Salaryman Kintaro Season 2

Yajima Kintaro comes to Tokyo and is hired by Yamato Construction Company when he saves the life of the company's CEO. A former leader of a motorcycle gang, Kintaro is known for his highly principled and forthright…

Her Island, My Island

6.9

Kuriko grew up on the island but left for Tokyo as soon as she graduated high school. At twenty-five, she's about to get married and returns to the island for the first time in two years to soak in and remember all…

Big Time Gambling Boss

7.4

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison. Other clan…

Dice and Swords

The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. While everything is being rebuilt from the ground up, and for the sole purpose of expanding their territory and gaining more power,…

Stakeout

6.0

After the murder of a pawnbroker, Tokyo detectives Shimooka and Yuki are sent to Kyushu, home of murder suspect Ishii's former girlfriend Sadako, as the police expect Ishii to make contact with her. While observing…

Shikoku

6.4

As a child, Hinako left her hometown and went to live in Tokyo. When she returns years later, she learns that one of her childhood friends, Sayori, had died. Hinako then starts seeing Sayori's spirit at night. Together…

Kuroi Tobakushi

Koji Himuro is a make-out artist with unparalleled gambling skills. Shortly after his return to Tokyo, he is invited to attend a reception that is actually an undercover gambling operation run by an international gambling…

Japan Sinks: People of Hope

7.8

In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Higashiyama Eiichi pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method to liquify pollutants and store it in the crack of the sea floor. Prime Minister Higashiyama…

Detective Chinatown 3

8.0

A major crime occurs in Tokyo when detectives Tang Ren and Qin Feng are invited to investigate the crime by Noda Hiroshi. A battle between the strongest detectives in Asia is about to break out with bursts of laughter.…

Cure

7.8

A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective…

Ichikawa Yoshiro

Ichikawa Yoshiro was a Japanese actor and singer born in Tokyo. He dropped out of the theater department at Nihon University College of Art. Ichikawa belonged to Joji Ai Pro. He died at the age of 45 of subarachnoid hemorrhage on June 25, 1993.

Kosugi Kenji

Kenji Kosugi is a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo, Japan. He was a member of the Japan Detective Writers Association and served as a selection committee member in the short and series of short stories selected by the Japan Detective Writers Association Award from 1993 to 1994. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hamahata Kenkichi

Hamahata Kenkichi was anactor born in Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo High School and dropped out of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tokai University. He is affiliated with Office Miyamoto. He was a graduate of the 15th class of the Haiyuza Theater Company's training…

Kitashiro Makiko

Kitashiro Makiko was a Japanese actress from Tokyo prefecture. Her real name is Masuko Hojo. She dropped out of Toyo Girls' High School. In 1943, she entered the Bungakuza Research Institute. After the war, in 1947, she entered the Shinkyo Theater Company as a trainee and made her stage debut. She died…

Kato Junpei

Kato Junpei is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He graduated from Dokkyo University Faculty of Law. He has been involved in more than 200 works, including a regular appearance in the role of Nakamura Baijaku in "Choshichiro Edo Nikki" (first series) and a regular appearance in the "Shinano Colombo" series.…

Ubukata Soji

Ubukata Soji was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo City, Tokyo. His death date is unknown. After dropping out of the old junior high school, he entered the Japanese Film Actor School in Hongo Ward. He joined Kawai Productions, which was founded in February 1928. In 1931, he transferred to Teikoku Kinema,…

Okawa Hiroshi

Okawa Hiroshi was a Japanese businessman and filmmaker born in Haguro, Kanai Village, Nishikambara District, Niigata Prefecture. He is the de facto founder of Toei. He has been a shoya since the Edo period, and was born in a family called Tocho in the Meiji period. He graduated from Iwakura Railway…

Suzuki Seiichi

Suzuki Seiichi was a Japanese composer born in Tokyo. He has been familiar with organs and songs since he was a child. He studied composition with the Italian vocalist Adolfo Sarcoli with a mandolin and began his career as a composer and mandolinist. In 1927, "Sky" won 2nd place in the 1st Mandolin…

Hayama Yoko

Hayama Yoko is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She dropped out of Yamawaki Gakuen High School. At the age of 7, she joined Gekidan Wakakusa at the recommendation of his mother and started performing arts activities as a child actor. In 1955, she made her silver screen debut with "Shiinomi Gakuen" and…

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…