Takai Shin

Takai Shin, a novelist and science fiction writer from Nagoya, Japan, graduated from the Tokyo University of Science with a degree in Applied Physics. He is a member of both the Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan and the Mystery Writers of Japan. Active in science fiction fan circles since high school,…

Kin-chan

Kinno Hirokazu, also known with his stage name Kinchan, is a Japanese comedian from Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, and part of the comedy duo Onigoe Tomahawk (鬼越トマホーク). He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Takashima High School and worked as a store manager at the yakiniku chain Gyukaku for three…

Hirokawa Jun

Hirokawa Jun, whose real name is Takaoka Mika, is a former Japanese pop idol, singer and actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She retired just 2 years after her debut from the entertainment industry to pursue academic studies. She is now a business scholar and lecturer at Rikkyo University. (Source: Japanese…

Hiratsuji Tomoko

Hiratsuji Tomoko is a Japanese actress, voice actress, and narrator from Osaka, Japan. She is a member of the Tokyo Actor's Cooperative and was previously associated with the Kurumi Theater Company. (Source: MyDramaList)

Otsu Daisaku

Otsu Daisaku is a Japanese actor and singer, known for his involvement with the unit RisK. He is from Musashino, Tokyo, and graduated from Nihon University Sakuragaoka High School. In high school, Otsu gained recognition as a reader model for the magazines "BOYS RUSH" and "Tokyo Street News," which…

Marie

Marie is a Japanese actress, traditional music performer, interviewer, and writer, born in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Mita High School. Marie began her career in 1979 as Takeuchi Kayoko (竹内香代子) with a debut role in "Journey to the West" while training at the…

Hazeyama Hiroko

Hazeyama Hiroko is a Japanese general producer with special status at the Content Production Bureau of Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV). Originally from Kagoshima Prefecture, she moved to Tokyo after graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Tsurumaru High School to study sociology at Tokyo Women's…

Tsuruga Rei

Tsuruga Rei is a Japanese screenwriter born in Aomori, Japan. He graduated from Department of Film and Media Studies at Osaka University of Arts, and completed the graduate school at Tokyo University of the Arts. He is affiliated with Andream (&REAM), Inc.

Shimizu Takeshi

Shimizu Takeshi is a Japanese film art director from Kanagawa, Japan. He began his career as an art assistant on the special effects television drama "Ultraman 80" and later worked at Tokyo Disneyland. He joined Toho, where he initially focused on special effects art before making his debut as an art…

Ono Ayaka

Ono Ayaka, a former Japanese child actress from Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, was affiliated with the Tokyo Children's Theater Company and later with Internet Production ChuChu. Her younger sister, Ono Mana, also worked as a child actress. (Source: MyDramaList)

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…

The Scent of Incense

7.3

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble. (Source: TMDB)

A Female Spy, Elisa

During the Korean War (1950-1953), Park Ho, a Korean secret agent staying in Tokyo has relations with a female spy, Elisa. She, becoming a slave to his love, at last, confesses her identity. Later, she begins providing…

Chichibu Suikoden: Hissatsu Ken

1884. The samurai days have come to an end. Capitalism and democracy flourished across Japan. But in Chichibu, an area just north of Tokyo, samurai spirits still lived. Out of the many schools that taught Japanese…

Black Tight Killers

6.7

Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar, he becomes involved in saving Yuriko from assassination by stylish,…

A Windmill, Tulips and Love

6.0

After graduating from college, Mariko, who worked for a nursery school, left Tokyo to attend the International Society for Childcare in Munich. Her feelings, when she received the engagement ring from Natsukawa at…

Ceremony of Disbanding

6.7

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly…

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…

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…

Captain Ultra

6.9

This series is based very loosely on Captain Future, the pulp science fiction saga created by the influential Edmond Hamilton. Originally, this series was aired by Tokyo Broadcasting System right after the end of the…