Ito Minoru

Frequent supporting actor across a number of genres, usually in minor roles. In special effects films he appears most frequently as a reporter. He had slightly more prominent roles in television, appearing in episodes of Ultra Q, Ultraman, and Ultra Seven. In 1952 (Showa 27), he signed an exclusive…

Mitsutake Kurando

Originally from Tokyo, Japan. Graduated with an MFA from California Institute of the Arts. A member of the Directors Guild of Japan and Screen Actors Guild. Mitsutake made his feature film directorial debut with MONSTERS DON’T GET TO CRY in 2004. In 2008, Mitsutake produced, wrote, and directed his…

Tsushima Toshiaki

Tsushima Toshiaki was a Japanese composer born in Okayama, Japan. He graduated from Ehime Prefectural Imabari Technical High School, Electrical Engineering Department. He moved to Tokyo and attempted to enter the Tokyo Institute of Technology, but was unsuccessful. Instead, he enrolled in the Music…

Masuda Kiiton

Masuda Kiiton, born Kimura Hajime (木村一) in Aoyanagi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian, also known by the name Masuda Kiiton (益田キートン). His family, originally samurai from the Aizu domain, relocated to Hakodate after losing a battle in Niigata. They initially…

Ichikawa Utaemon

Ichikawa Utaemon was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Makino Shozo. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Bando…

Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Kobayashi Shigeo

Shigeo Kobayashi is a Japanese actor. Born and raised in Tokyo, Kobayashi worked on over 80 films, theatrical productions and TV drama series. In 2008, he played the leading role in a short film "Todai (the Light House)" a part of Otokotachi no Uta. His most recent work includes the role of a Japanese…

Hirata Akihiko

He had an unusual background for an actor: his formal education began in a kindergarten founded by the wartime-era Japanese Imperial Army and continued in a military academy which was Tokyo's answer to West Point. Upon graduating from Tokyo University, Hirata confounded many family expectations of him…

Sato Eriko

Sato Eriko is a Japanese actress, television personality, model, and former gravure idol born in Kitasenju, Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with Ladybird agency. From the age of 2 to 7, she lived in Sendai, Japan. From the second grade of elementary school to the first year of junior high school,…

We Love Quintuplets Season 3

The third installment follows the five siblings as they enter the third grade, now bigger in size and leaving the Sakurai household feeling more cramped than ever. The couple begins seriously considering buying a larger…

HAPPY! Media People

Newscaster Saburo Minoda comes from Tokyo to a cable TV station in Echizen City. The creed of cable TV is "make the area happy." Minoda, who once had a series of scoops and was nicknamed "a man with a high audience…

Homeroom on the Beachside

7.3

A private high school by the sea... All of the senior students devote themselves only to their studies for college entrance exams from the end of the summer. One day, an unconventional teacher gets posted at this high…

The High School Heroes

7.6

Gosei School has a long history. The principal of the school is highly ambitious and he tries to achieve his goals by using supernatural majin powers. Six students go up against the principal. The students are Manaka…

Principal: Am I in a Love Story?

7.3

After her parents divorced, Sumitomo Shima lived with her mother. She felt uncomfortable living with her stepfather, and she was unable to hang out with people at her high school. Shima decides to move to Hokkaido,…

Sixteen Shoukougun

7.6

This story centers around four teenagers fighting their past traumas and appreciating friendship. Azuma Ibuki and Otazawa Mei are a contrasting pair of friends. Azuma is a tomboy and popular among girls as a prince…

Go

7.7

Sugihara, a troubled youth with a Zainichi Korean father and Japanese mother, has been trained in boxing by his father, a former North Korean professional boxer. After attending a strict, Marxist-influenced junior…

Ajin: Demi-Human

7.9

An immortal first appeared on an African battlefield 17 years ago. Since then, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation,…

Shiawase Kanako no Koroshiya Seikatsu

8.1

Nishino Kanako sure hates her job and is only too happy to snag the first new gig that comes her way. She never expected that her interview would be at an agency for contract killers…or that she’d be really, really…

Drawing Closer

8.9

Hayasaka Akito is a talented artist. He is working hard to be accepted for the Nika Exhibition, but a tumor is discovered in his heart, and he is told that he has one year left to live. Hayasaka Akito doesn't express…