Escape from Japan

7.3

As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.

A Chain of Islands

The Domain: White Blade

Tragedy of Japan

9.0

The film tells the story of a mother, played by Yûko Mochizuki, who had to raise two children during and after World War II but whose children reject her. (Source: Wikipedia)

New Japan Violence Zone

Japanese Girls at the Harbor

6.3

A bad boy can win their hearts and drive them apart even in the 1930s and even in Japan and even to Christians and even when the two girls have made a vow to each other. The two schoolgirls make a promise that is easily…

The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan

This documentary depicts the theme of "hidden poverty" that has occurred in-spite of Japan's rapid economic growth in such a short period of time immediately following World War II. The film covers the suffering and…

Graduation Trip From Japan

6.0

Yasuo Miki, a dull university student of archeology, came to the small country of Chitwan in Southeast Asia on a graduation trip. He was deceived by a dubious broker, and made his debut as " outside sauce " under the…

The Emperor in August

7.1

In July, 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs…

Higashi Yoichi

Known in the West mainly for one film, Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura, 1996), Higashi has in fact produced an oeuvre of consistent intelligence and unobtrusive political commitment along liberal and progressive lines. His feature debut, People of the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa rettō, 1969),…

Ota Tadashi

Ota Tadashi was a Japanese composer and pianist born in Tokyo, Japan. His date of death is unknown. He became acquainted with the organ at the age of 8 and began studying piano and composition at the age of 15. After graduating from commercial school in 1919, he composed numerous songs and children's…

Aoe Shunjiro

Aoe Shunjiro, whose real name is Oshima Chosaburo (大嶋長三郎), was a Japanese playwright and critic. He was born in Akita, Japan, as the eldest son of the drug merchant Eiseido. Initially named Eiichi (衛一), he adopted the name Chosaburo after his father's death in 1915. Aoe attended Akita…

Ko Hideo

Ko Hideo, born Yoshida Hideo (吉田英男) in Tomari, Sakhalin, Russia, was a Japanese singer and actor. The youngest of eight siblings, he was adopted by his maternal aunt's family shortly after birth. Both his biological and adoptive families were involved in the paper industry and had connections…

Horikoshi Kenzo

Horikoshi Kenzo is a Japanese film producer. He is the representative of the film production and distribution company Eurospace and also holds the position of Honorary Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Since 2021, he has been a professor at the Anime and Manga Faculty of Kaishi Professional…

Kamei Fumio

Kamei went to the Soviet Union in 1928 to study filmmaking, but had to return home because of an illness. He eventually began working at Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL), one of the precursors to Toho, where he made a name for himself making documentaries - or "culture films" (bunka eiga) as they were…

Iwato Shisetsu

He was a Benshi and could read and translate English scripts. After that, he made his debut as a movie director at the company, and a work called "Nippon Sakura" released at "Daiichi Bunmeikan" on May 23, 1909 (Meiji 42). Shooting of the work is, in the 10 years after Toyojiro Takamatsu "the activities…

Aonuma Saburo

Masaki Miki

Sakabe Fumiaki

Sakabe Fumiaki, born Sakabe Yuji (坂部裕治), is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Gunma, Japan. He is affiliated with the Gekidan Bungakuza (劇団文学座) theater troupe. (Source: MyDramaList)