Zushi Tonbo

Zushi Tonbo is a Japanese actor and comedian. He graduated from Nihon University's College of Art and initially worked as an understudy in various traveling theater troupes, including the Shinpa regional tour group and the Shimizu Kinichi troupe. In 1955, after struggling to achieve a breakthrough,…

Sakura Hisako

Sakura Hisako, born Kanzaki Fujiko (神崎不二子) in Otemachi, Hiroshima, Japan, was a Japanese actress and former musume-yaku performer of the Takarazuka Girls' Revue (宝塚少女歌劇団). Later in life, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Ogasawara Nichio (小笠原日凰). She was also…

Asahina Junko

Asahina Junko, born Echigo Akiko (越後亜紀子) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress known by her former stage name, Kobayakawa Jun (小早川純). She was affiliated with the Hiiragi Planning (柊企画) agency. Asahina was of mixed heritage, with a Russian grandfather, making her one-quarter…

Ichikawa Sumizo VI

Ichikawa Jukai III was an outstanding tachiyaku actor, excelling in nimaime roles. From the end of the Meiji era to the first decade of the Shôwa era, he was an active member of the troupe led by Ichikawa Sadanji II, which was involved in the creations of many Shinkabuki dramas, written by playwrights…

Hirosue Ryoko

Hirosue Ryoko is a Japanese actress and singer under the agency FLaMme. She was born in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Japan. In 1994, during her second year of junior high school, she entered the 1st Clearasil "Shiny Face Contest", won the Grand Prix, and debuted in the same commercial in 1995. She…

Tokoshima Yoshiko

Tokoshima Yoshiko is a Japanese actress represented by Horipro Inc. She attended Seika Girls High School and began training, working, and performing as a ballerina before transitioning to acting in the early 1990s. She made her actin debut in 1991 with the drama "Vingt Cinq Ans Marriage”. She has…

Washio Machiko

Washio Machiko is a Japanese actress and voice actor from Kanagawa, Japan. She belongs to SIS Company. Her husband is actor Nakajima Shu. After graduating from Seika Gakuen Girls' High School, she joined the theater company NLT in 1969 and started acting. She left NLT in 1989.

Yamaguchi Makiya

Makiya Yamaguchi is a Japanese actor, born on February 4, 1973 in Soja, Okayama. He was educated at the Seika University in Kyoto. [Asianmediawiki]

Yoshimoto Mayumi

Yoshimoto Mayumi is a Japanese actress, moderator, and talent from Osaka prefecture. She belongs to the theater company Hollyhock Academy. After graduating from Kyoto Seika Girls' High School, she joined the theater company Hollyhock Academy. She initially worked behind the scenes, but she longed to…

Hanaoka Kikuko

Hanaoka Kikuko was a Japanese actress born Takigawa Ikuyo (瀧川幾代) in Teramachi, Shizuoka, Japan. After marriage, she was legally known as Matsuzaki Ikuyo (松崎幾代). She was recognized for her work as a comedic actress at Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s and as a supporting actress…

Calling You

7.7

The story revolves around two lonely young people who find each other in an uncommon manner. Shy, quiet, and unsure of herself, Aihara Ryo doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Though she wants to make friends, she has trouble…

My Fave Is Mine

7.2

College girl Kaguya Hinaki has a secret that she cannot tell anyone. That is... She falls in "crazy love" with Subaru from a 3-member video distribution group, "Cosmic". One day, Hinaki, who really wants to date Subaru,…

Is Love Sustainable?

7.5

Sawada Kyoka, a yoga instructor, lives with her father, Sawada Rintaro, a Japanese language scholar who has lost his zest for life since his wife's passing. Constantly at odds, Kyoka feels burdened caring for him and…

Grave of the Fireflies

7.8

At Sannomiya Station on 21 September 1945, shortly after the end of World War II. A boy, Seita, is dying of starvation. Later that night, having removed Seita's body, a janitor digs through his possessions and finds…

Shizukana Ayashii Gogo ni

Collection of three short films. "Suika o Katta"「スイカを買った」a monochrome animation film without any sound effects and dialogues that pictures a boy who went to buy a watermelon. "Gaku no Ehon"「ガクの絵本」tells…

Fashion Story

4.0

"Fashion Story" depicts the romances and personal frustrations of women who work as fashion models. Hinako (Tsubasa Honda) thinks deeply about her future, while the movie also follows no.1 model Miho (Seira Kagami).

Girl

7.1

"Girls" follows four beautiful women and depicts the troubles found in their love lives and work place. Takigawa Yukiko works at a big advertising firm and has a good looking boyfriend. Takeda Seiko is married and…

Akasen

6.0

Imprisoned on charges of rape, Izo is released from the confines of his cell and makes his way to the red light district, "Akasen," where brothels and strip joints line the streets. In no time Izo corrupts the innocent…

Damashi Banashi

7.3

Yoshida Mahiru, 22, Asahi, 25, and Seiya, 20, are three siblings. The story starts from a typical dining table scene and branches off into shocking side stories with an unexpected conclusion… Seiya: The Slightly…

Zenryoku Shissou

8.0

Isoyama Takeshi, who is a contractual employee at a company, gets informed by his employer that he will be on a perpetual contract and he has no hope of being converted to a permanent employee. At home, he is belittled…