Tanimura Masaki

Tanimura Masaki is a Japanese television series director. A graduate of Kobe University, he joined TV Asahi where he began to work on late-night series and then on a few variety shows. In 2006, he moved to Fuji TV, where he directed several episodes of various series, including one of the "Nodame Cantabile"…

Kaga Mariko

Kaga Mariko is a Japanese actress, born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She was scouted by directors Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji, and made her film debut in a Shinoda-directed, Terayama-penned movie, Tears on the Lion's Mane, in 1962. In recent years, she has gained newfound popularity thanks to her…

Mizumori Kota

Mizumori Kota is a Japanese actor born in Shizuoka, Japan. His old stage name is Mizuno Kosaku. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sano Shuji

Sano Shuji was a Japanese actor.

Okamoto Aya

Okamoto Aya is a Japanese actress.

Nakaya Noboru

Nakatani Noboru, a Japanese actor born in Takanawa, Shiba, Tokyo, Japan, initially enrolled in Chuo University’s Faculty of Law but left to pursue a career in theater. He began his theatrical journey with Bungakuza Theatre Research Institute in 1950, becoming a full member in 1951. His film debut…

Nishiyama Rento

Nishiyama Rento is a Japanese child actor.

Matsumoto Koshiro X

The 10th generation Matsumoto Koshiro is Fujima Terumasa. Born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Matsumoto Koshiro IX (Ichikawa Somegoro VI at the time), his sisters are Matsumoto Kio and the actress/singer Matsu Takako. His uncle is Nakamura Kichiemon II. He made his Kabuki debut in March 1979, by performing…

Okada Eiji

Eiji Okada was a Japanese film actor from Chōshi, Chiba. Okada served in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and was a miner and traveling salesman before becoming an actor. Internationally, his best-remembered roles include Lui ("him" in French) in the 1959 film Hiroshima mon amour, directed…

Miyamoto Nobuko

She was born in Otaru, Hokkaidō, and raised in Nagoya. She was married to director Juzo Itami from 1969 until his death in 1997, and regularly starred in his films. She has been nominated for eight Best Actress Japanese Academy Awards, winning in 1988 for her role in A Taxing Woman.

Spring

A Day

7.8

Short film about an old lady travelling through 90 years of her life in a single day.

Spring in Between

7.3

Haru, a magazine editor, struggles with her demanding boss and distant boyfriend. She meets Tohru Okunai, a painter with a developmental disability who only uses blue in his art. Known as a genius, Okunai’s blunt…

Brothers in Brothel

5.5

There is a brothel on a remote island. Tetsuo runs the brothel. He has a brutal personality. Around him are his younger brother Tokuta and younger sister Ibuki. Younger brother Tokuta flatters Tetsuo and acts like…

One Day, Another Day

A movie pointing out the situation in Korea, where fraudulent crimes are common enough to stigmatize the country as 'fraud republic'. (Source: HanCinema)

Carrying Spring

7.3

Tooru (Matsuyama Kenichi) spent his childhood living on the Tateyama Mountain Range with his father. He rebelled against his strict father and he now works as a trader in the financial world. One day, Tooru learns…

One Last Bloom

7.4

Hirooka Jinichi is a former boxer. He lost a boxing match because of an unfair decision, and he then moved to the United States. After 40 years, he returns to Japan and happens to meet Kuroki Shogo in a bar. Shogo…

When Spring Comes

7.8

Since his wife died, Masahiko has raised his daughter Hitomi by himself. Hitomi is now all grown up and an adult, but they still live together and rely on each other. On New Year's Day, they talk with each other like…

Blue Spring

7.7

It tells the story of seven students in an underperforming high school as they complete their education and decide on the options available to them afterwards. The Japanese title can be translated as "blue spring"…