Sawamura Haruko

Sawamura Haruko was a Japanese actress born on Rebun Island, Rebun District, Hokkaido. In March 1920 she moved to Tokyo and when she turned 19 years old, she entered the Shochiku Kinema Actor School in Tsukiji. Sawamura made her debut as a movie actress in 1921 by appearing in "Rojo no Reikon" produced…

Naoki Sanjugo

Naoki Sanjugo was a Japanese novelist, screenwriter, and film director, born in what is now Andojimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka Naoki studied at Waseda University's English Department Preparatory Course and then at Waseda University's Higher Normal School English Department, but dropped out due to unpaid monthly…

Kimura Kinka

His real name is Kinnosuke. He was born in Tokyo Iwato-cho (now Ushigome of Shinjuku-ku, Iwato-cho) and grew up in Shintomicho (now Chuo-ku Shintomi ). His father was the first member of the first Ichikawa Sandan troupe, and Kinnosuke also worked as a writer after serving as a child under the name of…

Ikenami Shotaro

Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…

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…

Kawamura Reikichi

Kawamura Reikichi was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Kawamura Ishigoro (河村石五郎). After graduating from the preparatory department of Nishijin Castle Commercial School in Kanda, he made his stage debut at the age of 13 at Shinshaza in Nakasu. He joined an…

Senda Korenari

Japanese stage director, translator, and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is known mostly for founding the Haiyūza theatre company, and translating and directing the works of Bertolt Brecht in post-World War II Japan. He appeared in over 50 films between 1936 and 1970. His stage name comes…

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Kang Min Hee

Kang Min Hee is a South Korean singer and member of MISS $ (미스에스). She graduated from Korea Arts High School and later obtained an associate's degree in Applied Music from Baekseok University of Arts. In 2006, she participated in the OST for the SBS drama "Queen of the Game" and in 2008, she…

Uchida Tomu

Uchida Tomu’s filmography spans two great filmmaking periods separated by a 15-year hiatus due to the war, although his output of primarily genre films and lack of an immediately obvious signature style has meant that he has been overshadowed by contemporaries such as Ozu Yasujirô, Naruse Mikio,…

Bakugyaku Familia

6.3

Hino Tetsu was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu is a middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei. One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather…

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

6.6

The story takes place in the outskirts of Tokyo in the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Overflowing with orphans and refugees from the disaster, the district gets a visit from the female sumo group Tamaiwa…

Daimon: Otoko de Shinitai

4.0

The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the revenge of the youngest one when his siblings were killed by a rival…

Dice and Swords

The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. While everything is being rebuilt from the ground up, and for the sole purpose of expanding their territory and gaining more power,…

Kaze to Kumo to Niji to

8.4

The story of Taira no Masakado, a lord of the Kanto district in the mid-10th century, best known for his failed revolt against the Kyoto government in 903AD.

Yume no Mitsuke Kata Oshietaru!

An elementary school teacher who lost his passion for his job and became lethargic is assigned to an elementary school in the Kanto region. However, the school was just a "bullying eradication model school" with many…

Gachiban Z Proxy War

6.0

While Mori Monji was away in Tokyo the high school was his by a Yanki from North Kanto's Pirhana Gang. The only yankis left are no good at fighting. So they get an idea to call the First and Second Banchos of the Black…

Oliver na Inu, (Gosh!!) Kono Yaro Season 2

6.8

Ten days have passed since the conflict between the semi-criminal group "TMT" and the Yakuza organization "Kanto Myojin-kai" and the death of Myojin-kai's underboss Ryumon. The funeral of Hojo Kasumi, whose body was…

Climber's High

7.1

Based on a novel by Yokoyama Hideo reporting of an airplane crash at the fictional Kita-Kanto Shimbun. The story is based on the real life incident of the 1985 airplane crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. On August…

Anarchist from Colony

8.0

Set in Korea under Japanese rule period. In 1923, an odd rumor spreads that around 6,000 Koreans are massacred after the Great Kanto Earthquake. In order to conceal this event, the Japanese Ministry decides that they…