Matsudaira Ken

Matsudaira Ken, born in Toyohashi, Aichi, is a Japanese actor. His real name is Sueshichi Suzuki. Active both on television and on stage, he also sings. Matsudaira is most widely known for jidaigeki roles, having made his debut with Shintaro Katsu in an episode of the television series Zatoichi. For…

Ishihara Mariko

Ishihara Mariko is a Japanese actress and former singer born in Tokyo, Japan. She made her film debut in the 1980 adaptation of "Tonda Couple", a popular manga series. She gained further renown for her role in the TV series "Fuzoroi no Ringotachi". She published her autobiography in 2006. (Source: Japanese…

Kishida Kyoko

Kishida Kyoko was a Japanese actress, voice actor, and fairy tale writer born in Toyotama-gun, Tokyo as the second daughter of playwright Kishida Kunio. She graduated from Jiyu Gakuen High School. While she was a student at said school, she became interested in performing arts and aspired to become…

Matsukata Hiroki

Meguro Koju, better known by the stage name Matsukata Hiroki, was a Japanese actor. He was the son of jidaigeki actor Konoe Jushiro and actress Mizukawa Yaeko and has a younger brother Meguro Yuki who is also an actor. As a young man, he aspired to be a singer, but turned to acting, making his debut…

Hashizume Isao

Hashizume Isao is a Japanese actor born in Higashisumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. He is the representative of the theater group Yen and belongs to Yen Planning. In 1975, he participated in the founding of the theater group Yen with Akutagawa, Nakaya Noboru, Kishida Kyoko, and Arikawa Hiroshi.…

Takahashi Ai

Takahashi Ai is a Japanese pop singer associated with Hello! Project, best known as the current leader of Morning Musume, former member of its popular subgroup, Mini Moni, and most recently given the leadership role as Hello! Project's leader. Takahashi Ai joined Morning Musume in 2001 as part of the…

Takashima Masahiro

Takashima Masahiro is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He comes from a family of actors, including his father (Tadao Takashima), mother (Hanayo Sumi) and younger brother Masanobu Takashima. He married the stage actress Sylvia Grab in 2005. Takashima debuted in the 1987 film "Totto Channel". His…

Ishida Hikari

Ishida Hikari is a Japanese singer and actress. She made her debut in 1987 with the song "Emerald no Suna". She acted as the heroine of the NHK Asadora TV drama "Hirari" in 1992. She married film director Kurube Kei in 2001 and they have 2 children. (Source: Dramawiki)

Suzuki Kyoka

Suzuki appeared in Shinji Aoyama's Mike Yokohama: A Forest with No Name and Yōichi Sai's Blood and Bones. She won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Yokohama Film Festival for her role in Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald, at the 42nd Blue Ribbon Awards for Keiho and at the 2011 Tokyo Drama Awards for Second…

Miyauchi Tomomi

Tomomi Miyauchi is an actress, known for Border Line (2002), Andante: Ine no senritsu (2010) and Ecchi o nerae!: Inuneko. (

Battle Cry

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro’s friendship with a pickpocket, who switches…

Kyoushi Binbin Monogatari Season 2

This drama is set at a prestigious private elementary school in Ochanomizu, Tokyo, where a passionate teacher, Ryunosuke Tokugawa, is newly assigned. It depicts the interactions between Tokugawa, who provides passionate…

Onihei Hankacho

2.0

In the late Edo period, the story follows the exploits of Hasegawa Heizo, also known as "Onihei," who was directly subordinate to the senior councilors and cracked down on heinous criminals like murderers and arsonists.…

Kunoichi: Deadly Mirage

4.0

During the Edo period of Japan, out of the fear of losing authority, the Tokugawa shogunate hires the Shinsengumi to bring down the Imperial Court. However, the Satsuma Clan finds out about Tokugawa’s scheme and…

Yagyuu Jubei Nanaban Shoubu

9.0

A story of Yagyu Jubei, master swordsman from the well-known Yagyu-Shinkage school in the Edo period. Even decades after the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, many were framing plots to topple Tokugawa's political…

Kurama Tengu

8.0

A story about a masked samurai who takes sides with the good and wipes out the evil. In the late Edo period in Kyoto, samurais are killing each other because of the differences in their beliefs in the Tokugawa shogunate,…

Hanjiro

7.4

The film is based on the life of a samurai named Nakamura Hanjiro who was involved in the Meiji Restoration along with Saigo Takamori and other prominent men. Set during the waning days of the Tokugawa shogunate, it…

Samurai Vagabond

5.0

On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga is plunged into a dispute with Tokugawa Yoshinao that will lead to…

A Fantastic Tale of Naruto

6.5

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against…

Ooka Echizen

7.5

Ooka Tadasuke was a magistrate of Ise Yamada (modern-day Ise City in Mie Prefecture). In 1712, he sentenced a thief who was causing a stir in the village. The culprit was a great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the…