Aihara Kyosuke

Omura Senkichi

Small, thin, weasely, buggy-eyed actor typically cast as comic relief. Born the son of a vaudeville entertainer in 1922, Omura made his film debut in 1933 at age 11. He joined PCL (later Toho) in 1934. In 1938 he was sent to war, and was away from Japan until the war’s end in 1945. His first major…

Omi Daisuke

Masuda Toshio

Masuda Toshio is a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. In 1944, he entered Kobe Prefectural First Kobe Middle School and then enrolled in Niihama Technical College. However, in July 1945, he was expelled from the school for opposing the military training conducted by the…

Satsuki Haruko

Kato Takeshi

Kato Takeshi was a Japanese stage and film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films. He graduated from Waseda University. He first became a middle school teacher, but then joined the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1952. He died on July 31, 2015, after collapsing in a sauna. (Source: Wikipedia)

Sakamoto Takeshi

Sakamoto Takeshi was a Japanese actor born in Sakagoshi, Ago, Hyogo, Japan. His real name was Nagai Takehei (永石武平). After graduating from Sakagoshi Elementary School, he initially worked at a watch shop in Osaka, Japan. However, his life took a turn when he attended a magic show performed by…

Nishimura Junji

Nishimura Junji was a Japanese actor born in Hiroshima. He belonged to M3.

Fukuda Jun

Born in Changchun, Jilin Province, China (currently Changchun City). He spent his childhood in Manchuria because his father worked for the South Manchuria Railway. Although he went on to Nihon University, he rarely attended lectures and spent most of the day reading and watching movies. In 1946, Toho…

Suzuki Akira

A Man Who Made Big Breasts a Business

A movie adaptation of Eiji Oshita's original work serialized on Kodansha's Web magazine site MouRa.

The Rainbow Over The River Kwai

Documentary about the so-called Death Railway built by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War. In-depth coverage of Nagase Takashi, who was stationed in Thailand as an army interpreter and spent his life…

The Man with a Sinister Laugh

After getting out of prison, a young yakuza tries to find out who killed his girlfriend, attempts not to get drawn back into crime, and to find his missing sister. (Source: Letterboxd) ~~The 3rd in the Kenju Buraicho…

Unexploded Bomb

6.2

A press conference is held by a large electrical manufacturer. The press conference discusses improper accounting by the company of 150 billion yen. Finance Consultant Ryo Koga manipulates the CEO of the electrical…

Science Investigation S.R.I.: The Laughing Man In Flames

6.0

Makete, Katsu

9.5

Yoshida Shigeru was a proud, stubborn man who stuck to his own principles even when tossed into jail during wartime. He also held his own against General MacArthur, the supreme commander of the allied powers. The two…

Rent a Friend

6.9

Nasa Mochizuki works as an editor for a web magazine. She happens to meet Sota Yanase, who tells her that he can not have romantic relationships with women. He makes a living by renting himself out as a friend. In…

Otomen

7.1

The story centers around the popular high school boy Masamune Asuka, the top kendo fighter in the nation. However, beneath his cool exterior, he is actually fond of sweets and shojo manga and is skilled in sewing and…

A Man Who Defies the World of BL Final

7.5

Mob, who was simultaneously confessed to by his classmates Hatano and Kikuchi, somehow managed to smooth things over and returned to his usual place in the background (a mob, one of the many extras). When he sees middle…

A Man Who Defies the World of BL 2024

7.5

Mob has yet again avoided another scenario where he has almost ended up in a BL relationship! After sending Kikuchi off, Mob goes about his daily life as usual, observing his surroundings and avoiding any potential…