Banned from Broadcast: Saiko! The Large Family

7.4

Canadian filmmaker Veronica Addison, who makes documentaries on family issues around the world, closely follows a very large family in Japan. Although they appear cheerful on the surface, the family has many problems.…

History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

A documentary film showcasing life in postwar Japan as seen through the eyes of a bar hostess. (Source: TMDB)

The Bicycle Thief Was Bad

1.0

One morning, Saito Tetsuo, a factory worker living in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, steals a bicycle.

A Japanese Village

In the very heart of the Japanese mountains, Ogawa discovers a village still dealing with the trauma of global warfare and struggling for survival as their children flee for the cities. (Source: IMDb)

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Suspense 1

~~ Adapted from the novel "Nippon Isshu "Tabi Go" Satsujin Jiken" (日本一周『旅号』殺人事件) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Trials of an Okinawa Village

A boss from a trucking company has run-ins with evil yakuza during the American occupation of Okinawa. Her hometown is threatened by usurers, gangsters and indirectly by American GI influences. She must battle a yakuza…

Evil Spirits of Japan

8.0

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look. Source: theMoviedb

Independence of Japan

7.0

Immediately after the end of World War II, in Japan occupied by GHQ, there were two men who were on par with GHQ. The names are Shigeru Yoshida and Jiro Shirasu. In the late fall of the year of the end of the war,…

The Insect Woman

6.6

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower-class family in Japan in 1918. The film is a metaphor for life in Japan through the middle twentieth century, including World War II. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes,…

Watanabe Tomoaki

Watanabe Tomoaki is a TV producer from Nippon Television.

Motoki Daisuke

Motoki Daisuke is a Japanese actor and former Nippon Professional Baseball player.

Matsuro Ito

Producer. Joined Chubu Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. in 1951 . He has been in charge of "Toshiba Sunday Theater" since the opening of TV. By the time he retired in 1983. He had produced 159 TV dramas.

Miyazaki Shinichi

Shinichi Miyazaki, formerly a producer at Nippon Educational Television in Japan, began his career with Toei Company in 1954 after graduating from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Economics. Initially based at Toei's Kyoto and Tokyo studios, he later moved to Nippon Educational Television (NET)…

Jo Tomoko

Tomoko Jo is a Japanese television producer and the Executive Vice President of BS Nippon. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1980 and began her career at Nippon Television Network Corporation in the Secretariat. Over the years, she worked in various roles, including Chief Producer and Head…

Miyagawa Tomoyuki

Miyagawa Tomoyuki is an executive officer and head of the Programming and Production Department at Nippon Eiga Hoso Kabushiki Gaisha (Japan Movie Broadcasting Corporation). He is from Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Arts at Nihon University. After working at Tohoku Shinsha, he transferred…

Matsubara Hiroshi

Matsubara Hiroshi is a Japanese director and producer. He used to work for TBS but later moved to Nippon TV. In 2002 he won a prize for Best Director at the 34th Television Drama Academy Awards. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hazeyama Hiroko

Hazeyama Hiroko is a Japanese general producer with special status at the Content Production Bureau of Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV). Originally from Kagoshima Prefecture, she moved to Tokyo after graduating from Kagoshima Prefectural Tsurumaru High School to study sociology at Tokyo Women's…

Kitahara Honoka

Kitahara Honoka is a Japanese actress and talent born in Tokyo. She is a member of Sony Music Artists. She has been in charge as the fashion news reporter for Nippon Televisions "ZIP!" since April 2019.

Kitamura Yukiya

Kitamura Yukiya, born April 29, 1974 in Tokyo, is a Japanese actor. His older sister is actress Kitamura Yuri. His father was the late actor Kitamura Kazuo. (Source: Nippon Cinema)