Okazaki Yuki

Okazaki Yuki was born in Asakusa, Taito in Tokyo. She is a Japanese actress and singer. She dropped out of Nihon University College of Art. She studied ballet as a child. She began acting as a child, appearing on TV and on stage where she performed in Japanese versions of popular Broadway plays like…

Koyama Seijiro

Born in Gifu Prefecture, Koyama attended Nihon University but quit midway to join the independent production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai, where he worked as an assistant director under such directors as Shindo Kaneto, Yoshimura Kozaburo, and Imai Tadashi. He made his directorial debut in 1971 with the…

Haneoka Kei

Japanese composer and arranger who was born in Tokyo, graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Music. His father is Jin Haneoka, a singer-songwriter. His graduation work "Piano Quintet No. 1" received high praise, and he appeared in the "70th Yomiuri Rookie Concert " sponsored by…

Matsuoka Joji

Matsuoka Jōji is a Japanese film director. After studying filmmaking in the College of Art at Nihon University, he won an award for his independent short Inaka no hōsoku at the Pia Film Festival in 1984. He directed his first commercial feature, Bataashi kingyo, in 1990 and received a number of awards…

Boya Saburo

Boya Saburo was a Japanese comedian and actor from Yubari, Hokkaido. After going through private Hokkai Junior High School, he went on to the Faculty of Religion at Nihon University, but transferred to the night art department to study vocal music. His name at birth was Ishikawa Hiroshi, but he was…

Mizuta Nobuo

Nobuo Mizuta is a Japanese television drama director and film director from Hiroshima City. He graduated from Hiroshima City Municipal Funerary High School. Harada Shinji was his high school classmate. After joining Nippon Television in 1981 after graduating from Nihon University College of Arts he…

Furumaya Tomoyuki

Tomoyuki Furumaya is a Japanese film director. Born in Nagano Prefecture, Furumaya was attending Nihon University when his 16mm film, Shakunetsu no dojjibōru, won the grand prize at the Pia Film Festival. That earned him a Pia Scholarship to make his first theatrical feature, This Window Is Yours,…

Kaneko Arisa

Kaneko Arisa is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist from Tokyo. She graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Film, and is a lecturer at the same department. In 1995, at the age of 22, she won the grand prize for "Tokiwa Saien no Fuyu" at the 8th Fuji Television Young Scenario Awards.

Kaji Meiko

Kaji Meiko is a Japanese actress and singer born in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. She has appeared in about 100 films, with her most famous roles being outlaw characters in early 1970s films, such as the rebels of the "Stray Cat Rock" series, the assassin Lady Snowblood, or the murderous Sasori from the "Female…

Hara Hideko

Hara Hideko is a Japanese actress and talent born in Tokyo. She belongs to the Alpha Agency. She graduated from Kurume Nishi High School in Tokyo and dropped out of Nihon Kogakuin College. She debuted as an actress as a research student of Shiki Theater Company. In 1979 she made her movie debut in "Yuyake…

The Hateful Beast

In the Edo era, two men arrive in a village and engage in criminal activity. While one of them becomes successful and rich, the other gets betrayed and ends up in prison, burning for revenge. The truth changes with…

Japan Sinks

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The first adaptation of the novel as series after the success of the movie Submersion of Japan (1973). The plot follows the idea of the novel - through seismic activity Japan islands begin to sink into the sea. The…

Bloodiest Flower

A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the natural hardships,…

Roads for Honor

The Great Battle of ​​Japan : Yukaba Sea

7.0

In 1905, the Japanese army, who won the fierce battle of the 203 Highlands, was attacking a Baltic fleet in the Sea of ​​Japan in a deciding battle in the Russo-Japanese War. At that time, Kanda (Hiroyuki Okita),…

The Strange Pair

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Based on the comic book by Juzou Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu.

The Life Heritage

8.9

An elementary school student who can't accept that he is alive. A mysterious woman with the "power of life", a boy with a jagged heart. A story of human adolescence, that everyone looks back on, once or twice. The…

A Lively Geisha

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Koshizu, a young geisha, tries to kill herself but is saved by cook Yukichi. Rival geisha Adakichi, greedy trader Yasukawa and wealthy businessman Asai add up to dramatic turns. (Source: IMDb)

Brave Red Flower of the North

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Yakuza film history, Fuji Junko and Takakura Ken. Since the death…

Nuclear Japan: The Nightmare Continues

A complete picture of Japan's nuclear problem is drawn in this documentary. Based on interviews with concerned parties and experts as well as documents and information gathered on-site, the film seeks out the truths…