Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Matsu Takako

Matsu Takako, born June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese stage and screen actress and pop singer/songwriter. She was born into a traditional Buyo house, and her Buyo name is Matsumoto Koka (Matsumoto Koka the First). Her father is Matsumoto Koshiro IX, Kabuki actor and head of the Buyo house;…

Yamazaki Toyoko

Yamazaki Toyoko was an acclaimed Japanese novelist. She was mostly famous for her Showa era based business, political, and social themed serial novels. Yamazaki was born in Senba, Minami-ku (now part of Chuo-ku), Osaka, to a family of long-established kelp business called Oguraya Yamamoto. After graduating…

Kishimoto Kayoko

Kayoko Kishimoto (岸本加世子 Kishimoto Kayoko, born 29 December 1960 in Shizuoka, Japan) is an actress.
She has appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy…

Chiaki Minoru

Chiaki Minoru was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. In Seven Samurai, he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi, and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. In real life, he was the last of the seven actors to die. Chiaki was…

Nakamura Eriko

Nakamura Eriko is a Japanese actress originally from Nanyo, Yamagata. After finishing her contract with magazines "Hana* chu→" and "Love Berry" as a model, she began her acting career in 2006. In 2011, she switched agencies from LesPros Entertainment to Matsu Company. Her hobbies are photography and…

Baisho Mitsuko

Baisho Mitsuko, born 22 November 1946 in Ibaraki Prefecture, is a Japanese actress, whose most internationally known work has been for director Imamura Shohei, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2002. Baisho has also appeared in the films of Kurosawa Akira. She won awards for best actress…

Kaga Mariko

Kaga Mariko is a Japanese actress, born in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She was scouted by directors Shinoda Masahiro and Terayama Shuji, and made her film debut in a Shinoda-directed, Terayama-penned movie, Tears on the Lion's Mane, in 1962. In recent years, she has gained newfound popularity thanks to her…

Osugi Ren

Osugi Ren (born Osugi Takashi) was a Japanese actor. For his work in Cure, Hana-bi and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima. In the DVDcommentary, to the mpd.psycho (TV Miniseries)…

Shirota Yu

Shirota Yu (Birth name: Yu Shirota Fernandez) is a Japanese-Spanish actor, most known for his role as Kagurazaka Makoto in the Japanese television drama live-action adaption of Hana-Kimi, Kunimitsu Tezuka in the Prince of Tennis Musicals and as Kei Shinjo in Rookies. In 2009, he was named one of the…

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…