Horikawa Tonko

Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters. In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei".…

Ishimaru Hiroya

Ishimaru Hiroya is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. After working for Himawari Theater Group, Taiyo Theater Group, JK Planning, and Aoni Production, he belongs to Production Baobab. Ishimaru graduated from Tokyo High School and dropped out of the Faculty…

Mori Sannosuke

Mori Sannosuke was a Japanese actor born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. He graduated from the former Yokohama Commercial High School. In 1894, he joined Kawakami Otojiro's "Kawakami Otojiro Ichiza", and made his stage debut in Yokohama. In 1902, at the age of 27, he became independent and formed…

Kojima Yoyo

Kojima Yoyo, born Kojima Masaji (小島正次), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and opera singer. He began his career in Asakusa opera and Shinpai before moving into film acting. Born in Okachimachi, Shitaya, Tokyo, he attended Urawa Junior High School in Saitama and later enrolled in the Tokyo Music…

Sera Akira

After graduating from Hiroshima Prefectural Fukuyama Seishikan Junior High School (currently Hiroshima Prefectural Fukuyama Seishikan High School ), he graduated from the Spanish Department of Osaka Foreign Language School. 1935 (Showa 10), participated in the founding of the Osaka joint troupe with…

Kimura Takeo

Kimura Takeo was a Japanese art director of more than 200 films, writer and film director. He begun his career in 1945 and was one of Japan's best known art directors, most famously for his collaborations with cult director Suzuki Seijun through the 1960s at the Nikkatsu Company, exemplified by 'Tokyo…

Morita Shingi

Morita Shingi was a Japanese film producer, screenwriter, and director. From 1937 he was consistently registered with Toho during and after World War II. On July 16, 1951, he died at his home in Shinmachi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo at the age of 53, due to a skull fracture.

Choi Ji Hee

Choi Ji Hee was a South Korean actress, costume director and fashion designer, born as Kim Kyung Ja to Korean parents living in Osaka, Japan. After liberation In 1946, she returned to her father's hometown, Hadong-gun of Gyeongsangnam-do and acquired Korean citizenship. She debuted as an actress in…

Nakagawa Yoshie

Nakagawa Yoshie was a Japanese actress from the end of the Meiji era, the Taisho era, and the early Showa era. Her husband is movie director Kako Zanmu, and her younger sister is actress Komatsu Midori. Sge was born in Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo, and was originally a stage actress. In 1911 she appeared in…

Tahara Soichiro

Tahara Soichiro is a Japanese journalist, critic, and newscaster born on April 15, 1934 in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. He is a former director of Tokyo 12 Channels (now TV Tokyo) and a former film director. (Source: Wikipedia)

Equation of Love and Tone Deafness

8.0

Midori Yamabuki (Natsuna Watanabe) wanted to become an idol group member, but she now she works as a bus guide in Kagawa Prefecture. She has a special treasure which her mother gave to her. The treasure is a mic which…

Slight Fever of 100°C - Island Breeze of Love

8.5

Awajishima, the beautiful Seto Inland Sea island with a rich natural environment. One day, Chinami, an island resident, witnesses her boyfriend and hopefully fiancé, cheating on her. On top of that, she loses her…

Gachiban New Generation 1

6.9

Oomoto Tokio is a yankee (troubled kid). He is from Nishi-Kawaguchi in Kawaguchi, Japan. Tokio hates to lose. He decides to make money and also throw away his virginity. He goes to Ikebukuro, Tokyo and begins to work…

The End of the World and the Cat's Disappearance

5.4

Itsuko a budding star on the 2035 equivalent of YouTube. As she sings, dances and muses for the webcam in her bedroom, comments from fans flash all over her futuristic transparent computer screen. All is not well in…

Good Stripes

6.2

Midori Mantani and Masao Minamisawa are both 28 years old. They have dated for 4 years, but their relationship seems to be just going through the motions. They think about breaking up. At that time, Midori became pregnant.…

Dance! Dance! Dance!

8.0

DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! is an original concept combining traditional cinema with Live state-of-the-art electronic music. Together they tell the story of a Japanese musician (Furu) who is confronted with ghosts from the…

Rolling

7.3

Kanichi works at wet tissue company in Mito, Japan. He runs into Gondo. 10 years ago, Gondo was fired from his job as a teacher for secretly filming others. He is now with Mihari who works as a hostess. He took away…

Jouryuu Kaikyuu - Fukumaru Hyakkaten Gaishoubu

7.5

At the venerable Fukumaru Department Store in Kobe, Samejima Shizuo, who worked her way up from a part-timer, has been through a lot and built a career at the western confectionery department. She became a full-fledged…

Oedo Sosamo - Onmitsu Doshin Aku o Kiru!

7.0

A special New Year edition of the highly popular period drama series “Oedo Sosamo”. This year’s installment is called “Onmitsu Doshin Aku o Kiru!,” which roughly translates as “Secret agents cut down evil!”…

Aruhi, Ahiru Bus

7.9

40-year-old Asakura Hazuki used to work for a big publishing company and was the editor of the female magazine ‘Us’. However, the magazine is discontinued. Hazuki’s contract with the publishing company is not…