Shimizu Takeshi

Shimizu Takeshi is a Japanese film art director from Kanagawa, Japan. He began his career as an art assistant on the special effects television drama "Ultraman 80" and later worked at Tokyo Disneyland. He joined Toho, where he initially focused on special effects art before making his debut as an art…

Oshima Shuichi

Oshima Shuichi is a Japanese film art director. He began his career as an art assistant on the 1980 film "203 High Ground" and made his debut as an art director with the 1985 film "Be-Bop High School". He has worked with Shochiku Ofuna Studio and Toei Tokyo Studio. (Source: MyDramaList)

Okuda Seiji

Okuda Seiji is a Japanese film producer born in Aizu, Fukushima, Japan, and raised in Otowa, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. He is a board member of the Tokuma Memorial Animation Cultural Foundation and the president of the Japan Film and Television Producers Association. He has held various positions at Nippon…

Ueki Mariko

Ueki Mariko is a former Japanese actress born in Numata, Gunma, and originally from Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Chuo University with a degree in literature and was affiliated with the Nishioka Akira Office. Ueki began her acting career at age four with the Wakakusa Theatre Company, later joining…

Natsuki Sho

Natsuki Sho was a Japanese actor born in Matsuzawa, Ebara, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Seibi Middle School in Suginami, Tokyo, and subsequently enrolled in the acting department of the Japan Film School. After graduating in March 1945, he joined Daiei Tokyo Studio, debuting that year in the film…

Fukuda Toyoto

Fukuda Toyoto, also known by the erroneous credit Fukuda Toyoshi (福田豊士), was a Japanese actor born in Setagaya, Tokyo. He was the eldest son of Japanese painter Fukuda Toyoshiro. Fukuda attended Japan University's Faculty of Literature but later discontinued his studies in the English Literature…

Ono Ayaka

Ono Ayaka, a former Japanese child actress from Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan, was affiliated with the Tokyo Children's Theater Company and later with Internet Production ChuChu. Her younger sister, Ono Mana, also worked as a child actress. (Source: MyDramaList)

Marie

Marie is a Japanese actress, traditional music performer, interviewer, and writer, born in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Mita High School. Marie began her career in 1979 as Takeuchi Kayoko (竹内香代子) with a debut role in "Journey to the West" while training at the…

Kura Tadaoyshi

Kura Tadayoshi was a Japanese actor born in Kameido, Koto, Tokyo. He debuted in 1963, appearing in the television drama "Tentekomai Monogatari" while in the second grade. In 1974, he graduated from Seisoku High School in Shiba Park, Minato. He retired from the entertainment industry in 1985 at age 30.…

Segawa Shinzo

Segawa Shinzo, born Tamura Takashi (田村隆), was a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He was a member of the Zenshinza theater troupe and performed in numerous stage productions. Segawa passed away on August 21, 1989, at the age of 63. (Source: MyDramaList)

Manatsu no Merry Christmas

6.9

Ryo is a former professional boxer who becomes a collector for a loan shark. He grew up in an orphanage in Okinawa Prefecture with heroine Haru, Natsumi, an aspiring actress, and two others. One of them is now a lawyer…

Saiko no Obahan Nakajima Haruko

7.0

Single 38-year-old editor and food writer Kikuchi Izumi works for a small publishing company. She hasn't heard from her partner of 10 years in the last 5 months after lending him 2 million yen. After she suddenly receives…

Atarashii Osama

7.0

Akiba, a former successful businessman turned mobile app developer, moves into Koshiro’s office, where Koshiro struggles to keep his temp agency afloat. Eri, a woman on the run from a loan shark, starts living with…

Electric Dragon 80.000 V

7.0

When a child, Dragon Eye Morrison undergoes electro-shock treatment for his aggressive behavior. The levels of sheer energy absorbed by his body over the years allows him to channel and conduct electricity. Now an…

A Bolt from the Blue

7.0

Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they…

Terror of Mechagodzilla

7.0

Continuing after the end of the previous film. Interpol agents, led by Inspector Kusaka, search for the wreck of Mechagodzilla at the bottom of the Okinawan Sea. Mad scientist, Shinzo Mafune, wants to destroy all mankind.…

Sayonara, Ozu Sensei

7.0

It was after Ozu passed 50, that he met his first major challenge in life. While working as the branch manager of his bank in New York, Ozu was given an order to do some deals that went over and above the law. He was…

The Curtain Rises

6.9

Saori, Yukko, Garuru, Nakanishi and Akemi are high school students at a provincial city and members of a playgroup at their school. Yoshioka, who used to perform in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo, begins…

Tailwind

6.9

28-year-old rapper DEG is in pain, but he’s always smiling. His constant grin is a defense mechanism to avoid conflict. He’s underrated and unappreciated and leaves him in constant emotional turmoil. An old school…

Tsurukame Josanin: Minami no Shima kara

7.0

Onodera Mariya’s married life was supposed to have been happy but turns out shortlived when her husband Tatsuya suddenly disappears without a trace. At her wit's end, she heads for a heart-shaped island in Okinawa…