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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

Tarumi Goro

Tarumi Goro was a Japanese actor born in Niimi, Okayama. He graduated from Okayama Prefectural Niimi High School and started his career with the Mingei Theater Company. His eldest son, Tarumi Shuichi, is also an actor and model. Tarumi Goro passed away from a subarachnoid hemorrhage in Tokyo on January…

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…

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…

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…

Pachigi! Love & Peace

5.3

He uses two story lines to slam home his points. One is the struggle of An Sung's sister Kyung Ja to rise in the 1970s' Japanese movies, which may be full of zainichi talents but forbids them from revealing their backgrounds…

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…