Haneoka Kei

Japanese composer and arranger who was born in Tokyo, graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Music. His father is Jin Haneoka, a singer-songwriter. His graduation work "Piano Quintet No. 1" received high praise, and he appeared in the "70th Yomiuri Rookie Concert " sponsored by…

Hara Hisako

Hara Hisako was a Japanese actress. Her birth name was Ishijima Hisa (石島久). She used the stage names Hara Hisako (原緋紗子) and Hara Hisako (原緋沙子). She was born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, as the youngest of four siblings. Her father was a banker, but he passed away when she was…

Furuoya Masato

Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor who was born in Kawasaki city of Kanagawa Prefecture. He made his debut in 1977 and starred in many movies and TV dramas. He won the award for best actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival and at the 5th Hochi Film Award for Disciples of Hippocrates and at the 12th…

Honda Hirotaro

Honda Hirotaro was born on February 8, 1951 in Ibaraki, Japan. He is an actor, known for Kamen raida × Supa sentai × Uchuu keiji: Supa hiro taisen Z (2013), Himeyuri no To (1995) and Toyotomi Hideyoshi tenka wo toru! ( 1995). (Source: IMDB)

Sakai Miki

Sakai Miki is an actress and J-pop idol singer from Shizuoka, Japan. As a teenager she made her feature film debut in the 1995 Shunji Iwai film "Love Letter" playing the role of Itsuki Fujii as a young girl. The film was a huge box-office success and Miki picked up a number of awards for her role including…

Matsuzaka Keiko

Matsuzaka Keiko is a Japanese actress, born in Outa, Tokyo. Her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku. Keiko played the "Madonna" role in the 1981 film Naniwa…

Moriyama Mirai

Moriyama Mirai started dancing at age of five training tap, ballet, hip hop until he officially stage debut in 1999 with BOYS TIME. Active in drama and theater, he has appeared in a lot of dramas since them as "Goodbye Mr. Otsu," "Waterboys" and "Last Christmas". In 2004 he played a high school age…

Okura Takato

Okura Takato is a Japanese actor and member of the dance and vocal group Genin wa Jibun ni Aru.. He used to do swimming from kindergarten until 6th grade in elementary school, but it did not work out due to his fear of the deep sea caused by the movie "JAWS". He later thought about stopping his swimming…

Takenouchi Yutaka

Takenouchi Yutaka is a Japanese actor. He started his career by winning a modeling competition. Beginning in 1989, he has been in numerous magazines and TV commercials. Later he became a sitcom actor and has starred in many popular sitcom series. His first dramatic role in Hoshi no Kinka bought him…

Aoi Yu

Aoi Yu is a Japanese actress and model. She made her film debut in Shunji Iwai's 2001 film "All About Lily Chou-Chou". She has won numerous awards for her performances on screen, including the prestigious Japan Academy Prize and Kinema Junpo Awards for best-supporting actress in 2007 for "Hula Girls"…

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

6.7

Mika works in Tokyo as a nurse during the day and at a girl's bar at night. She meets Shinji, who works as a day labourer, and they become attracted to each other. ~~ Adapted from the poetry book "Yozora wa Itsudemo…

The Idle Vassal: La Maison De Corail

Utamonogatari: Cinema Fighters Project

6.4

"Funky" is a story based on the Sandaime J Soul Brothers song "Tokyo". The scriptwriter and director is Yuya Ishii. "Aeiou" is a story based on the Generations from the EXILE song "Nanimo Kamogasetsunai". The scriptwriter…

Sengokuranse no Abarenbo Saito Dozan Doto no ten Shitadori

New Year large 5-hour period drama special, Adapted from work by Yoshihide Nakayama and Kuwata Tadashioya. (Source: MyDramaList)

Banned from Broadcast: Saiko! The Large Family

7.4

Canadian filmmaker Veronica Addison, who makes documentaries on family issues around the world, closely follows a very large family in Japan. Although they appear cheerful on the surface, the family has many problems.…

Gekidan Sphere

The show is a collaboration between five playwrights and Sphere and is an anthology series exploring various genres. Each episode has two halves with a different director, and a new episode will debut every two weeks.…

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo

7.1

In part five of the 8-part Shinobi No Mono Ninja film series the heroic ninja Kirigakure Saizo (Raizo Ichikawa, of Sleepy Eyes of Death fame) serves the daimyo Sanada, played by Lone Wolf and Cub star Tomisaburo Wakiyama.…

Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back

7.2

Seventh instance of Shinobi no Mono series.

High-spec Bengoshi to no Dokyo Seikatsu wa Saitei de Saiko desu.

Maho is searching for her soulmate, hoping to find the perfect love to love and be loved. However, for some reason, she always ends up with bad guys. One day, the person she thought she had finally found turns into…

Shinobi No Mono 4: Siege

7.2

Tokugawa Ieyasu is the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only…