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Nakagawa Nobuo
Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews to the Kinema Junpō film magazine. He joined Makino Film Productions in 1929 as an assistant director and worked under Masahiro Makino. When that studio went bankrupt in 1932, he switched to Utaemon…
Matsuda Seiko
Seiko Matsuda is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal idol" by the Japanese media. Matsuda was born in the Kamachi clan, which was from the Saga Genji line and was also a former sengoku daimyo of Yanagawa Domain. However,…
Ieki Miyoji
Though he has never acquired a reputation abroad, Ieki was a distinguished exponent of domestic drama whose films deserve admiration for their intelligence and humanity. He worked initially at Shochiku as assistant to Heinosuke Gosho and Minoru Shibuya, and his debut, Torrent (Gekiryū, 1944), made…
Mizunoya Kiyomi
Mizunoya Kiyomi, born Sada Mizutani (水谷貞) in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She began her career at the age of nine, debuting alongside her aunt, actress Mizutani Yaeko (水谷八重子). As a child, she was a member of the Geijutsuza (芸術座) and its Children’s Drama Group (芸術座童話劇部).…
Kurosawa Toshio
Kurosawa Toshio is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Best known for his role as Ashio Ryurei in "Lady Snowblood" (1973), he was a prominent actor in Japanese cinema during the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. First starting his career at Toho in 1965, on Kihachi Okamoto's…
Naraoka Tomoko
Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…
Kondo Keiko
Japanese nursery rhyme singer and actress She studied under Masayuki Yamamoto, who was a composer exclusively for King Records from the age of 7, and made her debut in 1951 with "Pig Pig Trumpet" . In 1954, King Records became exclusive, and Gyoji Osada, who later became a music culture researcher,…
Kosugi Yoshio
Yoshio Kosugi was born on September 15, 1903 in Tochigi, Japan. He was an actor, known forKakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) and Nihon no ichiban nagai hi (1967). He died on March 12, 1968. Source: IMDb
Eri Chiemi
Eri Chiemi (born as Kubo Chiemi in Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese popular singer and actress. She started her career as a singer at the age of 14 and would continue to record throughout her career. She is considered as one of greatest singers in 20 century's Japan, with many hit songs. Many of her albums…
Kobayashi Akira
Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut in 1956. He solidified his popularity with such films as Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite (A Farewell to Southern Tosa) and starred in the "Wataridori" ("Rambler") and "Senpūji" ("Whirlwind…
Hotaru no Hikari
Japanese Movie - 1938
Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who will soon leave school. They thank her for doing so and go on their…
Light of a Burning Moth
Japanese Movie - 2020
A dancer stops speaking to be a "voice" for silent people. Meeting an old artist, she faces her trauma of her mother's disappearance. Boldly-structured new film by Singaporean director depicts the journey of the heroine's…
Three Lights
Japanese Movie - 20174.9
Masaki and K create music at a warehouse at night. They meet 3 women. Aoi is a childcare worker on a career break. Michiko is a housewife who does not get along with her husband. Aya is a singer, but she doesn't have…
Light of Intricate Patterns
Japanese Movie - 2024
Yuri appreciates her son Kazuma's passion for figures but worries about his ability to get along with the group. Yuri, who works as a writer, visits Edo Kiriko's glass atelier to cover an article. Through the lessons…
