Yuji Miyake
Nascimento : 1951-05-03, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
História
Yuji Miyake (三宅 裕司, Miyake Yūji, May 3, 1951) is a Japanese comedian, actor, talent, and moderator from Kanda Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, who is affiliated with Amuse.
Teizo Kushitani
Baffling serial killings unfold in which the victims are tied up and left to starve. Tone was just released from prison after finishing his sentence for another crime, and he surfaces as a suspect but detective Tomashiro can't nail down conclusive proof.
The Bamboo Cutter (voice)
Esta animação é baseada no conto popular japonês "O corte do bambu". Kaguya era um minúsculo bebê quando foi encontrada dentro de um tronco de bambu brilhante. Passado o tempo, ela se transforma em uma bela jovem que passa a ser cobiçada por 5 nobres, dentre eles, o próprio Imperador. Mas nenhum deles é o que ela realmente quer. A moça envia seus pretendentes em tarefas aparentemente impossíveis para tentar evitar o casamento com um estranho que não ama. Mas Kaguya terá que enfrentar seu destino e punição por suas escolhas.
Taku Katori
Director
Animated short by Yuji Miyake.
Akihiro as adult
Gabai Granny is based on the bestseller Saga No Gabai Baachan (Gabai Granny from Saga), which is penned by comedian Shimada Yoshichi as he recounts his childhood memories of growing up under the care of his grandmother.
Numata
Pharmaceutical student, Keiko witnesses her boyfriend having an affair. Shocked and disappointed, she jumps on a train ("destination anywhere, east or west, she don't care") and ends up in a town named Masao in Tokyo's remote suburbs. There, she gets a part-time job at a newly opened drugstore. What do ya know.. The local shopping district's middle-aged men all fall for the young girl's charms, and they start practicing lacrosse once they have found out that that's her favourite sport.
Jiroemon Ohno
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
Based on the long running manga by Sadao Shouji.
Based on the long running manga of the same name by Sadao Shouji.
Kiyo
Failing supermarket manager Goro hires the energetic Hanako, his old classmate, to help him compete with a new, rival business in town. Soon, Hanako's ideas and energy completely revitalize the store – but not without ruffling some feathers and sparking some romance along the way.
Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.
Tatsuji Miyoshi
There is a man, who always win a mahjong game... His name is Ryu the Caller.
Tatsuo
One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.
Hotel Man
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they can get a contract for a meeting of important foreign officials.
Furuchi and Hama are two unsuccessful repair agents and electronic engineers. One day Furichi finds a so-called Kotatsu heater. Soon after this Furichi dies in a traffic accident. But with the help of a stun gun succeed Hama Furichi bring back to life, but also Kotatsu heater comes alive then.
Yoshio Imori
A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.
Ichiro Tsuburaya
A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.
Radio DJ
A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers. They're sick of heavy-handed teachers and iron-fisted parents. And now they're going to do something about it.
The Special is loosely inspired by horror classics of the time, such as "Carry" and "Fury."
The story is about a little girl who has nightmares and a series of murders in the area, which in a strange way, are related to them.
Etsuko, a female college student, tries to beat the con artists at their own game after she gets scammed one after another.
News Anchorman
All the protagonists move about in a Tokyo Bar that has an entire wall taken up with a black-and-white reproduction of a photo of Monument Valley. The action starts as Billy the Kid, in full living color, walks out of the photo and gets a job as a waiter. Along with him on the working staff are a samurai straight out of the history books, a G.I. from World War II, and several other anachronistic characters. The plot (as such) revolves around keeping away the brutal mobsters and thugs who dominate the city streets outside of the bar, making the tavern safe for its easily recognized facsimiles of well-known characters.
Danpei Kimokawa (voice)
A devil-girl with the face of an angel and a heart of gold, blond Betty falls in love with an earthbound gangster, Danpei Kimogawa, when they meet in a rainstorm. They end up living together in a Tokyo highrise apartment, though Danpei has trouble coping with his new witch and demon in-laws dropping in at inopportune moments. Betty has actually been sent to the human world on a mission to defeat the demon Lutan. While Betty continues her task, her skeletal grandmother sends nubile nymphs to tempt Danpei and see if he is suitable husband material. Based on the manga Mamonogatari itoshi no beti.
Kobayashi the tile craftsman
A Francophile filmmaker in a creative rut tries to pass off a free-spirited young actress as his movie-star wife in order to fool a chief from the South Seas.
Tomio, a college student, lives in a Western-style house where strange people live, such as his landlady Yukiko and her older brother Kishi, the crook Hosoda, and his idiot wife Tamae, Miyamoto, who lost both legs in the war, his mistress with tattoos, Nozawa, who has no energy, and Shizue, a lover with heart disease. Detective Harada recently discovered the strangled corpses of four women, and while the local residents are suspicious and conducting a secret investigation, a strange incident has occurred, and suspicion falls on Tomio...