Hatta Naoyuki

Hatta Naoyuki was a Japanese screenwriter born in Otaru, Hokkaido. Actress Hosho Ayako is his wife. In 1927, when he was 21, he joined Katsumi Yotaro Productions. The following March, in 1928, his original story was adapted and made into a movie as a script. In November of the same year, he debuted…

Kimura Takeo

Kimura Takeo was a Japanese art director of more than 200 films, writer and film director. He begun his career in 1945 and was one of Japan's best known art directors, most famously for his collaborations with cult director Suzuki Seijun through the 1960s at the Nikkatsu Company, exemplified by 'Tokyo…

Ito Kisaku

Stage artist. His older brother, Michio, was a dancer, and his younger brother, Koreya Senda, was a director. Graduated from the Western Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo University of the Arts). Yoshi Hijikata devoted himself to performing arts, starting with the Model Stage…

Hayashi Michiko

Michiko Hayashi was born on June 6, 1939 in Ehime, Japan. She is an actress, known for Kita no kuni kara (1981), Kita no kuni kara '84 natsu (1984) and Bokutô kitan (1960).

Tsurumaru Mutsuhiko

He was born in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, as the eldest son of six siblings of a doctor, Bunko. After graduating from Waseda High School, he moved to the United States in 1923 and then went to Spain to save his travel expenses when he saw a picture of El Greco. He returned to Japan in 1927.…

Wakamiya Chuzaburo

Wakamiya Chuzaburo was a Japanese actor born in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. He graduated from Kyoto City Second Commercial School. While still attending commercial school, he began treading the boards in theater productions, with his debut stage performance dating back to 1927. Around this time, he also…

Kataoka Kimio

Kataoka Kimio is a Japanese producer from Kure, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. He began his career as a part-time job at Mifune Productions. From 2007 to 2011, he was a part-time lecturer in the Film Department, Graduate School of Film and Design, Tokyo University of the Arts. (Source: Wikipedia)

Achiha Shinsuke

Achiha Shinsuke was a Japanese actor. His real name was Achiha Noboru. He died at the age of 67. After being reported missing by his wife on May 2, 2007, his body was found two days later by the local police. Authorities announced that he jumped to his death at the Inukai no Taki waterfall. The reason…

Otomo Jun

Otomo Jun was a Japanese actor born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He was affiliated with Sogei Pro, Teatro Kakko, Hanabusa Pro, and the Tokyo Actors Cooperative Association. He graduated from the Tokyo Music School's pre-war Teacher Training Course and worked as a music teacher at Osaka Municipal Namba…

Utsumi Toppa

Utsumi Toppa, born Kimura Sadayuki (木村貞行) in Utsumi, Minamiuwa, Ehime, Japan, was a Japanese manzai performer. He was the younger brother of screenwriter Misho Kingo (御荘金吾) and the husband of singer Maeshima Setsuko (前島節子). Toppa graduated from Naniwa Commercial School (浪華商業学校)…

Sasuke

8.3

Sasuke is a Japanese sports entertainment television special in which 100 competitors attempt to complete a four-stage obstacle course. An edited version, named Ninja Warrior, is screened in at least 18 other countries.…

Mitsu to Doku

7.3

This is a non-stop crisis suspense drama about a couple who are swept away by temporary emotions and end up having an affair with each other and are cornered by their respective partners. The main character, Kosaka…

Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu!

6.3

19-year-old beautiful Shiratori Reiko is a self-professed ultimate princess. Despite her haughty attitude, she is actually a very late bloomer and knows nothing of the real world. Reiko has had feelings for Akimoto…

Shanghai Fortress

6.7

In 2035, alien dark forces raided the earth in an attempt to capture the survival of mankind. Energy treasures, the earth where the energy is located, have been hit hard in turn. The borders of the country were broken,…

Afro Tanaka

6.7

Hiroshi Tanaka sports an intense perm which looks like the afro hairstyle favored by some African-Americans back in the 1970's. He doesn't get his hair done at a hair shop, he was actually born with his hair like that.…

Godzilla vs. Megalon

6.7

In the year 1973, the most recent underground nuclear test, set up near the Aleutians, sends shockwaves as far south as Monster Island. For years, Seatopia, an undersea civilization, has been heavily affected by this…

Hotelier

6.8

An incident in the past causes Ogata Kouhei to resign his position and leave the country in shame. Now, at the hotel's 30th anniversary, the hotel is facing a crisis; the president has just been submitted to the hospital,…

Toto Nee-chan

8.2

The eldest daughter of the Kohashis, Tsuneko, was 11 years old when her father Takezo died of tuberculosis. Taking her father’s teachings about the importance of ordinary life to heart, she became ‘Toto One-chan’,…

Ranman

8.0

Mantaro comes from a rich family in Kochi who owns a brewery but because of him being sickly, he becomes the target of bullying. As a child, he has been fascinated with plants and decides to quit school so as to head…

The Village

6.8

Katayama Yu is a young man who lives in the remote but beautiful village of Kamonmura. He has lived there since he was a child and is unable to leave due to an incident in his past. To pay off his mother's debt, Katayama…