Soganoya Bundo

Sogoyana Bundo is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Wakayama prefecture, Japan.

Kondo Yoshimasa

Yoshimasa Kondo, born on August 13, 1961, in Nagoya, Japan, is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He debuted as an extra in the series Chu-gaku-sei Nikki and was later written into the script. He later gained notability while working with the theatrical troupe Tokyo Sunshine Boys, though he is not a…

Iwamoto Masuyo

Iwamoto Masuyo was a Japanese actress born in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. On August 19, 2020, she was found dead at home at the age of 80 following a cardiac arrest.

Wakayama Tomisaburo

Wakayama Tomisaburo was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His father was Tohiji Katsu (or Katsutoji Kineya), a noted kabuki performer and nagauta singer, and the family as a whole were kabuki performers. He and his younger brother, Shintaro Katsu, followed their father in the theater.…

Taniguchi Senkichi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,…

Miura Masaki

Miura Masaki is a Japanese actor from Wakayama, Japan.

Okabe Takashi

Okabe Takashi is a Japanese actor born in Wakayama, Japan.

Fuji Sumiko

Fuji Sumiko is a Japanese actress and moderator from Gobo City, Wakayama Prefecture. She received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2007, and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays in the spring of 2016. She graduated from Osaka Municipal Honjo Junior High School. She became a fan of Takarazuka Revue…

Ichikawa Shoko

Former Japanese actress . Born in Wakayama prefecture .

Kusumoto Kenji

Enomoto Kenji is a Japanese actor born on March 12, 1929 in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. His real name is Enomoto Kenzo.

Tangerines on Cat

7.4

Tomohiro takes his fiance Machiko to his hometown of Aridagawa in Wakayama Prefecture to see his family. Tomohiro’s family includes three siblings. His younger brother Takeshi refuses to go to school. His older sister…

The Millennial Rapture

6.0

Set within Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, "The Millennial Rapture" follows the lives of various people including a womanizer and a yakuza, all with a mythic world-view.

Boku wa Boku, Kujira wa Kujira de, Oyoide Iru

8.0

Taiji-cho Whale Museum is located in the southern part of Wakayama Prefecture. The museum doesn't get a lot of visitors. Due to its low attendance, the museum is in a difficult financial situation. Veteran museum staff…

Honmamon

6.0

Yamanaka Konoha is an 18-year-old girl born in the Kumano area of Wakayama prefecture deep in the country. The family makes its living in forestry but barely gets by. Konoha's mother, Senri, is an instructor of Kumano…

Furusato wo Kudasai

A joint workshop for people with disabilities has been established in a town in Wakayama prefecture. The local residents are wary of the disabled people who have moved in a group and start an opposition movement, but…

Gekitotsu! Aikido

An action movie that illustrates the struggle of Morihei Ueshiba who was born in a farming family in Wakayama on his way of pursuing the heart of martial arts until he finally created his own well-polished Aikido.…

Choki

7.3

Naoto Hatano works as a hairdresser at his shop "Hatano" located in a shopping district in Wakayama. He enjoys music and coffee. His wife Kyoko teaches a calligraphy class in the same building as her husband's beauty…

Zettai ni Itte wa Ikenai Shinrei Spots Vol. 4

This is the fourth horror documentary that examines haunted spots famous on the Internet and by word of mouth. Reporters are dispatched to spots that are said to be “dangerous,” such as a famous suicide spot on…

A Step Forward

An in-depth documentary about suicidal individuals and pastor Fujiyabu's efforts to save them. The Sandanbeki Cliffs are located in Shirahama Town, Wakayama Prefecture. There, 'Lifeline Telephone' operator Fujiyabu…

Jun-chan no Ouen-ka

7.4

The 41th NHK Asadora. The year is 1947, August. Ono Junko's family is being evacuated to Wakayama and the father is going to war. A few years later, the father has returned from Manchuria but he also brought a boy…