Nanjo Shintaro

Kuraoka Shintaro

Hasegawa Shin

Hasegawa Shin was a Japanese novelist and playwright born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. In 1911, he joined a Tokyo newspaper as a journalist. In 1917, he wrote his first novel in the "Narration Club", and in 1927, he founded, with Edogawa Ranpo and other prominent writers, an association to propel…

Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis (born Michael Brian Curtis) is a Japanese actor, singer, and media personality. He was born to English-Japanese parents. A pivotal figure in Japanese popular music, Mickey is considered one of the three big Japanese names in rock music, helping to popularize the genre in the 1950s where…

Mano Tsuruko

She appeared on the stage of Tsukiji-za and Moulin Rouge Shinjuku-za , but joined Toho in 1939 (Showa 14) . Beside being a movie actress, she also worked in a tobacco shop, which is her mother's business. In 1940 (Showa 16), she made her movie debut with the movie " Snake Princess " directed by Teinosuke…

Shimada Ureha

Shimada Ureha is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist born in Shinjuku, Tokyo on May 11, 1974. She graduated from Waseda University and currently belongs to &REAM. She debuted as an author in 2008 with the novel "Ai no Shiawase". She debuted as a screenwriter in 2013.

Konta

Konta is a Japanese musician and actor born in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. He is a vocalist and saxophonist in the rock band Barbee Boys. In 1988, he debuted as an actor in the movie 'Futari botchi' (・ふ・た・り・ぼ・っ・ち・). (Source: MyDramaList)

Wakabayashi Shiho

Wakabayashi Shiho is a former Japanese actress from Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. At the time of her debut, she belonged to Koichi Ichikawa's office, and after to Ota Production and Sun Music Brain. In 1983, when she was in the sixth grade of elementary school, she won the Grand Prix at Nippon Television's "★…

Katsuragi Yoko

She was born in Yotsuya (now known as Shinjuku), Tokyo on April 6, 1930. In 1946, she graduated from Kojimachi Women's Commercial School in Tokyo (currently the Tokyo Shiba Commercial High School) and joined the Shochiku Opera Company after the war. In 1948, she caught the eye of Kinoshita Keisuke and…

Kanjiya Shihori

Kanjiya Shihori is a Japanese actress. As a middle school student, she was discovered by talent scouts at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo. She attended Otsuka Women's University but left early to pursue her acting career. She is currently managed by ABP, Inc. talent agency. Her family name, Kanjiya, is extremely…

Sachiko no Ko

The story of Sachiko, a prostitute who works in Shinjuku 2-chome. The woman, despite the difficult situation and adversities, helps everyone around her as much as she can. Soon, however, the woman is faced with a series…

Ryuji

7.6

Ryuji, an executive of the Santokai gang that controls the Shinjuku–Kabukicho area, has been living a smooth life, running an underground roulette den in an apartment through his two subordinates. One day, however,…

Shabon Dama

6.0

Yajima Teppei known also as "Dr.Po", creates a small clinic in Nishi-Shinjuku.Soon, however, the land on which the clinic is built, becomes the subject of a political dispute. Redevelopment from a political origin,…

Working Holiday

6.0

Okita Yamato (AKIRA), who works at a host club in Shinjuku, gets a surprise visit from Susumu (Hayashi Ryoi), his son from a relationship that ended over a decade ago. Yamato has no choice but to live with Susumu,…

Tokyo: The City of Glass

2.0

Toru, a graduate student who runs a bar in Shinjuku Ni-chome, Tokyo's gay district, meets Yong, a Korean man, and he falls in love. This seemingly ordinary event is somehow linked to a 20-year-old homicide case, and…

Girl Boss Guerilla

6.1

Miko Sugimoto is the leader of the Red Helmet Gang, a biker girl gang from Shinjuku who wind up in Kyoto and make a bid to take over the local girl gangs there. Successful for a short time in ruling the streets it…

The Night Kindergarten

ABC Childcare Center offers 24-hour childcare in Okubo, neighboring the Kabukicho nightlife district in Shinjuku. The facility has tried out numerous unique experiments including nutrition education through meals prepared…

Homunculus

6.6

Nokoshi Susumu has worked previously in a top foreign financial company, but now, he is a 34-year-old homeless, unemployed man who lives in a car and hangs out aimlessly in a park in Shinjuku. One day, he meets Ito…

Maria

8.4

Sora, the third of four sisters, inherits from her father Sakamoto Medical Practice in Kabukicho, Shinjuku. Sora sees even those with no money and the waiting room is always crowded with penniless patients. Keeping…

1 Month Like Summer Vacation

7.1

Ever since bike messenger Junya lost his pro cyclist father in a traffic accident one year ago, he's spent his days in lethargy. While out on a delivery, he spots a man, Shintarou, considering jumping from the roof…