Koshikawa Michio

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1965. Besides his early work in theater, he has a background in film distribution and production. He established the production company Slow Learner in 1997 and produced films like The Prisoner by Adachi Masao (2006 / NC ’07), Sketches of Kaitan City by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi…

Ozaki Ayaka

Ozaki Ayaka is a Japanese actress, talent, and gravure idol from Toyono city, Osaka prefecture. She belongs to Walk Co., Ltd. She is a member of the show restaurant "Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon -SHINING MOON TOKYO-", and she is also a member of the human-wolf idol group "BABYWOLF". She won the Miss…

Watanabe Hirobumi

Born in 1982 in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, Watanabe Hirobumi is a Japanese film director. He also writes the scripts for and performs as an actor in his films. He majored in Japanese literature in college and, after graduation, entered Japan Academy of Moving Images. His graduation project, the 41-minute…

Hara Kazuo

Japanese documentary film director. After dropping out of university to work at a special education school, he made his 1972 debut work Goodbye CP about a group of individuals with cerebral palsy. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Hochi Film Award and at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for…

Ishibashi Yoshimasa

Yoshimasa Ishibashi (石橋義正, Ishibashi Yoshimasa, born 1968) is a video, experimental film and performance artist based in Kyoto, Japan and the leader of the Kyupi Kyupi artist collective, founded in 1996. He has directed work for both art museums, including Kyupi Kyupi performances at the Palais…

Tanaka Mitsutoshi

Tanaka Mitsutoshi is a Japanese film and commercial director who graduated from the Osaka University of Arts Department of Visual Concept Planning. He established Osaka-based film production firm Creators' Union in 1984 and has served as the company's President and CEO since that time. He has been a…

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)…

Mayumida Kazuo

Born in Tojo Village (currently Nagano City ), Hanashina District, Nagano Prefecture . Graduated from Hohashi High School of Technology, dropped out of Nihon University College of Engineering . Joined the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Company in 1944, and changed to the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting Company after…

Frank Nagai

Frank Nagai was a Japanese singer known for his attractive baritone voice. His real name was Nagai Kiyoto. Nagai was born in Matsuyama, Miyagi, Japan. He had his major debut in 1954 when he was discovered by composer Yoshida Tadashi. He had many hit songs such as Yurakucho de Aimasho, Tokyo Night Club,…

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…

Love Stories From Fukuoka 15

6.6

A series of real-life stories submitted by viewers in Fukuoka about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. All the stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city of the Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu…

All About Chiaki Mayumura (Provisional)

As an idol who does everything from songwriting to running her own company, Chiaki Mayumura has been described as both a genius and a maverick by the Japanese music industry. "Is Chiaki Mayumura just a single person?"…

Tokuso 9 Season 3

7.3

It has been nine months since the previous head of the Special Investigations Unit left. Asawa Naoki and the members of the unit no longer get requests for backup from the First Investigation Division but keep getting…

Keishichou Sousa Ikkachou Season 4

7.0

Junichi Oiwa, chief of the non-carrier “slap-up” investigator who leads over 400 elite detectives, is the latest in this series that will help solve difficult cases. In this work, familiar members such as Hirotaro…

Engawa Lovers 2

The second installment of the humanity comedy "Engawa Lovers," which depicts the everyday life of men who love the veranda, set on the veranda of an old Japanese house. A fledgling movie director, Daisuke Hagiwara…

Engawa Lovers

A humanitarian comedy depicting the daily life of men who love the stage on the edge of an old Japanese house (the porch). The stage is an old Japanese house with a veranda near the sea. Ryo Sasaki, who is a cram school…

East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front

I thought about how to live. I thought about how no Japanese would understand us. The memory of the assailant locks us in the last cold snap and presses us against our backs. We, who are living in Japan now, wanted…

Bansousha

7.0

On a day before the new year’s long-distance relay race, the final roster of the members who have made Hiyori Foods’ track and field team are announced. Awashima Yuichi has been dropped, and his track and field…

Yellow Bricks - The Man Who Tricked Frank Llyod Wright

8.0

The story will center around the Japanese city of Tokoname in Aichi prefecture, which is well known for its ceramics. Over 100 years ago, famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright reached out to Kichinosuke Hisada to procure…

Ohana no Sensei

7.2

Otori Maruko has just been elected into the National Diet of Japan. Originally known as Head of the Otori Flower Arrangement School, which has over 70.000 students nationwide, she gets instructed by the secretary appointed…