Tokyo Yakyoku

7.6

Koichi Hamanaka suddenly returns to the tightly knit community, a shopping district, in a corner of Tokyo that he once called home. His whereabouts and his activities over the past few years are a mystery to everyone,…

Tokyo Daigaku Monogatari

6.5

In the story, high schooler Naoki Murakami asks Haruka Mizuno to date him. They date while both worry about their upcoming university entrance examinations. (Source: Wikipedia, D-addicts) ~~ Adapted from the manga…

Tokyo SEX

7.0

Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza

6.6

Yabuki’s old friend returns as a deadly enemy. Blood brothers are driven to bitter hatred as betrayal rips mafia loyalties apart! Only the strong will survive the wrath of The Yakuza (Source: letterboxd)

Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars

6.3

Ginya Yabuki is a successful criminal on the fringes of Kabukicho, dealing in whale meat and flash memory chips with a small group of six comrades. But it wasn't always like this. Yabuki used to be a member of the…

Tokyo Skin

6.0

Amidst the swirl of Tokyo's seamy nightlife of designer drugs, casual sex, and American slang, Zhou turns 30. It's a spiritual crisis for this Chinese immigrant who quotes Confucius, this Lothario and con artist who…

Tokyo 23-ku no Onna

Following the brief moments of young girls' lives in the different districts of Tokyo. (Source: MyDramaList)

The Tokyo Siblings

4.0

Living in an old Tokyo district, Kenichi works at a second-hand bookshop to support his sister, Yoko, a high school student. When Yoko graduates, she starts work at a photoshop. By the time, Kenichi's girlfriend has…

Tokyo Decameron

An omnibus film featuring three reports of madness and sensuality. > Story 1: "Two Women Known as Mariko" A young comely lass named Mariko, whom, because of to a strange series of occasions during her youth, finds…

Tokyo Sotsugyo

8.8

Fifteen years ago, Moeko abandoned her husband Ichiro and three children and moved to Tokyo. And divorced. As time passed, the eldest daughter Rinko, the second daughter Nobuko, and the eldest son Tatsuro each lived…

Ichikawa Jun

Born in Tokyo, 1948. A prominent hitmaker of TV commercials, he earned the Grand Prize at the Cannes International Advertising Festival in 1985. His first film is "BU+SU" produced in 1987. His most acclaimed film is Tony Takitani, which earned him numerous festival awards. In the early morning hours…

Tsuji Hitonari

Tsuji Hitonari is a Tokyo-born Japanese writer, composer, and film director. In his film and singing work he uses the name Tsuji Jinsei, an alternative reading of the Japanese writing of his name. He debuted as a vocalist of the rock band ECHOS in 1985 and the original song "ZOO" reached over a million…

Gomi Kunitaro

He moved to Tokyo, and in 1900 (Meiji 33), when he was 25 years old, he joined the "Takada Minoru Ichiza", which was presided over by the new school Minoru Takada, and made many appearances in Hongo, Tokyo. In 1908 (Meiji 41), Yoshizawa Shoten started appearing in the movie studio Yoshizawa Shoten Meguro…

Nagahara Hideichi

Japanese screenwriter born in Tokyo.

Akagi Keiichiro

Born Akatsuka Chikahiro in Tokyo, Akagi and his family moved to Shonan, during World War II, to avoid air attacks, eventually settling in Hayama. His childhood was largely a pleasant affair, though it was sometimes punctuated by hardships typical for most Japanese families during the postwar years.…

Yoshikawa Mitsuko

Yoshikawa Mitsuko was a Japanese actress born in Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan. Her birth name was Yoshikawa Man (吉川マン). After graduating from Taimei Elementary School, she joined the Shochiku Kinema Research Institute in 1924 and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studios in 1925. The following year,…

Mitsutake Kurando

Originally from Tokyo, Japan. Graduated with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. A member of the Directors Guild of Japan and Screen Actors Guild. Mitsutake made his feature film directorial debut with MONSTERS DON’T GET TO CRY in 2004. In 2008, Mitsutake produced, wrote, and directed his…

Sanjo Miki

Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…

Taniguchi Senkichi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,…

Kudou Masaki

Born in Tokyo, Japan his father was the singer Hachiro Izawa and his sister is actress Kudou Youki. Horikoshi High School . Was an actor from 1988 - 1993. He attracted attention by appearing in the movie " The Seven Days of Our War " in 1988, and later appeared in many TV dramas and films, but resigned…