Fujiishi Osamu

Fujiishi Osamu is a Japanese cinematographer and focus puller from Niigata, Japan. He studied at the College of Art at Nihon University (日本大学) but left in his third year due to financial difficulties. He is a member of the Japan Society of Cinematographers (J.S.C.; 日本映画撮影監督協会).…

Zushi Tonbo

Zushi Tonbo is a Japanese actor and comedian. He graduated from Nihon University's College of Art and initially worked as an understudy in various traveling theater troupes, including the Shinpa regional tour group and the Shimizu Kinichi troupe. In 1955, after struggling to achieve a breakthrough,…

Yasukawa Goro

Yasukawa Goro is a Japanese composer from Aichi, Japan, raised in Iida, Nagano, Japan. He dropped out of the Composition Department of the Faculty of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts. During his studies, he began working as a studio musician, and it was around 1989 when he met Ishii Takashi that…

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…

Inoo Kei

Inoo Kei is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, and member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. On September 23, 2001, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. He, later on, became a member of J.J. Express, and eventually debuted in Hey! Say! JUMP. He graduated from…

Takeda Kouhei

Takeda Kouhei is a Japanese actor, entertainer, and model. He is best known for his roles as Kohei Kitahanada in Fuji TV's Hanazakari no Kimitachi e/Ikemen Paradise drama, Otoya Kurenai in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kiva, and the voice of Vaan in Final Fantasy XII. In 2001, he received…

Yamada Takayuki

Yamada Takayuki is a Japanese actor, singer, and producer in Japan. At the age of 15, he was discovered by his Talent Agency Stardust and made his debut in Psychometrer Eiji 2. His subsequent portrayal as the "cool" younger brother of the heroine in the hit NHK Asadora Drama Churasan won him wide recognition.…

Aoi Yu

Aoi Yu is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film "All About Lily Chou-Chou". She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize and Kinema Junpo Awards for best-supporting actress in 2007 for "Hula Girls"…

Murakami Nijiro

Murakami Nijiro is a Japanese actor and voice actor, the only son of actor Murakami Jun and singer UA. His parents divorced when he was nine-years-old and he grew up with his mother, stepfather, and three half-siblings. While still attending preparatory school, he moved to Okinawa with his family. Murakami…

Takenouchi Yutaka

Takenouchi Yutaka is a Japanese actor. He started his career by winning a modeling competition. Beginning in 1989, he has been in numerous magazines and TV commercials. Later he became a sitcom actor and has starred in many popular sitcom series. His first dramatic role in Hoshi no Kinka bought him…

Hagoku

7.4

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata…

Mom, Is That You?!

7.4

Akio Kizaki who spends his days as head of the Human Resources Department of a large company is nervous about his wife's divorce and concerned about the relationship with his daughter, who is now a university student.…

In the Line of Duty: Royal Warriors

7.4

Michelle Yip of the Hong Kong police is a mild-mannered Kung Fu expert; Michael Wong from air security is happy-go-lucky, stuck on himself, constantly talking, and smitten by her; Yamamoto is quiet, hard-boiled, leaving…

Double Score

7.4

This is the story of two cops. One doesn't care about getting promoted and wants to be like an American cop. His arrest record is 95% but he has to file a report for just about the same amount of cases because of the…

Teruko to Rui

7.5

"Help me." A housewife, Teruko, receives a phone call from her best friend, the chanson singer Lui. "Help me."... Those words were also Teruko's own voice. Having reached her limit with her abusive husband who continues…

Doctor Y - Gekai Kaji Hideki

7.5

Surgeon Kaji Hideki has earned himself the nickname “laparoscope magician”. He is skilled but greedy. Because he chose money over title and power, his career progression has been slower than his peers. Kaji gets…

Hagetaka

7.5

A business drama set in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the bubble economy had collapsed and Japanese businesses with conventional management cultures were exposed to corporate buyouts by foreign investors. Masahiko…

Black Girl's Talk

7.4

Kaori is a hard-working office lady working at a trading company; Aya is a caring nursery teacher; and Nao is a very ordinary office lady. The three close girls always gather at each other's houses or at cafes to chat…

Jishaku Otoko 2015

7.4

Called the “magnet man”, Oba Sousuke (Mukai Osamu) possesses a superhuman ability to see through people’s lifestyles, personalities, upbringing as well as jobs at a glance, and find perfect matches. Females gather…

Wingman

7.5

Hirono Kenta, a second-year high school student and special effects otaku, is immersed in a world of fantasy even during class. Kenta, who is looked down upon by those around him and leads a dull daily life, is approached…