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…

Hara Kazuo

Japanese documentary film director. After dropping out of university to work at a special education school, he made his 1972 debut work Goodbye CP about a group of individuals with cerebral palsy. He won the award for Best Director at the 12th Hochi Film Award and at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for…

Ozaki Ayaka

Ozaki Ayaka is a Japanese actress, talent, and gravure idol from Toyono city, Osaka prefecture. She belongs to Walk Co., Ltd. She is a member of the show restaurant "Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon -SHINING MOON TOKYO-", and she is also a member of the human-wolf idol group "BABYWOLF". She won the Miss…

Ishibashi Yoshimasa

Yoshimasa Ishibashi (石橋義正, Ishibashi Yoshimasa, born 1968) is a video, experimental film and performance artist based in Kyoto, Japan and the leader of the Kyupi Kyupi artist collective, founded in 1996. He has directed work for both art museums, including Kyupi Kyupi performances at the Palais…

Tanaka Mitsutoshi

Tanaka Mitsutoshi is a Japanese film and commercial director who graduated from the Osaka University of Arts Department of Visual Concept Planning. He established Osaka-based film production firm Creators' Union in 1984 and has served as the company's President and CEO since that time. He has been a…

Otomo Jun

Otomo Jun was a Japanese actor born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He was affiliated with Sogei Pro, Teatro Kakko, Hanabusa Pro, and the Tokyo Actors Cooperative Association. He graduated from the Tokyo Music School's pre-war Teacher Training Course and worked as a music teacher at Osaka Municipal Namba…

Koshikawa Michio

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1965. Besides his early work in theater, he has a background in film distribution and production. He established the production company Slow Learner in 1997 and produced films like The Prisoner by Adachi Masao (2006 / NC ’07), Sketches of Kaitan City by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi…

Utsumi Toppa

Utsumi Toppa, born Kimura Sadayuki (木村貞行) in Utsumi, Minamiuwa, Ehime, Japan, was a Japanese manzai performer. He was the younger brother of screenwriter Misho Kingo (御荘金吾) and the husband of singer Maeshima Setsuko (前島節子). Toppa graduated from Naniwa Commercial School (浪華商業学校)…

Aoyama Takashi

Aoyama Takashi was a Japanese singer, actor, and talent born in Takakisemachi, Saga City, Saga Prefecture. He was a member of the 1970s male idol group Four Leaves. Until 1967, he was enrolled in "Tokyo Music Academy" as a scholarship student. When he was an idol, he took an entrance examination for…

Frank Nagai

Frank Nagai was a Japanese singer known for his attractive baritone voice. His real name was Nagai Kiyoto. Nagai was born in Matsuyama, Miyagi, Japan. He had his major debut in 1954 when he was discovered by composer Yoshida Tadashi. He had many hit songs such as Yurakucho de Aimasho, Tokyo Night Club,…

Watashi no Aozora Saishuuhen

This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a peninsula in Aomori. Taiyo's father, Murai Kento had aspirations to be a professional boxer but due to…

Rocket Boy

8.0

Kobayashi works at a travel agency and has the preconceived notion that in 2001 he will be able to go on a trip to outer space. Now 30, his girlfriend has left him, and a year has passed since he promised to take over…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 15

Visiting the Shima Peninsula to report on ama divers, Asami Mitsuhiko meets the simple and beautiful ama diver Natsumi and a kind man deeply devoted to his family, Motohashi. One day, former yakuza member and popular…

Ningen no Kuzu

2.0

At one point, the punk band vocalist Kiyujuro, who was also popular among critics, has abandoned his colleagues from the acid incident caused by the members and is now in a hot spring inn, run by his grandmother. However,…

Ashita ga Arusa

7.1

A decade of the economic slump has certainly taken its toll on corporate Japan, and no one group more so than the white-collar workers that laden Japan Inc. For Toaru Corporation, a large Osaka-based trading company,…

Red

Katase Masami has been teased since childhood because of her unnaturally red hair. To add to her sorrow, she has never really received much love from her parents. Masami, who because of all this has a complex about…

Misuzu

4.0

Tells the life story of Kaneko Teru, who was born and raised in a small coastal town. While working as a clerk in a bookshop, Teru starts writing her own verses to get away from the worries of a disgraceful marriage.…

Audrey

8.1

Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her heart alive while dealing with the reality of her normal life, far away from lights, cameras, and action she longs for.…

Senrigan

The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as ’Midori no Saru’ (The Green Monkey). Members of this group have committed…

Kimi wo Miagete

7.0

It's an interesting little love story about a vertically challenged man, Takano (163 cm), who i a professional lock opener, and a very tall woman (182 cm). During his business trip to Bangkok, Thailand, Takano meets…