Hirosawa Torazo

Hirosawa Torazo was a Japanese actor. He was born in Shirokane, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan.

Oda Motoyoshi

An English major who graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious, in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was promptly accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Kajiro Yamamoto,…

Akama Naoya

Japanese actor formerly a member of Johnny's Jr. unit " Ya-Ya-yah ". Born in Adachi-ku , Tokyo . Blood type is B type . His office is Johnny's Office → A-team → Treasure of Music.

Ohmiya Toshimitsu

Ohmiya Toshimitsu was a Japanese actor. He was born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan.

Yamaguchi Naoya

Yamaguchi Naoya is a Japanese filmmaker who lives and works in Japan. In 2009, he enrolled in BA Design at the Tokyo University of the Arts.

Hayashi Hiroshi

He was born in Kyoto on January 31, 1905. His real name is Inagaki Saburo. He dropped out of his junior high school and moved to Tokyo. He began acting on stage soon after. In 1940, he married Takeda Moto. With her, he had two children but the two divorced in 1965. After WWII, he joined Shin Toho and…

Yamamoto Shinya

Yamamoto Shinya is a Japanese actor, director, talent, and reporter from Kanda, Tokyo, Japan.

Mikhail Red

Mikhail Red is an independent filmmaker in the Philippines. He is the son of Palme d'Or winner Raymond Red. He is known for his second feature Birdshot, which won Best Film in the Asian Future section in Tokyo and was selected as the Filipino entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy…

Aikawa Kinya

Aikawa Kinya was a Japanese actor, tarento, and voice actor. He was born in Tokyo and died in 2015 of lung cancer. (Source: Wikipedia)

Shimizu Kinichi

Shimizu Kinichi was a Japanese comedian and film actor born in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. He began his career at 16 in Tokyo, becoming a disciple of Shimizu Kintaro, a leader in Asakusa Opera. During this period, he took the name Shimizu Kinichi and had a child with actress Mine Rei. After Kintaro's death…

Oiwa Inari

The first known film relating to the classic ghost story Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan ("Ghost Story of Yotsuya on the Tokaido", 1825), a kabuki play written by Tsuruya Nanboku IV and first performed at Tokyo's Nakamura theatre,…

Only Sun Knows

Weng Nao (29), a Taiwanese youth who claims to be the next master in the Japanese literary world, arrives in the blooming modern city Tokyo in 1934. However, as a result of the rogue and decadent life, his manuscript…

Dreams of Youth

Okada and Kato, students at 'W' [i.e. Waseda] University, in Tokyo, live in the same lodgings. One morning, Kato receives a tailor's bill. Okada has seen the letter arrive, so Kato tells him it's from his girlfriend.…

Influence

8.2

Yuri confesses to a female novelist that she and two friends committed three murders and asks her to write their story. In high school, Yuri lived in a provincial apartment complex where she knew her classmate Satoko…

Amachan

8.1

Amano Aki goes with her mother Haruko to her hometown in Kitasanriku during a summer vacation. There, she meets her maternal grandmother, Natsu, for the first time. Natsu is a woman diver aka "ama", and Aki thinks…

Last Samurai Standing

8.3

The story begins in Kyoto, Japan in 1878, 10 years after the glory days of the samurai. Stripped of their identity and status and no longer permitted even to carry swords, the samurai struggle to survive in this new…

The Emperor's Cook

8.5

Tokuzo Akiyama is a young man from a rural area who is married and has a child along the way. One day, he eats a delicious breaded cutlet, which inspires him to strive to become a chef specializing in Parisian cuisine.…

Pachinko Season 2

8.5

Begins in Osaka in 1945 when World War II broke out, and tells the story of Sun Ja's struggles to protect her family, even making dangerous choices. The stories of Solomon, who must start anew with nothing in 1989…

Silent

8.5

Tsumugi Aoba fell in love with So Sakura, who attended the same high school. They both shared an interest in music. Their relationship got deeper and deeper, but, suddenly, Sakura said goodbye to her without giving…

Rurouni Kenshin

8.6

Former legendary assassin, Kenshin Himura, has now become a wandering samurai. Offering aid and protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time, he comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya. Her…