Hirotsu Ryuro

In 1899, Ryūrō met Ozaki Kōyō, and joined his literary group Ken'yusha. In 1895, he published two novels which enabled him to achieve literary recognition: Hemeden and Kurotogake. These were the first of a new genre in Japanese literature, the "tragic novel", which he created. Heavily influenced…

Kishida Shin

Kishida Shin was a Japanese actor, best known for his memorable supporting roles in films and television series. Kishida Shin was born at Kawakita General Hospital in Asagaya, Suginami, Tokyo. His uncle was playwright Kunio Kishida, and actress Kyoko Kishida and children's author Eriko Kishida were…

Sawamura Sadako

Sawamura Sadako was a Japanese actress and essayist born in Saruwakacho, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ohashi Teiko (大橋貞子). She was also known as an essayist, publishing memoirs such as "Song of Shells" and "My Asakusa." Her older brother, Tomokazu, became the fourth-generation Sawamura…

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…

Watari Tetsuya

Watari Tetsuya was a Japanese actor, enka singer, entertainer, and businessman. He was born in Yasugi, Nogi, Shimane, Japan and raised in Awaji, Hyogo. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学) with a degree in economics after attending Ishiya Elementary School and Mita Gakuen…

Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

Killer Khan

Killer Khan was a former sumo wrestler from the Kasugano stable and a professional wrestler. He was born in Yoshida, Nishikanbara, Niigata, Japan. His real name was Ozawa Masashi (小澤正志). In sumo, he achieved the highest rank of Makushita 40. After transitioning to professional wrestling, he…

Okabe Nao

Okabe Nao is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan.

Billkin Putthipong Assaratanakul

"Billkin" Putthipong Assaratanakul is an actor and singer of Chinese descent born in Bangkok, Thailand. After graduating from St. Gabriel's College, he studied business administration in the international programme at Thammasat University's Business School, majoring in marketing before going on to study…

Nozomi de Lencquesaing

Nozomi de Lencquesaing is a Japanese-French actor and director. He was born in Tokyo, Japan. His father is French and his mother is Japanese.

Tokyo Guard Centre

5.3

Tokura Shinjitsu is the head of a guard centre which responds to emergency alerts from security systems at any hour of day or night. The guard centre has to quickly and accurately decide which are serious and which…

Tokyo Densetsu: Kyofu no Ningen Jigoku

5.7

Yumeaki Hirayama’s horror manga gets another adaptation. This movie consists in five different stories set in Tokyo, where the desires are swirling, random women are overwhelmed by unimaginable fear due to human…

Tokyo Ekio Wasuremono Azukarisho 7: Nanki Shirahama ~ Tokkyu Kuroshi O-go 12-funkan no Satsui!!

Tokyo Legends II: Distorted City of Anomalies

2.0

5 stories based on Tokyo legends.

Tokyo Fantasy: Sekai no Owari

8.1

A documentary about Japanese rock star sekai no owari.

Tokyo ni Olympics o Yonda Otoko

7.6

After the end of the second world war, Fred Wada Isamu, an American of Japanese descent who runs a fruit and vegetable shop in Los Angeles, has achieved success in opening shops in 10 locations due to his business…

Tokyo: The City of Glass

2.0

Toru, a graduate student who runs a bar in Shinjuku Ni-chome, Tokyo's gay district, meets Yong, a Korean man, and he falls in love. This seemingly ordinary event is somehow linked to a 20-year-old homicide case, and…

Tokyo Doppelkonzert

Playwright Kozue is asked for a divorce by his wife Ayumi and frantically tries to repair their relationship. At the same time, his acquaintances also begin to experience various tumultuous situations, and eventually,…

Tokyo Shutter Girl

8.4

High school student Yumeji Ayumi belongs to her school's photo club. She takes photos in various places in town and grows up while meeting people. ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Tokyo Shutter Girl" (東京シャッターガール)…

Tokyo Sentimental

7.5

The son of the second generation owner of a traditional Japanese confectionery shop ‘Kururiya’ in Tokyo’s Kototoibashi, Kururi Takuzo was born and raised in Tokyo. He received a strict education from his father,…