A Town and a Tall Chimney

6.4

Japan in 1910, industrialization is unstoppable and devastating entire areas in the name of progress. In X, a farming village in Ibaraki Prefecture, the environment is so polluted that the plants in the fields die…

Slight Fever of 100°C - Island Breeze of Love

8.5

Awajishima, the beautiful Seto Inland Sea island with a rich natural environment. One day, Chinami, an island resident, witnesses her boyfriend and hopefully fiancé, cheating on her. On top of that, she loses her…

3 Town Stories

8.0

Story 1: Chichi to Ko Synopsis: Toho Akihiro opposed his boss and resigned from the large consulting firm he had been working for. His father, Hideo, is the owner of a convenience store in the countryside. It is his…

Yoshiwara Uradoshin

7.5

Bodyguard Kamimori Mikijiro and his wife Teijo welcome their third New year at Edo’s largest pleasure quarters, the Yoshiwara red light district. On the second day of work of the New Year, an unprecedented disappearance…

Unique Way

6.5

Falling in love for two and a half years, Qin Yu finally ushered in the first trip with her boyfriend. Unexpectedly, the long-awaited romantic Italy ended up in sadness because of frequent quarrels during the journey.…

From the Bottom of the Sea to Monamour

Ten years ago, on an island located near Hiroshima, a seventeen-year-old student named Miyuki committed suicide by jumping from a cliff near where she lived. Bullied every day at school, she was in love with a fellow…

The River Flows

In 1960, the people of Japan are bursting with enthusiasm in anticipation of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Amid these times, Kawai bolts from Japan and goes to Laos for a dam construction survey. However, he is never…

Summer Breakers

9.5

A boy named Shun was very keen on film-making with a video camera from his father during summer vacation. While he was looking for a heroine, he bumped into a stunning beauty named Yui, felled in love with her at first…

SR Saitama's Rapper: Mike's Lane

7.5

It's been 10 years since Ikku, Tom and Mighty formed hip-hop group SHO-GUNG. They want to become famous, but the reality is that it's not that easy. One day, they receive an offer to perform at a club event. Ikku and…

The Rice Granary of One Hundred Years

A documentary exploring the unknown truth of the Rice Riots that occurred from Uozu in Toyama Prefecture during the Taisho Period. This was during 1918 when rice prices hit normal people hard. Rice merchants, the government,…

Tomita Keiko

Born in Kanagawa Ward , Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture . Graduated from Soshin Girls' High School. Her sister is Mitsuko Kusabue (草笛 光子), also an actress. She's mostly known from her TV Dramas, and dubbing roles to foreign films, for e.g. "Gone with the Wind" or "Little House on the Prairie".

Akutagawa Ryunosuke

A Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. He committed suicide at the age of 35 through an overdose of barbital.

Kikuchi Eiichi

Kikuchi Eiichi, born Kikuchi Eiichi (菊池英一) in Kyodo, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and television host. He is affiliated with Ai-Ti Planning (アイティ企画). Kikuchi graduated from Ikuei Kogyo High School (育英工業高等学校) and the Department…

Moriguchi Hiroko

Moriguchi Hiroko, born June 13, 1968 in Fukuoka, Japan, is an actress and singer. She was the host of NHK’s “Pop Jam” and occasionally on shows such as “Yorumo Hit Parade”, “Magical Zunou Power!” and “Star Dokiri”. She was co-host with SMAP for a show called “Mori Mori” a few years…

Ichige Yoshie

Yoshie Ichige was born in Shuzenji-cho, Shizuoka, Japan. She is an actress, known for "Aoba Gakuen Monogatari" (1981), "Zatoichi Monogatari" (1974) and "Yamato Nadeshiko".

Kayi Cheung

Kayi Cheung (simplified Chinese: 张嘉儿; traditional Chinese: 張嘉兒; Pinyin: Zhāng Jiā'ér; Yale: Jeung1 Ga1 Yi4, born on 18 November 1983) is a Hong Kong model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007 and 1st Runner-up of the Miss Chinese International 2008. She also…

Lee Soo Jung

Lee Soo Jung is a South Korean forensic psychologist, professor at Kyonggi University in Seoul, and part of the country's first generation of criminal profilers. She has been named part of BBC's list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019, in the leadership category. Lee…

Gong Seo Young

Gong Chun Sook, later legally changed to Gong Seo Young is a South Korean announcer and former singer, dancer and member of CLEO (클레오). She graduated from Hankwang Girls' High School. She made her debut as a singer in 2003 when she sung the OST for the KBS mini-series, "Rosemary" (로즈마리).…

Kako Takashi

Kako Takashi is a Japanese pianist and composer, who works in both jazz and art-music idioms. Kako began playing piano at eight years old and learned to play jazz while in his teens. He has won numerous music awards and is one of Japan's leading composers, and as a pianist, he is also described as a…

Uehara Nami

Nami Uehara was born on February 26, 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for The Forest of Love (2019), The Forest of Love: Deep Cut (2020) and Wanna Be Free!: Toukyou gâru (2006).