Kazuno Tsuyoshi

Kazuno Tsuyoshi is a Japanese VFX supervisor from Oga, Akita, Japan. He serves as the representative director of Studio Backhorn Co., Ltd. In 1986, he graduated from the Tokyo Designer Gakuin College's Animation Department. He joined the optical synthesis specialized company Den Film Effect and for…

Takakura Ken

Takakura Ken was a Japanese actor best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize four times, more than any other actor. After graduating from Meiji University in Tokyo, Takakura attended an audition on impulse in 1955 at the Toei Film…

Suzuki Sawa

Momoi Kaori

Momoi Kaori is a Japanese actress. Her career has spanned 35 years and over 60 films. For her film performances in Japan, Momoi has won many awards. She has won the Japanese Academy Awards for Best Actress twice and Best Supporting Actress once and was selected Best Actress at the 1983 New York International…

Yamada Yoji

Yamada Yoji is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films and his Samurai Trilogy (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, and Love and Honor). He was born in Osaka. But because of the work of his father, who was an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, from the…

Takeda Tetsuya

Tetsuya Takeda, born April 11, 1949, is a Japanese folk singer and actor. Takeda is perhaps most known in Japan for his starring role in the Tokyo Broadcasting System's long-running, highly rated television drama Sannen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei.

Nishida Naomi

Naomi Nishida is a Japanese actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2001 Yokohama Film Festival and the 25th Hochi Film Award for her performance in "Nabbie's Love".

Natsukawa Yui

Natsukawa Yui is a Japanese entertainer. She was born on June 1, 1968 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan. She is a left-hander (but she writes with her right hand). She was given a Best New Talent award at the 1995 Yokohama Film Festival for her role in Yoru ga mata kuru. Other recognitions: 50th Television…

Mifune Toshiro

Toshiro Mifune was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, from 1948 to 1965, in works such as Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo. He also portrayed Musashi Miyamoto in Hiroshi Inagaki's…

Horikita Maki

Horikita Maki is a former Japanese actress. She debuted in 2003 and has starred in numerous Japanese television dramas, television and magazine advertisements, and movies. Horikita's popular roles include the introverted high school student Nobuko Kotani in Nobuta wo Produce, the righteous law student…