Tamba Yoshitaka

Yoshitaka Tamba (丹波 義隆 Tamba Yoshitaka?, born July 13, 1955) is a Japanese actor. He is the eldest son of actor Tetsurō Tamba. In 1973, while attending high school, he landed a part in the movie Sumi yuriko directed by Omori Kenziro. He also appeared in the movie Aoba shigeru reru around the…

Ahn Chang Rim

Ahn Chang Rim is a South Korean retired judoka. He graduated from Yongin University with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education. He was born in Kyoto to third generation Zainichi Korean parents and grew up in Japan. He began practicing judo since elementary school and competed in regional tournaments.…

Debbie Huang

Debbie Huang is a Taiwanese singer, music producer, and actress born in Taipei, Taiwan. She graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 2004 with a Bachelor’s degree and later pursued a master’s in composition at Musashino Gakuin University (武蔵野学院大学) in Tokyo, Japan, starting in…

Kim Seong Yeon

Kim Seong Yeon is a South Korean retired judoka turned coach. She graduated from Jeonnam Physical Education High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Judo from Yongin University and a master's degree in Physical Education from Chosun University. She decided to try judo after her parents…

Fujisawa Hirokazu

Fujisawa Hirokazu was born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1981. He graduated from the Department of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University. He started creating independent films while still in university. After graduating, he participated in the film "Pacchigi!" (Directed by: Ikutsu Kazuyuki) as a volunteer…

Shinoda Noboru

Shinoda Noboru was a cinematographer born in Saitama, Japan. He studied at Nihon University and is best known for Love Letter (1995), Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) and Love Hotel (1985). He died in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Source: IMDb)

Isono Kiriko

Isono Kiriko is a Japanese talent, actress, and comedian born in Minamiise-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie Prefecture. She graduated from Mie Prefectural Minamiise High School. Isono belongs to Japan Music Entertainment. She debuted in 1980. After graduating from high school, in 1982, she got a job at a local…

Kawahara Sabu

Kawahara Sabu is a Japanese actor and talent, born in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan. His original stage name was Kawahara Hiromasa (河原裕昌), which he changed to Kawahara Sabu in 1982. He is currently affiliated with Horipro Booking Agency (ホリプロ・ブッキング・エージェンシー). After…

Yamaguchi Reiko

Yamaguchi Reiko is a staple of Japanese adult videos and pornography and arguably considered the country's second biggest AV star after Sola Aoi. Known for her G-cup bust, she was born in Aichi Prefecture central japan on 15.12.1978. Inspired by her own film career she opened a bar called Bar Naked…

Fiona Roan

Taiwanese-American writer/director based in LA. Her latest work JIEJIE won the HBO Asian Pacific American Visionary Award and will be distributed by HBO this May. Feng-I received her Directing MFA degree from AFI and was previously trained in classical Chinese Literature at National Taiwan University.…

IZO

6.3

Almost defying description, Miike's film opens with found documentary footage about sperm-production in young males and then turns to a graphically violent recreation of the execution in 1865 of the 28-year-old Okada…

Mr. Inukai Keeps a Dog

6.3

Tamotsu Inukai is a married middle-aged man with a wife, daughter and son. He loves his family and is a family man, but because of his work he is sent to sent to an island. His family stays behind in Tokyo. With the…

After the Quake

6.3

In 1995, Komura, who is distraught over his wife's sudden disappearance, visits Kushiro. There, he hears about a mysterious UFO. In 2011, a runaway girl named Junko begins to reflect on herself through exchanges with…

The Place Where the Sun Sits

6.3

Former high school classmates, now adults, hold jealous thoughts, hidden intentions and lust for revenge. Graduates from a high school have held reunions since they graduated 10 years ago. The high school itself is…

Techno Brothers

6.3

In the desolate Kanto plain, the thunderous sound of techno music reverberates. The performers are the mysterious trio known as "Techno Brothers". One day, with the cold-hearted manager, Himuro, they embark on a journey…

Higanjima

6.4

At midnight, a middle-aged man desperately tries to run away from a police officer. He enters an abandoned house with the cop right behind him. The police officer grabs the middle-aged man and bites his neck with his…

Kyoto Story

6.4

Higashide Kyoko is a university librarian who also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Yanase Kota, the son of the local tofu maker, who…

Varan

5.9

When a rare species of butterfly is found in a mysterious valley in Japan, a pair of entomologists go to investigate and find more. They discover Varan, a giant monster, who decides to leave the valley and head straight…

Dragon Head

6.4

Based on the manga of the same name by Mochizuki Minetaro. On the way home from a school trip, a tragic accident traps Aoki Teru's express train in a collapsed tunnel. The only other survivors of the catastrophe are…