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…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Takada Kyo

Born in artistic family, from 4-year-old he played organ , from 5-year-old he began classical piano. In high school, he formed a rock band and started playing guitar . In the music college he had a band EGO-WRAPPIN ' where he and Hataya Tetsuya met, next he turned to jazz. After moving to Tokyo, he…

Kai Minori

Kai Minori is a Japanese writer from Shizuoka. She graduated from the Osaka University of Arts. Following graduation, she moved to Kyoto and helped out at a small published. She started her general brand "Loule" before getting her start as an author. After moving to Tokyo, she became an assistant to…

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…

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…

Between Sky And Sea

6.0

19-year-old Namiko studies at a special school for care helpers in Miyazaki Prefecture, while also helping her mother run a restaurant. Namiko isn't 100% sure she wants to become a care helper., even though she is…

Asura Girl - BLOOD-C Ibun Chi

6.6

It is confirmed today that Asura Shojo ~BLOOD-C Ibun~" (Asura Girl -Blood-C Side Story), an all-new live-action film inspired by the Blood-C anime series created by Production I.G and Nanase Ohkawa (CLAMP), is now…

Dream of Illumination

6.0

Noboru runs a real estate agency in a provincial city. He is cold-blooded when it comes to making a sale. His daughter is high school senior Nana. Nana has continuously changed schools due to her father's work. She…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 68: Yamagata - Rikuusaisen ni Kieta Onna

Inspector Totsugawa becomes involved in a puzzling case when a young woman he meets in Yamagata later appears to be connected to a murder. A sketch marked with the initial “Y” links the encounter to a crime scene,…

Chi no Shio Yamamuro Gunpei

Yamamuro Gunpei was born in 1972 to a poor farming family. At a young age he was adopted, because his family was so poor. At the age of 15, he left his adopted home and moved to Tokyo to study. There, he learns about…

Photo Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds

7.1

"National High School Photography Championship Tournament", also known as "Shashin Koshien", is an event held annually in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan's town of photography. Every summer, Shashin Koshien decides which…

Silent Revolution

Documentary about people living in depopulated regions who are working to revitalize their communities through renewable energy. Volunteers in Iitate Village and brewery owners in Kitakata City established Aizu Electric…

Shin Totsugawa Keibu Series 2: Ikaho Onsen Satsujin Jiken

Naito Takashi will play the role of inspector Totsugawa, and Ishimaru Kenjiro will play the role of Detective Kamei, who is trusted by Totsugawa. This time, Totsugawa embarked on an investigation because a bloody man…

Super Folk Song

The documentary captures the recording of the 1992 album 'Super Folk Song' of singer songwriter Akiko Yano. In January 2017, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Akiko Yano's solo debut, "2017 digital remaster…

Namae no nai Onnatachi: Usotsuki Onna

6.5

Shimura Atsushi is a journalist and his specialty is reporting on AV actresses. He meets AV actress Maeda Hanako. She is different from other AV actresses. Meanwhile, Maeda Asuka is the younger sister of Hanako and…