Storm Over the Pacific

The story is an account of a young Japanese bombardier, Lt. Koji Kitami stationed aboard the Hiryu and his participation in two battles in the Pacific during World War II, the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle…

Castle of Owls

6.8

With the war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the 'Taiko' becomes the target of an assassination attempt to be carried out by the Iga Clan of ninja spies. Master spy Juzo Tsuzura is assigned…

Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless to Confess

7.5

Reiko Oshida stars as a young wannabe gangster tough girl, just released from reform school. She tracks down one of her classmate's fathers, who runs an auto repair shop that the local Yakuza are trying to force out…

Japan's Betrayal Man

5.0

On August 15, 1945, Takeru Yamato, the captain of the kamikaze unit who misunderstood the Jewel Voice Broadcasting as the emperor's encouragement, ordered Taro Hinomoto to sortie. However, fortunately or unfortunately,…

Gushing Prayer: A 15-Year-Old Prostitute

5.8

A young girl, already a jaded sexual veteran, embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery to find out the true reasons for her dissatisfaction and total desensitization. Source: IMDb

Men and War 2

6.0

Second part of an epic drama of war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family from 1935 through Japan’s invasion of China. (Source: MUBI)

Shinsengumi: Last Days of the Shogunate

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with an all-star cast based on the original story by Shirai Kyoji. Starring the great Kataoka Chiezo as Kondo Isami, along…

The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village

2.0

Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found dead with an eerie mask of a devil. (Source: Letterboxd)

Ishida Miku

Ishida Miku is a Japanese female singer and used to be a gravure idol, actress and a teen idol. In 9 October 2008, she retired as an actress.

Nagano Julia

Julia Nagano is a Japanese actress and first-degree black belt in Shitō-ryū karate. She was born on February 10, 1996 in Hiroshima Prefecture. She made her acting debut by winning an audition of 600 girls for the co-starring role in Ryuta Tasaki’s Salvage Mice. --Eigapedia She reprised her role…

Mizuki Yoko

Mizuki Yoko was a Japanese screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, she later graduated from Bunka Gakuin and began writing screenplays to support her family after her father died. Mizuki was active in the 1950s era of the Japanese studio system and is notable for her work with directors Tadashi Imai and Mikio…

Sugaya Tetsuya

Sugaya Tetsuya is a Japanese actor. Most known for his participation in the first season of Terrace House, during that program he started his career as an actor.

Hanno Yoshihiro

Born in Osaka 22nd January 1968, Yoshihiro HANNO is an internationally renowned musician/composer whose field of work has been expanding from movie soundtracks to orchestral pieces, as well as electronics music. In 1997 he was highly acclaimed for his electronic music releases in Europe, which led him…

Watanabe Chiho

Watanabe Chiho is a Japanese screenwriter from Tokyo. She is a member of Scenario Writers Association. She is married to an announcer Hatori Shinichi and they have a daughter together.

Hagiwara Kenichi

Kenichi Hagiwara was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s. A teen idol with a legion of loyal fans, Hagiwara was known for his good looks and arrogance, which appealed to both young male and female Japanese fans. After The Tempters,…

Akai Saki

Akai Saki is a Japanese model, actress, idol and tarento. She was born in Kyoto. She was discovered by Oscar Promotion and started her career as a model. Her debut as an actress happened in 2008 when she appeared in an episode of the TV show Quiz Hexagon II. Her father is actor Hidekazu Akai. (Source:…

Mizuki Nana

Nana Mizuki is a Japanese singer-songwriter, voice actress, stage actress, and anime song singer (known as anisinger), who had an interest in singing through enka (a form of traditional Japanese folk music) as young as five years of age. By the age of 13 (in 1993), she debuted as a singer using her…

Hasegawa Jun

Jun Hasegawa is a fashion model and actress in Japan. Hasegawa was born in New Hampshire and grew up in Hilo, Hawaii from the age of 2. She moved to Japan at the age of 14 to start her career in the entertainment industry. Her mother is half Japanese and her father is an American of French and Irish…