Tsushima Toshiaki

Tsushima Toshiaki was a Japanese composer born in Okayama, Japan. He graduated from Ehime Prefectural Imabari Technical High School, Electrical Engineering Department. He moved to Tokyo and attempted to enter the Tokyo Institute of Technology, but was unsuccessful. Instead, he enrolled in the Music…

Kurahara Koreyoshi

He was born in the city of Kuching, then part of the kingdom of Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) on Borneo. He was the nephew of literary critic Korehito Kurahara, and older brother of film director Koretsugu Kurahara. His son Jun Iwasaki, a former producer for Ishihara International Productions Inc.,…

Higashi Yoichi

Known in the West mainly for one film, Village of Dreams (E no naka no boku no mura, 1996), Higashi has in fact produced an oeuvre of consistent intelligence and unobtrusive political commitment along liberal and progressive lines. His feature debut, People of the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa rettō, 1969),…

Ichikawa Hisao

Ichikawa Hisao was a Japanese producer born in Honjo, Tokyo, Japn. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After working as a civil servant in the Ministry of Communications, he joined Shinko Kinema in 1939. He initially worked in the publicity department. He was called up for military…

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,…

Kitamura Kazuo

Kitamura Kazuo was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Takehaya, Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Arts Department of Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. Kitamura was associated with the Bungakuza theater company, where he began as a research student in 1950 and became a full…

Shishido Joe

Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…

Matsumoto Hana

Matsumoto Hana is a Japanese actress and film director. She was recruited at the age of eight and started her professional activities soon after, appearing in movies and television series. In addition to her work as an actress, she also started directing home projects during her second year of high…

Minami Shinsuke I

Minami Shinsuke was a Japanese comedian, actor, TV host, and talent born in Hongo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. His eldest son is the second-generation comedian Minami Shinsuke. He studied at Suginami Daiichi Elementary School. In 1940, when he was in the fourth grade of elementary school, he joined the children's…

Horiuchi Keizo

Horiuchi Keizo was a Japanese composer, lyricist, translator, and music critic born in Kaji, Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. He also used the pen name Yasutani Shizuo (安谷鎮雄). He was the third son of Horiuchi Iataro, the owner of "Asada Ame". However, he abandoned his inheritance rights to Asada Ame at…

A Chain of Islands

Escape from Japan

7.3

As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.

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)

New Japan Violence Zone

Graduation Trip From Japan

6.0

Yasuo Miki, a dull university student of archeology, came to the small country of Chitwan in Southeast Asia on a graduation trip. He was deceived by a dubious broker, and made his debut as " outside sauce " under the…

The Domain

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill. (Source: Letterboxd)

The Domain: Kanto Legends of Chivalry

Samurai Geisha

7.4

Popular geisha Shinji must defy a gang who plot to steal a lucrative coal business from struggling miners during the turbulent Meiji Era, she then falls in love with the charismatic Shimada. With a stellar all-star…

The World Sinks Except Japan

6.7

Ten years after 9/11, an unknown natural phenomenon causes North America to sink under the sea. Shortly thereafter all the other continents crumble to bits and disappear beneath the waves, leaving Japan the only dry…

Stray Kids Japan Debut Program

8.3

Part 1: My Pace-1 Grand Prix Part 2: Double Knot Challenge Limited: Suddenly Babies' Room (Source: StrayKSubs Twitter)