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…

Kohaku no Yume

6.0

In the year 1879, a fourth child is born to Narue Gihei, the owner of Narueya, a rice shop in Osaka Senba, and his wife Chiyo. They give their second son the name Manjiro. He grows up to be outstanding in his studies.…

Soredemo Koi Suru

7.0

A port town set in a small bay in Mie Prefecture is close to Kumano. Many people come for the Kumano pilgrimage route which is a designated World Heritage site. However, barely anyone comes to such a quiet town. Childhood…

Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey

Second installment in the Asian Three-Fold Mirror coproduction omnibus project featuring films by three cuttingedge Asian directors on a single concept. - "The Sea" by director Degena Yun from Inner Mongolia probes…

I'm Not Here

Film school instructor Tahara is dismayed that his students are stymied in their creative pursuits because of the school's profit-oriented management. When Tahara unexpectedly becomes the head of the film department,…

Shinjuku Punch

2.0

Hosei (Ren Ozawa) is 22-years-old and he has yet to have sex. Even though he likes women a lot, he has always had bad luck with them. Wishing to experience a big change in his life, Hosei goes to the Kabukicho. The…

Randen: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram

9.0

"If you ride this train, you can go anywhere." A story about the Randen train line in western Kyoto and the people that ride it. Eisei is a nonfiction writer searching for urban mysteries related to the train line…

Dai Zenryoku Shissou

7.8

Seven years after his disappearance, Isoyama Takeshi, who returned home, runs a bakery with his wife Seiko and daughter Nanami, but it has been in the red. The only happy news is that Nanami is engaged to Shirogane…

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…

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,…

Terebi Engeki Success So

"Success-so" is an apartment building that stands quietly in a corner of the city. There is a legend that young people who dream of becoming a star live there and one day they will leave and achieve their dreams. Actors,…