Ichinomiya Atsuko

Ichinomiya Atsuko was a Japanese actress. She passed away at the age of 77 on February 16, 1991, due to liver failure. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ikebe Ryo

Ikebe Ryo was born on February 11, 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kyuketsu-ga (1956), Desertion at Dawn (1950) and Madame White Snake (1956). He died on October 8, 2010 in Tokyo. He graduated from Rikkyo University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as…

Toba Yonosuke

Toba Yonosuke, born Toba Teruo (鳥羽輝雄) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He initially trained at the Tokyo Free Theatre acting school starting in 1922. He dropped out of Okura Higher Commercial School during his third year and joined Ikawa Hachiro's "Kokusei Theatre" in 1923. By 1926, he…

Hanaoka Kikuko

Hanaoka Kikuko was a Japanese actress born Takigawa Ikuyo (瀧川幾代) in Teramachi, Shizuoka, Japan. After marriage, she was legally known as Matsuzaki Ikuyo (松崎幾代). She was recognized for her work as a comedic actress at Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s and as a supporting actress…

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…

Takamine Hideko

Takamine Hideko was a Japanese actress, singer, and essayist born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Her real name was Matsuyama Hideko (松山秀子), and her maiden name was Hirayama Hideko (平山秀子). Her family lived in a household run by her grandfather, Rokusho, who managed a soba restaurant called…

Tanaka Haruo

Haruo Tanaka was a Japanese film actor noted for his supporting roles in a career that spanned seven decades. Tanaka was born in Kyoto and quit school in order to become a film actor, joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He eventually moved up to secondary leads and even into leading roles against actresses…

Ichikawa Kon

Ichikawa Kon was a Japanese director born in Ujiyamada, Mie. He has worked on a wide range of films, from entertainment films to documentaries to TV historical dramas, and was involved in film production for a long time. His major directorial films include "The Burmese Harp," "Flame," "Ototo," "Key,"…

Goto Toshio

Goto Toshio is a Japanese editor.

Takamatsu Masao

Takamatsu Masao was a Japanese actor. He was associated with Makino Production, Kyoto Nikkatsu, Toho Film Studio, and Shin Toho before joining NAC. His date of death is unknown. (Source: MyDramaList)

Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku

Set on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, this film tells the story of 15 years between Aono Kai, who transfers to the island from Kyoto, and Inoe Akimi, who grew up on the island and is troubled by parental issues.…

Yodaka no Hoshi

6.9

28-year-old Towa Hongo works as a research worker at a painting company. 10 years ago, she came to Tokyo from Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture. At an early age, her father died and her mother remarried, but her relationship…

Shin Hoshi no Kinka

6.8

Abandoned at the age of five by her mother, deaf and mute, Mahiru Morita's life has been filled with sorrow. Living with adoptive parents in Okinawa, she is also routinely treated cruelly at home and at school. But…

Cadiz no Akai Hoshi

In June 1986, Urushida Ryo, the head of a PR firm, suddenly recalled the events of 11 years ago from a magazine article in a document he saw. Urushida, who was a PR man who had just become independent at the time,…

Shutcho Haken Meido Kindan No Hoshi

Since highschool, Rumi, a business trip maid, comes to the house of a withdrawal web designer, Tatsuki. However, the work-only relationship will change soon, for more steamy one.

Own Night with a Shooting Star

An installment in an omnibus film from three up-and-coming directors who depict "small miracles" that happen to Japanese living in Southeast Asia. >> Story 1: "Chiang Rai Girl" (チェンライの娘) [Director: Tomita…

Under the Stars

7.2

When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father's co-worker then gave him some water from a strange religious group. Chihiro was miraculously cured…

Heaven's Coin

7.2

A woman named Aya is working in Hokkaido for a doctor, Shuichi, that left Tokyo for personal reasons. Aya is both deaf and mute, and she's secretly in love with Shuichi. After a while, Aya tells him that Shuichi has…

Ultraman wo Tsukutta Otokotachi

7.3

Focuses mainly on the technical (film) side of the Ultraman series, from the perspective of its main creator and the film crew. The title is dramatized, but it contains biographical threads. The personal data of the…