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…

Itami Juzo

Juzo Itami, born Yoshihiro Ikeuchi, was a Japanese actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed eleven films, all of which he wrote himself. The son of Mansaku Itami, prewar director of satiric jidai-geki, Jūzō worked initially as an actor, appearing regularly in Japan and occasionally in English-language…

Kayama Yoshiko

Actress | Writer. Yoshiko Kayama was born on January 1, 1944 in Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress and writer, known for Three Outlaw Samurai (1964), Arashi wo yobu jûhachinin (1963) and Edogawa Rampo no injû (1977).

Lily Franky

Lily Franky is a Japanese essayist, actor and writer of the best-selling autobiographical novel, “Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad” which was turned into a film released in 2007. ~~~ NipponCinema "Best Newcomer" (All Around Us/Guguri no Koto) - 2008 (51st) Blue Ribbon Awards | February…

Takeda Rena

Rena Takeda was born in Iwaki, Fukushima in 1997. In December 2013, she won a competition named "Seeking a second Kumicky" from among the 2,020 applicants. She was an exclusive model in Popteen from February 2014 to April 2016. Since the June 2016 issue, she has been an exclusive model of Non-no, a…

Mita Yoshiko

Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, then became free to appear in films, on television, and on the stage.…

Kawai Chiharu

Chiharu Kawai is a Japanese actress well known for her portrayal of the Mayumi Sasaki in "Kuchisake-onna".

Sato Atsuhiro

Sato Atsuhiro was born on August 30, 1973. When he was in his 3rd year of primary school, during the 2nd term, he moved to Fujisawa, Kanagawa. In 1986, aged 13, he joined Johnny's Entertainment as a "scholarship student" instead of passing an audition. The following year, he debuted with Hikaru GENJI…

Hosokawa Shigeki

Hosokawa Shigeki is a Japanese actor and former model. From 1995 to 2000, he was a professional model. He took time off from modeling in 2002 to study acting more thoroughly. He did not go to an acting school after his high school graduation so he used this time to improve his skill. Though mainly a…

Yorozu Masayuki

Yorozu Masayuki is a Japanese actor from Chiba. He belongs to Rush Up. After working as a model, in 1999 he made a regular appearance in a TV drama by appearing in the Tokai TV production and Fuji TV series soap opera "Ai no Meteor". In November 2017, he opened a comprehensive entertainment lesson studio…

Hierarchy of Girls: A Girl at the Bottom

8.5

Momoko is a student at a high school. She's viewed as being stupid and sits at the bottom of her school's hierarchy. While her friends are asked out on dates and they have good times with their boyfriends, Momoko doesn't…

Woman Peeper

5.0

Eri and her husband had been married for 3 years and they were weary of their sexual life. One night, when Eri was making love with her husband, a guy was peeping outside and she caught him. To shun himself from jail,…

While the Women Are Sleeping

6.1

Kenji Shimizu is a writer. He goes to a resort hotel with his wife for a one week vacation. Kenji Shimizu is bored with his wife and is also in a slump with his writing. He decides to get a job. Kenji just kills time…

Women Play Twice

6.5

Five short mini-stories about relationships, love and life.

Wine, Dine and Woo Me

6.7

Kanbayashi Megumi is a freelance writer who has not had a boyfriend in five years. She will turn 30 in three months and starts to panic about marriage. One day, she is brought a proposal by a magazine editor with whom…

Lady Battle Cop

6.8

It features a tennis player and her partner, they have a run-in with a terrorist group and she is subsequently transformed into a cyborg known as "Lady cop" or "Battle cop". She seems unstoppable until the same terrorists…

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

7.7

This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged hostess who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Her family hounds her for money, her customers for her attention, and she is continually…