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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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)

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Poompuang

5.9

A biographical drama that dramatizes the life of Pumpuang Duangjan, a Thai megastar singer and one of the most important Luk Thung vocalists in Thailand as she's been named "Queen of Luk Thung". Although loved by millions…

Marnya Rissaya

6.9

The story is about the rivalry of two women in the fashion industry. Piangdao is a popular fashion model. She's dating Oum, a handsome younger photographer, whom she loves very much. She's entering the end of her time…

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…