Buddy Matsumae

There is you, there is me, there is the film. The establishment of Hiroyuki Oki’s Matsumae-Kun’s film is an inversion of the relationship between reality and image, as opposed to a documentary or a story film.…

Gekijoban Kimi to Sekai ga Owaru Hi ni Final

7.5

Utopia was a tower of hope, but it was a tower of despair created by human desires. In Utopia, they were researching the only way to save this world: a vaccine against the monster called Golem. One girl with special…

Happy Together: All About My Dog

7.2

A series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.

Kageboshi Torimonocho

A movie commemorating the appearance of Arashi Kanjuro's 300 films.

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End

7.6

In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book…

Fishmans

8.4

Teshima Yuki makes his feature film directorial debut with this documentary about the history of the internationally acclaimed band Fishmans. Slumping record sales, label hopping, rotating cast of band members, and…

Nemesis: The Mystery of the Golden Spiral

7.1

Set two years after the drama series "Nemesis," Kazama Naoki works for Nemesis Detective Agency and is regarded as a brilliant detective. He is able to solve the most difficult of cases, but he has a secret. His secret…

Journey into Sato Tadao

Sato Tadao is a giant of film criticism with over 150 published works to his name. Not being an elite, he was ultimately the first film critic to be selected as a Person of Cultural Merit. In the 1980s, he made it…

Godzilla Minus One

8.5

Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. (Source: IMDb)

My Home Hero

7.7

Tetsuo Tosu is a typical father whose biggest worries are his job and his rebellious daughter, Reika. That is until he finds a bruise on her face. His worst fears come true when he finds out she has a secret boyfriend…

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,…

Takita Yojiro

Takita Yojiro is a Japanese filmmaker. Takita received an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for his 2008 drama Departures. It marked the first time a Japanese film won the award after the category first became competitive in 1957. Takita Yojiro entered the film industry through Mukai Productions,…

Akiyama Ryuji

Ryuji Akiyama is a Japanese comedian and actor. He is a member of the comedy trio Robert (ロバート) along with Hiroshi Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Baba. In 2005 the three of them appeared together as students in Cromartie High: The Movie. He was a classmate of fellow Robert member Hiroyuki Baba from kindergarten…

Yamamoto Toru

After graduating from Musashi University, worked as a TV program production company and became a freelance assistant director. Since then, he has been involved in the creation of numerous works such as dramas and movies. In 2008, he made his debut as a feature film director with “Kizumomo.” And…

Shindo Kaneto

Shindo Kaneto was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and author. He directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he…

Takahashi Kaito

Takahashi Kaito is a Japanese actor, singer and member of the idol group King & Prince. Kaito started learning to dance when he was in nursery school. In 2008, he formed a dance group and participated in contests. He later left the dance group and studied dancing under dancer NOPPO (s**t kingz) during…

Kurosawa Toshio

Kurosawa Toshio is a Japanese actor and singer from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Best known for his role as Ashio Ryurei in "Lady Snowblood" (1973), he was a prominent actor in Japanese cinema during the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. First starting his career at Toho in 1965, on Kihachi Okamoto's…

Tanaka Haruo

Haruo Tanaka was a Japanese film actor noted for his supporting roles in a career that spanned seven decades. Tanaka was born in Kyoto and quit school in order to become a film actor, joining the Nikkatsu studio in 1925. He eventually moved up to secondary leads and even into leading roles against actresses…

Kumashiro Tatsumi

Tatsumi Kumashiro was a Japanese film director known for his critically acclaimed, award-winning Roman Porno films. He was one of the most highly acclaimed directors of the early Nikkatsu Roman Porno era, with many box-office successes, and films regularly appearing on the yearly Best Ten lists of the…

Tonoyama Taiji

Taiji Tonoyama was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō…