Saga Zenpei

Saga Zenpei was a Japanese actor and filmmaker born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Japanese Art School. In 1929, he joined the Japan Proletarian Artist Alliance, but became an actor, and in the same year he entered the Tokyo Left Wing…

Taguchi Tomorowo

Taguchi Tomorowo is a Japanese actor, film director, and musician. After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer, and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan…

Ishii Kenichi

Ishii Kenichi is a Japanese actor and director from Numata, Gunma, Japan, affiliated with Office Boardville (オフィスボードビル). He graduated from Gunma Prefectural Numata High School (群馬県立沼田高等学校) and initially worked for a chemical company. In 1965, he became an assistant…

Okumura Koen

Okumura Koen, born Okumura Susumu (奥村進) and formerly known as Okumura Shinji (奥村進二), was a Japanese actor from Akita, Japan. He graduated from Senshu University (専修大学) and was affiliated with the production company Gendai Seisakusha (現代制作舎). He was also involved in the…

Nakao Akira

Nakao Akira was a Japanese actor, TV personality, and artist from Kisarazu, Chiba. Nakao was represented by the Furutachi Project agency. Nakao attended Chiba Prefectural Kisarazu High School from 1958 and entered Musashino Art University from 1961. Also in 1961, he was selected in the "5th Nikkatsu…

Kinoshita Houka

In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, Gaki Teikoku, which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989,…

Shimura Ken

Ken Shimura (志村 けん, Shimura Ken) (born Yasunori Shimura (志村 康徳, Shimura Yasunori), February 20, 1950 – March 29, 2020) was a Japanese comedian. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama. He was known as "Japan's Robin…

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…

Yoshida Yoh

Yoshida Yo is a Japanese actress born in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Her real name and old stage name is Yoshida Yoko. She is represented by the talent agency Oranku. She discovered her love for acting after first appearing on stage in 1997, where she stayed until 2007 when she was discovered by…

Asakawa Nana

Asakawa Nana is a Japanese actress and model under Avex Management. She was active as a member of SUPER☆GiRLS from 2012 to 2019.

A Street in Tokyo 1

Operator: [Tsunekichi Shibata] Date: [April 1898] Location: Japan, Tokyo, near the Imperial Palace, Honshu Rickshaw and pedestrian traffic in the street.

Tokyo Railway Station

3.5

Rickshaw, streetcar and pedestrian traffic.

Tokyo Bay

Opening with an aerial pan over post-war Tokyo, a title card informs us that this is just one frame in the “intense struggle for existence” in a city of 10 million before we arrive at the titular bay and a boat…

An Avenue in Tokyo

2.0

Giga Tokyo Toy Box

6.8

Momo (Rika Adachi) hopes to become a video game designer. She has applied for numerous jobs in that field, but has failed every time. Finally, Momo is hired as an apprentice to a game programmer. While accumulating…

Meiji Tokyo Renka

7.0

Set after the drama series "Meiji Tokyo Renka." High school student Mei Ayazuki has traveled back in time to Tokyo in the Meiji period. She meets various historical figures from that time period. The identity of mysterious…

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

7.0

This short focuses on the God Warrior from Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (1984). Super-powered bio-weapons in ceramic armor begin attacking Tokyo, annihilating human civilization.

Silent Tokyo: And So This Is Xmas

7.2

On Christmas Eve, a TV broadcasting station receives a phone call. The caller warns "I have set up a bomb at Ebisu in Tokyo." A contract worker for the TV broadcasting station and a housewife are accused by the Ebisu…

Parallel Tokyo

7.4

A fictional story about news team at a TV station in Tokyo struggling after an earthquake.

La Grande Maison Tokyo

8.3

A talented Japanese chef in French cuisine has devoted his life to food. He opened his own restaurant in Paris and earned two Michelin stars. Hailed as a superstar chef, his confidence has turned into conceit. But…