Umeura Yoichi

Umeura Yoichi is a Japanese television and film producer born in Tokyo. He has served as the head of Toho Television and as the President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha. In 1993, Umeura became President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha, a subsidiary of Toho, where he continued his work in television film production. However,…

Morita Shun

Morita Shun is a Japanese actor who was born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Seitoku Gakuen Junior High School, the University of Tsukuba Attached Komaba High School, and the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Tokyo. He also completed the master's program in Aerospace Engineering…

Ono Daisuke

Born in Chiba in 1988, Daisuke graduated from The Film School of Tokyo in the narrative program. His first film, Sainara, BAD SAMURAI (2016) won the Grand Prix at the Kanazawa Film Festival. His second film, Wolf na Sissy (2005) won the Grand Prix and Best Actor at the 18th TAMA NEW WAVE. (Source: Chicago…

Ochiai Naobumi

A Japanese poet and literary scholar. Ochiai Naobumi was adopted by the Ochiai family in 1878 while he was studying at their Shinto school. In 1881 he went to Tokyo and continued his education there at the University of Tokyo , where he also taught at times. As a lyricist, he strove to fill the traditional…

Reizei Kimihiro

Reizei Kimihiro was a Japanese actor and director from Tokyo. He belonged to FMG. He was the 4th chairman of the "Let's Win the University of Tokyo" (2006-2015). After graduating from The 5th Commercial High School in Tokyo, he joined the theater company Bungakuza after working at the Bungakuza Theater…

Abe Yutaka

A director from the mid-twenties, Abe had trained in Hollywood, where he played bit parts in films starring his compatriot, Sessue Hayakawa. After returning home, he became known as the Lubitsch of Japan, a reputation founded on his witty and polished social satires. A Mermaid on Land (Riku no ningyo,…

Toyoshima Keisuke

Born in 1971 in Shizuoka. While studying at the University of Tokyo, Toyoshima’s short film Kanashii Dake (1994) was premiered at Pia Film Festival in 1994. After graduating from the university, he went to Los Angeles to take the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the American Film Institute.…

Tsukamoto Shinya

In 1986 a new film blasted to the centre of Japanese cinema, gaining international acclaim with its singularly inventive style and cataclysmic violence. Shinya Tsukamoto directed this 16-mm sci fi horror called Tetsuo - a story of a human being who becomes a monster of metal. This radical auteur quickly…

Sasaki Kuranosuke

Sasaki Kuranosuke is a Japanese actor born in 1968 as the second son of the Katsuya Sasaki, the only remaining sake brewery in Kyoto. He is a graduate of Notre Dame Gakuin Elementary School, Kyoto City Nijo Junior High School, and Rakunan High School. In 1988, in order to succeed the family business,…

Nagahama Neru

Nagahama Neru is a Japanese entertainer and former member of the girl groups Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46. She was born in Nagasaki, Japn. She was the 1st generation of Keyakizaka46. She officially left Hiragana Keyakizaka46 in 2017. In 2019, she officially left Keyakizaka46. She is currenly…

Zenbu of Tokyo

7.6

It's about the adventures of 11 quirky high-school girls in Tokyo; 10 of them came from Nagano for a Class Trip, and group leader Yurika Ikezono has drawn up a "perfect" itinerary for her group for the free time part…

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…

Song of the Akamata: The Life Histories of the Islanders, Komi, Iriomote Islands, Okinawa

~~Movie first aired in PorePore Higashinakano at Tokyo ~~It was made in 1972, but only premiered in 2021

Tokyo Dragon Chef

6.9

Ex-gang members Ryu and Tatsu open the Dragon Diner ramen restaurant after their yakuza family is disbanded by a mysterious guy named Gizumo. Meanwhile, Jin and Kazu, their rivals from yakuza days, open Ramen Ozawa…

Takayuki Yamada in Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane

7.0

During the summer in 2014, popular actor Takayuki Yamada is filming his role in a new movie. During this time, he is having problems separating his character from his real self. Takayuki Yamada decides to read manga…

The Mohican Comes Home

7.2

Eikichi left his hometown in Hiroshima for Tokyo, trying to find success with his music band, but failed. Several years later, he goes home to tell his father, Osamu, that his girlfriend is pregnant. His father curses…

The Furthest End Awaits

7.4

Misaki Yoshida runs a roasting coffee shop in Tokyo. She lives alone. In order to find her father, who was separated from her when she was a child, Misaki goes back to her hometown in Noto Peninsula. Misako opens a…

A New Love in Tokyo

6.3

A look at the life of two sex workers in Tokyo: King, who works as in the S & M dominatrix and Ayumi, who works as a telephone operator. In addition to his professional life, the film also looks at his private lives.…