Kimura Takeo

Kimura Takeo was a Japanese art director of more than 200 films, writer and film director. He begun his career in 1945 and was one of Japan's best known art directors, most famously for his collaborations with cult director Suzuki Seijun through the 1960s at the Nikkatsu Company, exemplified by 'Tokyo…

Hasebe Yasuharu

Hasebe Yasuharu was a Japanese film director best known for his movies in the "Violent pink" subgenre of the Pink film, such as Assault! Jack the Ripper (1976), Rape! (1976), Rape! 13th Hour (1977) and Raping! (1978). Earlier genre films directed by Hasebe include Black Tight Killers (1966) and the…

Shoji Eiken

Shoji Eiken, born Shoji Nagataka (庄司永建) in Shinjo, Yamagata, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Sophia University (上智大学) and later attended the People's Arts Theater Training Institute (民衆芸術劇場附属養成所). In 1948, he joined the Mingei Theater Company (劇団民藝),…

Ninagawa Yuki

Ninagawa Yuki, born in Yokohama, is a Japanese actress, filmmaker and painter. She is a daughter of the poet Mizuno Akiyoshi and elder sister of the actress/singer Ninagawa Miho. Ninagawa's acting debut was a role in the 1978 rock opera "Salome". In films, she appeared in "Kurutta Kajitsu" in 1981,…

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…

Komatsu Hosei

Komatsu Hosei was a Japanese actor. His real name was Komatsu Toyoshige. On August 18, 1982, he suffered a skull fracture when he fell during filming. After that, he continued to work as an actor despite battling numerous illnesses, including diabetes, chronic renal failure, and rectal cancer, which…

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…

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.

Yoshida Yoh

Yoshida Yo is a Japanese actress born in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Her real name and old stage name is Yoshida Yoko. She is represented by the talent agency Oranku. She discovered her love for acting after first appearing on stage in 1997, where she stayed until 2007 when she was discovered by…

Kagawa Teruyuki

Kagawa Teruyuki is a Japanese screen and stage actor. Born in 1965, his parents are the kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and the cinema actress Hama Yuko. His grandmother is the film actress Takasugi Sanae. In the Kabuki world, it is usual for the son of an actor to follow the father's footsteps since…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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...

Zenryaku Ofukuro-sama: Series 1

6.0

Set in downtown Tokyo, a youthful drama about a shy young chef at a Japanese restaurant and the people that surround him.

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)

Eden no Umi

6.6

A new teacher from Tokyo called Nanjo is transferred to a rural all-girl high school. He is happy and kind, and with one exception, the students love him. The exception is not so friendly toward him. This girl and…

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…