Fujiyama Ichiro

Fujiyama Ichiro was a Japanese singer, vocalist, composer, and conductor born in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo, He graduated from Tokyo Music School. He was active as a tenor national singer and popular singer with the orthodox vocal technique, singing method, anf music theory cultivated at Tokyo Music School,…

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,…

Kishi Matsuo

Kishi Matsuo was a Japanese film critic, journalist, screenwriter, and film director born in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo. He is known as the critic who discovered the filmmaker Yamanaka Sadao. He graduated from Keio University. In 1937, at the strong recommendation of film director Shimizu Hiroshi, he retired…

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.

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…

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…

Noguchi Hisamitsu

Noguchi Hisamitsu was a Japanese film, jazz, and musical critic born in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. He was also a painter and graphic designer. He is said to have painted over 1000 movie posters in his lifetime. In 1933, he graduated from the Design Department of the Crafts Department of Tokyo…

Kido Shiro

Japanese film producer . Former Chairman of Shochiku . The current president of Shochiku, Junichi Sakomoto, is his grandson. Born in Tokyo Chuo-ku Tsukiji . He was also book author and director of 1931 movie "Lumpen and his Daughter" (ルンペンとその娘).

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,…

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…

Tabi to Boku to Neko

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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.…

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…

Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu Eiga

7.8

Eripyo, a part-time worker, has been devoting herself to her idol ever since she first felt a thrill in her life for Ichii Maina, a member of the underground idol group ChamJam in her hometown of Okayama, at the Tanabata…

Meikenchiku de Chushoku wo

7.8

Uekusa Chiaki, an architectural modeler whose father is a famous architect, has a habit of traveling around and visiting nostalgic and cute buildings. He updates his SNS often and is quite popular. On the other hand,…

Fun! Fun! Fantastics

7.8

The members of FANTASTICS from Exile Tribe learn about the culture of the 80s and 90s through sets, costumes, and covers of famous songs. Featured guests are legends who were influential during that era, such as LL…

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…

Mori Hanae: Butterfly Beyond

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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…

Neko to Jiichan

7.8

Daikichi is a seventy-year-old who lives on a small island; since his wife died, he spends his days with the cat Tama and childhood friends, including Iwao. Daikichi's son, Tsuyoshi, lives in Tokyo and worries about…