Hori Ben

Hori Ben is an actor and former child actor from Tokyo. In 1974 he joined Tokyo Kid Brothers while attending Takushoku University, and left after performing in New York and London. In 1975 he participated in the founding of Mr. Slim Company with Shinsui Sansho, Kasai Kenji, Makigami Koichi, and others.…

Reizei Kimihiro

Reizei Kimihiro was a Japanese actor and director from Tokyo. He belonged to FMG. He was the 4th chairman of the "Let's Win the University of Tokyo" (2006-2015). After graduating from The 5th Commercial High School in Tokyo, he joined the theater company Bungakuza after working at the Bungakuza Theater…

Nomura Shinji

Nomura Shinji is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo. He belongs to Kiraboshi.

Nishina Karin

Nishina Karin is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. Her agency is Breath Inc.

Fukada Yusuke

Fukada Yusuke, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese writer. He passed away from pneumonia. (Source: Wikipedia)

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…

Ubukata Soji

Ubukata Soji was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo City, Tokyo. His death date is unknown. After dropping out of the old junior high school, he entered the Japanese Film Actor School in Hongo Ward. He joined Kawai Productions, which was founded in February 1928. In 1931, he transferred to Teikoku Kinema,…

Suzuki Seiichi

Suzuki Seiichi was a Japanese composer born in Tokyo. He has been familiar with organs and songs since he was a child. He studied composition with the Italian vocalist Adolfo Sarcoli with a mandolin and began his career as a composer and mandolinist. In 1927, "Sky" won 2nd place in the 1st Mandolin…

Yamaoka Tetsuya

Yamaoka Tetsuya was a Japanese actor born in the former Tokyo city. He graduated from Waseda University. While studying at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University, he mobilized students and piloted fighter planes as a second lieutenant in mainland China. After he was demobilized,…

Uotani Kanae

Uotani Kanae is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo. She's best known for her role in Azumi.

Utacon

6.0

Utacon presents a range of music artists from Enka and J-Pop at NHK Hall in Tokyo every week, to continue in the spirit of NHK Kayou Concert as well Music Japan. It also airs worldwide, through NHK World Premium at…

Kyoaku wa Nemurasenai

6.0

Tominaga Shinichi is a prosecutor, newly appointed to the special investigation division for the Tokyo district prosecutors' office. He is currently busy with a case involving suspicious donations to powerful politician…

Jikkyosareru Otoko

7.0

Umao is a man targeted as the one who will be the most depressed in the Tokyo Race Course on the internet programme “The Most Depressed Person in Fuchu TV” that is broadcast irregularly. He cries loudly in disbelief.…

Kazoku no Hi

6.0

The Kimiharas are a family of five who live in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Their father, Shinsuke is worried about his eldest son Kotaro who is being bullied, and his daughter Eri who conversely is a bully herself. After thorough…

Kenji no Honkai

6.6

Prosecutor Sakata of the Yonesaki District Public Prosecutors Office and his colleague Shoji are pulled into assisting the Tokyo Office’s Special Investigation Department to investigate influential Diet lawmaker…

The River Flows

In 1960, the people of Japan are bursting with enthusiasm in anticipation of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Amid these times, Kawai bolts from Japan and goes to Laos for a dam construction survey. However, he is never…

Ushiro no Shomen

Kyou, who is interested in the occult, moves to Tokyo after her husband is transferred. She quickly makes friends and decides to create a blog. One day someone comments about 'Kagome Kagome' on the blog, and they decide…

My Blue Oni

7.2

Riko Tsujimura, an editor at a small publishing house in Tokyo, returns to her hometown for the first time in years. A woman, unexpectedly has to face not only her professional challenge, but also her past, full of…

Children Can Draw Wind

Intimate year-long coverage of children growing up freely in a nursery school with more nature than you'd expect in Tokyo's urban Suginami City. A quiet residential neighborhood in Suginami City. The Nakase Nursery…

Pelican: 74 Years Of Japanese Tradition

Pelican, a bakery located at Asakusa, Tokyo, becomes crowded every morning. There are only two types of bread sold. It looks ordinary but meet a bakery that has been loved for 74 years with a taste you won't get tired…