Kyoto Camaro Detective

Maro Kamata, a self-proclaimed "private detective," is a freelancer whose only pride is his favorite car, a Camaro. He spends his days with a low self-esteem, when he receives a request from his favorite girl from…

Tora-san 49: Tropical Fever Special Edition

7.4

Tora receives a letter from Lily, telling him that she is terminally ill. He flies to see her in a Okinawa hospital, and the two get a chance to rekindle their old fling. . ~~This special edition was made by adding…

The Man Who Was Eaten

2.0

Peace prevails on earth in the year 2035 after an alien invasion, due to a binding contract which states that humans will offer themselves as food. Children from an early age are educated about how much it is an honor…

Tora-san 5: Runaway

7.5

Tora, an eccentric and resourceful tramp, is always cheerful. Although he is an orphan, he decides to go back home after a long absence. He thus sees again his sister Sakura Suwa, who has bloomed into a pretty young…

Propose Kyodai

7.0

This drama is a love comedy that follows 4 very different types of guys who grew up in a very normal household, a first child, a middle child, a youngest child, and an only child. This drama portrays the transformation…

Tora-san 27: Love in Osaka

7.7

Tora meets Fumi, while on a peddling junket to a small island in the Inland Sea. Tora is magnetized by Fumi even though knowing little or nothing about her. Tora encounters Fumi again in Osaka. Then, he comes to know…

Tora-san 2: Cherished Mother

7.7

Tora-san returns home because his sisters, Sakura, has given birth to a son. He reunions with professor Tsubouchi who taught him English when he was a student, but it is actually Natsuko, the beautiful daughter of…

Tora-san 17: Sunrise and Sunset

7.5

During his travels, Tora-san meets Ikenouchi, a drunken old man whom he assumes is poor and homeless. Tora-san takes the old man home. When he wakes up, Ikenouchi begins ordering Tora-san's family around in such an…

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

7.1

The film opens in a surrealistic mountain setting as a young, determined Toshiko, executes a daring escape from her sexually abusive, obsessive and oppressive, lunatic uncle Sonezaki. Speeding away down the road, she…

Tora-san 29: Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

7.8

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression…

Hoshida Yoshiko

Hoshida Yoshiko is a Japanese producer and director from Tokyo, Japan. She served as the general director and managing director at Kyodo Television (共同テレビジョン). Hoshida developed an interest in the entertainment industry early, influenced by her father's career. She graduated from the…

Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi

Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, poet, and human-rights advocate, who is a prominent figure in Japanese popular music. On September 7, 1956, Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi, the first son of policeman Kuniharu Nagabuchi and his wife Masuko, was born in Ijuin, Kagoshima. When he was a child,…

Fujimoto Takahiro

Fujimoto Takahiro, born July 21, 1970, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actor and a retired male medley swimmer, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. His best Olympic result was 8th place (4:23.86) in the Men's 400m Individual…

Onoe Kikunosuke V

Onoe Kikunosuke V, born August 1, 1977 as Terashima Kazuyasu, is a Kabuki and film actor. Kazuyasu came from an established Kabuki house. He is the second child of Onoe Kikugoro VII and actress Fuji Sumiko, and his older sister is actress Terajima Shinobu. Kazuyasu made his Kabuki debut in February…

Kikuchi Eiichi

Kikuchi Eiichi, born Kikuchi Eiichi (菊池英一) in Kyodo, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and television host. He is affiliated with Ai-Ti Planning (アイティ企画). Kikuchi graduated from Ikuei Kogyo High School (育英工業高等学校) and the Department…

Todoroki Kenji

Todoroki Kenji, born Sato Masao in Otake, Hiroshima, Japan, is a Japanese actor. After graduating from Hiroshima Prefectural Otake High School, he enrolled at Hiroshima University but left before completing his studies. In 1952, Todoroki became an apprentice to Ichikawa Utaemon. He joined Toei Kyoto…

Kamakari Kenta

Kenta Kamakari was born on February 17, 1984 in Osaka Prefecture. He is a Japanese singer, actor and voice actor, famous for his role as Ryo Shishido in the Prince of Tennis Musicals. He was hospitalized on April 21, 2007 and was unable to play the role of Minami Itsuki in Musical Air Gear vs. Bacchus…

Idegami Baku

Born and raised in Ama, Shimane, Japan, Idegami Baku is best known as being one of the cutest 'boys' in the country because of their feminine appearance and has featured on television because of it. In 2018, Idegami Baku was a part of the contest 'JUNON Super Boy'. The first drama they acted in was…

Kobayashi Akiji

Kobayashi Akiji, sometimes credited as Kobayashi Shouji or Mori Issei, was a Japanese actor who played Tōbei Tachibana ("Oya-san") in the early years of the Kamen Rider Series, starting in the original Kamen Rider in 1971 to Kamen Rider Stronger in 1976. He is best known in the West for portraying…

Abe Hiroshi

Abe Hiroshi, born in Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a Japanese model and actor. He began his career as a model, but successfully made the transition to acting, becoming one of the most regularly visible presences in Japanese media. Abe graduated from Chuo University in 1988 with…