Ima Harube

Ima Harube, born Takasaki Eiichi (高崎英雄) in Kiyase, Kurate, Fukuoka, Japan, was a Japanese writer and playwright. He also used the pen name Ima Uhei (伊馬鵜平) earlier in his career. Born into a merchant family with roots dating back to the Edo period, Ima graduated from the former Kurate…

Azuma Kenji

Azuma Kenji was a Japanese manzai (comedic duo) performer who formed the duo "W Kenji" with Miyagi Kenji. His real name was Otani Kenji (大谷健二), and he was born in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. Azuma's father served as the mayor of Otawara Town. After finishing middle school, Azuma began working…

Abe Yutaka

A director from the mid-twenties, Abe had trained in Hollywood, where he played bit parts in films starring his compatriot, Sessue Hayakawa. After returning home, he became known as the Lubitsch of Japan, a reputation founded on his witty and polished social satires. A Mermaid on Land (Riku no ningyo,…

Aragaki Yui

Aragaki Yui is a Japanese idol, model, actress, singer, seiyuu and occasional radio show host of Ryukyuan ancestry. She is particularly recognized for her pleasant face and her movie projects. Aragaki's career started when her sister volunteered to turn in an audition profile for her after being informed…

Kaneko Shusuke

Shusuke Kaneko was born in Tokyo, 8 June 1955. Drawn to film as a young boy, he filled his early years with science fiction and kaiju movies, giant monsters such as Godzilla and Gamera. Much of TV in Japan in the early and mid-60s was made up of imported shows from America, and Kaneko's imagination…

Kobayashi Hirotoshi

Kobayashi Hirotoshi is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist born in Tokyo.

Nonami Maho

Nonami Maho is a Japanese actress and stylist from Tokyo. She is under Toho Entertainment. In 1996, she started performing activities after winning the Grand Prix at the 4th Toho "Cinderella" audition. The following year, she made her first appearance in a TV drama with "Sushi, Kui Nee! 4". In 1998,…

Nakamura Toru

Nakamura Toru is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He has been married to actress Washio Isako since 1995 and has two daughters. (Source: IMDb)

Endo Kenji

Kenji Endo was born on January 13, 1947 in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan. He was an actor and composer, known for Iden & Tity (2003), Heriuddo (1982) and Hiso hiso boshi (2015). He died on October 25, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.

Rio

Yuzuki Tina, also known as Rio, is a Japanese actress, singer, and former AV actress from Tokyo, Japan. Her father is Japanese, and her mother is Portuguese.

Kizudarake no Love Song

10.0

Yoshimura has a younger half-sister Yuka Kawahara. Six months ago Yuka's mother passed away, and she came to Tokyo looking for help from her only close relative, Yoshimura. Yuka is an aspiring songwriter that attends…

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,…

Throws Out My Hometown

9.0

Aiko and Meri are best friends. But they are to be apart in the next spring, because Aiko is going to Tokyo to attend the university there. In their home town, they meet various people. A bus driver looking for his…

Ryusei

7.1

"Ryusei" follows the growth and conflicts of three young men who are childhood friends. When Kyo, Ryuta and Haruhiko were middle school students in the city of Nagano they saw a meteor. Twelve years later, the three…

You Can't Just Look

"Will totally go all the way today!" Nam Seon has been living alone for two months after quitting his job impulsively. One morning, Nam Seon receives a call from his younger sister's middle school classmate Eun Soo,…

Tamano Visual Poetry Collection: Nagisa‘s Bicycle

> Story 1: "Bicycle Racing" This is the story of Oshima, a middle-aged bicycle racer who is caught between the times. Although he is not yet old enough to retire, he is not able to follow the new ways of living, and…

Catch a Wave

6.6

Taiyo, a 16-year-old high school boy and his two best friends Taguchi and Kobayashi, decide to spend their summer, completely free from their parents, at Taguchi's vacation house in Shonan, a coastal city couple of…

Drugstore Girl

6.5

Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disappointed, she jumps on a train ("destination anywhere, east or west, she don't care") and ends up in a town named Masao in Tokyo's…

The Flowers of Evil

7.2

The story is set in Hikari City, Gunma Prefecture. Surrounded by mountains, second-year middle school student Kasuga Takao lives each day feeling a deep sense of suffocation and stagnation. What saves his heart is…