Onoe Taganojo III

Onoe Taganojo III was a Kabuki actor who was popular around the World War II. His real name was Higuchi Kisaburo. His Haimyo (kabuki actor's offstage name) was Baika. His trade name was Otowaya. His uncle was the kabuki actor Asao Kuzaemon. He made a debut in "Suzuki Mondo Uwasa Sinjuku" (Suzuki Mondo)…

Takami Jun

Takami Jun is a Japanese novelist born in Mikuni-cho, Sakai-gun , Fukui Prefecture . Illegitimate child 0f Sakamoto Sannosuke (bureaucrat, politician, and poet). In 1908, he moved to Tokyo with his mother. He grew up in a sword shop near his father's mansion in Azabu Iikura , Tokyo, without ever meeting…

Asao Kuzaemon IV

Asao Kuzaemon IV was a versatile koshibai actor. He was for example able to play most of the major male or female roles of the famous drama "Terakoya", not only Matsuômaru, Takebe Genzô, Chiyo or Tonami, but although the evil Shundô Genba! He was a mainstay at the Miyatoza, Sakaeza or the Misakiza…

Ishibashi Kiyomi

Born in Hiroshima City, Ms. Ishibashi at the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam officially presented a long-length cell phone film called SPYDER, which she directed and produced herself. She obtained a master's degree at the University of Tokyo, and completed a doctorate course at the University…

Rock Murakami

Murakami Rock born in Obihiro , Hokkaido, is a Japanese ghost(Kaidan) storyteller and actor. He mainly works as a ghost storyteller at the ghost story live bar in Kabukicho , Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. As an actor, he mainly appears in works directed by Koji Shiraishi . (Source: Wikipedia)

Kataoka Kimio

Kataoka Kimio is a Japanese producer from Kure, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan. He began his career as a part-time job at Mifune Productions. From 2007 to 2011, he was a part-time lecturer in the Film Department, Graduate School of Film and Design, Tokyo University of the Arts. (Source: Wikipedia)

Uno Chiyo

Uno Chiyo was a Japanese author and kimono designer. She was known for her contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature. Born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. In 1915, she was fired from her job as a teacher's assistant due to an affair she was having with a colleague. In 1919, she married her cousin,…

George A. Furness

A former soldier and lawyer residing in Japan during the 50s and 60s. He retired from the army as a Major. His was well known in Japan for serving as defense counsel for Shigemitsu Mamoru, a war-time Japanese politician, and Admiral Toyoda Soemu, during the Tokyo Trials. Despite Shigemitsu’s opposition…

Yamaoka Sohachi

Yamaoka Sohachi was a Japanese novelist and writer born in Koide, Kitauonuma, Niigata. He was active mainly in historical novels. In 1920, he dropped out of high school. He then moved to Tokyo, where he studied at the Ministry of Communications' research institute while working as a literary technician…

Chen Xu Zhi

Chen Xu Zhi is a Chinese fashion designer, born in Shaoxing, but grew up in Shenzhen, China. He is the designer behind Xu Zhi, a London-based fashion label stocked in London’s Dover Street Market , Bejing-based Lane Crawford and Beams in Tokyo. Xu Zhi’s textile innovation and construction techniques…

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…