Sumikawa Hisashi

Sumikawa Hisashi, born Murai Takeo (村井武雄) in Tokyo, Japan, was a vocalist and ventriloquist. He was married to alto singer Murai Masu (村井満寿), and their third son was clarinetist Murai Yuji (村井祐児). A graduate of Keio University (慶應義塾大学), Sumikawa joined the Tsukiji…

Ichikawa Sadanji II

Ichikawa Sadanji II was one of the most popular actors in Japan in the first half of the twentieth century. He was an open-minded reformist, working hard to promote new plays, and an adept of revivals of long-forgotten classical dramas. His close collaborations with Okamoto Kidô, Osanai Kaoru and Mayama…

Sone Hayato

Sone Hayato is a Japanese director born in Hyogo, Japan. He graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Department of Film and New Media, Faculty of Arts. His promotional video for MUJI in Paris, "TOKYO PEN PIXEL," won many awards including "ONE SHOW," one of the world's top three advertising awards, "ADFEST,"…

Ubukata Kenichiro

Ubukata Kenichiro was a Japanese actor born in Aramaki, Niihari, Tone, Gunma, Japan. After attending Gunma Normal School, he graduated from Kansai University's Faculty of Law and became a teacher at Nihonbashi Women's School. In 1916, he began his acting career with Osanai Kaoru's New Theater. He was…

Watanabe Hirobumi

Born in 1982 in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, Watanabe Hirobumi is a Japanese film director. He also writes the scripts for and performs as an actor in his films. He majored in Japanese literature in college and, after graduation, entered Japan Academy of Moving Images. His graduation project, the 41-minute…

Aoe Shunjiro

Aoe Shunjiro, whose real name is Oshima Chosaburo (大嶋長三郎), was a Japanese playwright and critic. He was born in Akita, Japan, as the eldest son of the drug merchant Eiseido. Initially named Eiichi (衛一), he adopted the name Chosaburo after his father's death in 1915. Aoe attended Akita…

Shimazu Yasujiro

Shimazu Yasujiro was a Japanese director. He was one of the major creators of the Shoshimingeki genre (films depicting the lower middle classes) at the Shochiku studios in pre-World War II Japan. Born in Kanda, Tokyo, Shimazu entered the Shochiku studio in 1920 after answering an advertisement and began…

Taniguchi Senkichi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,…

Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda was a Polish film and theatre director born in Suwalki, Poland. In 1942, he joined the Polish resistance, serving in the Home Army. Following the war, he pursued painting at Krakow's Academy of Fine Arts before enrolling in the Lodz Film School. Wajda apprenticed with director Aleksander…

Shiomi Yo

Shiomi Yo, born Katasayama Kisaburo (片山喜三郎) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Previously known as Shiomi Shigeru (汐見蓊), he pursued a career in theater after leaving Keio University’s Faculty of Economics in 1917. In 1920, Shiomi co-founded the New Theater Group Kenkyiza with Ishikawa…

Moon Whistle Sun Whistle Volume 2 Hakuba Fly in the Sky

Kinugawa Onsen and Sasuke's sneaky plot poisoned the horse Kaoru during the race of Kamo no Miya, and Rokujo Sauma was seriously injured. Ochiga, who tried to report the betrayal of Sasuke, was also captured by Toma,…

Sending Off

The documentary follows the patients of Dr. Konta Kaoru and her team of nurses as they receive medical care in their homes. Filmed over one year in rural Japan, the changing seasons provide a backdrop to the deepening…

Jijyojibaku no Watashi

While writing her university graduation these, Yuria (Kaoru Hirata) stumbles upon a website. Through the site, she begins experimenting with bondage and through these actions discovers her real self and external self.…

Korekkiri Summer

7.1

The National High School Baseball Championship for the summer has been called off and Fujii Kaoru, a high school baseball player, is pitied by everyone. He is feeling bored to death when his classmate Mizumori Kaoru…

Endless Waltz

7.0

Koji Wakamatsu's biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. (Source: IMDb)

Dare Yori mo Mama wo Aisu

7.3

A heartwarming home drama told from the perspective of 11-year-old Kaoru, who says his family is often called weird/unusual. It revolves around the lives of stay-at-home dad, lawyer and breadwinner mother, tomboyish…

Ushijima the Loan Shark 1

7.3

Mirai Suzuki becomes responsible for her mother's debt which is owed to loan shark Kaoru Ushijima. To begin paying off her mother's debt, Mirai begins working at a dating cafe. Meanwhile, Jun is the ambitious and greedy…

Kei×Yaku: Abunai Aibou - "Omake" Tokubetsu Hen

7.6

~~ Adapted from the manga "Kei×Yaku: Abunai Aibou" (ケイ×ヤク －あぶない相棒－) by Kaoruhara Yoshie (薫原好江).

Pure Soul

7.8

Happily married to Koichi, 30-year-old Kaoru's world is shaken when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Amidst this turmoil, they discover that Kaoru is pregnant. Deciding to keep the baby, they name their little…

Kids on the Slope

7.8

It is summer 10 years ago. Kaoru transfers to a new school and has a fateful encounter with the school's terrifying bad-boy Sentaro. They bond over jazz and Kaoru finds that he's oddly drawn to the rough-mannered Sentaro.…