Saegusa Genjiro

Saegusa Genjiro was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Shibuya-mura, Toyoma-gun, Tokyo. In March 192, he graduated from Tokyo Physics School, and in May of the same year, joined the Nikkatsu Mukojima Photo Studio Supervision Department. He made his debut as a director in "Minzoku no Reimei"…

Watanabe Mototsugu

Watanabe Mototsugu is a highly revered filmmaker in the Pink Eiga world. A consummate entertainer, he was born December 2nd, 1957 in Tokyo and studied filmmaking at Nihon University. From there he entered Mukai Productions (the ‘father of Pink Eiga’, Hiroshi Mukai’s production company), where…

Ose Itaru

Ose Itaru, born Sato Kakuto (佐藤格), was a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School (東京都立新宿高等学校) and the Faculty of Literature at Waseda University (早稲田大学). In 1955, he joined the Bungakuza (文学座) theater company,…

Kuni Soten

Kuni Soten was a Japanese actor born in Kikugawa, Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Shimada Town Commercial Supplementary School. He was affiliated with Kokuto Eiga, Shochiku, Toho, Shintoho, NAC, and others. His wife was actress Satsuki Fujie (五月藤江). (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia ||…

Takashiro Tsuyoshi

Takashiro Tsuyoshi is a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer. Takashiro was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 18, 1964. At university, he received the “Tokyo International Video Biennale" prize. It was the first in his career. After that, he became a filmmaker of CF and music videos. He married actress…

Shiba Seika

Shiba Seika was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Jonai-cho, Saga City, Saga Prefecture. After graduating from the former Saga Prefectural Saga Junior High School, he joined the international livelihood in Tokyo in 1922 and worked in the company's main building. In May 1923, at the age…

Mimura Shintaro

Mimura Shintaro was a Japanese screenwriter born in Okayama, Japan. He moved to Tokyo and entered Meiji University but dropped out. His real name Iwai Shintaro (岩井伸太郎). He joined the screenplay collective "Narutakigumi" in Kyoto during the early days of the talkie era. In 1926, he joined the…

Araki Michiko

Araki Michiko, born in Misaki-cho, Kanda, Tokyo, was a Japanese actress. Michiko attended Meika Elementary School and graduated from Joshi Gakuin in 1934. She worked in the language department of the YWCA and as a librarian at the Imperial University. In 1938, she joined the Bungakuza Research Institute…

Shima Koji

Shima Koji was a Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter. Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. He appeared in over 90 films as an actor, playing mostly romantic leads. He turned to directing…

Yakumaru Gaku

Yakumaru Gaku is a Japanese novelist born in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from Komazawa University Senior High School in 1988. He made his debut in 2005 and is a current member of the Mystery Writers of Japan. He passed the Tokyo Kid Brothers enrollment test, but musicals didn't feel…

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,…

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.…

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…

Keisatsukan

6.0

During a random road-check, rookie police officer Itami is reacquainted with his old high school buddy Tomioka Tetsuo, who is travelling back to Tokyo from a day at the golf range. Over the years, the two have taken…

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…

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…