Sugiura Rokuemon

Born in 1847 and raised as the eldest son in the house of a rice dealer in Suwa-cho, Edo Koishikawa (currently Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo). His father, Jinbei, took over the shares of the drug wholesaler Konishiya Rokuheiten (later "Konishiya") and moved from Suwacho to Kojimachi. In 1872, Rokusaburo took a picture…

Takao Mitsuko

Takao Mitsuko was a Japanese actress and former child actress born in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. Later in life, she moved to Tokyo, and in 1921, she joined the Nikkatsu Mukojima Photo Studio, where her father worked as a costume department worker. In 1955, after the end of World War II, she…

Kofujita Shoichi

Kofujita Shoichi was a Japanese actor born in Yushima, Hongo-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Fujita Masao. He has appeared in various Shinpa plays and is known as a child actor who played an active part in the Shochiku Kamata studio in the latter half of the Taisho era. In 1920, he joined Takeda Masanori…

Fujishiro Minako

Fujishiro Minako is a Japanese actress who was active in the 1980s. She was born on November 16, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the faculty of Regional Environmental sciences in Tokyo University of Agriculture. (Source: Wikipedia)

Unno Katsuo

Unno Katsuo is an actor, voice actor, and entertainer from Tokyo, Japan.

Ikeda Akira

Ikeda Akira, born in Japan, studied English literature at the Bunkyo University in Tokyo. He made his first feature film, Blue Monkey, in 2006 and received the Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival. His film Anatomy of a Paper Clip (2013) won a Hivos Tiger Award at IFFR 2014. (Source: IFFR)

Kuri Chiharu

Kuri Chiharu (real name Yamazaki Chiharu, 山崎 慈子), born in Tokyo, is a Japanese singer and actress.

Tsuchiya Tokio

Tsuchiya Tokio is a Japanese screenwriter and scriptwriter, born in Shinagawa, Tokyo. He has used several pen names, including Kurabari Shuichiro (倉成 柊一郎) and Tsuchiya Tokio O (土屋斗紀O) from 1995 to around 1999. In the "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari" (世にも奇妙な物語) series, he…

Nakajima Sadao

Nakajima Sadao is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki. Born in Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Toei studio in 1959. Working at Toei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director…

Dukar Tserang

Dukar Tserang is a notorious Tibetan independent director of movies and documentaries. He is also a musician, sound technician and composer. His works are nationally and internationally acclaimed and received numerous awards and nominations in many film festivals, such as the Tokyo FILMeX International…

Umizaru 2: Limit of Love

7.7

A small team of Coast Guard divers, including Daisuke, rappels onto the ship from a helicopter and begins to evacuate the panicked passengers. Then Daisuke finds a familiar face - Kanna. They had a tiff the night before…

Sakura no Oyakodon

7.7

Teenage girls Azami and Rie are leading a lifestyle full of delinquent behavior. One night, when they find a good hiding spot after being chased by mobs, Rie points out Tsukumodo, a place where they serve free food.…

Mori Hanae: Butterfly Beyond

7.7

Mori, who was active as a haute couture designer in Paris, became affectionately known as “Madame Butterfly” for the butterfly motif that symbolized her brand. Born in Shimane as the fourth of five siblings, she…

Mikaiketsu no Onna Special

7.7

Detective Tomo Yashiro travels with Detective Risa Narumi and Detective Shinji Kusaka to the Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters. 3 days earlier, Yusuke Takemura, who ran a cafe, was found dead in Kyoto. 3 of the…

Tabi to Boku to Neko

7.7

Nekogami Mamoru, a travel writer who journeys across the country with a camera in hand, has a certain secret. That secret is that he can “talk to cats.” Relying on this mysterious ability, Nekogami interviews the…

Jiken Kyumeii 2 - IMAT no Kiseki

7.7

One and a half years after Akira and Takuma's first meeting, Akira works at a medical university hospital, while Takuma is in security due to a past failure. Takuma is assigned to protect politician Eikichi, who was…

Living in Two Worlds

7.7

Dai was born to deaf parents and was raised with deep love in rural Japan. However, as he grows older, he becomes troubled by his differences from others and begins to blame his deaf mother for his daily frustrations.…

The Eternal Breasts

7.7

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem, shares her family life with her asleep vocation as a poetess. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with…

Emergency Room 24 Hours Season 5

7.7

Kojima Kaede heads a team as the chief medical officer of the emergency and critical care centre at Minato University Hospital. However, the staff members of the centre are all skilled but idiosyncratic people, with…

Oregon Kara Ai

7.8

This drama was filmed on location in the beautiful surroundings of the state of Oregon, US. It poignantly deals with the difficulties faced by Akira, a nine-year-old Japanese boy who is sent to live in America with…