Shiozawa Toki

Shiozawa Toki, born Shiozawa Toyoji (塩沢登代路) in Nakasato, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She graduated from Jissen Women's High School (実践女子高等学校) and was affiliated with Toho Entertainment (東宝芸能) until her death. In 1947, Shiozawa advanced to the second…

Ryu Keiichiro

Ryu Keiichiro was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist born in Akasaka-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Ikeda Ichiro. He graduated from the Department of French Studies, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo. During the war, he departed as a student soldier and fought in mainland China as an army officer.…

Shimozawa Kan

Shimozawa Kan was a Japanese novelist from Atsuta-mura, Atsuta-gun, Hokkaido. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962. At the recommendation of his grandfather, he went on to Hakodate Government Commercial School but dropped out because the school was burned by the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1907,…

Ogawa Mayumi

Ogawa Mayumi is a Japanese actress born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from a Japanese and Western Women's Junior College with a degree in Japanese literature. Her father, Shin, was an actor affiliated with the theater group Shin Tokyo, founded before the war. She began studying ballet and Japanese…

Arishima Ichiro

Arishima Ichiro, born Oshima Tadao (大島忠雄) in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was the eldest son of a steel factory owner. After attending Hioki Elementary School (日置尋常小学校) and Nagoya Middle School (名古屋中学校), where he developed an interest in theater, he…

Uehara Ken

Uehara Ken was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1935 and 1990. He was born to wealthy, well-connected parents. He graduated from Rikkyo University, where he was first recognized for his musical talents and handsome appearance. Uehara joined Shochiku in 1935, debuting…

Ryu Chishu

Ryu Chishu was a Japanese actor born in Tamamizu, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. His family resided in Ryojoji Temple, which belonged to the Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha sect, where his father served as a priest. He graduated from Tamamizu Elementary School and then from Tamana Junior High School. Following this,…

Ninomiya Kazunari

Ninomiya Kazunari, often called Nino, is a singer-songwriter, actor, presenter, and radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi and portrayed Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint Eastwood war film Letters from Iwo Jima. Ninomiya began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese…

Oguri Shun

Shun Oguri is a Japanese actor, voice actor and film director, son of stage director Tetsuya Oguri, and the youngest of 3 siblings, including older brother Ryo, who is also an actor. He started in small roles as extra in the works in which his father and brother worked. He began his official acting…

Saga Zenpei

Saga Zenpei was a Japanese actor and filmmaker born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Japanese Art School. In 1929, he joined the Japan Proletarian Artist Alliance, but became an actor, and in the same year he entered the Tokyo Left Wing…

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.

Young Breasts

2.0

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

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…

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)

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.

Colourful Butterfly

The film was publicized as the first Cantonese film to be shown in Europe and the UK. The film's special attraction was that an English army officer played a role of a military officer, wearing ancient Chinese costume…

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.