Matsumoto Toshio

Toshio Matsumoto (松本 俊夫 Matsumoto Toshio) (March 25, 1932 – April 12, 2017) was a Japanese film director, a pioneer of avant-garde experimental movies, multimedia, and video in his homeland and abroad. Matsumoto was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955.…

Matsuda Eiko

She is best known for playing Sada Abe in "In the Realm of the Senses," which generated controversy in Japan due to its explicit sexual content. Matsuda received significant backlash from the public after the film was released. Her last acting appearance was in the French film, "Cinq et la peau," released…

Nagayama Kozo

After graduating from Gakushuin High School , graduated from Seijo University in literary arts at the Department of European Culture in 1981 [1] before joining Fuji TV. As a TV director, he worked on numerous TV dramas and produced numerous hits centered on Fuji TV Month 9 Drama such as “ Tokyo Love…

Chii Takeo

Takeo Chii was born on May 5, 1942 in Chiba, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972), Trucker Yaro IX: A 5000 Km Run (1979) and Bee Bop High School (1985). He was married to Saori Maki. He died on June 29, 2012 in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Source: IMDb)

Takahashi Yu

Takahashi Yu is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He grew up in Yokote, Akita, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. In February 2002, Takahashi released his debut album, the self-produced Sepia, of which only 200 copies were produced. He moved to Tokyo in January 2008, to further his music career. In 2010 he…

Hoshino Yuka

Hoshino Yuka is an actress known for supporting roles in Bayside Shakedown and Onsen Maruchi Daisakusen series. She graduated from Kyoto Sangyo University (specialty: Kyoto dialect; other interests: playing clarinet, piano, ocarina). In 1995, she moved to Tokyo where she made her debut in dramas.

Katsu Kanai

Kanai Katsu was born in 1936 the second son to a farming family from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. After studying film at the College of Art, Nihon University, he worked briefly in the film industry, joining a major studio company and freelancing as a commercial cinematographer. In 1960, he joined the…

Inoue Nozomi

Inoue Nozomi is a Japanese actress born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and a member of CAMINO REAL. During the Hyogo Prefectural Suma Higashi High School, she belonged to the broadcasting department, and was awarded the Excellence Award in the reading section of the 57th NHK Cup National High…

Aoyama Shinji

Born in Fukuoka, Aoyama Shinji is a film and stage director and screenwriter. He made his feature debut with Helpless (1996) and won the FIPRESCI Award and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Eureka (2000). His film Desert Moon (2001) was invited to compete at the…

Morohoshi Kazumi

Morohoshi Kazumi is a Japanese singer and former member of "Hikaru Genji". He went from Johnny's Office to GOLD RUSH K Co., Ltd. (“Stars Crew Co., Ltd.”). In 1984, in his second year of junior high school, he left home with a friend and moved to Tokyo. At Harajuku's station, Johnny's president,…

Right Here Right Now

College dropout Kudo was approached with a job opportunity overseas by chance. He accepts the opportunity to get out of his days in a rut, but becomes involved in a crime caused by an old friend, Yano, whom Kudo reunites…

Fukushima: A Town of Love and Hope

6.0

In 1945, Hideo, who was a student, was mobilized to work at a mine in Ishikawa, Fukushima Prefecture during World War II. Hideo did not know what he was mining, but it was uranium. In 1966, at Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture,…

Mama ga Ikita Akashi

7.4

Takehiro lives the busy day-to-day life of a sport reporter in charge of a new program. His wife, Kyoko, is pregnant. Somehow he figures out how to get a break from work and visits his parents and in-laws. Meanwhile,…

The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed

Sota Masuda won the band contest at the age of 17, and his debut with his band was a matter of time. However, the band broke up with their members going to college, and he headed to Tokyo to succeed in music. Eventually,…

His Master's Voice

8.5

A heartwarming drama devised by rakugo performer Hayashia Taihei. It presents an affectionate depiction of the highs and lows of ordinary people, and weaves a traditional rakugo story into its narrative. Music video…

Magic Night

4.0

Akio is a young man with a complex over his appearance. One day, he receives a ring a magician, Jumonji. The ring transforms Akio into a handsome man. He is so attractive that he is scouted to work at a host club in…

Piano Barn

5.7

Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing…

Reveries

Computer programmer Naruse Kazuya meets Rumi through an online chat site, and they hook up. Kazuya starts staying in the same room with Rumi and her emotionally ailing husband, and soon, he becomes distressed by feelings…

A Light in the Distance

One morning, high school student Mado wakes up to find that the people in her life have vanished. Mado walks through the streets with her sole remaining classmate Fujii, and they arrive at the abandoned factory where…

Ogawacho Serenade

7.6

Manami runs the snack bar “Snack Bar Sayoko.” She raised her daughter Sayoko alone. Her father is known as Angel and works as a drag queen dancer. Sayoko doesn't know that Angel is her father. Manami and Angel…