Uchikawa Seiichiro

Uchikawa Seiichiro was a Japanese film director and screenwriter born in Tadakawa, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture. He served as an assistant director at Shintoho, which was established in 1947. From 1948, he served as chief assistant director of Ichikawa Kon, Shimizu Hiroshi, Ozu Yasujiro, and others. In…

Wakahara Harue

Wakahara Harue was a Japanese actress and singer born in Azabu-ku, Tokyo. After graduating from Takarazuka Music and Opera School, she made her movie debut in 1935 with "Hesitate Young People" directed by Satoshi Taguchi, produced by Nikki Tamagawa Film Studio. She also made her singer debut from Polydor.…

Hazumi Tsuneo

Hazumi Tsuneo was a Japanese film critic and film producer born in Tokyo. He also made his debut as a screenwriter when he was 23. His real name is Matsumoto Eiichi, and he is different from the film director Matsumoto Eiichi, who was active in the era of silent films. In 1934, at the age of 25, he…

Kishi Matsuo

Kishi Matsuo was a Japanese film critic, journalist, screenwriter, and film director born in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo. He is known as the critic who discovered the filmmaker Yamanaka Sadao. He graduated from Keio University. In 1937, at the strong recommendation of film director Shimizu Hiroshi, he retired…

Sakamoto Haruya

Stocky, imposing, and big-eared actor who rarely played anything other than a soldier, a policeman, or a samurai. He was apparently strong enough to share the role of King Ghidorah in Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) with Shoichi Hirose. He very rarely had speaking roles. Ironically, despite…

Tachibana Masaaki

Ubiquitous, well-liked, Toho-exclusive actor, nicknamed “Bana” on set. Tachibana joined Toho in 1950 and remained until the contract system collapsed in 1970. He appeared in numerous sci-fi films and is perhaps best known as the unintentionally funny, doomed reporter going down with Tokyo Tower…

Matsuzaki Makoto

Matsuzaki Makoto was a former Japanese actor and former Self-Defense Forces member. His real name was Sawai Ichiro (澤井一郎). His father was the actor Sawai Saburo (沢井三郎). He joined the Self-Defense Forces in 1957 and was discharged in 1959. He became famous for serving as the cushion carrier…

Togawa Yukio

Togawa Yukio was a Japanese novelist and children's writer born in Saga City. He established animal literature based on correct observations and knowledge about animals and is a leading figure in Japan alongside Muku Hatoju. He has also worked on reportage, war stories, and manga. From an early age,…

Nire Kotaro

Nire Kotaro was a Japanese actor born in Higashikomagata, Honjo-ku, Tokyo. In 1919, he made his debut in Asakusa's "Mikuniza". In 1922, he served in the military, and after his discharge, he participated in the Arashi Hina Masu no Tabi troupe and toured the countryside. After World War II, he joined…

Shishi Bunroku

Shishi Bunroku was a Japanese novelist and director from Tsukioka-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy and a recipient of the Order of Culture. He went to Keio University's Department of Finance but dropped out. In 1942, he won the Asahi Prize for Culture for "Kaigun" which…

Shocking Family

Can you escape from your family? In general terms, family has been defined as male-centered, heterosexual, patriarchal, based on bloodlines, and has even been linked with the sublimation of human nature. Though it…

Sayaka the Cute & Careless Girl

5.3

Sayaka Tsuzumi is a pure and dainty girl with a big H-cup bust. Being a virgin but curious about sex, she's so into daydreaming that she even moans over a hotdog. She adores Yuki Ito, the handsome athlete and school…

Cellar

Takanashi Misako, a 41-year-old single woman, is working for a major trading company. Misako, who became a member of society during the bubble economy, lived with the misunderstanding that the sun would never set.…

Chuanchuan and Yangyang

8.0

Taxi driver Wang Dong and his wife divorced his son Wang Guchuan (Chuan Chuan), and Shen Fang, who also divorced his son Liu Yang (Yang Yang), formed a new family. Chuan Chuan, who is older, is in adolescence and has…

Embarrassed People a Happy Life

6.3

This followed the trend of the annual drama to the majority of Chinese audiences are most concerned about housing prices, love, marriage and other elements as the main performance content about a group of young people…

Haha, Waga Ko e

Although Kadoma Takashi was once celebrated as a brilliant man in his hometown, he is now over 40 and is struggling to get promoted at work. His wife, Ryoko, has lost patience with Takashi, who does not help with child-rearing,…

You're My Home

7.3

The story follows the Fontanilla family and their eldest daughter Grace. After many years of living in simplicity, the lives of the Fontanillas suddenly changed when Gabriel handles the frustrated homicide case against…

The Rise of the Tang Empire

7.4

Emperor Tai Zong of the Tang appointed capable and incorruptible people to important positions because he knew his ministers well and he understood how to harness them. Tai Zong often invites frank advice or even criticism…

Sainam Sam Cheewit

5.9

There are two generations in this lakorn. The first generations tells the love story of the parents, who are: Pancake & Weir and Poo & Win. Pancake is the only daughter of a wealthy family. She falls in love with Weir,…