Tanimura Masahiko

Masahiko Tanimura was born on February 25, 1927 in Yamagata, Japan as Makoto Takeda. He was an actor, known for Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen (1974), Torakku yarô: Totsugeki ichiban hoshi (1978) and Akutarô-den: Warui hoshi no shita demo (1965). He died on August 6, 2000 in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan (Source:…

Kanze Hideo

Kanze Hideo was a Japanese actor and director, who specialized in the Noh form of musical drama. He was the second son of Kanze Tetsunojo VII, a descendant of Kanami and Zeami, who founded the Noh movement in the 14th century. Trained alongside his brothers by his father and grandfather, Kanze made…

Arishima Ichiro

Arishima Ichiro, born Oshima Tadao (大島忠雄) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of a steel factory owner. After attending Hioki Elementary School (日置尋常小学校) and Nagoya Middle School (名古屋中学校), where he developed an interest in theater, he…

Mochizuki Yuko

Mochizuki Yuko was a Japanese actress, film director, and politician, serving as a member of the House of Councillors for the Japan Socialist Party. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and in 1930, she left Tokyo Municipal Shinobugaoka High School without graduating. Under the stage name…

Kono Akitake

Kono Akitake was a Japanese actor, born in Shinko, Annaka, Nagasaki, Japan. He was originally performing under the stage name Yamazaki Shinzo (山崎進蔵). He attended Shimabara Prefectural Middle School and later Tokyo Physics School, though he left in November 1930. In November 1931, Kono joined…

Fujita Susumu

Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…

Okamoto Nobuto

Born to his father, who was an architect (two boys and two girls). Born in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture , spent time in Sakai City until elementary school . He moved to Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo . Joined the theater company Himawari in the second year of junior high school . Debuted as a child…

Yeoun

Lee Kyeong Bin, known professionally as Yeoun, is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of ARGON (아르곤). He made his debut in March 2019 as the group's lead vocalist with their first single album, "Master Key". Later that year, they launched their first Japan Live "Master Key" showcase…

Takada Minoru

Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…

Chiba Sachiko

Chiba Sachiko was a Japanese actress. She was born to an upper-class family as Chiba Tsuruko. She married director Naruse Mikio, but divorced him due to differences in class and a clash between her mother and Naruse. She quit acting as per her mother's wishes and instead managed a high-end restaurant,…

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…

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…

Ryusei

7.1

"Ryusei" follows the growth and conflicts of three young men who are childhood friends. When Kyo, Ryuta and Haruhiko were middle school students in the city of Nagano they saw a meteor. Twelve years later, the three…

Misty

The newborn child of detective Matsunaga, who has been investigating a series of disappearances, gets kidnapped. His wife Eri becomes emotionally unstable and a rift develops between them. Matsunaga frantically searches…

A Light in the Distance

One morning, high school student Mado wakes up to find that the people in her life have vanished. Mado walks through the streets with her sole remaining classmate Fujii, and they arrive at the abandoned factory where…

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…

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…

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…