Shimizu Hiroshi

Shimizu Hiroshi was a Japanese film director active during the Taisho and Showa periods in Japan. He was born in Nishiwataru, Yama-ka, Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan. Due to his parents' strained relationship, he was raised by his grandfather at his mother's family home upstream of the Tenryu River. His father…

Mariya Tomoko

Mariya Tomoko is a Japanese actress, singer, writer, and Musashino Art University lecturer from Minato-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Takarazuka Music School in 1980, scoring the highest points in her graduation exam. She joined the Takarazuka Revue as a 66th gen member. In 1989, she won the 39th Minister…

Sato Shimako

Sato Shimako is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Her husband is the film director Takashi Yamazaki . In 1992, she made his directorial debut in the movie “Tale of a Vampire” and won the Aboriaz Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)

Tane Rakuko

Tane Rakuko is a Japanese actress born in Ishikawa, Japan, represented by Office PSC (オフィスPSC). At 20, she moved to Tokyo and began hosting shows at Mikado (ミカド) in Akasaka, marking the start of her acting career. She joined the research institute of the Sanjuninkai Theater Company (劇団三十人会)…

Kurihara Hideo

Hideo Kurihara is a Japanese actor from Tochigi Prefecture. After graduating from high school in 1984, he moved to Tokyo and joined the Shiki Theatre Company. He appeared in numerous productions including the musical "The Lion King '' and left the group in 2009. After leaving the company, he continued…

Yokoyama Unpei

Yokoyama Unpei was a Japanese actor from Hikone Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. He became the first Japanese film actor to appear in Japan's first feature film. His real name is Yokoyama Yasushi. In 1893, he joined the troupe of Sudo Sadanori, a pioneer of the Shinpa drama, and debuted on…

Kimura Miho

In 2007, she formed "Asagaya Shimai" with Eriko Watanabe, who she met at the Tokyo Battery Research Institute.

Nakane Toru

Nakane Toru is a japanese actor born on November 6, 1957 in Tokyo, Japan.

Komakine Ryusuke

Ryusuke Komakine was born on May 2, 1981 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Utenai keikan (2016), Naratâju (2017) and Dosukoi myûjikaru (2015).

Yamaguchi Karin

Yamaguchi Karin is a Japanese actress born in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. Her parents' home is "Chiyoda Bookstore", a long-established foreign bookstore in Nihonbashi Kabutocho. After graduating from Ochanomizu University Junior and Senior High School and Toho Gakuen College Junior College, she became an actor…

The Box Man

6.5

In the bustling streets of Tokyo, a peculiar man dons a cardboard box over his head. Through a small peephole, he observes the world and diligently records his observations in a notebook. The photographer, known as…

The Next Generation: Patlabor

6.6

In the year of 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. Due to a long running depression, Labors, which are robots used in construction, are fired. The Division 1 of "Patlabor" is also dispersed. Patlabors are used by the Tokyo Metropolitan…

Sea's Lid

6.7

Mari grew tired of living in Tokyo and decided to move back to her small hometown in Shizuoka Prefecture. She opens a small store selling ice flakes with syrup which she enjoys herself. Mari runs the store with Hajime-chan…

HAMU - Kouan Keisatsu no Otoko

6.8

Assistant Inspector Natsuhara Shinji of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division is an outstanding detective. A compassionate, affable person well-liked by his colleagues and juniors, he has a…

Kochikame

6.8

Set in a neighborhood police station in Tokyo. The story follows the crazy adventures of the main character Ryotsu Kankichi, a middle-aged policeman. (Source: Anime News Network) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Police…

Another Heaven

6.8

A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that,…

Hospitalite

6.9

In a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo, Kobayashi Mikio lives with his younger wife, Natsuki, and a daughter from a previous marriage. Mikio also runs the small Kobayashi Printing Co., in their two-story duplex. Their life…

My Father, the Bride

6.4

Toka is a career woman in Tokyo. For the 3rd year anniversary of her mother's death, Toka travels back to her hometown on a remote island. There, Toka sees her father, Seiji, wearing her mother's clothes. Toka is shocked,…

Keiko Desu Kedo

6.4

Keiko Suzuki is a lonely waitress in Tokyo. Her father passes away of cancer and she becomes obsessed with the passage of time. And so, three weeks before her 22nd birthday, she decides to record this period of time…

Kikoku

6.9

An unscheduled late night train arrives at Tokyo station on 15 August, the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. Boarding the train are spirits of great men who died honourable deaths in the war more…