Saito Emi

After graduating from Tokyo Zokei University, majoring in film, she gained experience as an assistant director under many directors. In 2017, she directed the short film "Tokyo Capsule" under the Young Filmmaker Development Project (ndjc). In 2018, her feature film project "Birth Cry" won the President's…

Ito Kazuhiro

Ito Kazuhiro is a Japanese television producer and director from Gifu prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He worked for TBS until July 2015. He is married to the screenwriter Komatsu Eriko. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)

Date Satoko

Satoko was a Japanese actress active during the Showa era. Born in Shioiri, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, she moved to Tokyo during childhood and attended Bunkagakuin Junior High School after graduating from Hikawadai Elementary School in 1923. She developed an interest in acting at Bunkagakuin and, following…

Chiba Kichizo

He belonged to the magic lantern club of Yoshizawa Shoten , he worked as a developing engineer, and became a photography engineer when the company started producing newsreels in 1903 (Meiji36) .. In 1905 (Meiji 38) Togo Taisho Katsudo Shashin was filmed and according to Edamasa, Chiba was the first…

Hando Hikosaburo IX

Hando Terusato is the ninth generation to wield the title Hando Hikosaburo, the head of the Otowaya Troupe, a traditional arts performing troupe. He was born on 29th June 1976. His first performance was at the National Theatre in Tokyo at the age of 5, playing the role of a young monk. He inherited…

Kao Osamu

Osamu Kaou is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He belongs to Clione. He dropped out of Waseda University's First Literature Department. He is a founding member of the theater company Tokyo Vaudeville Show. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Kobayashi Kinako

Kobayashi Kinako is a Japanese actress from Tokyo, Japan, affiliated with the talent agency Otona Keikaku (大人計画). She made her acting debut in the 2005 film Koi wa Go, Shichi, Go! (恋は五・七・五!), followed by her first TV drama appearance in the 2006 TV Tokyo series Uramiya Honpo (怨み屋本舗).…

Manussa Vorasingha

Born in September 1980 in Bangkok, and received B.A.degree in film and photography from Thammasat University in 2002, then worked as an independent filmmaker. Many of my works had been awarded and screened in many international film festivals e.g. "Post-it" received Best Short Film Award from 2003 World…

Omori Tatsushi

Omori Tatsushi is a Japanese film director and actor. Omori was born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Maro Akaji, an actor and butoh dancer. His younger brother, Omori Nao, is also an actor. While in college, he began making 8 mm films but started working as an actor after graduation. While acting in Junji…

Kobori Akio

Kobori Akio is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He dropped out of school in 1930 and studied under Inoue Masao to become an actor. He joined the Yokosuka Heavy Gun Regiment in 1941. In the same year, he married Kobori Yoneko. He returned in December 1945 and was scouted for Toyoko Eiga in July 1947, and…

Shin Tokyo Koshin-Kyoku

~~ Adapted from the story by Yanagisawa Ruiju (柳沢類寿).

The Actor and the Model

5.2

An American male model working in Tokyo meets a Japanese actor at a photo shoot, and the two fall in love. For six months, they carry on in secret until one night, a text message unravels their relationship and exposes…

Tokyo Ghost Trip

6.9

Setsu and Souwa are members of the Inui family, descended from Itako. Their high school graduation is coming up, but the head of the Inui family suddenly runs away. Their older brother Kai, a priest who studied exorcism…

The Fallen Angel

6.9

A depressed artist makes his way to Tokyo where, struggling with addiction, his attempts to connect with people are frustrated by his own self-loathing. (Source: Netflix Japan)

Bayside Shakedown 2: Save the Rainbow Bridge

7.5

Tokyo, the bayside borough of Odaiba: once a sleepy part of the city on empty, reclaimed land, it's now a bustling destination for hipsters and tourists alike. The local police precinct, long derided as a backwater,…

Adrift in Tokyo

7.4

Takemura begins the film as an 8th-year college student who has somehow managed to accumulate ¥840,000 in debt. Abandoned by his parents in childhood, he has no one to turn to for the cash. One night a stranger with…

TOKYO AIRPORT - Tokyo Kuukou Kansei Hoanbu

7.4

Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is the busiest airport in Japan with 1 airplane taking off and landing every 2 minutes. In a year, 6 billion people (an average of 170,000 people a day) pass through the airport. Shinoda Kaori…

The Sealer

7.8

A beheaded man’s corpse is discovered in Tokyo, cut with an impossibly sharp blade but mysteriously bloodless. Young reporter Sanjo Mio, investigating the case, witnesses a plume of black dust erupting from the wound—visible…

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…

Tokyo Friends

6.9

Small-town girl Rei moves to the big city to pursue her dreams. In Tokyo, she finds work at a pub and befriends the three other girls who work there, art student Maki, opportunistic Ryoko, and aspiring actress Hirono.…