Muranishi Toru

Muranishi Toru is an innovative and controversial director of Japanese adult videos (AV). Known in Japan as the "Emperor of Porn", he has been credited as one of the creators of the quasi-documentary style found in Japanese AVs, a genre that has remained popular throughout the history of the adult industry…

Kurata Tetsuo

Tetsuo Kurata is a Japanese television, stage and film actor and administrator, best known for portraying Kotaro Minami, the main character in the tokusatsu television series Kamen Rider Black and its sequel, Kamen Rider Black RX. Kurata auditioned for the role of Kotaro Minami in January 1987, when…

Jai West

Born in Vancouver to a Japanese mother and a French father, Jai Tatsuto West speaks fluent English, French, and Japanese. His acting career began in his teens as a series regular on the popular children's show "Kidzone", followed by many roles in television and film in the US and Canada, including guest…

Oshima Nagisa

Nagisa Oshima was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His films include In the Realm of the Senses (1976), a sexually explicit film set in 1930's Japan, and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983), about Japanese WW2 prisoners of war. Nagisa Oshima's career extends from the initiation of the "Nuberu…

Hiroki Ryuichi

Hiroki Ryuichi is a Japanese film director. He won critical acclaim for 800 Two Lap Runners. Film critic and researcher Alexander Jacoby has described Hiroki as "one of the modern Japanese cinema's most intelligent students of character". Of the directors who have graduated from “pink film” to the…

Tsukamoto Shinya

In 1986 a new film blasted to the centre of Japanese cinema, gaining international acclaim with its singularly inventive style and cataclysmic violence. Shinya Tsukamoto directed this 16-mm sci fi horror called Tetsuo - a story of a human being who becomes a monster of metal. This radical auteur quickly…

Shishido Kavka

Shishido Kavka is a Japanese musician. She was born in Mexico to Japanese parents. She lived there until she was two and then went to Japan for elementary school. Between the ages of 13 and 14, Shishido lived in Argentina. She learned Spanish to use in her daily life, though on returning to Japan, she…

Tanaka Koki

Tanaka Koki is a Japanese singer-songwriter, rapper and actor. He was the singer of the rock band "INKT". Koki was a member of Johnny's Entertainment and part of Johnny's KAT-TUN till September 30, 2013 when his contract with Johnny & Associates was terminated due to several contract violations and…

Yokoyama Yu

Yokoyama You is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host, and lyricist. Yokoyama is also a member of Kanjani Eight. Yokoyama entered Johnny's on Christmas of 1996 where he met fellow members Subaru Shibutani and Shingo Murakami. The reason he entered Johnny's is that his mother saw his classmate on…

Beat Takeshi

Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television personality, director, actor, author, and screenwriter. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, abroad he is known almost entirely for his filmwork. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost…

Madness in Bloom

6.6

Yamaguchi, Ichikawa and Kosugi dress in white military-style uniforms to clean the streets of Shibuya from bad elements. After right-wing gang boss Aota takes an interest in the three, the boys gradually become influenced…

Gotham Jumble Parfait

A young man covered in cream soda is in front of a yakuza-style man, who has been bathed in blood. A pistol and a corpse between the two. Looking around, there are also older waitresses and black customers. A yakuza-style…

Watashi ga Doku Ane wo Suteru Made

Akane, the owner of a long-established Western-style confectionery shop, is visited by her older sister, Asami, who was supposed to have left the shop several years ago. She shows up claiming to be taking over the…

RH Plus

6.8

This series follows the daily lives of 4 vampires that live together in a European-style building: Kiyoi is the eldest who takes care of the others, Masakazu is a college student who gets information on criminal activities,…

Confessions Among Actresses

7.7

What is an actress? This work takes the style that three stories progress simultaneously, following the life of the three actresses who were to appear in the movie “The Confessional Actress Theory” two days ago.…

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2017 Fall Special

7.0

An omnibus special comprised of four segments: >> Story 1: "Terajima" (寺島) >> Story 2: "Free Style Kaachan" (フリースタイル母ちゃん) >> Story 3: "Unmei Tanchiki" (運命探知機) >> Story 4: "Yoru no…

The Summer of the Ubume

6.7

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with…

Come Back Anytime

7.1

For more than forty years, ramen master Ueda Masamoto has been serving his legendary Tokyo-style ramen to a community of regulars who are not only his customers, but true friends. (Source: IMDb)

Pensees

7.7

"Panse" will be about a group of 3 childhood friends who decide to buy a Western-style house together. They are able to buy it cheaply under the condition that looks after Rikamaru, a proposition that quickly becomes…

Gochisosan

7.8

In the food themed drama, Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and…