Hippopotami

In the suburbs of a northern Chinese city undergoing urbanization, a quirky girl who wants to see animals in the zoo is taken for a ride that will forever change her perspective on life. (Source: Letterboxd) ~~ Co-production…

10 Gals Bugging in the Wild

Led by nature photographers James Kwok and Daphne Wong, 10 female ViuTV artists set off on a mission to meet the creatures of the night. Whoever catches the most animals (according to a scoring system) will be named…

Bird Woman

Tokyo in a pandemic. Toki is fed up with the men who take advantage of the fact that their face is hidden by the mask to molest her. One morning, Toki orders a bird mask from a friend who makes masks of animals, and…

Fukushima Monologue II

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After the Fukushima nuclear accident, Matsumura Naoto stayed put in his hometown of Tomioka to look after abandoned animals. A decade later, Matsumura is now battling to revive a rice field in a decontaminated wasteland.…

Shari

For some reason, there is very little snow in the winter of 2020 on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a special place located in the northernmost part of Japan where rare wild animals coexist with humans. The typical drift…

17-sai wa Tomaranai

Ruri is a sophomore at an agricultural high school studying animal husbandry. Ruri, who grew up in a family with only one mother and one child, balances her busy school life caring for animals with a part-time job…

Nipponretto Ikimono Cho Densetsu: Gekijo Ban Darwin ga Kita!

NHK’s nature documentary program “Darwin Is Here!” is back on the big screen for the first time in 15 years and it features animals over the four seasons: a chipmunk stockpiling food for winter, a snow hare running…

Insect Disaster

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In the not-too-distant future, humans will emit large amounts of waste gas to produce garbage, far exceeding the carrying capacity of the Earth, and the Earth will usher in an irreversible period of desertification.…

Nihon Toitsu Gaiden: Yamazaki-gumi Joji to Yukaina Nakamatachi

One day, when Himura and Tamura go to the office, they find cute animals. When they ask Ishizawa and Yamamura about the situation, they learn that a drunken Sakaguchi bought them. Himuro and Tamura, unable to contain…

Our Neighborhood Furballs

"Our Neighborhood Furballs" will capture in a natural and honest way the daily lives of people with adorable furballs, from dogs and cats in their bedrooms to wild animals at the zoo and in the great outdoors. In addition,…

Giovanni Baldisseri

Giovanni Baldisseri is a Filipino film and TV actor. (Source: IMDb)

Yamashina Yuri

Yamashina Yuri is an actress, known for Sengoku rokku hayate no onnatachi (1972), Reipu 25-ji: Bôkan (1977) and Nureta koya o hashire (1973). (Source: IMDb)

Akinori Saya

Akinori Saya is a Japanese art director.

Sai Yoichi

Sai Yoichi was a Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor. He was a second-generation Korean in Japan. His Korean name was Choi Yang Il. Sai Yoichi was the focus of a tribute program titled "Signals: focus on Sai Yoichi" at the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam. He was also a jury member…

Kawai Genji

Kawai Genji was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (東京工業大学) and initially worked for various electrical companies, including Oki Electric Industry (沖電気工業株式会社). After World War II, while serving in the General Headquarters…

Tanaka Osamu

Tanaka Osamu is a Japanese editor. Not to be confused with the actor with the same name.

Hasebe Yasuharu

Hasebe Yasuharu was a Japanese film director best known for his movies in the "Violent pink" subgenre of the Pink film, such as Assault! Jack the Ripper (1976), Rape! (1976), Rape! 13th Hour (1977) and Raping! (1978). Earlier genre films directed by Hasebe include Black Tight Killers (1966) and the…

Natsuki Yoko

Natsuki Yoko is an actress, born in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan. She started her career in the 1977 movie "Karate for Life". One of her television roles was as Osono, a ninja in the jidaigeki series Yoshimune Hyoubanki: Abarenbo Shogun. She also regularly appeared in Abare Hasshu Goyou Tabi. (Source:…

Albie Casino

Albie Casiño is a Filipino actor best known for his role in the 2010 series "Mara Clara". (Source: Wikipedia)

Shirasaka Yoshio

Shirasaka Yoshio was a Japanese screenwriter from Tokyo, Japan.