Shimozawa Kan

Shimozawa Kan was a Japanese novelist from Atsuta-mura, Atsuta-gun, Hokkaido. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962. At the recommendation of his grandfather, he went on to Hakodate Government Commercial School but dropped out because the school was burned by the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1907,…

Yokota Einosuke

When Inabata Katsutaro, the Japanese businessman who introduced cinema to Japan with the Lumière Cinématographe on 15 February 1897 swiftly grew disenchanted with the work, he turned to Yokota Einosuke, the owner of a Kobe export-import business. The very opposite of the meticulous and restrained…

Ikenami Shotaro

Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…

Chiba Kichizo

He belonged to the magic lantern club of Yoshizawa Shoten , he worked as a developing engineer, and became a photography engineer when the company started producing newsreels in 1903 (Meiji36) .. In 1905 (Meiji 38) Togo Taisho Katsudo Shashin was filmed and according to Edamasa, Chiba was the first…

Hara Hisako

Hara Hisako was a Japanese actress. Her birth name was Ishijima Hisa (石島久). She used the stage names Hara Hisako (原緋紗子) and Hara Hisako (原緋沙子). She was born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, as the youngest of four siblings. Her father was a banker, but he passed away when she was…

Ryuzaki Katsu

Ryuzaki Katsu, born Takashima Fumiaki (高島史旭) in Kochi, Japan, was a Japanese actor and gourmet reporter. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Hosei University (法政大学). During his fourth year, he passed the 5th Generation Nikkatsu New Face (日活ニューフェイス) audition.…

Sawa Tamaki

Sawa Tamaki was a Japanese singer, actress, and politician from Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After performing arts activities, she turned into politics and was a member of the House of Councilors. She made her debut as a singer from Teichiku in 1956 while she was a student at Yamawaki Gakuen…

Henry Okawa

Okawa Heihachiro was a Japanese film actor active from the 1930s to 1971. With hopes of starting a business, he traveled to the United States in 1923 and studied at Columbia University. He also studied at the Paramount Studios acting school and eventually began working in Hollywood, appearing in films…

Saga Zenpei

Saga Zenpei was a Japanese actor and filmmaker born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Japanese Art School. In 1929, he joined the Japan Proletarian Artist Alliance, but became an actor, and in the same year he entered the Tokyo Left Wing…

Tamiya Jiro

Tamiya Jiro was born on August 25, 1935 in Kyoto City, Japan as Shibata Goro. He was an actor and producer, known for Miyamoto Musashi (1973), 3000 kiro no wana (1971) and Showdown at Night's End (1964). He was married to Fuji Yukiko. He died on December 29, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan.

Kimi e

8.2

Koji carries an emotional wound from a missing childhood friend Sayoko, who disappeared when they were junior high school students. He left his hometown to forget about her and now, five years later, he goes to a grad…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 45: Shiga Kogen Satsujin Jiken ~Kurohime Densetsu no Nazo~

A beautiful woman whom Detective Kamei met in Shiga Kogen is shot in front of him and dies. Just before the woman took her breath, she entrusted Kamei with a talisman derived from the "Kurohime Densetsu" that was handed…

Endroll ~ Densetsu no Chichi ~

Hashimoto Yuji, a struggling movie director, receives a letter from Ozaki Akio, an old friend from high school, and returns home for the first time in 20 years. Hashimoto had gone up to Tokyo after graduating from…

Aoi Sora Shiroi Kumo

8.0

On Christmas Eve 2010, Rie attends a party with friends. On Valentine's Day, her parents' divorce and her mother leave for Los Angeles. Rie then learns she is admitted at a university in America for the fall term.…

Spiders Nau

9.0

An Amateur band of four , Nina (Noma) on female vocals, Masaru (Shunji Igarashi) on guitar vocals, Nada (Osamu Adachi) on keyboards, and Tatsuani (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) on drums, playing in front of a crowded audience.・…

Ariyoshi-kun no Shojiki Sanpo

10.0

Cynical and jaded comedian Hiroiki Ariyoshi and Fuji TV broadcaster Yoko Shono stroll around a town without having any definite purpose or plan. Along the way, the pair randomly drops in on various shops in quest of…

Kichijoji no Asahina kun

6.3

The film follows the life of Asahina-Kun, a part-time worker who used to dream of becoming an actor. One day he meets a woman named Maya Yamada and starts a friendship with her. However, she is married and has a cute…

Mieru Onna Tsukiko

2.0

Asaoka Tsukiko was born with the ability to see ghosts. After graduation from university this year, Tsukiko has been spending her days looking for a job. However, she meets with a series of setbacks. At an interview…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 8

The screams of the villagers echoed in the village of Nanagase. Villagers who eat the famous butterbur juice that was served at the village festival fall down one after another. "He did it!" The villager who ran his…

Level 7

6.5

An elderly person who lives alone is shot to death in his home. Detective Inuyama and other detectives go to the crime scene. There, they learn that the elderly person's 50 million yen that was hidden is now gone.…