Isshiki Saiko

Isshiki Saiko is a Japanese actress born on October 1, 1958 in Tokyo, Japan.

Kotani Tsugunobu

Kotani Tsugunobu is a Japanese director, theater director, and screenwriter from Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.

Akutagawa Takayuki

Akutagawa Takayuki was a former Japanese announcer, narrator, and moderator from Tokyo Prefecture. In October 1951, he joined Radio Tokyo (currently TBS) as an announcer. He left Radio Tokyo in December 1959 and became a freelancer in January 1960. His wife is Radio Tokyo announcer Honda Setsuko. (Source:…

Tamagawa Isao

Tamagawa Isao is a Japanese actor born January 11, 1922 in Shinjuku, Yotsuya, Tokyo (now Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo). He is known for playing intellectual villain roles. He debuted as an actor in 1954's "The Street Without Sun". He died on January 1, 2004 at the age of 81.

Shoji Eiken

Shoji Eiken, born Shoji Nagataka (庄司永建) in Shinjo, Yamagata, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Sophia University (上智大学) and later attended the People's Arts Theater Training Institute (民衆芸術劇場附属養成所). In 1948, he joined the Mingei Theater Company (劇団民藝),…

Okamoto Nobuto

Born to his father, who was an architect (two boys and two girls). Born in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture , spent time in Sakai City until elementary school . He moved to Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo . Joined the theater company Himawari in the second year of junior high school . Debuted as a child…

Masuda Kiiton

Masuda Kiiton, born Kimura Hajime (木村一) in Aoyanagi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian, also known by the name Masuda Kiiton (益田キートン). His family, originally samurai from the Aizu domain, relocated to Hakodate after losing a battle in Niigata. They initially…

Zushi Takao

Zushi Takao was a Japanese actor born in Nishinari Ward, Osaka City. He graduated from Meisei High School and belonged to the Homma office. . ActorZushi Yoshitak is his younger brother. He died at the age of 58, in a hospital in Tokyo on April 1, 2005.

Ikeuchi Junko

Ikeuchi Junko, whose real name was Nakazawa Sumiko, was born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. She made her screen debut with “Kotaishi no Hanayome” (“The Crown Prince’s Bride”) in 1955 after working at a department store and becoming a marquee actress for Shintoho Pictures Co. In her long career, Ikeuchi…

Takizawa Osamu

Osamu Takizawa was a Japanese actor. He was born in Ushigome, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Starting at the Tsukiji Little Theater, Takizawa participated in a number of theatrical troupes before forming Gekidan Mingei with Jūkichi Uno.

Emotion

A virus is spreading through Tokyo, and a lockdown has been in effect for three months. Mamoru, a young factory worker, finds himself isolated, his only company being phone calls with his boss, his girlfriend, and…

Detouring Blue

Under the neon night lights of Tokyo, callgirl Shiori is chauffeured from assignation to assignation. Mid-ride, a fellow sex worker prompts her to remember her high school days, her dreams of being a playwright, and…

Car Modify

Bar Modify’s is located in downtown Tokyo and it is a haven for car enthusiasts. Three people who go there are Arisu, who actually works at the place, Takuya, an aspiring screenwriter, and Kento, a mechanic. All…

Return to Sender

A quiet little shop in downtown Tokyo serves as a haven for Japan's lost young souls. They share their innermost feelings with their future selves in letters they'll receive exactly one year later. (Source: nhk.or.jp)

Manzai Association the Movie

A documentary film about comedians in Tokyo who put their hearts on the stage. Why do Manzai performers continue to stand on the "stage"? Since June 2023, as a new and youngest ever chairman of Manzai association,…

Nibisabi no Su

After leaving Ishikawa Prefecture to live in Tokyo, Haruto is confused by the changes in people, towns, and time after his grandmother's death and feels that life is difficult. One day, his older sister Akane, who…

Clematis no Madobe

Eri was born and raised in Tokyo. She escapes her city life to spend her vacation time in an old house in Shimane where her late grandmother lived. The people she encounters include her architect cousin and fiancé,…

Joge Kankei

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Honda Konatsu has come to Tokyo from the countryside where hierarchical relationships are strictly observed. She moves into Maison Pilgrim, an apartment building where only the quirky people of the lower class live.…

See You Again

Manga artist Yuki rushes from Tokyo to Kyoto upon receiving news that her father has been critically injured in an accident. After her father is discharged from the hospital, he goes to a nursing home named Hallelujah…