New Song - Azuma's Moon

2.0

This work featured dances by four hangyoku or apprentice geisha from the Shinbashi district in Tokyo. (eiga9.altervista.org)

The Taste of Tea

7.4

A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film…

Always: Sunset on Third Street

7.8

In 1958, with the impending completion of Tokyo's TV broadcasting tower as a symbol of Japan's escalating post-war economic recovery, rural schoolgirl Mutsuko arrives from the provinces to begin her first job with…

Drops of God

7.9

Alexandre Léger is the founder of a world-famous red wine guide and an authority on wine. He dies at his home in Tokyo, Japan. He has one child, Camille, but after Alexandre Léger divorced when Camille was 9 years…

Trace

7.8

Reiji Mano is a forensic science researcher at the Scientific Research Laboratory in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is good at his job, possessing a vast amount of knowledge and having excellent technique.…

A Restaurant with Many Problems

8.1

Tanaka Tamako, betrayed by her boyfriend-turned-chef and arrested after an incident involving sexual harassment of her friend, resigns from her male-dominated restaurant job. She opens a bistro on a rooftop in Jingumae,…

Ichikei’s Crow: The Criminal Court Judges

7.9

Iruma Michio is a devil-may-care, unorthodox criminal judge at the Tokyo District Court’s first criminal court. He used to be a lawyer and was deeply involved in a past case that was behind his transformation into…

Solitary Gourmet Season 2

7.7

Inogashira Goro, the food-loving, teetotaler, solitary merchant. Once again, he travels in and around Tokyo, visiting clients while checking out local cuisine and eateries along the way. This season, Inogashira indulges…

Where Does the Sea Begin

8.4

Tsukioka Natsu is 28 years old. He works for a printing company in Tokyo. One day, Tsukioka Natsu hears that Nagumo Mizuki died. They were in a romantic relationship when they attended the same university. They broke…

Alice in Borderland

8.9

Arisu Ryohei—a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man—suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.…

Tamba Yoshitaka

Yoshitaka Tamba (丹波 義隆 Tamba Yoshitaka?, born July 13, 1955) is a Japanese actor. He is the eldest son of actor Tetsurō Tamba. In 1973, while attending high school, he landed a part in the movie Sumi yuriko directed by Omori Kenziro. He also appeared in the movie Aoba shigeru reru around the…

Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

Egi Toshio

Toshio Egi was born on June 4, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor and producer, known for High and Low (1963), Yuki no Concerto (1991) and Zatôichi monogatari (1974). Child activity started at the age of three. Since 1959, he has been active mainly in Nikkatsu films, and has performed with numerous…

Takamine Mieko

Mieko Takamine was born on December 2, 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for The Inugami Family (1976), Sanada Yukimura no bouryaku (1979) and Hana no nagadosu (1954). She died on May 27, 1990 in Japan. She had a hit song - "Kohan no yado" (Lakeside Hotel) in 1940. (Source: IMDb)

Ohara Go

A brother of actor Ken Ohara. Action Director: - Gothic & Lolita Psycho | Gosurori shokeinin (2010) - Slackers 2 | Surakkazu: Kizudarake no yujo (2009) - Oneechanbara: The Movie - Vortex (2009) - Shaolin Baba (2008) - Chanbara Beauty: The Movie | Oneechanbara: The Movie (2008) - Death Trance (2006)…

Kitabayashi Tanie

Kitabayashi Tanie was a Japanese actress. Born Reiko Ando in Tokyo, she began as a stage actress. Early in her career, she became well-known for portraying older women. Kitabayashi was a founding member of the famed Mingei Theatre, founded in 1950. In 1960, she won best actress awards at the 10th Blue…

Takama Kenji

Takama Kenji is a Japanese cinematographer born on March 10, 1949 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a member of the Japanese Society of Cinematographers. As a student at Tokyo Metropolitan University, Takama Kenji first studied Economics. Later he began working as a camera assistant at Wakamatsu Productions and…

Kaneko Nobuo

Kaneko Nobuo was a Japanese actor, culinary researcher, host, and talent born in Shitaya, Tokyo, Japan. He grew up in a family of dentists and struggled with tuberculosis from a young age, facing a prognosis that he might not live past 20. Despite his health challenges, he graduated from Kyoka Gakuen…

Nishiyama Mayuko

Mayuko Nishiyama was born on January 21, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Byakuyakô (2006), Renai shashin (2003) and Sen no kaze ni natte (2004).

Ishidate Tetsuo

Ishidate Tetsuo was a Japanese actor born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After working as a 13th gen member of the Haiyuza Theater Company and a member of the Bungakuza Theater Company, he made a big break in the 1970 TV drama "Oku-sama wa 18-sai". He starred in a number of family dramas in…