Hayasaka Akira

Hayasaka Akira, born Tomita Yoshisuke (富田祥資), was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. Born in Hojo, Onsen, Ehime, Japan, he grew up in a prominent merchant family and was exposed to pilgrimage culture early in life. He attended Matsuyama Middle School and was in the Naval Academy at the end…

Shimada Chiemi

An artist-filmmaker from Chiba, Japan. Working with both analogue (8, 16mm film) and digital materials, her films explore themes of intimacy, domesticity, and displacement while utilising documentary, fiction and experimental approaches. Her practice attempts to elicit contemplation, which results in…

Ai Shosuke

Ai Shosuke is a Japanese novelist, screenwriter and director. His real name is Ai Bunpei (あい ぶんぺい). Born in Beijing, China in 1941, Ai later moved to Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan in 1943, and then to Yaizu in 1953. Following his graduation from Waseda University's literature department, he embarked…

Terayama Shuji

Japanese avant-garde poet, dramatist, writer, film director, and photographer. His works range from radio drama, experimental television, underground (Angura) theatre, countercultural essays, to Japanese New Wave and "expanded" cinema. His oeuvre includes a number of essays claiming that more can be…

Takeuchi Yuko

Takeuchi Yuko, born in Saitama, Saitama, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She had gone on to star in many TV shows, movies, and commercials. On May 10, 2005, Takeuchi married Nakamura Shidou, a Kabuki actor. They met…

Kao Fu Kuo

Kao Fu Kou is a sound recordist who won the Golden Horse Award for Best Sound Recording for Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? (1983). He was active from 1963-1993.

Sano Hayato

Hayato is the eldest member of the boy group M!LK under Ebidan Kids- Stardust Promotion as a part of their EBiDAN branch, known for classics as "I can't drink coffee". M!LK made their first appearance on November 24, 2014. Hayato made his acting debut with the 2015 movie, Kuchibiru ni Uta o (Have a…

Sato Mayumi

Sato Mayumi is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo.

Otani Hiroshi

Producer, working for DREAMAX Television (ドリマックス・テレビジョン). Mainly involved in TV productions, He also produces films occasionally e.g. "Death Note Light Up the NEW World".

Izuka Kenta

Izuka Kenta is a Japanese actor who was born in Seto, Japan. He studied Sociology at Komazawa University, and then went on to make his acting debut in the 2006 drama series “Body Healing Salon.” He made his big-screen debut the following year and has since gone on to appear in many dramas and movies.…

Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 8: Ai to Shi no Satsujin Meiro Tokyo - Niigata 350 km wo Shitai ga Hashi

~~ Adapted from the novel "Yoake Hideo no Jikenbo Series" (夜明日出夫の事件簿シリーズ) by Sasazawa Saho (笹沢左保).

Tokyo Mafia 4: Yakuza Blood

5.0

Ten years after his greatest triumph, Yabuki has lost the Mafia that was once his to rule. But when a young gangster comes to him for guidance, he discovers that the old rage still burns. It’s time for Yabuki’s…

Tokiwa: The Manga Apartment

7.0

The movie depicts the famous apartment building in Shiinamachi, Tokyo, where now legendary but then up-and-coming manga artists as Tezuka Osamu, Shotaro Ishinomori and Fujio Akatsuka once lived, worked together, shared…

Daikaijuu Tokyo ni Arawaru

2.0

A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie,…

The Whispered City

4.0

The movie portrays this affectionate portrait of the people who populate Shimokitazawa, a bohemian corner of Tokyo filled with small theater companies and smoky coffeehouses. (Source: Letterboxd)

Taxi Driver no Suiri Nisshi 21: Satsujin Uranai no Onna Tokyo-Hida Takayama 2-ri no Haha no Satsui

~~ Adapted from the novel "Yoake Hideo no Jikenbo Series" (夜明日出夫の事件簿シリーズ) by Sasazawa Saho (笹沢左保).

Tokyo Rendezvous

7.1

Nogami was burdened with a debt his late father has left. He comes up with the decision of selling his grandfather's property to pay it off. The apartment in the property seems just an old building to him, but his…

The Reason

6.9

A gruesome murder occurred in a high-rise apartment building in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo. Three dead bodies were found in one of the apartment units, while a young man was killed after falling from its balcony. However,…

The Secret of the Black Dahlia

8.1

Toyama, an office worker who has been transferred from a rural area to Tokyo. "I'm not good at socializing with people, so I was thinking of a peaceful and free life without socializing with my neighbors. Okazaki of…

Score 2 The Big Fight

Three criminals pull off a major heist at a Tokyo bank and one of them hides the money in a place that only he knows while the rest go into hiding. A year later, the one who hid the money is now dead and the two remaining…