The Ladder of Success

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman shoves aside her mentor on her way to the top. (Source: TMDB)

Night Drum

7.0

A feudal retainer returns to his home domain to rumors of his wife's infidelity. She denies the accusation, but as he digs more into the matter, the murkier the truth seems to be. (Source: MyDramaList)

Fangs of the Night

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. 　　…

Black Dividend

Kill the Night Rose

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)

Night Butterflies

6.0

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

Nojiri Katsumi

Nojiri Katsumi is a Japanese director and screenwriter. He made his film directorial debut with "Suzukike no Uso" / "Lying to Mom" in 2018 which received rave reviews and various awards in Japanese film festivals.

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…