Hanazawa Tokue

Hanazawa Tokue was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. nHe made his film debut in 1937. He was also a painter and even held his own solo exhibition. Hanazawa Tokue was a member of the Japanese Communist Party for more than 50 years. He died from prostate cancer on March 7, 2001, at the age of 89.…

Sasaki Sumie

Sasaki was born on June 22, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan. She has a younger brother and sister. In 1951, she married journalist Akira Aoki. The two remained married until Aoki's death of lung cancer in 2003. In 1951, Sasaki joined a theater troupe and acted in her first play, Sono Imoto. She won an award for…

Ozawa Hitoshi

Hitoshi Ozawa is an actor and director, known for Nidaime wa New Half (2013), Koroshiya & usotsuki musume (1997) and Kunoichi ninpô-chô: Yagyû gaiden (1998).

Takahashi Minami

Takahashi Minami is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48 under Team A. She was also the General Director of the whole AKB48 group including all sister groups. She was described as the "eldest daughter of the 48 sisters" in the group by Yasushi Akimoto during an interview carried out by the…

Akira

Akira (Birth name: Kurasawa Ryohei) is a Japanese actor and dancer who used to be in Rather Unique, but in summer 2006, he joined the 14-member J-pop group EXILE. He chose the stage name Akira because if his family name is Kurosawa, which is shared with the prolific film director Kurosawa Akira. On…

Shimazaki Haruka

Shimazaki Haruka is a Japanese actress and a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She joined the group in September 2009 (promoted in December 2010) and graduated in December 2016. During her career in AKB48, she centered 4 of the group's singles and constantly ranked high in their general…

Fujiki Naohito

Fujiki Naohito is a Japanese actor, singer, and musician born in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. His agency is Cube Co., Ltd., and his record company is Pony Canyon Co., Ltd. He graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Informatics. When he was in his second…

Imada Mio

Imada Mio is a model, talent, actress, singer, and ex-gravure model. She was born in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. She currently belongs to the agency Content 3. When she was 16, she was scouted in Shintencho. For a time, she was a part of the model agency CGE. She became a part of the 3 person…

Ishii Kenichi

Ishii Kenichi is a Japanese actor and director from Numata, Gunma, Japan, affiliated with Office Boardville (オフィスボードビル). He graduated from Gunma Prefectural Numata High School (群馬県立沼田高等学校) and initially worked for a chemical company. In 1965, he became an assistant…

Nogiwa Yoko

Nogiwa Yuko was a Japanese actress. She was born in Tsubata Town in Kawakita, Ishikawa, and raised in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, as well as Amanuma, Tokyo. She attended Rikkyo University's Department of English and American Literature. She was selected as the university's first Miss Rikkyo. After graduating…

Bengo Gawa no Himitsu

The lawyer of a man accused of murder ,publicly admits that his client is guilty. On the day his client is released from prison as a result of parole, lawyer commits suicide. But what secret hides behind the case and…

Gimu to Engi

What happens after five or six years of marriage, when the fires of passion die down? Yoshihiko, a veterinarian, makes love to his wife out of a sense of duty, while his wife Shoko, a promising lighting designer, pretends…

The Glass Cape

6.0

This beautiful tale is set in a small mountain village in the early 1920s. Fatherless Karin, who lives alone with her ailing mother, meets and befriends Takada Saburo, nicknamed "Mata Saburo of Wind". She and her classmates…

Gimu to Engi

What happens after five or six years of marriage, when the fires of passion die down? Yoshihiko, a veterinarian, makes love to his wife out of a sense of duty, while his wife Shoko, a promising lighting designer, pretends…

East of Eden

8.0

Hokkaido, Obihiro farmer Toshiki (Koji Takahashi) was shot by his wife Chie (Aiko Nagayama) with a hunting gun, and Chie left the house. 20 years later, my son Tatsuya (Mikihisa Higashi), who studied agriculture at…

Kizuna

In the Tokyo Azabu area, the president of a company, Yumioka Yuichi, is stabbed to death at his home. It is revealed through the testimony of his daughter, Misako, that his wife, Naoko, had a lover. The police suspect…

Sanga Moyu

7.8

The 22nd NHK Taiga Drama is Sanga Moyu. The three Amaba brothers are second-generation Japanese Americans, whose allegiances are torn by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Determined to show his loyalty to his adopted country,…

The 19-Year-Old’s Map

6.2

The 19 Year Old’s Map follows the story of a 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy who makes a map of a neighborhood in which he delivers newspapers and collects information on the households, while keeping a journal…

Jam Films S

Jam Films S is a Japanese omnibus movie. This time around, the overall theme is “S” which stands for succession, success, and special. There are seven shorts, all produced by Ryuhei Kitamura. Included are the shorts…