Kawamura Reikichi

Kawamura Reikichi was a Japanese actor born in Fukagawa, Tokyo, Japan. His real name was Kawamura Ishigoro (河村石五郎). After graduating from the preparatory department of Nishijin Castle Commercial School in Kanda, he made his stage debut at the age of 13 at Shinshaza in Nakasu. He joined an…

Yamamoto Kaichi

Yamamoto Kaichi was a Japanese actor born in Tokyo. He has been a major figure in Nikkatsu and appeared in both contemporary and historical dramas. In 1895, when he was 18 years old, he joined the new school "Otojiro Kawakami Ichiza" led by Kawakami Otojiro. In 1899 when he was 22 years old, he participated…

Yamanaka Sadao

Yamanaka Sadao was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Hinoshitacho, Takakuradori Matsubarashita, Shimogyo, Kyoto, Japan. He is known as one of the representative directors of Japanese cinema in the 1930s, during the transition from silent films to talkies, and is recognized as a talented…

Takada Minoru

Takada Minoru is a Japanese actor who was something of a heartthrob in silent films during the 1920s and 1930s. In his later years, he typically played authority figures, such as military officers, which constituted the majority of his sci-fi roles. Takada dropped out of Tokyo College of Music in 1918…

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…

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…

Frankie Sakai

Frankie Sakai was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician. From his days at Keio University, Sakai worked as a jazz drummer at American Army camps during the Occupation of Japan, often doing comic routines with his music. Becoming a professional comedian, he appeared in many famous film comedies, such…

Hamada Torahiko

Hamada Torahiko was a Japanese actor born in Nahari Town, Aki District, Kobe Prefecture. He graduated from Waseda University [Faculty of Letters. Hamada belonged to the Haiyuza Theater Company. After working as a research student at the mobile theater company Mizuho Theater Company, he joined the theater…

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…

Nagaishi Takao

Nagaishi Takao was a Japanese director. 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 supranuclear palsy at the age of 68. Alongside Tohru Hirayama, who also passed away…

When I Fall in Love... with Both

7.1

From Singapore to Hong Kong to Macau, 3 different women with different lives experience the same situation of falling in love with 2 men and how they deal with the dilemma. In Singapore, meet Joy, who’s torn between…

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…

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,…

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…

The World's Morning

Chang Soo and Chang Gi, who have a blacksmith father, are brothers with completely different personalities and tempers. Chang Soo is a promising office worker who is on the road to success in the securities industry…

One Piece

8.7

Gol D. Roger, known as the "Pirate King," was the strongest and most infamous pirate to sail the Grand Line. His capture and execution by the World Government sparked a change in the world, as his final words revealed…

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…