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…

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…

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…

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,…

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 ||…

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…

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…

Natsu no Deai

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A rancher who pours his heart into keeping thoroughbreds set in the majestic Nasu Highlands at the All-Sunday's first all-terrain was encountered with a woman from a Tokyo veterinarian and a trainee volunteer, To reconsider.…

Maido Osawagase Shimasu

A sex education drama that depicts the interaction with the adults who are holding their heads in a slightly naughty by a trio of junior high school students who are curious about "sex". In the housing apartments in…

Yama: Attack to Attack

This extraordinary documentary is an unflinching record of the workers’ struggle during Japan’s economic rebirth in the 1980s, centered on Tokyo’s Sanya “yoseba”—a slum community dating from the 19th century…

Out of Focus

A magazine publisher called Out Of Focus hires a new female photographer. This company is located in Tokyo. The new photographer moves from outside the city to Tokyo and, upon arrival and on her first day, is tasked…

Tora-san 35: The Go-Between

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On the Goto Islans, Tora-san rescues an old lady and befriends her. She then dies all of a sudden and at her Chritian funeral, he meets the old woman's granddaughter, who lives alone in Tokyo. Back in Shibamata, Tora-san…

Inochi

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The 24th NHK Taiga Drama is Inochi. The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the…

Mechanko Mickey

A lovely young girl returns home alone from the U.S. to live with her grandmother in Tokyo, whom she has not seen since her childhood. This coming-of-age comedy depicts the main character's school life and interactions…

The Winter of 1905

Set in 1905, during the conflict between Japan and Russia over Chinese territory in Northeast China, a wealthy Shanghai young man traveled to Tokyo to pursue his study in Arts. However, his friends persuade him to…

Necchu Jidai Special

After the second season, when Kamuizaki Elementary School was closed, he returned to Tokyo with Junsaburo's assistant again and was transferred to Minami Tamagawa Elementary School, and became a Teacher of 5th grade…