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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 ||…

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"…

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…

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…

Shimokita Slow Life

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Two young people, Naoki and Kyoko, start their new life in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. One day, Naoki gets informed that he lost the competition for the "Young Cameraman Award". Naoki's frustration towards photo shooting…

Whistling After Dark

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A film shot by Toyama Tomoko, a third year student of the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, as her graduation project. The film depicts the development and mental images of a young…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 41: Shindai Tokkyu Satsujin Jiken ~Sayonara Blue Train~

A murder case occurs in the sleeper limited express Hayabusa! Inspector Totsugawa approaches the mystery of the murder trick that pierced the blind spot of the train operation timetable. Hayabusa Express, which connects…

Kaze ni Maiagaru Vinyl Sheet

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A story about a woman who finds new life through her fateful encounter with an American man and their permanent separation. Kudo Rika quits a bank to work at UNHCR in Tokyo, where she meets Ed, who later becomes her…

Marital War In Kibogaoka

Hiroko, who has been married for seven years, has just moved to a new house purchased on a 35-year loan in Hope or Hill, a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. She is told by a housewife of the tennis companion…

Miyoko Asagaya Kibun

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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.

Kenka Bancho Gekijoban: Zenkoku Seiha

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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…

Make the Last Wish

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Koike Minami returns from the USA to Japan to accomplish her deceased twin sister’s wish to win a competition and sing with Avril Lavigne on the stage in a concert in Tokyo. (Source: Mubi) ~~ Adapted loosely from…

Shitsuji Kissa ni Okaerinasai Mase

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At the elegant butler's cafe, Common Rose, located in a quiet residential area in Tokyo, various dramas of young people, take place during their blissful hours.

Kiri no Hata

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"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…