902 results found for: Taika Kaishin
Mitsugi Kiyotaka
Japanese actor, singer and tarento. His career has centered on television tokusatsu and jidaigeki. He starred in the 1967–68 television series Kosoku Esper and the 1973 series Shirojishi Kamen, and played a supporting role as the ninja Saizō in Series III, Episodes 1–57, of Abarenbō Shōgun. In…
Kitaoji Kinya
Kitaoji Kinya, born February 23, 1943 in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of famous jidaigeki film star Utaemon Ichikawa, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in Tokyo. Following his father's footsteps, Kitaoji's career is renowned…
Kotegawa Yuko
Kotegawa Yuko, born July 16, 1959 in Oita Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. Yuko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi. She was cast in the 1983 Toho adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters. In 1991 the Japan Academy recognized her as the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in…
Ogata Ken
Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys.[1]
In television,…
Fuji Sumiko
Fuji Sumiko is a Japanese actress and moderator from Gobo City, Wakayama Prefecture. She received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2007, and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays in the spring of 2016. She graduated from Osaka Municipal Honjo Junior High School. She became a fan of Takarazuka Revue…
Nakamura Kankuro VI
The 6th generation Nakamura Kankuro is Namino Masayuki. Namino Masayuki, born October 31, 1981, in Tokyo, is a Japanese Kabuki, television and film actor. He is the eldest son of actor Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII and brother to Nakamura Shichinosuke II. Namino Masayuki made his first appearance on stage…
Murakami Hiroaki
Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…
Yamamoto Shouma
Yamamoto Shouma, born Yamamoto Kosuke in Osaka Prefecture, is a Japanese actor and voice actor. His first major role was as Tsubasa Yamagatana/Dan the Knight of the White Night in Garo Special: Byakuya no Maju. Yamamoto later portrayed Seiji Hayami in Cutie Honey: The Live. He also portrayed Takato…
Tsurumi Shingo
Tsurumi Shingo is a Japanese actor and talent from Tokyo and lives in Yokohama, Kanagawa. He graduated from Seikei University Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science. He belongs to HoriPro. His younger brother, Mikami Yuichi, is also a former actor. Tsurumi made his debut at the age of 12 when…
Onoe Matsuya II
Inoue Ryuuichi, born January 30, 1985, is a Japanese Kabuki, stage and film actor who holds the title of Onoe Matsuya II. Inoue has been active as a child actor since the age of 10. He is mostly known for portraying Imagawa Ujizane in 2017 NHK Taiga drama Onna Joshu Naotora and as Sena Yosuke in Hanzawa…
Kaze to Kumo to Niji to
Japanese Drama - 1976, 52 episodes8.4
The story of Taira no Masakado, a lord of the Kanto district in the mid-10th century, best known for his failed revolt against the Kyoto government in 903AD.
Onna Taikoki
Japanese Drama - 1981, 50 episodes8.0
The 19th NHK Taiga Drama is Onna Taikoki. (Source: DramaWiki)
Sanga Moyu
Japanese Drama - 1984, 51 episodes7.8
The 22nd NHK Taiga Drama is Sanga Moyu. The three Amaba brothers are second-generation Japanese Americans, whose allegiances are torn by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Determined to show his loyalty to his adopted country,…
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Japanese Drama - 1966, 52 episodes6.0
The 4th NHK Taiga Drama is Minamoto no Yoshitsune. This is the first of two times NHK dedicated their Taiga drama to the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - May 17th, 1189). He was a late Heian and early Kamakura…
Inochi
Japanese Drama - 1986, 50 episodes7.0
The 24th NHK Taiga Drama is Inochi. The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the…
Toshodaiji 1200-nen no Nazo Tenpyo o Kake Nuketa Otome-Tachi
Japanese Special - 2009, 1 episodes
Part of " JNN 50th Anniversary / Historical Taiga Spectacle ". Original idea was from Akihiro Doukawa. This is a program that elucidates the mystery of Toshodaiji Temple in two parts: a documentary that follows the…
Kamakura dono no 13 nin
Japanese Drama - 2022, 48 episodes7.7
Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hojo Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's…
Rinko Eighteen
Japanese Movie - 20096.0
Based on a manga by Taka Matsumoto. The story is about a rich family whom suddenly they divorced and their daughter is left behind. She is poor and jobless. One day, she found a job from a famous porn company. Now…
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…
