Evil Spirits of Japan

8.0

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look. Source: theMoviedb

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,…

Nihon Kenkaku Den 10

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

This omnibus film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history. (Source: Letterboxd)

Through Days and Months

Japan's Biggest Face

Brave Red Flower of the North

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Yakuza film history, Fuji Junko and Takakura Ken. Since the death…

Nihon Kenkaku Den 9

A Lively Geisha

4.0

Koshizu, a young geisha, tries to kill herself but is saved by cook Yukichi. Rival geisha Adakichi, greedy trader Yasukawa and wealthy businessman Asai add up to dramatic turns. (Source: IMDb)

The Hateful Beast

In the Edo era, two men arrive in a village and engage in criminal activity. While one of them becomes successful and rich, the other gets betrayed and ends up in prison, burning for revenge. The truth changes with…

Tsuji Hisaichi

Born in Hyogo prefecture. He started writing film criticism, while attending the University of Tokyo, and became a regular author of the magazine "Film Criticism". Later on, he become planner, director and producer. He was also a writer, using pen name Tatsuo Nogami . In TV, he was in charge of Toshiba…

Miki Norihei

Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…

Kato Yoichi

Kato Yoichi is a Japanese screenwriter from Suginami, Tokyo. He serves as the president of Plus One Co., Ltd. (株式会社プラスワン) and is a part-time director at Arch Co., Ltd. (アーチ株式会社). Kato is a member of the Japan Writers Guild (日本脚本家連盟) and is a dropout of Rikkyo…

Ando Hirokio

Ando Hirokio is a Japanese actor and former comedian from Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan. He is affiliated with Zipangu LLC (ジパング合同会社). He is a graduate of the Watanabe Comedy School (ワタナベコメディスクール) and was a 27th-term student at the Nikkatsu Academy of Art (日活芸術学院),…

Fujitani Miwako

Fujitani Miwako, a Japanese actress and singer from Kita, Tokyo, debuted in 1977 with a commercial for Calbee (カルビー) potato chips. In 1978, she appeared in the TV drama "Yuhi ga Oka no Sori Daijin" (夕日が丘の総理大臣). She began her music career in 1994 with the duet "Ai ga Umareta…

Hoshida Yoshiko

Hoshida Yoshiko is a Japanese producer and director from Tokyo, Japan. She served as the general director and managing director at Kyodo Television (共同テレビジョン). Hoshida developed an interest in the entertainment industry early, influenced by her father's career. She graduated from the…

Yamada Masaki

Yamada Masaki is a Japanese novelist born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. He graduated from Meiji University (明治大学) with a degree in Political Science and Economics. Yamada is a member of the Japan Mystery Writers Association (本推理作家協会) and the Authentic Mystery Writers Club (本格ミステリ作家クラブ),…

Inagaki Takashi

Inagaki Takashi (稲垣隆史) is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with the theater company Gekidan Mingei (劇団民藝). A graduate of the Haiyuza Training Institute (俳優座養成所), he joined Gekidan Mingei and made his acting debut in 1960 with the play "The Cage" (檻). He is also…

Okada Masaru

Okada Masaru is a Japanese actor, sword-fighting instructor, and action coordinator from Saitama, Japan. He is the representative of the Ono Kenyukai (大野剣友会). After dropping out of high school, Okada joined the Japan Television Training School (日本テレビ養成所), where he met Ono Kotaro…

Fang Fang

Fang Fang is a poet and prolific fiction writer. She was born into a Nanjing literati family in 1955. When she was two, the family moved to Wuhan. Before attending Wuhan University, she spent four years as a longshore(wo)man in Wuhan to support her family, a period she recalls in interviews as the formative…