Satsukawa Aimi

Satsukawa Aimi, born in Aoi, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a Japanese actress and idol. She was discovered by the same Horipro talent scout who discovered Yuka while shopping with her mother in Tokyo at the age of 14. After finishing middle school, she decided to start a career in the entertainment…

Tsugawa Masahiko

Tsugawa Masahiko (January 2, 1940 - August 4, 2018) was born in Nakagyo District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, whose real name is Kato Masahiko. He is a right-wing actor, film director, acting producer, and critic. He was affiliated with the entertainment firm Grand Pa Production, and served…

Kikuchi Rinko

Kikuchi Rinko is a Japanese actress. Kikuchi is the first Japanese actress to be nominated for an Academy Award in 50 years. She is currently Japan's only living female Academy Award nominee in acting categories. She debuted in 1999 under her birth name, Yuriko Kikuchi, with the Kaneto Shindo-directed…

Watanabe Makiko

Watanabe Makiko is a Japanese actress. Winner of the 2013 Asian Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Capturing Dad (Chihi o Tori ni).

Maeda Aki

Maeda Aki is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo. Her agency is Alpha Agency. She graduated from Hosei University Faculty of International Cultural Studies. In 1992, she was scouted while eating with her mother at a hamburger restaurant. She made her debut in the same year with a Takara Mu TV commercial.…

Takama Kenji

Takama Kenji is a Japanese cinematographer born on March 10, 1949 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a member of the Japanese Society of Cinematographers. As a student at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Takama Kenji first studied Economics. Later he began working as a camera assistant at Wakamatsu Productions and…

David Kurata

Kurata Yasuaki is a Japanese actor specializing in action movies. An accomplished martial artist, he has dan ranks in karate (7th degree), judo (3rd degree), and aikido (2nd degree). He is perhaps best known for his extended battle against Jet Li in Fist of Legend and for his villainous role in So Close.…

Mark Lee

Lee Ping Bin joined Taiwan’s major film studio Central Motion Pictures Corp. as a camera assistant in 1977. He was involved in the early, pioneering days of the Taiwanese New Wave. Since “A Time to Live and A Time to Die,”(1985) Lee has collaborated with Hou Hsiao Hsien on “Dust in the Wind,”(1986)…

Ryu Chishu

Ryu Chishu was a Japanese actor born in Tamamizu, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His family resided in Ryojoji Temple, which belonged to the Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha sect, where his father served as a priest. He graduated from Tamamizu Elementary School and then from Tamana Junior High School. Following this,…

Ozu Yasujiro

Yasujiro Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films. Ozu first made a number of short comedies, before turning to more serious themes in the 1930s. Marriage and family, especially the relationships between the generations, are prominent themes…

Tokyo Romance Way

The heroine is a waitress who works at a coffee shop at the Tokyo Tower. Because of the ring she received, a dark cloud hangs over her future with the young man she is dating. (Source: Japanese = Laputa-jp || Translation…

Tokyo Scarlet ~ Keishichou NS Kakari

7.1

The governor of Tokyo is aggravated by an article in an English language magazine which regards it as a problem that there are few female top officials in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police especially its star, the Criminal…

Tokyo Gore Police

6.4

The film is set in a near-future chaotic Japan. A mad scientist known as "Key Man" has created a virus that mutates humans into monstrous creatures called "Engineers" that sprout bizarre weapons from any injury. The…

Tokyo MPD PR Unit 2 Season 2

Following the unprecedented assassination of the Chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Imaizumi Rintaro and Ando Naoshi of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Public Relations Division, Section…

Tokyo Water Police

7.2

To crack down on the rise in waterborne crimes, the Metropolitan Police Department establishes the “Tokyo Water Police Department (Suijo Division).” However, those gathered there are a disparate group with different…

Tokyo Playboy Club

4.9

Set within the Tokyo underworld, Katsutoshi (Nao Omori) finds trouble at work and hides out at his friend Sekichi's (Ken Mitsuishi) night club "Tokyo Playboy Club." Kasutoshi's run in with a waiter (Yasushi Fuchikami)…

Tokyo Raiders

7.1

Lam is the toughest private eye in Tokyo. Despite his small stature and broken Japanese, he owns the Tokyo streets with his suave charisma and John Steed-like fighting skills. He falls in with jilted bride Macy, who…

Until the Lights Come Back

7.1

With his telescope fixed on Tokyo's snow-filled skies, 14-year-old Shota sees a woman, Maiko, leap from the roof of a nearby hospital. Fortunately, she simply lands on the next rooftop, but, seeing she's obviously…

The Next Generation: Patlabor

7.8

In the year of 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. Due to a long running depression, Labors, which are robots used in construction, are fired. The Division 1 of "Patlabor" is also dispersed. Patlabors are used by the Tokyo Metropolitan…

Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween - Destiny

8.0

Hinata is murdered again by the Tokyo Manjikai Gang in front of Takemichi. In order to save Hinata, Takemichi travels 10 years back in time again. Takemichi has to change a key case that can save Hinata. The key case…