Tarumi Goro

Tarumi Goro was a Japanese actor born in Niimi, Okayama. He graduated from Okayama Prefectural Niimi High School and started his career with the Mingei Theater Company. His eldest son, Tarumi Shuichi, is also an actor and model. Tarumi Goro passed away from a subarachnoid hemorrhage in Tokyo on January…

Watase Tsunehiko

Watase Tsunehiko was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Japan Academy Prize for The Incident and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for The Incident, Koutei no inai hachigatsu and The Fall of Ako Castle. His older brother is the actor Watari Tetsuya. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hashimoto Izo

Hashimoto Izo is a Japanese screenwriter and film director from Shimane prefecture. He graduated from Shimane Prefectural Tsuwano High School. After working as an independent producer, he made his directorial debut in 1982 with the independent film "PC Wars ISAMI". After that, he made his major debut…

Chii Takeo

Takeo Chii was born on May 5, 1942 in Chiba, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972), Trucker Yaro IX: A 5000 Km Run (1979) and Bee Bop High School (1985). He was married to Saori Maki. He died on June 29, 2012 in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Source: IMDb)

Okamoto Tao

Okamoto Tao, known professionally as Tao, is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut as the female lead Mariko Yashida in the 2013 film "The Wolverine"; and also played Mercy Graves in the 2016 film "Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice". She also had recurring roles in the television series…

Masuda Keiko

Masuda Keiko is a Japanese singer, actress and television personality. She made her debut as one of the Japanese duo idol, Pink Lady.

Ito Toshihito

Ito Toshihito was a japanese actor born on February 16, 1962 in Niigata, Japan. He passed away on May 25, 2002 from brain hemorrhage.

Murakawa Tohru

Murakawa Tohru is a Japanese film director. He is most famous for his collaborations with the actor Matsuda Yusaku in both film and television. (Source: Wikipedia)

Masuda Yukio

Masuda Yukio is a Japanese actor from Osaka, Japan.

Sakamoto Akira

Japanese actor from Saitama Prefecture.

Onna no Za

7.6

A Women's Place follows the daily lives of the Ishikawa family who own a general goods store in Tokyo. The film's opening sees the Ishikawa children rush to the bedside of their father after hearing that he collapsed.…

Hanakago no Uta

6.0

Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo. (Source: TMDB)

The Days of No Return

8.0

The story of a high school boy in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father. (Source: Letterboxd)

Kazoku no Urajijo

7.5

The Isawas are the average, ordinary Japanese family. Husband Yasuhiko and wife Yukari are the owners of Isawaya, a restaurant that serves set meals in the old downtown district of Tokyo. They are a happy couple despite…

Nile Perch no Joshikai

7.5

Career woman, Shimura Eriko, works for a large general trading company on equal footing with the men. She is beautiful and highly educated. Her parents have a house in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward. Life seems to be going…

Dosei no Shinyu wo Suki ni Natte Shimatta

7.1

Naoki and Takuya have been best friends throughout high school, but for the past three years, Naoki has secretly harbored deeper feelings for Takuya. After graduation, with Takuya about to move to Tokyo for college,…

Ao no Kaerimichi

7.2

The story follows seven friends and how a few stay back in their hometown Maebashi, while others go to Tokyo to pursue their dreams.

Ai no Nai Koibitotachi

7.3

A love story unfolds about 7 people, including Kume Masakazu. They are in their 30's, live in Tokyo, and have their own views on love and friendship. Kume Masakazu is single and 33-years-old. He works as a struggling…

Okashi no Ie

7.5

Sakurai Taro’s parents died young. His grandmother, Akiko, has been making a great effort to protect her struggling candy store, Sakuraya, in the old part of Tokyo, but it's not easy. Taro eats candy with regular…