The 25th Hour

Five men, who do not know each other's identities, set up an operation to steal a diamond worth 100,000 dollars and infiltrate a villa on the hillside of Mt. Bush in Tokyo. However, since one of them was a subordinate…

The Invincible of the Far East

Dr. James Park, a world authority on nuclear research, visits Tokyo to attend a World Nuclear Power Seminar and is kidnapped by unknown people. Accordingly, the South Korean intelligence agency ordered spy agent HS-7…

The Dancing Girl of Izu

7.5

Izu no Odoriko is based on the story The Dancing Girl of Izu by Yasunari Kawabata. It tells the story of the interactions between a young male student from Tokyo, and a small group of travelling performers that he…

Goob-bye Tokyo

Korean intelligence agency Jang Sang-sang disguises himself as Mitsuyama, an instructor at a spy training center in Japan, and infiltrates the spy's den. Sun-hee, the daughter of Hasam, the training spy leader, was…

Tokyo Bay

Opening with an aerial pan over post-war Tokyo, a title card informs us that this is just one frame in the “intense struggle for existence” in a city of 10 million before we arrive at the titular bay and a boat…

Carnival in the Night

Japanese independent filmmaker Masashi Yamamoto wrote and directed this purposefully gritty look at life amidst Tokyo's underground music and art scene. Kumi (Kumiko Ota) sings with a new wave band that is struggling…

Dimple of Tokyo

Tired of being a mere figurehead, a company president runs away from his job with the help of his new secretary. (Source: MyDramaList)

Tokyo 1958

6.1

Eight filmmakers collaborate with Teshigahara to bring a newsreel-style snapshot of Tokyo in 1957-58, when it has eight and a half million people and was the largest city in the world. (Letterboxd)

The Scent of Incense

7.3

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble. (Source: TMDB)

Tokyo is in Love

Akio. who works at a signboard shop. while dreaming of entering an art university, sees a beautiful girl sheltering from the rain on his way home from watching a movie, and he immediately falls in love with her. When…

Yanagiya Gontaro I

The first Yanagiya Gontaro was a Japanese rakugoka born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1939, he belonged to the Toho Meijinkai. In addition, h becomes a signboard rakugoka of Toho along with the 3rd generation Kinba Sanyutei. Even after the war, he remained popular but fell ill in 1950. At the same time, a…

Yuzuki Asako

Yuzuki Asako is a Japanese novelist born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. She attended Keisen Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School and graduated from Rikkyo University with a degree in French literature. She is married and a member of the Japan PEN Club. Since her university days, she aimed to become a…

Rionne McAvoy

Rionne McAvoy is a documentary filmmaker originally from the Gold Coast in Australia. Now residing in Tokyo, Japan, for over 17 years, Rionne is fully bilingual in English and Japanese. Rionne grew up in South East Queensland, Australia, and at the age of 19 went to Japan for an 8-week karate training…

Ishihara Umi

Ishihara Umi is a Japanese artist and film director. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a BA in Fine Arts and went on to study at the University for the Creative Arts in London for an MA in Filmmaking. Her work consists of a surreal mix between documentary and fiction. The Garden Apartment…

Tanaka Mayuko

Tanaka Mayuko is a Japanese stage actress and voice actor. She is from Tokyo. She has an O blood type. She is 162 cm tall. She belongs to Group Impact (Kitazawa section) and the theater company Sugoroku.

Yanagiya Gontaro III

The third generation Yanagiya Gontaro is a rakugo storyteller from Kita-ku, Tokyo. He belongs to the Rakugo Kyokai and is a consultant to the association. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Meiji Gakuin University. At Meiji Gakuin University, he was active in the Rakugo Study Group. On April 1, 1970,…

Hiraiwa Yumie

The daughter of the chief priest of Yoyogi Hachiman shrine, Hiraiwa Yumie was born in Tokyo in 1932. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women's University, the aspiring author studied under novelist Togawa Yukio and became a member of Shinyo-kai, an organization to…

Komatsu Nana

Tokyo native Komatsu Nana began her career starring in a short film, called Tadaima, before immediately graduating to movies like Close Range Love and The World Of Kanako. Prior to these, however, she was a popular account holder on Instagram and a model. As such, it is no surprise that photography…

Kikuchi Fuma

Kikuchi Fuma was born in Tokyo and began his idol career as a member of the group B.I.Shadow (2008) and then Sexy Zone (セクシーゾーン, 2011). On April 1st, 2024 the second group was renamed to "timelesz" in an attempt to create excitement and a new image after multiple members decided to leave.…

Kojima Fujiko

Young actress from Tokyo. She works for the agency ABP Inc. She began her career in 2007 as "Oha Girl" in the broadcast on TV Tokyo Oha Suta.