The Kiyosu Conference

6.9

After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 23

Reporter Asami Mitsuhiko travels to Tokushima for an interview. During the interview, Mitsuhiko meets a mysterious woman who introduces herself as "Imao Yoshie." Yoshie explains that she is an Otani ware craftsman,…

Bleached Bones Avenue

The local Zomi people of the Chin State in western Myanmar dig to recover the remnants of 30,000 Japanese soldiers who fell in the “Battle of Imphal” 75 years ago—a form of daily labor for the Zomi that is complicated…

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

6.2

A Japanese village is menaced by a plesiosaur from the depths of the sea. Meanwhile, deep in a cave of ice, a prehistoric egg begins to hatch. The plesiosaur and the mystery creature hatching from the egg seem destined…

Godzilla Minus Zero

It's been two years since Godzilla brought devastation to Tokyo. Now, in 1949, the story continues with the Shikishima family as they and the people of Japan must face another attack when Godzilla resurfaces, even…

Black Cat Mansion

6.6

The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her. (Source:…

The Main and Favorite Duties of Ms. Kurishita

6.5

There are always only two people in the student council room: me, the president, Haiya Gin, and the vice president, Kurishita Namida. At first, there were various other officers as well, but since this one takes care…

Samurai Pirates

2.0

Kaede Murakami lives with her family on an island in the Seto Inland Sea. The family's livelihood is threatened when a ferry ship route to the island may be closed for good. Her family are also the descendents of Takeyoshi…

The Great Buddha Arrival

6.8

Thirteen Steps

6.9

Kihara Toru has been sentenced to death for the murder of two senior citizens. The problem in this particular case is that Kihara does not remember a thing of what happened due to an amnesia inducing bike accident…

Tsuburaya Eiji

Tsuburaya Eiji was a Japanese special effects director, film director, camera operator, and inventor born in Sukagawa Town, Fukushima Prefecture. He was the first president of the company Tsuburaya Special Skills Productions. He was the leading expert in special effects technology in the Showa era and…

Tanaka Reina

Tanaka Reina, born November 11, 1989 in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is one of the 6th generation members of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Her professional first name is spelled in hiragana to distinguish her from the Japanese actress Tanaka Rena, whose name is spelled using the same kanji (though with…

Irie Takako

Takako Irie (入江 たか子 Irie Takako, 7 February 1911 – 12 January 1995) was a Japanese film actress. Born in Tokyo into the aristocratic Higashibōjō family (her birth name was Hideko Higashibōjō (東坊城 英子 Higashibōjō Hideko)), she graduated from Bunka Gakuin before debuting as…

Ishikawa Sayuri

Ishikawa Sayuri is a Japanese idol, enka singer, and actress. Her real name is Ishikawa Kinuyo. She was born in Akita Village, Kumamoto (now known as Minami Ward, Kumamoto). She graduated from Horikoshi High School. Her music label is Teichiku Entertainment, and her agency is Sayuri Ongakusha. When…

Sumi Jo

Jo Su Gyeong, known artistically as Sumi Jo, is a South Korean lyric coloratura soprano. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies because of politics in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with opportunities…

Alice Dixson

Born to an American father and a Filipino mother, she was the Philippines' representative for Miss International in 1986 and became a household name in 1987 through a Palmolive soap TV commercial where she sang the phrase "I can feel it!". After joining a talent contest in Eat Bulaga! and Binibining…

Iwashiro Taro

Iwashiro Taro is a Japanese composer, arranger, pianist, and music producer born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he entered the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Department…

Li Shao Hong

Li Shao Hong is a Chinese film and television director and producer. She is considered a member of the Fifth Generation movement, and China's top woman director. Her films have won multiple awards in China and abroad, including the Golden Montgolfiere at the 1992 Three Continents Festival (for Bloody…

Ota Rina

Ota Rina (married name: Matsuda Rina, married Ryuhei Matsuda) is a Japanese fashion model represented by Anore Inc. Ohta’s mother is half Russian. As a child, she spent two years in Moscow and can speak Russian and English in addition to Japanese. In 2001, Ota won the Grand Prix along with Yui Aragaki…

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…