Ishibashi Etaro

Ishibashi Etaro was a Japanese actor, pianist in the jazz band "Hana Hajime and Crazy Cats", and cooking expert. Born in Shinbashi, Tokyo as the son of musician Rando Fukuda and grandson of painter Shigeru Aoki. When Etaro was three years old, his father, Rando, raped actress Hiroko Kawasaki. Rando…

Watanabe Fumio

Fumio Watanabe was a Japanese actor most known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo before joining the Shōchiku studio in 1956.

Akasaka Yasuhiko

In 1982 (Showa 57), he debuted as a drummer for the rock band " Tokyo Japan " from CBS Sony (now Sony Music Entertainment ). The representative song is “ Skyscraper Blues ”. After stopping the band activity , he began to work on TBS radio etc. aiming for the DJ path . In charge of several late-night…

Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…

Tamura Atsushi

Tamura Atsushi is a famous Japanese comedian from the Hikoshima area of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. He and his partner, Ryo Tamura (田村 亮), form the Japanese comedic duo (お笑いコンビ owarai kombi) known as "London Boots, Mark1 Mark2" (ロンドンブーツ1号2号 Rondon…

Ishii Gakuryu

Ishii’s career divides into two distinct halves: the brash early films, which earned him a reputation as a punk filmmaker, and the slower, pictorial, sometimes meditative work of his mature period. His early features were the fruit of the amateur short films he directed, while still a student, on…

Hayasaka Fumio

Hayasaka Fumio is a Japanese composer born in the city of Sendai on the main Japanese island of Honshū. In 1918, Hayasaka and his family moved to Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaidō. In 1933, Hayasaka and Akira Ifukube organized the New Music League, which held a new music festival the year…

Shigehara Hideo

Shigehara Hideo was a Japanese cameraman, editor, recording engineer, and businessman born in Akakura Onsen in Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture. He was the inventor of the SMS system (Super Mohara Sound System), also known as the "Mohara-style talkie". He has served as President of the Mobara Research…

Emoto Tokio

Emoto Tokio is a Japanese actor represented by Knockout. He was born in Tokyo as the second son of actor Emoto Akira and actress Tsunogae Kazue and grew up in Shimokitazawa. His older brother is actor Emoto Tasuku and his sister reportedly works in movies. In 2003, Emoto passed an audition and made…

Morishita Yoshiko

Morishita Yoshiko is a Japanese screenwriter. She graduated from the University of Tokyo, majoring in religious studies.

Tokyo Niwatsuki Ikkodate

7.0

One wish every parent has is for the children to finally move out of the house and be independent. No more mooching kids! For recently retired professor Tameyama Kazuo, father of 5 married and single independent-minded…

The Phantom of August

Mamoru works as an illustrator in Tokyo. He and his girlfriend decide to visit his hometown of Onomichi. It is a bitter-sweet homecoming, for Mamoru has not been home in eight years. Upon his return, he experiences…

Bewitched in Tokyo SP

6.9

Christmas special following the series. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Remake of the American TV series “Bewitched” [1964].

Tokyo Train Girls 2: Supervixen

6.9

Two years into a marriage with the heir of a wealthy family, Ayumi is already feeling distant from her husband. The reason is her coercion into nightly perverted activities by the sadistic inclinations of her sadistic…

The Sound of Light

Yusuke hopes to become a musician in Tokyo, but those dreams are placed on hold for the time being. Yusuke returns to his family owned dairy farm in North Okayama Prefecture after hearing that his father was injured.…

The Deer in Me

An up-and-coming actress from Tokyo visits Aka Island in Okinawa, the southern islands of Japan. After being shown around her guest house by the star-struck son of the owner, she happens to see a black Sitka deer,…

Songs of Tokyo

Showcasing Japanese music to the world. Featuring live performances by some of Japan's leading J-Pop singers and musicians. (Source: NHK World)

Planet of the Crabs

Tokyo High Tide director Murakami Hiroyasu returns to the Tama River estuary to document Yoshida Tadayoshi, who has been conducting independent observations of crabs over a 15-year period. The camera's relentless focus…

Tokyo Yakyoku

7.6

Koichi Hamanaka suddenly returns to the tightly knit community, a shopping district, in a corner of Tokyo that he once called home. His whereabouts and his activities over the past few years are a mystery to everyone,…

Cream Lemon: The End of a Journey

8.0

The high school students have come to Tokyo from Nagano for a school trip. During a free period, Aya goes out on her own, leaving her classmates who'd enjoyed sightseeing and her boyfriend, Nobu, who wanted to go to…