Chiba Kichizo

He belonged to the magic lantern club of Yoshizawa Shoten , he worked as a developing engineer, and became a photography engineer when the company started producing newsreels in 1903 (Meiji36) .. In 1905 (Meiji 38) Togo Taisho Katsudo Shashin was filmed and according to Edamasa, Chiba was the first…

Hara Hisako

Hara Hisako was a Japanese actress. Her birth name was Ishijima Hisa (石島久). She used the stage names Hara Hisako (原緋紗子) and Hara Hisako (原緋沙子). She was born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, as the youngest of four siblings. Her father was a banker, but he passed away when she was…

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…

Ryuzaki Katsu

Ryuzaki Katsu, born Takashima Fumiaki (高島史旭) in Kochi, Japan, was a Japanese actor and gourmet reporter. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Hosei University (法政大学). During his fourth year, he passed the 5th Generation Nikkatsu New Face (日活ニューフェイス) audition.…

Tamiya Jiro

Tamiya Jiro was born on August 25, 1935 in Kyoto City, Japan as Shibata Goro. He was an actor and producer, known for Miyamoto Musashi (1973), 3000 kiro no wana (1971) and Showdown at Night's End (1964). He was married to Fuji Yukiko. He died on December 29, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan.

Saga Zenpei

Saga Zenpei was a Japanese actor and filmmaker born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Japanese Art School. In 1929, he joined the Japan Proletarian Artist Alliance, but became an actor, and in the same year he entered the Tokyo Left Wing…

Yokota Einosuke

When Inabata Katsutaro, the Japanese businessman who introduced cinema to Japan with the Lumière Cinématographe on 15 February 1897 swiftly grew disenchanted with the work, he turned to Yokota Einosuke, the owner of a Kobe export-import business. The very opposite of the meticulous and restrained…

Ikenami Shotaro

Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…

Tsurumaru Mutsuhiko

He was born in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, as the eldest son of six siblings of a doctor, Bunko. After graduating from Waseda High School, he moved to the United States in 1923 and then went to Spain to save his travel expenses when he saw a picture of El Greco. He returned to Japan in 1927.…

Azumi Shinichiro

While attending the Faculty of Letters, Meiji University, he belonged to Takashi Saito Seminar. Later, he co-starred with Saito in "Information 7DAYS Newscaster", Saito appeared as a regular commentator. Initially, in high school, he aspired to be a teacher, the same as his sister, and to get a job…

Kanazawa Shutter Girl

8.6

Set in Ishikawa Prefecture's Kanazawa City. Hanana, a 16-year-old girl, was best buddies in junior high school with Kotoko, Shoko, and Kaede. In high school, Hanana gets stuck with longing for their junior high school…

You May Dream

8.0

This story depicts the path how the legendary band "SHEENA AND ROKKETS" was born. Etsuko, the later "SHEENA" was born in Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu City. Her parents ran a fashion retailer. Etsuko grew up in a stylish surrounding…

Watashi wa Zettai Yurusanai

6.0

At the age of 15, Yoko is raped by a group of guys. Her family neglects her and she becomes the target of bullies at school. She turns to an older man. Yoko later moves out to Tokyo. She receives plastic surgery and…

Beyond the Blue

Music Video director「廣賢一郎」Hiro Kenichiro's debut movie. A feature film set in a world where people receive letters called "Blue Mail" from their future selves. Kagari, a young man, meets a runaway girl,…

Person Who Loves The Sun: 1964 The Day's Paralympic

6.4

In 1960, Yutaka Nakamura (Osamu Mukai) works as an orthopedist in Japan. He travels overseas for a few months to research rehabilitation techniques. In Britain, Yutaka Nakamura learns about using organized physical…

Kohaku no Yume

6.0

In the year 1879, a fourth child is born to Narue Gihei, the owner of Narueya, a rice shop in Osaka Senba, and his wife Chiyo. They give their second son the name Manjiro. He grows up to be outstanding in his studies.…

Soredemo Koi Suru

7.0

A port town set in a small bay in Mie Prefecture is close to Kumano. Many people come for the Kumano pilgrimage route which is a designated World Heritage site. However, barely anyone comes to such a quiet town. Childhood…

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…

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…

Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2018: Journey

Second installment in the Asian Three-Fold Mirror coproduction omnibus project featuring films by three cuttingedge Asian directors on a single concept. - "The Sea" by director Degena Yun from Inner Mongolia probes…