Mochizuki Yuko

Mochizuki Yuko was a Japanese actress, film director, and politician, serving as a member of the House of Councillors for the Japan Socialist Party. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and in 1930, she left Tokyo Municipal Shinobugaoka High School without graduating. Under the stage name…

Fujita Susumu

Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…

Kono Akitake

Kono Akitake was a Japanese actor, born in Shinko, Annaka, Nagasaki, Japan. He was originally performing under the stage name Yamazaki Shinzo (山崎進蔵). He attended Shimabara Prefectural Middle School and later Tokyo Physics School, though he left in November 1930. In November 1931, Kono joined…

Chiba Sachiko

Chiba Sachiko was a Japanese actress. She was born to an upper-class family as Chiba Tsuruko. She married director Naruse Mikio, but divorced him due to differences in class and a clash between her mother and Naruse. She quit acting as per her mother's wishes and instead managed a high-end restaurant,…

Takada Minoru

Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…

Uchida Asao

Uchida Asao, born Uchida Tomoo in Pyongyang, Korea, during Japanese rule, was a Japanese actor. He was affiliated with Kohinata Project after working with Enkei Theater and the Gekkoai theater troupe. After graduating from Pyongyang First Middle School, Uchida worked for Higashiman Waryu Coal Mine,…

Kanze Hideo

Kanze Hideo was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojo VII, a descendant of Kanami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made…

Arishima Ichiro

Arishima Ichiro, born Oshima Tadao (大島忠雄) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of a steel factory owner. After attending Hioki Elementary School (日置尋常小学校) and Nagoya Middle School (名古屋中学校), where he developed an interest in theater, he…

Kahara Natsuko

Kahara Natsuko, originally Tsukahara Natsuko (塚原初子), was a Japanese actress and director associated with the Bungakuza theater company. Following the "Koto no Yoru" incident in December 1963, she left Bungakuza and co-founded the NLT Theater Company in January 1964, where she later became the…

Gosho Heinosuke

Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…

Photo Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds

7.1

"National High School Photography Championship Tournament", also known as "Shashin Koshien", is an event held annually in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan's town of photography. Every summer, Shashin Koshien decides which…

Silent Revolution

Documentary about people living in depopulated regions who are working to revitalize their communities through renewable energy. Volunteers in Iitate Village and brewery owners in Kitakata City established Aizu Electric…

Namae no nai Onnatachi: Usotsuki Onna

6.5

Shimura Atsushi is a journalist and his specialty is reporting on AV actresses. He meets AV actress Maeda Hanako. She is different from other AV actresses. Meanwhile, Maeda Asuka is the younger sister of Hanako and…

Kanazawa Shutter Girl

8.6

Set in Ishikawa Prefecture's Kanazawa City. Hanana, a 16-year-old girl, was best buddies in junior high school with Kotoko, Shoko, and Kaede. In high school, Hanana gets stuck with longing for their junior high school…

You May Dream

8.0

This story depicts the path how the legendary band "SHEENA AND ROKKETS" was born. Etsuko, the later "SHEENA" was born in Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu City. Her parents ran a fashion retailer. Etsuko grew up in a stylish surrounding…

Watashi wa Zettai Yurusanai

6.0

At the age of 15, Yoko is raped by a group of guys. Her family neglects her and she becomes the target of bullies at school. She turns to an older man. Yoko later moves out to Tokyo. She receives plastic surgery and…

Beyond the Blue

Music Video director「廣賢一郎」Hiro Kenichiro's debut movie. A feature film set in a world where people receive letters called "Blue Mail" from their future selves. Kagari, a young man, meets a runaway girl,…

Chi no Shio Yamamuro Gunpei

Yamamuro Gunpei was born in 1972 to a poor farming family. At a young age he was adopted, because his family was so poor. At the age of 15, he left his adopted home and moved to Tokyo to study. There, he learns about…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 68: Yamagata - Rikuusaisen ni Kieta Onna

Inspector Totsugawa becomes involved in a puzzling case when a young woman he meets in Yamagata later appears to be connected to a murder. A sketch marked with the initial “Y” links the encounter to a crime scene,…

Person Who Loves The Sun: 1964 The Day's Paralympic

6.4

In 1960, Yutaka Nakamura (Osamu Mukai) works as an orthopedist in Japan. He travels overseas for a few months to research rehabilitation techniques. In Britain, Yutaka Nakamura learns about using organized physical…