Sugiura Rokuemon

Born in 1847 and raised as the eldest son in the house of a rice dealer in Suwa-cho, Edo Koishikawa (currently Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo). His father, Jinbei, took over the shares of the drug wholesaler Konishiya Rokuheiten (later "Konishiya") and moved from Suwacho to Kojimachi. In 1872, Rokusaburo took a picture…

Takao Mitsuko

Takao Mitsuko was a Japanese actress and former child actress born in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. Later in life, she moved to Tokyo, and in 1921, she joined the Nikkatsu Mukojima Photo Studio, where her father worked as a costume department worker. In 1955, after the end of World War II, she…

Kofujita Shoichi

Kofujita Shoichi was a Japanese actor born in Yushima, Hongo-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Fujita Masao. He has appeared in various Shinpa plays and is known as a child actor who played an active part in the Shochiku Kamata studio in the latter half of the Taisho era. In 1920, he joined Takeda Masanori…

Fujishiro Minako

Fujishiro Minako is a Japanese actress who was active in the 1980s. She was born on November 16, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the faculty of Regional Environmental sciences in Tokyo University of Agriculture. (Source: Wikipedia)

Unno Katsuo

Unno Katsuo is an actor, voice actor, and entertainer from Tokyo, Japan.

Ikeda Akira

Ikeda Akira, born in Japan, studied English literature at the Bunkyo University in Tokyo. He made his first feature film, Blue Monkey, in 2006 and received the Audience Award at the Pia Film Festival. His film Anatomy of a Paper Clip (2013) won a Hivos Tiger Award at IFFR 2014. (Source: IFFR)

Kuri Chiharu

Kuri Chiharu (real name Yamazaki Chiharu, 山崎 慈子), born in Tokyo, is a Japanese singer and actress.

Tsuchiya Tokio

Tsuchiya Tokio is a Japanese screenwriter and scriptwriter, born in Shinagawa, Tokyo. He has used several pen names, including Kurabari Shuichiro (倉成 柊一郎) and Tsuchiya Tokio O (土屋斗紀O) from 1995 to around 1999. In the "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari" (世にも奇妙な物語) series, he…

Nakajima Sadao

Nakajima Sadao is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki. Born in Chiba Prefecture, he attended Hibiya High School and then the University of Tokyo before joining the Toei studio in 1959. Working at Toei's Kyoto studio, he served as an assistant director…

Dukar Tserang

Dukar Tserang is a notorious Tibetan independent director of movies and documentaries. He is also a musician, sound technician and composer. His works are nationally and internationally acclaimed and received numerous awards and nominations in many film festivals, such as the Tokyo FILMeX International…

Restaurant from the Sky

7.4

Wataru lives with his wife and his daughter Shiori on a cattle ranch in Hokkaido. He inherited the cattle ranch from his father. He learns to make cheese at a cheese workshop. He isn't as skilled in making cheese and…

LINE no Kotae Awase - Otome to Kanchigai

7.4

Yasui Tsukasa, the young CEO of an IT venture company, is one of seven men and women (Onishi Ayaka, Kuroba Mario, Kakei Miwako, Wada Masato, Mashima Hidekazu, Sakai Maki) who meet at a one-day cooking class at the…

Doctor Y - Gekai Kaji Hideki

7.5

Surgeon Kaji Hideki has earned himself the nickname “laparoscope magician”. He is skilled but greedy. Because he chose money over title and power, his career progression has been slower than his peers. Kaji gets…

Teruko to Rui

7.5

"Help me." A housewife, Teruko, receives a phone call from her best friend, the chanson singer Lui. "Help me."... Those words were also Teruko's own voice. Having reached her limit with her abusive husband who continues…

My Offset Diary

7.5

In a world filled with uncertainty about the future, Moe Sakuraba lives by the motto of enjoying the present. Choosing not to pursue stable employment, she spends her days indulging in her desires through excessive…

Hagetaka

7.5

A business drama set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the bubble economy had collapsed and Japanese businesses with conventional management cultures were exposed to corporate buyouts by foreign investors. Masahiko…

Double Score

7.5

This is the story of two cops. One doesn't care about getting promoted and wants to be like an American cop. His arrest record is 95% but he has to file a report for just about the same amount of cases because of the…

Dryna Doki no Dekiai Heki

7.5

Hanazawa Ayame is a young woman who can read people's thoughts through their scent. Because of this unusual ability, she has always been somewhat timid when it comes to romance. Her coworker, Miyajima Sui, is a cool,…

Mom, Is That You?!

7.4

Akio Kizaki who spends his days as head of the Human Resources Department of a large company is nervous about his wife's divorce and concerned about the relationship with his daughter, who is now a university student.…

Wingman

7.5

Hirono Kenta, a second-year high school student and special effects otaku, is immersed in a world of fantasy even during class. Kenta, who is looked down upon by those around him and leads a dull daily life, is approached…