Mitsuoka Sanae

Mitsuoka Sanae is a Japanese actress born in Keijo, Korea, during Japanese rule. She temporarily changed her name to Shiroyama Michiko (城山路子) from 1965 to 1966. In April 1941, she entered the elementary section of a national school in Keijo. Around the time of the end of World War II on August…

Matsumoto Taisuke

Matsumoto Taisuke was a Japanese actor born in Tachikawa-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. He was a big star who starred in a large number of historical and contemporary dramas, mainly films directed by Ito Daisuke, in Teikoku Kinema and Nikkatsu. In 1911, he dropped out of the old Tokyo Academy…

Yoshida Kenkichi

Yoshida Kenkichi was a Japanese stage set designer, film art director, costume designer, and typographer born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 17, he exhibited "Engekijin" at the Nikakai exhibition and achieved his first selection. He enrolled in the former Tokyo Bijutsu Gakko (now Tokyo University…

Yamamoto Togo

Yamamoto Togo, born Yamamoto Kenzo (山本鎌藏), was a Japanese actor. He began his career in Hollywood before returning to Japan, where he worked with studios including Shochiku Kamata Studio, Nikkatsu Uzumasa Studio, and Shinko Kinema Tokyo Studio. Born in Negishi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Yamamoto…

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.…

Tsushima Toshiaki

Tsushima Toshiaki was a Japanese composer born in Okayama, Japan. He graduated from Ehime Prefectural Imabari Technical High School, Electrical Engineering Department. He moved to Tokyo and attempted to enter the Tokyo Institute of Technology, but was unsuccessful. Instead, he enrolled in the Music…

Sawamura Sadako

Sawamura Sadako was a Japanese actress and essayist born in Saruwakacho, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ohashi Teiko (大橋貞子). She was also known as an essayist, publishing memoirs such as "Song of Shells" and "My Asakusa." Her older brother, Tomokazu, became the fourth-generation Sawamura…

Ono Asami

Makino Emi

Aiba Karin

Karin Aiba is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She was born on June 17, 1993 in Chiba Prefecture. She is currently represented by Stardust Promotion. -- Nippon Cinema

Shiroi Hamon

7.0

Seventeen years ago, a child was kidnapped from the home of a Kyoto Yuzen dyeing artist, Katsuragi Sawako. However, the perpetrator died and the child went missing, with Sawako spending her days devoted to Yuzen dyeing…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 6: Hagi Tsuwano ni Kieta Onna

Other murders and suicides of former fiancés found in Hagi and Tsuwano, a beautiful little Kyoto. What is the memo left by the daughter who committed suicide? An article written by a female reporter who chased a serial…

Koji Enjo

One morning, a newspaper reported that the chestnuts of the famous temple Engi-ji in Kyoto were burned, and the burnt corpse of the monzeki priest Yanagi Gonsho was found in remains of the place . Yoko, the woman at…

Asian Blue

8.0

An anti-war drama depicting a transport ship that sank off the coast of Maizuru, Kyoto, on August 24, 1945. (Source: Japanese-cinema-db)

Kamogawa Shokudo

7.5

Customers relying on a single line advertisement “Search for food with memories”, finally arrive at Kamogawa Shokudo, which has no signboard or fabric curtain. Those who come to this inconspicuous eatery near Higashi…

Raijingu Jakuchu Tensai Kaku Kakusei Seri

7.6

It tells the rise of Ito Jakuchu, a rich merchant turned talented artist in mid-Edo era Kyoto. He receives the support and admiration of his friend and mentor, Zen monk and poet, Daiten Kenjo. An apprentice from a…

Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku

Set on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, this film tells the story of 15 years between Aono Kai, who transfers to the island from Kyoto, and Inoe Akimi, who grew up on the island and is troubled by parental issues.…

Virgin Snow

7.4

Min moves to Japan with his professor father and quickly falls for Nanae, a kind-hearted aspiring painter he meets at a shrine. Despite cultural and language barriers, they become close, exploring Kyoto and sharing…

Asa ga Kita

8.2

In the late Tokugawa Shogunate, Asa was born as the second daughter of a wealthy merchant in Kyoto, Japan. Later, in Osaka, Asa entered various business fields like coal mines, banks, life insurance. She also founded…

JIN Season 2

8.4

It has been two years since Minakata Jin went back in time to the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate. One day, Sakamoto Ryoma arrives from Kyoto to seek Jin's help. Ryoma says Katsu Kaishu's mentor, Sakuma Shozan,…