Yokoo Dekao

Yokoo Dekao was a Japanese film actor active from the 1920s to the 1950s. He featured in over 90 films. Born in Saga Prefecture, Yokoo studied Western painting at the Tokyo Bijitsu Gakko (now the Tokyo University of the Arts). He joined the art department of the Shochiku studio in 1923, eventually becoming…

Yamamura Misa

Yamamura Misa was a Japanese novelist and a mystery writer favored as the queen of both mystery novels and tricks in Japan, often compared to Agatha Christie. Her spouse is Takashi Yamamura, a painter and a retired high school teacher. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kamiyama Sojin

He appeared in over 70 films between 1917 and 1954. He was the subject of a 1995 TV documentary by the Japanese film director Nobuhiro Suwa. He was born in Sendai, Japan and died in Tokyo, Japan. His wife was actress Uraji Yamakawa.

Nishioka Yoshinobu

Nishioka Yoshinobu was a Japanese art director and film producer born in Asuka, Nara, Japan. While studying at the Faculty of Literature at Hosei University, he was conscripted and experienced the end of World War II on the Korean Peninsula. He was detained in the Soviet Union until 1947, and upon returning…

Mori Mitsuko

Mori Mitsuko, real name Murakami Mitsu, was a Japanese actress. In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed the stage play Hōrōki (放浪記 "A Wanderer's Notebook") 2,000 times. She was born in Kyoto, Japan. On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded…

Sugai Kin

Kin Sugai was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Funeral. Sugai is famous for her role in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.

Tanaka Rena

Actress and TV personality. In 1999, she won the Japanese Academy Award for 'Best Newcomer' for her performance in Give It All. I n 2001 she received a 'Best Actress' nomination for Hatsukoi.

Nakatani Miki

Miki Nakatani is a Japanese actress and singer. She is most known for her appearance in the 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film "Ring". Nakatani starred in Hideo Nakata's "Chaos". She co-starred in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's horror film "Loft" with Etsushi Toyokawa. She won the Best Actress…

Watanabe Ken

Ken Watanabe is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award…

Miura Haruma

Miura Haruma was a Japanese actor and singer signed with Amuse, Inc. He debuted as a member of the J-pop group Brash Brats, which went on hiatus in 2005. Miura remained active as an actor, gaining popularity in Gokusen 3 and the 2007 film "Koizora". He starred in his first leading role in the manga-based…

Crows Explode

7.0

A month has passed since Suzuran High's leader Takiya Genji graduated. New fights begin to see who will climb to the top at the school. Meanwhile, a battle against nearby Kurosaki Industrial High School begins. (Source:…

Umigame A Turtle’s Promise

A fantasy film based on a true story about a boy who comes of age and the sea turtle legend passed down at Kajima Harbor in Ibaraki Prefecture. Kajima Harbor is bustling in Japan's period of rapid economic growth.…

Nihon Toitsu 69

Minami's death enraged not only Himuro Renji and Tamura Yuto, but the entire Kyowakai. The Kyowakai tries to launch an all-out attack, but Kawatani Yuichi, feeling devastated after losing his wife, forbids all executives…

Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa

7.4

In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of the dead wife of Detective Genji Ando. Banned from the investigation,…

Haru no Sanmyaku

After graduating from high school in Tokyo, Tomoko returns to her hometown. She wants to find a job there, to help her mother and younger brother. Due to the fate, immediately after her arrival, she manages to find…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 10

On Oki Island, a young man drowns in a small pond, laughing as he dies. An elderly islander, Ono Senichi, mutters that it is the curse of Emperor Go-Toba. Six months later, in an old residence in Shinagawa, Tokyo,…

Yonigeya Honpo

7.3

Need help managing your finances? Up to your ears in debt? Rising Sun is the consulting firm that you need on your side. Too late for stopgap measures? Is running away or suicide the only way out? Turn once again to…

Ore no Sensei

4.0

46-year-old Nishi Kotaro is a struggling manga artist. He once made a lot of royalties from hit works, but went into slump after that and has lived in obscurity for the last 10 years. He has also not only nearly used…

Nihon Ginji

Genji Monogatari