The Singing Bamboo

6.0

The strange music could be heard from a jazz club in a comer of a big city. Trio called Arafa were giving a hot session. Namihiko was a Shyakuhachi (bamboo flute) player. At that time his mother called him to get back…

The Boat to Heaven

9.0

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean every day. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her dream come true, Masahiko goes to Tokyo to learn the violin and…

Lost in Tokyo

Eiji is a law student; Takkun is a singer in a fringe rock band, Taka-chan is a clerk. The film begins with a meeting between the three characters, nearly in their fourth decades, chatting under a cherry tree in full…

The Graduation

6.4

Asami is about to graduate from college. One rainy day, she offers her umbrella to Mayama, a Psychology instructor who was her mother's lover, and Asami's real father, though he doesn't know it. As they keep meeting…

Fortune in Disguise ? My Cancer and Tokyo Tower

TV show director, Naoko Nobutomo, was 45-years-old when she was informed that she had breast cancer. She had no choice but to face death in the form of this disease. And so, Naoko decided to chronicle everything about…

Make the Last Wish

7.0

Koike Minami returns from the USA to Japan to accomplish her deceased twin sister’s wish to win a competition and sing with Avril Lavigne on the stage in a concert in Tokyo. (Source: Mubi) ~~ Adapted loosely from…

Door 2: Tokyo Diary

7.4

Ai is a call girl whose job involves a lot of risk. Every time she goes through a door, she has no idea what type of man is on the other side. Some are sweet, some are violent, and some are just full-on crazy! One…

Tokyo Biyori

7.7

Following up on his critically acclaimed 119, Naoto Takenaka directs this portrait of a very passionate, though strange marriage loosely based on a book by renowned photographer Nobuyoshi Araki about his own deceased…

Human Comedy in Tokyo

6.8

'Human Comedy in Tokyo', describes ordinary everyday lives without any significant incidents. Various dialogues are elaborately woven to bring tiny splits in human relationships to light, and through the three episodes…

Kimura Daisaku

Daisaku Kimura was born in Tokyo, Japan. He is a cinematographer (over 50 credits) and a director, known mainly for: "Samurai's Promise" (2018), "Memory" (2017), "The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones to Serenity" (2009). He worked as the Assistant Cameraman on many of Kurosawa Akira’s movies from "The…

Okada Yutaka

Okada Yutaka is a Japanese producer born in Tokyo. He is the founder of Argo Pictures, a movie production & distribution company.

Ohba Minami

Ohba Minami is a Tokyo-born actress, and model. She got her start in 2011 with the stage play "Total Living 1986-2011". She's currently under the talent agency NFB.

Hishikawa Seiichi

Born in Tokyo in 1969. After a few years career in NYC, he helped establish DRAWING AND MANUAL with other founding members. He has directed short films, photography, TV commercials, dramas and programs such as NHK historical dramas "Komyo ga Tsuji”, “Saka no Ue no Kumo”, "Yae no Sakura”, “MORIBITO:…

Abe Tomoko

Abe Tomoko is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She belongs to the Takaoka office.

Anshul Chauhan

Anshul Chauhan was born in north India in 1986. After attending military academy and graduating university with an Arts degree, he soon afterwards found himself working as an animator starting in 2006 with Paprikaas Studios Pvt Ltd (now Technicolor India). His work included projects such as Farm Kids…

Yamaguchi Megumi

Yamaguchi Megumi is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo who is affiliated with the Himawari Theatre Group. She debuted as an actress in 2002, playing a role in the television series First Love, and later appeared in several television series and commercials. Her first voice acting role in…

Gori Daisuke

Gori Daisuke, born Nagahori Yoshio, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Tokyo. Throughout his career, he was under various agencies, including TV Talent Center Tokyo, Yoshizawa Theatre School and then Mausu Production; he was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. On January…

Nanao Reiko

She was a student at Tokyo Prefectural third higher girls' school (now Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba High School) in 1942 and joined NHK Tokyo Broadcasting System troupe after graduation. She played an active role as a voice actress in the radio drama "Kimi no Naha" in 1956. After that, she was been active…

Ishii Teruo

Born in Tokyo's Asakusa neighborhood in 1924, Ishii developed a love of cinema early. His parents would often take him to see foreign films, particularly French movies. Ishii worked at Toho Studios as an assistant director beginning in 1942. His film career was interrupted when he was sent to Manchuria…