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Ashita wa Nihonbare

A group of people travel through a mountain pass. When their jaunty bus unceremoniously breaks down, a bittersweet sadness overcomes the passengers as unexpected reunions take place, but nothing can be what it was…

Yakuza Senso: Nihon no Don

7.1

A supposedly true-to-life story of one of the biggest rightist yakuza bosses in the '50s - '60s Japan. (Source: IMDb)

The Gentle 12

7.8

Shun Nakahara directs this comic take on Sidney Lumet's 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men. Just as in that earlier work, this film takes place in a jury room and takes place in real time. The film opens as the jury is…

Asian Beat: I Love Nippon

Chatterley Fujin wa Nihon Nimo Ita

~~ Adapted from the original work by Kawaguchi Matsutaro (川口松太郎).

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

Filipinos and Japanese came from the same origin 300 years ago and the proof is many tribes in the Philippines still wear Fundochi, the costume for Sumo wrestlers. This is just for laughs, but the film does observe…

The Spear Master

Nishimura Juko no Nihon Judan Suspense: Inu Bue

~~ Adapted from the novel “Musume yo, Hatenaki Ji ni Ga wo Sasou” (娘よ、涯なき地に我を誘え) by Nishimura Juko (西村寿行).

Omori Yoshio

Omori Yoshio, born Suganuma Tsunekichi (菅沼常吉) in Kiryu, Gunma, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He studied English at Waseda University (早稲田大学), where he became involved in the university's drama club. After graduating in 1934, he worked with Leftist Theatre (左翼劇場) and Chuo Theatre…

Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Ando Hirokio

Ando Hirokio is a Japanese actor and former comedian from Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, Japan. He is affiliated with Zipangu LLC (ジパング合同会社). He is a graduate of the Watanabe Comedy School (ワタナベコメディスクール) and was a 27th-term student at the Nikkatsu Academy of Art (日活芸術学院),…

Tsuji Hisaichi

Born in Hyogo prefecture. He started writing film criticism, while attending the University of Tokyo, and became a regular author of the magazine "Film Criticism". Later on, he become planner, director and producer. He was also a writer, using pen name Tatsuo Nogami . In TV, he was in charge of Toshiba…

Fang Fang

Fang Fang is a poet and prolific fiction writer. She was born into a Nanjing literati family in 1955. When she was two, the family moved to Wuhan. Before attending Wuhan University, she spent four years as a longshore(wo)man in Wuhan to support her family, a period she recalls in interviews as the formative…

Ryuzaki Katsu

Ryuzaki Katsu, born Takashima Fumiaki (高島史旭) in Kochi, Japan, was a Japanese actor and gourmet reporter. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Hosei University (法政大学). During his fourth year, he passed the 5th Generation Nikkatsu New Face (日活ニューフェイス) audition.…

Fujitani Miwako

Fujitani Miwako, a Japanese actress and singer from Kita, Tokyo, debuted in 1977 with a commercial for Calbee (カルビー) potato chips. In 1978, she appeared in the TV drama "Yuhi ga Oka no Sori Daijin" (夕日が丘の総理大臣). She began her music career in 1994 with the duet "Ai ga Umareta…

Fukae Shoki

Fukae Shoki, born Fukae Akiyoshi (深江和久) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor affiliated with Ishihara Promotion (石原プロモーション) and Group 71 (グループ71). During World War II, he served as a special naval youth recruit aboard the aircraft carrier Shinano. After working in…

Arishima Ichiro

Arishima Ichiro, born Oshima Tadao (大島忠雄) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of a steel factory owner. After attending Hioki Elementary School (日置尋常小学校) and Nagoya Middle School (名古屋中学校), where he developed an interest in theater, he…

Li Run Qi

Li Run Qi, born in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Is a singer , songwriter , keyboard , of the Air League band/QYLM. Li Runqi school in Zhengzhou Middle School Affiliated Primary School, Middle School Attached To Shandong University, and Beijing Contemporary Music School High School. In January 2020,…