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…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Tanaka Mitsutoshi

Tanaka Mitsutoshi is a Japanese film and commercial director who graduated from the Osaka University of Arts Department of Visual Concept Planning. He established Osaka-based film production firm Creators' Union in 1984 and has served as the company's President and CEO since that time. He has been a…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Hobohobo: Mayonaka no Tsugikuru Mono Sagashi

A high-energy midnight variety show brought to you by Yamazato Ryota and Karahashi Yumi! The people who are "almost" trending introduce "almost" trending things! The next generation of idols and young comedians introduce…