Taniguchi Senkichi

Born in Tokyo, Japan, he attended Waseda University but left before graduating due to his involvement in a left-wing theater troupe. He joined P.C.L. (a precursor to Toho) in 1933 and began working as an assistant director to Kajirō Yamamoto alongside his longtime friend, acclaimed Japanese filmmaker,…

Hishikawa Seiichi

Born in Tokyo in 1969. After a few years career in NYC, he helped establish DRAWING AND MANUAL with other founding members. He has directed short films, photography, TV commercials, dramas and programs such as NHK historical dramas "Komyo ga Tsuji”, “Saka no Ue no Kumo”, "Yae no Sakura”, “MORIBITO:…

Takigami Yuka

Takigami Yuka, born in Tokyo, Japan, is a former Japanese idol and talent. She was previously affiliated with Horipro. In 1999, she passed a magazine audition, and in 2000, she joined the entertainment industry as a member of the idol group P-chicks, following a public internet vote. After P-chicks…

Tomita Isao

Tomita Isao was a Japanese film editor born in Tokyo. His wife was film editor Tomita Nobuko. After graduating from the Nikkatsu Art School, he joined Nikkatsu Studios. He passed away suddenly on October 18, 2002, at 10:46 p.m. due to lung cancer. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation/Edit =…

Ota Tadashi

Ota Tadashi was a Japanese composer and pianist born in Tokyo, Japan. His date of death is unknown. He became acquainted with the organ at the age of 8 and began studying piano and composition at the age of 15. After graduating from commercial school in 1919, he composed numerous songs and children's…

Kamiyama Takuzo

Kamiyama Takuzo was a Japanese voice actor and actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He was affiliated with the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. He graduated from the Bugei Gakuen College. He was associated with the Maigaza, Gekidan Nakama, and Gekidan Shinen before joining the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's…

Matsukawa Tsutomu

Matsukawa Tsutomu is a former Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Keio University (慶應義塾大学). During high school, he worked part-time as a model. In 1962, he was scouted by a Shochiku (松竹) employee and made his acting debut in the 1963 film Utae…

Shiomi Yo

Shiomi Yo, born Katasayama Kisaburo (片山喜三郎) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Previously known as Shiomi Shigeru (汐見蓊), he pursued a career in theater after leaving Keio University’s Faculty of Economics in 1917. In 1920, Shiomi co-founded the New Theater Group Kenkyiza with Ishikawa…

Sudo Maasa

Sudo Maasa, born July 3, 1992, in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese pop singer and idol managed by Up-Front Agency and part of Hello! Project. She is a member of Berryz Koubou. Sudo Maasa joined Hello! Project as one of the 15 Hello! Project Kids. She made her debut as one of the 4KIDS in the Minimoni ja…

Gori Daisuke

Gori Daisuke, born Nagahori Yoshio, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. Throughout his career, he was under various agencies, including TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Production; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. On January…

TOKYO AIRPORT - Tokyo Kuukou Kansei Hoanbu

7.4

Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is the busiest airport in Japan with 1 airplane taking off and landing every 2 minutes. In a year, 6 billion people (an average of 170,000 people a day) pass through the airport. Shinoda Kaori…

Tokyo Bachelors

7.5

Ishibashi Taro is 38 years old, single and works for a big bank. Miyoshi Reiya is 37 years old, divorced and works as a dentist. Iwakura Kazuhiko is 45 years old, single and works as a lawyer. These three men are close…

Tokyo Love Story

7.4

When Kanchi first came to Tokyo to work, he was full of uncertainties. He is 'lost' in his work and his love relationship is in a mess. During those times, Rika, his colleague, always encourages and helps him. Though…

Tokyo Ghoul

7.6

University student Ken Kaneki becomes injured by Rize, a human-eating ghoul. Ken is saved when a steel frame falls on the ghoul. They are both sent to the hospital, where Ken receives an organ transplant from Rize.…

Tokyo in April Is...

7.6

Kazuma, back in Tokyo after returning from America, reunites with his middle school friend Ren, now the top designer at their company. It’s their first meeting in 10 years since an abrupt farewell. Ren was Kazuma’s…

Tokyo Swindlers

7.7

The story unveils a series of unprecedented crimes committed by a cunning group of land scammers who use real estate sales as bait to steal large sums of money. (Source: Netflix) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Jimenshitachi"…

Tokyo Tarareba Girls

7.7

30-year-old Kamata Rinko is single and a struggling scriptwriter. She has no boyfriend and keeps having night outs at drinking spots with her girlfriends, Kaori and Koyuki. “If I become beautiful, a better guy will…

Tokyo Ghoul S

7.4

Kaneki Ken is a university student. He is also half-ghoul and half-human. He agonizes over his situation. Trying to avoid other ghouls, he shelters himself at Anteiku Cafe and spends time with Kirishima Toka. One day,…

Tokyo Sonata

7.4

This film will portray a very ordinary family in modern Japan. It starts from a point where lies, suspicion, and a complete breakdown of communication already have established themselves within the family.

Tokyo Bandwagon

7.7

The somewhat peculiar Hotta family runs Tokyo Bandwagon, a secondhand bookstore and cafe in the old part of Tokyo. They are a big four-generation family that is rare these days. The Hottas live by rather unusual family…