Ochiai Naobumi

A Japanese poet and literary scholar. Ochiai Naobumi was adopted by the Ochiai family in 1878 while he was studying at their Shinto school. In 1881 he went to Tokyo and continued his education there at the University of Tokyo , where he also taught at times. As a lyricist, he strove to fill the traditional…

Kano Eiko

Kano Eiko is a Japanese comedian, singer-songwriter, and Shinto priest. He initially refused to inherit the position of Head Priest in his family shrine but later qualified for the priesthood in 2016. He was married a non-celebrity woman 3 years his senior from February of 2012 to September of 2014.…

Yamaguchi Kenki

Yamaguchi Kenki is an actor, known for Inochi no kôru: Misesu Inga wo shitteimasuka? (2014), The Poledancing Boys (2011), and Mei-chan's Butler (2009).

Nishi Akemi

Nishi Akemi is a Japanese actress born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Bunka Fashion College. She joined Shintoho in 1952, and her oldest recorded appearance is the movie "Koi no Oen Dancho". Her last recorded work is "Jiken Kisha Chabo!" which was produced in 1983.

Dr. Copa

Dr. Copa (real name: Kobayashi Saki) is a Japanese architect, businessman, shinto artist and visiting professor at Aichi Institute of Technology. He is also a horse owner of JRA and local horse racing. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ogasawara Hiroshi

Ogasawara Hiroshi was a Japanese actor born in Mukden, Manchuria. He graduated from Mukden Daini Junior High School and Japanese Film Arts School. Ogasawara worked for Shintoho, Tokyo Artist Pro, and Tenchi Productions before belonging to NAC. In 1951, he joined Shintoho and made his debut as an actor,…

Amachi Shigeru

Amachi Shigeru was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 120 films from 1953 to 1984. Amachi joined the Shintoho studio as one of its "New Face" actors of 1951 and established himself in action and jidaigeki films. He gained fame for the nihilistic mood of his character in Akatsuki no Hijosen and…

Kimura Kinka

His real name is Kinnosuke. He was born in Tokyo Iwato-cho (now Ushigome of Shinjuku-ku, Iwato-cho) and grew up in Shintomicho (now Chuo-ku Shintomi ). His father was the first member of the first Ichikawa Sandan troupe, and Kinnosuke also worked as a writer after serving as a child under the name of…

Maeda Michiko

Michiko Maeda is a Japanese film and television actress who became known as the first Japanese actress to appear in a nude scene in a mainstream film. Michiko Maeda was born in Osaka. She was working in a department store in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo when she began working as an actress at the…

Tomomatsu Naoyuki

Tomomatsu was interested in manga and film from high school and started working as an office assistant to manga artist Shungicu Uchida. In 1992, he wrote his first screenplay for Shintōhō Eiga's pink film, The Pregnant Woman. His first film as a director was the independently produced Summer Color…

Queen Bee

4.0

This undoubtedly became a series after the fact, since Kobo returns in a similar role in the next installment. These were probably the closest Shintoho came to 'real' yakuza films that were more in the mid-1960s Toei/Nikkatsu…

The Most Beautiful Night in the World

6.5

A reporter Mizuno has been shunted off to a small village. Hirano, the chief priest of a local Shinto shrine, tells him that Teruko, the owner of a small bar where Mizuno has been with the chief correspondent, is involved…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 27

Thirty-four years ago, a man named Nomoto Sueharu was found dead in Okoshino no Mori, crushed beneath a fallen torii gate. Beside his body lay a bronze hitokatashiro—a ritual effigy traditionally used as a human…

Children

7.0

Children from the two villages scrambled across the Inomagawa River to hold stone battle matches together. Take Maru, the only son of a Shinto priest at Tada Shrine, was weak who always carries stones. However, swimming…

Dear Mama

10.0

On the night of the fall festival in 2004, Hirayama Touko is abandoned by her mother, Hirayama Megumi, at the Shinto shrine. At that time, Touko has a goldfish. 8 years later, Touko is in the 2nd grade of middle school.…

Sonjo Sokora Shotengai

4.0

In 2000, Aoyama Makoto returns to the deserted shopping street in his hometown of Bungo Takada City in Oita Prefecture for the first time in 15 years. The death of his mother spurred him to resign from the event company…

Given: Ima Koko ni Aru Shiawase

6.9

Documentary about three children dealing with chronic illnesses and their supportive families. These families living with illness shed light on the joy of living and the nature of true happiness. The Shiokawa family's…

Triple Kitchen

6.7

Thirteen years later, Kiriko, her ineffectual banker husband and their two kids return to Japan after having spent 13 years in London, where her husband had been posted. Kiriko has enjoyed the expatriate life and is…

Hentaida

7.0

A guy spends an extra year studying for college entrance exams but ends up at a second-rate university, and becomes a musician after randomly getting involved with a misguided university rock ‘n roll club. Eventually…

Kotodamasou

7.1

Utagawa Kotoha is a bright 25-year-old woman. She is sometimes timid, but she is also a curious person. Through her friend's introduction, Kotoha Utagawa moves to apartment #7 in an apartment building exclusively for…