Akiyoshi Kaoru

Akiyoshi Kaoru was a Japanese manga artist and painter from Tokyo. While attending Takachiho Junior High School, he took a sick leave for two years due to pulmonary tuberculosis. During that time, he posted in the manga section of Asahi Graph and became a disciple of the manga artist Tsutsumi Kanzo.…

Ogasawara Shojiro

Ogasawara Shojiro was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He entered the Army Childhood School, but dropped out due to illness, and graduated from Gakushuin High School. In the Taisho era, the dawn of Japanese cinema, he became an exclusive member of Ogasawara Productions, which was established by his brother…

Hasegawa Kimiyuki

Hasegawa Kimiyuki was a Japanese screenwriter and art critic born in Tokyo. He graduated from Chiba University School of Medicine. He debuted as a screenwriter in "Kimi to Iku America Koro" which was published in 1950. Taking advantage of his experience working in the forensics of the Criminal Department…

Iwata Haruki

Iwata Haruki is a Japanese voice actress and actress from Tokyo, who graduated from Keio University. She belongs to Mirai Productions.

Kitagawa Machiko

Born as a daughter of a stationery store in Tokyo (Chikada Co., Ltd., a sales and wholesale company for office supplies). She had an older brother, but he died in the war. In 1949, while a student at the higher girls' school decided to try out for new Toho when she went to visit the studio. She was…

Ozawa Shoichi

Ozawa Shoichi, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, radio host, haiku poet, singer and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Ozawa, who graduated from Waseda University, began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role…

Takagi Rin

Takagi Rin is a Japanese screenwriter born in Tokyo, Japan.

Ohara Joji

Ohara Joji was a Japanese cameraman and cinematographer born in Tokyo. He is the father of bassist and composer Ohara Ray. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin Middle School, he joined Matsutake Kamata Photo Studio in 1924, when he was 19 years old. In 1927, he was promoted to a cameraman and made his…

Miyajima Kenichi

Miyajima Kenichi was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture. His real name is Hishida Yukichi and former stage name Miyajima Kensuke. He entered a vocational school but dropped out After the war, he belonged to the Daiei Tokyo studio and played supporting roles and a bit parts in many…

Kaburagi Haruna

Kaburagi Haruna is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo.

Dreams on Fire

8.0

Fleeing to Tokyo with the hopes that she can fulfill her dream of becoming a dancer, Yume is met with the harsh reality that success isn't something that comes quickly or easily. Whilst juggling her job as a hostess…

Restart

6.8

Mio came to Tokyo with her sights on becoming a singer/songwriter, but that dream was dashed by a scandal without her ever becoming successful. She returns heartbroken to her hometown of Shimokawa where connecting…

The End of Life

Saya who came to Tokyo after being traumatized by an incident eight years ago. She learns that the man involved in the case has been engaged to her sister and returns home without being able to stand. Saya's radical…

On the Way

He came to Tokyo to become an actor but found himself struggling in the city. His life becomes intermingled with a writer who had written a novel that closely resembles his own life. What did he discover about his…

The Light of Spring

8.0

In a tiny suburban Tokyo apartment, the Hirabuki family, a couple with two children, is getting ready for a trip. The question, “Where are we going?” is met with silence. The camera does not follow them on their…

Crank

8.0

Maru runs around Tokyo. Maru hears from his fellow messenger Hide that he might be leaving Tokyo. (Source: shortshorts.org)

Instruments of a Beating Heart

First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing "Ode to Joy" at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders. Ayame, who often struggles to keep…

The Night Receptionist

6.2

During a thunderstorm in Tokyo, a hotel night receptionist sees something he should not have seen. (Source: Viddsee.com) ~~ Co-production with Indonesia.

Kakurega de Yofukashi

Yui came to Tokyo dreaming of a glamorous college life, but she had no hobbies or boyfriend and was living a boring daily life. While wasting time in the park, the idol-like actor Shunta Aizawa passed in front of her,…

S-ku no Kimyona Hitobito

S Ward is Tokyo's mysterious and unknown 24th ward. Fuka stumbles into S Ward and encounters its peculiar inhabitants. Taketo is a writer specialising in urban legends, who infiltrates the “S District” to uncover…