River of the Night

6.7

Kiwa is a daughter of a long-established fabric dyeing business in Kyoto and a master of wax-balloon dyeing. Her work is going well, but she is so devoted to her job that she has missed the chance of marriage. 　　…

Fangs of the Night

Samurai of the Night

6.1

Kenichi Nakamura runs a small ironworks, but since he lost his wife in a hit and run car accident 5 years ago his life has become mundane. Meanwhile, Kijima, who committed the hit and run accident, finishes his prison…

All Night Train Service

5.0

Night Butterflies

6.0

Bitter End of a Sweet Night

7.4

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder. (Source: IMDb)

Mieru Onna Tsukiko

2.0

Asaoka Tsukiko was born with the ability to see ghosts. After graduation from university this year, Tsukiko has been spending her days looking for a job. However, she meets with a series of setbacks. At an interview…

Evening Stream

6.3

The story centers on an uncomfortable love triangle – mother and daughter in love with the same brooding, incomplete male – that is sprung on us nearly at the halfway point. Naruse Mikio and Kawashima Yuzo share…

That Night's Wife

7.1

Desperate to save his ailing daughter, artist Hashizume Shuji makes a fateful decision. He will commit robbery in order to save her life and continue treatment. After the crime is complete and his escape made, Shuji…

Rinsho Shinrishi 3

Nakano Taiga

Nakano Taiga is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He belongs to Stardust Promotion. In 2006, he entered the entertainment world at the age of 13 and made his debut as an actor in the TV drama "Shinjuku no Haha Monogatari". In 2014, he won the Best New Actor Award with Suda Masaki at the 6th TAMA Film Awards.…

Ito Koichi

Ito Koichi is a Japanese actor born in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture. He graduated from Kinjo Commercial School in 1925. In 1932, he joined Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio. He later moved to the Shochiku Ofuna studio and appeared as a supporting role in numerous works. After the end of the war, he transferred…

Ozawa Shoichi

Ozawa Shoichi, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, radio host, haiku poet, singer and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Ozawa, who graduated from Waseda University, began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role…

Gosho Heinosuke

Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…

Inoue Mao

Mao Inoue is a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as Akane Imai in Kids War and as Makino Tsukushi in the popular Hana Yori Dango series. Inoue Mao started her career as an actress at five years old. She has been in many dramas…

Fukuyama Masaharu

Fukuyama Masaharu is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor. He debuted in 1990 with the single "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka". His 1992 breakout single "Goodnight" gained a wide audience because of its tie-in with a drama. In 1993, he made his first appearance in "Kohaku…

Okayama Amane

Amane Okayama is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, Humanité. Okayama debuted in 2009. His acting debut was in the drama, Chuugakusei Nikki Tenkousei Series: Shōnen wa Ten no Oto o Kiku. Okayama made many successes in films and television series in 2011. He appeared in the films…

Midori Mako

Mako Midori was born on March 26, 1944 in Taiwan. Debuting on film in 1964, she won the Blue Ribbon Award for best new face for Nihiki no mesuinu. Beyond appearing in over fifty Japanese language films in the 1960s and 1970s, she has also acted extensively on stage, winning major awards such as the…

Furukawa Roppa

Furukawa Roppa was a Japanese comedian. He was born the sixth son of Baron Kato Terumaro, making him the grandson of Baron Kato Hiroyuki. The family custom, however, was to have the younger sons adopted by related families, so Furukawa was adopted by his father's sister and her husband, Furukawa Taketaro.…

Amachi Shigeru

Amachi Shigeru was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 120 films from 1953 to 1984. Amachi joined the Shintoho studio as one of its "New Face" actors of 1951 and established himself in action and jidaigeki films. He gained fame for the nihilistic mood of his character in Akatsuki no Hijosen and…