Saga Zenpei

Saga Zenpei was a Japanese actor and filmmaker born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Japanese Art School. In 1929, he joined the Japan Proletarian Artist Alliance, but became an actor, and in the same year he entered the Tokyo Left Wing…

Okochi Hiroshi

Okochi Hiroshi is a Japanese actor from Tarumi Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. His agency is Production Jinrikisha.

Kato Haruko

Kato Haruko (Old stage name: Mifune Kyoko) is a Japanese actress. She was,married to playwright Kato Michio from 1946 - 1953. She was then married actor and theater director Takahashi Masaya from 1958 - 1973.

Matsumoto Seicho

Matsumoto Seicho was a Japanese author born on February 12, 1909 but his birthday is listed as December 21 on his family register. His real name is Matsumoto Kiyoharu. While Matsumoto himself stated he was born in Hiroshima, official records state he was born in Itaku Village, Kiku District, Fukuoka…

Aruru "Kokura Nikki" Den

Murakami Fui, who was predeceased by her husband, has been raising her son, Kozo, who was born with a physical disability, all by herself. One day, Kozo is introduced by a classmate in junior high school and decides…

Roharu

Story portraying so called "The Dog in the Manger" - someone who keeps something that they do not want in order to prevent someone else from getting it. Shigekichi, an older man, wanders the city, thereby isolating…

Fukei no Yubi

Adapted from short story with the same title by Seicho Matsumoto (松本清張).

Shichou Shisu

5.4

The mayor is found dead in the river in a small town known for its hot springs. It’s assumed that he fell to his death, but his nephew just cannot understand why his uncle would have gone there by himself to begin…

Matsumoto Rumi

Matsumoto Rumi is a Japanese actress.

Nomura Yoshitaro

Yoshitaro Nomura was a prolific Japanese film director, film producer, and screenwriter. During his years as an assistant director, he worked under the helm of such legendary film directors as Keisuke Sasaki, Yuzo Kawashima, and Akira Kurosawa, whom he worked with in 1951 on the filming of The Idiot,…

Fukasawa Masaki

Masaki Fukasawa is a Japanese director and writer from Matsumoto city, Nagano Prefecture.

Tadano Kenji

Minagawa Takayuki

Minagawa Takayuki is a Japanese director and screenwriter from Matsubara, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.

Otsubo Kayo

Kanryu

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kanryu" (寒流) by Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張).

Structure of Hate

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kanryu" (寒流) by Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張).

Aoi Byoten

~~ Adapted from the novel "Aoi Byoten" (蒼い描点) by Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張).

Kanryu

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kanryu" (寒流) by Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張).

Zero Focus

~~ Adapted from the novel "Zero Focus" (ゼロの焦点) by Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張).

Bad Guys

9.2

~~ Adapted from the novel “Warui Yatsura” (わるいやつら) by Matsumoto Seicho (松本清張).