Kumano Ryuji

Kumano Ryuji was a Japanese actor born in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Mukojima Technical High School. After a career as a professional boxer, he joined Toho and the theater company "Gekidan Sedai". In his later years, he performed primarily under the stage name Katsushika…

Yamada Harumi

Yamada Harumi is a former Japanese actress born in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Yakumo High School. She was affiliated with Ichitani Planning and later with Hosoya Office. Since elementary school, she has been active as a model in girls' magazines and in commercials. In June 1969, while…

Yamamoto Koichi

Yamamoto Koichi was a Japanese actor born in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the first literature department of Waseda University. After graduation, he joined the Haiyuuza Theater Company in the 8th term. After leaving Haiyuuza, he joined the Shinjinkai theater company and made his debut in…

Ichikawa Hisao

Ichikawa Hisao was a Japanese producer born in Honjo, Tokyo, Japn. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. After working as a civil servant in the Ministry of Communications, he joined Shinko Kinema in 1939. He initially worked in the publicity department. He was called up for military…

Abe Tetsuro

Abe Tetsuro was a Japanese screenwriter and broadcast writer born in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. His name is also written as Abe Tetsuro (阿倍徹郎) and Abe Tetsuro (安部徹郎). In 1948, he joined the Japanese Communist Party. During his early membership, he was involved in the party’s movement to…

Ose Ro

Ose Ro is a Japanese actor born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. His real name is Ose Motasaburo (小瀬元三郎). (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Shimegi Shigako

Shimegi Shigako is a Japanese actress born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Atomi Gakuen High School. After training at the Actor's Training Institute, she joined the Bungakuza theater company. From around 1960, she was active mainly in movies and TV dramas produced by Nikkatsu, Daiei, and…

Kusano Hayato

Kusano Hayato is a Japanese actor born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. When he was 2 years old, his family moved to Ibaraki, Japan. He debuted as a professional boxer at the age of 18 from the Yamaguchi Tsuchiura Boxing Gym, but retired at the age of 21 due to injury. He then pursued acting under the mentorship…

Kawaguchi Setsuko

Kawaguchi Setsuko was a Japanese actress born in Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan. She dropped out of the Faculty of Home Economics at Wayo Women's University. She attended the Toho Performing Arts School and was affiliated with Toho, and later with Shinsei Productions, before joining Takarai Project. In 1963,…

Muramatsu Eiko

Muramatsu Eiko, a Japanese actress and poet born in Tokyo, comes from a scholarly background. Raised with a love for literature and theater, she was influenced by her father's readings of "Mother Goose" and "Perrault's Fairy Tales," and by her grandmother's fondness for kabuki performances. Her older…

Tama Minamisho Tatakiage Keiji: Chikamatsu Heikichi 5

A woman was murdered late at night in Karakida, a suburb of Tokyo, by hitting her head with a blunt object. The neighborhood residents reported sightings of a young man in a white T-shirt running toward Karakida Station.…

ALLDAYS Nichome no Asahi

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The movie's title is a play on the popular Always - Sunset on Third Street films and also deals with circumstances 1950's Tokyo, but focuses on the homosexual district of Shinjuku ni-chome.

Shibuya School Girls' CURSE LIST

A collection of stories from teenage school girls in Shibuya, Tokyo who have firsthand experience or heard them from others. The series features found footage and reenactments of these stories. Are these rumors true?…

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Yuriko is tired of her relationship with a married man. She leaves Tokyo and goes back to her hometown of Yugafu, which is located on a small island in Okinawa. The married man though follows Yuriko to the small island.…

Chikatetsu Sarin Jiken 15-nen-me no Tatakai 〜 ano Ni~Tsu, Kasumigaseki de Nani ga Okotta no ka 〜

Special based on real events named "Subway Sarin Attack" taking place in March 20 1995 in Tokyo. It was a terrorist attack on the subway network, the aim of which was to poison as many passengers and workers as possible…

Viva! Kappe

Hanako Matsuzaka, is an aspiring designer who has been living in Tokyo, but returns to her hometown of Mito when she’s unable to find a job she wants. She comes across an eccentric agriculturalist named Taro (Yuki…

OLDK

4.0

In 2004, in a rundown apartment on the corner of Tokyo lives Keiko, in Room 102. Keiko is an exhausted office lady who hasn't been involved in any interpersonal relations. The bad environment of the apartment building…

Otouto

7.0

About the life of the famous Ishihara brothers, one is a former mayor of Tokyo and the other one is a well-known actor. This is a very detailed biography, written by the older brother to pay tribute to his little brother,…

Stay The Night at The Grave

When the transition to digital TV completed in 2011, TV Tokyo went bankrupt. TV Tokyo is bought out by a funeral home. Many employees depart and broadcasts are cut down to just three hours a day, with most time being…