Murakami Hiroaki

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…

Shishido Joe

Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…

Higuchi Ichiyo

Higuchi Ichiyo was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan, and the second daughter of Higuchi Noriyoshi, a low-ranking official in the Tokyo Prefecture. She is recognized as the first professional female writer in modern Japan. She began her education at Hongo Elementary School in 1877 but withdrew…

Kawai Shinya

Kawai Shinya is a Japanese film producer born in Osaka, Japan, and raised in Nara, Japan. He served as a judge for the Hakodate Port Illumination Film Festival Scenario Award and as chairman of the feature film section at the SKIP City International D-Cinema Film Festival in 2012. Additionally, he has…

Tokutomi Kenjiro

Tokutomi was born on December 8, 1868 in Minamata, Japan to a samurai family. He was the younger brother of journalist and historian Tokutomi Sohō. He converted to Christianity in 1885, and moved to Imabari, Ehime, where he lived with Shiro Sokabe and was a student of Tokio Yokoi. This is also where…

Hishikawa Seiichi

Born in Tokyo in 1969. After a few years career in NYC, he helped establish DRAWING AND MANUAL with other founding members. He has directed short films, photography, TV commercials, dramas and programs such as NHK historical dramas "Komyo ga Tsuji”, “Saka no Ue no Kumo”, "Yae no Sakura”, “MORIBITO:…

Okumura Koen

Okumura Koen, born Okumura Susumu (奥村進) and formerly known as Okumura Shinji (奥村進二), was a Japanese actor from Akita, Japan. He graduated from Senshu University (専修大学) and was affiliated with the production company Gendai Seisakusha (現代制作舎). He was also involved in the…

Mikami Yasuo

Mikami Yasuo is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and film producer. President and CEO of Mikami Yasuo Office Co., Ltd.

Kamiyama Yasuhira

Oyama Katsumi

Oyama Katsumi is a Japanese actor.

Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles SP (2019)

7.7

Let cool, mysterious high school student Ms. Koizumi and her girlfriends show you around the authentic ramen culture of everyday Japan in this fun food manga. The noodles, the toppings, the broth--the street stalls,…

Nama Dora! Tokyo wa 24 Ji

The stage is Tokyo after midnight. Even after the date changes, the city never sleeps. This is a special drama that tells the story of ordinary people living in Tokyo at midnight in a one-cut live broadcast. (First…

Ultraman Cosmos

7.5

The series featured many firsts for the franchise, including the start of the story in a movie rather than the series proper. Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact was the prequel to the series and took place ten years…

Fuma no Kojiro

6.7

Hakuo Gakuin used to be a prestigious high school, and famous for martial arts. However, because its rival school; Seishikan, has been cowardly luring its superior students, Hakuo was going to decline. In order to…

Ossan's Love

7.3

Soichi Haruta is 33 years old, single, and works in a company's product development division. He wants to get married, but he isn't popular with women. One day, he finds his senior at work, Musashi Kurosawa, saving…

Yagyuu Renyasai: Hiden Tsukikagesho

6.7

Increased competition between two samurai brothers, threatening to tear their clan apart, eventually leads them to a duel to death in the early Edo Period. One of them is trained in the famous Yagyu Shinkage Ryu, while…

Ossan's Love

7.5

Haruta Soichi is a 33-years-old single man who isn't popular with women. He works at a real estate office and lives with his parents. However, one day, his mother walks away from him and he has to live independently.…

Tokyo Tribe

7.0

Set sometime in the future. Five years have passed since the Shibuya riots. There are now several tribes that exist in Tokyo. Boys make up tribes, and they occupy areas under their influence. Kai Deguchi is a member…

Tenka

8.8

The story is about a 17-year-old girl, Tenka, who was born and raised in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture. Her family moves to Tokyo when her father changes his job. Tenka stays for a short period of time with her grandfather,…

Mukashi, Suki Datta Hito Kara Line ga Todoita

7.5

The story is about 2 people who study at the same university and who meet by chance. Haru is a somewhat innocent girl who falls in love easily. Shiro, on the other hand, is a very nice boy and has an innocent face,…