My Blue Oni

7.2

Riko Tsujimura, an editor at a small publishing house in Tokyo, returns to her hometown for the first time in years. A woman, unexpectedly has to face not only her professional challenge, but also her past, full of…

The Secret of the Black Dahlia

8.1

Toyama, an office worker who has been transferred from a rural area to Tokyo. "I'm not good at socializing with people, so I was thinking of a peaceful and free life without socializing with my neighbors. Okazaki of…

My Hero

A story about an 'ikumen' dad and his family showcasing a dual-income couple. Matsumoto Ryo is an IT consultant in Tokyo. While on paternity leave, he becomes exhausted from looking after the children and doing chores,…

In Another Language

Summer 2020. Pedestrians have begun to return to Tokyo. In one corner of a cafe, a man and woman are taking part in a One Coin English Cafe where participants can casually enjoy English conversation for a small price.…

Gray Wall Gear

The stage of this work is Saitama, a suburb of Tokyo in the early Heisei period. Immediately after the bubble burst gangster countermeasures law, there were gangsters who defended the last territory and young people…

"Children of the Hakkyo School Project”, Work-in-Progress 2017

10.0

Documentary about kids growing up as they attend the Korean school in Edakawa in Tokyo's Koto district. Footage covering first-graders in 2010 through graduation was edited as a work-in-progress and given a special…

Cafune

Maye Sora, a 19-year-old university student living in Tokyo, receives news of her grandfather's death. Busy with moving with the help of her friends, she puts off confirming the news. (Source: shortshorts.org)

The Girl at the End of the Line

Tachibana Kiyoko, a student at an all-girls high school in Tokyo met Okusawa Akari, who was wearing a bright blue dress, at the start of the new school year, in her first year of high school. In contrast to the other…

Komuro Tetsuya

Komuro Tetsuya is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and convicted fraudster. He is recognized as the most successful producer in Japanese music history and introduced dance music to the Japanese mainstream. He was also a former owner of the disco Velfarre located in Roppongi,…

Takehisa Chieko

Takehisa Chieko was a Japanese actress from Akita Prefecture who was active in the Showa period. After moving to Tokyo she started at Komatsugawa High School, but entered the movie world at the age of 15 and dropped out. She joined the Enomoto troupe Casino Foley in 1930 at the age of 18. She then she…

Kuribayashi Riri

Kuribayashi Riri is a Japanese adult film actress and entertainer from Tokyo. She made her adult video (AV) debut in May 2008 as an exclusive performer for MAX-A. In February 2009, she transferred to Idea Pocket (アイデアポケット). In June 2009, Kuribayashi made her stage debut in "Benkei: Shizuka…

Mita Monika

Mita Monika is a Japanese actress and idol born in Tokyo, Japan. She is currently a member of the female idol group Aioke and is affiliated with Forside Media. Previously, she was a member of Hakoiri Musume and FLOWLIGHT. In December 2017, she changed her name from Suganuma Monika (菅沼もにか).…

Tamiya Torahiko

Tamiya Torahiko was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo and raised in Kobe. Due to his father's seafaring job, he moved frequently. Tamiya attended the First Kobe Middle School and the Third Higher School, graduating in 1933. He studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where he participated…

Ando Mitsuo

Ando Mitsuo was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He began his career with the Bungakuza theater troupe in 1947 at the age of 18, remaining until 1953. He made his film debut in 1958 with Toei in "Jigoku no Gozen Niji" and continued into the 1960s, appearing in gangster films and action movies…

Isomura Chikako

Isomura Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ueda Hisako (上田寿子). She was affiliated with M Three and was a former representative of the theater company Zokei. She graduated from Nara Women's Higher Normal School. In April 1939, she joined the Art Little Theater…

Suzuki Kazuo

Suzuki Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. His date of death is unknown. He began his acting career as a student. In 1954, he joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company Training Institute. In 1960, he joined the Tokyo Actor's Consumer Cooperative Society. In 1961, he signed a contract with Toho.…

Sono Kayako

Sono Kayako was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo and raised in Tennoji Ward, Osaka. She graduated from Kobe College Faculty of Letters. In 1953, she became an auditor of NHK's Osaka Broadcasting Theater Company, appeared in the station's "Bonus", and has been active since the early days of television.…

Funahashi Seiichi

Seiichi Funabashi was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Mito High School and later from the Faculty of Letters at Tokyo Imperial University. His younger brother, Kazuo Funabashi, was a screenwriter. Seiichi was a member of the Japan Art Academy and was recognized as a Person…