Azuma Chiyonosuke

Azuma Chiyonosuke was a Japanese actor and dancer. He appeared in more than forty films from 1954 to 1993. Born in Tokyo, Azuma attended the Tokyo University of the Arts, while studying Japanese dance under Bando Mitsugoro VIII. He joined the Toei studio in 1954 and became a star after his debut film,…

Oda Masao

Oda Masao, born Saiki Masao (斎木政雄) was a Japanese actor born in Waseda, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. He later changed his name to Oda Masao (織田真佐男). He began his acting career at age six and graduated from Tokyo Prefectural School of Arts (東京府立工芸学校). In 1930, he enrolled…

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Yamaoka Hisano

Yamaoka Hisano was a Japanese actress born in Magome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The rights to her past works were entrusted to Office Tendo by her adopted daughter. In 1942, she enrolled in the 33rd class at the Takarazuka Music School. She aimed to become an otokoyaku (male role performer) and had planned…

Miki Norihei

Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…

Fukuhara Mitsunori

Fukuhara Mitsunori is a Japanese screenwriter, theatre director and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Imaging Art. His talent agency is KNOCKS,INC.

Miura Mitsuko

Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…

Nanbara Koji

Nanbara Koji was a Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He died of myocardial infarction in Chofu, Tokyo at age 74. (Source: Wikipedia)

Suzuki Ikko

Suzuki Ikkou, real name Suzuki Hirokazu, is a Japanese actor. He was born in Sangenjaya, Tokyo. (Source: Wikipedia)

Yanagisawa Shinichi

Yanagisawa Shinichi was a Japanese jazz singer, actor, voice actor, welfare activist, vaudevillian, and lyricist from Tokyo. He was affiliated with M-Three and served as honorary president of the NPO Japan Abilities Association and honorary director of the Kima Makan in Higashiyamato. During World War…

Kinjirareta Asobi

4.0

Eiko, a successful psychiatrist, and her husband Yohei are happy to have her sister Ayumi stay with them when she comes to Tokyo to visit her boyfriend. But no one is prepared for the feelings that develop between…

Winds of God

4.0

Pic follows the misadventures of Makoto and his not-so-bright sidekick Kinta, who flub their way through a Tokyo talent contest, head out into heavy traffic and, when the bandages come off, find they've traded in their…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 4

While visiting Sado Island on assignment for a magazine, Asami Mitsuhiko encounters a middle-aged man named Komatsu at Sai no Kawara. After returning to Tokyo, Mitsuhiko happens to find Komatsu collapsed near his neighborhood.…

Kimi wa Toki no Kanata e

6.8

The story is about 1560 Japan when samurais were trying to battle each other for power and territory and Kimura was dueling with his rival when a time slip sucked them up into 20th Japan and deposited him in Tokyo.…

The Rapeman 7

Mild-mannered high school teacher by day, masked, knife-wielding rapist for hire by night, Rapeman rights wrongs through penetration, teaching the evil women of Tokyo respect for their elders, for society, and for…

Boku no Machi Isha Shugyo

A drama commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Youth Theater. Koichi (Naoto Ogata), a physician who works at a hospital in Kofu City, is about to leave his parents in Tokyo for a year. He also…

Megalopolis Expressway Trial 5

7.6

Fifth instalment in the Megalopolis Expressway franchise that despite its title follows the well worn conventions of the series. A street racer, who dominates the racing of his local town, proves his metal by heading…

The Ugly Duckling

6.1

This is an elementary school version of 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei. Gansuke is an elementary school teacher from Hokkaido who moves to Tokyo to be near his sweetheart Masako, who wants to become a hair stylist. He…