Yo-Kai Watch the Movie: Sora Tobu Kujira to Daburu Sekai no Daiboken da Nyan

7.3

The third installment of the very popular franchise “Yokai Watch” will be a hybrid featuring both anime and live action. A giant whale appears and flies above Sakura New Town. With the whale’s sound of crying,…

Takayuki Yamada The Movie 3D

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Interview with Yamada Takayuki about his life, career and interests. (Source: TMDB)

She Is Going to Be a Mayor on X Month X Day, the Movie

1 Litre of Tears

~~ Adapted from the autobiographies "1 Litre no Namida Nanbyo to Tatakai Tsudzukeru Shojo Aya no Nikki" (1リットルの涙 難病と闘い続ける少女亜也の日記) by Kito Aya (木藤亜也) and "Inochi no…

Toshimaen: Haunted Park

6.3

When Saki was a high school student, she often went to Toshimaen Amusement Park with her friends. Now, Saki is a university student. She decides to visit Toshimaen Amusement Park again with her high school friends.…

Motion Picture: Choke

A woman living in an abandoned building leads a primitive life, sustaining herself in a world devoid of speech. She barters with a peddler using a game caught while hunting, and is attacked by bandits who come foraging…

Kamen Rider Drive: Movie Roadshow Commemoration! 1 Minute Stories

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A miniseries created to promote the film Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future, serving as a prequel to the said movie. It has 4 episodes, revealing the story of how and why Eiji Tomari traveled back in time to 2015.

Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Hoshi Yuriko

Born on December 6 1943, Yuriko Hoshi was one of the younger members of the Toho stable of actors during the 1960s. She made a big impression in the Wakadasho (Young Guy) movies and was recognized for her youthful energy. Eventually she became more known for her roles in kaiju eiga films such as Mosura…

Aoyama Erina

Aoyama Erina is a Japanese model, actress and AV idol. She originally started her career as a model with the name Ren Suzuki, but gradually switched her career to AV. While she was working in AV, she had a chance to be in "Sora Aoi's TSUMUGI" (directed by Hidekazu Takahara). She played a role, a daughter…

Satomi Akira

Actor and Film Director. Born in Tokyo City Honjo-ku, Mukojima Suzaki-cho . His brother was film director, Eiichi Matsumoto. He started acting in 1923. However, despite his connection to the film industry, Akira had serious bad luck, when it comes to managers and film studios. First he got into a conflict…

Wakahara Harue

Wakahara Harue was a Japanese actress and singer born in Azabu-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from Takarazuka Music and Opera School, she made her movie debut in 1935 with "Hesitate Young People" directed by Satoshi Taguchi, produced by Nikki Tamagawa Film Studio. She also made her singer debut from Polydor.…

Kobori Akio

Kobori Akio is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He dropped out of school in 1930 and studied under Inoue Masao to become an actor. He joined the Yokosuka Heavy Gun Regiment in 1941. In the same year, he married Kobori Yoneko. He returned in December 1945 and was scouted for Toyoko Eiga in July 1947, and…

Wakao Tokuhei

Born in Yamada Town, Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The eldest son of Wakao Kinzo (the same grave), an adopted child of the Wakao Zaibatsu and a banker. Relatives are Shohachi Wakao (11-1-10). The wife of architect Kisho Kurokawa and actress Ayako Wakao is her niece. 　Graduated from Keio University…

Oohara Tokio

Tokio Ohara is a director and actress, known for "Nagoshi: Summer purification" (2014), "Nagoshi no Harae" (2016) and "Saotome: The Woman Who Plants Rice" (2014). (Source: IMDB) She is an autodidact filmmaker with an interest in women's social stories. She made shorts and an experimental feature and…

Kuroki Kazuo

Kuroki Kazuo was born on November 10, 1930 in Matsuzaka, Mie, Japan. He attended Doshisha University, but left before graduating, instead finding employment at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga). There he directed PR films and documentary films, while also participating in the "Blue Group" (Ao no kai)…

Kamei Fumio

Kamei went to the Soviet Union in 1928 to study filmmaking, but had to return home because of an illness. He eventually began working at Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL), one of the precursors to Toho, where he made a name for himself making documentaries - or "culture films" (bunka eiga) as they were…