5000 results found for: Tokyo Westside Monogatari
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. Born in Shinagawa- cho , Tokyo (now Shinagawa-ku , Tokyo ). In the 1930s Nikkatsu Kyoto studio joined in, Sadao Yamanaka studied with, Marne SanTaro , Kinugasa fourteen San , Hiroshi Inagaki…
David Sakurai
David Sakurai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the age of 18, he moved to Japan where he received his theatrical training and honed his skills in the indie film scene in Tokyo. After relocating back to Denmark in 2008, Sakurai proved himself a strong, versatile actor having been cast in a variety…
Mariya Tomoko
Mariya Tomoko is a Japanese actress, singer, writer, and Musashino Art University lecturer from Minato-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Takarazuka Music School in 1980, scoring the highest points in her graduation exam. She joined the Takarazuka Revue as a 66th gen member. In 1989, she won the 39th Minister…
Kaneko Nobuo
Kaneko Nobuo was a Japanese actor, culinary researcher, host, and talent born in Shitaya, Tokyo, Japan. He grew up in a family of dentists and struggled with tuberculosis from a young age, facing a prognosis that he might not live past 20. Despite his health challenges, he graduated from Kyoka Gakuen…
Tane Rakuko
Tane Rakuko is a Japanese actress born in Ishikawa, Japan, represented by Office PSC (オフィスPSC). At 20, she moved to Tokyo and began hosting shows at Mikado (ミカド) in Akasaka, marking the start of her acting career. She joined the research institute of the Sanjuninkai Theater Company (劇団三十人会)…
Kurihara Hideo
Hideo Kurihara is a Japanese actor from Tochigi Prefecture. After graduating from high school in 1984, he moved to Tokyo and joined the Shiki Theatre Company. He appeared in numerous productions including the musical "The Lion King '' and left the group in 2009. After leaving the company, he continued…
Sato Shimako
Sato Shimako is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Her husband is the film director Takashi Yamazaki . In 1992, she made his directorial debut in the movie “Tale of a Vampire” and won the Aboriaz Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)
Numata Yoichi
Numata Yoichi was a Japanese actor born in Yubara Village, Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Sixth Junior High School and dropped out of Nihon University's Film Department. After working as a trainee at the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Theater Company, he joined Toyoko…
Hirajima Natsumi
Hirajima Natsumi is a Japanese tarento and actress, born on May 28, 1992 in Tokyo, Japan. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was part of team B and graduated from the group on January 27, 2012. She is represented with One Eight Promotion (Source: Wikipedia, AsianWiki).
Kitamura Kazuo
Kitamura Kazuo was a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Takehaya, Koishikawa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Arts Department of Waseda University's Faculty of Literature. Kitamura was associated with the Bungakuza theater company, where he began as a research student in 1950 and became a full…
3 Nin no Shingurumaza - Sutekina Jinsei Gyakuten Monogatari
Japanese Drama - 2020, 1 episodes7.2
A special based on real-life stories. Three single mothers that have created little miracles for themselves and their family. Three parts in one special: "Tokyo University and Green Curry", "For you" and "The Notebook…
Yowamushi Pedal
Japanese Drama - 2016, 7 episodes7.3
Sakamichi Onoda is an otaku at Sohoku High School. He loves anime and games so much that he rides his commuter bicycle to and from Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district in a 90-kilometer (about 60-mile) round trip over…
Round About Midnight
Japanese Movie - 19997.3
Koji, a jazz musician, takes a cigarette break in between sets at a Tokyo nightclub. He witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by the killers. For the next two hours, Koji and Linda are…
Utsubokazura no Yume
Japanese Drama - 2017, 8 episodes7.3
18-year-old Saito Mifuyu is a simple girl who grew up in Nagano. After her mother’s death, her father brings his lover over which displaces Mifuyu in her own home. She arrives in Tokyo following an invitation from…
Tokumei Keiji Kakuho no Onna
Japanese Drama - 2018, 7 episodes7.3
Aya is a detective at the Kanagawa Prefecture Police Station. Yuriko is newly assigned to work at the same police station. She previously worked in the office of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Aya and the…
The Water Magician
Japanese Movie - 19337.3
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a traveling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through…
Ultraman Max
Japanese Drama - 2005, 39 episodes7.3
The world is at peace, and people are enjoying a quiet and serene existence until monsters begin attacking! The UDF (United Defense Force) dispatches Team DASH (Defense Action Squad Heroes) from Base Titan in Tokyo…
Spinning around My Whirl
Japanese Drama - 2023, 3 episodes7.2
Yono Miyako is a single 30-year-old contract worker. It's been a year since she left her dream city of Tokyo and returned to her hometown of Ibaraki. No matter how hard she works, she doesn't get rewarded, and she…
Ando Natsu
Japanese Drama - 2008, 12 episodes7.2
Ando Natsu, whose dream is to become a patissiere, finds herself jobless after the shop owner's sudden death. She goes to Tokyo in search of another job at a confectionery but the recruiting period has just ended and…
Unfair: The Answer
Japanese Movie - 20117.3
Picking up after the police hospital case in "Unfair the Movie", detective Yukihira Natsumi is now working at the slow-paced Nishimonbetsu Police Station in far away Hokkaido where she has been transferred. In downtown…
