Tomita Minoru

Tomita Minoru is a Japanese stuntman and action director from Osaka, Japan, and the CEO of MOAI & Co. Ltd. He graduated from Osaka Municipal Umenan Junior High School and began gymnastics in high school, excelling in floor exercises. During this time, he appeared in character shows like Ultraman. After…

Amano Shinji

Amano Shinji, originally known as Matsumoto Tomotaka (松本友孝), is a Japanese actor affiliated with Kindai Kikaku Center. Born in Senju Nakamachi, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, he enrolled in Keio University's Faculty of Literature in 1952 but left in his second year after being scouted by Shinkokugeki…

Yamaguchi Kyoko

Yamaguchi Kyoko, a Japanese politician and former actress, currently serves as the mayor of Hasuda, Saitama, following her election to one term. Her political career began with five terms on the Hasuda City Council and one term on the Saitama Prefectural Assembly. Born at Osho-ji in Kamo, Niigata, Yamaguchi…

Nakamura Tomijiro V

Nakamura Tomijuro V was a prominent kabuki actor recognized for his contributions to Japanese cultural heritage. Born Watanabe Hajime, he was the son of Yondaime Nakamura Tomijuro and Azuma Tokoho, head of the Azuma School of Japanese Dance. He belonged to the Japan Art Academy and held the title of…

Natsume

Natsume is a former Japanese actress, TV personality, and gravure idol from Tokyo, Japan. Previously, she was known by her stage name Sano Natsume (佐野夏芽). On October 18, 2009, she announced at an event and on her blog that she would retire from gravure activities with the release of a DVD in…

Takeda Taro

Takeda Taro is a film, television, event, and product development producer from Kasugai, Aichi. He is the CEO of Forward International Co., Ltd., a director of Fortune Entertainment Co., Ltd., and a former Business Development Manager at Tokai Television. He holds qualifications as a psychological counselor…

Okuda Seiji

Okuda Seiji is a Japanese film producer born in Aizu, Fukushima, Japan, and raised in Otowa, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. He is a board member of the Tokuma Memorial Animation Cultural Foundation and the president of the Japan Film and Television Producers Association. He has held various positions at Nippon…

Asumi Kana

Kana Asumi is a Japanese voice actress, singer, and stage actress from Fukuoka, Japan, affiliated with 81 Produce. As a high school student, Asumi auditioned for and joined the Fukuoka-based voice acting unit "Koume Go," participating as a second-generation member from March 1999 and as a fourth-generation…

Fujiwara Reiko

Fujiwara Reiko was a Japanese actress born in Kobe, Japan. In 1950, she joined the Takarazuka Revue and performed as a male role star under the stage name Yamato Namiji (大和七海路). She belonged to the 37th class and was assigned to the Hana-gumi (Flower Troupe) in 1950. In 1954, she made her…

Gomi Yasusuke

Gomi Yasusuke was a Japanese novelist born in Namba, Osaka, Japan. He lost his father at a young age and was raised in the house of his maternal grandfather. His grandfather was a major entertainment promoter who owned many theaters and cinemas in the Sennichimae area of Osaka. He graduated from Yao…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 4: Yami no Karute

Hatomura Shugoro, who was a talented surgeon but was chased by the medical community for some reason, is the only daughter of Kawakami Asuka, a patient who is on the suspicion of murdering her husband. Tsugumi is on…

Shimokita Slow Life

2.0

Two young people, Naoki and Kyoko, start their new life in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. One day, Naoki gets informed that he lost the competition for the "Young Cameraman Award". Naoki's frustration towards photo shooting…

A Summer Family

Kamimura (62 years old), is a Japanese dancer who lives in the Perche region of south Normandy, France. He has been living with two women, in a strange life, for the past few years. In early summer, June, a dance festival…

Rakugo Monogatari

7.1

Haruki Masato is a shy youth who gets swept away when he happens upon a rakugo performance. He knocks on the door of rakugo master Imadoka Shoroku in Tokyo’s old downtown and somehow gets taken on as a disciple,…

Sosa Kenji Chikamatsu Shigemichi 11

Chikamatsu Shigemichi, an investigative prosecutor who has been assigned to Toyama, visits a hot spring inn in Omaki Onsen with the guidance of administrative officer Komiyama Sanae, and meets Satake and Hatanaka,…

Kuro

9.0

Kuro used to dream of becoming a baker, but gets fired from the bakery she works at. Eito, a photographer, breaks up with his girlfriend who he was thinking of marrying. Gou, a theater director, has his production…

Penguin Fufu

6.9

When Matsuda Ayumi worked as a freelance writer she met Chinese cameraman Fan Xiao Xuan, who worked at the same publishing company in Tokyo. They married 5 years ago. After his employers went bankrupt, Fan Xiao Xuan…

Since Then

6.0

On March 11th 2011, a massive earthquake strikes eastern Japan. Shoko, who works at a shoe store in Tokyo, is unable to contact her boyfriend Masashi who lives in the worst-hit region. As aftershocks continue, she…

Pachigi! Love & Peace

5.3

He uses two story lines to slam home his points. One is the struggle of An Sung's sister Kyung Ja to rise in the 1970s' Japanese movies, which may be full of zainichi talents but forbids them from revealing their backgrounds…

Kimi to Arukou

6.1

Romance ensues between a 34 year old female high school teacher and her 17 year old student. The two eventually flee their small rural town to the big city of Tokyo, Japan....