Sagawa Tetsuro

Sagawa Tetsuro, born Katsuno Tadataka, was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tateyama, Chiba. He was a graduate of Waseda University. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on February 17, 2021, in Tokyo at the age of 84. (Source: ultra.fandom.com)

Kitakoji Isamitsu

Kitakoji Isamitsu was a Japanese poet and aristocrat, holding the title of viscount. He was born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Kitakoji Suketake and Yanagiwara Byakuren (柳原白蓮), a poet. Isamitsu was also a cousin of Emperor Showa, born just six days after him. The family faced financial difficulties,…

Takenoshita Hirotsugu

Takenoshita Hirotsugu is a Japanese television producer and director, born in the Hyogo prefecture. He is the executive producer of the DREAMAX Television. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, in 1966, he joined TBS and was involved in many dramas. One of his most known works is "3 nen B gumi…

Oki Hiroyuki

Oki Hiroyuki was a Japanese director and visual artist. He studied in the Department of Architecture at the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Engineering, and started experimenting with film around the same time. In 1990, he received the Special Jury Prize at the Image Forum Festival for his film Swimming…

Son Seung Hun

Son Seung Hun is a South Korean musical theater, film and drama actor. He graduated from the University of Tokyo Film Center, Department of Acting, as well as from Chung-Ang University Theater and Film, and the School of Arts, Chung-Ang University Graduate School of Acting Musical.

Yano Shiho

Yano Shiho is a Japanese model. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Tamagawa High School. She began working in small modeling gigs at the age of 16, initially based in his hometown of Shiga Prefecture. She then transferred to Tokyo at the age of 18 to begin working nationwide, making her official…

Kinoshita Houka

In 1980, Kinoshita auditioned for the film, Gaki Teikoku, which he passed and made his acting debut. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he entered Yoshimoto Kogyo and joined Yoshimoto Shinkigeki troupe, but he did little to stand out on the comedy stage, and quit after three years. In 1989,…

Karuma

Karuma is a Japanese actor. At age 16, he moved from Fukuoka to Tokyo with the dream of being an actor. He auditioned many times and gained five years of experience as an extra. He continued to gain a small following, but he wasn't satisfied. He started a YouTube channel at 21 and since gained over…

Wu Chun

Wu Chun, real name Goh Kiat Chun, was born in Brunei of Chinese descent. He was discovered when he traveled to Taiwan and was asked to become a main character (despite his then-lack of Mandarin fluency) in the Taiwanese drama Tokyo Juliet, with which he shot to fame. Later, he also joined the popular…

Fukuyama Shodai

Fukuyama Shodai is a Japanese actor that was born in Fukuoka Prefecture. While he was still in middle school, he was approached by an entertainment production company in Tokyo but he missed his chance since he didn't reply to them immediately. After that he auditioned for a movie with the goal to enter…

The Blue Pearl

8.0

The Blue Pearl follows a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers) in a superstitious coastal town. Noe is meek and affectionate, while Riu is strong-willed and jaded by city life. Despite their differences,…

The Bright Day of My Life

6.0

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob. (Source: TMDB)

Beauty the Enemy

4.0

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of an orchid farm is abandoned by her two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city. (Source: Filmaffinity.com) ~~ Adapted from a novel by Kawaguchi Matsutaro (川口松太郎).

The Tattooed Hitman

The most dangerous hired gun in Tokyo’s underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war, and now, there’s a contract on his life. Though nobody is more skilled in the arts of dealing death, can the tattooed…

The Days of No Return

8.0

The story of a high school boy in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father. (Source: Letterboxd)

The New Morning of Billy the Kid

All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-white reproduction of a photo of Monument Valley. The action starts as Billy the Kid, in full living color, walks out…

A Watcher in the Attic

7.0

The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo, is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer, and decides he’s found his soulmate.…

Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars

6.3

Ginya Yabuki is a successful criminal on the fringes of Kabukicho, dealing in whale meat and flash memory chips with a small group of six comrades. But it wasn't always like this. Yabuki used to be a member of the…

Tokyo Knights

7.0

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime. ~~ Adapted from the novel by Kenzaburo Hara.

The Castle of Sand

7.6

Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.