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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Ella

Ella McKenzie Gross is a South Korean-American singer, dancer, model, and member of MEOVV (미야오). She was born in Los Angeles and holds dual citizenship. She was scouted at the age of 2 while her family was visiting South Korea and began her modeling career. Her mother had some modeling experience…

Kyomoto Masaki

Masaki Kyomoto is a Japanese actor, singer, tarento, and guitarist from Suita, Osaka Prefecture. He was Scouted by Kitigawa Johnny in 1975, visited junior training Camp and moved to Tokyo but declined to join as he was already in band activites in high school. Yamaha Popular Song Contest is where his…

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…

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…

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…