Nire Kotaro

Nire Kotaro was a Japanese actor born in Higashikomagata, Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1919, he made his debut in Asakusa's "Mikuniza". In 1922, he served in the military, and after his discharge, he participated in the Arashi Hina Masu no Tabi troupe and toured the countryside. After World War II, he joined…

Fushimi Akira

Fushimi Akira was a Japanese screenwriter born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. He moved to Tokyo and entered Meiji University, but dropped out. He joined the Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio in Kamata, Tokyo, and in 1926 wrote the script for "Tetsuwan" and made his debut as a scriptwriter. He died on…

Okura Chiyoko

Okura Chiyoko is a Japanese actress born in Niihori-cho, Shiba-ku, Tokyo. She is known for "Gubijinzo" (1935) and "Hatsusugata" (1936). After World War II, there were two movie appearance records in 1954. In the round-table discussion "Youth During the War, and Now 30 Years Later" published in "Weekly…

Ishimatsu Yoshihiro

Ishimatsu Yoshihiro is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist born in Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. He graduated from the Department of Aesthetics and Art History, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo. He has been a member of Toho's scenario study group since he was in college. After graduating,…

Nakajima Chiaki

Nakajima Chiaki is a Japanese singer, model and actress born on September 6, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan.

Mihashi Ko

Mihashi Ko was a Japanese actor who flourished during the Taisho and Showa eras. His real name was Ohashi Yoshio (大橋芳雄). Born in Tokyo, he dropped out of the Faculty of Economics at Keio University and joined the New Theater Association. He made his debut on stage in February 1920 in "Blue Bird"…

Mikihiko Nagata

Also known by his pen name Misao Misawa (三沢操). Born in Iida-cho, Kojimachi-ku, Tokyo. He was a lyricist and novelist. He was also helping with creating scripts for some radio dramas and training voice actors.

Sato Hachiro

Sato Hachiro was a Japanese poet, nursery rhyme lyricist, and writer born in Ichigayayakuoji-mae-cho, Ushigome-ku, Tokyo. He dropped out of junior high school. Hs father is writer Sato Koroku. He lived with Fukushi Kojiro, a poet who was a disciple of his father, on Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands,…

Sato Toshizo

After being a police officer, he became a Liberal Party magistrate. His first performance as a substitute for the performance of Sudō Sadanori Ichiza in Ako in 1884. After that, he moved to Tokyo, and in 1926 he organized Isamizu Theater with Yoho Ii and Yoshimi Mizuno.

Kamiyama Sojin

He appeared in over 70 films between 1917 and 1954. He was the subject of a 1995 TV documentary by the Japanese film director Nobuhiro Suwa. He was born in Sendai, Japan and died in Tokyo, Japan. His wife was actress Uraji Yamakawa.

IQ246: Kareinaru Jikenbo

7.3

Homonji Sharaku is the descendant of an esteemed, scholarly aristocratic family in Kita Kamakura, where the line of eldest sons have had a high IQ of 246 passed down from generation to generation. The present 89th…

The Secret Message

7.3

Woo Hyun is a Korean man, and Haruka is a Japanese woman. They live different lives, but they both carry emotional scars from their first love. While looking for answers and hope, their fateful encounter will change…

Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de

7.3

Hako was sentenced to 7 years in prison on a robbery charge for the host she loved. Ayaka killed her husband to protect their son from domestic violence. These two women became acquainted in prison and forged strong…

Summer Nude

7.3

Asahi Mikuri‎ya works at a photography studio located near the sea. In the past, Asahi Mikuri‎ya dreamed of becoming a famous photographer, but now he is a cameraman for weddings and school events. Asahi Mikuri‎ya…

Godzilla X Mechagodzilla

7.4

As a typhoon is raging across Japan, a loud roar alerts the populace that they are once again being visited by a rampaging monster. The military manages to drive the beast back into the ocean, but another attack looks…

Hanamizuki

7.4

Sae is a high school student who is studying hard for her college entrance exams. She lost her father when she was very young, and so she lives with her mother, Ryoko, in Hokkaido, Japan. Her father Kemimichi once…

Itoshi Kimi e

7.4

What if the one you love were destined to lose his eyesight in three months? What would you like him to see last? If you were him, what would you want to see last? Shiki Tomokawa is a new pediatrician who is enjoying…

Attention Please

7.2

Losing her mother at a young age, Misaki Yoko was raised amongst three brothers. Yoko is a slightly boyish girl who is bullheaded and hates dishonesty. Ever since she was young, she enjoyed the company of boys over…

Rondo

7.2

Japan and Korea's biggest names star in this big-scale drama. Nishijima Sho is a Japanese detective whose father was murdered in Korea when he was still a boy. In hopes of discovering the truth behind his father's…

The Little House

7.4

Takeshi finds several notebooks by his late aunt Taki Nunomiya, who never married. Through the notebooks Takeshi learns of his aunt's life. Prior to World War II, in a little house with a red triangular roof in Tokyo,…