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.…

Japan Year Zero

Documentary about Japan that was shaken by the US-Japan security pact struggles and student disputes. (Source: theMoviedb)

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

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…

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).

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)

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.

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,…

Ohira Futoshi

Ohira Futoshi is a Japanese producer, who currently serves as the Special Division Chief of the Production Department at Nippon Television Network Corporation. He joined Nippon Television in 1990 and was involved in drama production until around July 1998. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation…

Kato Taku

Born in 1969 in Nara, KAto Taku has been working for the Japanese public broadcasting company NHK since 1991. His documentary Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter (2017) was shown on Nippon Connection 2018. (Source: NipponConnection)

Matsumura Ayumi

Television producer , screenwriter, and director who belongs to the Deputy Director of Coordination at the Drama Center of the Nippon Television Production Bureau . Born in Tokyo .

Mariko

Born in Fukuoka prefecture as Mariko Hiura (Koga, after her husband). In 1984, she won the Grand Prix at the 9th audition project "All Japan Young Selection Star is You !!" of Nippon Cultural Broadcasting's "Decision! All Japan Kayo Selection". She is a singer and actress. She also use sometimes stage…

Hojo Hideji

Proceed to the preparatory course of Osaka Municipal Kosei Commercial School (currently Osaka Municipal Tennoji Commercial High School ). He joined Nippon Electric Power in 1920 without advancing to the main course of the school . While working at the company, graduated from Kansai University's Department…

Iwato Shisetsu

He was a Benshi and could read and translate English scripts. After that, he made his debut as a movie director at the company, and a work called "Nippon Sakura" released at "Daiichi Bunmeikan" on May 23, 1909 (Meiji 42). Shooting of the work is, in the 10 years after Toyojiro Takamatsu "the activities…

Suzuki Kensaku

Suzuki Kensaku was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Yokohama. He was active in the Nikkatsu contemporary drama during the silent film era. He became a film director at the Komatsu Shokai Takadanobaba studio after being involved in the recording of performances at the Nippon Phonograph…

Kodama Kinuyo

Kinuyo Kodama is a Japanese actress and member of “Imouto”, a group of idols selected through a 2003 audition to find “younger sisters” for celebrity Takashi Fujii. She was born on February 26, 1990 in Chiba Prefecture. (Source: Nippon Cinema)

Matsumura Tatsuo

Matsumura Tatsuo was born December 18, 1914 in Yokohama City, Kanagawa as the third son of his family. His father, Takeshige, served as a board member for Nippon Columbia. During college, he belonged to a rugby club. In 1938, he graduated from Hosei University and formed a theater troupe. He was recruited…

Takayanagi Ryoichi

Takayanagi Ryoichi is a former actor and Kadokawa Shoten editor. He is currently serving as a director of Grape, an affiliate of Nippon Broadcasting System.