Uchida Issaku

Uchida Issaku was a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Kyoto, Japan. He was a member of the Directors Guild of Japan (日本映画監督協会). He graduated from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University (早稲田大学) in 1946. Uchida joined Nikkatsu (日活) in 1954,…

Tsuchiya Tokio

Tsuchiya Tokio is a Japanese screenwriter and scriptwriter, born in Shinagawa, Tokyo. He has used several pen names, including Kurabari Shuichiro (倉成 柊一郎) and Tsuchiya Tokio O (土屋斗紀O) from 1995 to around 1999. In the "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari" (世にも奇妙な物語) series, he…

Uchida Yasuo

Uchida Yasuo was a Japanese cinematographer, video producer, and director. Active during the Showa era, he worked on cinematography for films and television at Shintoho and Toei from the 1950s. In the 1980s, he transitioned to Daiei TV productions and later moved into directing and producing erotic…

Umeda Haruo

Umeda Haruo, born Umeda Akira (梅田晃) in 1920 in Tokyo's Yotsuya district, was a Japanese scholar, playwright, novelist, and essayist specializing in French literature. He graduated from Keio University Graduate School and was involved in writing scripts for stage plays and radio dramas, as well…

Totsuka Mutsuo

Totsuka Mutsuo was a Japanese comedian born in Tokyo, Japan. His father, Fujioka Hajime, was a prominent swordsman actor. Growing up, influenced by his father who was an actor in sword-fighting dramas, he developed an affinity for chambara films and popular theater. After graduating from Tokyo Shibaura…

Nogami Masayoshi

Nogami Masayoshi was a Japanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was born in Shiranuka Village, Shiranuka District, Hokkaido (Currently Shiranuka Town). His son is AV actor Tony Ooki (Nogami Toru.) He graduated from Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo High School (currently known as Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo…

Nagahama Fujio

Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…

Tsuboi Taku

Tsuboi Taku is a Japanese director and screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, Tsuboi graduated from the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He then enrolled in the Department of Body Expression and Cinematic Arts at Rikkyo University. There he worked on Makoto Shinozaki’s Sharing (2014), Wish We Were Here…

Yamashita Kenjiro

Yamashita Kenjiro is a Japanese dancer and actor, and a member of Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE (三代目 J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE). He was born in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan. Due to his parents’ job transfer, he spent his early childhood in Nara, attending Yamato-Koriyama City…

Okada Masaki

Okada Masaki, born in Edogawa-Ku, Tokyo, is a Japanese actor managed by Stardust Promotion. Okada was scouted in Harajuku when he was in the second year of junior high school. Initially, he refused the offer as he was absorbed in the activities of the basketball club. After entering high school he contacted…

Fuefuki Doji Final Part: The Triumph of Mangetsu Castle

Hayato and Kikyo escaped from Tsutsumi. Kocho Nun who helped Hagimaru who was injured by chance. The thread of fate connects everyone to Kikumaru, who seeks the perfection. Here, the "Hakucho Party" was formed, a group…

The Daughter of the Samurai

The story revolves around Kiyo, a young Japanese woman who is engaged to marry Teruo. Teruo returns to Japan after studying abroad in Europe, accompanied by a German journalist named Margot. Kiyo struggles to adjust…

The Flame of Devotion

6.7

The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountains, who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman’s son, and her devotion to him during a time of war. (Source: letterboxed.com) Based on a novel written by Kamo…

Master Fencer Sees the World

~~ Adapted from the novel by Obayashi Kiyoshi (大林清).

Yamamura Misa Suspense: The Kyoto Beautiful Actress Serial Murder Case

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kyoto Kiyomizuzaka Satsujin Jiken" (京都清水坂殺人事件) by Yamamura Misa (山村美紗).

Tokyo Jima

6.5

On their 20th wedding anniversary Kiyoko and Takashi take a trip around the world. They encounter rainstorms and find themselves adrift in the Pacific Ocean until they wash ashore on a deserted island. One day, 16…

Undressed Minako

8.0

Movie "Undressed Minako" follows the life of Kiyoshi Hayashishita's ex-wife Minako Hayashishita. Minako Hayashishita separated twice from Kiyoshi Hayashishita and the movie reveals secrets about their divorce. Her…

Sweet My Home

7.4

A sports instructor in Nagano is named Kiyosawa Kenji. He is fascinated by a model house called Mahou no Ie, which is able to warm the inside of an entire home with only one air conditioner unit. Kiyosawa Kenji decides…

Sanbiki no Ossan Season 2

7.4

One year later, Kiyo, Shige and Nori are still doing night patrols, keeping the town safe from bag-snatchers, molesters and… a ghost? Meanwhile, Yuuki and Sanae are starting university and still trying to get time…

Kamakura dono no 13 nin

7.7

Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hojo Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's…