Isono Kiriko

Isono Kiriko is a Japanese talent, actress, and comedian born in Minamiise-cho, Watarai-gun, Mie Prefecture. She graduated from Mie Prefectural Minamiise High School. Isono belongs to Japan Music Entertainment. She debuted in 1980. After graduating from high school, in 1982, she got a job at a local…

Debbie Huang

Debbie Huang is a Taiwanese singer, music producer, and actress born in Taipei, Taiwan. She graduated from the Berklee College of Music in 2004 with a Bachelor’s degree and later pursued a master’s in composition at Musashino Gakuin University (武蔵野学院大学) in Tokyo, Japan, starting in…

Tamba Yoshitaka

Yoshitaka Tamba (丹波 義隆 Tamba Yoshitaka?, born July 13, 1955) is a Japanese actor. He is the eldest son of actor Tetsurō Tamba. In 1973, while attending high school, he landed a part in the movie Sumi yuriko directed by Omori Kenziro. He also appeared in the movie Aoba shigeru reru around the…

Ahn Chang Rim

Ahn Chang Rim is a South Korean retired judoka. He graduated from Yongin University with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education. He was born in Kyoto to third generation Zainichi Korean parents and grew up in Japan. He began practicing judo since elementary school and competed in regional tournaments.…

Kim Seong Yeon

Kim Seong Yeon is a South Korean retired judoka turned coach. She graduated from Jeonnam Physical Education High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Judo from Yongin University and a master's degree in Physical Education from Chosun University. She decided to try judo after her parents…

Fujisawa Hirokazu

Fujisawa Hirokazu was born in Hyogo Prefecture in 1981. He graduated from the Department of Sociology at Kwansei Gakuin University. He started creating independent films while still in university. After graduating, he participated in the film "Pacchigi!" (Directed by: Ikutsu Kazuyuki) as a volunteer…

Kawahara Sabu

Kawahara Sabu is a Japanese actor and talent, born in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan. His original stage name was Kawahara Hiromasa (河原裕昌), which he changed to Kawahara Sabu in 1982. He is currently affiliated with Horipro Booking Agency (ホリプロ・ブッキング・エージェンシー). After…

Kazato Yusuke

Kazato Yusuke, born Matsui Eiichi (松井栄一) in Oita, Japan, is a former Japanese actor. He previously used the stage name Kazato Ken (風戸拳). After graduating from Saiki Kakujo High School (佐伯鶴城高等学校), he moved to Tokyo and worked for a company before being scouted by a modeling…

Fiona Roan

Taiwanese-American writer/director based in LA. Her latest work JIEJIE won the HBO Asian Pacific American Visionary Award and will be distributed by HBO this May. Feng-I received her Directing MFA degree from AFI and was previously trained in classical Chinese Literature at National Taiwan University.…

Shinoda Noboru

Shinoda Noboru was a cinematographer born in Saitama, Japan. He studied at Nihon University and is best known for Love Letter (1995), Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) and Love Hotel (1985). He died in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Source: IMDb)

The Last Snow of Winter

5.5

Miyuki sees a dying puppy in the park. Both of her parents died in an accident, and she believes something that her grandmother told her. Her grandmother said if you make a wish during the last snowfall in winter that…

Doctor

7.9

Chikako Shida was born in 1910 in Ooisawa, Yamagata (now Nishikawa) as the eldest daughter of a prominent family. Her father Soujirou was the principal of a local elementary school and her mother died during a particularly…

Terminal

7.3

55-year-old Kanji Washida has worked as an attorney for the past 25 years in Hokkaido, Japan. He has lived alone all that time. That was his punishment that he gave to himself 25 years ago when he worked as judge.…

X Years Later 2

Sequel to "X Years Later", which brought together 8 years of coverage about the impact of US nuclear weapons testing. Three years after the first film, this documentary questions the direction of the country regarding…

Keishicho Tokumei Keiji Futari 1

40 years have passed since Lockheed Payoff Scandal, the biggest bribery scandal after the World War the Second. The program tries to reveal the hidden facts, what lies behind the incident? With secret materials secured…

Cross Road

8.0

The story revolves around two men in a long hostile relationship: police officer Ozeki Tatsuro and journalist Itagaki Kohei. 25 years ago, Itagaki wrote an article about Ozeki's investigation of a case, and consequently,…

I'm Fine, My Angel

8.0

An angel is quietly praying at a sanctuary in Heaven. She sees a vision of the struggles and sufferings of five people living on earth. Fuka, a fifth grade elementary schooler, is bullied by her classmates. Yuya, a…

Dear Deer

7.0

When Fujio, Yoshio and Akiko were children, they saw a fantastic "Ryoumou Deer," but nobody believed them. The three siblings lived in a mountain village. Twenty-five years later, the eldest child, Fujio, still lives…

Nihon Zero-Year: Wind from Fukushima II

A docu-drama that portrays the world two years after the Fukushima nuclear accident. On March 11, two years after the breakdown of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, the wife suddenly disappears with her child. The…

Matsumoto Seicho Tokubetsu Kikaku: Soshitsu no Girei

5.9

Doctor Sumida, who attended the medical seminar in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is found dead at a hot spring inn. Detective Kyosuke Otsuka of the Shizuoka Prefectural police arrives at the site with rookie partner…