E-Tion

Lee Chang Yoon, known professionally as E-Tion, is a South Korean singer, dancer and member of ONF (온앤오프; short for ON N' OFF). He graduated from Woosuk High School and was enrolled in the Japanese program at Hanyang Cyber University but is officially on a leave of absence. Before debuting,…

Sakamoto Ryuichi

Sakamoto Ryuichi was a Japanese musician, activist, composer, record producer, writer, singer, pianist, and actor formerly based in Tokyo and New York. Beginning his career in 1978 as a member of the electronic music group "Yellow Magic Orchestra", Sakamoto served on keyboards and sometimes vocals.…

Akimoto Sayaka

Akimoto Sayaka is a Japanese actress. She is a former member of AKB48's Team K, as well as the unit DiVA, until her graduation in 2013. She is a former captain of Team K. She was born to a Japanese father and a Filipina mother. As an actress, Akimoto has appeared in both Japanese and American productions…

Matsushima Shota

Matsumura Shota is a Japanese actor from Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan. He is affiliated with Amuse. He attended Ryoshinsha Gakuen Toyonaka Junior High School. Instead of following the standard junior high to high school curriculum, he pursued a three-year independent course aiming for admission to a prestigious…

Oda Yuji

Oda Yuji is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was born to an upper-middle-class family and attended the private academy of Touin Gakuen. Originally he had a promising career in sports, but had to give it up after a knee injury. He decided to enter drama…

Nakadai Tatsuya

Nakadai Tatsuya was a Japanese actor. In his over seven-decade career, he appeared in more than 160 movies and received numerous accolades. He was honored with a Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1996 and Japan's Order of Culture in 2015. Discovered on the streets of Tokyo by director Kobayashi Masaki, he…

Kato Rosa

Rosa Kato is an Italian-Japanese actress and commercial model. Kato was born in Naples, Italy to an Italian father and a Japanese mother. Her family moved to Kagoshima, Japan when she was 5 years old. Kato received a Japanese education. Kato is not fluent in Italian. She is a graduate of Kagoshima West…

Utada Hikaru

Utada Hikaru was born in Manhattan. They are the daughter of Utada Junko, a well-known singer of traditional Japanese music, better known by her stage name of Keiko Fuji. Their father is music producer Utada Teruzane (Teruzane Sking). Utada spent much of their childhood between New York and Tokyo, always…

Nojima Shinji

When the bubble economy was really making its presence felt, Nojima was going quietly out of his head in Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu. Born in 1965, he dropped out of college before graduating, and the first job he managed to get was at a can manufacturing plant. It was this experience…

Yabu Kota

Yabu Kota is a Japanese singer as well as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. On September 23, 2001, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. Inoo Kei, a member…

Sayonara, Ozu Sensei

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It was after Ozu passed 50, that he met his first major challenge in life. While working as the branch manager of his bank in New York, Ozu was given an order to do some deals that went over and above the law. He was…

Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara

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Onodera Mariya’s married life was supposed to have been happy but turns out shortlived when her husband Tatsuya suddenly disappears without a trace. At her wit's end, she heads for a heart-shaped island in Okinawa…

The Moon Has Risen

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Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he has lived on the premises of a temple since the war. In the film, all three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationship. The sisters…

Watashi ni Fusawashi Hotel

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Kayoko is a rookie novelist who won a new writer's award. Due to harsh criticism from well-respected writer Munenori Higashijuujo, Kayoko was unable to make a spectacular debut or publish her novel. She decides to…

Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za

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Movie theater Asahiza has existed for almost a 100 years in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Unlike other theaters, Asahiza plays old films and doesn't get a lot of customers. The manger of Asahiza, Morita Yasuzo,…

Kumo no Kaidan

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Saburo works at a medical office on The Izu Islands, which has seen its population dwindle over the years. Even though Saburo doesn't have a medical license, he performs operations under the instructions of Dr. Muraki.…

Soshite, Ikiru: The Movie

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Despite losing her parents at age three in a car accident, Toko experiences an idyllic childhood thanks to her uncle, who raises her. She dreams of becoming an actress and, having had some local notoriety in her town,…

Terror of Mechagodzilla

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Continuing after the end of the previous film. Interpol agents, led by Inspector Kusaka, search for the wreck of Mechagodzilla at the bottom of the Okinawan Sea. Mad scientist, Shinzo Mafune, wants to destroy all mankind.…

A Bolt from the Blue

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Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they…

Alley Cat

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Ashita Hideaki is a former champion boxer. His boxing career ended after a head injury during a boxing match. Now, he suffers after-effects from his head injury and works part-time for a security company. He leads…