Kitaoji Kinya

Kitaoji Kinya, born February 23, 1943 in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of famous jidaigeki film star Utaemon Ichikawa, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in Tokyo. Following his father's footsteps, Kitaoji's career is renowned…

Kitahara Rie

Kitahara Rie is a Japanese idol and actress born in Aichi. She is a former member of idol groups NGT48, AKB48, and SKE48. She's currently a member of the AKB48 derivative unit Not Yet. She made her idol debut in 2008 after passing the AKB48 research student audition and moving to Tokyo. She debuted…

Kusakari Masao

Kusakari Masao is a Japanese actor and model. He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture (on the Southern island of Kyushu) to a Japanese mother and an American father who died in the Korean War. Considered stunningly good-looking, his debut into the public eye began when he became a model for the Shiseido Cosmetics…

Kanchiku Yuri

Kanchiku Yuri is a former film student with an idealized approach to film and cinema. She is a child of the early eighties and was born in 1982. Kanchiku attended Nihon University College Of Art where she studied film. She graduated in 2006. She focuses on lights and composition and cites Iwai Shunji…

Okamoto Keito

On October, 2006, he started work with the Johnny & Associates talent agency. On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He lived in England for almost four years until returning to the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and is currently the only member of Hey! Say! JUMP to speak…

Krissha Viaje

Krissha Viaje is a Filipino dancer, host, singer and actress. She is best known as a member of GirlTrends, which appeared on the Philippine variety show It's Showtime. She first appeared in 2006 competing on the second season of the reality singing competition Little Big Star. After besting 11 other…

Hamasaki Ayumi

Hamasaki Ayumi is a Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress. Ayumi has been dubbed the "Empress of J-Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. She has sold over 60 million albums, making her the best-selling solo artist and the only solo artist…

Tsukamoto Shinya

In 1986 a new film blasted to the centre of Japanese cinema, gaining international acclaim with its singularly inventive style and cataclysmic violence. Shinya Tsukamoto directed this 16-mm sci fi horror called Tetsuo - a story of a human being who becomes a monster of metal. This radical auteur quickly…

Satsukawa Aimi

Satsukawa Aimi, born in Aoi, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a Japanese actress and idol. She was discovered by the same Horipro talent scout who discovered Yuka while shopping with her mother in Tokyo at the age of 14. After finishing middle school, she decided to start a career in the entertainment…

Denden

Denden, born Ogata Yoshihiro, is a Japanese actor and former comedian born in Chikushino City, Fukuoka Prefecture and raised in Mizumaki Town. He belongs to the Alpha Agency. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo to apply for an apprenticeship under Atsumi Kiyoshi, but he could not meet…

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!"…