Matsubara Chieko

Matsubara Chieko is a Japanese actress. Born in Nagoya, she has appeared in more than 115 films since 1961. Spotted at a beauty contest sponsored by the Nikkatsu studio, Matsubara made her debut in 1961 at age 16 in Yoru no Chosensha. She appeared in over 100 films at Nikkatsu. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ozawa Shoichi

Ozawa Shoichi, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, radio host, haiku poet, singer and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Ozawa, who graduated from Waseda University, began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role…

Masuda Takahisa

Masuda Takahisa is a Japanese idol from Johnny's Entertainment. Masuda joined Johnny's Entertainment in November 1998. During his junior days, Masuda back danced for many of his seniors in the agency, such as KAT-TUN, and participated in many Johnny's junior photoshoots. In 2001, he was cast as a middle…

Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, poet, and human-rights advocate, who is a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. On September 7, 1956, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, the first son of policeman Kuniharu Nagabuchi and his wife Masuko, was born in Ijuin, Kagoshima. When he was a child,…

Fukuyama Masaharu

Fukuyama Masaharu is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor. He debuted in 1990 with the single "Tsuioku no Ame no Naka". His 1992 breakout single "Goodnight" gained a wide audience because of its tie-in with a drama. In 1993, he made his first appearance in "Kohaku…

Takahashi Ai

Takahashi Ai is a Japanese pop singer associated with Hello! Project, best known as the current leader of Morning Musume, former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni, and most recently given the leadership role as Hello! Project's leader. Takahashi Ai joined Morning Musume in 2001 as part of the…

Kaku Kento

Kento Kaku (born July 3, 1989) is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He has appeared in several feature films, television series, and stage productions. He is represented with Amuse, Inc. His wife is actress Nana Eikura. They married in August of 2016 and welcomed their first child in June of 2017. On…

Kanda Masaki

Masaki Kanda is a Japanese actor. His ex-wife is singer Seiko Matsuda whom he married in 1985 and they divorced in 1997 and their daughter is Sayaka Kanda who was also a singer and committed suicide by jumping from an upper floor of the hotel on December 18, 2021. Kanda was recruited by actor Ishihara…

Sawada Ayako

Sawada Ayako is a Japanese actress.

Sakagami Kazuko

Sakagami Kazuko is a Japanese actress.

Tama Minamisho Tatakiage Keiji: Chikamatsu Heikichi 7

A gang member is found dead on a riverbed with broken sunglasses and his scarf torn off. Perhaps because of the heavy rain on the day of the incident, those fragments could not be found. Chikamatsu Heikichi sets on…

Silver Rain

7.8

Kazuya Hirai (Kaku Kento) is a young man that delivers newspapers in a small village in Tottori Prefecture. He lost his father at an early age and lives with his mom. One day, something happens that causes Hirai to…

Okinawa: The Afterburn

An American director examines the spirit of the people of Okinawa from the fighting with US forces in World War II to now with US military bases on the island.

Rain of Light

8.5

This documentary-style film recreates the infamous Asama Sanso Incident of 1972, wherein an extreme faction of the Students Allied Red Army holed themselves up in a mountainous cabin in the dead of winter. By the time…

Flowers and Rain

6.0

Yoshida, a returnee who spent his childhood in London, attends high school without being able to adapt to the Japanese atmosphere of a blocked and rural society. Eventually, as he started to distance himself from school,…

Silent Rain

7.2

Yukisuke, a young bio-archeologist with a limp, gets to know Koyomi, a young woman, selling Taiyaki on the street, similar to Korean fish-shaped bun. He is fascinated by her and visits her stall often. The two talk…

After the Rain

7.3

This film follows a samurai with no master and his wife while they are waiting for the rain to stop in order to cross the mountain. For the time being, they both help the poor by giving them a place to stay, food and…

Candy and Kiss

6.4

Maeda Taiki works in a clothing store in Tokyo. He is a shy boy who has no confidence in himself and believes he is ugly. Yagii Haruhisa is the manager of the shopping center where Maeda works; he is handsome, kind,…

Cherry Blossom Memories

7.4

Miku is a female high school student and the leader of the soprano group at a chorus club in her high school. She has feelings for Haru, the head of the chorus club. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Sakura no Ame” by halyosy.…