Ichikawa Isamu

Hirata Mitsuru

Mitsuru Hirata is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best actor at the 7th Hochi Film Award and the award for best supporting actor at the 4th Yokohama Film Festival for Fall Guy.

Namase Katsuhisa

Namase Katsuhisa is a Japanese actor.

Aoshima Yukio

A Japanese politician who served as Governor of Tokyo from 1995 to 1999. He is also well-known as a TV actor, novelist, film director, screenwriter and songwriter. Yukio was born in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, in 1932. His father was an entrepreneur who had been running a bento catering business. He began writing…

Enatsu Yuko

Enatsu Yuko, born Suzuki Chiyo (鈴木千代) in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress. After marriage, she changed her name to Meguro Chiyo (目黒千代). She graduated from Tokyo Kasei Gakuin High School (東京家政学院高等学校). In 1966, she joined the Toho Theater Division (東宝演劇部)…

Matsumoto Jumpei

Matsumoto Junpei is a Japanese producer, director, and screenwriter from Nagasaki Prefecture. He made his directorial debut with "Mada, Ningen" (まだ、人間). He is also a published author, with his first novel being "Planets" (惑星たち), and a producer for the anime "Shadowverse" and "Shadowverse…

Oda Motoyoshi

An English major who graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious, in 1935, Motoyoshi Oda was promptly accepted into the directors' program at Tokyo's P.C.L. (Photo Chemical Laboratories, a film company later incorporated into Toho Studios). He studied under director Kajiro Yamamoto,…

Dazai Osamu

Osamu Dazai was born Tsushima Shuji in Aomori Prefecture. His father, Genemon, was a landlord. Osamu was born as the sixth son of the Tsushima family. Due to his mother being ill and his father busy working after his birth, he was raised by a nanny for a year before his aunt, Kie, took over until he…

Killer Khan

Killer Khan was a former sumo wrestler from the Kasugano stable and a professional wrestler. He was born in Yoshida, Nishikanbara, Niigata, Japan. His real name was Ozawa Masashi (小澤正志). In sumo, he achieved the highest rank of Makushita 40. After transitioning to professional wrestling, he…

Mizunoe Jun

Mizunoe Jun is a former Japanese singer and actress from Tokyo, Japan. She originally performed under the stage name Kayama Yuri (香山ユリ). Her real name is Suzuki Asako (鈴木朝子). She debuted with Toshiba Records, starting her career as an actress and singer. Later, she moved from Teichiku…

Tokyo Daikushu

7.2

When Sakuragi Haruko's father's factory is bombed, Oba Hiroto stops Haruko when she tries to rescue her father from the fire. They meet again a few years later when Haruko is working as a nurse and Hiroto is brought…

Tokyo Shojo

7.3

A TV drama series in an omnibus format. Bittersweet girlhood memories are introduced in various episodes. (Source: Film Affinity)

Tokyo Wankei

7.2

Mika Kimoto, a successful editor in Tokyo from a wealthy Korean-Japanese family, struggles with her father's demand that she marry only a Korean. After her relationship with her Japanese boyfriend ends due to his interference,…

Tokyo Wine Party People

7.3

Sakuragi Shino is an OL. She attends a wine party recommended by her boss, even though she isn't comfortable at such a fancy get together. There, Sakuragi Shino meets Oda Kazushi. He is knowledgeable about wine and…

Tokyo Hinkon Joshi.

7.3

Single mother Kariya Mako returns to her job as a contract editor for an economic magazine after her divorce and is in charge of a series on the theme of "women's poverty". However, she is irritated by the interview…

Tokyo Chorus

7.3

Okajima Shinji works as an insurance agent for a decent wage in a time where jobs are scarce. Because his bonus ought to be arriving soon, he decides to splurge and spoil his family a bit—the centerpiece gift being…

Tokyo Tower 2007

7.4

Based on the autobiographical book by Lily Franky. The novel is about Franky's family and the time he spent with his mother.

Tokyo Story

7.2

"Tokyo Story", a live-action adaptation of a manga by Rieko Saibara and the prequel of 2009's "Your Story", focuses on the trials and tribulations of Natsumi Takahara's life as she moved from Nishihara (a small town…

Tokyo Water Police

7.2

To crack down on the rise in waterborne crimes, the Metropolitan Police Department establishes the “Tokyo Water Police Department (Suijo Division).” However, those gathered there are a disparate group with different…

Tokyo Sentimental

7.4

The son of the second generation owner of a traditional Japanese confectionery shop ‘Kururiya’ in Tokyo’s Kototoibashi, Kururi Takuzo was born and raised in Tokyo. He received a strict education from his father,…