Atsuta Yuharu

Atsuta Yuharu was a Japanese cinematographer born in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, and grew up in Toranomon, Tokyo, Japan. After graduating in 1922, he joined the Shochiku Corporation, and due to his love for painting, he entered the photography department of the Shochiku Kamata Studios. After 15 years as an…

Tarou Kanja

A businessman , the House of Lords member and Baron . Born in Tokyo . His real name is Taro . He is also a playwright and musician , and has created many comedies and popular songs under the pseudonym of the Taro Kanja. He began writing plays under the pseudonym of Taro Kanja, and was active as a comedy…

Kobayashi Tsuneo

Graduated from Nihon University Art Department in 1934 . Selected and performed in the Takarazuka Revue review script open call for participants. In 1935, he joined the production department of the Tokyo Vocal Film Factory of the same Toho affiliate and studied under Shiro Toyoda , triggered by the…

Saegusa Genjiro

Saegusa Genjiro was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Shibuya-mura, Toyoma-gun, Tokyo. In March 192, he graduated from Tokyo Physics School, and in May of the same year, joined the Nikkatsu Mukojima Photo Studio Supervision Department. He made his debut as a director in "Minzoku no Reimei"…

Kuni Soten

Kuni Soten was a Japanese actor born in Kikugawa, Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Shimada Town Commercial Supplementary School. He was affiliated with Kokuto Eiga, Shochiku, Toho, Shintoho, NAC, and others. His wife was actress Satsuki Fujie (五月藤江). (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia ||…

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,…

Sawamura Haruko

Sawamura Haruko was a Japanese actress born on Rebun Island, Rebun District, Hokkaido. In March 1920 she moved to Tokyo and when she turned 19 years old, she entered the Shochiku Kinema Actor School in Tsukiji. Sawamura made her debut as a movie actress in 1921 by appearing in "Rojo no Reikon" produced…

Miyazon

Miyazon, born as Daiko Miyazono, is a Japanese comedian born on April 25, 1985 in Tokyo, Japan. He is part of the comedy duo ANZEN Manzai.

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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”.…

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…

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…

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,…