Akihiro Miwa

A legendary entertainer and a pioneer of gay activism, Miwa was born Akihiro Maruyama. As a young singer, Miwa popularized androgyny as a fashion statement, fusing the masculine and the feminine into a signal of a new generation of aesthetics. This evolved into performing as a woman and living off-stage as a man. With glitter, wit, evening gowns, and enchanting storytelling, Miwa looks back over a 50-year career and a fascinating life in music, film and television.

旅を続けるサトシ一行は、自然に囲まれた町・ミチーナに到着する。タッグバトルをしたトレーナーの案内で、遺跡に向かったサトシたちは、そこで時を司る神・ディアルガを呼び出す女性・シーナに出会う。 シーナからアルセウスについての言い伝えを聞いてた時、遂にアルセウスが長い眠りから覚め、人間を滅ぼそうと復讐のために現れる。

ある時は戦士、ある時は殺し屋、さまざまな人間になり切り、テレビや映画で活躍する、ショウビズ界のセレブ、ビートたけし。一方、彼とそっくりな北野という男はコンビニの店員として働きながら役者を目指していた。

父親の帽子店で帽子を作って暮らしていた18歳のソフィーは、荒野の魔女の呪いで90歳の老婆の姿になってしまう。彼女はハンサムだが気弱な魔法使いハウルと出会って、彼の居城でいっしょに暮らすようになるが、その城は4本足で歩く動く城だった。

Set in a toy store specialized in antique toys, a boy works in the toy store and is obsessed with tin toys. There's one particular tin toy he loves more than the rest. In walks a girl wearing shades, and starts telling her own story, a weird and fascinating experience she had with a toy.

山里に住む若者アシタカは、怒りと憎しみにより“タタリ神”と化した猪神から呪いをかけられてしまう。呪いを解く術を求めて旅に出るアシタカはやがて、西方の地で“タタラ”の村にたどり着く。エボシ御前が率いるその村では、鉄を造り続けていたが、同時にそれは神々の住む森を破壊することでもあった。そして、そんなタタラ達に戦いを挑むサンの存在をアシタカは知る。人の子でありながら山犬に育てられた彼女は“もののけ姫”と呼ばれていた。

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

大宇宙の破壊者“幻魔”が地球に接近しつつあった。宇宙の意識体“フロイ”のメッセージを受け取った、トランシルバニアの王女にしてエスパーの“ルナ”は、やはり幻魔と戦っているというサイボーグ兵“ベガ”と共に地球を守る戦いを開始する。ルナは全世界のサイオニクサー（超能力者）を集め、幻魔に対抗しようと考える。そのうちのひとり、高校生の東丈は自分の能力にまったく気付いていなかったが、ベガの挑発によって超能力を開花させる。しかし、精神的に幼い彼は、宇宙を守る戦いに参加するよう説得するルナに対して心を閉ざしてしまう。そんな彼の元にも敵は容赦なく現れる。

This is Shuji Terayama memorial performance of The Hunchback of Aomori from 1983 (featuring Akihiro Miwa). Terayama gathered dwarfs, circus freaks, itinerant magicians, acrobats and untrained youth for his burgeoning troupe, Tenjo Sajiki. The troupe's premiere offering, written and directed by Terayama, was Aomori-ken no Semushi Otoko (The Hunchback of Aomori, 1967).

"La Marie-Vison" tells the perversely fascinating tale of Marie, a transvestite prostitute who lives in elegant squalor with her dedicated servant. Every day, for eighteen years, Marie releases an exotic butterfly into the open fields of the living room. Every day for eighteen years the beautiful boy, imprisoned in her den, catches and kills it. The beautiful boy is tempted with visions of the outside world, free from the wiles of wicked Marie, but maybe the boy wasn't made for the outside world. Maybe none of us were.

Helen and her associates stage a confession play in order to remedy stuttering, but things go amiss.

Three men, all named Masa, join forces to capitalize on each of their unique yet questionable talents against a hyper-competitive Tokyo underworld.

万引き常習犯の祖母、戦争犯罪人の父、ウサギを偏愛する妹。駄目な家庭に育ち、いつも家出を考えている“私”と恵まれた環境に身を置く“彼”。行き場のない鬱屈とした情熱を持て余した“私”は奇妙な人々と出会い、幻想と回想の入り混じった街を放浪する。

16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei's son falls victim to the femme fatale's unique charm.

A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess.

Story of a family torn apart when Teiji (Mori), the father, develops intimate feelings for a runaway (Kuga) the family has taken into their home.

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a spoiled rich girl.