Abe Yutaka

A director from the mid-twenties, Abe had trained in Hollywood, where he played bit parts in films starring his compatriot, Sessue Hayakawa. After returning home, he became known as the Lubitsch of Japan, a reputation founded on his witty and polished social satires. A Mermaid on Land (Riku no ningyo,…

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…

Asahina Eri

Kusakata Tsuruko

Kusakata Tsuruko is a Japanese actress.

Aimi

Aimi is a Japanese actress and former model. Not to be confused with singer and voice actress Terakawa Aimi.

Kumada Sea

Sea Kumada is a former Japanese child actress and tarento. She is best known for her work in Saya Zamurai, for which she won a Newcomer of the Year Award at the 35th Japan Academy Prize ceremony. Her sister is child actress Koko Kumada.

Miyata Tatsuki

Miyata Tatsuki is a Japanese actor.

Oikawa Kenta

Oikawa Kenta is a Japanese actor.

Izumi Masayuki

Izumi Masayuki was a Japanese actor born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. He was affiliated with the talent agency Gift during his lifetime. He completed his education at Komagome High School and later graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Tokai University's Second Engineering Faculty. Izumi…

Kyuu Taro

Kyuu Taro is a Japanese actor from Fukushima prefecture. Special skills include skiing, cooking, carpentry, and singing.

South Bound

6.0

Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are both ex-extremists, his elder sister and a younger sister. Children look coldly at their father, Ichiro, who does not…

Power Game

6.8

Advertising company salesmen use all sorts of methods and engage in bruising contests to win client accounts for the sake of billions of yen. Shirosaki Shinya of Tohto Advertising has even been featured in magazines…

Takahashi Rumiko’s Theatre

6.5

Middle-aged salaryman Yoshimoto Hajime was a workaholic who left all household matters, including child-rearing, to his wife, Tamayo; the two of them hardly ever spoke as a result of some incident. Then, one day, Yoshimoto…

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2023 Fall Special

7.4

An omnibus special comprised of four segments: >> Story 1: "Eien no Futari" (永遠のふたり) Assistant professor Sakamoto Hajime, accused of murder, barricades himself with the professor's secretary in the research…

Ip Man

During the Republican era, Japan’s ambition to invade China was already evident. Ye Wen, a martial arts master of the Southern Region, took to the arena with his Wing Chun and fought against five top Japanese fighters,…

Kokosei Kazoku

On the morning of his high school entrance ceremony, Kotaro, the eldest son of the Ietani family, looks forward to the start of his new life. However, his father, Ichiro, unexpectedly announces that he will be attending…

King of Snipers

6.7

This tells the story of 1931, after the "Mukden Incident" broke out, the sniper Ren Tianxing did not listen to the dissuasion and led the anti-Japanese squad to be killed in a night battle to ambush the Japanese army.…

Honmamon

6.0

Yamanaka Konoha is an 18-year-old girl born in the Kumano area of Wakayama prefecture deep in the country. The family makes its living in forestry but barely gets by. Konoha's mother, Senri, is an instructor of Kumano…

Best Partner

5.4

Two men with the same name work for the same company and are involved with the same girl. One is her husband and the other is her superior. Best Partner focuses on the life of Japan's corporate 30-somethings and the…

Hanayome wa Yakudoshi!

6.9

This year is the yakudoshi, or "unlucky year" for 32-year old Akiko, a television announcer. She lost her position in a news program to a rookie announcer. What's worse, she is assigned to go undercover and experience…