Kawashima Yuzo

Kawashima Yuzo was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He suffered from polio and was known as an excessive drinker. He died in 1963 at the age of 45, having completed 50 films during a career which spanned only 19 years. (Source: Wikipedia)

Mori Yasutaka

Mori Yasutaka is a Japanese director and screenwriter.

Kishii Akira

Oh Ji Myung

Takahashi Banmei

Takahashi Banmei is a Japanese screenwriter, director, and producer.

Fujisawa Shiho

Fujisawa Shiho is a Japanese actress.

Koshiba Takashi

Kacho Kyujitsu

Miwa Asumi

Miwa Asumi is a Japanese actress. Her older sister is actress Miwa Hitomi. She married a filmmaker in 2003 and has two daughters, one born in 2003 and the second born in November, 2007.

Murata Chieko

Chieko Murata was a Japanese actress, known for "Kaze no naka no mendori", "Inazuma" and "Yokihi". (Source: IMDb)

Kimi ga, Onigiri Sukidakara.

Satoshi Shirata is ordered by the company to transfer to Nagoya. The wife, who was left alone in Tokyo, is dissatisfied with her husband's assignment. Her favorite food is rice balls, so Satoshi decides to find a Tokai's…

Solo Katsu Danshi: Ishioka Yohei

Ishioka Yohei, who co-stars in "Soloing Woman", took on the challenge of a "soloing life" to not to be outdone by Megumi, the protagonist! (Source: TV Tokyo YouTube)

Sio: 100 Nen Tsutsukuten no Hajimari

A documentary about Toba Shusaku, the owner and chef of the restaurant "Sio", which has been awarded one star in the Michelin Guide Tokyo for four consecutive years. (Source: MyDramaList)

Icchorai

Tetsuya reluctantly takes over his family's Chinese restaurant after his father falls ill, giving up his dream of opening his own restaurant in Tokyo. As Tetsuya's life becomes stagnant, those around him find happiness…

The Izakaya Dialogue

Swedish student Mark finds himself disillusioned by the conformity around him in Japan. But his life changes when he crosses paths with Yuuka, who works at a quaint izakaya in Akasaka, Tokyo, and who poses him a question…

Hakobune

Yoshinori Nishimura lost his eyesight in an accident but tries to live an independent life with some assistance from his aunt. His former school classmate, Aoi, works as an actor in Tokyo but finds the contrast between…

Last Shadow at First Light

Haunted by recurring apparitions, sixteen-year-old Ami embarks on a mystical journey from Singapore to Japan in search of her mother who went missing during a cataclysmic tsunami. Upon her arrival in Tokyo, she meets…

Kaiju Girl

Several days have passed since kaiju, or a giant monster, appeared in Tokyo. When Himika, an eighth grader, and Mizuki, a misfit in her class, share the same dream of the monster attacking their town, their friendship…

Bokura wa Minna Ikiteiru

Miyata Shun, who is not good at interacting with people, moves to Tokyo to change his environment and starts working part-time at a bento shop in a downtown shopping district. While the results from the publishing…

The Making of a Japanese

What are the traits necessary to become part of Japanese society? Following 1st and 6th graders at a public elementary school in Tokyo for a year, we observe a school system that might differ from other countries.…