Naoki Sanjugo

Naoki Sanjugo was a Japanese novelist, screenwriter, and film director, born in what is now Andojimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Naoki studied at Waseda University's English Department Preparatory Course and then at Waseda University's Higher Normal School English Department, but dropped out due to unpaid monthly…

Sato Takuma

Sato Takuma is a Japanese director born in Akita, Japan. He graduated from Akita Prefectural Akita Minami High School (秋田県立秋田南高等学校). During his school years, he played soccer, representing the Akita Prefecture select team in elementary and middle school. He also participated in…

Kanai Dai

Kanai Dai was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. He dropped out of the Chuo University, Department of Law. In 1952, he founded the theater company Izumiza. His eldest son is the actor Kanai Setsu. On June 17, 2001, at the age of 74, he died of pneumonia at a hospital…

Fujiyoshi Kumiko

Fujiyoshi Kumiko is a Japanese actress and narrator born in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. She is married to the actor and former singer Yosuke Tagawa. They have a son born in 200, when she was 39 years old. In 2017, she was accused of having an extra-marital affair with a married producer working at Asahi…

Kurara Haruka

Kurara Harukaa, birth name Yamasaki Kumiko (山崎久美子) was a Takarazuka Revue Top Star before starting her TV and film acting career in 1984 with Toho Entertainment. Her stage name was given by the playwright Yashiro Seiichi. 'Haruka' (遥) means 'aimed at far away' while 'Kurara' is romaji for…

Satoki Saburo

Satoki Saburo was a Japanese actor born in Yamamori, Yamagata, Japan. His real name was Sato Kizaburo (藤喜三郎). He was also known by various stage names, including Satoki Saburo (里木三郎), Satoki Saburo (里木左甫良), Satoki Saburo (里木三朗), Satoki Saburo (里木三甫良), Kuromaki…

Nakai Kie

Nakai Kie is a Japanese actress and essayist. She graduated from Rural Chofu Akiba Junior and Senior High School and Waseda University. Her younger brother is the actor Nakai Kiichi. She made her debut as an actress while attending Waseda University School of Letters, transferred from one part to the…

Ishido Toshiro

Toshiro Ishido was born on July 17, 1932 in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Black Rain (1989), Eight Below (2006) and Return of Ultraman (1971). He died on November 1, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. He went by the pen name Ishido Yoshi Akira. (Source: IMDb)

Nakano Ryoko

Nakano Ryoko, born Kawasaki Ryoko (川崎良子), in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan, is a Japanese actress. She graduated from Aichi Prefectural Tokoname High School (愛知県立常滑高等学校) and initially joined an amateur theater troupe in Nagoya after graduation. Seeking to pursue acting professionally,…

Hando Hikosaburo IX

Hando Terusato is the ninth generation to wield the title Hando Hikosaburo, the head of the Otowaya Troupe, a traditional arts performing troupe. He was born on 29th June 1976. His first performance was at the National Theatre in Tokyo at the age of 5, playing the role of a young monk. He inherited…

Need for Womance

7.6

Four aspiring women live under one roof. Actress Oh Yun Soo and Yoon Yu Sun, who have been known each other for 30 years, Makeup artist Lee Gyeong Min, and actress Cha Ye Ryun show their chemistry and share what kind…

Unprecedented

It is impossible to comprehensively map the ultimate extent of the damage wrought by the waves of the corona pandemic in all the layers of the society. It does not, however, require a lot of guesswork to see the links…

One and Four

7.4

On a snowy stormy night, in the cabin of forest ranger Sang Jie, a man claiming to be from the Forest Police, armed with a gun, suddenly bursts in. They set up an ambush and capture a villager named Gen Bao , who is…

Kino Yori Akaku Ashita Yori Aoku -Cinema Fighters Project-

8.6

The fourth instalment of LDH Pictures, Cinema Fighters project. This time with all the main characters of the six short stories being portrayed by the members of Generations from Exile Tribe. > "Blue Bird" (Director:…

Kim Dae Jung Again

Kim Dae Jung competed against Park Chung Hee of the Democratic Republican Party as the presidential candidate of the New Democratic Party, but lost in 1971. He then lead a pro-democracy movement against the Park Chung…

Strangers

Yukie, a dental nurse in a rural town, doesn’t verbalize her true feelings often but she dreams of living by the sea. This is vague desire becomes something more concrete when the relentless power harassment of her…

Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains

8.4

It is 1965, a time of rapid economic growth for Japan and also a time when the people called Sanka, a nomadic band of outcasts, were fading away. Having arrived at his father’s countryside estate from Tokyo to focus…

Robot Repair Boy

A boy with a genius in robot repair, facing the past over the requested AIBO robot, and fostering new bonds, modeled on a real robot repairer, Nobuyuki Norimatsu. 16-year-old Rintaro, who works in a workshop that undertakes…

16 and 10 Years Far Away

8.0

A drama about a young man bound by memories of the past and a childhood friend who lost his memory due to an accident, a story of a rebirth over the memories and lies of the two. Yukina was adopted by a local landowner…

Ashita no Watashi e

9.0

Naoko Kishi, the daughter of a lawmaker, is always at the center of the class with a smile on her face. On the other hand, she is worried about her future while working as a high school radio DJ. She's not dissatisfied…