Fujiwara Kamatari

Fujiwara got his start in the Asakusa Opera Company at the age of 15 and continued pursuing music until the Great Kanto Earthquake. He transitioned into theater, performing in comedy with fellow actor Enomoto Kenichi. Fujiwara began appearing in comedies for PCL in the 30s; after the merger with Toho,…

Fujiwara Tatsuya

Fujiwara Tatsuya is a Japanese theater and film actor. In theatrical works, he is known for collaborating with Ninagawa Yukio, one of the most influential directors in Japan. He started his career in theatre, before his screen debut, with the title role of Shintoku-maru, the boy who has an obsessive…

Mito Natsume

Mito Natsume is a Japanese model, presenter, and singer. She debuted as a singer on April 8, 2015 with the song "Maegami Kirisugita," which was produced by Japanese musician Nakata Yasutaka. Mito started working as a model in 2010 and was able to make her 2013 modeling debut in Japanese magazines like…

Suzuki Seijun

Seijun Suzuki was a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are known for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility. He made 40 predominately B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically…

Takahashi Ai

Takahashi Ai is a Japanese pop singer associated with Hello! Project, best known as the current leader of Morning Musume, former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni, and most recently given the leadership role as Hello! Project's leader. Takahashi Ai joined Morning Musume in 2001 as part of the…

Matsuo Satoru

Matsuo Satoru is a Japanese actor, entertainer, and commentator born in Amagasaki, Hyogo. He is affiliated with FMG. He worked as a part-time worker in the organization department of the Sankei Shimbun Osaka headquarters for 3 years, declined the offer to become a full-time employee, and aspired to…

Sakai Miki

Sakai Miki is an actress and J-pop idol singer from Shizuoka, Japan. As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995 Shunji Iwai film "Love Letter" playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her role including…

Nishida Toshiyuki

Nishida Toshiyuki Nishida was an actor born in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Nishida Toshiyuki won two Best Actor awards at the Academy Awards, one for "The Silk Road" (敦煌) in 1988 (Best Actor) an the other for "Free and Easy 6" (釣りバカ日誌６) in 1993. In 2003, he won the Blue Ribbon Award…

Sasaki Nozomi

Sasaki Nozomi, previously known simply as Nozomi during her fashion modeling career, is a Japanese glamour model and former professional fashion model from Akita. Sasaki began modeling at the age of around 14. After working as a fashion model for nearly 7 years, she has become famous as a glamour model…

Takeda Kouhei

Takeda Kouhei is a Japanese actor, entertainer, and model. He is best known for his roles as Kohei Kitahanada in Fuji TV's Hanazakari no Kimitachi e/Ikemen Paradise drama, Otoya Kurenai in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kiva, and the voice of Vaan in Final Fantasy XII. In 2001, he received…

Tokyo Bay

Opening with an aerial pan over post-war Tokyo, a title card informs us that this is just one frame in the “intense struggle for existence” in a city of 10 million before we arrive at the titular bay and a boat…

A Street in Tokyo 1

Operator: [Tsunekichi Shibata] Date: [April 1898] Location: Japan, Tokyo, near the Imperial Palace, Honshu Rickshaw and pedestrian traffic in the street.

Map of the Sounds of Tokyo

6.7

Ryu (Kikuchi Rinko) is a loner who at night works at a fish market and occasionally is a contract killer. David (Sergi Lopez) is a wine-store owner devastated by his girlfriend's suicide. When Ryu is hired to bump…

Giga Tokyo Toy Box

6.8

Momo (Rika Adachi) hopes to become a video game designer. She has applied for numerous jobs in that field, but has failed every time. Finally, Momo is hired as an apprentice to a game programmer. While accumulating…

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

6.7

Mika works in Tokyo as a nurse during the day and at a girl's bar at night. She meets Shinji, who works as a day labourer, and they become attracted to each other. ~~ Adapted from the poetry book "Yozora wa Itsudemo…

Meiji Tokyo Renka

7.0

Set after the drama series "Meiji Tokyo Renka." High school student Mei Ayazuki has traveled back in time to Tokyo in the Meiji period. She meets various historical figures from that time period. The identity of mysterious…

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

7.0

This short focuses on the God Warrior from Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (1984). Super-powered bio-weapons in ceramic armor begin attacking Tokyo, annihilating human civilization.

Silent Tokyo: And So This Is Xmas

7.2

On Christmas Eve, a TV broadcasting station receives a phone call. The caller warns "I have set up a bomb at Ebisu in Tokyo." A contract worker for the TV broadcasting station and a housewife are accused by the Ebisu…

Parallel Tokyo

7.4

A fictional story about news team at a TV station in Tokyo struggling after an earthquake.

La Grande Maison Tokyo

8.3

A talented Japanese chef in French cuisine has devoted his life to food. He opened his own restaurant in Paris and earned two Michelin stars. Hailed as a superstar chef, his confidence has turned into conceit. But…