Okada Nana

Okada Nana is a former Japanese idol and actress. Okada got her start in show business in the TV Asahi program "Anata o Star Ni!" (You Are a Star!) in 1974. She was signed to NAV Records and released her first single, "Hitorigoto" (Soliloquy), in May 1975. In the spring of 1976, she released her biggest…

Tono Eijiro

Tono Eijiro was a Japanese actor and essayist born in North Kanra, Tomioka, Nanokaichi, Gunma, Japan. His stage name before the war was Honjo Katsuji (本庄克二). He was affiliated with Actor's Studio (俳優座). He was born into a sake brewing family. Tono's father moved to the Kanto region from…

Ichikawa Kon

Ichikawa Kon was a Japanese director born in Ujiyamada, Mie. He has worked on a wide range of films, from entertainment films to documentaries to TV historical dramas, and was involved in film production for a long time. His major directorial films include "The Burmese Harp," "Flame," "Ototo," "Key,"…

Tsuruta Mayu

Tsuruta Mayu, born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, is a Japanese actress. In 1996, she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike Wadatsumi no Koe Last Friends. Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited…

Sakai Miki

Sakai Miki is an actress and J-pop idol singer from Shizuoka, Japan. As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995 Shunji Iwai film "Love Letter" playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her role including…

Kaga Takeshi

Kaga Takeshi is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His real name is Katsuta Shigekatsu. Kaga was born in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture,…

Maeda Aki

Maeda Aki is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo. Her agency is Alpha Agency. She graduated from Hosei University Faculty of International Cultural Studies. In 1992, she was scouted while eating with her mother at a hamburger restaurant. She made her debut in the same year with a Takara Mu TV commercial.…

Kaneko Arisa

Kaneko Arisa is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist from Tokyo. She graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Film, and is a lecturer at the same department. In 1995, at the age of 22, she won the grand prize for "Tokiwa Saien no Fuyu" at the 8th Fuji Television Young Scenario Awards.

Toyokawa Etsushi

Toyokawa Etsushi is a Japanese actor. He studied at Shimizudani High School and Kwansei Gakuin University. He has been nominated for six Japanese Academy Awards, winning the Popularity Award in 1996 for Love Letter, and Newcomer of the Year in 1993 for Kira Kira Hikaru. He won the award for the best…

Yabuki Nako

Yabuki Nako, known simply as Nako, is a Japanese singer, dancer, actress, model, and former member of HKT48 (エイチケーティーフォーティーエイト), AKB48 (エーケービーフォーティーエイト) and IZ*ONE (아이즈원 / アイズワン). She did not attend high school to focus…

A Woman Resists

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A dark secret awaits a dance-hall girl when she goes to meet her former lover. (Source: IMDb)

Wind, Woman and Wanderer

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A meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity that has deadly consequences. (Source: MUBI)

Story of Second Class Private

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Onnakeizu

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Kakekomi

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The story is set in the late Edo period when the divorce rate was two times higher than the present. In feudal Japanese society, men could easily divorce their wives whereas wives had great difficulty exercising the…