Tokyo Rhapsody

8.0

"Tokyo Rhapsody" consists of 11 short films all centered around the music genre known as "Kayokyoku". Kayokyoku is a catch-all term to describe the music that defined two generations of post-war Japan. Although the…

Tokyo Michika

4.0

A TV drama that depicts women in their 20s and 30s where a romantic episode that seems unlikely.

Tokyo Love Collection

7.0

This is a comedic love story revolving around three young work, and love, oriented women in their 20s. The central character, Hara Ayaka, is turned on to her gay male friend and fails to notice that her roommate Natsuki…

Tokyo University Story

5.0

High schooler Naoki Murakami asks Haruka Mizuno to date him. They date while both worry about their upcoming university entrance examinations. (Source: Wikipedia)

Tokyo Strangler

Danger lurks around every corner. A psychopathic serial killer is tying up, raping and murdering Tokyo’s sexy young women! Kathy is trying to divorce her husband, all the while conducting a hot affair with her divorce…

Lost in Tokyo

Eiji is a law student; Takkun is a singer in a fringe rock band, Taka-chan is a clerk. The film begins with a meeting between the three characters, nearly in their fourth decades, chatting under a cherry tree in full…

Tokyo Ekio Wasuremono Azukarisho: Oita-hatsu Shindai Tokkyu "Fuji" Renzoku Satsujin!!

Hotta Ryusei

Singer and actor from Tokyo.

Sanjo Miki

Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…

Fujii Rokusuke

Originally from Tokyo , his real name is Rikusuke Tanaka, and he used Ayamine and Rokuyo as his haiku names . Originally a fishmonger as a family business, he became an actor by becoming a disciple of Yoho Ii , who follows the Shinpa trend . He was active in the Ii troupe and the Shizuma Kojiro troupe…

Inoue Kohei

Born in Tokyo, Inoue is a Japanese film director and a commercial planner. His major films include Excited Death (Moosic Lab 2018 Grand Prix for Short Films) and Dong Teng Town (TIFF 2020). He has also worked on a video for Nogizaka 46. Excited Death is his first feature film. (Source: TMDB)

Gomi Kunitaro

He moved to Tokyo, and in 1900 (Meiji 33), when he was 25 years old, he joined the "Takada Minoru Ichiza", which was presided over by the new school Minoru Takada, and made many appearances in Hongo, Tokyo. In 1908 (Meiji 41), Yoshizawa Shoten started appearing in the movie studio Yoshizawa Shoten Meguro…

Nagahara Hideichi

Japanese screenwriter born in Tokyo.

Akagi Keiichiro

Born Akatsuka Chikahiro in Tokyo, Akagi and his family moved to Shonan, during World War II, to avoid air attacks, eventually settling in Hayama. His childhood was largely a pleasant affair, though it was sometimes punctuated by hardships typical for most Japanese families during the postwar years.…

Yoshikawa Mitsuko

Yoshikawa Mitsuko was a Japanese actress born in Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Yoshikawa Man (吉川マン). After graduating from Taimei Elementary School, she joined the Shochiku Kinema Research Institute in 1924 and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios in 1925. The following year,…

Ichikawa Jun

Born in Tokyo, 1948. A prominent hitmaker of TV commercials, he earned the Grand Prize at the Cannes International Advertising Festival in 1985. His first film is "BU+SU" produced in 1987. His most acclaimed film is Tony Takitani, which earned him numerous festival awards. In the early morning hours…

Mitsutake Kurando

Originally from Tokyo, Japan. Graduated with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. A member of the Directors Guild of Japan and Screen Actors Guild. Mitsutake made his feature film directorial debut with MONSTERS DON’T GET TO CRY in 2004. In 2008, Mitsutake produced, wrote, and directed his…