Ichikawa Suisen III

Ichikawa Suisen III was a Japanese actress and dancer associated with the Shochiku era of Kabuki in Japan. Born as Horikoshi Kikue (堀越喜久榮) in Tsukiji, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, she comes from a family deeply rooted in Kabuki tradition. Her father was the fifth-generation Ichikawa Shinnosuke,…

Nishio Toku

Nishio Toku was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. He was represented by Tokyo Actors' Consumer's Cooperative Society. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ogawa Hirooki

Ogawa Hirooki was a Japanese composer born in Shinbashi, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan. He served as a director of the Japan Composer's Association. He graduated from Daikura High School of Commerce's Junior Division in 1943, and furthered his studies in vocal music under Tachimatsu Fusako and Sonoda Seiichi,…

Omiya Teiji

Omiya Teiji was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and a member of the Tokyo Actors Consumer Cooperative Society when he died. He attended Nihon University, but withdrew before completing his degree. He was known for playing the roles of kind old men in many 1970s anime series. During his life, he achieved…

Sekiguchi Gen

Sekiguchi Gen is a Japanese commercial and film director born Saitama, Japan. He graduated from Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo.

Matsumoto Sayuki

Matsumoto Sayuki is a Japanese talent and former gravure idol. She debuted as a singer under the name Jimi Shijimi (ジミ・シジミ) on August 17, 2011. She graduated from Mie Prefectural Yokkaichi Nishi High School. Scouted during junior high, she moved to Tokyo at age 18 and began her career in…

Amano Shinji

Amano Shinji, originally known as Matsumoto Tomotaka (松本友孝), is a Japanese actor affiliated with Kindai Kikaku Center. Born in Senju Nakamachi, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, he enrolled in Keio University's Faculty of Literature in 1952 but left in his second year after being scouted by Shinkokugeki…

Kura Tadaoyshi

Kura Tadayoshi was a Japanese actor born in Kameido, Koto, Tokyo. He debuted in 1963, appearing in the television drama "Tentekomai Monogatari" while in the second grade. In 1974, he graduated from Seisoku High School in Shiba Park, Minato. He retired from the entertainment industry in 1985 at age 30.…

Natsume

Natsume is a former Japanese actress, TV personality, and gravure idol from Tokyo, Japan. Previously, she was known by her stage name Sano Natsume (佐野夏芽). On October 18, 2009, she announced at an event and on her blog that she would retire from gravure activities with the release of a DVD in…

Takeguchi Roncha

Roncha Takeguchi is a Japanese actor born in Fukuoka, Japan. He is affiliated with Mai Promotion and is a member of the theater troupe Hagewa, focusing primarily on stage productions. In 2000, after relocating to Tokyo, he became a member of Hagewa. (Source: MyDramaList)

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…