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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

Mikimoto Shinsuke

Mikimoto Shinsuke was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades. Born in Kanazawa, he graduated from high school there. Then he attended Rikkyo University in Tokyo, graduating from the Faculty of Economics.…

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…

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 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…

Hitozuma Sagishi

Miyako and Kiyomasa are two petty cheats. One day, they come across the perfect victim - Sakuma, nicknamed the tax evasion king. The couple decides to trick him, force him to invest in a non-existent restaurant, and…

Tensai wo Sodateta Nyoubou: Sekai ga Mitometa Suugakusha to Tsuma no Ai

7.8

Mathematics genius Oka Kiyoshi spent about 15 years researching the Hartogs Inverse Problem which went largely unnoticed because it was too difficult to understand by the Japanese academic world. However, when he started…

Kaoru Hana wa Rin to Saku

Chidori Public High and Kikyo Private Academy sit side by side, yet they might as well be worlds apart. Kikyo is known for its elite students and polished reputation, while Chidori has a rough-and-tumble image, its…

Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current

6.8

Private Detective Kiyoshi Mitarai and Miyuki Ogawa arrive in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. They are interested in a case which involves discovered bodies. The bodies were found drifting in the Seto Inland Sea, where…

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…

Lightning

7.5

A bus conductress Komori Kiyoko, the youngest daughter in a family of squabbling half-siblings. All the children are products of different fathers, though they share the same mother: a tragically weak-willed woman…

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

7.3

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…