Ohmori Motoki

Ohmori Motoki is a Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, composer, arranger, and actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He is the vocalist and guitarist of the Japanese band Mrs. GREEN APPLE. He formed Mrs. GREEN APPLE in 2013 and made their major debut in 2015. After a two-year hiatus, the band resumed…

Hayakawa Sessue

Kintaro Hayakawa , known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, was a Japanese actor. He was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the United States and Europe. His "broodingly…

Ko Chun Hsiung

Ko Chun Hsiung was a Taiwanese actor, director and politician. He had been acting since the 1960s and had appeared in more than 200 films. His career accolades included three Golden Horse Awards, two Asia Pacific Film Festival Awards for Best Actor, a Panama International Film Festival Award for Best…

Wakamatsu Koji

Koji Wakamatsu was a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as "Ecstasy of the Angels" and "Go, Go, Second Time Virgin". He also produced Nagisa Oshima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses". He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film genre,"…

Kumazawa Naoto

Naoto Kumazawa is a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Graduated from Seijo University. While studying at Seijo University he was selected for the Shueisha BJ Image Award, and was exhibited at the Yu -bird International Fantastic Film Festival in the off-theater division.…

Tokoshima Yoshiko

Tokoshima Yoshiko is a Japanese actress represented by Horipro Inc. She attended Seika Girls High School and began training, working, and performing as a ballerina before transitioning to acting in the early 1990s. She made her actin debut in 1991 with the drama "Vingt Cinq Ans Marriage”. She has…

Katahira Nagisa

Katahira Nagisa is a Japanese actress, talent, and former idol singer from Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. She belongs to HoriPro. Katahira graduated from Horikoshi High School. In 1974, she appeared on the audition program "Star Tanjo!" On NTV and passed. She made her debut as an idol singer in 1975 with "Utsukushi…

Beppu Ayumi

Beppu Ayumi is a Japanese actress from Osaka prefecture. When she was in her third year of high school, she was scouted, which allowed her to enter the entertainment world. After working as a reporter on the Kansai local program "Ohayo Call ABC," she moved to Tokyo and joined the agency Yellow Cab.…

Tamaki Koji

Tamaki Koji is a Japanese singer-songwriter and actor. He has been well-known as a frontman of the band Anzen Chitai that debuted in 1982 and enjoyed its successful career, particularly during the 1980s. As a vocalist and a songwriter of the band, Tamaki spawned multiple successful compositions which…

Ueshima Ryuhei

Ueshima was active as a member of Dacho Club, and had appeared on numerous variety TV programs. On May 11, 2022 his body was found hanging at his home in Nakano Ward, Tokyo. He was transported to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.

Nani ka Okashii

7.8

A listener of a radio program requests for a live broadcast as the amusement park her family used to go is closing down; however, the listener is a mother who submitted the request with the goal of finding the culprit…

In Another Language

Summer 2020. Pedestrians have begun to return to Tokyo. In one corner of a cafe, a man and woman are taking part in a One Coin English Cafe where participants can casually enjoy English conversation for a small price.…

Not Famous Man

This documentary follows Udon Ono, an udon craftsman who lives and works in a car in Tokyo. He quit a regular job which exploited him and became an independent udon craftsman after training at famous stores and chain…

Suton

Sae, a woman living alone in Tokyo, begins working at a neighborhood café. Her life seems placid, but an encounter with a customer triggers an avalanche of memories from her past, revealing the background of the bitter…

Cafune

Maye Sora, a 19-year-old university student living in Tokyo, receives news of her grandfather's death. Busy with moving with the help of her friends, she puts off confirming the news. (Source: shortshorts.org)

Itadakimasu

Ryota, a young man living in Tokyo, receives an unexpected visit from his mother. After a brief encounter, they part without truly speaking. Through memories and a shared meal, the simple Japanese word “Itadakimasu”…

A Town of Blooming Forget-Me-Nots

Tsukioka Mikoto, who graduated from the nursing faculty of a national university in Matsumoto, Shinshu, spends her busy days working as a nurse in the internal medicine ward of a small general hospital in Azumino.…

MaTcH

An old Japanese mother, Haruko, comes to Tokyo from Osaka to see her 30 years old son, Shuji. Her purpose of the visit is setting up a matchmaking for him because he is still a single man. However, Shuji already uses…

Kokando Josho Sapuri

Tanimura Yuji, who works in the Sales Department at a publishing company, has been plain since his school days and has never been good at anything. One day, while living such a life of low self-esteem, he happens to…