Taguchi Kikutei

Born on January 18, 1875 (Meiji 8) in Kakunodate-machi, Semboku-gun , Akita Prefecture (currently Kakunodate-machi, Semboku-shi , Akita Prefecture ) . Graduated from the primary school of Kakunodate,and was apprenticed to a merchant family, 1900 (Meiji 33 years) around, the magazine " new voice Tokyo…

Takatsu Sumio

Takatsu Sumio was a Japanese actor, director, and playwright born in Mukden, Manchukuo. After dropping out of Waseda University's First Literature Department, he joined the Seihai Theater Company. In 1979, after leaving the theater company Seihai, he founded the theater company Kimasha and has since…

Nomiya Takahiro

Takahiro Nomiya was born on April 27th, 1990 in Aomori, Japan. He is a musician, sound engineer, and composer. Nomiya extensively worked on the Japanese on demand series The Benza, Benza English, as well as the video game spin off The Benza RPG. He is known for singing the ending theme song to The Benza…

Taguchi Kei

Taguchi Kei is a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Utsuda, Minamisaku, Nagano, Japan. After graduating from Nozawa Kita High School in Nagano, Japan, he graduated from the Department of English Literature at the University of Tokyo. He was associated with Ishi no Kai, Group Teibura, and Promotion…

Anderson Shizuka

Shizuka Anderson is an actress, presenter, and singer, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her father is Scottish-Canadian, and her mother is Japanese. She began her entertainment career in Tokyo at 19 as the lead character of a children's TV program. She has since hosted various TV & YouTube programs…

Morley Robertson

Morley Robertson (b. 1963) is a Japanese electronic musician, DJ, radio/TV presenter and journalist of American descent. He was born in New York and spent most of his childhood in Hiroshima. His mother is Japanese and his father is American. In 1981, Robertson entered the University Of Tokyo but dropped…

Ichikawa Sumizo VI

Ichikawa Jukai III was an outstanding tachiyaku actor, excelling in nimaime roles. From the end of the Meiji era to the first decade of the Shôwa era, he was an active member of the troupe led by Ichikawa Sadanji II, which was involved in the creations of many Shinkabuki dramas, written by playwrights…

Miyata Yoyo

Miyata Yoyo was a Japanese actor born in Mikawa, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His real name was Iwashita Nobuo (岩下信夫). He graduated from Kumamoto Technical High School in 1929. After working with Miss Wakana's troupe, he became an exclusive performer for Yoshimoto Kogyo in 1938. In 1942, he moved…

Nagahama Fujio

Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…

Yagyu Hiroshi

Yagyu Hiroshi was a Japanese actor, host, talent, voice actor, and organizational executive, born in Funajima, Ibaraki, Japan. He graduated from Ibaraki Prefectural Tsuchiura First High School and briefly attended Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine before leaving due to poor eyesight and illness.…

If Today was the Last Day

A story of reuniting twin sisters, who were separated when young. Maiko, who lives in Hachijo Island, organizes a local festival. Just before the festival starts, she leaves the island to look for her sister Seiko…

Naito Daisuke Monogatari

6.0

Naito Daisuke grew up in Hokkaido, where he was bullied all through school. Bitter and lonely, he sits around the house after graduation, refusing to look for a job. His mother tires of this attitude and kicks him…

R246 Story

5.0

The anthology film R246 Story centres around the major Japanese highway Route 246. The film consists of six segments. Arifureta Kisho: The number of UFO sightings around Route 246 is on the rise. Four young men are…

Teacher and Three Children

6.3

Set at the end of the Taisho era (1920s) at Ishiuchi Jinjo Higher Elementary School in the mountains of Hiroshima prefecture, there was a fervent teacher called Mr. Ichikawa. He always placed his pupils first and took…

Judge Season 2

One year has passed since Misawa Kyosuke, who grew up in a large city, was assigned to work as the only judge on a remote island, where he successfully wins the trust of the local people. It tells a story about how…

Over 30

Aiko, the exemplary housewife, learns that her husband is cheating on her. After a moment of shock, the woman decides to change her life and start it from scratch. The first step towards that is to find a job and move…

Tottemo Amai no～C’est Tres Doux～

7.7

One day, office worker Tanaka Mika suddenly finds herself unable to forget her boyfriend Murakami Shinya, who went to Paris to become a designer. Before she knew it, contact had been cut off, and Mika felt that she…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 25

Himejima, a remote island floating in the Suo Sea off Oita Prefecture. While visiting the island on assignment, reporter Asami Mitsuhiko becomes close to the family that runs his lodging: Nakaseko Taishi, his mother…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 4: Yami no Karute

Hatomura Shugoro, who was a talented surgeon but was chased by the medical community for some reason, is the only daughter of Kawakami Asuka, a patient who is on the suspicion of murdering her husband. Tsugumi is on…

Toshi Densetsu Sepia

7.3

Owlman Saiki Takehiko is a guy who is no good at anything no matter what he does. One day, he creates an urban legend of the Owlman and starts posting these rumours on internet bulletin boards. A man dressed in a brown…