Iwao Kaishi

Born to clothing designer parents, Iwao has been performing on stage from a young age. At the age of 16, he became a theater costume assistant, and at 18 started acting. Iwao is the representative of theater group Avant-Garde x Complex. Alongside acting, he is involved in producing costumes and plays.…

Komatsu Sakyo

He was one of the most well known and highly regarded science fiction writers in Japan. In the West he is best known for the novels Japan Sinks (1973) and Sayonara Jupiter (1982). Both were adapted to film, Submersion of Japan (1973) and Bye Bye Jupiter (1984). The story "The Savage Mouth" was translated…

Kawakami Takeshi

Moriguchi Seiji

Moriguchi Seiji is a Japanese costume desginer.

Shimada Tamayo

Shimada Tamayo is a Japanese comedian and idol. Member of Yoshimotozaka46's 1st Generation and its unit Sweet MONSTER.

Hamada Gaku

Hamada Gaku is a Japanese actor from Tokushima.

Sato Miwa

Sato Miwa is a Japanese makeup artist.

Kaga Sho

Kaga Sho is a Japanese comedian, part of comedy duo Kagaya. (Source: Wikipedia)

Masuda Tomoya

Masuda Tomoya is a Japanese actor.

Maebara Minoru

Maebara Minoru is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kagoshima.

Hypnosis

6.9

Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife’s birthday. A middle aged…

Love Come

6.9

Matsuda Makie works as a manager of a flower shop in Tokyo and hasn't had a date in 2 years. Even though she is attractive, her personality is tomboyish. She then meets geeky old acquaintance Miharu, who works as an…

Blue Hour

6.9

Sunada is a 30-year-old TV commercial director based in Tokyo. Tired of pleasing others and torn between her husband and lover, she yearns for a breather. With great help from her weird friend Kiyoura, Sunada decides…

Strawberry Shortcakes

6.9

Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives. The main characters, impeccably played by four powerful actresses, are modern,…

Kaza Hana

7.0

An alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he's impulsively made a suicide pact. Though he's now changed his mind, he agrees to travel with her to Hokkaido, her…

Karera wo Mireba Wakaru Koto

7.0

Momoko Uchida lives in an expensive apartment in Tokyo. She is a manga writer. Momoko Uchida is in her second marriage and has a son attending a university. Her friend Mizuki Tomizawa is the same age her and lives…

Shylock's Children

7.0

A million yen goes missing at the Nagahara Branch of Tokyo Daiichi Bank. Long-time customer service staff Nishiki sets out on a mission to uncover the truth together with his colleagues Airi and Tabata. After coming…

Intimate Strangers

6.9

A psychological thriller set in the post-COVID Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son. (Source: TIFF)

Flowing

6.8

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mothers trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film…

Our House Party

7.1

Tomoya is a 21-year-old a university student in Tokyo and a chance encounter with Shoichi, a gay bar owner who operates in Shinjuku 2-chome, allows Tomoya the chance to begin articulating his homosexuality. He will…