Egawa Ureo

Egawa was born in Kanagawa Prefecture to a German father and a Japanese mother. His name "Ureo" is a Japanification of his German name "Willy". He joined the Taikatsu film studio in 1920, but not finding stable work, he joined a gang of delinquents. Egawa of this period became the model for Ton Satomi's…

Imai Masayuki

Imai Masayuki was a Japanese playwright and actor born in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He was a member of the Ground Self-Defense Force before starting his acting career in the second half of the 1980s. The founder of the stage company Elle Company, he was the author and the main actor of the play…

Nakao Akira

Nakao Akira was a Japanese actor, TV personality, and artist from Kisarazu, Chiba. Nakao was represented by the Furutachi Project agency. Nakao attended Chiba Prefectural Kisarazu High School from 1958 and entered Musashino Art University from 1961. Also in 1961, he was selected in the "5th Nikkatsu…

Choi Moo Ryong

Choi Moo Ryong was born in Paju, Gyeonggi province, Korea. He was one of the popular actors of the 1960s, along with Shin Young Kyun and Kim Jin Kyu. Choi gained popularity for his handsome appearance and masculine image. Choi's personal life was as dramatic as his starred films, so he always garnered…

Tanba Tetsuro

Tanba Tetsuro, born Tanba Shozaburo (丹波正三郎), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, entertainment promoter, and paranormal researcher. He founded the Tamba Production Company (丹波プロダクション) and the actor training institute Tamba Dojo (丹波道場). Additionally, he researched spiritualism…

Kobayashi Keiju

Kobayashi Keiju was a Japanese actor born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He began acting at the Nikkatsu studio after dropping out of Nihon University and made his film debut in 1942. In a career that spanned 65 years, he appeared in over 250 films. He died on September 16 2010 of heart failure at the…

Dan Reiko

Muraki Shinobu

Muraki Shinobu (maiden name Nagaoka) was a Japanese art director and a production designer. She was married to art director Muraki Yoshiro.

Kuji Asami

Kuji Asami was a Japanese actress and singer.

Sato Sakichi

Unchained

Nishi Kengo (42), a former gang member and ex-convict, runs "Mirai no Sato", a residential rehabilitation facility for troubled youth. From juvenile delinquents and social recluses to children from broken homes, Nishi…

Tokyo

Tokyo!

6.8

Three short films compose the movie. Each segment is freely inspired by Tokyo and shot in the heart of the city. "TOKYO!" is a symphony interpreted in three dissonant parts, reflecting the image of the metropolis.…

Tokyo Salad Bowl

7.8

Koda Mari is a green-haired police officer in the International Investigation Unit of the Higashi-Shinjuku Police Department. Energetic and cheerful, she's dedicated to helping anyone in need, regardless of nationality.…

Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween - Decisive Battle

7.9

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Tokyo Revengers" (東京卍リベンジャーズ) by Wakui Ken (和久井健).

Tokyo Girl

7.9

Miho, a high school student, refuses to approve of her widowed mother's potential husband when they meet each other at a restaurant. As she flounces out of the restaurant, she drops her cell phone. At the moment there…

Tokyo Story

7.9

An elderly couple, Shukichi and Tomi Hirayama, leaves their small coastal village in southern Japan to visit their married children in Tokyo. Their eldest son, Koichi, a doctor running a clinic in a working-class part…

Tokyo Vice

8.1

It tells the story of Jake's daily descent into the neon-soaked underbelly of Tokyo, where he embeds himself into the police squad and becomes enmeshed in the hidden, complex, and corrupted cultures of the city's vice…

Tokyo Vice Season 2

8.1

~~ Loosely inspired by the memoir "Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan" (トウキョウ・バイス: アメリカ人記者の警察回り体験記) by Jake Adelstein. ~~ Co-production with…

Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room

8.3

Tokyo MER was formed by order from the Governor of Tokyo; it stands for Tokyo Mobile Emergency Room. The members are emergency care professionals who go to sites of dangerous accidents and disasters using ER cars.…