Uchida Tomu

Uchida Tomu’s filmography spans two great filmmaking periods separated by a 15-year hiatus due to the war, although his output of primarily genre films and lack of an immediately obvious signature style has meant that he has been overshadowed by contemporaries such as Ozu Yasujirô, Naruse Mikio,…

Hagiwara Kenichi

Kenichi Hagiwara was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s. A teen idol with a legion of loyal fans, Hagiwara was known for his good looks and arrogance, which appealed to both young male and female Japanese fans. After The Tempters,…

Tanaka Haruo

Haruo Tanaka was a Japanese film actor noted for his supporting roles in a career that spanned seven decades. Tanaka was born in Kyoto and quit school in order to become a film actor, joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He eventually moved up to secondary leads and even into leading roles against actresses…

Irie Takako

Takako Irie (入江 たか子 Irie Takako, 7 February 1911 – 12 January 1995) was a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family (her birth name was Hideko Higashibōjō (東坊城 英子 Higashibōjō Hideko)), she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as…

Tsuburaya Hiroshi

Hiroshi Tsuburaya was a Japanese actor. The grandchild of Eiji Tsuburaya, who was also the first creator of the Ultraman Series, and the third son of Hajime Tsuburaya who became the second creator of the Ultraman Series after Eiji Tsuburaya's death on January 25, 1970. He was born in Setagaya, Tokyo.…

Mori Masayuki

Masayuki Mori was a Japanese actor, the son of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist active during the late Meiji and Taisho periods. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa's films such as Rashomon and The Idiot. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse (Floating Clouds)…

Mimasu Yutaka

Mimasu Yutaka was a Japanese actor from Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. His death date is unknown. He graduated from private Meisei Commercial School. Takada made his stage debut at Misakiza in 1907. In 1921, he joined Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio and made his debut in the movie world with "Hika".…

Kinoshita Keisuke

Kinoshita Keisuke was a Japanese film director. Kinoshita was highly prolific, turning out some 42 films in the first 23 years of his career. For this, Kinoshita explained that he "can’t help it. Ideas for films have always just popped into my head like scraps of paper into a wastebasket. Although…

Shindo Kaneto

Shindo Kaneto was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and author. He directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he…

Tanaka Kinuyo

Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Ozu Yasujiro's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine,…

800: Two Lap Runners

6.6

The coming-of-age story revolves around two young long distance runners called Kenji Hirose and Ryuji Nakazawa. Kenji is haunted by memories of his dead friend Aihara with whom he had a brief homosexual affair. He…

Bosan Bengoshi: Goda Yumei Muei Hikoku Seki ni Tatsu Onna

~~ Adapted from the novel "Satsui no Kawa" (殺意の川) by Kosugi Kenji (小杉健治).

Doctor Prosecutor Morohashi - New Life

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Dr. Kenji Morohashi" (Dr.検事モロハシ) by Noda Shigeru (能田茂).

Kirisakareta E

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kyoshoku no Jigazo" (虚飾の自画像) by Kosugi Kenji (小杉健治).

Me & My Brother’s Mistress

7.6

Since the death of their parents, Yoko and Kenji have been inseparable. One night, Yoko witnesses her brother dating an unknown woman. This, of course, wouldn’t be a problem – if Kenji was not already engaged.…

Cold Bloom

7.0

After the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Shiori and Kenji, a couple working at a small factory recovering from the tragedy, are looking forward to having a baby. But Kenji dies in an accident caused by his colleague…

Ie Uru Onna no Gyakushu

7.5

Season 2 of this drama starts off with Sangenya being married to Yashiro, while Rusudou Kenji is a rival real estate agent.

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

7.5

Miyazawa Masajiro owns and runs a pawn shop for generations. His first son is Miyazawa Kenji and his daughter is Miyazawa Toshi. Kenji is supposed to take over the pawn shop as the first son, but he refuses to take…

Yakuza and the Family

8.0

A story of a yakuza family from 1999 to 2019. Yamamoto Kenji’s father died from using a stimulant drug. His life fell into desperation. Kenji then joined a crime syndicate. There, he meets the gang's boss, Shibasaki…