Ohara Joji

Ohara Joji was a Japanese cameraman and cinematographer born in Tokyo. He is the father of bassist and composer Ohara Ray. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin Middle School, he joined Matsutake Kamata Photo Studio in 1924, when he was 19 years old. In 1927, he was promoted to a cameraman and made his…

Nakahara Junichi

Nakahara Junichi was a Japanese painter, fashion designer, editor, illustrator, and doll maker born in Shiratori Honmachi, Okawa, Kagawa, Japan. In 1915, his family moved to Funabamachi, Tokushima, due to his father's job. He later relocated several times, moving to Yumimachi, Tokushima, in 1920, then…

Sudo Genki

Sudo Genki is a Japanese politician who serves as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the House of Councillors since 2019. Between 1999 and 2006, Sudo was a professional kickboxing athlete and then was in the entertainment industry from 2006 to 2019. Until December 31, 2006,…

Shigehara Hideo

Shigehara Hideo was a Japanese cameraman, editor, recording engineer, and businessman born in Akakura Onsen in Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture. He was the inventor of the SMS system (Super Mohara Sound System), also known as the "Mohara-style talkie". He has served as President of the Mobara Research…

Minoru Murata

Murata Minoru was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor in the Taisho and early Showa periods born in Ogawamachi, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. He is the first deputy director of the Directors Guild of Japan. He joined Norimasa Kaeriyama's Film Arts Association from the Shingeki movement and is known…

Takada Minoru

Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…

Noto Arisa

Noto Arisa is a Japanese voice actress and singer. She was formerly an Up Front Egg, and a former member of Hello! Project as a Hello! Pro Egg. She was also a member of Ongaku Gatas, Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai, Team DEKARIS, and HAPPY! STYLE and a player on Gatas Brilhantes H.P.. She is currently the leader…

Sahashi Toshihiko

Sahashi Toshihiko is a Japanese composer from Tokyo. He graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1986. Sahashi has composed music for various anime series (including OVAs, films, and drama CDs), video games, films, dramas, and musicals. The style of his composition is richly…

Kako Takashi

Kako Takashi is a Japanese pianist and composer, who works in both jazz and art-music idioms. Kako began playing piano at eight years old and learned to play jazz while in his teens. He has won numerous music awards and is one of Japan's leading composers, and as a pianist, he is also described as a…

Koshinaka Makoto

Koshinaka Makoto is a Japanese singer, songwriter, actor, and model, activating both in Japan and in Thailand, starting with the year 1999. His musical career covers various musical styles (from pop rock, folk rock, solo – as Makoto, and with the visual kei bands Λucifer and †яi￠к, under the…

Tomorrow's Sun

6.7

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seem to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the time. (Source: Letterboxd)

Shoten

The show is based on the Ogiri style of rakugo, a form of traditional Japanese storytelling. The ogiri system sees a host put questions to a panel of fellow rakugo storytellers who must produce a funny or witty response.…

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari Series 1

8.0

The first in a series of anthology-style programs featuring strange tales which originally ran on Fuji TV, hosted by the famous comedian, Tamori.

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari Series 2

7.0

The second in a series of anthology-style programs featuring strange tales which originally ran on Fuji TV, hosted by the famous comedian, Tamori.

Jitaku Keibiin to Kaji Yosei

45-year-old unmarried slacker Minoru is a self-styled "home security guard ("hermit") living in a Western-style house in Hakodate. When his mother dies, the owner of house who is also his uncle, gives him notice to…

Mashin Sentai Kiramager: Kira Talk!

7.0

The Kiramai Stones share stories about their Kiramager partners in the style of a variety talk show as well as about their past battles. (Source: MyDramaList)

Tokyo 1958

6.1

Eight filmmakers collaborate with Teshigahara to bring a newsreel-style snapshot of Tokyo in 1957-58, when it has eight and a half million people and was the largest city in the world. (Letterboxd)

Born to be a Flower

7.6

The eldest daughter of the distinguished head family of the famous Tsukishima style of flower arrangement, 29-year-old Tsukishima Momo has everything – beauty, talent, career and wealth. She is engaged to the man…

One Percenter

7.1

After his devastatingly fast, samurai-style combat approach sets filmmakers against him, a legendary action star films his own movie—on turf claimed by feuding yakuza gangs, including Japan’s deadliest martial…

Lucky Seven

7.5

7 detectives, each with their own unique style in problem solving, work at the same detective agency. Each detective is in charge of their own case file until one day, the cases somehow seem to tangle up together into…