Another Battle

6.0

While the film is a remake of the original Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, it has no direct similarities. Set in Osaka, it focuses on former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo and Tochino Masatatsu as their…

Shin Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko 14: Socho no Tegami

8.0

Shin Ten Made Todoke

Shin Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko 15: Shiranakatta

4.0

Shomuni Special 2

7.3

As the year 2000 approaches, Manpan has contracted a team of computer experts to counter the anticipated threat of malfunctions to the system when the Y2K bug hits. Meanwhile, Terasaki and Nonomura are about to deliver…

Shin Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko 16: Yokisenu Hanataba

8.0

Prostitute Killers

Three men, fed up with prostitutes and their perceived role in breaking up happy marriages, decide to go out and hunt down as many prostitutes as they can find. When the police are unable to solve the case, the prostitutes…

The New Shaolin Temple

"The New Shaolin Temple" kicked off with a decisive battle between Li Shi Min and Wang Shi Chong, showing various thrilling and dramatic stories that Li Shi Min experienced in his process of unifying China. Li Shi…

A Matter of Time

Shinjuku Punk Rescue Squad

10.0

In the hard-playing entertainment district that is Shinjuku, Tokyo, it seems only fitting that so are the members of the local rescue squad. Former bike gang members Hideki Go and Goro Todoroki are a pair of mischievous…

Okuyama Masako

Okuyama Masako is a Japanese actress from Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan. After graduating from junior college, she joined the Brecht Study Group led by Senda Koreya (千田是也) and later became a member of the New Theater People’s Club Marui (新演劇人クラブ・マールイ). She made her debut in…

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Kusamura Hokusei

Kusamura Hokusei was a Japanese novelist born in Takase, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. He is a writer of family novels in the Meiji era. His father was a landowner and a member of the Liberal Party. After graduating from Kumamoto English School (熊本英学校), he moved to Tokyo, where he enrolled in Tokyo…

Nagahama Fujio

Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…

Sakura Hisako

Sakura Hisako, born Kanzaki Fujiko (神崎不二子) in Otemachi, Hiroshima, Japan, was a Japanese actress and former musume-yaku performer of the Takarazuka Girls' Revue (宝塚少女歌劇団). Later in life, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Ogasawara Nichio (小笠原日凰). She was also…

Omori Yoshio

Omori Yoshio, born Suganuma Tsunekichi (菅沼常吉) in Kiryu, Gunma, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He studied English at Waseda University (早稲田大学), where he became involved in the university's drama club. After graduating in 1934, he worked with Leftist Theatre (左翼劇場) and Chuo Theatre…

Ikeda Tadao

Ikeda Tadao was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Sendagaya, Harajuku, Tokyo. He graduated from the Literature Department of Bunka Gakuin (文化学院). Ikeda was affiliated with several theater companies, including Gekidan Sokakuza (劇団創作座), Shinkyo Gekidan (新協劇団), Gekidan Gendaiza…

Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Oda Masao

Oda Masao, born Saiki Masao (斎木政雄) was a Japanese actor born in Waseda, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. He later changed his name to Oda Masao (織田真佐男). He began his acting career at age six and graduated from Tokyo Prefectural School of Arts (東京府立工芸学校). In 1930, he enrolled…

Chikamatsu Yoshie

Chikamatsu Yoshie, born Uematsu Yoshie (植松芳枝) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She previously performed under the stage names Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松よし枝) and Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松良枝) She joined the Shinpa Theater Company (劇団新派) in 1945 and left in…