Towake Hisao

Toake Hisao, born Ogura Hisao (小倉久雄) in Koamicho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, was a Japanese actor. From a young age, he was involved in the performing arts. He attended Gyosei Elementary School, Kyoka Middle School, and later studied economics at Hosei University. While still a student in 1928, he joined…

Karasuma Setsuko

Setsuko Karasuma is a Japanese actress and model born in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. She attended Chukyo University, but left before finishing. She is employed by the From First Production talent agency. She made her debut as a Clarion Girl in 1980, moving quickly into the gravure idol scene.

Oda Masao

Oda Masao, born Saiki Masao (斎木政雄) was a Japanese actor born in Waseda, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. He later changed his name to Oda Masao (織田真佐男). He began his acting career at age six and graduated from Tokyo Prefectural School of Arts (東京府立工芸学校). In 1930, he enrolled…

Todayama Masashi

Todayama Masashi is a Japanese screenwriter born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Azabu Junior and Senior High School (麻布中学校・高等学校) and the Faculty of Letters at Waseda University (早稲田大学). While at Waseda, he became involved with the theater troupe Daisan Butai (第三舞台)…

Furuhata Yasuo

Yasuo Furuhata is a Japanese film director, who won the 2000 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for 'Poppoya'. A proficient commercial director, Furuhata made his debut with the youth film Bad Girl Yoko (Hikō shōjo Yōko, 1966), about a girl who, along with her boyfriend, escapes Japan by…

Fujiki Yu

Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with…

Uchida Asao

Uchida Asao, born Uchida Tomoo in Pyongyang, Korea, during Japanese rule, was a Japanese actor. He was affiliated with Kohinata Project after working with Enkei Theater and the Gekkoai theater troupe. After graduating from Pyongyang First Middle School, Uchida worked for Higashiman Waryu Coal Mine,…

Ohki Minoru

Ohki Minoru, born in Osaka, was a Japanese actor. After serving as a lighting assistant at the Nikkatsu Tamagawa Photo Studio for 10 years, he became an actor at the recommendation of actress Kogure Michiyo. He made his movie debut in 1951 and since then he starred in many Shochiku works as a hard-line…

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…

Katagiri Ryuji

Katagiri Ryuji is a Japanese actor from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan. He belongs to Toei Management (former Toei Actor Center). After working at Osaka Gas , he joined Toei company in 1969 as a 13th gen member of Toei New Face., and in 1971, he made his full-scale debut in the movie " Queen Bee Strikes…

Invisible Man

6.4

A gang posing as invisible people wreak havoc by committing several crimes in Tokyo. However, they cross paths with Takemitsu Nanjo, a war veteran and an actually invisible man who has been living quietly as a clown…

Young Breasts

2.0

Akira Kobayashi stars as a young hoodlum who tries to go straight after falling in love with his social worker.

Life Theater

The hero has worked as a janitor in a bank for 20 years. On his birthday, his colleagues at work call him "chief" to make him happy. After that moment, though, he starts passing himself off as a real chief. One day,…

Good-for-Nothing Guy

A man dressed as a priest who claims to have returned from Italy appears in a lawless town and repels evil . (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Deaf Sam Ryong

6.2

Deaf Samryong works as a farmhand. He loves the landlord's daughter-in-law. This film describes his true love and humanity to resist old customs. (Source: KMDb)

Toyama no Kin-san

A magistrate masquerades as a playboy to gather evidence against criminals. In court, he brilliantly vanquishes the villains. (Source: MyDramaList)

Suhadabi no Tame no 12-sho

A short film produced as a PR movie that explains the effects of ultraviolet rays on the skin and skin care in daily life.

The Butterfly Lovers 2

A young woman dresses as a man to go to school, where she meets a poor but gifted student. They ultimately fall in love which leads to tragic consequences. ~~ Adapted from the folk tale about ill-fated lovers.

The Butterfly Lovers

A young woman dresses as a man to go to school, where she meets a poor but gifted student. They ultimately fall in love, which leads to tragic consequences. ~~ Adapted from the Chinese folk tale about ill-fated lovers.

Forever and Ever

Ivy Ling Po stars as a male student named Xiaowen. Wicked rich man Liu, portrayed by Lo Wei, the director of this film, wants Xiaowen to marry his daughter who is suffering from leprosy, thinking that marriage will…