Higashiyama Akemi

Higashiyama Akemi, born Toshie Tamegai (為ヶ井寿江), is a Japanese singer and actress from Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with Antenne. In 1963, she successfully auditioned on the Nippon TV program "Hoihoi Music School." The following year, at the age of 17, she debuted as a youth song…

Tachibana Yasuhito

Tachibana Yasuhito is a Japanese producer. He is the representative of the production company 'Nemeton.' After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he worked at Cable Broad Networks (now USEN) before joining the production company Dramax Television (now TBS Sparkle) in 2004, affiliated with the…

Donie Ordiales

Donie Ordiales is an independent director-screenwriter born in Las-pinas, Metro-Manila Philippines. He graduated from the Tokyo Film Center School of Arts with a major in film directing. His is active in both Japan and the Philippines, but is currently in Tokyo, Japan. (Source: donx11.com)

Miyake Kazunori

Miyake Kazunori is a Japanese composer, arranger, and keyboardist from Okinawa, Japan. He is affiliated with the Face Music Publishing. A graduate of the Composition Department at Tokyo University of the Arts, Miyake adeptly utilizes a range of instruments, from orchestras to synthesizers, traditional…

Nagai Yoshio

Nagai Yoshio is a Japanese novelist and historical commentator born in Fukuoka, Japan. He graduated from Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan High School. Subsequently, he completed his studies at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, majoring in the Indian and Pakistani languages. After working at Fukuwa…

Henmi Minoru

Henmi Minoru was a Japanese television producer and the founder of Office Henmi. After graduating from Keio University Law School, Henmi joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and was assigned to the Tokyo Public Relations Department. Eventually, he became responsible for dramas and, in the…

Tajima Kazuko

Tajima Kazuko is a former Japanese actress. She was born in Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School. She was a member of the 12th class of the Haiyuza Theatre Company. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Iizawa Tadasu

Iizawa Tadasu, born Iizawa Tadasu (伊澤紀) in Wakayama, Japan, was a Japanese playwright, director, and novelist. He graduated from the Tokyo Higher Normal School's affiliated elementary school in 1922 and entered Musashi High School (武蔵高等学校) that same year. However, he struggled with…

Yamada Tomokazu

Yamada Tomokazu is a Japanese photographer, filmmaker, and director from Tokyo. (Source: Wikipedia JP)

Otani Yosuke

Otani Yosuke was born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1970. He made his debut as a screenwriter in 2008 with the drama "Tokyo Ghost Trip." He has since worked on various drama productions, including "Oyakoko Play" (2008) and "Oretachi wa Tenshi da! NO ANGEL NO LUCK" (2009). In 2015, he received the Excellence…

Passport to Darkness

A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in search of the real killer in this dark and beautiful noir from master…

Vampire Bride

6.0

Fujiko Shirai, Hideko Shinohara, Kiyoko Takiuchi, Rie Tamaki, Sanae Mitsutake are friends of “New Tokyo Dance School”. Newspaper reporter Ota moved from Eiko to Fujiko and was hated by Eiko. Satoeda, who was led…

Wait for Tomorrow

4.0

Misugi Kohei works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company, which offers him an assignment to “Cover…

Obon's Dipping Contest

Obon, the proprietress of the Oden restaurant "Obon" in Kanda, Tokyo, was originally the female boss of the pickpocket group "Atomic Gumi". Soon, a woman gets into trouble when she takes over photos, which was planned…

3000 En no Sekai Ryoko

2.0

A fantastic musical drama where dreams and reality are intertwined. A gentleman with a mysterious power appears in front of a man and a woman who go out for a date in Tokyo with a budget of 3000 yen, and magically…

I Hate But Love

6.9

In the high-octane, unorthodox romance I Hate But Love, a celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves face-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When…

Theater of Life: Hishakaku

8.0

Story of yakuza's honor, duty and loyalty. Hishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Due to his obligation to Kokin, he is involved in a gang war and…

Swords in the Moonlight 3

7.2

In this final episode, Ryunosuke, a psychotic samurai, is in Kofu (west of the Japanese capital of Edo, as Tokyo was then known), where he is employed to test a new sword each evening by killing a passerby. But the…

With Songs in My Heart

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make…

Black Sun

6.2

One is a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and other is a black American GI on the lam in Tokyo. The two outsiders become outlaws and the movie depicts their growing bond as an alternately absurd and tragic culture…