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…

Higa Hashiru

The drama is based on a comic book and manga, both created by Joe Shigetsu. Misako Matsumoto, was the daughter of the famous potter Ryuya Matsumoto. However, by studying in Tokyo, she hadn't been to her hometown for…

The Doctor

Kazuma Asou, who helps out in his friend's clinic, is a doctor enjoying a peaceful life on rural Ishigaki Island. However, his father's death causes him to move to Tokyo and he starts working for a big hospital where…

Best Friend

8.5

While growing up in a blessed family, Makoto, a cousin of Kiyoka's who has a cold personality, came to Tokyo dreaming of a singer. Makoto, who grew up in the country and is innocent, and Kiyoka, who has the opposite…

Kaleidoscope

A photographer, Machiko Ono, and a filmmaker, Naomi Kawase, challenge each other to shoot--one to photograph the other to film--two young actresses, one from Tokyo, the other from the countryside. The photographer…

Mona Lisa no Hohoemi

7.5

Eguchi Yosuke stars as Tachibana Masayuki, a man in charge of antique auctions. Tachibana is a famous auctioneer who supposedly worked in England for some time, but his colleagues at Weisz Tokyo do not like his nosy…

Watashi no Aozora

8.0

The 62nd NHK Asadora Drama is Watashi no Aozora. Locations include Oma-cho, Aomori and Chuo-ku, Tokyo. This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a…

Swing Man

4.0

First starring movie by Kinoshita Hoka who is active as a unique supporting character in numerous works. Tokyo, Afternoon. Cloudy sky, scrambled intersection. Suddenly, Kida Hotzumi was hit by someone with a metal…

A

7.5

"A" is a Japanese documentary film about the Aum Shinrikyo cult following the arrest of its leaders for instigating the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. The film focuses on a young spokesman for the cult…

Ten Urara

The 58th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Ten Urara. Story's settings include Nikko, Tochigi and Koto, Tokyo. This drama is the tale of one high spirited, strong-willed young woman and her struggle to fulfill her lifelong…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 21: Nishiizu Utsukushiki Satsui

Inspector Totsugawa and Detective Kamei try to solve the sad revenge drama of a woman whose lover was murdered. This time, the investigation was conducted in Tokyo and Nishiizu. It's not just a story of solving a mystery,…