Ikehiro Kazuo

One of Daiei’s most flamboyant directors of chanbara, Ikehiro served as assistant to such luminaries as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kon Ichikawa, and Kaneto Shindō before making his debut with TheRoseDaimyo (Baradaimyō, 1960). His third film, the Shin Hasegawa adaptation TokijiroofKu­tsukake…

Nakamura Masataro

Nakamura Masataro is a Japanese actor.

Nakamura Shibajaku

Nakamura Shibajaku is a Japanese actor.

Hanai Ranko

Hanai Ranko was a Japanese actress. She appeared in over 190 films between 1931 and 1961. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ichikawa Suminojo

Ichikawa Suminosuke was a Japanese Kabuki actor and actor born in the Miyazu clan of Tango Province. He is sometimes referred to as Ichikawa Tomiyuki, and his real name is Okumura Sukichi. His old stage names are Nakamura Umetaro and Nakamura Rokusho. His death date is unknown. In 1867, when he was…

Nakamura Sennosuke

Nakamura Sennosuke is a Japanese actor.

Otani Kijaku

Otani Kijaku was a Japanese actor born in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. He joined Yokota Shokai in the last years of the Meiji era and had supporting roles in silent movies mainly starring Onoe Matsunosuke. On September 10, 1912 , Yokota Shokai became Nikkatsu due to the merge with Fukuhodo, Yoshizawa…

Arashi Kakumatsuro

Arashi Kakumatsuro was a Japanese actor born in Matsusaka Village, Iitaka District, Mie Prefecture. His father is the kabuki actor Arashi Kojuro. Around 1897, when he was 19 years old, he became a disciple of Arashi Rikaku IV, an actor of Kansai Kabuki. In 1913, around the age of 35, he began appearing…

Onoe Matsunosuke

Onoe Matsunosuke was a Japanese actor. He was initially an actor with an itinerant kabuki troupe. In his autobiography, he claimed that he had made his stage debut as early as 1880, in a performance given by the Tamizo Onoe company. Fascinated by the stage, he left his home by the age of 14 to travel…

Yamanouchi Akira

Akira Yamanouchi was born on July 11, 1921 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kenka ichidai: Dodekai yatsu (1970), Tattooed Life (1965) and Umi o wataru hatoba no kaze (1960). He was married to Misty OTA. He died on October 29, 1993 in Tokyo Japan.

Hatsukoi Sukecchi: Maitchingu Machiko Sensei

6.0

10 years after Kenta graduated from high school, he is now a manga artist and lives in Tokyo. He is worried because he is currently in a creative rut. One day, Kinzo contacts Kenta and tells him that their high school…

Mikasa no King to, Ato Sunin

The indecisive and delicate Kenta who aspires to become an idol in Tokyo has lost faith in his dream. This why he returns to his hometown of Mikasa. He crosses paths with his former high school senior, the drop out…

Ikariya Chosuke Wild African Adventure With 8yr Old Best Friend

9.0

Ikariya Chosuke and 8-year-old Kamiki Ryunosuke traveled around Kenya in 2001 for the documentary.

The World We Live In

7.3

During summer vacation, Kenta, Akari, and Asashi take on a live-in, part-time job at the Tachibana bed and breakfast. One night, Kenta is visited by a mysterious entity and learns that the B&B is hiding a grave secret.…

25-sai Imadoki Dokushin Onna ga matching Apuri wo Yattemita Kekkanikki

8.0

Spinoff of 38sai Batsuichi Dokushin Onna ga Matching Apuri wo Yattemita Kekka Nikki.

The Lion Standing in the Wind

7.5

Koichiro Shimada is sent to a research facility in Kenya, Africa from a teaching hospital in Japan. He encounters a desperate situation and decides to work there as a doctor, treating patients hurt in battles. He struggles…

Love and Hong Kong

6.7

In Hong Kong, Yamada Kenta is directing a documentary and along with his assistant Hirakawa Aya, and they must chase down Japanese talent Elie. But during filming, Elie is spirited away by Daniel, a local man. Amid…

Papa to Musume no Nanokakan

7.6

Kawahara Kome is a female high school student and she has feelings for Osugi Kenta. He is the ace player on their school's soccer team. Osugi Kenta is sincere, diligent and a polite young man. He's also popular with…

Uta no Onii-san

7.3

The story revolves around an unconventional children's show called "Minna de Utao!" Kenta is a young musician whose band breaks up and who gets dumped by his girlfriend. To top it off, his own family labels him as…

Involvement in Family Affairs

7.5

Sato, a young woman from a modest family, marries Kenta, a young man from a well-to-do and respected family. She settles in the family's home, where she meets the father, Keiichi, a strict man, Mihoko, the unfriendly…