Iwato Shisetsu

He was a Benshi and could read and translate English scripts. After that, he made his debut as a movie director at the company, and a work called "Nippon Sakura" released at "Daiichi Bunmeikan" on May 23, 1909 (Meiji 42). Shooting of the work is, in the 10 years after Toyojiro Takamatsu "the activities…

Shinoda Noboru

Shinoda Noboru was a cinematographer born in Saitama, Japan. He studied at Nihon University and is best known for Love Letter (1995), Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004) and Love Hotel (1985). He died in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Source: IMDb)

Otomo Jun

Otomo Jun was a Japanese actor born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. He was affiliated with Sogei Pro, Teatro Kakko, Hanabusa Pro, and the Tokyo Actors Cooperative Association. He graduated from the Tokyo Music School's pre-war Teacher Training Course and worked as a music teacher at Osaka Municipal Namba…

Mitz Mangrove

Mitz Mangrove was born in the Midori Ward of Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture on April 10, 1975. He works mainly as a crossdressing talent but is also an actor, narrator, and drag queen. His father is Tokumitsu Jiro, who served as Isetan's UK president and the deputy manager of their Shinjuku location.…

Mochizuki Yuko

Mochizuki Yuko was a Japanese actress, film director, and politician, serving as a member of the House of Councillors for the Japan Socialist Party. She was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and in 1930, she left Tokyo Municipal Shinobugaoka High School without graduating. Under the stage name…

Arishima Ichiro

Arishima Ichiro, born Oshima Tadao (大島忠雄) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of a steel factory owner. After attending Hioki Elementary School (日置尋常小学校) and Nagoya Middle School (名古屋中学校), where he developed an interest in theater, he…

Bando Kotaro

Bando Kotaro was a Kabuki actor and film actor in the early Showa period, born in Renjakucho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Honma Kentaro. At the age of five, he became a disciple of Sawamura Sojuro the seventh generation, and at the age of eight, he moved to the apprenticeship of Bando Mitsugoro…

Hosokawa Chikako

Hosokawa Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Uchisaiwai, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Koran Women's School and joined Osanai Kaoru’s Tsukiji Little Theater in 1925, making her stage debut in "Kakujin Kakusetsu". In 1929, at age 23, she left the theater to help form the Shinjuku Theater…

Shiozawa Kaneto

Shiozawa Toshikazu, better known by the stage name Shiozawa Kaneto, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. At the time of his death, he was attached to Aoni Production. His stage name originated from the Japanese director Shindo Kaneto. He was best known for his performances as Rei…

Habara Daisuke

Habara Daisuke is a Japanese screenwriter, writer and director from Tokyo. He graduated from Nihon University College of Art . In 1992, he debuted as a screenwriter , while writing on a wide range of genres, in 2001 he launched the theatrical group Shinjuku Performing Arts Company (present · Showa…

Basudei - Kochira Tsubaki Sanfujinka

Set in the small maternity hospital "Tsubaki Obstetrics and Gynecology" in Shinjuku, various human patterns of the director's family and patients are drawn. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from Kazumi Amane's (あまねかずみ),…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 32

A man suddenly lost his life on a street in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Beside his body lay a sacred bell (isuzu) from Tenkawa Shrine in Yoshino, Nara, which had apparently fallen to the ground. One morning, a familiar visitor…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 13

When Hatomura Shugoro is helping with a free medical diagnosis in Shinjuku, Sasamura Yoshiro, a Diet member who runs for help, passes by. Hatomura, who runs side by side with anxiety, notices that a bomb is attached…

Kazoku no Hi

6.0

The Kimiharas are a family of five who live in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Their father, Shinsuke is worried about his eldest son Kotaro who is being bullied, and his daughter Eri who conversely is a bully herself. After thorough…

Drug Connection

7.1

A story about the activities of Southeast Asian Mafia gangs in Shinjuku. Ryosuke Kano is an ex French Foreign Legion soldier and is now a cocaine smuggler and dealer. He is acquainted with Larry, a Japanese American,…

Tetsudo Sosakan 18: Zencho 140-kg! Tokyo~Nikko Kinugawa Nonstop Satsujin Keikaku!! Keishicho Tetsudo

~~ Adapted from the novel "Totsugawa Keibu Seibu Shinjuku-sen no Shikaku" (十津川警部 西武新宿線の死角) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Eden

5.7

Every night in Eden, a gay nightclub in Shinjuku, a group of drag queens put on performances. At the core of this group is Milo, the club’s madame and choreographer. He leads his rag-tag group of five drag queens…

Oboreru Sakana

7.0

When corporate executives are blackmailed into public displays of nudity on the busy streets of Shinjuku, the big guns are called out to locate "Oboreru Sakana". The "big guns" are a misfit duo of ethically questionable…

Life of Mariko in Kabukicho

6.5

Mariko works as a bartender at a small bar in the alleyways of Shinjuku Golden Gai, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo. She also works as a private detective. One day, she receives a request from an organization. Their request…

Kaettekita Ie Uru Onna

7.4

Set 2 years after Sangenya Machi and Yashiro Dai left Teiko Real Estate's Shinjuku office. The real estate office has seen a steep decline in business due to competition. Niwano Seiji visits Sangenya Machi for help,…