Ikeuchi Junko

Ikeuchi Junko, whose real name was Nakazawa Sumiko, was born in Honjo-ku, Tokyo. She made her screen debut with “Kotaishi no Hanayome” (“The Crown Prince’s Bride”) in 1955 after working at a department store and becoming a marquee actress for Shintoho Pictures Co. In her long career, Ikeuchi…

Nakayama Shoji

Nakayama Shoji was a Japanese actor from Yushima Tenjin, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan.

Kawazu Seizaburo

Kawazu Seizaburo, born Nakajima Seiichi (中島誠一) in Kakigara, Nihonbashim Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was adopted by Kawazu Kaichi (河津嘉一), who operated a machiai, a tea house, in Hamacho. After graduating from Toka Elementary School (東華小学校), he attended Seisoku English…

Ogawa Tomoko

Ogawa Tomoko is a Japanese actress born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. When she was a child, her family moved to Tokyo and she attended Kitaku Public Prince Elementary School. She also studied ballet while being part of the Toei Young Actor's Group. She made her acting debut in 1960 by appearing in…

Yokoo Dekao

Yokoo Dekao was a Japanese film actor active from the 1920s to the 1950s. He featured in over 90 films. Born in Saga Prefecture, Yokoo studied Western painting at the Tokyo Bijitsu Gakko (now the Tokyo University of the Arts). He joined the art department of the Shochiku studio in 1923, eventually becoming…

Yamamoto Kiyoshi

Yamamoto Kiyoshi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. After growing up in Malaysia, Yamamoto attended the Tokyo Metropolitan Ryogoku High School and then graduated from Meiji Gakuin University's Department of Psychology. After his directorial debut in 2003, he has been involved in the production…

Bando Tsumasaburo

Bando Tsumasaburo was a Japanese Kabuki actor and movie actor born in Hashimoto-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His brother, sister, and mother died one after another, and his father failed in business and went bankrupt. In 1916 he graduated from Jinjo Elementary School High School. In 1920, when the Shochiku…

Mizushima Ryotaro

Mizushima Ryotaro was a Japanese actor and film director born in Higashifukuda-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His wife is actress Suzuki Utako, and actor Mizushima Michitaro is his nephew. After graduating from the Japanese-French Law School, he entered "Kawakami Otojiro Ichiza". After that, he joined the Yoshizawa…

Nakahara Shoko

Shôko Nakahara was born on July 9, 1970 in Kumamoto, Japan. She is an actress and producer, known for Tokyo Gore Police (2008), Tsunagaru (2016) and Bijitâ Q (2001).

Katou Yuusuke

54th The TV Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2007, “Life”) 57th The Television Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2008 “Last Friends”) 76th The Television Drama Academy Award / Director Award (2013, “The Best Divorce”) International Drama Festival in TOKYO Tokyo Drama Awards Kids…

Karanukan

5.8

Ooyama Hikaru is a famous photographer. He feels a sense of loss while surrounded by glamour in Tokyo. He decides to visit Okinawa. There, Ooyama meets beautiful Ishigaki Mami. When he takes pictures at a waterfall…

Bon Lin

5.9

Natsuko Yotsuya (Ema Sakura) is a teenager and she is also known as Bon.She lives in a town and has a friend, Miyu-chan, who lives with her boyfriend in Tokyo. Miyu-chan though is abused by her boyfriend. To bring…

Aozora

5.9

The story revolves around a pachinko parlor worker named Shiori (Aoi) and her aspiring musician boyfriend, Tetsu. The two of them travel from Kyushu to Tokyo together and struggle to stay afloat while Tetsu chases…

12 Months of Kai

6.1

What would you do if an "impossible thing" was born between humanoids and humans? Kyoka, who works as a web director in Tokyo, gets a personal care humanoid (PCH), Kai. Kai learns various things about the owner. Kyoka…

Still Life of Memories

6.1

Rei works as a curator at a photography museum in Yamanashi Prefecture. She visits a photo gallery in Tokyo. There, she is fascinated by the photos taken by Haruma. The next day, Rei contacts Haruma and asks him to…

Running at Night

6.1

A surprising and humanistic drama that questions the meaning of happiness through the strange fate of one man who caused an accident. One night, a taciturn and clumsy man working at a scrap iron factory in the suburbs…

Shimbashi Koi Story

5.6

Tatsuya, and his outgoing friend Kotetsu, frequent a Shimbashi, Tokyo gay bar called "TUGBOAT". One night they meet Junnosuke. Kotetsu hits it off with Junnosuke, but Tatsuya is interested too, but shy. (Source: MyDramaList)

Nagi Diary

Yoriko spends her days carving sculptures by herself using wood cut from the nearby mountains. One day, Yuri, who has been active as an architect in both Tokyo and Taiwan, takes a few days off and visits Yoriko, the…

It's in the Woods

6.2

Tanaka Junichi, a farmer living the single divorcee life out in the country, finds himself rooming with his son, Kazuya, after the boy makes an unexpected visit all the way from Tokyo. Both face more than they bargain…