Hime Yuriko

Hime Yuriko, born Matsunami Takako (松波喬子), is a Japanese actress known for her work in theater, film, and television dramas. Born in Harbin, then part of Manchukuo, she repatriated to Japan as a child. She completed her education at Atago Junior High School in Minato, Tokyo, and later trained…

Tamiya Torahiko

Tamiya Torahiko was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo and raised in Kobe. Due to his father's seafaring job, he moved frequently. Tamiya attended the First Kobe Middle School and the Third Higher School, graduating in 1933. He studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where he participated…

Ichikawa Suisen III

Ichikawa Suisen III was a Japanese actress and dancer associated with the Shochiku era of Kabuki in Japan. Born as Horikoshi Kikue (堀越喜久榮) in Tsukiji, Kyobashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan, she comes from a family deeply rooted in Kabuki tradition. Her father was the fifth-generation Ichikawa Shinnosuke,…

Kobayashi Kanae

Kobayashi Kanae was a Japanese actress born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. In 1916, she moved to Kyoto to reside with her uncle, the film director Kobayashi Yaroku, and made her debut as a child actor in movies. As she grew up, she worked at the Daimaru department store. In November 1924, she ventured…

Abe Tetsuro

Abe Tetsuro was a Japanese screenwriter and broadcast writer born in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. His name is also written as Abe Tetsuro (阿倍徹郎) and Abe Tetsuro (安部徹郎). In 1948, he joined the Japanese Communist Party. During his early membership, he was involved in the party’s movement to…

Kawaguchi Setsuko

Kawaguchi Setsuko was a Japanese actress born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. She dropped out of the Faculty of Home Economics at Wayo Women's University. She attended the Toho Performing Arts School and was affiliated with Toho, and later with Shinsei Productions, before joining Takarai Project. In 1963,…

Arashi Keishi

Arashi Keishi, known professionally as Toyoshimaya (豊嶋屋), is a Kabuki actor whose birth name is Terada Katsuyuki (寺田勝之). Born into a family deeply entrenched in entertainment, he comes from a lineage where his father was the fifth-generation Arashi Yoshisaburo, his brother the sixth-generation…

Umeura Yoichi

Umeura Yoichi is a Japanese television and film producer born in Tokyo. He has served as the head of Toho Television and as the President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha. In 1993, Umeura became President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha, a subsidiary of Toho, where he continued his work in television film production. However,…

Hirokane Kenshi

Hirokane Kenshi is a Japanese manga artist from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. He is the representative director of the limited company Hirokane Production (his personal office). He has served as a visiting professor at Tokuyama University and Yamaguchi University. As of April 2023, he is a member of the…

Miyamoto Masae

Miyamoto Masae is a Japanese stylist and costume designer from Chiba, Japan. Originally working in accounting at Iwanami Films, she became interested in film work and joined Daiichi Kosho in 1985. With her family background in a clothing store, she decided to pursue costume design, believing that if…

Heartbeat

7.2

After his girlfriend's death, Chai isolates himself. He discovers a Rubik's cube with a message from her, urging him to solve it. Seeking its meaning, Chai travels to Chiang Mai, where he meets Namwhan, the guesthouse…

Isan Souzoku

7.2

Sato Ikuo is a houseman who works for the internal medicine department. Not wanting to burden his mother, who brought him up as a single mother, he obtained a scholarship from a nearby public university and enrolled…

Kioku Sosa Season 2: Shinjuku Higashisho Jiken File

7.3

Onizuka Ichiro has been confined to a wheelchair ever since he was stabbed by a criminal and lost the function of his two legs. After retirement, he was reappointed by Shinjuku Higashi Police Precinct’s Criminal…

Mahou Shoujo Chuuka na PaiPai!

7.3

The 9th entry in the Toei Fushigi Comedy series. The “Chinese Demon World” ruled by the selfish Gomoku Highness is a distant world that is close to the human world but no one knows of its existence. The heroine,…

Dive!!

7.3

The story centers on the Mizuki Diving Club (MDC) member Tomoki Sakai. The MDC has fallen on hard times, and its sponsors are preparing to pull their support. They promise to give the club another year of support if…

A Petal

7.3

The film tells the story of a girl who was caught up in the 1980 Gwangju uprising at the age of 15, and its effect on her life in later years. A dramatic and powerfully moving tale about the effects of post traumatic…

The Legend of Deification

7.3

Heavenly God Li Jing. Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li and Prince Nezha’s Father who carries a tower that can capture any spirit, demon or god within its walls. But every story has a beginning. First story of a young…

The Stone of Affection

7.2

Manee Morana is a cursed piece of jewelry tied to a bone demon. The ring possesses great powers to influence its wearers to commit acts of evil. Its latest target is Phakakaew, a naive woman with kindness who is being…

Sukeban Deka the Movie

7.2

A Neo-Nazi takes over a remote school, makes it into a training camp, and attempts to convert its students into a personal army. A young yoyo-wielding "delinquent" student named Saki seeks to stop this with the help…

Kara Mia

7.3

Kara and Mia have two faces divided in one body, Kara in the front and Mia in the back. When they get older, they will discover a way on how to separate their face with its own body every morning, while going back…