Ikenami Shotaro

Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…

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…

Kimura Kinka

His real name is Kinnosuke. He was born in Tokyo Iwato-cho (now Ushigome of Shinjuku-ku, Iwato-cho) and grew up in Shintomicho (now Chuo-ku Shintomi ). His father was the first member of the first Ichikawa Sandan troupe, and Kinnosuke also worked as a writer after serving as a child under the name of…

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Senda Korenari

Japanese stage director, translator, and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is known mostly for founding the Haiyūza theatre company, and translating and directing the works of Bertolt Brecht in post-World War II Japan. He appeared in over 50 films between 1936 and 1970. His stage name comes…

Kang Min Hee

Kang Min Hee is a South Korean singer and member of MISS $ (미스에스). She graduated from Korea Arts High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Applied Music from Baekseok University of Arts. In 2006, she participated in the OST for the SBS drama "Queen of the Game" and in 2008, she…

Naoki Sanjugo

Naoki Sanjugo was a Japanese novelist, screenwriter, and film director, born in what is now Andojimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Naoki studied at Waseda University's English Department Preparatory Course and then at Waseda University's Higher Normal School English Department, but dropped out due to unpaid monthly…

Kawamura Reikichi

Kawamura Reikichi was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Kawamura Ishigoro (河村石五郎). After graduating from the preparatory department of Nishijin Castle Commercial School in Kanda, he made his stage debut at the age of 13 at Shinshaza in Nakasu. He joined an…

Uchida Tomu

Uchida Tomu’s filmography spans two great filmmaking periods separated by a 15-year hiatus due to the war, although his output of primarily genre films and lack of an immediately obvious signature style has meant that he has been overshadowed by contemporaries such as Ozu Yasujirô, Naruse Mikio,…

Mimasu Yutaka

Mimasu Yutaka was a Japanese actor from Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. His death date is unknown. He graduated from private Meisei Commercial School. Takada made his stage debut at Misakiza in 1907. In 1921, he joined Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio and made his debut in the movie world with "Hika".…

The War Without Weapons

Immediately after the Great Kanto Earthquake hit Japan's economy in 1212. At that time, governments and capitalists enacted security control laws and started to repress proletarians. Biologist Nobuharu Yamamoto, who…

Dorei Kojo

The bad situation of employees at Kanto Iron Works, causes them to form a trade union and making an attempt to change their working conditions. Soon, however, the newly created union has to fight not only with the…

Death Water

6.5

Something is amiss in the Kanto region. As earthquakes rock the area, journalist Togakure Kyoko investigates a series of mysterious suicides. In all the cases, the victims showed symptoms of delusion and unnatural…

Genkai Shuraku Kabushiki Kaisha

7.4

In a small village in the Kanto regioin, which is surrounded by mountains, residents and a management consultant (Shosuke Tanihara) struggle to rebuild the village through its only industry, farming. When Masato (Takashi…

Shura no Koya 2: Shukumei Hen

Four years after the yakuza conflict that shook the Kanto region, Yuto is released from prison and tries to live an honest life. However, he is inevitably drawn into a new conflict between the Ryuzoji family and the…

Gray Zone

The Kurosaki and Shirakawa families are gangsters who reign the Kanto region. They have been hostile for a long time and remain entangled in a fierce conflict. In the meantime, the head of the Kurosaki family, Kurosaki…

Zessho Rokyoku Story

Asakusa’s Mokubatei is the only theater in the Kanto region that regularly bills Rokyoku—a form of narrative singing accompanied by shamisen. Backstage, a variety of lives intersect, and the art is passed down…

Kazeyo Arashi yo Gekijo Ban

In the midst of the chaos following the Great Kanto Earthquake, a woman is massacred by the military police. The story is about a woman named Ito Noe, a women's liberation activist. Noe grew up in a poor family but…

Pocket ni Boken wo Tsumekonde

7.5

Madoka Akagi grew up in a port town in the Kanto prefecture of Japan. After graduating from university, she moved to work at ADventure, a small advertising agency in Tokyo. She came to Tokyo in search of her dreams,…