Ueda Yoshihiko

Ueda Yoshihiko is a photographer and Professor of Graphic Design at Tama Art University. Among his many awards are the Photographic Society of Japan Lifetime Achievement Award, the Tokyo Art Directors Club Grand Prize, and the New York Art Directors Club Photography Award. In 2011 he launched Gallery…

Nakamura Kanemon III

Nakamura Kanemon III was a kabuki actor and one of the founders of the Zenshinza theater company. His birth name was Mitsui Kinjiro (三井金次郎). His father was Nakamura Kanemon II, and his brother was Nakamura Nakazuke III. His son was Nakamura Baiko IV, and his grandson is Nakamura Baishi II.…

Sudo Genki

Sudo Genki is a Japanese politician who serves as a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the House of Councillors since 2019. Between 1999 and 2006, Sudo was a professional kickboxing athlete and then was in the entertainment industry from 2006 to 2019. Until December 31, 2006,…

Otabe Michimaro

Otabe Michimaro, born Toki Michimaro ((釈通麿) in Yanaga, Sanmon, Fukuoka, Japan was a Japanese actor and chief priest. He was also known as Otabe Doma (小田部道磨). The son of a temple family in Yanagawa Town, he was drafted into the Pacific War at the age of 18. After returning, he attended…

Sugiura Rokuemon

Born in 1847 and raised as the eldest son in the house of a rice dealer in Suwa-cho, Edo Koishikawa (currently Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo). His father, Jinbei, took over the shares of the drug wholesaler Konishiya Rokuheiten (later "Konishiya") and moved from Suwacho to Kojimachi. In 1872, Rokusaburo took a picture…

Chiba Kichizo

He belonged to the magic lantern club of Yoshizawa Shoten , he worked as a developing engineer, and became a photography engineer when the company started producing newsreels in 1903 (Meiji36) .. In 1905 (Meiji 38) Togo Taisho Katsudo Shashin was filmed and according to Edamasa, Chiba was the first…

Thomas Ash

Thomas Ash earned an MA in Film and Television Production at the University of Bristol, UK (2005) and has lived in Japan for a total of 18 years. Thomas’s first feature documentary, ‘the ballad of vicki and jake’ (2006), received the Prix du Canton Vaud (best first film) at the 2006 Visions du…

Ishikawa Rei

Ishikawa Rei, born Ishikawa Ryohei (石川良平) in Honjo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. Following his marriage, he was also known as Saito Ryohei (齋藤良平). His wife was dancer Fujima Tsumie (藤間寿美枝), whose birth name was Saito Chiyoko (斎藤千代子). Ishikawa's father was a…

Sakura Hisako

Sakura Hisako, born Kanzaki Fujiko (神崎不二子) in Otemachi, Hiroshima, Japan, was a Japanese actress and former musume-yaku performer of the Takarazuka Girls' Revue (宝塚少女歌劇団). Later in life, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Ogasawara Nichio (小笠原日凰). She was also…

Hatanaka Ryoha

Primarily associated with the stage, Hatanaka trained as an actor in New York before returning to Japan in 1918, where he joined the theatrical company of actress Sumako Matsui, a pioneer of Western-style shingeki theater in Japan. After her suicide, he continued to work in shingeki, appearing in such…

Guckkasten Live Concert: HAPPENING

Enjoy the explosive energy of Guckkasten in theaters! The best performance ever, HAPPENING is showing! The 2016 concert HAPPENING by the band Guckkasten was greatly loved for its passionate performance. Guckkasten…

K-Pop Evolution

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What is K-Pop? How did it rise to worldwide prominence? This new 7-part series tells you everything you need to know – from its history to its hitmakers, its fandoms, and more – told from the perspective of those…

Last Days at Sea

“When they grow big, they leave the shells they are in. And then, the shell they’ve left behind … a smaller crab will find it and it will become its home.” Twelve-year-old Reyboy will soon be leaving his home…

PIKOOOON!

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A comedy battle between a team of comedians vs. 15 people who aren't allowed to laugh! The most serious comedy battle in the history of variety shows, between comedians and ordinary people, has made its first appearance…

No Permanent Address

For 53 years, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), targeted the young people of our nation through recruitment activities, and the deception of its allied militant organizations (National Democratic Front)…

Nowhere to Hide

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A group of gluttonous customers decided to sit down for a meal of wild game. But an enraged giant lizard mutant broke free from its metal cage and became the predator instead. After much difficulty, pest control extraordinaire…

The Treasure Guardians

It tells the story of CCP agent Zhao Wen Zhong, code-named "Mountain Leopard", as he fights against Japanese occupation and successfully defends the country's territory and its treasures. In 1941, various forces entrenched…

Dragon Shaking Coffin

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The mystery of the tomb of Genghis Khan that has been passed down for generations, Who will solve its riddle – foreign tomb raiders or patriotic archeologists from China? (Source: Letterboxd)

Kitashinjuku 2055

In the year 2055, North Shinjuku has become a de facto closed-off community. While it is still a part of Japan, it has its own rules, history, and politics that the locals stick to fiercely. For outsiders, it is a…

On the Job

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Centers around crime syndicates that temporarily release contracted prison inmates to carry out political assassinations for those in power, except that the crime syndicates are run by politicians. (Source: Wikipedia)…