Oshima Arata

Oshima Arata is a Japanese documentary filmmaker, producer, and television director born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. He attended Fujisawa Municipal Kugenuma Junior High School and graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Shonan High School. After two years of preparation, he entered the First Literature…

Oda Kaori

Born in Osaka in 1987. As a filmmaker and artist, Oda’s works explore the memories of human beings through images and sounds. She completed the Hollins University (USA) College of Liberal Arts Film course in 2011, and her graduation work "Thus a Noise Speaks" won the Audience Award at the Nara International…

Nogawa Yumiko

Nogawa Yumiko is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred in several movies, notably "Gate of Flesh" (1964), a Japanese erotic film, part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including "Story of a Prostitute" (1965) and "Carmen from Kawachi" (1966). These films…

Shinoda Masahiro

Shinoda attended Waseda University, where he studied theater and also participated in the Hakone Ekiden long distance race. He joined the Shōchiku Studio in 1953 as an assistant director, where he worked on films by such directors as Yasujirō Ozu. He debuted as a director in 1960 with One-Way Ticket…

Masumura Yasuzo

Masumura was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. He would become known as a maverick director whose main legacy was films portraying and promoting individualism, which was the opposite of the norm in Japanese society. He entered the law department of Tokyo University, but his studies were interrupted when he…

Yamada Ryosuke

Yamada Ryosuke is a Japanese tarento, actor, singer, dancer, and member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of STARTO ENTERTAINMENT (formerly Johnny & Associates) and currently resides in Kanagawa Prefecture. On August 12, 2004, when he was in the 5th grade, Yamada appeared on the variety…

Yamazaki Nanami

Tsuta Tetsuichiro

Tetsuichiro Tsuta studied filmmaking at Tokyo Polytechnic University, where he began using black-and-white 16mm film. His first feature, Islands of Dreams was produced on this now rare format, and his magnificent second film, The Tale of Iya is shot on color 35mm in the mountains not far from his hometown.…

Kita Kana

Kita Kana started her career in 2010, by interpreting the role of Anne in the musical "Akage no An" (Anne of Green Gables). She likes shopping and going to karaoke alone.

Sono Miyako

Real⇔Fake Final Stage

6.4

The group Stellar CROWNS, who are active under the president of Queen Records, Akane, are visiting a Western-style mansion deep in the mountains on a recreational trip. When the five of them were filmed for the fan…

Kimi wa Natsu no Naka

Saeki Chiharu and Toda Wataru are two high school students who share a common hobby. They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends until one day, their relationship takes a sudden twist. What…

Shogi Meal

7.4

Toge Nayuta is a professional Shogi player. Her games last for about 10 hours. She also thinks carefully about what she will eat during breaks in the game. Her choices in meals helps her win games. ~~Based on the manga…

When You Wish Upon A Star

7.5

Tsutsumi Kotaro is a teenager living in Toyama Prefecture who fails to get into a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Kotaro's mother, afraid of what others will think, decides to send Kotaro off to distant relatives…

Reincarnation

6.9

35 years ago, a random act of violence was committed at a tourist hotel. A college professor, possessed by madness, went on a killing spree, slaughtering 11 hotel guests and employees. While recording his acts of violence…

Bittersweet

7.1

Eda Maki works for an advertising agency at a large company. She is single and doesn't have good luck with men. She also isn't very good at cooking and likes eating junk food. One day, she meets Katayama Nagisa. He…

Higanbana - Women's Crime File

7.2

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department creates a new division that consists of five female detectives. The new division is called Higanbana, which is a flower with a poison root. The five female detectives have their…

Hyakumonogatari Kaisei Buddha: AKB48 Lantern Temple to the Other World

6.1

Scary stories offered up for entertainment by members of the AKB48 idol group. Eight AKB48 members sit in a circle and tell each other about scary happenings in a send up to unexplained events, mysterious worlds, and…

Doko e Dashite mo Hazukashii Hito

A documentary that follows Kazuki Tomokawa, a cult artist and singer, painter, and poet, who has been crazy about horse racing. He made his record debut in 1974, and later began his career as a painter, holding his…

Assassination Classroom

7.7

A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon and warns that Earth will be next if not stopped by March. It demands to become the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School, and the powerless…