Asao Okuyama IV

Asao Okuyama IV was a kabuki actor from the Kansai region born in Kyoto, Japan. He apprenticed under the third-generation Asao Daikichi and debuted on stage as Asao Sekizaburo (浅尾関三郎). In January 1930, he inherited the stage name Okuyama Asao IV. In 1955, he ventured into films at the invitation…

Nakata Yasuko

She is a former Japanese actress. She was born in Takarazuka Revue and Nikki Dancing Team (NDT). She played a supporting role and a minor role in many Japanese movies. In the 1964 Hollywood-style musical film "Asphalt Girl", she plays the leading role in singing and dancing. In 1933, she was born in…

Futagawa Buntaro

A specialist in jidai-geki, Futagawa is remembered largely for the silent films he made at Makino Productions in collaboration with popular action hero Tsumasaburō Bandō. Several of these survive: Kageboshi (Edo Kaizokuden: Kagebōshi, 1925) is admired for having introduced a greater psychological…

Fujita Susumu

Fujita Susumu was a Japanese film and television actor. He played the lead role in Kurosawa Akira's first feature, Sugata Sanshiro, and appeared in other Kurosawa films including The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail and The Hidden Fortress. Later, he was a supporting actor in Honda Ishiro's Mothra…

Furukawa Roppa

Furukawa Roppa was a Japanese comedian. He was born the sixth son of Baron Kato Terumaro, making him the grandson of Baron Kato Hiroyuki. The family custom, however, was to have the younger sons adopted by related families, so Furukawa was adopted by his father's sister and her husband, Furukawa Taketaro.…

Iwashiro Taro

Iwashiro Taro is a Japanese composer, arranger, pianist, and music producer born in Tokyo. After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he entered the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts. He graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Music, Department…

Saotome Chiharu no Tenjo Hokoku-sho 2: Aomori Yukemuri Tour Satsujin Jiken

A tour conductor who played by Natori Yuko unravels the mystery of the murders that occur one after another at tourist attractions in Aomori. The co-stars include regular performers Kanie Keizo, Hashizume Isao, Nakayama…

Onihei Hankacho

The Tokugawa shogunate formed the Fire and Thief Catchers to maintain order in Edo and combat criminal gangs. Its chief, Hasegawa Heizo, known as "Demon Heizo," used his rough past and sharp insight to lead skilled…

Rainbow Hill

6.0

A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They are close. One day a woman named Hasegawa checks into the hotel in order to recuperate in a calm environment…

Onihei Hankacho Season 2

The Tokugawa shogunate established a special police force known as the Fire and Thief Catchers to maintain law and order in Edo and crack down on violent criminal gangs. The chief of this force, Hasegawa Heizo, was…

Oshima Satomi

Satomi Oshima is a Japanese scriptwriter from Nikko city, Tochigi prefecture. She graduated from Waseda University's first literature department. She won a honorable mention at the 16th Fuji TV Young Scenario Award for "1 Liter of Tears" in the masterpiece work, and the 1st Ichikawa Moriichi Screenplay…

Ichikawa Danjuro XIII

Ichikawa Danjuro XIII is a Japanese actor. He is the eleventh and current holder of the Ebizo name. He is a famous Kabuki, television and film actor and heir to the prestigious Ichikawa clan of kabuki actors. The son of Ichikawa Danjuro XII, he was born in Tokyo and began his career at the age of six…

Sugimori-kun wo Korosu ni wa

Hiro is a first-year high school student, and one day he calls his older brother, Mito, and tells him, "I've decided to kill Sugimori." Mito gives him two pieces of advice: "Do what you've left undone while you still…

Aibo the Movie 2

7.2

At the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Headquarters, the core of the Japanese Police, an unprecedented hostage situation in the history of MPD breaks out. The hostages are 12 top executives of the MPD: Superintendent-General…

Partners

7.4

19-year-old freeter Osanai Tsuyoshi enters a school for guide dog trainers. After 2 years of training, Tsuyoshi becomes an assistant trainer. His first dog to train is Chie. Chie was separated from his mother 2 months…

Keiji Zero Special

7.5

Members of the 13th Section of the Kyoto Police Investigation Division 1 such as Kiyoko Tokiya (Kazuki Sawamura) and Tomoka Saai (Miori Enomoto) depart for an annual comfort trip. This year, it was a mystery tour,…

Oishii Proposal

6.9

Imagine that you're at the so-called "marrigeable age" of your life as a single woman...what would your ideal conditions for a husband be? Back in the day, people used to say the "3 Hs"--high salary, high educational…

App de Koi Suru 20 no Joken

7.4

28-year-old Taeko Kase works at an event company. One day, she makes a mistake at work and is reprimanded by her boss Hiroki Itokawa. Making things worse, Taeko Kase is dumped by her boyfriend. Later, Taeko Kase follows…

Ono Machiko

Ono Machiko is an actor born in a rural area of Nara Prefecture, Japan. Ono was first spotted by the film director Naomi Kawase cleaning out the shoeboxes at her junior high school and cast in the lead role in the film "Suzaku" (萌の朱雀). She won Best Actress at the Singapore Film Festival for…

Kimura Fumino

Kimura Fumino is a Japanese actress. She was previously married to an acting instructor. The two divorced in 2019. On March 12, 2023, it was announced that she would be getting married to a non-celebrity man and she was expecting her first child. On July 16, 2023, she announced the birth of her first…