Ogasawara Shojiro

Ogasawara Shojiro was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He entered the Army Childhood School, but dropped out due to illness, and graduated from Gakushuin High School. In the Taisho era, the dawn of Japanese cinema, he became an exclusive member of Ogasawara Productions, which was established by his brother…

Kitagawa Machiko

Born as a daughter of a stationery store in Tokyo (Chikada Co., Ltd., a sales and wholesale company for office supplies). She had an older brother, but he died in the war. In 1949, while a student at the higher girls' school decided to try out for new Toho when she went to visit the studio. She was…

Iwata Haruki

Iwata Haruki is a Japanese voice actress and actress from Tokyo, who graduated from Keio University. She belongs to Mirai Productions.

Ozawa Shoichi

Ozawa Shoichi, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, radio host, haiku poet, singer and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Ozawa, who graduated from Waseda University, began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role…

Kaburagi Haruna

Kaburagi Haruna is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo.

Miyajima Kenichi

Miyajima Kenichi was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture. His real name is Hishida Yukichi and former stage name Miyajima Kensuke. He entered a vocational school but dropped out After the war, he belonged to the Daiei Tokyo studio and played supporting roles and a bit parts in many…

Hasegawa Kimiyuki

Hasegawa Kimiyuki was a Japanese screenwriter and art critic born in Tokyo. He graduated from Chiba University School of Medicine. He debuted as a screenwriter in "Kimi to Iku America Koro" which was published in 1950. Taking advantage of his experience working in the forensics of the Criminal Department…

Akiyoshi Kaoru

Akiyoshi Kaoru was a Japanese manga artist and painter from Tokyo. While attending Takachiho Junior High School, he took a sick leave for two years due to pulmonary tuberculosis. During that time, he posted in the manga section of Asahi Graph and became a disciple of the manga artist Tsutsumi Kanzo.…

Ohara Noriko

Ohara Noriko was a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo Prefecture. She was previously represented by Aoni Production, then Production Baobab, but then became a freelancer. Her son, Tobe Atsuo, is a Sunrise animator. She was best known for the roles of Nobita Nobi (Doraemon), all of the female…

Sasaki Keisuke

Sasaki Keisuke was a Japanese film director from Tokyo. He graduated from the Fisheries Department of Miyagi Commercial School. Sasaki joined Kaoru Osanai's shingeki movement and joined Shochiku Kinema when it was founded in 1920.

The Next Generation: Patlabor

6.6

In the year of 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. Due to a long running depression, Labors, which are robots used in construction, are fired. The Division 1 of "Patlabor" is also dispersed. Patlabors are used by the Tokyo Metropolitan…

Sea's Lid

6.7

Mari grew tired of living in Tokyo and decided to move back to her small hometown in Shizuoka Prefecture. She opens a small store selling ice flakes with syrup which she enjoys herself. Mari runs the store with Hajime-chan…

HAMU - Kouan Keisatsu no Otoko

6.8

Assistant Inspector Natsuhara Shinji of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division is an outstanding detective. A compassionate, affable person well-liked by his colleagues and juniors, he has a…

Kochikame

6.8

Set in a neighborhood police station in Tokyo. The story follows the crazy adventures of the main character Ryotsu Kankichi, a middle-aged policeman. (Source: Anime News Network) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Police…

Another Heaven

6.8

A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that,…

Hospitalite

6.9

In a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, Kobayashi Mikio lives with his younger wife, Natsuki, and a daughter from a previous marriage. Mikio also runs the small Kobayashi Printing Co., in their two-story duplex. Their life…

Kikoku

6.9

An unscheduled late night train arrives at Tokyo station on 15 August, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Boarding the train are spirits of great men who died honourable deaths in the war more…

The Box Man

6.5

In the bustling streets of Tokyo, a peculiar man dons a cardboard box over his head. Through a small peephole, he observes the world and diligently records his observations in a notebook. The photographer, known as…

It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up

6.4

I got a job in Tokyo, but after 10 years she went back to her hometown. Now, I is 27-years-old and lives with her parents. Even though she works as a freelance writer, her parents treats her as a freeter. She meets…

Kasha

7.0

The story is set in Tokyo in 1992, shortly after the burst of the economic bubble in Japan. Kamikawa plays Honma Shunsuke, a police detective on temporary leave due to an injury. Honma receives a request from a male…