Onoe Toka

Onoe Toka, born Ishida Tsunekichi (石田常吉), in Osaka, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He initially trained under the Osaka actor Ichikawa Danjaku and performed with various theater troupes. In 1925, he became a disciple of Onoue Matsunosuke and joined the Nikkatsu Daishogun Studio. There is no information…

Kahara Natsuko

Kahara Natsuko, originally Tsukahara Natsuko (塚原初子), was a Japanese actress and director associated with the Bungakuza theater company. Following the "Koto no Yoru" incident in December 1963, she left Bungakuza and co-founded the NLT Theater Company in January 1964, where she later became the…

Furuoya Masato

Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor who was born in Kawasaki city of Kanagawa Prefecture. He made his debut in 1977 and starred in many movies and TV dramas. He won the award for best actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival and at the 5th Hochi Film Award for Disciples of Hippocrates and at the 12th…

Akutagawa Yasushi

Akutagawa Yasushi was a Japanese composer and conductor. He graduated from Tokyo Academy of Music in 1949 and studied composition with Hashimoto Kunihiko, Shimofusa Kanichi and Ifukube Akira at the Tokyo Music School. He was one of the members of Sannin no kai (The Three) along with Dan Ikuma and Mayuzumi…

Ishikura Saburo

Saburo Ishikura is a Japanese actor that has acted in several movies directed by Beat Takeshi. He has also appeared in a few of Takeshi's recent films which include Zatoichi as Boss Ogi and Asakusa Kid. He has also made an appearance in Gaki No Tsukai Batsu, "Newspaper Agency" as a man in a golf bag.

Tsukitei Hosei

Tsukitei Hosei, formerly known as Yamasaki Hosei, is a Japanese solo comedian and rakugo performer, signed with Yoshimoto Kogyo. He is best known for being one of the five members (and the only solo comedian) of Downtown Gaki no Tsukai's regular cast. His role on the show is usually divided up between…

Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and musical director, known for his eminent film scores for world famous directors. Hisaishi was born as Fujisawa Mamoru, on December 6, 1950 in Nakano, Japan. At the age of five, he started taking violin lessons, at which he made rapid progress. At the age of nineteen,…

Imaizumi Rikiya

Won the Mito Short Film Festival Grand Prix for Stop Jerking Off(2007) and the Tama New Wave Grand Prix for Two-Timer(2009). He made his commercial feature film debut with the music documentary Tama no Eiga in 2010. I Catch a Terrible Cat(2012) was screened at numerous film festivals overseas, and won…

Kamishiraishi Moka

Kamishiraishi Moka is a Japanese actress, fashion model, singer and TV personality from Kagoshima prefecture. She adopted the name 'adieu' as her singer stage name. Her noteable performances include the films Mirai and A Forest of Wool and Steel, and the dramas Gibo to Musume no Blues and 3 Nen A Gumi.…

Toda Erika

Toda Erika is a Japanese actress born in Nada-Ku, Kobe City, Hyogo prefecture. Toda began her performing arts activities in the fifth grade of elementary school and debuted as a gravure model by the age of 13. She moved to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school and started her acting career…

Amagi Go e

Set in the Amagi Pass in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, this work is based on the theme of "the preciousness of unfading memories" and "eternal atonement." In 1956, Jiro Mochizuki, who runs a printing business in Shizuoka…

Aikatsu Planet!

7.2

Its story is set in Aikatsu Planet, a world where everyone can become cute idols using an avatar. While spending school life, the main characters are aiming to become top idols. Everyday parts such as the main character's…

Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger: The Legacy of the Master's Soul

7.2

Just before the Druidon returned to invade Earth, three masters took much care in assessing their successors-to-be. Isuka, confident in her strength, could not accept Master Pink’s favoring Asuna. Her impatience…

Massan Spin-off

7.5

Episode 1: Massan's sister runs away from Osaka, following a fellow teacher that she admired very much. Episode 2: Yoshiko elopes and finds her way to Ellie's house in Hokaido, just when the family was planning their…

Sideline

7.6

Daigo, his cousin Kensho, Hyuga, Sora, Takaaki, Shinya and Hiromi are longtime friends. They belong to the youth men's club of their neighborhood association. When they were kids, they were always hanging out together,…

Meteor Rain

6.9

Three side stories of Meteor Garden told from the point-of-view of Dao Ming Si, Xi Men and Mei Zuo. The stories happen at different times, including before, during, and after Meteor Garden. ~~ Adapted from the manga…

Mieruko-chan

7.4

One day, Miko, a high school student, suddenly begins to be able to see spirits. Surrounded by extremely dangerous spirits, Miko's survival strategy is to pretend not to see them. Even when her best friend Hana is…

Neo Portraits

7.7

A story of rural Japan in the near future. "Cutting-edge technology" and "things that haven't changed" coexist in this depopulated town. Takumi, an eighth-year junior high school student, felt it strange that the adults…

Count 100

Two years ago, professional boxer Mitsuki rose to the top of the Japanese lightweight championship but lost his first title defense and lost his throne. In the two years since he lost his title, his former brave form…

Yankee-kun to Megane-chan

7.4

Daichi Shinagawa is a bona fide “yankii”, a juvenile delinquent, who attends a prep high school. In fact, his reputation as a supreme tough is so widespread that he can’t walk the street without being challenged…