Ito Maki

Ito Maki is a Japanese professional wrestler, singer and actress. She is a member of group "Toki wo Ikiru", a sub-member of "Maintenance" and an ex-member of "LinQ".

Abe Kusuo

Kusuo Abe was born on July 24, 1910 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan as Ishitaro Ito. He was an actor and cinematographer, known for Ikiru (1952), Miyamoto Musashi (1961) and Miyamoto Musashi IV: Duel at Ichijyo-ji Temple (1964). He died on November 2, 1965 in Kyoto, Japan.

Muraki Yoshiro

A Japanese production designer, art director, and costume designer. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in the films Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Kagemusha (1980), and Ran (1985). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for…

Sera Akira

After graduating from Hiroshima Prefectural Fukuyama Seishikan Junior High School (currently Hiroshima Prefectural Fukuyama Seishikan High School ), he graduated from the Spanish Department of Osaka Foreign Language School. 1935 (Showa 10), participated in the founding of the Osaka joint troupe with…

Hayasaka Fumio

Hayasaka Fumio is a Japanese composer born in the city of Sendai on the main Japanese island of Honshū. In 1918, Hayasaka and his family moved to Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaidō. In 1933, Hayasaka and Akira Ifukube organized the New Music League, which held a new music festival the year…

Hashimoto Shinobu

Hashimoto Shinobu was a Japanese screenwriter, film director and producer. A frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa, he wrote the scripts for such internationally acclaimed films as "Rashomon" and "Seven Samurai". Hashimoto was born in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan on 18 April 1918. In 1938 he enlisted…

Oguni Hideo

Born in Aomori, Japan, Hideo, was a prolific Japanese writer who completed over 100 screenplays. He is best known for co-writing screenplays for a number of films directed by Kurosawa Akira, including Ikiru, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress. His first film with Kurosawa was…

Shimura Takashi

Takashi Shimura was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ikuno, Hyogo, Japan. His debut as actor was the film Akanishi Kakita (Capricious Young Man, 1936) and cast in the Kenji Mizoguchi's film Osaka Elegy (1936). In company with Toshiro Mifune, Shimura is the actor most closely associated with Akira Kurosawa…

Ayase Haruka

Ayase Haruka is a popular Japanese actress, model and singer. Her immediate family consists of her father, mother and one brother. As a youth, Haruka was active in sports, playing basketball in middle school and competing in the Chugoku region Ekiden tournament (long-distance relay race) during junior…

Kurosawa Akira

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, he directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. Kurosawa entered the Japanese film industry in 1936, following a brief stint as a painter. After…

My Season

Kobayashi Shigeru, the Director of Photography of the documentary film Aga ni Ikiru (Living with the River Aga) spent three years making this documentary in a home for severely mentally and physically handicapped children…

Ikiro!! Hashire!!

The protagonist, Rei, rushes to the hospital after hearing that her husband is critically ill. Rei is a Chinese citizen, and married a man named Akio (55) in order to obtain a residence permit in Japan in order to…

Ikeru Shikabane

Wicked Flowers

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In this surreal, Lynchian debut feature from Japan, an unsuspecting slacker is sucked into a strange and deadly parallel universe when he starts to play a mysterious videogame that seems to kill those who play it.…

A Life Line

Directorial debut from Hokkaido-based photographer Imazu Hidekuni, the long-time photographer for the posters at Asahiyama Zoo. This documentary offers an intimate look at animals in Hokkaido, including a flock of…