Kofujita Shoichi

Kofujita Shoichi was a Japanese actor born in Yushima, Hongo-ku, Tokyo. His real name is Fujita Masao. He has appeared in various Shinpa plays and is known as a child actor who played an active part in the Shochiku Kamata studio in the latter half of the Taisho era. In 1920, he joined Takeda Masanori…

Shimazu Yasujiro

Shimazu Yasujiro was a Japanese director. He was one of the major creators of the Shoshimingeki genre (films depicting the lower middle classes) at the Shochiku studios in pre-World War II Japan. Born in Kanda, Tokyo, Shimazu entered the Shochiku studio in 1920 after answering an advertisement and began…

Araki Michiko

Araki Michiko, born in Misaki-cho, Kanda, Tokyo, was a Japanese actress. Michiko attended Meika Elementary School and graduated from Joshi Gakuin in 1934. She worked in the language department of the YWCA and as a librarian at the Imperial University. In 1938, she joined the Bungakuza Research Institute…

Kobayashi Tokuji

Kobayashi Tokuji was a Japanese actor from Hyogo, Japan, born in Okayama. He worked as a supporting actor at Shochiku, appearing in about 200 films at the Kamata and Ofuna studios. Initially, he dropped out of Okayama City Industrial School and later formed a student theater group that toured various…

Kanai Dai

Kanai Dai was a Japanese actor and voice actor from Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. He dropped out of the Chuo University, Department of Law. In 1952, he founded the theater company Izumiza. His eldest son is the actor Kanai Setsu. On June 17, 2001, at the age of 74, he died of pneumonia at a hospital…

Sebu Hiroko

Hiroko Sebu is a Japanese composer and multi songwriter. She moved to France to attend Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, studied film score composition and graduated as the top student. After that, she studied under the French Oscar winning composer Gabriel Yared. She debuted with her 1st album “O…

Takeuchi Riki

Riki Takeuchi was born in Saiki, Ōita Prefecture and is known for his roles in v-cinema yakuza movies. Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as Dead or Alive trilogy by Takashi Miike. Takeuchi also starred in Battle Royale II: Requiem, where he played Riki Takeuchi. (Source:…

Ito Ayumi

Ito Ayumi, born April 14, 1980 in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress who received her big break in 1996, when she was cast as the central character of Ageha in Iwai Shunji's hit movie, Swallowtail Butterfly. The following year, she won her first Japanese Academy Award for 'Rookie of the Year'.…

Gouriki Ayame

Ayame Goriki is a Japanese actress, singer and model from Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She was represented by the talent agency Oscar Promotion until 2020. Ayame Goriki liked to stand out when she was young. When she was in elementary school, she told her parents that she wanted to become…

Ide Toshiro

Ide Toshiro was a Japanese screenwriter for both film and television. Born in the village of Kitahata in Saga Prefecture, Ide graduated from the Tokyo Higher School of Arts (now the Faculty of Engineering of Chiba University). He initially worked as a magazine illustrator and advertising designer, but…

The China Town II

Tokyo Friends Park II

A preset number of contestants (typically 4) compete for prizes that range from Foot baths, Massage chairs and Big screen televisions to new vehicles (typically a Land Rover). As with most Japanese game shows, the…

Uso Demo Ii Kara

6.0

Shin Daisan no Gokudo II

6.0

A secret family business that no one knows! Men swear their lives when they share a cup of Sake with their boss! Reijiro, Boss of the Masaki Group, losses the junior head of the group while a mysterious hit man is…

Reborn from Hell II Jubei’s Revenge

10.0

Legendary samurai Jubei Yagyu must face off against a necromancer and his army of the undead in order to rescue Ohiro the young ninja girl from the clutches of Inshun Hozoin, the evil man slated to become lord of darkness…

The Unbeatables II

After four years in Las Vegas, a senior of Long Ting Guang, Ye Zhong, undertakes a gambling competition with four other legendary gamblers from around the world. After the game was won by him, the media present at…

Bad Boy II

3.0

After he was released from prison, Bombo vowed never to allow himself to take part in any form of violence again. He just wants to live a simple life and spend all his time watching over his wife Cecile and his daughter.…

Her Fatal Ways II

7.0

The movie opens with Shih Nan as a decorated police instructor in Mainland China, educating young recruits in terms of fluency in foreign languages, martial arts, and the ability to see through the walls, even though…

Akagi the Gambler II

6.6

Akagi appears again one year after the night where he first played mahjong. [Letterboxd]