Women Who Do Not Divorce

6.0

A meteorologist falls in love with two women who both happen to be in loveless marriages. (Source: MUBI) ~~ Adapted from a novel of the same name by Renjo Mikihiko.

Rental Man

7.8

The main character provides a highly unusual service by offering his companionship in exchange for the humble fee of covered transportation costs and payment of his food and beverage tab. Joining others to file legal…

Evil Does Not Exist

7.2

Takumi and his eight-year-old daughter Hana reside in a forested region of Japan that’s remained largely unsullied by large-scale development. Until now. A pair of agents come to Takumi’s village to propose a “glamping”…

4.50 from Paddington

7.4

Modeled after Miss Marple in the original 1957 novel by Agatha Christie, Amano Touko used to be a capable police detective but now is a crisis management professional. She will work on a murder case on a moving train.…

Gamera vs. Zigra

5.9

Without warning, an alien spaceship attacks a Japanese moon base. Back on Earth, young Kenichi Ishikawa; his father, Dr. Yosuke Ishikawa; his friend Helen; and her father, Dr. Tom Wallace, witness the spaceship descending…

Cry As If You Mean It

7.8

While Tokyo is selected to host for the Olympics in 2020, Shinichi, who still lives in a small town, is suddenly obsessed with the delusion of his death. He tries everything left undone but ends up with nothing. Meanwhile,…

Heaven's Soldiers Protected by God: Army Paratroops Training Record

Kiss or Die

7.2

In a death kiss game unlike anything ever seen before, comedians’ desires and improvisation spark non-stop laughs! Who will give the best kiss and become the protagonist? (Source: Netflix)

Ms. Saionji Doesn't Do Housework

7.6

Saionji, a housework-application employee who doesn't do housework, is enjoying the freedom of single life she's finally obtained after 38 years! However, she meets Kusumi, a genius engineer from Silicon Valley. The…

Fujii Rokusuke

Originally from Tokyo , his real name is Rikusuke Tanaka, and he used Ayamine and Rokuyo as his haiku names . Originally a fishmonger as a family business, he became an actor by becoming a disciple of Yoho Ii , who follows the Shinpa trend . He was active in the Ii troupe and the Shizuma Kojiro troupe…

Ito Kisaku

Stage artist. His older brother, Michio, was a dancer, and his younger brother, Koreya Senda, was a director. Graduated from the Western Painting Department of Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo University of the Arts). Yoshi Hijikata devoted himself to performing arts, starting with the Model Stage…

Sono Kayako

Sono Kayako was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo and raised in Tennoji Ward, Osaka. She graduated from Kobe College Faculty of Letters. In 1953, she became an auditor of NHK's Osaka Broadcasting Theater Company, appeared in the station's "Bonus", and has been active since the early days of television.…

Ishikawa Rei

Ishikawa Rei, born Ishikawa Ryohei (石川良平) in Honjo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Following his marriage, he was also known as Saito Ryohei (齋藤良平). His wife was dancer Fujima Tsumie (藤間寿美枝), whose birth name was Saito Chiyoko (斎藤千代子). Ishikawa's father was a…

Nakano Minoru

Nakano Minoru was a novelist and playwright born in Osaka Prefecture. He dropped out of Hosei University's liberal arts department. In 1922, Nakano's play "Basue no Haru" was performed for the first time at the Park Theater in Asakusa. In the same year, he applied for "Chabanshi" in the script recruitment…

Omura Masao

Masao Omura was a Japanese actor born in Odate Town, Kitaakita District, Akita Prefecture, Japan. He moved to Tokyo and made his stage debut in 1896 at the age of 18. He performed on stages across Japan and became known as a Shinpa stage actor. In 1913, he joined Nikkatsu Mukojima Studio and became…

Bando Choemon

Bando Choemon was a Kabuki actor. His real name was Takase Daisuke (高瀬大助), and he was born in Sendai, Japan. He began his career in theater in 1903, performing in a shinpa theater production in Sendai, under the patronage of the impresario Kase Kichibei. Afterward, he traveled and performed…

Oya Ichijiro

Oya Ichijiro was a Japanese actor born in Asakusa Suga, Tokyo. He made his stage debut in 1907 at the age of 13, performing as a child extra in Beggar's Child or Nobleman's Child (乞食の子か大名の子か). He studied under actor Fujii Rokusuke (藤井六輔), adopting the stage name Fujikawa…

Nagai Ryutaro

Nagai Ryutaro, born Takahashi Yoshimatsu (高橋由松), was a Japanese actor from Monobe, Kurita, Shiga, Japan. He left elementary school early and began his acting career as a disciple of Shinpa actor Iii Yoshimine in 1920. Over his career, he worked with various companies including Shinpa, Bungeidan,…

Kamiki Ryunosuke

Kamiki Ryunosuke is a Japanese actor. He entered the industry in 1995 when he was only 2 years old. He made his drama debut in “Good News”, which gained him immense popularity through his first full-time role as Naoya, playing the son of SMAP’s Masahiro Nakai. In 2001, he was discovered by Hayao…