Ujiie Megumi

Ujiie Megumi is a Japanese actress, born in Tokyo, Japan.

Fumino Tomoko

Fumino Tomoko, born Kamiyama Sumiko (神山澄子), was a Japanese actress from Asakusa, Tokyo. She graduated from Miyoshi Women's High School and was associated with the theater company En. Her acting career began at Daiei before World War II. In 1946, she joined Bungakuza but left in 1963 to co-found…

Matsumoto Noriko

She was the wife of playwriter, Kunio Shimizu. She died at a hospital in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo on March 26, 2014, due to interstitial pneumonia.

Sasazawa Saho

Novelist. Born in Yodobashi Town ,Tokyo Prefecture. Real name Masaru Sasazawa. He writted almost 380 books, from criminals, romances to history books. He's mostly known from his suspense/crime one. Also he was author of few mangas, for example "Kogarashi Monjiro" (木枯し紋次郎). Also he has few…

Miki Takashi

Real name Watanabe Tadashi, he left junior high school wanting to be a singer. But instead he debuted as songwriter in 1967 and went on to write over 2,000 songs. Together with Aku Yuu, who passed away in 2007, he was regarded as one of the best songwriters of the late 20th century. His heyday for churning…

Tahara Soichiro

Tahara Soichiro is a Japanese journalist, critic, and newscaster born on April 15, 1934 in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. He is a former director of Tokyo 12 Channels (now TV Tokyo) and a former film director. (Source: Wikipedia)

Takayama Chigusa

Takayama Chigusa is a Japanese actress. She was affiliated with the Tokyo Actors' Cooperative (東京俳優生活協同組合) after working at Nikkatsu (日活). (Source: MyDramaList)

Girolamo Panzetta

Italian -born foreign talent , essayist , former Tokyo Immaculate Heart University lecturer . He often appears as a commentator in F1 , Serie A , and Italian cuisine , but since he was not originally an expert, he has comments as if he were an amateur.

Watanabe Mototsugu

Watanabe Mototsugu is a highly revered filmmaker in the Pink Eiga world. A consummate entertainer, he was born December 2nd, 1957 in Tokyo and studied filmmaking at Nihon University. From there he entered Mukai Productions (the ‘father of Pink Eiga’, Hiroshi Mukai’s production company), where…

Shima Koji

Shima Koji was a Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter. Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. He appeared in over 90 films as an actor, playing mostly romantic leads. He turned to directing…

Crank

8.0

Maru runs around Tokyo. Maru hears from his fellow messenger Hide that he might be leaving Tokyo. (Source: shortshorts.org)

Instruments of a Beating Heart

First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing "Ode to Joy" at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders. Ayame, who often struggles to keep…

S-ku no Kimyona Hitobito

S Ward is Tokyo's mysterious and unknown 24th ward. Fuka stumbles into S Ward and encounters its peculiar inhabitants. Taketo is a writer specialising in urban legends, who infiltrates the “S District” to uncover…

Vampire Clay

6.1

After studying in Tokyo, Kaori returns to Aina Academy to finish her prep classes for art school. Quickly outshining her jealous classmates, she soon becomes the star of the class when she discovers a bag of old, mysterious…

This Country's Sky

6.4

Set in Tokyo, Japan near the end of World War II. 19-year-old Satoko lives with her mother and her aunt. The war is turning more grave. Even though Satoko is near the age to get married, she can't even think of marriage…

The Limit of Sleeping Beauty

6.5

Oria Aki came to Tokyo ten years ago to become an actress. She is now 29-years-old and works as a magician's assistant. She has no passion for her work or goals to live for. She pretends to be hypnotized on stage.…

The Light of Spring

8.0

In a tiny suburban Tokyo apartment, the Hirabuki family, a couple with two children, is getting ready for a trip. The question, “Where are we going?” is met with silence. The camera does not follow them on their…

On the Way

He came to Tokyo to become an actor but found himself struggling in the city. His life becomes intermingled with a writer who had written a novel that closely resembles his own life. What did he discover about his…

Call Center no Koibito

6.5

Tokura Wataru works in Tokyo for a TV shopping program. After getting on the bad side of the show's charismatic presenter, "Antarctic Ice", he gets transferred to a rural call center. Waiting for him is Aoyama Kyoko,…