8 Man

6.1

After Tokyo police officer Yokoda is killed in the line of duty, his chief decides to give Yokoda's body to Dr. Tani for use in a secret scientific experiment: Yokoda's brain will be transplanted into a super-powered…

Toban Bengoshi 5: Ani wa Fujo Boko, Imoto wa Satsujin

Nurse na Tantei 1

The Longest Night in Shanghai

7.5

Lin Xi's the struggling taxi driver who literally runs Naoki down in the street after he goes walkabout. Eager to placate the mysterious foreigner, Lin offers to chauffeur him around town, yet by the time she discovers…

Career Tantei Hinako no Chosa File

~~ Adapted from the novel "Yoru no Tantei" (夜の探偵) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2017 Fall Special

7.0

An omnibus special comprised of four segments: >> Story 1: "Terajima" (寺島) >> Story 2: "Free Style Kaachan" (フリースタイル母ちゃん) >> Story 3: "Unmei Tanchiki" (運命探知機) >> Story 4: "Yoru no…

Hara Hisako

Hara Hisako was a Japanese actress. Her birth name was Ishijima Hisa (石島久). She used the stage names Hara Hisako (原緋紗子) and Hara Hisako (原緋沙子). She was born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, as the youngest of four siblings. Her father was a banker, but he passed away when she was…

Tamiya Jiro

Tamiya Jiro was born on August 25, 1935 in Kyoto City, Japan as Shibata Goro. He was an actor and producer, known for Miyamoto Musashi (1973), 3000 kiro no wana (1971) and Showdown at Night's End (1964). He was married to Fuji Yukiko. He died on December 29, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan.

Ohara Reiko

Ohara Reiko was a Japanese actress. She was born in Tokyo in 1946 to a family that sold Japanese confectionery in the Hongo area. Upon graduating from high school, she made her debut as an actress. She appeared in what came to be called “trendy” dramas, including “Rikon Tomodachi” with actor…

Murakami Nijiro

Murakami Nijiro is a Japanese actor and voice actor, the only son of actor Murakami Jun and singer UA. His parents divorced when he was nine-years-old and he grew up with his mother, stepfather, and three half-siblings. While still attending preparatory school, he moved to Okinawa with his family. Murakami…

Yoshinaga Sayuri

Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合 Yoshinaga Sayuri, born 13 March 1945) is a Japanese actress. She has won four Japan Academy Best Actress awards, more than any other actress, and has been called "one of the foremost stars in the postwar world of film." Her first media appearance was in the radio drama…

Watase Tsunehiko

Watase Tsunehiko was a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 2nd Japan Academy Prize for The Incident and at the 3rd Hochi Film Award for The Incident, Koutei no inai hachigatsu and The Fall of Ako Castle. His older brother is the actor Watari Tetsuya. (Source: Wikipedia)

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Miyake Kuniko

Kuniko Miyake was born on September 17, 1916 in Saitama, Japan. She was an actress, known for Tokyo Story (1953), Until the End of the World (1991) and Escapade in Japan (1957). She died on November 4, 1992 in Japan. She appeared in more than 180 films from 1934 to 1991. Miyake joined the Shochiku studio…

Kishibe Ittoku

Kishibe Ittoku is a Japanese actor and musician. He originally entered show business as the bassist for the Japanese rock bands, The Tigers and Pyg, but later switched to acting. The veteran of over 115 films, he won the Best Actor Japanese Academy Award for Shi no toge in 1991 and was nominated for…

Kimura Takuya

Kimura Takuya is a Japanese actor, entertainer, singer, and voice actor born in Tokyo. He is represented by Johnny's. He was a member of the male idol group SMAP from 1988 until they disbanded in 2016 and is currently a solo artist. He is known by the nickname "Kimutaku". After joining Johnny's in November…

Keibuho Sasaki Jotaro 2: Kokuhaku

~~ Adapted from the story "Yoru no Kiba" (夜の牙), within the novel "Kowaroshii Yoru" (怖ろしい夜) by Nishimura Kyotaro (西村京太郎).

Munesue Keiji 7

~~ Adapted from the novel "Yoru no Niji" (夜の虹) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Have a Nice Day

6.0

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa…

Why Did You Come to Japan? Supercharged Z

A street interview variety show that covers the lives of foreigners in Japan. It is a spinoff of the show but covers stories that cannot be aired on the family-friendly TV Tokyo channel. Their most popular segments…