Oku Keiichi

Oku Keiichi is a Japanese keyboardist, composer, and arranger born in Shiga prefecture. He is presided over "or-lab." Oku graduated from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, and dropped out of the master's program at the same university. He joined Hiromi Go's…

Misawa Akemi

Misawa Akemi is a Japanese enka singer and actress born in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture. She currently lives in Tokyo. She passed the 7th Toei New Face, after which she joined Toei and made her debut in 1959 with the NET TV drama "Fuebuki Doji". She made her movie debut in 1961 and is active in historical…

Matsumoto Eiichi

Matsumoto Eiichi was a Japanese film director born in Mukojima Susaki-cho, Honjo-ku, Tokyo. He played an active part in the era of silent movies. Matsumoto graduated from Kogyokusha Junior High School around 1912 and worked at the Railway Institute Ueno Station. After that, he entered Waseda University,…

Yomo Harumi

Yomo Harumi is a former Japanese actress and former child actress from Denenchofu, Ota-ku, Tokyo. In 1962, she made her debut as a child in the movie "Boku Chin Wandering Record". She announced her retirement in 1975. Yomo was helping with a small restaurant run by her mother but returned temporarily…

Jono Yuki

Jono Yuki is a former Japanese actress born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo. Originally aspiring to be a designer, she worked part-time as a fashion model while attending college, but was impressed by the American movie "Summertime"…

Tsushima Toshiaki

Tsushima Toshiaki was a Japanese composer born in Okayama, Japan. He graduated from Ehime Prefectural Imabari Technical High School, Electrical Engineering Department. He moved to Tokyo and attempted to enter the Tokyo Institute of Technology, but was unsuccessful. Instead, he enrolled in the Music…

Date Satoko

Satoko was a Japanese actress active during the Showa era. Born in Shioiri, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, she moved to Tokyo during childhood and attended Bunkagakuin Junior High School after graduating from Hikawadai Elementary School in 1923. She developed an interest in acting at Bunkagakuin and, following…

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…

Shoji Taro

Shoji Taro was a Japanese singer born in Daidokoromachi, Akita City, Akita Prefecture.. He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1965. He graduated from Akita Prefectural Akita Junior High School, and moved to Tokyo to study at the National English School and enrolled in the Waseda University Faculty…

Ogasawara Hiroshi

Ogasawara Hiroshi was a Japanese actor born in Mukden, Manchuria. He graduated from Mukden Daini Junior High School and Japanese Film Arts School. Ogasawara worked for Shintoho, Tokyo Artist Pro, and Tenchi Productions before belonging to NAC. In 1951, he joined Shintoho and made his debut as an actor,…

Ten'yawan'ya

6.0

Wary of being accused of war crimes, Inumaru Junkichi moves to his mentor's hometown, where he meets various eccentric characters. This movie depicts the contrast between the devastation of Tokyo and the laid-back…

Entotsu no Mieru Basho

7.0

The movie focuses on the life of a lower-middle class couple and their two tenants, living in a poor suburbs of Tokyo.

Faceless Man

5.0

Lupine, a jewel thief, came to Japan and impersonated Arisaka, the manager of the Tokyo Hotel, and was also disguised as a buyer Yamada. The purpose is to steal jewels, from a foreigner named Mason. ~~ Adapted from…

Obra Maestra

5 Segments, 25 Stars. 5 Cities, 5 Directors. First segment "Tokyo", second segment "Macao", third segment "Manila", fourth segment "Hong Kong", fifth segment "Singapore". (Source: IMDb)

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…

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…

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…

Kakedashi Jidai

The news reporter from the Social Affairs Department, Asahina Goro, was assigned a job of exploring the great Tokyo night. While wandering the city at night, he got caught by a woman. He even got thrown into a detention…

Kinkanshoku

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other,…

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…