Mabuchi Kaoru

He studied under Toshio Yasumi in 1951 and became a screenwriter .Tomoyuki Tanaka, the producer who supported the Toho special effects route, and Takashi Shimura , a regular performer , are theater friends from Kansai University, but even after entering the movie world in Tokyo, they have a connection…

Tokaibayashi Tsuyoshi

Tokaibayashi Tsuyoshi is a Japanese director and VFX professional born in Kanazawa. While still a student in the Image Department at Musashino Art University, he began his career as a filmmaker concentrating on VTR work. He soon voluntarily dropped out of school to become self-employed. As an openly…

Boya Saburo

Boya Saburo was a Japanese comedian and actor from Yubari, Hokkaido. After going through private Hokkai Junior High School, he went on to the Faculty of Religion at Nihon University, but transferred to the night art department to study vocal music. His name at birth was Ishikawa Hiroshi, but he was…

Isoda Keiji

Isoda Keiji was a Japanese film producer from Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. His wife is film producer Onishi Etsuko. After working at Shochiku Kyoto Studio and Shochiku Ofuna Studio, he became a freelancer and established a private office "Isoda Office Co., Ltd.". He has worked on numerous films and…

Mizunoya Kiyomi

Mizunoya Kiyomi, born Sada Mizutani (水谷貞) in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She began her career at the age of nine, debuting alongside her aunt, actress Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子). As a child, she was a member of the Geijutsuza (芸術座) and its Children’s Drama Group (芸術座童話劇部).…

Ito Kisaku

Stage artist. His older brother, Michio, was a dancer, and his younger brother, Koreya Senda, was a director. Graduated from the Western Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo University of the Arts). Yoshi Hijikata devoted himself to performing arts, starting with the Model Stage…

Watanabe Yoshinori

Watanabe Yoshinori, born in Hokkaido, is a Japanese screenwriter. He graduated from the Faculty of Sociology, Hosei University in 1980. Debuted in the 1988 anime "Mister Ajikko". Working in TV TOKYO, he has written many historical dramas and mysteries. It features works with compositional power based…

Togawa Yukio

Togawa Yukio was a Japanese novelist and children's writer born in Saga City. He established animal literature based on correct observations and knowledge about animals and is a leading figure in Japan alongside Muku Hatoju. He has also worked on reportage, war stories, and manga. From an early age,…

Hojo Hideji

Proceed to the preparatory course of Osaka Municipal Kosei Commercial School (currently Osaka Municipal Tennoji Commercial High School ). He joined Nippon Electric Power in 1920 without advancing to the main course of the school . While working at the company, graduated from Kansai University's Department…

Wakao Tokuhei

Born in Yamada Town, Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The eldest son of Wakao Kinzo (the same grave), an adopted child of the Wakao Zaibatsu and a banker. Relatives are Shohachi Wakao (11-1-10). The wife of architect Kisho Kurokawa and actress Ayako Wakao is her niece. 　Graduated from Keio University…

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…