Uchida Issaku

Uchida Issaku was a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Kyoto, Japan. He was a member of the Directors Guild of Japan (日本映画監督協会). He graduated from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University (早稲田大学) in 1946. Uchida joined Nikkatsu (日活) in 1954,…

Nagahama Fujio

Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…

Uchida Yasuo

Uchida Yasuo was a Japanese cinematographer, video producer, and director. Active during the Showa era, he worked on cinematography for films and television at Shintoho and Toei from the 1950s. In the 1980s, he transitioned to Daiei TV productions and later moved into directing and producing erotic…

Umeda Haruo

Umeda Haruo, born Umeda Akira (梅田晃) in 1920 in Tokyo's Yotsuya district, was a Japanese scholar, playwright, novelist, and essayist specializing in French literature. He graduated from Keio University Graduate School and was involved in writing scripts for stage plays and radio dramas, as well…

Totsuka Mutsuo

Totsuka Mutsuo was a Japanese comedian born in Tokyo, Japan. His father, Fujioka Hajime, was a prominent swordsman actor. Growing up, influenced by his father who was an actor in sword-fighting dramas, he developed an affinity for chambara films and popular theater. After graduating from Tokyo Shibaura…

Nogami Masayoshi

Nogami Masayoshi was a Japanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was born in Shiranuka Village, Shiranuka District, Hokkaido (Currently Shiranuka Town). His son is AV actor Tony Ooki (Nogami Toru.) He graduated from Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo High School (currently known as Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo…

Gomi Kunitaro

He moved to Tokyo, and in 1900 (Meiji 33), when he was 25 years old, he joined the "Takada Minoru Ichiza", which was presided over by the new school Minoru Takada, and made many appearances in Hongo, Tokyo. In 1908 (Meiji 41), Yoshizawa Shoten started appearing in the movie studio Yoshizawa Shoten Meguro…

Tsuchiya Tokio

Tsuchiya Tokio is a Japanese screenwriter and scriptwriter, born in Shinagawa, Tokyo. He has used several pen names, including Kurabari Shuichiro (倉成 柊一郎) and Tsuchiya Tokio O (土屋斗紀O) from 1995 to around 1999. In the "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari" (世にも奇妙な物語) series, he…

Yamashita Kenjiro

Yamashita Kenjiro is a Japanese dancer and actor, and a member of Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE (三代目 J SOUL BROTHERS from EXILE TRIBE). He was born in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, Japan. Due to his parents’ job transfer, he spent his early childhood in Nara, attending Yamato-Koriyama City…

Okada Masaki

Okada Masaki, born in Edogawa-Ku, Tokyo, is a Japanese actor managed by Stardust Promotion. Okada was scouted in Harajuku when he was in the second year of junior high school. Initially, he refused the offer as he was absorbed in the activities of the basketball club. After entering high school he contacted…

Judai no Okami

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kegareta Hankachi" (汚れたハンカチ) by Tsunoda Kikuo (角田喜久雄).

Jinsei Gekijo: Zoku Hishakaku

Upon his release from prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family, who are struggling to regain their turf from their rival, the Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the…

The Medicine Case

~~ Adapted from the novel "Ooka Seidan "(大岡政談) by Tsunoda Kikuo (角田喜久雄l).

Hitosarai

Orihara Kyouko is an insurance saleswoman who lives alone with her daughter Kiyomi. One day, her daughter is kidnapped. (Source: Japanese = TBS || Translation = MyDramaList)

As the Hydra Devours History

Four Filipinos cope with life after a painful political defeat. Kiko, a political strategist, questions the purpose of his lifelong struggle. Bea, a history professor, attempts to teach a past her country would rather…

This Brings Me Here

6.9

Behind the scenes of a print ad shoot for Central Embassy, featuring Mizuhara Kiko. This short is a hybrid documentary, with a fictional character telling the story of that day. (Source: Letterboxd)

RH Plus

6.8

This series follows the daily lives of 4 vampires that live together in a European-style building: Kiyoi is the eldest who takes care of the others, Masakazu is a college student who gets information on criminal activities,…

Buzzy Noise

7.1

Apartment building manager by day and electronic music composer by night, Kiyosumi enjoys his "clean and simple" existence free from relationships and distractions. He only needs his music, or so he thinks. One day,…

Hope

7.5

Ishikawa Kazuto is a first-class architect. He is married to Kiyomi. They have a son, Tadashi, who attends high school and a daughter, Miyabi, who attends middle school. They live together in a refined home designed…

My Beautiful Man Season 2

8.0

Having overcome the obstacles that stood between them in high school, Kazunari Hira and Sou Kiyoi are now dating and even living together. Hira is now in his fourth and final year in college while Kiyoi continues to…