Maeda Michiko

Michiko Maeda is a Japanese film and television actress who became known as the first Japanese actress to appear in a nude scene in a mainstream film. Michiko Maeda was born in Osaka. She was working in a department store in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo when she began working as an actress at the…

Hidari Tonpei

Hidari Tonpei was a Japanese actor, singer, and talent from Oji, Kita, Tokyo. He is known for "Narayama Bushiko", "Izakaya Choji", and "Kozure Shinbee".

Orikasa Ai

Orikasa Ai, born Orikasa Kikue (折笠きく江) in Adachi, Kitasenju, Tokyo, Japan, is a voice actress, actress, and J-Pop singer affiliated with Axel One (アクセルワン). She made her debut in the anime Little Lord Fauntleroy (小公子セディ). Her interest in theater was sparked in second…

Namiki Akie

Akie Namiki was born in 1978 at Saitama prefecture and has been acting since she was a teenager. She had a leading role in Aruasa Soup Wa, which won the grand prix at the Pia Film Festival 2004 in Tokyo and in 2006 she featured in Hanauta Dorobo. In 2007, Akie played a young teacher suffering with mental…

Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…

Takeda Kozo

Takeda Kozo, born December 27, 1972 in Adachi Ward, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor and former professional kick boxer.

Ashikawa Yoshimi

Ashikawa Yoshimi, born Kono Yoshimi (河野芳美), is a Japanese actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Ono Gakuen Women's High School (小野学園女子高等学校) and is affiliated with Office Mitsui (オフィス三井). She is also known by the name Awaya Yoshimi (粟屋芳美)…

Kato Tokiko

Tokiko Kato is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist, actress and activist.She was born in Harbin, Manchukuo, from Japanese parents and graduated from the University of Tokyo. She worked as a visiting professor at Josai International University. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kirari

Kirari is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress. She is represented by Taiwan based agency, OFFICE 303. Kirari was born in Tokyo and grew up in Okinawa prefecture. Originally, her stage name was Kamuzaki Risa and appeared in the variety shows during mid 90s. Her debut as an actress in the drama…

Kikuchi Eiichi

Kikuchi Eiichi, born Kikuchi Eiichi (菊池英一) in Kyodo, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and television host. He is affiliated with Ai-Ti Planning (アイティ企画). Kikuchi graduated from Ikuei Kogyo High School (育英工業高等学校) and the Department…

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.…

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…

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,…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…