Usui Masahiro

Masahiro Usui is a Japanese actor and the second-youngest of the acting group D-BOYS, produced by Watanabe Entertainment. Usui joined D-BOYS through the 4th D-BOYS open audition, held on May 28, 2007. Winner of the audition's Grand Prix, Usui was officially added to the group on December 30, 2007, after…

Nanami Hiroki

Hiroki Nanami retired from the Takarazuka Revue in 2019 and three months later Nanami announced her signing with Andstir entertainment and the King Records music label. She made her post-Takarazuka artist debut with the release of her first mini album, 'Galaxy', and an accompanying one-man live show…

Hamasaki Ayumi

Hamasaki Ayumi is a Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress. Ayumi has been dubbed the "Empress of J-Pop" because of her popularity and widespread influence in Japan and throughout Asia. She has sold over 60 million albums, making her the best-selling solo artist and the only solo artist…

Kitaoji Kinya

Kitaoji Kinya, born February 23, 1943 in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of famous jidaigeki film star Utaemon Ichikawa, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in Tokyo. Following his father's footsteps, Kitaoji's career is renowned…

Tsukamoto Shinya

In 1986 a new film blasted to the centre of Japanese cinema, gaining international acclaim with its singularly inventive style and cataclysmic violence. Shinya Tsukamoto directed this 16-mm sci fi horror called Tetsuo - a story of a human being who becomes a monster of metal. This radical auteur quickly…

Kitahara Rie

Kitahara Rie is a Japanese idol and actress born in Aichi. She is a former member of idol groups NGT48, AKB48, and SKE48. She's currently a member of the AKB48 derivative unit Not Yet. She made her idol debut in 2008 after passing the AKB48 research student audition and moving to Tokyo. She debuted…

Ishibashi Natsumi

Ishibashi Natsumi is a Japanese actress and singer. When she was a student, she liked to dance and appearing in public, and started applying for auditions from the fifth grade of elementary school. After being rejected in some, she applied for the drama singing and acting audition program of TV TOKYO…

Momotsuki Nashiko

Momotsuki Nashiko is a Japanese actress, model, cosplayer, and nurse. She became interested in cosplay in high school while attending a local cosplay event. After high school, Momotsuki began working as a nurse assistant to pay for her nursing school tuition. She received her nursing license in 2016…

Okamoto Keito

On October, 2006, he started work with the Johnny & Associates talent agency. On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He lived in England for almost four years until returning to the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and is currently the only member of Hey! Say! JUMP to speak…

Kanchiku Yuri

Kanchiku Yuri is a former film student with an idealized approach to film and cinema. She is a child of the early eighties and was born in 1982. Kanchiku attended Nihon University College Of Art where she studied film. She graduated in 2006. She focuses on lights and composition and cites Iwai Shunji…

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…

Right Here Right Now

College dropout Kudo was approached with a job opportunity overseas by chance. He accepts the opportunity to get out of his days in a rut, but becomes involved in a crime caused by an old friend, Yano, whom Kudo reunites…

Fukushima: A Town of Love and Hope

6.0

In 1945, Hideo, who was a student, was mobilized to work at a mine in Ishikawa, Fukushima Prefecture during World War II. Hideo did not know what he was mining, but it was uranium. In 1966, at Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture,…

Mama ga Ikita Akashi

7.4

Takehiro lives the busy day-to-day life of a sport reporter in charge of a new program. His wife, Kyoko, is pregnant. Somehow he figures out how to get a break from work and visits his parents and in-laws. Meanwhile,…

The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed

Sota Masuda won the band contest at the age of 17, and his debut with his band was a matter of time. However, the band broke up with their members going to college, and he headed to Tokyo to succeed in music. Eventually,…

His Master's Voice

8.5

A heartwarming drama devised by rakugo performer Hayashia Taihei. It presents an affectionate depiction of the highs and lows of ordinary people, and weaves a traditional rakugo story into its narrative. Music video…

Magic Night

4.0

Akio is a young man with a complex over his appearance. One day, he receives a ring a magician, Jumonji. The ring transforms Akio into a handsome man. He is so attractive that he is scouted to work at a host club in…

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…

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…

Piano Barn

5.7

Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing…