Ichikawa Hisao

Ichikawa Hisao was a Japanese producer born in Honjo, Tokyo, Japn. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After working as a civil servant in the Ministry of Communications, he joined Shinko Kinema in 1939. He initially worked in the publicity department. He was called up for military…

Mayama Miho

Mayama Miho, born Mayama Mihoko (真山美保子) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese playwright, actress, and director. She was the chairperson of the Shin Seisakuza Cultural Center (新制作座文化センター) and a member of the Japan Directors Association (日本演出家協会) and the International…

Onoda Isamu

Onoda Isamu was a Japanese screenwriter and playwright born in Yotsuya, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Chuo University in 1941. He was a member of the Tokyo Broadcasting System Drama Group. He also had achievements as an actor. His son, Onoda Masashi, is also a screenwriter and director, and his grandson,…

Aizawa Haruo

Aizawa Haruo was a Japanese actor born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Drawing Course at Showa Industrial Technical School, he was detained in Siberia before joining the Theater Arts Academy. In 1959, he co-founded the Tokyo Theater Seminar. He passed away on March 10, 1995, at…

Kobayashi Tsuneo

Graduated from Nihon University Art Department in 1934 . Selected and performed in the Takarazuka Revue review script open call for participants. In 1935, he joined the production department of the Tokyo Vocal Film Factory of the same Toho affiliate and studied under Shiro Toyoda , triggered by the…

Fujitani Miwako

Fujitani Miwako, a Japanese actress and singer from Kita, Tokyo, debuted in 1977 with a commercial for Calbee (カルビー) potato chips. In 1978, she appeared in the TV drama "Yuhi ga Oka no Sori Daijin" (夕日が丘の総理大臣). She began her music career in 1994 with the duet "Ai ga Umareta…

Nagato Daiko

Nagato Daiko is a Japanese musical producer, musical arranger, writer, and composer. He's more known as a founder of music company Being Inc., which provided million-seller hits during the 1990s and with his music company provided more than 80 theme songs for the anime television series Detective Conan.…

Yaotome Hikaru

Yaotome Hikaru is a Japanese singer and songwriter as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Miyagi and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. On December 1, 2002, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. Later, he was put in Ya-Ya-yah…

Maiguma Katsuya

Maiguma Katsuya is a Japanese actor. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo aiming to become a film director, and went to a film director course at the Tokyo Film Center School of Art Vocational School (now Tokyo Broadcasting Arts & Film and Actor Vocational School ). Under the direction…

Sugai Yuuka

Sugai Yuuka is a Japanese idol. She is a former member and the captain of the idol group Sakurazaka46, represented by Sony Music Records. Aside from her group activities, she worked as a radio personality and was the Special Ambassador for the Equestrian Federation of Japan for 3 years. She graduated…

Angel Home

7.4

The "Himawari So" ("Sunflower House") is a group home for mentally underdeveloped adults. Manga artist Itpon Aijo begins to work at the "Himawari So". He moves into the home with his daughter Mako, who is mentally…

Kimi no Na wa

6.0

A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945. ~~ Adapted from the radio drama "Kimi no Na wa" [1952]. ~~ The 46th NHK asadora renzoku drama.

Free and Easy

5.6

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke…

Kasane

6.8

In the Warring States period, when Uesugi Kenshin learned that his enemy, Takeda Shingen, was suffering from a shortage of salt in his territory, he had salt sent to him. However, there is a secret to this legend.…

ROMES

7.0

Recently built on an artificial island, the (fictional) Tokyo Bay International Airport is equipped with the most advanced security system in the world, known as ROMES. To celebrate the airport's first anniversary,…

Tsuribaka Nisshi

7.8

Hamasaki Densuke is a newly-hired employee who has just joined the big construction company Suzuki Construction. The construction industry is enjoying a boom as the country prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hama-chan…

Nagi Diary

Yoriko spends her days carving sculptures by herself using wood cut from the nearby mountains. One day, Yuri, who has been active as an architect in both Tokyo and Taiwan, takes a few days off and visits Yoriko, the…

Aji Ichimonme: 2013 Special

7.0

One day, Ihashi Satoru, the assistant chef at the venerable Tokyo restaurant Fujimura, receives news of a class reunion. It has been 20 years since he graduated from culinary school. Proud that he has become a chef…

Lala Pipo: A Lot of People

6.3

Adapted from a sex-stuffed cult novel, LALAPIPO (a play on the phrase “A Lot of People”) follows divergent seedy strands of sexual and narrative spaghetti through the sticky Tokyo night. (Source: AsianCinematic)

Maid in Akihabara

6.2

Maid in Akihabara is a 6 episode series that was produced in Japan on 2005 and released on Feb 24, 2006. Each episode ran about 15 minutes, and took place in Akihabara, Tokyo - the cyber city of Japan. The story begins…