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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I'm Fine, My Angel

8.0

An angel is quietly praying at a sanctuary in Heaven. She sees a vision of the struggles and sufferings of five people living on earth. Fuka, a fifth grade elementary schooler, is bullied by her classmates. Yuya, a…

Matsumoto Seicho Tokubetsu Kikaku: Soshitsu no Girei

5.9

Doctor Sumida, who attended the medical seminar in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is found dead at a hot spring inn. Detective Kyosuke Otsuka of the Shizuoka Prefectural police arrives at the site with rookie partner…

Hobohobo: Mayonaka no Tsugikuru Mono Sagashi

A high-energy midnight variety show brought to you by Yamazato Ryota and Karahashi Yumi! The people who are "almost" trending introduce "almost" trending things! The next generation of idols and young comedians introduce…

Tsutakantoku Kokoyakyu wo Kaeta Otoko no Shinjitsu

Documentary about the famed high school baseball coach Tsuta Fumiya. Commentaries from his contemporaries reveal the true persona of Tsuta, who led a prefectural high school baseball team in Tokushima to over ten appearances…

Eiko Kyoju no Jikenbo

6.8

Unobe Eiko is a professor at a famous university and tries to solve a serial murder case which happened on campus with a useless police detective named Nanba Haruto that is serious about his work and has a strong sense…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro - Obihiro Satsujin Route

Inspector Totsugawa investigates a case that begins with the murder of Hatano Hiroshi, an executive at a major apparel company, but quickly expands into a larger mystery when a second killing occurs aboard a train…

Keiji Inukai Hayato

7.5

One morning in mid-summer, a dead man with a knife in his chest is discovered on a park bench. The victim is Shinojima Taku, the vocalist of a famous rock band who had made waves after winning a literary prize for…

Cross Road

8.0

The story revolves around two men in a long hostile relationship: police officer Ozeki Tatsuro and journalist Itagaki Kohei. 25 years ago, Itagaki wrote an article about Ozeki's investigation of a case, and consequently,…

Keishicho Tokumei Keiji Futari 1

40 years have passed since Lockheed Payoff Scandal, the biggest bribery scandal after the World War the Second. The program tries to reveal the hidden facts, what lies behind the incident? With secret materials secured…

Hakodate Coffee

7.4

An old western style apartment named Hisuikan is located in Hakodate, Japan. Various artists gather at Hisuikan following Tokiko Ogiwara’s (Yoko Natsuki) intention to support young artists. Tokiko Ogiwara is the…