Kusamura Hokusei

Kusamura Hokusei was a Japanese novelist born in Takase, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. He is a writer of family novels in the Meiji era. His father was a landowner and a member of the Liberal Party. After graduating from Kumamoto English School (熊本英学校), he moved to Tokyo, where he enrolled in Tokyo…

Yamaji Fumiko

Yamaji Fumiko was an actress, businessman, and social entrepreneur from Nagata Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. In 1930, while attending Mori High School, she was elected to Miss Kobe sponsored by the Kobe Shimbun Co., Ltd. She joined the company and made her movie debut with "The Rebellious Child…

Yuri Kenji

Yuri Kenji was a former Japanese actor. His death date is unknown. Yuri was born in Kogaisu, Jonan-mura, Kuwana-gun, Mie Prefecture as the second son of his father, Yataro, and his mother, Suwa. After graduating from Jonan Elementary School, he moved to a relative's residence in Fukagawa-cho, Uryu-gun,…

Sawai Takako

Sawai Takako is a Japanese actress born in Osaka. Her sister is the actress Sawai Keiko. She worked at the Yajima Satoko office, and belongs to the Takarai Project. In 1964, when she was in the third year of junior high school, she moved to Tokyo with her sister who entered the entertainment world.…

Yorozu Masayuki

Yorozu Masayuki is a Japanese actor from Chiba. He belongs to Rush Up. After working as a model, in 1999 he made a regular appearance in a TV drama by appearing in the Tokai TV production and Fuji TV series soap opera "Ai no Meteor". In November 2017, he opened a comprehensive entertainment lesson studio…

Katsuta Hisashi

Katsuka Hisashi was a Japanese vactor and voice actor. He was best known for his voice-over portrayal of Professor Ochanomizu in three anime adaptations of the Astro Boy franchise, and also voiced Dr. Hoshi in Astroganger, Professor Tobishima in Groizer X, and Izumi Shinichiro in Tosho Daimos. Katsuta…

Hirotsu Ryuro

In 1899, Ryūrō met Ozaki Kōyō, and joined his literary group Ken'yusha. In 1895, he published two novels which enabled him to achieve literary recognition: Hemeden and Kurotogake. These were the first of a new genre in Japanese literature, the "tragic novel", which he created. Heavily influenced…

Nakamura Kanemon III

Nakamura Kanemon III was a kabuki actor and one of the founders of the Zenshinza theater company. His birth name was Mitsui Kinjiro (三井金次郎). His father was Nakamura Kanemon II, and his brother was Nakamura Nakazuke III. His son was Nakamura Baiko IV, and his grandson is Nakamura Baishi II.…

Ichikawa Sumizo VI

Ichikawa Jukai III was an outstanding tachiyaku actor, excelling in nimaime roles. From the end of the Meiji era to the first decade of the Shôwa era, he was an active member of the troupe led by Ichikawa Sadanji II, which was involved in the creations of many Shinkabuki dramas, written by playwrights…

Miyata Yoyo

Miyata Yoyo was a Japanese actor born in Mikawa, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His real name was Iwashita Nobuo (岩下信夫). He graduated from Kumamoto Technical High School in 1929. After working with Miss Wakana's troupe, he became an exclusive performer for Yoshimoto Kogyo in 1938. In 1942, he moved…

Sosa Kenji Chikamatsu Shigemichi 12

Chikamatsu Shigemichi, an investigative prosecutor who has been assigned to Niigata, is on a tour of Sado guided by Shiraishi Suzuko, an administrative official, when he receives news of an incident. Yamashita Masashi,…

Kuro

9.0

Kuro used to dream of becoming a baker, but gets fired from the bakery she works at. Eito, a photographer, breaks up with his girlfriend who he was thinking of marrying. Gou, a theater director, has his production…

Tazunebito

7.0

In 1952, Mitsuki waits for the streetcar with her lover Toichiro in Hakodate, Japan. This is the last time Mitsuki sees Toichiro. When Mitsuki boards the streetcar, Toichiro has vanished. 50 years later, Megumi runs…

Angel Home

7.4

The "Himawari So" ("Sunflower House") is a group home for mentally underdeveloped adults. Manga artist Itpon Aijo begins to work at the "Himawari So". He moves into the home with his daughter Mako, who is mentally…

At the Last Stop Called Ghost Chimney

On the day of her graduation, high school girl who nurses a secret love for a bus driver, rides to the end of the line where the last stop is called Ghost Chimney. Depending on the angle, it can either been seen as…

Sweetheart Chocolate

6.8

Lin Yue, an art student from Shanghai, met rescue team member Mamoru in Yubari and fell in love. After Mamoru died, Lin carried out his wish to open a chocolate store in Shanghai, and she’s watched over by Mamoru’s…

Skate Kutsu no Yakusoku: Nagoya Joshi Figure Monogatari

Former figure skater Mizumoto Satomi lives happily with her two daughters while running an eel restaurant with her husband, Koichi. Her daughter Yoko is an up-and-coming figure skater who trains under the guidance…

Wind from Fukushima

A documentary that illustrates the situations facing the villages of Iitate and Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture that were designated as highly contaminated by radiation as a result of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant…

11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate

6.2

"11.25 The Day He Chose His Own Fate" depicts the last four years of celebrated author Yukio Mishima's life. From the day author Yukio Mishima established a right wing militia to oppose leftists to the final day of…

Ashio kara Kita Onna

5.7

It is 1906, near the end of the Meiji period. The government has tried to let the pollutants produced from the Ashio Copper Mine deposit in the pond of Yanaka Village which is in the lower reaches of the Watarase River…