Takamatsu Kinnosuke

Born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Takamatsu acted in shinpa theater before joining Makino Film Productions in 1924. He left the studio in 1926 and joined director Kinugasa Teinosuke in the independent production of the avant-garde film A Page of Madness, playing the crucial role of the bearded inmate. He…

Hidehiro Kawai

Specializes in composition, arrangement, bass, sometimes DJ. Hobbies include cooking and Keihin Kyuko. Favorite foods are meat, sushi, ramen, pasta, liquor, natto, oysters, coffee. Suddenly in the winter of the third year of high school, he became interested in music and became a composer and player.…

Fujiki Yu

Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with…

Tajima Yoshibumi

In 1937, he participated in the founding of a small art theater. Dropped out of college in 1941. In 1946, he joined the Haiyuza Theater Company due to "the love of the actress Sumako" ( Shochiku, Kenji Mizoguchi ) In 1954, he left the Haiyuza Theater Company and entered Nikkatsu, where he resumed film…

Uchida Tomu

Uchida Tomu’s filmography spans two great filmmaking periods separated by a 15-year hiatus due to the war, although his output of primarily genre films and lack of an immediately obvious signature style has meant that he has been overshadowed by contemporaries such as Ozu Yasujirô, Naruse Mikio,…

Irie Takako

Takako Irie (入江 たか子 Irie Takako, 7 February 1911 – 12 January 1995) was a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family (her birth name was Hideko Higashibōjō (東坊城 英子 Higashibōjō Hideko)), she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as…

Miura Mitsuko

Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…

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,…

Mori Masayuki

Masayuki Mori was a Japanese actor, the son of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist active during the late Meiji and Taisho periods. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa's films such as Rashomon and The Idiot. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse (Floating Clouds)…

Tanaka Haruo

Haruo Tanaka was a Japanese film actor noted for his supporting roles in a career that spanned seven decades. Tanaka was born in Kyoto and quit school in order to become a film actor, joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He eventually moved up to secondary leads and even into leading roles against actresses…

High School Third Graders

It depicts the fun, love and heartbreak in a Japanese school. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Shake to Tomorrow" by Tomishima Kenji and from the song "Shake by Tomorrow" by Funaki Kazuo.

Record of a Marathon Runner

This was a sponsored documentary film by director Kazuo Kuroki of Japan. This highly artistic film focused entirely on Japanese marathon runner Kenji Kimihara. Kimihara finished eighth in the 1964 Olympic marathon…

Dai Yuukai

8.0

A comedy-touch suspense drama that depicts the story of a mysterious abduction of a millionaire against the backdrop of the Kishu forest. Toshiko, a water-rich millionaire who owns a vast forest in Kishu, was kidnapped…

Gekito! Kanfuchen

Chen, who was ordered to retrain by Ohito, becomes a student of Tendo again and challenges Dojo Yaburi's Kenpo messenger, Kano Kenji. In the fight, Chen becomes close to Kano's younger sister, Yuki, but Yuki is killed…

Jokyoshi Shiroi Hada no Kioku "Kyohaku Sareru Gekai"

~~ Adapted from the manga "Jokyoshi Shiroi Hada no Kioku : Kyohaku Sareru Gekai" (女教師　白い肌の記憶　「脅迫される外科医」) by Yajima Masao (矢島正雄) and Hirokane Kenji (弘兼憲史).

Hotaru Kusa Shinju

A man who is exhausted from society makes a heartfelt promise with a mysterious woman he meets at the Uji River Bridge. (Source: MyDramaList) ~Adapted from work by Kosugi Kenji (小杉健治).

Hi no Kawa

Piece of the red clothes connects few victims of rapes and murders, indicating it's a work of serial killer. A female lawyer pursues the mystery. (Source: Japanese = tvdrama-db.com || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~…

Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God

7.3

Second part of the trilogy about Tsukue Ryunosuke - a ruthless samurai. Directed by the legend of chanbara, Misumi Kenji. ~~ Adapted from the novel "大菩薩峠" by Nakazato Kaizan (中里介山).

Satan's Sword I: The Great Buddha's Passage

7.6

First part of the trilogy about Tsukue Ryunosuke - the ruthless samurai. Directed by the legend of chanbara, Misumi Kenji. ~~ Adapted from the novel "大菩薩峠" by Nakazato Kaizan (中里介山).

Tales of Terror Series 4

10.0

An anthology series consisting of 20 short episodes released in the following order: >> Story 1: "Futari Botchi" (ふたりぼっち) [Director: Asato Mari] >> Story 2: "Tonari no Onna" (隣の女) [Director: Murakami…