Yoshikawa Kiyoshi

Yoshikawa Kiyoshi is a Japanese composer and arranger from Tokyo, Japan.

Tamai Yumi

Tamai Yumi is a Japanese singer and actress from Tokyo, Japan. She is the vocalist for the group Shibusashirazu. She dropped out of the Department of Architecture at Tokyo University of the Arts. While still in university, she completed the animation directing course "Higashikoganei Sonjuku 2" hosted…

Mariya

Mariya is a former Japanese actress and television personality from Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from an international school in 2005 and went on to attend university. During her active years, she was affiliated with Now Fashion Agency. Her mother is actress and television personality Akigawa Lisa, and…

Kishii Ayako

Kishii Ayako was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Kishii Ayako (岸井あや子). Her date of death is unknown. After graduating from the Takarazuka Music School as a member of the 23rd class, she belonged to the NAC (N.A.C.) agency. She was married to the actor Kishii Akira…

Totsuka Mutsuo

Totsuka Mutsuo was a Japanese comedian born in Tokyo, Japan. His father, Fujioka Hajime, was a prominent swordsman actor. Growing up, influenced by his father who was an actor in sword-fighting dramas, he developed an affinity for chambara films and popular theater. After graduating from Tokyo Shibaura…

Akazawa Asako

Akazawa Asako is a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with the Haiyuza Theatre Company. Her father is the actor Matsumoto Katsuhira. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Tsuruga Jiro

Tsuruga Jiro is a former Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. After working with major film studios like Daiei and Toei, as well as running the Human Stage MC School specialized in hosting, he founded JT Production in 1983, where he still serves as the president today. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia…

Tomita Isao

Tomita Isao was a Japanese film editor born in Tokyo. His wife was film editor Tomita Nobuko. After graduating from the Nikkatsu Art School, he joined Nikkatsu Studios. He passed away suddenly on October 18, 2002, at 10:46 p.m. due to lung cancer. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation/Edit =…

Tamae Midori

Tamae Midori is a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She is affiliated with Bungakuza. (Source: MyDramaList)

Isomura Chikako

Isomura Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ueda Hisako (上田寿子). She was affiliated with M Three and was a former representative of the theater company Zokei. She graduated from Nara Women's Higher Normal School. In April 1939, she joined the Art Little Theater…

Joge Kankei

8.0

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…

Return to Sender

A quiet little shop in downtown Tokyo serves as a haven for Japan's lost young souls. They share their innermost feelings with their future selves in letters they'll receive exactly one year later. (Source: nhk.or.jp)

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

Ushiku

5.0

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…

Manzai Association the Movie

A documentary film about comedians in Tokyo who put their hearts on the stage. Why do Manzai performers continue to stand on the "stage"? Since June 2023, as a new and youngest ever chairman of Manzai association,…