565 results found for: NHK Special
Nogawa Yumiko
Nogawa Yumiko is a Japanese actress born in Kyoto, Japan. She has starred in several movies, notably "Gate of Flesh" (1964), a Japanese erotic film, part of a trilogy of films she made with director Seijun Suzuki. Including "Story of a Prostitute" (1965) and "Carmen from Kawachi" (1966). These films…
Hino Shohei
Hino Shohei is a Japanese actor and singer born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. He belongs to Seeds Management. He belongs to "Gekidan Komadori" from the age of 12. He debuted in 1962 on Fuji TV's "Shonen Tanteidan." In 1974, he made his movie appearance in "Ore no Chi was Tanin no Chi." Since 2011, he has been…
Sakata Memeko
Sakata Memeko, formerly known as Sato Hiroko, is a Japanese actress, singer, and gravure idol. Sato was born in Fukushima but grew up in Kanagawa. In 2002, Sato made her acting debut in the low-budget horror movie "Scare" and began a career as a gravure idol. Much of her work was published in Japanese…
Issey Ogata
Issey Ogata (born 22 February 1952 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka), is a Japanese actor and comedian. He was interested in plays since childhood. After he graduated from Toyotama High School in Japan, he joined a theatrical company and appeared on the stage. Later, he jumped at the opportunity to be an entertainer…
Yamada Yu
Yamada Yu is a Japanese model, actress, and singer best known for her modeling work with CanCam magazine. She graduated from Okinawa Actors School. In 1999, while working as a model for the Japanese fashion magazine CanCam under an exclusive contract, she also worked as a singer in the group y'z factory…
Sasaki Kuranosuke
Sasaki Kuranosuke is a Japanese actor born in 1968 as the second son of the Katsuya Sasaki, the only remaining sake brewery in Kyoto. He is a graduate of Notre Dame Gakuin Elementary School, Kyoto City Nijo Junior High School, and Rakunan High School. In 1988, in order to succeed the family business,…
Kamishiraishi Moka
Kamishiraishi Moka is a Japanese actress, fashion model, singer and TV personality from Kagoshima prefecture. She adopted the name 'adieu' as her singer stage name. Her noteable performances include the films Mirai and A Forest of Wool and Steel, and the dramas Gibo to Musume no Blues and 3 Nen A Gumi.…
Amami Yuki
Amami Yuki, born Nakano Yuri, in Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese stage and screen actress. Amami joined the drama club in junior high school and the second year, she was recommended by her homeroom teacher who turned out to be a fan of Takarazuka Revue. She studied ballet in her high school…
Oguri Shun
Shun Oguri is a Japanese actor, voice actor and film director, son of stage director Tetsuya Oguri, and the youngest of 3 siblings, including older brother Ryo, who is also an actor. He started in small roles as extra in the works in which his father and brother worked. He began his official acting…
Ota Rina
Ota Rina (married name: Matsuda Rina, married Ryuhei Matsuda) is a Japanese fashion model represented by Anore Inc. Ohta’s mother is half Russian. As a child, she spent two years in Moscow and can speak Russian and English in addition to Japanese. In 2001, Ota won the Grand Prix along with Yui Aragaki…
Hideyoshi
Japanese Drama - 1996, 49 episodes8.0
The 35th NHK Taiga Drama is Hideyoshi, the story of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a daimyo warrior, general and politician of the Sengoku period He unified the political factions of Japan. He succeeded his former liege lord,…
Suzuran
Japanese Drama - 1999, 156 episodes8.1
The 60th NHK Asadora Drama is Suzuran. Locations include Hokkaido Numata and Tokyo. Beginning in 1924, a time when both steam engine trains and early Showa Era's first train stations are just beginning. In the waiting…
Toshiie and Matsu
Japanese Drama - 2002, 49 episodes8.0
The 41st NHK Taiga Drama is Toshiie to Matsu. During the turbulent Warring States Era, one man's life and career intertwined with the three great generals of Japanese history-Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. With political…
Aoi Tokugawa Sandai
Japanese Drama - 2000, 49 episodes8.1
The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa dynasty from its founder Ieyasu to Iemitsu, the third Shogun who solidified the Tokugawa…
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Japanese Drama - 1983, 50 episodes8.3
The 21st NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Totto TV
Japanese Drama - 2016, 7 episodes7.6
Kuroyanagi Tetsuko became NHK’s first television actress in 1953 (Showa 28), which was the start of television broadcasting. She has brought laughter and tears to TV viewers, and many people have supported her since…
Gou - Himetachi no Sengoku
Japanese Drama - 2011, 46 episodes7.7
The 50th NHK Taiga drama is Gou. The story focuses on the life of Gou, the wife of the second Tokugawa shogun Hidetada. Gou was the third daughter of the daimyo Azai Nagamasa, who was married to the sister of Oda Nobunaga.…
Hikaru Kimi e
Japanese Drama - 2024, 48 episodes7.8
The 63rd work of NHK Taiga Drama depicts the life of Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese female poet who wrote "Tale of Hikaru Genji". This story is set in the mid-Heian period. (Source: Japanese = nhk.or.jp || Translation…
Shinsengumi!
Japanese Drama - 2004, 49 episodes7.8
The 43rd NHK Taiga Drama is Shinsengumi!. The arrival of Commodore Perry's "Black Ships" rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of peaceful isolation from the world. Men set their eyes beyond Japan and began to demand…
Atsu Hime
Japanese Drama - 2008, 50 episodes7.7
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the…
