Kishi Kotaro

Kishi Kotaro is a former Japanese actor and singer born in Tokyo, Japan. His real name is Ishikawa Kotaro (石川浩太郎). From 1989, he changed his name to Onodera Mitsuru (小野寺充). At one point, he directed adult films under his real name. (Source: MyDramaList)

Umeura Yoichi

Umeura Yoichi is a Japanese television and film producer born in Tokyo. He has served as the head of Toho Television and as the President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha. In 1993, Umeura became President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha, a subsidiary of Toho, where he continued his work in television film production. However,…

Utena Masataka

Utena Masataka is a Japanese film decorator based in Tokyo, Japan, currently affiliated with Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd. During his student years, Utena worked part-time on commercial sets and was inspired to pursue a career in the film industry after visiting a film set of Kurosawa Akira. In 1990,…

Ishiyama Katsumi

Ishiyama Katsumi is a Japanese actor and television host based in Tokyo. After leaving Meiji University’s Faculty of Literature, he joined the NBK Theatre Company in 1954. He has since worked across theater, film, television, and radio. (Source: MyDramaList)

Endo Haru

Endo Haru was a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. She was affiliated with Gekidan Shiki, Talent Agent, Tokyo Actor's Pro, Gekidan Ars Nova, and Gekidan Bara-za before joining Aoni Production. Endo passed away on September 20, 1999, at the age of 66. (Source: MyDramaList)

Tamiya Torahiko

Tamiya Torahiko was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo and raised in Kobe. Due to his father's seafaring job, he moved frequently. Tamiya attended the First Kobe Middle School and the Third Higher School, graduating in 1933. He studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where he participated…

Ishihara Tatsumi

Ishihara Tatsumi is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Chikyugi and was previously associated with En Theatrical Group, Shinkokugeki, Cosmo Project, and Stardas 21. (Source: MyDramaList)

Misaki Fuko

Misaki Fuko is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo. She was formerly affiliated with Office Junior. Initially starting her career as an actress, she later transitioned to voice acting, participating in Toei Animation productions. (Source: MyDramaList)

Tsuji Imari

Tsuji Imari is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She began her career with Shin Tsukiji Gekidan in April 1937 until its dissolution. She then joined Mizuho Gekidan in 1943, which later merged into Haiyuza Theater Company, where she stayed until August 1962. In 1963, she moved to Gekidan Nakama…

Ichikawa Kazuko

Ichikawa Kazuko is a former Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. In 1954, she joined Daiei Film Company and made her debut the same year in the Daiei film "Shiroi Fuji no Mine". (Source: MyDramaList)

Ushiku

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The Ushiku immigration center near Tokyo mainly holds people seeking refuge in Japan. Using a hidden camera, award-winning filmmaker Thomas Ash interviewed inmates there from late 2019. His film publicly accuses Japan’s…

Song of the Akamata: The Life Histories of the Islanders, Komi, Iriomote Islands, Okinawa

~~Movie first aired in PorePore Higashinakano at Tokyo ~~It was made in 1972, but only premiered in 2021

Joge Kankei

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Honda Konatsu has come to Tokyo from the countryside where hierarchical relationships are strictly observed. She moves into Maison Pilgrim, an apartment building where only the quirky people of the lower class live.…

Clematis no Madobe

Eri was born and raised in Tokyo. She escapes her city life to spend her vacation time in an old house in Shimane where her late grandmother lived. The people she encounters include her architect cousin and fiancé,…

Emotion

A virus is spreading through Tokyo, and a lockdown has been in effect for three months. Mamoru, a young factory worker, finds himself isolated, his only company being phone calls with his boss, his girlfriend, and…

Detouring Blue

Under the neon night lights of Tokyo, callgirl Shiori is chauffeured from assignation to assignation. Mid-ride, a fellow sex worker prompts her to remember her high school days, her dreams of being a playwright, and…

Car Modify

Bar Modify’s is located in downtown Tokyo and it is a haven for car enthusiasts. Three people who go there are Arisu, who actually works at the place, Takuya, an aspiring screenwriter, and Kento, a mechanic. All…

The Bad Losers

A young man who came to Tokyo with the dream of becoming an actor goes to see three members of a theater company that he has long admired. However, the theater company has already been disassembled in the air. Once…

Ozu

Taking after the story for “Tokyo Twilight”, the film forms itself around the travails of a father and his two daughters. Noriko, the eldest, is struggling with a marriage to a violent and uncaring husband while…