Hirotsu Mitsuo

Graduated from Matsuyama Junior High School in1929. In 1937, he joined Shinko Kinema Kyoto Studio as an assistant director, admiring senior junior high school students Daisuke Ito and Mansaku Itami, and stayed after the merger with Daiei. He studied under Akira Nobuchi and Kazuo Mori and served as chief…

Uchida Asao

Uchida Asao, born Uchida Tomoo in Pyongyang, Korea, during Japanese rule, was a Japanese actor. He was affiliated with Kohinata Project after working with Enkei Theater and the Gekkoai theater troupe. After graduating from Pyongyang First Middle School, Uchida worked for Higashiman Waryu Coal Mine,…

Kuwano Michiko

Michiko Kuwano was a Japanese actress. First working as a "sweets girl" for Morinaga & Company, Kuwano joined the Shochiku studio in 1934, debuting in Hiroshi Shimizu's Kinkanshoku. She gave birth to a girl in 1942, who later became the actress Miyuki Kuwano, and resumed work in 1943, but collapsed…

Miura Mitsuko

Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…

Takamatsu Kinnosuke

Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Takamatsu acted in shinpa theater before joining Makino Film Productions in 1924. He left the studio in 1926 and joined director Kinugasa Teinosuke in the independent production of the avant-garde film A Page of Madness, playing the crucial role of the bearded inmate. He…

Fujiki Yu

Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with…

Hori Ben

Hori Ben is an actor and former child actor from Tokyo. In 1974 he joined Tokyo Kid Brothers while attending Takushoku University, and left after performing in New York and London. In 1975 he participated in the founding of Mr. Slim Company with Shinsui Sansho, Kasai Kenji, Makigami Koichi, and others.…

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…

Tajima Yoshibumi

In 1937, he participated in the founding of a small art theater. Dropped out of college in 1941. In 1946, he joined the Haiyuza Theater Company due to "the love of the actress Sumako" ( Shochiku, Kenji Mizoguchi ) In 1954, he left the Haiyuza Theater Company and entered Nikkatsu, where he resumed film…

Hidehiro Kawai

Specializes in composition, arrangement, bass, sometimes DJ. Hobbies include cooking and Keihin Kyuko. Favorite foods are meat, sushi, ramen, pasta, liquor, natto, oysters, coffee. Suddenly in the winter of the third year of high school, he became interested in music and became a composer and player.…

Momotaro-zamurai

7.0

Momotaro must save the life of his brother. The film is an early collaboration of Misumi Kenji and Ichikawa Raizo, who will work together until Ichikawa's death. A ronin walking down Kuramae-dori in Asakusa, wearing…

Rikon Keikaku 〜 Itsuka Aishita Anata e 〜

10.0

Tomoko returns to her career as a lawyer when her husband, Kenji, retires from restructuring. Meanwhile, Kenji decides to help his parents' coffee shop. People who have trouble with their marriage come to the office…

Jiken 11 ~ Gyakuten Hotei! Ane o Koroshita Otoko ga Muzai?

2.0

~~ Adapted from the novel “Tsukimura Bengoshi Gyakuten Hotei” (月村弁護士 逆転法廷) by Kosugi Kenji (小杉健治).

Kansahojin

7.7

A drama about an auditor caught between duty and compassion. Miyazaki Kenji works at an audit firm where he confronts his co-workers who tolerate window-dressing to save companies suffering from economic downturn.…

The Day Of Ants In The Sky

6.0

"The Day Of Ants In The Sky" depicts the love story between a man and a woman who are both assassins for hire. Kenji appears to be a normal college student, but he is also part of a covert assassination team. One day,…

Fukushu Houtei

6.6

In fall 2013, ex-college professor Nakahara Seiji uses a hunting rifle to kill Iwasaki Kenji and surrenders to the police. The crime stems from the 2012 murder of Seiji’s daughter Yukiko, who was raped and strangled.…

Indigo no Koibito

6.8

Kurashiki City in Okayama Prefecture is famous worldwide for Okayama Denim. Harada Kenji works as a denim craftsman in the city. He distresses and dyes blue denim at a factory in Kojima district every day. Kenji gave…

The Deep Blue Sea

To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who has been adopted by another family. When he arrives, Kenji soon discovers…

Tokyo March

7.8

A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in feudal Japan, depicted in Kenji Mizoguchi’s typical style. The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against…

Clover

7.0

Hayato, Tomoki, and Kenji were childhood friends. However, Hayato moved away when they were little but now came back after eight years as a high school freshman. Hayato is good at fighting and helps his friends out…