Ozawa Fujio

Ozawa Fujio was a Japanese screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and lyricist from Tokyo. In 1935, he joined the Daito movie Negamo studio and wrote the original script for the film "Ronin Sugoroku," which was released on September 19 of the same year. After the war, he became a novelist, and many of…

Kondo Keiko

Japanese nursery rhyme singer and actress She studied under Masayuki Yamamoto, who was a composer exclusively for King Records from the age of 7, and made her debut in 1951 with "Pig Pig Trumpet" . In 1954, King Records became exclusive, and Gyoji Osada, who later became a music culture researcher,…

Eri Chiemi

Eri Chiemi (born as Kubo Chiemi in Tokyo, Japan) was a Japanese popular singer and actress. She started her career as a singer at the age of 14 and would continue to record throughout her career. She is considered as one of greatest singers in 20 century's Japan, with many hit songs. Many of her albums…

Ieki Miyoji

Though he has never acquired a reputation abroad, Ieki was a distinguished exponent of domestic drama whose films deserve admiration for their intelligence and humanity. He worked initially at Shochiku as assistant to Heinosuke Gosho and Minoru Shibuya, and his debut, Torrent (Gekiryū, 1944), made…

Kobayashi Akira

Kobayashi attended Meiji University but left before graduating. He became an actor at Nikkatsu and made his film debut in 1956. He solidified his popularity with such films as Nangoku Tosa o Ato ni Shite (A Farewell to Southern Tosa) and starred in the "Wataridori" ("Rambler") and "Senpūji" ("Whirlwind…

Kishimoto Kayoko

Kayoko Kishimoto (岸本加世子 Kishimoto Kayoko, born 29 December 1960 in Shizuoka, Japan) is an actress.
She has appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy…

Matsuda Seiko

Seiko Matsuda is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter. Due to her popularity in the 1980s and her long career, she has been dubbed the "Eternal idol" by the Japanese media. Matsuda was born in the Kamachi clan, which was from the Saga Genji line and was also a former sengoku daimyo of Yanagawa Domain. However,…

Yashiro Kyoko

Momo

Nakazato Atsuko

Edogawa Ranpo Short Stories III: Mitsushima Hikari x Edogawa Ranpo

Osei Toujou Story: The bewitching Osei (Mitsushima Hikari) is married to a wealthy husband (Kudo Kankuro) whose poor health gives her the opportunity to indulge in an affair. Although she trembles with a guilty conscience,…

Hamasaki Ayumi ~Hikari to Kage~

8.0

Ayumi Hamasaki's Nippon TV documentary.

Love Is Light

7.5

Saijo is a university student with a special ability. Whenever he sees a woman in love, he can see bright sparkles around that woman. Kitashiro is Saijo’s childhood friend. Kitashiro tells Saijo that she has feelings…

Iine! Hikaru Genji-kun

7.2

Fujiwara Saori comes home from the office one weekend and is dozing off after lighting some incense set that she bought in Bali to relax when a man wearing an ancient outfit appears all of a sudden. Saori thinks he…

Mio on the Shore

7.3

Mio is 20-years-old. Her grandmother, who raised her instead of her late parents, is hospitalized. Mio leaves her hometown and goes to Tokyo to find a new job. She has a hard time adapting to life in Tokyo. Mio takes…

Dream of Illumination

6.0

Noboru runs a real estate agency in a provincial city. He is cold-blooded when it comes to making a sale. His daughter is high school senior Nana. Nana has continuously changed schools due to her father's work. She…

Listen to Light

Three girls, Yukiko, Kyoko and Sachiko, hide feelings they can´t express and get on with their everyday lives. Despite the memories they can’t forget, they take a step towards the future and find a ray of light…

To the Bright Future

Follow the Light

7.2

In a fading village in the Japanese countryside, the school is about to be closed, which weighs heavily on the students. Freshly arrived from Tokyo with his father after an acrimonious divorce, the shy Akira escapes…