Actress

6.0

The film tells the story of famous Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka.

The Way of the Director

4.0

Kitagawa and Saito, both aspiring to be a movie director, win awards at a movie festival but can't become a professional movie director. With support from a small theater manager named Araki, Saito decides to make…

Watari Ninja Boy

6.9

~~Based on the manga by Shirato Sanpei.

100 Years of Japanese Cinema

6.9

Nagisa Oshima explores the first century of Japanese cinema.

Goodbye, Flickmania

10.0

Miss Kurosawa 2

On December 23, Kurosawa Kazuko goes to her favorite bar with friends Mitsuura Yasuko, Ookubo Kayoko, and Tsubaki Oniyakko to drown her sorrows. Not wanting to go home, Kuzuko and Kayoko then goes to another bar. There…

Miss Kurosawa

Kurosawa is the only member of the female comedy trio Morisanchu who is still unmarried. Miyuki Oshima has married a broadcast writer and Tomoko Murakami’s husband is in the apparel industry, leaving Kurosawa as…

BAUS: The Ship's Voyage Continues

Two brothers start working as benshi narrators of silent films in a cinema in the early 20th century. This premise is the jumping-off point for an epic family saga that follows the protagonists and their descendants…

Neko no Kioku

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

7.0

A documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi

Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Kuroki Kazuo

Kuroki Kazuo was born on November 10, 1930 in Matsuzaka, Mie, Japan. He attended Doshisha University, but left before graduating, instead finding employment at Iwanami Productions (Iwanami Eiga). There he directed PR films and documentary films, while also participating in the "Blue Group" (Ao no kai)…

Satomi Akira

Actor and Film Director. Born in Tokyo City Honjo-ku, Mukojima Suzaki-cho . His brother was film director, Eiichi Matsumoto. He started acting in 1923. However, despite his connection to the film industry, Akira had serious bad luck, when it comes to managers and film studios. First he got into a conflict…

Wakahara Harue

Wakahara Harue was a Japanese actress and singer born in Azabu-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from Takarazuka Music and Opera School, she made her movie debut in 1935 with "Hesitate Young People" directed by Satoshi Taguchi, produced by Nikki Tamagawa Film Studio. She also made her singer debut from Polydor.…

Kobori Akio

Kobori Akio is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He dropped out of school in 1930 and studied under Inoue Masao to become an actor. He joined the Yokosuka Heavy Gun Regiment in 1941. In the same year, he married Kobori Yoneko. He returned in December 1945 and was scouted for Toyoko Eiga in July 1947, and…

Wakao Tokuhei

Born in Yamada Town, Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture. The eldest son of Wakao Kinzo (the same grave), an adopted child of the Wakao Zaibatsu and a banker. Relatives are Shohachi Wakao (11-1-10). The wife of architect Kisho Kurokawa and actress Ayako Wakao is her niece. 　Graduated from Keio University…

Oohara Tokio

Tokio Ohara is a director and actress, known for "Nagoshi: Summer purification" (2014), "Nagoshi no Harae" (2016) and "Saotome: The Woman Who Plants Rice" (2014). (Source: IMDB) She is an autodidact filmmaker with an interest in women's social stories. She made shorts and an experimental feature and…

Hoshi Yuriko

Born on December 6 1943, Yuriko Hoshi was one of the younger members of the Toho stable of actors during the 1960s. She made a big impression in the Wakadasho (Young Guy) movies and was recognized for her youthful energy. Eventually she became more known for her roles in kaiju eiga films such as Mosura…

Ishii Teruo

Born in Tokyo's Asakusa neighborhood in 1924, Ishii developed a love of cinema early. His parents would often take him to see foreign films, particularly French movies. Ishii worked at Toho Studios as an assistant director beginning in 1942. His film career was interrupted when he was sent to Manchuria…

Kamei Fumio

Kamei went to the Soviet Union in 1928 to study filmmaking, but had to return home because of an illness. He eventually began working at Photo Chemical Laboratories (PCL), one of the precursors to Toho, where he made a name for himself making documentaries - or "culture films" (bunka eiga) as they were…