Nagaishi Takao

Nagaishi Takao was a director of various tokusatsu franchises. Making his name in Super Sentai, he would be a major factor during the revival of the Kamen Rider franchise. He passed away on March 31, 2013, as his body succumbed to progressive supra-nuclear palsy at the age of 68. Alongside Tohru Hirayama,…

Ichimura Toshiyuki

Ichimura Toshiyuki, born Ishikawa Kiyonosuke (石川清之助), was a Japanese actor from the former Tokyo City. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Fifth Junior High School (東京府立第五中学校) and initially worked for the Japan Medical Association (日本医師会). In 1938, he joined the…

Chikamatsu Yoshie

Chikamatsu Yoshie, born Uematsu Yoshie (植松芳枝) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She previously performed under the stage names Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松よし枝) and Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松良枝) She joined the Shinpa Theater Company (劇団新派) in 1945 and left in…

Nakahira Ko

Nakahira Ko was a Japanese film director. Born in 1926 in Tokyo, Nakahira directed 34 films between 1956 and 1975. His 1971 film Yami no Naka no Chimimoryo (A Soul to Devil) was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Nakahira died in 1978 at the age of 52. (Source: Wikipedia)

Hosokawa Chikako

Hosokawa Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Uchisaiwai, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Koran Women's School and joined Osanai Kaoru’s Tsukiji Little Theater in 1925, making her stage debut in "Kakujin Kakusetsu". In 1929, at age 23, she left the theater to help form the Shinjuku Theater…

Zaitsu Ichiro

Zaitsu Ichiro is a Japanese actor, comedian, and singer born in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. He graduated from Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseiko High School. From 2011 until his death, he refuses new jobs due to his poor physical condition and is practically retired. On October 14, 2023, he died…

Funabashi Gen

Funabashi Gen was a Japanese actor born in Obihiro City, Hokkaido. In 1948, while attending the preparatory course at Hosei University, he passed the first New Face of Toyoko Film (the predecessor of Toei), dropped out of college and joined the company, and made his debut with "Thief of the Moonlight…

Toba Yonosuke

Toba Yonosuke, born Toba Teruo (鳥羽輝雄) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He initially trained at the Tokyo Free Theatre acting school starting in 1922. He dropped out of Okura Higher Commercial School during his third year and joined Ikawa Hachiro's "Kokusei Theatre" in 1923. By 1926, he…

Azuma Chiyonosuke

Azuma Chiyonosuke was a Japanese actor and dancer. He appeared in more than forty films from 1954 to 1993. Born in Tokyo, Azuma attended the Tokyo University of the Arts, while studying Japanese dance under Bando Mitsugoro VIII. He joined the Toei studio in 1954 and became a star after his debut film,…

Shinagawa Ryuji

Shinagawa Ryuji is a Japanese actor, lyricist, and narrator from Nakazumori, Takamura, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi, Japan. When he was in the third year of Tsuru Junior High School, his brother died in a traffic accident, prompting him to run away from home and head to Tokyo. Afterward, with the support…

Majurat See Nam Pueng

This is a story of two close families that promised and agreed of their children's marriage before they were born. Madam Lamphao, the head of Wichanee family, has two daughters: An elder daughter called Rojanasnai…

The Mars Canon

8.0

The film explores the relationship problems of two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out. Kohei and Kinuko, despite their age differences, seem like a happy…

Manten

The 67th NHK Asadora Drama is Manten. Manten was raised on a small southern island of Japan and grew up surrounded by the tranquil mountains and sea. When she was little, she saw a liftoff of a space rocket with her…

Drama City: A Very Special Gift

Yeon Ju's husband's untimely death left her son, Yoon Woo, with her in-laws. Soon, she marries Jae Sik, who raises Seon Jae, who suffers from heart disease and is the same age as Yoon Woo. Yoon Woo grew up in the countryside…

Match Made in Heaven

7.4

The woman shouted for joy when she met him. Dashing and good-looking, he was even five years younger than she, and he thought he had made a great coup when he met her. Sexy and beautiful regardless of age, she even…

Radish Kimchi

6.0

Hyun Duk, a girl from the upper middle class, meets Gak Doo, a handsome but lowly servant. The two find themselves falling in love at first sight, but soon realizes the impossibility of their situation; they live in…

Shin Inochi no Genba Kara

The "New At the Scene of Life" series was set in a hospital aiming for patient-oriented medical care, and through various interactions between doctors and nurses working there and patients, we have asked what life…

No Name Stars

8.0

Gwangju in May 1980, what does it look like in your memory? Mr. Hwang, a shop owner who was willing to open the door of the store and shared drinks, driver Yang who took a bus full of citizens and went to Geumnam-ro,…

Tender Hearts

6.0

This story is about the courtship of an older woman, Yoon Ju, 32 years old, and a younger man, Dong Guk, 27 years old. The 5-year age difference raises concern from their families, but that is minor compared to the…

Silent Passage

6.3

The movie depicts the 7-month affair between Dorinda, a middle aged Judge, and Noah, a young taxi driver. The couple's story is used to bring to light society’s perceptions of gender, age, and class.