Namiki Ichiro

Namiki Ichiro Namiki was a manzai master and actor from Hongo-ku, Tokyo, in the Showa and Heisei eras. He belonged to the Dosa troupe and toured various places. In 1936, he joined the Sumiko Kurishima Theater Company after traveling around and studied under Kurishima Sagoromo. In 1938, he turned to…

Wakahara Harue

Wakahara Harue was a Japanese actress and singer born in Azabu-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from Takarazuka Music and Opera School, she made her movie debut in 1935 with "Hesitate Young People" directed by Satoshi Taguchi, produced by Nikki Tamagawa Film Studio. She also made her singer debut from Polydor.…

Nishi Akemi

Nishi Akemi is a Japanese actress born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Bunka Fashion College. She joined Shintoho in 1952, and her oldest recorded appearance is the movie "Koi no Oen Dancho". Her last recorded work is "Jiken Kisha Chabo!" which was produced in 1983.

Takehisa Chieko

Takehisa Chieko was a Japanese actress from Akita Prefecture who was active in the Showa period. After moving to Tokyo she started at Komatsugawa High School, but entered the movie world at the age of 15 and dropped out. She joined the Enomoto troupe Casino Foley in 1930 at the age of 18. She then she…

Takiguchi Shintaro

Takiguchi Shintaro was a former Japanese actor and announcer born in Shiba-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Okada Yoshiko. In April 1925, he joined Inoue Masao's troupe after graduating from Sakurada Elementary School and appeared as a child actor in the stage play "Rashamen no Chichi". He made his movie…

Nomoto Hotaru

Hotaru Nomoto (野本 ほたる) was born on February 20, 1997 in Tokyo. She voices Akira Yukishiro and is affiliated with Mitt Management.

Yanagida Teiichi

Yanagida Teiichi was a Japanese actor and singer from Fukagawa Ward, Tokyo City, Tokyo. He was active in Asakusa opera during the Taisho era. He is known as "Enoken" and is known as Enomoto Kenichi's master. At the age of 51, he suddenly died of stomach cancer on July 16, 1947, shortly after the war.

Yanagiya Gontaro I

The first Yanagiya Gontaro was a Japanese rakugoka born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1939, he belonged to the Toho Meijinkai. In addition, h becomes a signboard rakugoka of Toho along with the 3rd generation Kinba Sanyutei. Even after the war, he remained popular but fell ill in 1950. At the same time, a…

Osaka Go

Osaka Go is a Japanese novelist and detective writer born in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. His father is illustrator Naka Kazuya. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Chuo University in 1966. During his studies, he was working at Hakuhodo, which he retired from after 17 years. He then became a full-time writer…

Aizawa Haruo

Aizawa Haruo was a Japanese actor born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. After graduating from the Drawing Course at Showa Industrial Technical School, he was detained in Siberia before joining the Theater Arts Academy. In 1959, he co-founded the Tokyo Theater Seminar. He passed away on March 10, 1995, at…

Ishi Tsubute

7.6

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ secret funds are discovered in a scandal which rocks the government and bureaucracy. Detective Kizaki from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Second Investigative Division…

I'm Real Song Joong Ki

7.6

Join Hallyu Superstar, Song Joong Ki, as he travels to Tokyo, Japan. Discover all the wonders this great city has to offer, from shopping to food, temples to street markets, alongside one of Korea’s most beloved…

Bentoya-san no Omotenashi Season 2

7.6

It's been 6 months since an office lady, Chiharu, transferred from Tokyo to Sapporo. There, she found her place in a small bento shop, "Kumaben." She wandered one day. On the other hand, cook Yuu is still determined…

Code: M Code Name Mirage

7.6

Without an official spy organisation, Japan is seen as a hotbed for crime by foreign and domestic criminal groups. K13 is a unit established within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to combat this situation.…

Keihan Ensen Monogatari: ko Minka Minpaku Kizunaya e Yokoso

7.7

Imachi Jun (24) is a rookie novelist whose debut novel is a big hit. Because it sold so well, the pressure prevents her from writing her next novel. Jun escapes the hustle and bustle of Tokyo and ends up at "Cable-hachimangu-sanjo…

Emergency Interrogation Room Special

7.7

Misawa Sanae, a newscaster for a news programme, comes to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Emergency Response Investigation Team in order to do a story on the special interrogation room where an enactment…

Tora-san 15: Rise and Fall

7.7

Tora-san meets the weird and lonely Hyodo in the Northeast. Hyodo is determined to leave his home in Tokyo and goes back to Hokkaido to find his true love that he has not seen for 30 years. Tora-san accompanies him…

Medical Team Lady da Vinci's Diagnosis

7.6

Shiho works as a neurosurgeon at Nishitokyo General Hospital. She decides to quit her profession after hallucinating during surgery. Her ex-teacher Masayuki Kitabatake is the director at Tokyo University Hospital and…

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7.6

While the public relations office of D Prefectural Police is having a confrontation with the correspondents’ club, over the issue of the anonymity of perpetrators, it is decided that a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department…

Death Song

7.7

A melodrama dealing with the life of Yoon Shim Dok, a modern woman and pioneer of free love in the 1920's, who drowns herself in the waters of the Korea Strait. Yoon Shim Dok is a poor girl studying vocal music at…