Fujiki Yu

Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with…

Tajima Yoshibumi

In 1937, he participated in the founding of a small art theater. Dropped out of college in 1941. In 1946, he joined the Haiyuza Theater Company due to "the love of the actress Sumako" ( Shochiku, Kenji Mizoguchi ) In 1954, he left the Haiyuza Theater Company and entered Nikkatsu, where he resumed film…

Hidehiro Kawai

Specializes in composition, arrangement, bass, sometimes DJ. Hobbies include cooking and Keihin Kyuko. Favorite foods are meat, sushi, ramen, pasta, liquor, natto, oysters, coffee. Suddenly in the winter of the third year of high school, he became interested in music and became a composer and player.…

Irie Takako

Takako Irie (入江 たか子 Irie Takako, 7 February 1911 – 12 January 1995) was a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family (her birth name was Hideko Higashibōjō (東坊城 英子 Higashibōjō Hideko)), she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as…

Uchida Tomu

Uchida Tomu’s filmography spans two great filmmaking periods separated by a 15-year hiatus due to the war, although his output of primarily genre films and lack of an immediately obvious signature style has meant that he has been overshadowed by contemporaries such as Ozu Yasujirô, Naruse Mikio,…

Mori Masayuki

Masayuki Mori was a Japanese actor, the son of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist active during the late Meiji and Taisho periods. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa's films such as Rashomon and The Idiot. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse (Floating Clouds)…

Tsuburaya Hiroshi

Hiroshi Tsuburaya was a Japanese actor. The grandchild of Eiji Tsuburaya, who was also the first creator of the Ultraman Series, and the third son of Hajime Tsuburaya who became the second creator of the Ultraman Series after Eiji Tsuburaya's death on January 25, 1970. He was born in Setagaya, Tokyo.…

Mimasu Yutaka

Mimasu Yutaka was a Japanese actor from Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. His death date is unknown. He graduated from private Meisei Commercial School. Takada made his stage debut at Misakiza in 1907. In 1921, he joined Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio and made his debut in the movie world with "Hika".…

Kinoshita Keisuke

Kinoshita Keisuke was a Japanese film director. Kinoshita was highly prolific, turning out some 42 films in the first 23 years of his career. For this, Kinoshita explained that he "can’t help it. Ideas for films have always just popped into my head like scraps of paper into a wastebasket. Although…

Shindo Kaneto

Shindo Kaneto was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and author. He directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he…

Satan's Sword I: The Great Buddha's Passage

7.6

First part of the trilogy about Tsukue Ryunosuke - the ruthless samurai. Directed by the legend of chanbara, Misumi Kenji. ~~ Adapted from the novel "大菩薩峠" by Nakazato Kaizan (中里介山).

Godzilla vs. Mothra

7.1

In 1993, an asteroid lands in the Ogasawara Trench and awakens Godzilla. Explorer Takuya Fujita is detained after stealing an ancient artifact. Representative of the Japanese Prime Minister offers to have Takuya's…

Garasu no Ie

7.0

When Tamaki Rei was a child, her parents died in an airplane accident in France. She grew up in a difficult environment, and money was always hard to come by. Now in her thirties, Rei visits the accident site where…

Choujuu Sentai Liveman

7.5

Academia Island is an elite school that various genius students from across the globe attend. Among them are Yusuke Amamiya, Joh Ohara, Megumi Misaki, who with Takuji Yano, and Mari Aikawa sought to create a suit strong…

Say "I Love You"

7.4

For years, Tachibana Mei, a 16-year-old student, has lived without having a boyfriend or any friends. Mei, neither talks to nor trusts anybody, she preferred being on her own with a mind focused only on school and…

20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

7.6

The year is 2017 and three years since Friend has governed the world with his Friendship Democratic Party. A destructive virus has hit Tokyo and the government builds a gigantic wall to quarantine the city. Friend…

Kiwadoi Futari: K2 - Ikebukurosho Keijika Kanzaki Kuroki

7.6

Featuring two detectives who investigate brutal crimes in Ikebukuro who happen to share a secret... Ryuichi Kanzaki is guided by his strong morals and a belief in the good in people. On his first day at work, his assigned…

Madan Senki Ryukendo

7.8

Akebono City is a peaceful community overflowing with humanity. Since there was a Power Spot that released magical power in the community, the people were distressed by the threat of the demon army Jamanga who are…

What Did You Eat Yesterday?

7.8

Kakei Shiro is a 45-year-old lawyer who works at a small law firm. He is good at cooking and a meticulous and thrifty person who keeps the monthly food budget to 25,000 yen. Shiro’s daily routine is to leave work…

Tonight, at Romance Theater

7.9

An old man being treated in a hospital is always clinging to what appears to be a screenplay for a film. When a young nurse, Amane, asks him, “What’s it about?” he bashfully begins to tell the story. “It’s…