Sugai Ichiro

He appeared in more than 140 films between 1930 and 1971.

Nakadai Tatsuya

Nakadai Tatsuya was a Japanese actor. In his over seven-decade career, he appeared in more than 160 movies and received numerous accolades. He was honored with a Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1996 and Japan's Order of Culture in 2015. Discovered on the streets of Tokyo by director Kobayashi Masaki, he…

Asano Atsuko

Asano Atsuko is a Japanese actress who debuted at the age of 15 after playing a minor role in the series "Eden No Umi". She was born in Adachi, Northern Tokyo, Japan. She began acting in feature films and, by 1983, won a Best Supporting Actress Award from the Japan Academy Prize for Yokiroh. Since 2003,…

Kurahara Koreyoshi

He was born in the city of Kuching, then part of the kingdom of Sarawak (now a state of Malaysia) on Borneo. He was the nephew of literary critic Korehito Kurahara, and older brother of film director Koretsugu Kurahara. His son Jun Iwasaki, a former producer for Ishihara International Productions Inc.,…

Denden

Denden, born Ogata Yoshihiro, is a Japanese actor and former comedian born in Chikushino City, Fukuoka Prefecture and raised in Mizumaki Town. He belongs to the Alpha Agency. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo to apply for an apprenticeship under Atsumi Kiyoshi, but he could not meet…

Watari Tetsuya

Watari Tetsuya was a Japanese actor, enka singer, entertainer, and businessman. He was born in Yasugi, Nogi, Shimane, Japan and raised in Awaji, Hyogo. He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University (青山学院大学) with a degree in economics after attending Ishiya Elementary School and Mita Gakuen…

Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…

Sugimoto Tetta

Sugimoto Tetta is a Japanese actor from Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. His agency is Tristone Entertainment. He dropped out of Kanagawa Prefectural Fujisawa Technical High School. In 1981, he made his debut with the Yokohama Ginbae family rock band, Grease. In the same year, he made a regular…

Takahara Toshio

Toshio Takahara is a past Japanese actor. He was mostly known for Himitsu sentai Gorenjâ, Shichinin no samurai and Ningen no jôken.

Tokito Saburo

Tokito Saburo is a Japanese actor. In his early days he moved to Osaka and was raised and learned there. In Osaka he also went to the university, where he first did acting and singing. After that he became involved in the television industry and acted in some dramas. He won the award for best actor…

Seishun wa Anata no Mono

Bocchan Shain: Seishun wa Ore no Mono da!

~~ Adapted from the novel "Botchan Employee" (坊っちゃん社員) by Genji Keita (源氏 鶏太).

Atsumi Kiyoshi no Aa, Seishun Nikki

~~ Main character was modelled after the actor Atsumi Kiyoshi (渥美清), however, most of the events are fictionalized. Same as supporting characters, even if they too were inspired by real entertainers.

Hatachi no Matsuri

Yumiko, a junior college student, enters an actor training school to try to change herself. However, every time she saw her classmates Midori and Sanae, seriously aspiring to become actors while working part-time,…

Seishun Ourora Spin: Swan no Namida

8.0

16-year-old Hazuki Mika from Sendai sees herself forced to abandon her career as a star ballerina after fatally injuring her Achilles heel during a performance. At the suggestion of her father's acquaintance, she ends…

Seishun Tantei Haruya: Otona no Aku wo Yurusanai!

7.2

Haruya is a college student who works as a detective. He will solve the cases with his classmate Kubodera Kazuomi. ~~ Adapted from the novel "End Credits ni Saiteki na Natsu" by Fukuda Eiichi.

No Regrets for Our Youth

7.4

In Akira Kurosawa’s first film after the end of World War II, future beloved Ozu regular Setsuko Hara gives an astonishing performance as Yukie, the only female protagonist in Kurosawa’s body of work and one of…

Themis's Law School Classroom

7.4

Themis is known as the goddess of law and order in Greek mythology. This story takes place at a law school where students aspire to become judges, prosecutors, and lawyers. Hiiragi Shizuku, who is both a judge and…

Seishun Kaleidoscope

An omnibus movie composed of youth stories. "Okaeri Kako" who has issues with her vision and seeing red/green which causes her world to have vivid colours. "Ashita Kitto Motto" is about a girl who dreams of being a…