Date Shin

In 1925 he became a member of the theater company Tsukijishogekijo, where he made his debut in the play Gasu. When this theater company was disbanded in 1929, he joined forces with, among others, Osamu Takizawa and transferred to the left-wing theater company Tokyo sayokugekijo . There he spent a lot…

Kai Minori

Kai Minori is a Japanese writer from Shizuoka. She graduated from the Osaka University of Arts. Following graduation, she moved to Kyoto and helped out at a small published. She started her general brand "Loule" before getting her start as an author. After moving to Tokyo, she became an assistant to…

Kato Masayuki

Graduated from Waseda University. After working for NHK Kokura Broadcasting Theater and NHK Fukuoka Broadcasting Theater , he was a member of Ezaki Productions. Played a lot of middle-aged male roles on the stage , appeared in a similar role in TV dramas such as NHK . In addition, dubbed movies and…

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…

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…

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…

Tsurumaru Mutsuhiko

He was born in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, as the eldest son of six siblings of a doctor, Bunko. After graduating from Waseda High School, he moved to the United States in 1923 and then went to Spain to save his travel expenses when he saw a picture of El Greco. He returned to Japan in 1927.…

Azumi Shinichiro

While attending the Faculty of Letters, Meiji University, he belonged to Takashi Saito Seminar. Later, he co-starred with Saito in "Information 7DAYS Newscaster", Saito appeared as a regular commentator. Initially, in high school, he aspired to be a teacher, the same as his sister, and to get a job…

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)…

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…