Natsuki Shizuko

A pioneer of Japanese detective novelists, she was called the "Queen of Mysteries". The novelist Hitoshi Igarashi is her brother. Most of her titles, were adapted to the specials.

Yamanishi Michihiro

Abe Rokuro

Abe Rokuro is a Japanese actor.

Igarashi Fumio

Igarashi Fumio is a Japanese Producer.

Sano Keisuke

Sano Keisuke is a Japanese actor born in Kyoto, Japan.

Yoshimoto Masahiro

Yoshimoto Masahiro is Japanese screenwriter born in Fukuoka, Japan.

Fujita Meiji

Fujiki Yu

Fujiki Yu was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 2005. Born in Tokyo, Fujiki graduated from Doshisha University and joined the Toho studio in 1954. He began by playing straight male leads but later shifted to more comical roles, especially in combination with…

Godai Takayuki

Godai Takayuki is a Japanese actor and voice actor. His stage name is the name of the character portrayed by Yujiro Ishihara in the 1969 film "Eiko e no 5,000 Kiro". He appeared live on stage at a special performance, "Koi Densetsu: Ai Sureba Koso" by Nagayama Yoko.

Kobayashi Ken

Kobayashi Ken is a Japanese actor from Kanagawa prefecture. He graduated from Kanagawa Prefectural Kakio High School (currently Kanagawa Prefectural Aso General High School). He belongs to Toho Entertainment.

Shift

8.0

By cutting up and zoom in on images of facades Matsumoto creates visual effects. Source: theMoviedb

Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji

10.0

Hosted by the comedy duo Downtown (consisting of Masatoshi Hamada and Hitoshi Matsumoto), it had several other actors and comedians in its regular cast, including You, Koji Imada, Koji Higashino, Itsuji Itao, Ryoko…

My Hero

A story about an 'ikumen' dad and his family showcasing a dual-income couple. Matsumoto Ryo is an IT consultant in Tokyo. While on paternity leave, he becomes exhausted from looking after the children and doing chores,…

What I Learned from Cycling 6 Times Around the World

The main cast is Mr. Hideki Matsumoto who lives in a slum as a manual worker, 60 years old. The place where he usually lives is 500yen per night. He is an environmental activist and speaker who has given around 2000…

Rock, Flow Quietly

~~ Adapted from the book by Sachiko Yoshioka. ~~ Based on a true story that happened in Matsumoto City.

Service

10.0

It's been two years and Chiharu still grieves for her late fiance. Matsumoto Akiko stars as Chiharu, a housekeeper whose cheerfulness hides a broken heart. She is assigned to help at the home of a widower with a little…

Higa Hashiru

The drama is based on a comic book and manga, both created by Joe Shigetsu. Misako Matsumoto, was the daughter of the famous potter Ryuya Matsumoto. However, by studying in Tokyo, she hadn't been to her hometown for…

Wasurenagusa no Saku Machi de: Azumino Shinryoki

Tsukioka Mikoto, who graduated from the nursing faculty of a national university in Matsumoto, Shinshu, spends her busy days working as a nurse in the internal medicine ward of a small general hospital in Azumino.…

A School Behind Bars

7.7

"Hei no Naka no Chuugakou" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - the only public school in Japan that is located inside…

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World

7.8

"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy, and she was that beautiful." A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto.…