Kadota Ryusho

Kadota Ryusho is a Japanese non-fiction writer and journalist born in Aki, Kochi, Japan. His real name is Kadowaki Mamoru (門脇護). He graduated from Tosa Junior High School and High School, and later from the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Chuo University. In April 1983, he joined Shinchosha…

Namihira Akio

Namihira Akio was a Japanese singer known for his wartime songs. His real name was Namihira Yoshihiro (波平惠弘). He was born in Hirara, Okinawa, Japan. He attended the Kanto State Dai-Ren Second Junior High School but transferred to Miyako Junior High School to prepare for entrance exams to a music…

Ichimura Naoki

Ichimura Naoki is a Japanese actor from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is affiliated with R Crew. Previously, he was associated with the acting department of Tsuburaya Productions and Hoei Television Productions. His official debut was in "Matsubazue no Rugbyman" (1991). At the age of 19, he joined the…

Uesugi Futami

Uesugi Futami is an actress from Nagano prefecture. She belongs to Seinenza Theater Company. She graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Art, majoring in theater. She is a part-time lecturer at the Musical Department of Sakuyo College of Music and a lecturer at the Tokyo Bunraku Gakuin High School.

Okamoto Yoshihiko

Okamoto Yoshihiko was a Japanese film director, television drama director, and journalist, born in Korea during the Japanese colonial period. He attended the Army Officer School (陸軍士官学校) and witnessed Japan's defeat in World War II. Afterward, he joined the Japan Socialist Party (日本社会党)…

Jeong Young Sik

Jeong Young Sik is a South Korean former table tennis player turned commentator and coach. He graduated from Jungwon High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Sports Coaching from Daerim University. He debuted internationally in 2010 and won a silver and a bronze medal at the Asian Games.…

Hatta Naoyuki

Hatta Naoyuki was a Japanese screenwriter born in Otaru, Hokkaido. Actress Hosho Ayako is his wife. In 1927, when he was 21, he joined Katsumi Yotaro Productions. The following March, in 1928, his original story was adapted and made into a movie as a script. In November of the same year, he debuted…

Takashiro Tsuyoshi

Takashiro Tsuyoshi is a Japanese DJ, filmmaker, and writer. Takashiro was born in Tokyo, Japan on August 18, 1964. At university, he received the “Tokyo International Video Biennale" prize. It was the first in his career. After that, he became a filmmaker of CF and music videos. He married actress…

Keavy Eunice Vicente

Keavy Eunice Vicente is a Filipina screenwriter. She first gained critical acclaim for her feature film "Distance" (2018), which premiered at the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival and earned her a nomination for Best Screenplay. "Distance" went on to receive the Bronze Remi Award at the…

Kusamura Hokusei

Kusamura Hokusei was a Japanese novelist born in Takase, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. He is a writer of family novels in the Meiji era. His father was a landowner and a member of the Liberal Party. After graduating from Kumamoto English School (熊本英学校), he moved to Tokyo, where he enrolled in Tokyo…

Sio: 100 Nen Tsutsukuten no Hajimari

A documentary about Toba Shusaku, the owner and chef of the restaurant "Sio", which has been awarded one star in the Michelin Guide Tokyo for four consecutive years. (Source: MyDramaList)

FAKE MOTION: Tatta Hitotsu no Negai

7.5

In 20XX, it is not the strength of study or fighting that determines the superiority or inferiority of high school students, but "table tennis". There used to be fierce battles over the top spot in Tokyo. Ebisu Nagato…

Marebito

6.6

A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Shinya Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo. (Source: IMDb)

Totsugawa Keibu Series 45: Shiga Kogen Satsujin Jiken ~Kurohime Densetsu no Nazo~

A beautiful woman whom Detective Kamei met in Shiga Kogen is shot in front of him and dies. Just before the woman took her breath, she entrusted Kamei with a talisman derived from the "Kurohime Densetsu" that was handed…

Solitary Gourmet

7.8

Inogashira Goro is a private merchant who personally runs his imported dry goods business on his own. Being a man of few words, he prefers to live an uncomplicated, solitary lifestyle. He smokes but doesn't drink alcohol.…

Cinderella Formula

7.6

The University of Tokyo is the most prestigious national & public university in Japan. A charismatic teacher who suffers cancer meets the poor-but-clever girl and he teaches how to overcome the barrier of the entrance…

Kurumi no Heya

6.4

In Tokyo in the 80s, before the Big Bubble: Momoko is the second oldest daugther of four siblings in the Mitamura family. After her father Tadashi Mitamura is laid off from work and suddenly disappears, the sensitive…

2030 Kanata no Kazoku

6.9

In Tokyo in the year 2030, 27-year-old Itakura Kakeru lives in a shared apartment. He is suddenly approached by Ogiwara Misae, his housemate three years his senior, about wanting his help to have a child. Kakeru has…

Heisei Cho Very Good Ikka 199X

The story is set in the suburbs of Tokyo in 199X. A salaryman father, a part-time working mother, a high school–aged daughter, and an elementary school–aged son. An ordinary—or perhaps slightly odd—family of…