Azuma Kenji

Azuma Kenji was a Japanese manzai (comedic duo) performer who formed the duo "W Kenji" with Miyagi Kenji. His real name was Otani Kenji (大谷健二), and he was born in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. Azuma's father served as the mayor of Otawara Town. After finishing middle school, Azuma began working…

Uno Nobuo

Uno Nobuo was a Japanese playwright, author, and kabuki playwright born in Honjo, Saitama, Japan. He was raised in Kumagaya, Japan, and later lived in Asakusa, Japan. He graduated from Kumagaya Middle School and the Department of Japanese Literature at Keio University. After finishing middle school,…

Yamada Kosaku

Yamada Kosaku, formerly known as Yamada Kosaku, was a Japanese composer and conductor. He left numerous works in Japanese music history with melodies that utilize the intonation of the Japanese language. He also worked to spread Western music in Japan, founding the country's first orchestra. Additionally,…

Selena Lee

Selena Lee is a Canadian-born Hong Kongese actress, singer, producer, and scriptwriter. She is currently a non-contract artist with TVB. She reverted to her birth name, Selena Lee, in 2015. She received the Most Improved Female Artist award at the TVB Star Awards in 2012. In 2014, she was highly praised…

Kiraware Matsuko no Issho

7.3

A dark melodrama about a woman whose life descends into a downward spiral due to love, ill fate and recklessness. It's 2006. The dead body of 56-year old Kawajiri Matsuko, is found in a downtown apartment where she…

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…

Radio

6.9

Radio (NHK Drama Special, Winter 2013) takes place in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the many coastal towns that were devastated during the 2011 Great Tohoku Disaster. "Onagawa Saigai (Disaster) FM", a provisional…

Guardian Angel

6.0

Played by TV funnyman Kaningu Takeyama, drudges away as a low-paid corporate drone. His termagant of a wife doles out only a ¥500 coin for his daily expenses, so he can’t even buy a sports paper if he wants more…

Besieged City

7.4

Ling-Kit HO, a hardworking student in Tin Shui Wai, dreams of escaping his troubled life. Coming from a broken family, he cares little for anything beyond his studies. He takes care of his mentally ill mother while…

The Abashiri Family The Movie

6.2

Set in the near future, the story centers around a family of vicious gangsters who live within an area of Japan not governed by laws called Bangaichi. Abashiri Kikunosuke is now attending Paradise Academy, but has…

Kikotsu no Hanketsu

6.0

In 1942, Prime Minister Tojo Hideki at that time dismissed the House of Representatives and held a general election to eliminate members of the Diet who opposed the government. Candidates who are not cooperating with…

Meet in Pyongyang

6.0

Wang Xiao Nan, a 24-year-old Chinese performer of Korean folk dance, is shaken when her mentor and grandmother, Chen Xiu Zhen, gives her the thumbs down during the semi-final of a dance competition, despite the praise…

The Master

7.3

In 19th-century China, during the infamous Qing Dynasty, the population is suffering at the hands of greedy landlords, corrupt officials, and unwelcome invaders. Hoping to unite his people, martial arts master Chen…

Larong Bata

It tells the story of Marlon a pathetic student but excellent in class who is regularly picked-on by his classmates and even cyber-violated by using a cellphone to film the attack. Dessa, a 16-year-old girl and a victim…

Nagayama Kozo

After graduating from Gakushuin High School , graduated from Seijo University in literary arts at the Department of European Culture in 1981 [1] before joining Fuji TV. As a TV director, he worked on numerous TV dramas and produced numerous hits centered on Fuji TV Month 9 Drama such as “ Tokyo Love…

Uehara Misa

After graduating from Hosengakuenko High School, she worked as a receptionist, but was scouted by a Toei producer and made her debut in the 1975 movie "Bakeneko Toruko Furashi" under the stage name of Ohara Misa. After that, the name was changed to Uehara Misa.

Atsumi Kuniyasu

After graduating from high school in 1951, he entered the Haiyuza Theater Company training center as a third-year student. After graduating, he participated in the founding of the theater company Rookie Association. In 1975, he left and participated in the founding of the theater group Yen. He left…

Kimura Takafumi

After graduating from Waseda University School of Political Science and Economics, he started working at NHK in 1988.

Chen Ching Shen

After graduating from high school at the age of 16, he worked with his father in the studio, starting with the drawing of scenes. In 1963, he joined Lye as a scene and art design, and later rose to the position of head of the art department, studio director, cultivated a lot of scene and art talent.…

Yamaguchi Izumi

After dropping out from high school, she joined Watanabe Productions. By the time she was in elementary school, she belonged to the theatre company "Kojika" (her first drama appearance is The Human Condition in the role of a Chinese child). In 1972, she made her debut in the entertainment world with…