Tani Kei

Tani Kei was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician born in Tokyo, Japan. He learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the Occupation of Japan. He quit university and joined the "City Slickers" in 1953,…

Oda Masao

Oda Masao, born Saiki Masao (斎木政雄) was a Japanese actor born in Waseda, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. He later changed his name to Oda Masao (織田真佐男). He began his acting career at age six and graduated from Tokyo Prefectural School of Arts (東京府立工芸学校). In 1930, he enrolled…

Miura Mitsuko

Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…

Inagaki Mihoko

Mihoko Inagaki is a Japanese actress and businesswoman born in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. She attended Tamagawa Gakuen schools and began her studies at Japan Women's University before transitioning to her acting career. In 1956, while still a student, she was scouted and debuted in Nikkatsu's "Hanano Unkou."…

Yamaoka Hisano

Yamaoka Hisano was a Japanese actress born in Magome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The rights to her past works were entrusted to Office Tendo by her adopted daughter. In 1942, she enrolled in the 33rd class at the Takarazuka Music School. She aimed to become an otokoyaku (male role performer) and had planned…

Yanagisawa Shinichi

Yanagisawa Shinichi was a Japanese jazz singer, actor, voice actor, welfare activist, vaudevillian, and lyricist from Tokyo. He was affiliated with M-Three and served as honorary president of the NPO Japan Abilities Association and honorary director of the Kima Makan in Higashiyamato. During World War…

Nakamura Nobuo

Nakamura Nobuo was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Kurosawa Akira and Ozu Yasujiro in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles in the West were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo…

Towake Hisao

Toake Hisao, born Ogura Hisao (小倉久雄) in Koamicho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, was a Japanese actor. From a young age, he was involved in the performing arts. He attended Gyosei Elementary School, Kyoka Middle School, and later studied economics at Hosei University. While still a student in 1928, he joined…

Maie Hiromi

Profession: Actor / taxi driver / essayist Alias: Shotaro Tachibana (Tachibana Shotaro) Old stage name: Maie Hiromi Group name: Johnny's Born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, he's the middle of three brothers (sister and brother). He was scouted by the second generation Johnny Kitakawa who worked for the US Embassy,…

Egi Toshio

Toshio Egi was born on June 4, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor and producer, known for High and Low (1963), Yuki no Concerto (1991) and Zatôichi monogatari (1974). Child activity started at the age of three. Since 1959, he has been active mainly in Nikkatsu films, and has performed with numerous…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 21: Nishiizu Utsukushiki Satsui

Inspector Totsugawa and Detective Kamei try to solve the sad revenge drama of a woman whose lover was murdered. This time, the investigation was conducted in Tokyo and Nishiizu. It's not just a story of solving a mystery,…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 28: Rikuchu Kaigan Satsui no Tabi

An antique dealer is killed in Aoyama, Tokyo. The criminal stole Sesshu's forgery. The owner of the painting was a college student who was the host, but his lover was kidnapped, and the criminal demanded that the college…

Island Times

8.4

Fifteen-year-old Masaharu lives on the small island of Aogashima, which has a population of 197. On the island, life is simple, and facilities are spare. As there are no high schools on the island, Masaharu, in his…

Onobori Monogatari

5.8

An aspiring manga artist named Satoshi moves from Osaka to Tokyo with no set plan. When he arrives, the magazine he wanted to work for goes out of business, leaving him unemployed and with very few options. He attempts…

Mieru Onna Tsukiko

2.0

Asaoka Tsukiko was born with the ability to see ghosts. After graduation from university this year, Tsukiko has been spending her days looking for a job. However, she meets with a series of setbacks. At an interview…

It All Started with Taking It All Off

6.3

Morishita, who came to Tokyo from Akita, made her debut as an AV actress at the age of 18 and quickly became so popular that she was called an AV queen. After retiring from AV after 10 years of activity and publishing…

Gachiban Expanded

7.0

Monji, the proud 20-year-old school uniform wearing Yankee gang leader, is invited to Tokyo by a member of a Yakuza gang. Trouble happens, a fight breaks out, and Monji inadvertently stabs the younger brother of the…

Marks

6.5

A string of brutal murders is being committed around Tokyo. As a rebellious police officer tries to piece together the clues, the only connection he can find is the victim's membership in the same college club back…

Kyoto no Themis Onna Saibankan 1

Kyoto District Court judge Akiko Matsumiya just passed the bar exam while in college and is attracting attention from the media. Akiko was steadily building up her career, but when her husband Tadanori, whom she left…