Kameishi Seiichiro

Kameishi Seiichiro is a Japanese actor, screenwriter, novelist and lyricist.

Matsuo Kayo

Kayo Matsuo is a Japanese actress. She retired from acting following the Kobe earthquake

Kubo Naoko

Kubo Naoko is a Japanese actress, mainly known for her appearances in more than 50 films and many jidaigeki (historical) dramas.

Nanjo Shintaro

Hara Seishiro

Horikita Yukio

Horikita Yukio was a Japanese actor.

Suzuki Mizuho

Suzuki Mizuho is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Manchukuo. He is a drop-out of Kyoto University.

Date Saburo

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Watanabe Chumei

Watanabe Chumei is a Japanese film and television score composer and orchestrator, who has also worked on tokusatsu shows and mecha anime. His son, Watanabe Toshiyuki, is a musician and composer, who also has scored films and anime series. For his work on anime, Watanabe Chumei received an Award of…

Sleeping Village

In 1961, a spectacular criminal case shocks Japan: at what became known as the “Nabari Poison Wine” incident, five people lose their lives at a village social gathering. One of the attendants, Okunishi Masaru,…

Sleeping Man

7.2

Ever since an accident in the mountains outside of town, Takuji has been in a coma. His neighbors care for him. (Source: Letterboxd)

The Sleeping Insect

6.6

Kanako Seri is on a packed bus heading to band practice. She becomes fascinated by a melody being hummed by a fellow passenger, an old woman, a stranger. When the bus reaches Kanako’s stop, she doesn’t get off,…

Nemurubaka: Hypnic Jerks

7.5

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Nemurubaka" (ネムルバカ) by Ishiguro Masakazu (石黒正数).

Sleep in the Shadows

Fuyuki is an established artist who runs several bars in Yokohama. One day, injured Shinji runs into his bar. He always idolizes Fuyuki as his elder brother. Shinji is a member of the charity group which looks after…

Memories of His Scent

High school girl Hinoki has a keen sense of smell. Perhaps it has something to do with her father, who ran a coffee bean roasting store. This sets the quiet and contemplative girl apart from others. When she reads…

Sleeping in the Red Earth

The year is 1949. While digging in ten-thousand-year-old red clay deposits, amateur archaeologist Aizawa discovers stone fragments that he believes to be the relics of ancient humans. But in the postwar construction…

While the Women Are Sleeping

6.1

Kenji Shimizu is a writer. He goes to a resort hotel with his wife for a one week vacation. Kenji Shimizu is bored with his wife and is also in a slump with his writing. He decides to get a job. Kenji just kills time…

The Diamond Sleeping in the Sea

8.3

A grand tale of love, friendship, and family spanning 70 years, set between the coal industry boom in Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, from 1955 and modern-day Tokyo. The story weaves together the bonds of family,…

The House Where The Mermaid Sleeps

7.2

Kazumasa and Kaoruko are in a troubled marriage and have agreed to divorce once their daughter's elementary school entrance exams are over. However, just before they are to rehearse for the oral family interview, they…