Ishii Gakuryu

Ishii’s career divides into two distinct halves: the brash early films, which earned him a reputation as a punk filmmaker, and the slower, pictorial, sometimes meditative work of his mature period. His early features were the fruit of the amateur short films he directed, while still a student, on…

Toyoda Toshiaki

Toyoda Toshiaki is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Toyoda was first a prodigy in the game of shogi or Japanese chess. He attended the Japan Shogi Association's apprenticeship (Shoreikai) from age 9 with the aim of becoming a professional player. But his interest turned to film and he quit when…

Hashiguchi Ryosuke

A subtle dramatist and chronicler of gay subculture in Japan, Hashiguchi won the PIA Film Festival scholarship for his short film, A Secret Evening (Yūbe no Himitsu, 1989), and thus was able to fund his first low-budget feature, A Touch of Fever (Hatachi no binetsu, 1993). This bleak yet compassionate…

Yamada Yoji

Yamada Yoji is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, and Love and Honor). He was born in Osaka. But because of the work of his father, who was an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, from the…

Matsuyama Mary

Matsuyama Mary, born September 2, 1991, in Hyogo prefecture, is a Japanese actress. Possessing natural brown eyes and red hair, Mary is often mistaken as a "hafu" although she is pure Japanese. Matsuyama entered the entertainment industry in 2007 after being scouted on her way home from junior high…

Ishinomori Shotaro

Ishinomori Shotaro was a Japanese manga artist born in Ishinomori, Toda, Miyagi, Japan. His real name was Onodera Shotaro (小野寺章太郎). Until 1984, he used the name Ishinomori Shotaro (石森章太郎). In 1950, as a middle school student, Ishinomori sent a fan letter to Tezuka Osamu, which…

Matsuzaki Shohei

Shohei Matsuzaki is a Japanese actor, model, and columnist. He was born in Tsurugashima City, Saitama Prefecture. He graduated from Saitama Prefectural Art High School in 2012 and from Tama Art University in 2016. After graduating, he worked part-time for an interior company in 2017 and, in 2018, moved…

Hanazawa Kana

Hanazawa Kana is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She was signed up with voice acting agency Office Osawa. As of 2021, she is currently signed to Pony Canyon. She made her voice acting debut as Holly in Last Exile. She is best known for her voice performances in anime, which include Nadeko…

Sawamoto Natsuki

Natsuki is a member of a Jpop group Fantastics from Exile Tribe, managed by LDH. He started dancing at the age of 4, first as a hobby then with the intention of becoming a professional dancer. In order to achieve his dreams he moved to Tokyo to attend LDH's dance school EXPG. His dancing talent led…

Hanae Natsuki

Hanae entered workforce while in high school. He thought about his career, but aspired to become a voice actor after watching Ouran High School Host Club. Hanae joined Across Entertainment in November 2009.[6] He made his first leading role in Tari Tari, and was credited as a composer for episodes 5…

Boukyou

7.5

Three stories from the Shiratsuna Island: **Mikan no Hana Shiratsuna Island, Japan's last island city, is merging with a city across the shore. Tomita Misato, a housewife on the island, despises her older sister, novelist…

Ruri no Shima

7.5

On Hatomi, a small island in Okinawa state part of Japan's southern sea frontier, the social environment is suffering. With the last student of the elementary school leaving the place, the closing of the school is…

95

7.5

Hiroshige Akihisa, who works for a karaoke company, is interviewed about the Japanese music industry but is confused when asked about his high school days. An event from 29 years ago resurfaces his suppressed memories.…

Keibuho Yabe Kenzo 2

7.5

A thief who calls himself Blue Oracle stole into the jewellery shop which Daidoji Fumino runs, and got away with diamonds worth some 60 million yen. The criminal had sent a cryptic warning beforehand, but the police…

Churasan Season 2

7.5

Ever since they moved to Eri's hometown Kohamajima, Eri and Fumiya have been running a small makeshift health center from their home. Doing so has brought Fumiya and Eri a step closer to their dream of operating a…

Labyrinth of Dreams

7.5

Tomiko is a conductor in a rural bus driven by the handsome Tatsuo. Tomiko had received a letter from her best friend Tsuyako, a conductor in another bus company, just after Tsuyako was killed in a bus accident. Tsuyako…

The Solitary Gourmet

7.6

Inokashira Goro, a trader of imported goods, enjoys dining at restaurants. The story opens with a quick jaunt to Paris, where an elderly Japanese expat, Ichiro, entrusts Goro with a mission to find the ingredients…

Shinhannin

7.5

The murder of Sudo Isao, a used car dealer, occurred in Shizuoka Prefecture in 2008. Detective Kusaka Satoru of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police’s Susuno Precinct checks his background. He learns that Sudo’s young…

Pure White

7.5

Mashiro Shibutani and her family live in Imizu, Toyama Prefecture. With a minor mental disability (that doesn't effect her daily life), she spends her days by tending to her father’s bicycle store and taking care…

Tsuyukusa

7.6

Fumi lives a wholesome life in a small town among dear friends. One day, her car is hit by a meteorite, the odds of which are 100 million to 1. "Such an unlikely event. Maybe something good will happen in my life!"…