Watanabe Yoshinori

Watanabe Yoshinori was a Japanese movie and TV producer from Tokyo, Japan.

Senda Mitsuo

Senda Mitsuo is a Japanese talent and comedian from Tokyo, Japan.

Nukui Tokuro

Tokuro Nukui, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese novelist.

Sugiyama Tokuko

Sugiyama Tokuko was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo. She graduated from Jissen Girls' School and initially worked as a nursery school teacher and in the advertising department at Chiba Shimbun. In 1946, she joined Toho's New Face program and trained at the Academy of Stage Arts. She became a member…

Naito Chin

Naito Chin was a Japanese comedian and actor from Tokyo, Japan. He dropped out of Nihon University College of Art.

Isono Yoko

Isono Yoko is a Japanese actress and reporter from Tokyo, Japan.

Kobayashi Tatsuo

Kobayashi Tatsuo is a Japanese screenwriter and critic from Tokyo, Japan.

Hama Yuko

Hama Yuko is a Japanese actress born at Meguro in Tokyo. She was married to Ichikawa Ennosuke III, a kabuki actor, and gave birth to Kagawa Teruyuki, who also became an actor, before divorcing three years later in 1968. She started working in the Takarazuka Revue, a Japanese all-female musical theater…

Kurasawa Momoko

Kurasawa Momoko is a Japanese singer and actress born in Tokyo, Japan.

Kawai Genji

Kawai Genji was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学) and initially worked for various electrical companies, including Oki Electric Industry (沖電気工業株式会社). After World War II, while serving in the General Headquarters…

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,…