Matsuzaki Yuki

Yuki Matsuzaki is an Japanese actor who had appeared in movies and on television. Matsuzaki appeared in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima and in The Pink Panther 2 where he portrayed Kenji Mazuto, a technology "wiz-kid". He appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as a character…

Otsuki Yoshikazu

Otsuki Yoshikazu was a Japanese film director born in Nakano, Tokyo. He joined the Shochiku Ofuna Film Studio in 1951 as an assistant director. He made his directorial debut in 1962 with "Nagashibina." In 1966 he left Shochiku to become a freelancer. He then spent his career directing TV dramas until…

Miyagawa Kazuo

Miyagawa Kazuo was a leading film photographer in the Japanese film industry. He is known to the world as a photographer of works directed by Inagaki Hiroshi, Mizoguchi Kenji, Kurosawa Akira, etc. After graduating from Kyoto Commercial High School, he joined Nikki Kyoto at the age of 18 as an assistant…

Sugiyama Kohei

Sugiyama Kohei was a Japanese cameraman born in Hamamatsu Town, Hamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture. After serving as a cameraman for Mizoguchi Kenji's "Genroku Chushingura" from the end of 1941 to 1942, he became the chief engineer of Manchukuo Film Association. At the same association, he was a cameraman…

Yoda Yoshitaka

Yoshikata Yoda was a Japanese screenwriter. He wrote for over 130 films between 1931 and 1989. He is most famous for his work with Kenji Mizoguchi. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Matsuoka Masahiro

Matsuoka Masahiro is a Japanese drummer and actor. He is a member of Tokio, a Johnny Entertainment musical group. His nicknames are Mabo and Maa-kun. He starred as Shinichi Ozaki in "Godzilla: Final Wars" and the comedy series "Yasuko to Kenji". Matsuoka joined the pop/rock band Tokio as a drummer in…

Fukuda Mayuko

Fukuda Mayuko, born in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese child actress who made her debut in 1998. She is contracted to talent agency FLaMme. Her father, Kenji Fukuda, is a drummer in the band Kasutera. (Source: Wikipedia)

MEGUMI

MEGUMI is a Japanese talent, actress, singer and former gravure idol. She married rock band Dragon Ash vocalist Furuya Kenji in July 2008. Their son was born in January 2009. On December 30, 2023, they announced that their divorce had been finalized. (Source: Tokyohive)

Tabe Mikako

Tabe Mikako is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. Starting acting in her teens with a role in the Sailor Moon musicals, she has developed into a lead actress in film and television, playing the heroine in the Asadora Tsubasa, starring in TV comedy series such Yasuko to Kenji and Deka Wanko, and playing…

Si Andy, Si Lauren o Si Peng?

5.5

The four Magbuana cousins, Peng, Andy, Lauren, and Kenji, all live together in the same house with their uncle. They are all different in their own way. Peng is their uncle's favorite, Andy is the wealthiest, Lauren…

Kazoku

6.4

After his father's disappearance, Makoto and his mother leave their town heading to a new one. Kenji lives a quiet life with his common-law wife, Haruka, who harbors a secret. Takeo, a widowed father raising his two…

Sori Nokoshita Natsu

5.6

Kiryuuin Shou is in 3rd year in High School, his friend Jun is heartbroken by his cheating ex-boyfriend Kenji. Kiryuuin and Jun go to the beach to have fun and to meet some new guys. Kiryuuin nearly dies... But he…

Helpless

6.4

Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before setting out for the dangerous trip, Yasuo asks Kenji to take care of his…

Platinum Town

6.5

Yamazaki Tetsuro (Oizumi Yo), an elite salaryman with Yotsui Corporation, returns to his hometown of Midorihara for the first time in years when his childhood friend, Kumazawa Kenji (Hirayama Koji), invites him to…

Shamo

6.7

The story is about Narushima Ryo, a talented, college-bound student who murders both of his parents in cold blood. He is sent to a reformatory where he trains in karate under Kurokawa Kenji, a man imprisoned after…

Hard Luck Hero

6.9

Six unlucky guys have a very unlucky day. Tadashi Ikeyama and Kenta Kishimoto are two businessmen who just want to have lunch before a big presentation. Naoto Ishii and Takashi Akai are two coworkers who just want…

The Shadow

University student Shiori hears that the scene of her mother's death in a traffic accident five years ago has become a haunted spot. Wanting to see her mother again, she heads to the scene, overriding the objections…

Besotted with Yuri

Hiro decides to throw a party at Yuri's suggestion. In response to his call, Kenji, Tamotsu, and Ken gather at Hiro's shop for the first time in a while. While waiting for Yuri, who will be a little late, each of their…

Nuigulumar Z

6.9

A lolita fashion-clad girl named Yumeko Ayukawa merges with her pink teddy bear Buusuke to become “Nuigulumar” in order to do battle with a villain named Takeshi who’s using zombies in his plot to take over the…