Kobayashi Satoru

Kobayashi Satoru was a Japanese film director most famous for directing the first pink film, the type of softcore pornographic films that became the most prolific film genre in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s. Japanese sources claim that Kobayashi directed over 400 pink films between 1960 and 1990,…

Hosokawa Toshiyuki

Hosokawa Toshiyuki was a Japanese actor associated with the Aktor. Born in Fukuoka and raised in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, he completed his education at Yamaguchi Prefectural Toyora High School and briefly attended Gakushuin University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics, where he was involved…

Yakumaru Hirohide

Yakumaru Hirohide is a Japanese talent and moderator. His wife is former singer Ishikawa Hidemi (who retired from the entertainment industry after marriage), and the eldest son is actor Yakumaru Sho. The second son is Yakumaru Hayato, a soccer player from CE Sabadelvenir B (youth). The third son is…

Chikamatsu Yoshie

Chikamatsu Yoshie, born Uematsu Yoshie (植松芳枝) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She previously performed under the stage names Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松よし枝) and Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松良枝) She joined the Shinpa Theater Company (劇団新派) in 1945 and left in…

Nakamura Nobuo

Nakamura Nobuo was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Kurosawa Akira and Ozu Yasujiro in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles in the West were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo…

Nogawa Yumiko

Nogawa Yumiko is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred in several movies, notably "Gate of Flesh" (1964), a Japanese erotic film, part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including "Story of a Prostitute" (1965) and "Carmen from Kawachi" (1966). These films…

Mikimoto Shinsuke

Mikimoto Shinsuke was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades. Born in Kanazawa, he graduated from high school there. Then he attended Rikkyo University in Tokyo, graduating from the Faculty of Economics.…

Kahara Natsuko

Kahara Natsuko, originally Tsukahara Natsuko (塚原初子), was a Japanese actress and director associated with the Bungakuza theater company. Following the "Koto no Yoru" incident in December 1963, she left Bungakuza and co-founded the NLT Theater Company in January 1964, where she later became the…

Aoe Shunjiro

Aoe Shunjiro, whose real name is Oshima Chosaburo (大嶋長三郎), was a Japanese playwright and critic. He was born in Akita, Japan, as the eldest son of the drug merchant Eiseido. Initially named Eiichi (衛一), he adopted the name Chosaburo after his father's death in 1915. Aoe attended Akita…

Shinagawa Ryuji

Shinagawa Ryuji is a Japanese actor, lyricist, and narrator from Nakazumori, Takamura, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi, Japan. When he was in the third year of Tsuru Junior High School, his brother died in a traffic accident, prompting him to run away from home and head to Tokyo. Afterward, with the support…

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…

Between Sky And Sea

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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

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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…

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…

Fuji Family 2017

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There is a small old-fashioned shop called ‘Fuji Family’ at the foot of Mt Fuji that is a convenience store in name only. It is run by three sisters who are known for their beauty. Dependable Oguni Takako is the…

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…