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…

Sakata Memeko

Sakata Memeko, formerly known as Sato Hiroko, is a Japanese actress, singer, and gravure idol. Sato was born in Fukushima but grew up in Kanagawa. In 2002, Sato made her acting debut in the low-budget horror movie "Scare" and began a career as a gravure idol. Much of her work was published in Japanese…

Sugata Shun

Sugata Shun is a Japanese actor from Yamanashi, Japan. He is currently represented by the T-Artist talent agency. On February 20, 2006, he assisted police in the apprehension of a purse-snatcher and received a commendation from the Mejiro Police Station in Tokyo.

Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

Watanabe Tetsu

Watanabe Tetsu, born in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan, is an actor and voice actor. His real name is undisclosed. He is currently affiliated with Owlm Co., Ltd (株式会社アウルム) and was previously with Imai Office (今井事務所) until March 31, 2015. Watanabe graduated from Aichi Prefectural Handa…

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…

Naito Takashi

Naito Takashi is a Japanese actor, voice actor, talent, and moderator born in Higashi-ku, Osaka and raised in Korien, Neyagawa. He graduated from Osaka Seikouin High School and dropped out of the Department of Film, Faculty of Arts, Nihon University. After working at Hyundai Production Building, he…

Kurata Tetsuo

Tetsuo Kurata is a Japanese television, stage and film actor and administrator, best known for portraying Kotaro Minami, the main character in the tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider Black and its sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX. Kurata auditioned for the role of Kotaro Minami in January 1987, when…

Kondo Yoshimasa

Yoshimasa Kondo, born on August 13, 1961, in Nagoya, Japan, is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He debuted as an extra in the series Chu-gaku-sei Nikki and was later written into the script. He later gained notability while working with the theatrical troupe Tokyo Sunshine Boys, though he is not a…

Endo Koji

Endo Koji is a Japanese composer managed by SOUND KID'S. He has worked on a vast number of films in the past decade. He has been composing music for Takashi Miike since the 1997 film Rainy Dog. He currently works out of his own studio named SoundKids in Tokyo, Japan. Endo first picked up jazz guitar…

The Fellows Who Ate the Elephant

6.0

The elephant at Tokyo Zoo is dead. At the request of several scientists, he is posthumously implanted with a bacterium. However, when more and more people, hungry for the delicacy in the form of elephant meat, start…

Mitari Kiitari Tameshitari

Katsuta Junpei came to Tokyo with five children, Kenichi, Mariko, Fumio, Shosuke, and Ryoichi. He lives with his children in a military house where war-damaged orphans live. One of the orphans, Mariko, gets sick, and…

Hi no Ataru Ie

On the outskirts of Tokyo, the family of Nakahara Mitsu lives in one of the small huts surrounded by barracks and tin pens. Mitsu’s husband died in the war, and she was left alone with four children and works as…

A Wicked Woman

7.0

In 1870’s Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for…

Seishun Hokago

“Youth After School” takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter’s marriage. The play was broadcast on NHK TV in 1963, but the program recording technology…

No Blood Relation

7.0

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim - with the help of her gangster brother - the daughter she abandoned years before. (Source: IMDb)

The Morning Schedule

Reiko returns to Tokyo with the luggage of her best friend who died suddenly on her travels. Sensing something suspicious about her, her classmate Shimomura decided to look at the 8mm film they had taken on her trip...

Miss Sherlock

8.0

"Miss Sherlock" is set in modern day Tokyo and both lead characters are Japanese women – Dr. Wato Tachibana, a surgeon recently returned from a volunteer doctors’ mission in Syria and Sara Shelly Futaba, an investigation…

ST Aka to Shiro no Sousa File

8.0

The ST team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consists of eccentric members. Akagi works as an analyst on the ST team. He won't appear in front of others, but his colleagues trust him as a leader. Yurine…

Perfect Days

8.4

Hirayama works as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. He seems content with his simple life. He follows a structured everyday life and dedicates his free time to his passion for music and books. Hirayama also has a fondness…