Ichikawa Raizo VIII

The star of Daiei Studio, Ichikawa Raizo got his start as a kabuki actor. Born Kamezaki Akio, he was adopted at six months old by kabuki actor, Ichikawa Kudanji. He was then given the name Takeuchi Yoshio. He debuted as a kabuki actor officially at the age of 17 (1948) in the play "Nakayama Shichiri".…

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Kishimoto Kayoko

Kayoko Kishimoto (岸本加世子 Kishimoto Kayoko, born 29 December 1960 in Shizuoka, Japan) is an actress.
She has appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy…

Igarashi Izumi

Shimizu Yukiko is a former Japanese actress. She makes her debut in 1987 in a drama, Shoujo Commander Izumi. Even after the drama Shoujo Commando Izumi ends, she appeared mainly in TV dramas, but she did not receive as much attention as when she was a teenager. However, she was selected as the youngest…

Kim Myung Joon

Kim Myung Joon is a South Korean cinematographer, screenwriter, and director. He graduated from Hanyang University in 1999 and was in charge of filming short films "Dongmyeon" (1998), long films "Flower Island" (2001), and "Wany and Jun Ha" (2001). His first film production was for "Hana" (2003), a…

Asahina Junko

Asahina Junko, born Echigo Akiko (越後亜紀子) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress known by her former stage name, Kobayakawa Jun (小早川純). She was affiliated with the Hiiragi Planning (柊企画) agency. Asahina was of mixed heritage, with a Russian grandfather, making her one-quarter…

Yokoyama Unpei

Yokoyama Unpei was a Japanese actor from Hikone Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. He became the first Japanese film actor to appear in Japan's first feature film. His real name is Yokoyama Yasushi. In 1893, he joined the troupe of Sudo Sadanori, a pioneer of the Shinpa drama, and debuted on…

Amy Fan

Fan Yik Man, also known as Amy Fan, is a Hong Kong-based actress. At a young age, Fan began her acting career in commercials. In 1991, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and she won the Miss Photogenic award, placing 5th overall. After the pageant, Fan joined TVB and took part in numerous drama…

Kotegawa Yuko

Kotegawa Yuko, born July 16, 1959 in Oita Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. Yuko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi. She was cast in the 1983 Toho adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters. In 1991 the Japan Academy recognized her as the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in…

Ichimura Uzaemon XV

Ichimura Uzaemon XV was one of the best tachiyaku of the first half of the twentieth century. He had a great physical appearance, a strong presence on stage and an amazing voice. He was the nimaime or the sabakiyaku par excellence. He kept on playing young lover roles even in his latter years and never…

Ogya

7.0

Hana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her grandmother's house. Hana's mother, who was also a teenager when she gave birth, now resides in the home. They are on the…

Ashita Tenki ni Naare

8.6

Hana Sakai is a single mother, and she lives alone with her 5-year old daughter, Mimi. By chance, she meets a producer from NTV, Tokumura Shuji. He sees potential in her, and decided to recruit her for the position…

Fuckin' Runaway

7.0

Hana, 21-year old, is sent to a mental hospital for attempting a suicide. She suffers from hearing a deep male voice in her head almost everyday that goes, "Twenty yards of linen are worth one coat..." She gradually…

Yama no Tom-san

7.9

Hana, who had been living in Tokyo, starts life in the countryside with her friend Toki and Toki’s daughter Toshi, an elementary school student. It is a life that they are unaccustomed to. Hana is a writer and goes…

Wife's Power Outage

7.1

Hana and Yusuke, a couple living in Tokyo, have been distant in their relationship after an incident three years ago, and spend more and more time alone. Unable to close the gap between them, the two are in a karaoke…

Brain Fluid Explosion Girl

6.5

Hana Icii attends a school that she admired since she was a child. One day, she wakes up and finds herself locked in a cage with her classmates. They are forced to take part in a survival game using their cellphones.…

Wedding Dress

7.0

Hana and Doo Na are two sisters who each want to get married.

This Child Is Evil

7.0

Hana, the daughter of psychotherapy director Kubo Shiro, suffered a traffic accident with her mother and sister, leaving her legs badly hurt, her mother in a vegetative state, and her sister suffering from a severe…

We Are Too Clumsy about Love

6.9

Fujiwara Hana and Katayama Mizuki, best friends since elementary school, take a trip after Hana’s cheating boyfriend dumps her. At a hot spring inn, they meet Narita Yosuke and Ichinose Ayumu. Yosuke scolds Hana…

Until Rainbow Dawn

7.2

When Hana falls in love with Ayumi, a girl she meets in her sign language group, she comes out to her parents who swiftly reject her. In an effort to cheer her up, Ayumi takes Hana to a deaf LGBTQ group in Tokyo, as…