Shin Yukiguni

4.0

Shibano Kunio was bankrupted. He visited snowland spa aria to commit suicide. But then he met Geisha Moeko and she gave him power to challenge life one more time. (Source: AsianWiki)

Shin Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko 16: Yokisenu Hanataba

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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…

Shin Ten Made Todoke Season 2

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 17: Kuhaku no Album

3.0

X-ROADS

A Matter of Time

Shin Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko 18: Kokoro no Tenshi

4.0

Shinshun Mystery: Kaimaku Bell wa Hanayaka ni

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kaimaku Beru wa Hanayaka ni" (開幕ベルは華やかに) by Ariyoshi Sawako (有吉佐和子).

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…

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…

Hanayagi Yoshiaki

Hanayagi Yoshiaki, born Aoyama Masaru (青山勝) in Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by actor Hanayagi Shotaro (花柳章太郎) at a young age. He made his stage debut in November 1933 at Meijiza Theater (明治座) in Kyoenroku (侠艶録). Later, he mentored younger actors in the…

Azuma Shizuko

Azuma Shizuko was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Toho Acting School (東宝演技研究所), she became a contract actress with Toho (東宝). She made her film debut in the 1953 movie "Himawari Musume" (ひまわり娘). Following the end of Toho's exclusive actor…

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…

Iizawa Tadasu

Iizawa Tadasu, born Iizawa Tadasu (伊澤紀) in Wakayama, Japan, was a Japanese playwright, director, and novelist. He graduated from the Tokyo Higher Normal School's affiliated elementary school in 1922 and entered Musashi High School (武蔵高等学校) that same year. However, he struggled with…

Kako Zanmu

Kako Zanmu, born Kaku Yasugoro (賀古保五郎) in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese film director, producer, and novelist. He began his career in the arts as a playwright for new-school theater and later joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所), a major Japanese film studio.…

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…

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…

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…