Sugimoto Yumi

Yumi Sugimoto is a Japanese model, actress, gravure idol and soloist under Hello! Project. Sugimoto began her career in modeling during elementary school, when she was chosen in a Grand-Prix semi-audition for the girls manga magazine Ribon. In July 2007 she received her first lead role in TV Tokyo's…

Ibu Masato

Ibu Masato, born Murota Satoru in Nogata, Nakano, Tokyo, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. His previous stage names included Ibu Sen from 1966 to 1969, Ibu Masami from 1970 to 1973, and Ibu Masayuki from 1973 to 1980. He is currently affiliated with Papadou (パパドゥ). Ibu spent his…

Watanabe Ikkei

Watanabe Ikkei, born Watanabe Kazuyoshi (渡辺一惠) in Toyokawa, Aichi, Japan, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator affiliated with Seinenza Film & Broadcasting (青年座映画放送). He attended Ichinomiya Municipal Yamato Elementary School (一宮町立大和小学校), Toyokawa Municipal…

Tanaka Tetsushi

Tanaka Tetsushi is a Japanese actor from Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture. After graduating from Kaisei High School in 1984, he immediately moved to Tokyo and went on to a vocational school for acoustics, but he quit after a year. He then went to the Department of Theater at Nihon University College of Art…

Kitahara Rie

Kitahara Rie is a Japanese idol and actress born in Aichi. She is a former member of idol groups NGT48, AKB48, and SKE48. She's currently a member of the AKB48 derivative unit Not Yet. She made her idol debut in 2008 after passing the AKB48 research student audition and moving to Tokyo. She debuted…

Akimoto Sayaka

Akimoto Sayaka is a Japanese actress. She is a former member of AKB48's Team K, as well as the unit DiVA, until her graduation in 2013. She is a former captain of Team K. She was born to a Japanese father and a Filipina mother. As an actress, Akimoto has appeared in both Japanese and American productions…

Ishigaki Yuma

Ishigaki Yuma is a Japanese actor, born on August 28, 1982, in Tokyo. His younger brother is singer Ishigaki Daisuke. Yuma is represented by the talent agency Horipro. He was the Grand Prix Winner for the 21st Movie Star Audition in 2000. He and former TV Nagasaki announcer Mori Manami submitted their…

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…

Oda Yuji

Oda Yuji is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was born to an upper-middle-class family and attended the private academy of Touin Gakuen. Originally he had a promising career in sports, but had to give it up after a knee injury. He decided to enter drama…

Nojima Shinji

When the bubble economy was really making its presence felt, Nojima was going quietly out of his head in Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu. Born in 1965, he dropped out of college before graduating, and the first job he managed to get was at a can manufacturing plant. It was this experience…

Passing Fancy

7.6

Two Tokyo co-workers come across a destitute young lady in search of a place to live. (Source: IMDb)

Kaiji

7.6

Ito Kaiji moves to Tokyo after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life…

Ao no SP: Gakko nai Keisatsu Shimada Ryuhei

7.4

The city of Tokyo introduces a school police system, stationing law enforcement officers within middle schools. Ryuhei Shimada, a detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Unit 1, known…

Tada's Do-It-All House

7.6

In the fictional Tokyo suburb of Mahoro, Tada Keisuke works as a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. One day in January, former classmate Gyoten Haruhiko appeared unannounced. Back in their schooldays, Haruhiko…

Always: Sunset on Third Street 2

7.6

Set in 1958 Tokyo. Norifumi Suzuki owns a small auto body shop named “Suzuki Auto”, where he works and lives with his loving family. One day, he comes back home with a new employee, Mutsuko Hoshino, who moves in…

Masquerade Hotel

7.6

Three murders occur in Tokyo, with numbers left at each scene, possibly indicating the location of the next. Detective Nitta Kosuke investigates, suspecting the next murder will happen at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. He…

Takara's Treasure

7.7

Taishin has moved to Tokyo from his hometown of Fukuoka in order to reunite with Takara, a stranger who had consoled him in his grief the year prior. However, despite finally getting a chance to express his gratitude…

Japan Sinks: People of Hope

7.8

In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Higashiyama Eiichi pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Higashiyama…

Sherlock: The Untold Stories

8.0

Set in present-day Tokyo, Homare Shishio works as a freelance crime consultant. From an early age, Shishio has been fascinated with original sin and how people become criminals. He is a genius with an impulse to commit…

Shoplifters

8.3

Somewhere in Tokyo, Osamu Shibata and his wife Nobuyo live in poverty. While Osamu receives occasional employment and Nobuyo has a low-paying job, the family relies in large part on the grandmother's pension. As he…