress for Shintoho Pictures Co. In her long career, Ikeuchi…

Nakayama Shoji

Nakayama Shoji was a Japanese actor from Yushima Tenjin, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Ogawa Tomoko

Ogawa Tomoko is a Japanese actress born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. When she was a child, her family moved to Tokyo and she attended Kitaku Public Prince Elementary School. She also studied ballet while being part of the Toei Young Actor's Group. She made her acting debut in 1960 by appearing in…

Yokoo Dekao

Yokoo Dekao was a Japanese film actor active from the 1920s to the 1950s. He featured in over 90 films. Born in Saga Prefecture, Yokoo studied Western painting at the Tokyo Bijitsu Gakko (now the Tokyo University of the Arts). He joined the art department of the Shochiku studio in 1923, eventually becoming…

Yamamoto Kiyoshi

Yamamoto Kiyoshi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After growing up in Malaysia, Yamamoto attended the Tokyo Metropolitan Ryogoku High School and then graduated from Meiji Gakuin University's Department of Psychology. After his directorial debut in 2003, he has been involved in the production…

Bando Tsumasaburo

Bando Tsumasaburo was a Japanese Kabuki actor and movie actor born in Hashimoto-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His brother, sister, and mother died one after another, and his father failed in business and went bankrupt. In 1916 he graduated from Jinjo Elementary School High School. In 1920, when the Shochiku…

Mizushima Ryotaro

Mizushima Ryotaro was a Japanese actor and film director born in Higashifukuda-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Suzuki Utako, and actor Mizushima Michitaro is his nephew. After graduating from the Japanese-French Law School, he entered "Kawakami Otojiro Ichiza". After that, he joined the Yoshizawa…

Nakahara Shoko

Shôko Nakahara was born on July 9, 1970 in Kumamoto, Japan. She is an actress and producer, known for Tokyo Gore Police (2008), Tsunagaru (2016) and Bijitâ Q (2001).

Katou Yuusuke

54th The TV Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2007, “Life”) 57th The Television Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2008 “Last Friends”) 76th The Television Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2013, “The Best Divorce”) International Drama Festival in TOKYO Tokyo Drama Awards Kids…

Kiri no Hata

1.0

"Kiri no Hata" revolves around the failings of the Japanese judicial system and the efforts of the sister of a falsely indicted defendant to gain representation by a prominent Tokyo defense attorney. The prominent…

Kimi to Arukou

6.1

Romance ensues between a 34 year old female high school teacher and her 17 year old student. The two eventually flee their small rural town to the big city of Tokyo, Japan....

8000 Miles 2: Girl Rappers

6.0

This sequel starts with Ayumu, as she wakes up at home in Gunma Prefecture- another suburb of Tokyo right next to Saitama. Living at home with her single father, helping family business- making and delivering konjak,…

Keishicho Keizoku Sosahan

7.4

Manami Kishi teaches at the police academy and is widely regarded as an expert in the field of profiling. With the recent abolishment of the statue of limitations for murder, Manami Kishi is asked by the Tokyo Metropolitan…

Kyoto Chiken no Onna Season 6

6.0

Kyoto district public prosecutor Tsurumaru Aya celebrates her 50th birthday and is in good spirits. Then, her mother-in-law, Keiko, suddenly arrives from Tokyo. Aya acts firmly with all violent criminals, but she is…

Strangers in the City

4.5

Searching for Yukari, a former pupil who has gone missing, cram school teacher Hatano returns to Tokyo for the first time in 12 years. He had once been a teacher at a prestigious girls' high school there, but was forced…

Forget Me Not

6.0

The film is set in a run-down coal-mining town in 1950s Fukuoka. Michiyo, moved from Tokyo with her young son Mamoru after getting divorced from her husband. When Mamoru is picked on by bullies, a tough local boy named…

Kenka Bancho Gekijoban: Zenkoku Seiha

8.0

Based on a delinquent battle-themed video game series - a high school senior named Takashi the toughest fighter at Rashin High School. When he travels to Tokyo during a class field trip, he’s almost immediately attacked…

Miyoko Asagaya Kibun

2.0

Based on the life of pioneering manga artist Shinichi Abe, "Miyoko asagaya kibun" starts from the 1970's in Asagaya District of Tokyo where Shinichi Abe began his career with then model girlfriend Miyoko.

Cheonggyecheon Medley: A Dream of Iron

The narrator writes a letter to the ghost of his grandfather wondering if his recurring childhood nightmare of rusted metallic image is related to the family history. After running a scrap metal factory in Tokyo during…