Sugiura Yura

Sugiura Yura is a dancer at EXPG Tokyo. Before joining EXPG Tokyo, she was under Avex Artist Academy. She was a student at Avex Dance Academy and participated in their Avex Dance Master CM (2018). She modeled in Kirachalle and was a finalist in Kirachalle 2014 under the modeling section. From around…

Kimura Daisaku

Daisaku Kimura was born in Tokyo, Japan. He is a cinematographer (over 50 credits) and a director, known mainly for: "Samurai's Promise" (2018), "Memory" (2017), "The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones to Serenity" (2009). He worked as the Assistant Cameraman on many of Kurosawa Akira’s movies from "The…

Nanao Reiko

She was a student at Tokyo Prefectural third higher girls' school (now Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School) in 1942 and joined NHK Tokyo Broadcasting System troupe after graduation. She played an active role as a voice actress in the radio drama "Kimi no Naha" in 1956. After that, she was been active…

Setoyama Misaki

Misaki Setoyama was born in Tokyo in 1977. After graduating from the Waseda University’s School of Political Science and Economics, she worked as a freelance journalist before, and for a while after, starting Minamoza in 2001 — the theater company she founded on determinedly gender-blind, non-hierarchical…

Sano Hiro

Hiro is an actor from Tokyo who graduated from Meiji Gakuin University (明治 学院 大学), and has been living in Thailand since 2001. Since moving to Thailand, he has become well known to Thai people through movies, dramas and television programs.

Yashima Ryo

Yashima Ryo is a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is represented by the Seinenza Theater Company. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Ishiyama Yudai

Ishiyama Yudai is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo Kinjo Gakuen. After graduating from high school, he entered the Haiyuza Theater Company as a 12th gen member. After a three-year training period, he belonged to the Tokyo Theater Ensemble. In the 1980s, he belonged to Ishihara Promotions…

Araki Shinji

Araki Shinji graduated from the University of Tokyo, where he majored in Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies. In his thesis, he focused on the work of filmmaker Jacques Rivette. He directed several TV commercials and music videos besides working as a creative director and TV commercial planner. The Town…

Hirata Hiroaki

A Japanese voice actor from Tokyo and the founder of Hirata Production. He is most known for the roles of Vinsmoke Sanji, Sha Gojyo, Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, Mutta Nanba and the Narrator of Digimon Adventure.

Tsuta Tetsuichiro

Tetsuichiro Tsuta studied filmmaking at Tokyo Polytechnic University, where he began using black-and-white 16mm film. His first feature, Islands of Dreams was produced on this now rare format, and his magnificent second film, The Tale of Iya is shot on color 35mm in the mountains not far from his hometown.…

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,…

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…

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…

Shin Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi

6.7

Yoshinaga Seiichi is a detective of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division. He believes “there is no case that cannot be solved”, and he never gives up on an investigation. His partner…

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…

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…

Tanikawa san Shi o Hitotsu Tsukutte Kudasai

A documentary that uses the poem "Kotoba" (WORDS), written by poet Tanikawa Shuntaro about the Great East Japan Earthquake, as an entry point for exploring precious words spoken by people living in various regions.…