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…

Hasegawa Kimiyuki

Hasegawa Kimiyuki was a Japanese screenwriter and art critic born in Tokyo. He graduated from Chiba University School of Medicine. He debuted as a screenwriter in "Kimi to Iku America Koro" which was published in 1950. Taking advantage of his experience working in the forensics of the Criminal Department…

Kura Tadaoyshi

Kura Tadayoshi was a Japanese actor born in Kameido, Koto, Tokyo. He debuted in 1963, appearing in the television drama "Tentekomai Monogatari" while in the second grade. In 1974, he graduated from Seisoku High School in Shiba Park, Minato. He retired from the entertainment industry in 1985 at age 30.…

Kitahara Fumie

Kitahara Fumie, born Abe Fusae (阿部房枝) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Nihon University (日本大学). In 1937, she began her career in small theater and later joined the Haiyuza Theater Company (劇団俳優座) upon its founding…

Reizei Kimihiro

Reizei Kimihiro was a Japanese actor and director from Tokyo. He belonged to FMG. He was the 4th chairman of the "Let's Win the University of Tokyo" (2006-2015). After graduating from The 5th Commercial High School in Tokyo, he joined the theater company Bungakuza after working at the Bungakuza Theater…

Yamamoto Togo

Yamamoto Togo, born Yamamoto Kenzo (山本鎌藏), was a Japanese actor. He began his career in Hollywood before returning to Japan, where he worked with studios including Shochiku Kamata Studio, Nikkatsu Uzumasa Studio, and Shinko Kinema Tokyo Studio. Born in Negishi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Yamamoto…

Date Satoko

Satoko was a Japanese actress active during the Showa era. Born in Shioiri, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, she moved to Tokyo during childhood and attended Bunkagakuin Junior High School after graduating from Hikawadai Elementary School in 1923. She developed an interest in acting at Bunkagakuin and, following…

Kahara Natsuko

Kahara Natsuko, originally Tsukahara Natsuko (塚原初子), was a Japanese actress and director associated with the Bungakuza theater company. Following the "Koto no Yoru" incident in December 1963, she left Bungakuza and co-founded the NLT Theater Company in January 1964, where she later became the…

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Gosho Heinosuke

Gosho Heinosuke was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, and haiku poet. He is famous for directing Japan's first domestically produced talkie film, "Madame and Wife." His real name was Gosho Heieimon (五所平右衛門). His haiku pen name was Goshotei (五所亭). He was born as the illegitimate…

Only 4 You

An omnibus film contains 4 stories: YURAI HOSHIBOSHI WARAUMADE (ゆらい、ほしぼし、笑うまで): Due to circumstances both at school and at home, two emotionally hurt 17-year-old high school girls move away…

Josei Sakka Mysteries Utsukushiki Mitsu no Uso

6.9

MOONSTONE A husband, who is a member of the municipal assembly, fails to get elected at the prefectural level. Due to his failure, he physically abuses his wife. While the wife resists, she kills him in the process.…

Yamaonna Nikki

7.7

40-year-old Tachibana Yuzuki has just taken on a job as a mountain climbing guide. While on her first solo guide job to climb Mount Myoko and Mount Hiuchi, she meets the female members in her group: Yumi and Ritsuko,…

Nostalgia

6.0

Mutsuko grew up on an island. Her family emphasized tradition, which she felt uncomfortable with. As a child, she envisioned Dream Land on the mainland as a symbol of freedom. Now as an adult, Mutsuko has her own family.…

Top League

6.5

Matsuoka Naoki is a reporter at the business desk for the Yamato Newspaper. One day he is transferred to the political desk. During a regular press conference held by Chief Cabinet Secretary Kondo, Matsuoka asks Kondo…

Curtain Call

9.0

Kaori is pursuing her career as a journalist for a magazine with great enthusiasm. But as a result of an article she wrote, she is sent to work for a community magazine at Fukuoka. An anonymous letter arrives, which…

S-Friends Pride

Choko starts to have a friends with benefit relationship with her high school crush Kazuki. She is now 36 years old, twice divorced and has a teenager daughter who she raises on her own. Kazuki works as a doctor in…

Toshi Densetsu Sepia

7.3

Owlman Saiki Takehiko is a guy who is no good at anything no matter what he does. One day, he creates an urban legend of the Owlman and starts posting these rumours on internet bulletin boards. A man dressed in a brown…

Deep Red Love

6.6

High school student Juri leaps to her death. Afterwards, Juri wanders to her house, school and street. She feels loneliness as nobody else is able to see her. She talks to those that she comes across including her…

Minamo Passing

Ryo, a high school girl living unhappily with her father, becomes friends with Mine, a lonely housewife who has been experiencing a growing rift with her husband over fertility treatment. The two decide to live together.…