Sugiyama Kohei

Sugiyama Kohei was a Japanese cameraman born in Hamamatsu Town, Hamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture. After serving as a cameraman for Mizoguchi Kenji's "Genroku Chushingura" from the end of 1941 to 1942, he became the chief engineer of Manchukuo Film Association. At the same association, he was a cameraman…

Maeda Atsuko

Maeda Atsuko is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. She was in Team A and was one of the most prominent members in the group, being voted number one in the 2009 and 2011 Senbatsu Elections. However, in the 2010 Senbatsu Election, she lost to fellow member Yuko Oshima, who was the lead…

Naraoka Tomoko

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…

Watanabe Tetsu

Watanabe Tetsu, born in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan, is an actor and voice actor. His real name is undisclosed. He is currently affiliated with Owlm Co., Ltd (株式会社アウルム) and was previously with Imai Office (今井事務所) until March 31, 2015. Watanabe graduated from Aichi Prefectural Handa…

Yoshinaga Sayuri

Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合 Yoshinaga Sayuri, born 13 March 1945) is a Japanese actress. She has won four Japan Academy Best Actress awards, more than any other actress, and has been called "one of the foremost stars in the postwar world of film." Her first media appearance was in the radio drama…

Tsuda Kanji

Kanji Tsuda is a Japanese actor. He played Katsuya Tokunaga in the Japanese film The Grudge. He is married and has one child. He is managed by the La Sette talent agency. Tsuda was working part-time at a coffee shop for ten years before he started his successful career. The coffee shop where Tsuda worked…

Kitaoji Kinya

Kitaoji Kinya, born February 23, 1943 in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of famous jidaigeki film star Utaemon Ichikawa, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in Tokyo. Following his father's footsteps, Kitaoji's career is renowned…

Natsuki Mari

Mari Natsuki is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, and started work as a singer from a very young age, her specialty being jazz and a level of sensuality that was somewhat shocking at the time. She did not marry, which made her quite an icon. But in 2007 she announced…

Satsukawa Aimi

Satsukawa Aimi, born in Aoi, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, is a Japanese actress and idol. She was discovered by the same Horipro talent scout who discovered Yuka while shopping with her mother in Tokyo at the age of 14. After finishing middle school, she decided to start a career in the entertainment…

Akimoto Sayaka

Akimoto Sayaka is a Japanese actress. She is a former member of AKB48's Team K, as well as the unit DiVA, until her graduation in 2013. She is a former captain of Team K. She was born to a Japanese father and a Filipina mother. As an actress, Akimoto has appeared in both Japanese and American productions…

Wife's Power Outage

7.1

Hana and Yusuke, a couple living in Tokyo, have been distant in their relationship after an incident three years ago, and spend more and more time alone. Unable to close the gap between them, the two are in a karaoke…

Brain Fluid Explosion Girl

6.5

Hana Icii attends a school that she admired since she was a child. One day, she wakes up and finds herself locked in a cage with her classmates. They are forced to take part in a survival game using their cellphones.…

Yama no Tom-san

7.9

Hana, who had been living in Tokyo, starts life in the countryside with her friend Toki and Toki’s daughter Toshi, an elementary school student. It is a life that they are unaccustomed to. Hana is a writer and goes…

Goldfish on the Seaside

7.4

Hana is an 18-year-old girl who lives in a foster home. At the age of 18, she is about to leave the facility. Then, an 8-year-old girl, Harumi, enters the foster home. Identifying her past self with Harumi, some feelings…

Ashita Tenki ni Naare

8.6

Hana Sakai is a single mother, and she lives alone with her 5-year old daughter, Mimi. By chance, she meets a producer from NTV, Tokumura Shuji. He sees potential in her, and decided to recruit her for the position…

Gifu Need You

8.0

Miharu and Hana are not happy living in the city. They decide to start a new life in the small town of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. They learn about living in a rural country area and face difficulties. (Source:…

I'm Gonna Die Soon, Anyway...

5.0

Oshi Hana is 78 years old. She realizes that she is different from the people of her own age. She tries to look younger than her age while surrounded by her husband, children, and grandchildren.

Will You Be My Manager?

7.2

Japanese high schooler Hirose Hana dreams of becoming a manager for top pop groups. She transfers to Segi Art High School, a South Korean school that has produced some of the Korean entertainment industry’s brightest…

Universal Kokokusha

7.4

Sugiyama used to be the most popular copywriter at the largest advertising agency. He quit his job there to open up his own advertising agency, but his company doesn't do very well. He decides to move his company to…

We Are Too Clumsy about Love

6.9

Fujiwara Hana and Katayama Mizuki, best friends since elementary school, take a trip after Hana’s cheating boyfriend dumps her. At a hot spring inn, they meet Narita Yosuke and Ichinose Ayumu. Yosuke scolds Hana…