Murakawa Eri

Murakawa Eri is a Japanese actress from Daito, Osaka, Japan, affiliated with Amuse (アミューズ). She began her training at the Cares (キャレス) vocal and dance school in Osaka around 1998. That year, she won the grand prize at the National Amuse Audition (全国アミューズオーディション).…

Suwa Taro

Taro Suwa played Yokota in Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger. He previously portrayed the human form of Charcoal-Grill Org in episode 34 of Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger.

Ebara Tatsuyoshi

Ehara Tatsuyoshi is a Japanese actor and businessman from Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio University. In 1948, he appeared as a child actor in "Kane no Naruoka". After that, he joined Toho and worked as a youth star.

Ikebe Ryo

Ikebe Ryo was born on February 11, 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kyuketsu-ga (1956), Desertion at Dawn (1950) and Madame White Snake (1956). He died on October 8, 2010 in Tokyo. He graduated from Rikkyo University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as…

Ide Toshiro

Ide Toshiro was a Japanese screenwriter for both film and television. Born in the village of Kitahata in Saga Prefecture, Ide graduated from the Tokyo Higher School of Arts (now the Faculty of Engineering of Chiba University). He initially worked as a magazine illustrator and advertising designer, but…

Sugi Yoko

Sugi joined Toho after winning its second New Face competition. She made her mark performing in coming-of-age movies, such as Blue Mountain Range (Aoi Sanmyaku). In 1962, Sugi married an American, retired from the entertainment industry, and moved to the United States. She worked as a public relations…

Hara Setsuko

Hara Setsuko became one of Japan's best-loved stars over her 30-year film career. Her signature character type, variations on a daughter devoted to her parents and home, inspired the nickname that stayed with her until retirement: the Eternal Virgin. To some extent, reality mirrored her roles in these…

Yamamoto Kajiro

Yamamoto Kajiro was a Japanese film director, actor, screenwriter, and essayist born in Ginza Uomenomachi, Tokyo, Japan. He used the pseudonyms Hirato Nobusuke (平戸延介) and Hirata Nobusuke (平田延介) when writing scripts or debuting as an actor. During his time at the Keio University Faculty…

Yachigusa Kaoru

Yachigusa Kaoru was a Japanese actress from Osaka Prefecture. From 1947 to 1957, she was a member of the Takarazuka Revue. Since leaving the Revue, she had been active in film, television, and narration. Her husband, director Senkichi Taniguchi, died on October 29, 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. The couple had…

Takarada Akira

Akira Takarada was a Japanese film actor who is most known in the west for his roles in the Godzilla film series. Takarada was born in Japan-occupied Korea, and lived for a time in Harbin, China. His father worked as an engineer on the South Manchuria Railway. After the war, he remained in Harbin, and…

Traffic Jam

6.0

A hard-working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides that they will go by car to…

Perfect Love

7.1

Kusunoki Taketo is a single 30-year-old dentist. A playboy, he will hit on all his female patients. Chigusa is a 24-year old typical OL, her only objective in life is to snare a wealthy and good-looking man for a husband.…

Sketches of Kaitan City

6.9

In the city of Kaitan, during the frost of another cold winter, the local shipyard is downsized and layoffs abound. Sota lives with his younger sister Honami. Sota loses his job at the shipyard and, feeling uneasy…

The Other Home

8.0

Just after the summer holiday, Morita Hagi and his friend Saito receive bad news from their teacher. Due to her marriage and her plan to become a stay-at-home housewife, the fishing club she was responsible for gets…

Tokyo

Tokyo!

6.8

Three short films compose the movie. Each segment is freely inspired by Tokyo and shot in the heart of the city. "TOKYO!" is a symphony interpreted in three dissonant parts, reflecting the image of the metropolis.…

Tokyo Vice

8.1

It tells the story of Jake's daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where he embeds himself into the police squad and becomes enmeshed in the hidden, complex, and corrupted cultures of the city's vice…

Tokyo Vice Season 2

8.1

~~ Loosely inspired by the memoir "Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan" (トウキョウ・バイス: アメリカ人記者の警察回り体験記) by Jake Adelstein. ~~ Co-production with…

Tokyo Revengers

8.2

Takemichi Hanagaki lives as a 26-year-old freeter. His life is basically miserable. One day, he learns from the news that Hinata Tachibana and her younger brother Naoto Tachibana were murdered by the Tokyo Manji Gang.…

Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room

8.3

Tokyo MER was formed by order from the Governor of Tokyo; it stands for Tokyo Mobile Emergency Room. The members are emergency care professionals who go to sites of dangerous accidents and disasters using ER cars.…