Final Take

7.0

In the early 1930s, when silent movies were being replaced by talkies, Ogura has become famous for making popular flickers and comedies. His young assistant, Kenjiro, despises his practice and wishes to make art films.…

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Kon Hidemi

Kon Hidemi was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and stage director, born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. He was the first Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and held various prominent cultural roles throughout his career. In 1911, Kon moved to Kobe due to his father's work as a captain…

Nakagawa Yoshie

Nakagawa Yoshie was a Japanese actress from the end of the Meiji era, the Taisho era, and the early Showa era. Her husband is movie director Kako Zanmu, and her younger sister is actress Komatsu Midori. Sge was born in Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo, and was originally a stage actress. In 1911 she appeared in…

It's A Flickering Life

7.5

Go is a passionate gambler but a deadbeat dad, and his wife Yoshiko and family have given up on him. Nevertheless, there’s one thing that Go has always been wholeheartedly devoted to movies. He and Terashin, the…

Labyrinth of Cinema

7.7

A fantasy in which three young people who visit the only remaining cinema in Onomichi, which closes tonight, are time-leaped to the world of cinema with the final all-night screening of Japanese war films.

Shimura Ken

Ken Shimura (志村 けん, Shimura Ken) (born Yasunori Shimura (志村 康徳, Shimura Yasunori), February 20, 1950 – March 29, 2020) was a Japanese comedian. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama. He was known as "Japan's Robin…

Matsumoto Taisuke

Matsumoto Taisuke was a Japanese actor born in Tachikawa-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture. He was a big star who starred in a large number of historical and contemporary dramas, mainly films directed by Ito Daisuke, in Teikoku Kinema and Nikkatsu. In 1911, he dropped out of the old Tokyo Academy…

Takashima Masahiro

Takashima Masahiro is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He comes from a family of actors, including his father (Tadao Takashima), mother (Hanayo Sumi) and younger brother Masanobu Takashima. He married the stage actress Sylvia Grab in 2005. Takashima debuted in the 1987 film "Totto Channel". His…

Denden

Denden, born Ogata Yoshihiro, is a Japanese actor and former comedian born in Chikushino City, Fukuoka Prefecture and raised in Mizumaki Town. He belongs to the Alpha Agency. After graduating from high school, he moved to Tokyo to apply for an apprenticeship under Atsumi Kiyoshi, but he could not meet…

Mineo Sho

Mineo Sho is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He's currently represented by Vivienne Office. At the age of 21, he transitioned from a beautician to an actor. After three years in a theater company, he appeared in numerous visual works, including movies, dramas, music videos, and commercials. He…

Fushimi Nobuko

Fushimi Nobuko is a Japanese actress and singer born in Kojima-cho, Asakusa-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Doshisha Girls' High School. Her father, Fushimi Saburo, is a Shinpa actor, and she appeared on the Shinpa stage early on with her sister Naoe as a child actor on the stage. In 1926, she joined…

Sato Kei

Sato Kei was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Oshima Nagisa, and for several films with Shindo Kaneto, such as Onibaba and Kuroneko. He won the best actor award from Kinema Junpo for the films The Ceremony and Nihon no Akuryōo He also…

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Life Is Fruity

7.3

A documentary narrated by Kirin Kiki, who introduces a 90-year-old, architect Shuichi Tsubata and his 87-year-old wife Hideko, who both live in Aichi perfecture. The couple's eclectic house was designed by Shuichi,…