Pursuit at Dawn

This documentary-style police drama depicts life in the back alleys of Tokyo’s Shimbashi district. The film’s camera work shows the beginnings of Ichikawa’s innovative style.

Cordon at Dawn

Wings of Dawn

8.0

Sawamura Haruko

Sawamura Haruko was a Japanese actress born on Rebun Island, Rebun District, Hokkaido. In March 1920 she moved to Tokyo and when she turned 19 years old, she entered the Shochiku Kinema Actor School in Tsukiji. Sawamura made her debut as a movie actress in 1921 by appearing in "Rojo no Reikon" produced…

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Sakai Miki

Sakai Miki is an actress and J-pop idol singer from Shizuoka, Japan. As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995 Shunji Iwai film "Love Letter" playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her role including…

Iwao Kinshiro

Iwao Kinshiro was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and recitation artist born in Tokyo, Japan. He dropped out of the Faculty of Commerce at Meiji University (明治大学) and later served as the chairman of the All Japan Entertainment Troupe Management Association (全国芸能団運営会) and as a…

Chihaya Akiko

Chihaya Akiko was a Japanese actress. Her date of death is unknown.

Takizawa Eisuke

Takizawa Eisuke was a Japanese film director. Born in Tokyo, Takizawa worked at Toa Cinema and Makino Film Productions before debuting as a director in 1929 with Aru Onna to Gaka. He later directed primarily jidaigeki at Toho and Nikkatsu. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ubukata Kenichiro

Ubukata Kenichiro was a Japanese actor born in Aramaki, Niihari, Tone, Gunma, Japan. After attending Gunma Normal School, he graduated from Kansai University's Faculty of Law and became a teacher at Nihonbashi Women's School. In 1916, he began his acting career with Osanai Kaoru's New Theater. He was…

Chiba Sachiko

Chiba Sachiko was a Japanese actress. She was born to an upper-class family as Chiba Tsuruko. She married director Naruse Mikio, but divorced him due to differences in class and a clash between her mother and Naruse. She quit acting as per her mother's wishes and instead managed a high-end restaurant,…

Toyama Toshiya

Toyama Toshiya is a Japanese actor.

Takashima Masanobu

Masanobu Takashima is a Japanese actor. He was previously married to Miwon.

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 4

~~ Adapted from the novel series "Totsugawa Police Department" (十津川警部シリーズ) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

That's The Way!! Akatsuka Fujio and Two Wives

That's the Way!!

6.3

In 1967, Shogakukan is holding their employee initiation ceremony when Akatsuka Fujio, a well-known manga artist for Shonen Sunday, begins addressing the unsuspecting crowd while dressed up as the character Iyami from…

Himitsu no Akkochan

“Himitsu no Akko-chan” is about a young elementary school girl called Akko-chan who received a magical compact mirror that allows her to transform into anything she wishes. Depending on the circumstances she always…

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

7.0

The movie depicts the famous apartment building in Shiinamachi, Tokyo, where now legendary but then up-and-coming manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked together, shared…

Akko's Secret

7.2

“Himitsu no Akko-chan” is about a young elementary school girl called Akko-chan who received a magical compact mirror that allows her to transform into anything she wishes. The movie is going to feature an original…

Japanese Style

7.6

30-year-old Kakioka Tetsuro returns home for the first time in 10 years to save his family’s traditional inn Niji no Ya after he hears that his father has been hospitalized. But he is lost for words when he sees…