Horikawa Tonko

Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters. In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei".…

Kana Akiko

Matsuo Fumindo

Matsuo Fumindo was a Japanese actor born in Minami-Ota, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He began his acting career as a child actor at the Shinpa Theater at age four in 1920. He achieved early success at Makino Production in Kyoto and later took leading roles at Kawai Film Production in Tokyo. In May 1924,…

Nakahara Hitomi

Date Satoko

Satoko was a Japanese actress active during the Showa era. Born in Shioiri, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, she moved to Tokyo during childhood and attended Bunkagakuin Junior High School after graduating from Hikawadai Elementary School in 1923. She developed an interest in acting at Bunkagakuin and, following…

Aso Usagi

Hattori Tadashi

Ayukawa Hiroshi

Ayukawa Hiroshi, born Kumaki Chuyo (熊木中庸) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor whose date of death is not recorded. He was associated with the Miki Office and N.A.C. He completed his education at Kaijo Junior High School and attended Meiji University but did not graduate. After working at the…

Tsukamoto Takashi

Takashi's interest in seriously pursuing an acting career was stimulated by his memorable experience while filming the popular cult classic Battle Royale, in which he played tech-savvy Shinji Mimura. He is a talented young drama and film actor with the natural ability to bring to life a wide variety…

Nishida Toshiyuki

Nishida Toshiyuki Nishida was an actor born in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Nishida Toshiyuki won two Best Actor awards at the Academy Awards, one for "The Silk Road" (敦煌) in 1988 (Best Actor) an the other for "Free and Easy 6" (釣りバカ日誌６) in 1993. In 2003, he won the Blue Ribbon Award…

Gekai Hatomura Shugoro 9

Hatomura Shugoro, a genius surgeon who has abandoned his position as a doctor, honor, and future, finds a masked woman, Ichijo Masami, who is about to jump off the roof of the building. Unable to leave, he joins forces…

Onsen Satsujin Jiken Series 1

Inspector Shigaki Yoshio of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division and Shigaki's subordinate, Detective Wakui Ichiro, approach the mystery of a murder that occurs at a hot spring resort while…

Yoju Mameshiba Bokyo Hen

6.5

Jiro wants to live his life without his mother’s interference. Because of this, he leaves home with his pet dog Mameshiba Ichiro. They arrive at a village by the sea. An incident is about to happen.

Onsen Satsujin Jiken Series 2

Shigaki Yoshio, an inspector of the Metropolitan Police Department, and Wakui Ichiro, Shigaki's subordinate, approach the truth of a murder that they encounter while traveling. The stage this time is the hot spring…

Reiko and the Dolphin

This drama portrays twenty-three years in the life of a husband and wife who lost their only daughter in the Great Hanshin Earthquake. Ichiko and Tasuke lose their daughter Reiko during the Great Hanshin Earthquake…

Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen

Was it all just a coincidence, or was it inevitable? Ichigo Kurosaki gained the powers of a Soul Reaper through a chance encounter. As a Substitute Soul Reaper, Ichigo became caught in the turmoil of the Soul Society,…

Four Roads to Hell

5.6

Part of the “Tales of Terror From Japan” series. Four Roads To Hell is an omnibus featuring short stories based on true accounts as collected from writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama: 1. Another One 2.…

Ryoko Sakka Chaya Jiro 7

4.0

Chaya Jiro, a travel writer, visits Nagano Prefecture with deputy editor Yamakura Shinkichi and editor Nakamura Sakie for an interview trip for a weekly magazine. The corpse of Sakie's classmate Tsutsumi Ichiro is…

Asuka ni Ikiru

A documentary about medical care in Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture. With a declining population and so few doctors, Dr. Ichiro Takeda tries to encourage another generation of medical practitioners while also serving…