565 results found for: NHK Special: Nankai Trough Kyodai Jishin
Ogata Ken
Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys.[1]
In television,…
Inoue Nozomi
Inoue Nozomi is a Japanese actress born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and a member of CAMINO REAL. During the Hyogo Prefectural Suma Higashi High School, she belonged to the broadcasting department, and was awarded the Excellence Award in the reading section of the 57th NHK Cup National High…
Kawasaki Asami
Asami Kawasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler and actress. She debuted as a pro wrestler in 2003 while also attending an acting school run by Yoshimoto Kōgyō. Wrestling for a time for JDStar, she retired from the ring in 2006, but returned again in 2009. She currently wrestles freelance. In 2012,…
Yuki Saori
Saori Yuki is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born Akiko Yasuda in Kiryu, Gunma, Japan and raised in Yokohama. She started her singing career with her older sister Sachiko as a child singer. In 1969, Saori Yuki had a hit with "Yoake no Scat (Scat at dawn)", which sold 2 million units in two months,…
Ikushima Sho
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1985. At the age of 15, she started dancing at Idyllwild Arts Academy. After graduating from New York University in three years, he obtained an O-1 artist visa and appeared in works in New York such as Pavel Zustiak and Brian Brooks, while studying with John Strasberg as an actor.…
Naraoka Tomoko
Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Hongou (present-day Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design. Naraoka debuted as a cinema actress in the 1949 film Chijin no Ai, based on the novel…
Imai Eriko
Imai Eriko is a Japanese singer, actress, and politician. As a singer, she debuted as the second-youngest member of the group SPEED. Her acting debut was in 1998 on the movie "Andromedia," featuring all members of SPEED. After the group's disbandment in 2000, she began her solo career in collaboration…
Nakamura Kankuro VI
The 6th generation Nakamura Kankuro is Namino Masayuki. Namino Masayuki, born October 31, 1981, in Tokyo, is a Japanese Kabuki, television and film actor. He is the eldest son of actor Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII and brother to Nakamura Shichinosuke II. Namino Masayuki made his first appearance on stage…
Mori Junichi
Mori Junichi is a Japanese director and screenwriter. He worked his way up in the film and television industry, serving as assistant director, writer, and director. The screenplay for" Laundry" received the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award in 2000, one of four winners selected from approximately…
Ueki Hitoshi
Actor, comedian, singer, and guitarist, Ueki came to fame through the comic jazz-band The Crazy Cats led by Hajime Hana. His hit song, Sūdara-bushi, placed in the Oricon top ten and landed him an appearance on the NHK annual music spectacular Kōhaku Uta Gassen. Ueki received the Purple Ribbon Medal…
Ashita no Kaze
Japanese Drama - 1962, 288 episodes8.0
The 2nd NHK Asadora and the first Asadora to be broadcast in 15-minute episodes Monday through Saturday. Starring Fumiko Watanabe in a drama of a poor family after the war.
Akatsuki
Japanese Drama - 1963, 313 episodes9.0
The 3rd NHK Asadora about a professor who quits the university to become a painter.
Uzushio
Japanese Drama - 1964, 310 episodes8.0
The 4th NHK Asadora. Starring Michiko Hayashi as a woman born in poverty who lives a brave life. She lost her husband in war and now must take care of their 5-year-old child alone. ~~ Adapted from the novel of the…
Tamayura
Japanese Drama - 1965, 310 episodes6.0
The 5th NHK Asadora. Starring Chishuu Ryuu as an old man who begins to travel after he retires. From a story written for television by Yasunari Kawabata.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Japanese Drama - 1966, 52 episodes6.0
The 4th NHK Taiga Drama is Minamoto no Yoshitsune. This is the first of two times NHK dedicated their Taiga drama to the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - May 17th, 1189). He was a late Heian and early Kamakura…
Ohanahan
Japanese Drama - 1966, 310 episodes5.0
The 6th NHK Asadora. Starring Fumie Kashiyama as a woman, born in the Meiji era, who raises a family by herself.
Musume to Watashi
Japanese Drama - 1961, 250 episodes4.0
The 1st NHK Asadora. Starring Takeshi Kitazawa in a story of a father taking care of his step-daughter, born between his now-deceased wife and a Frenchman.
Tabiji
Japanese Drama - 1967, 309 episodes7.5
The 7th NHK Asadora. Starring Tadashi Yokouchi in a narrative about an employee of the national railroad living through 50 years of modern history with his wife.
Eiga Okaasan to Issho Henteko Sekai Kara no Dasshutsu!
Japanese Movie - 2021
This is the third film of the NHK program “Okasan to Issho”, which has been broadcast since 1959. The hosts of the show get into a fight and get lost and go on an adventure to return to their original world. This…
The Voices at War
Japanese Drama - 2023, 1 episodes
Dramatization of The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and its announcers activities to support the Japanese military's fight during the war. Based on the facts, depicts the hidden relationship between broadcasting…
