11 Rebels

7.4

The historical betrayal by the Shibata domain of Niigata happened in the shadows of the Boshin War, the fiercest war in Japanese history. The 11-member suicide squad takes on a hopeless fortress defense mission. When…

12 Months of Kai

6.1

What would you do if an "impossible thing" was born between humanoids and humans? Kyoka, who works as a web director in Tokyo, gets a personal care humanoid (PCH), Kai. Kai learns various things about the owner. Kyoka…

The Sword of Alexander

6.6

Orichalcum is a mystical metal material that gives great powers to the life form that possesses it. Many Eons ago, the Orichalcum was split into three and landed on Earth. The metal then took the form of three relics:…

The God of Risk

6.9

Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the USA and the Japanese government. He is known as a legend in crisis management and known as "The God of Risk." To deal with numerous problems…

Empire of Passion

6.9

Set in Edo-period Japan, the plot revolves around a young man, Toyoji, who has an affair with an older woman, Seki. Toyoji is very jealous of Seki's husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the…

Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za

7.0

Movie theater Asahiza has existed for almost a 100 years in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Unlike other theaters, Asahiza plays old films and doesn't get a lot of customers. The manger of Asahiza, Morita Yasuzo,…

Atsui Kuuki

7.0

Sporting black glasses and loose, dishevelled hair, the brusque, unfashionable divorced housekeeper Konno Nobuko is sent to the Inamura residence in a quiet residential neighbourhood in Tokyo. The Inamuras are a family…

The Place Where the Sun Sits

6.3

Former high school classmates, now adults, hold jealous thoughts, hidden intentions and lust for revenge. Graduates from a high school have held reunions since they graduated 10 years ago. The high school itself is…

The Two in Tracksuits

7.1

A son quits his job and is persuaded by his father to head off to a cottage in the remote mountains. Together, the two of them manage to get through their days while wearing old jerseys left by a deceased grandmother.…

Home: The House Imp

7.1

A family in ruins recovers through their encounter with a Zasikiwarashi (Japanese yokai). A middle-aged father cannot find his place at work or home. He is transferred to Iwate from Tokyo. The father takes his wife,…

Hashiguchi Ryosuke

A subtle dramatist and chronicler of gay subculture in Japan, Hashiguchi won the PIA Film Festival scholarship for his short film, A Secret Evening (Yūbe no Himitsu, 1989), and thus was able to fund his first low-budget feature, A Touch of Fever (Hatachi no binetsu, 1993). This bleak yet compassionate…

Kato Rosa

Rosa Kato is an Italian-Japanese actress and commercial model. Kato was born in Naples, Italy to an Italian father and a Japanese mother. Her family moved to Kagoshima, Japan when she was 5 years old. Kato received a Japanese education. Kato is not fluent in Italian. She is a graduate of Kagoshima West…

Iwashiro Taro

Iwashiro Taro is a Japanese composer, arranger, pianist, and music producer born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he entered the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Department…

Wakamatsu Koji

Koji Wakamatsu was a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as "Ecstasy of the Angels" and "Go, Go, Second Time Virgin". He also produced Nagisa Oshima's controversial film "In the Realm of the Senses". He has been called "the most important director to emerge in the pink film genre,"…

Morino Mash

Born on September 24, 1996, in Saitama Prefecture. She graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at Hosei University. Under the guidance of Professor Masao Nemoto, she studied novel writing. After working at an advertising agency, she completed her studies in the Film Scriptwriting field…

Kurata Tetsuo

Tetsuo Kurata is a Japanese television, stage and film actor and administrator, best known for portraying Kotaro Minami, the main character in the tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider Black and its sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX. Kurata auditioned for the role of Kotaro Minami in January 1987, when…

Shinato Ruri

Shinato Ruri was a Japanese actress, model, and gravure idol fromHakusan, Ishikawa. She was born in Hokkaido as the youngest of three siblings and later moved to Ishikawa Prefecture. She went to Tokyo Metropolitan National High School and graduated from Sophia University's Faculty of Letters majoring…

Hanazawa Kana

Hanazawa Kana is a Japanese actress, voice actress and singer. She was signed up with voice acting agency Office Osawa. As of 2021, she is currently signed to Pony Canyon. She made her voice acting debut as Holly in Last Exile. She is best known for her voice performances in anime, which include Nadeko…

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…

Nomura Mansai II

Nomura Mansai II, born April 5, 1966 under the name Nomura Takeshi, is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. Takeshi is the eldest son of Nomura Mansaku II, a Kyogen master. His debut was at the age of three in the drama, Quiver of The Monkey. Since then he has also been cast in the dramas:…