Komuro Tetsuya

Komuro Tetsuya is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and convicted fraudster. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the disco Velfarre located in Roppongi,…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

Fukasawa Shiho

Fukasawa Shiho is a Japanese actress born in Yamanashi Prefecture. She graduated from Jissen Women's University, Department of Human Sociology. In 2018, she became a member of the Nuthmique Theater Company after completing an acting course at The Film School of Tokyo. (Source: MyDramaList)

Nishida Erina

Nishida Erina is a Japanese female singer , actress. She was born in Hyogo Prefecture, Takarazuka City , grew up in Osaka , Osaka City . In 2001, she made her debut in Tokyo, Japan with the women's team Flash Point .

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)

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…

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…