Sawai Takako

Sawai Takako is a Japanese actress born in Osaka. Her sister is the actress Sawai Keiko. She worked at the Yajima Satoko office, and belongs to the Takarai Project. In 1964, when she was in the third year of junior high school, she moved to Tokyo with her sister who entered the entertainment world.…

Enatsu Yuko

Enatsu Yuko, born Suzuki Chiyo (鈴木千代) in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress. After marriage, she changed her name to Meguro Chiyo (目黒千代). She graduated from Tokyo Kasei Gakuin High School (東京家政学院高等学校). In 1966, she joined the Toho Theater Division (東宝演劇部)…

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…

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)…

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;…

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…

Hirano Sho

Hirano Sho is a singer, actor, and entertainer born in Nagoya City, Japan. Since 2012, he has been represented by Johnny's. He began learning how to dance in the second year of elementary school and began learning acrobatics in junior high. For a time, he signed with the agency Central Japan in Nagoya.…

Shirasu Jin

Shirasu Jin is a Japanese actor represented by Cube. He made his debut in 2013, and has appeared in many dramas since. Shirasu portrayed Rui Hanazawa in Hana Yori Dango: The Musical during early 2016. He made the top 30 in the 22nd Junon Super Boy contest in 2010. He made his stage debut the next year…

Nakagawa Taishi

Nakagawa Taishi is a Japanese actor, host, and model. He is best known for his leading role as Yuiji Kira in the live action “Closest Love to Heaven”, and as Tenma Hase in the second season of “Hana Yori Dango”. Nakagawa originally started as a child actor but because of his sudden growth spurt…

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…