Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Bando Ryota

Bando Ryota is a Japanese actor. He is born in New York, USA. He works for Dongyu Club Co., Ltd. Born in New York, he lived there until he was three years old before moving and growing up in Hokkaido. He attended a school of Steiner education in Hokkaido until he was 18 years old. After starring in…

Igarashi Izumi

Shimizu Yukiko is a former Japanese actress. She makes her debut in 1987 in a drama, Shoujo Commander Izumi. Even after the drama Shoujo Commando Izumi ends, she appeared mainly in TV dramas, but she did not receive as much attention as when she was a teenager. However, she was selected as the youngest…

Asahina Junko

Asahina Junko, born Echigo Akiko (越後亜紀子) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress known by her former stage name, Kobayakawa Jun (小早川純). She was affiliated with the Hiiragi Planning (柊企画) agency. Asahina was of mixed heritage, with a Russian grandfather, making her one-quarter…

Nomura Mansai II

Nomura Mansai II, born April 5, 1966 under the name Nomura Takeshi, is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. Takeshi is the eldest son of Nomura Mansaku II, a Kyogen master. His debut was at the age of three in the drama, Quiver of The Monkey. Since then he has also been cast in the dramas:…

Matsumoto Hakuo II

The 9th generation Matsumoto Koshiro was born in Tokyo, Japan. A graduate of Waseda University and a versatile actor, Matsumoto Koshiro IX has performed extensively in Kabuki and Western stage plays. He made his stage debut in 1945, at the age of three, under the name Matsumoto Kintaro II, and took…

Ohgo Suzuka

Ohgo Suzuka, born in Zama, Kanagawa, is a Japanese child actress managed by CATAMARAN. Ohgo began acting in 2000 when she joined the theatrical company Sunflower (Himawari). She debuted with the company at the Meiji-za in Story of a National Thief. In early 2005, Ohgo debuted in her first major film,…

Kato Rosa

Rosa Kato is an Italian-Japanese actress and commercial model. Kato was born in Naples, Italy to an Italian father and a Japanese mother. Her family moved to Kagoshima, Japan when she was 5 years old. Kato received a Japanese education. Kato is not fluent in Italian. She is a graduate of Kagoshima West…

Beat Takeshi

Takeshi Kitano is a Japanese comedian, television personality, director, actor, author, and screenwriter. While he is known primarily as a comedian and TV host in his native Japan, abroad he is known almost entirely for his filmwork. With the exception of his works as a film director, he is known almost…

Fujiki Naohito

Fujiki Naohito is a Japanese actor, singer, and musician born in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. His agency is Cube Co., Ltd., and his record company is Pony Canyon Co., Ltd. He graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Informatics. When he was in his second…

Banana

8.0

It depicts the warped romantic interactions between two men and a woman with nowhere to go. Sho and Hana are traveling in search of a place to commit suicide together when they meet a young man named Minoru at a diner.…

Their Backs

One day, Hana's boyfriend Shoichiro suddenly leaves her. Now, Hana has a relationship with Akatsuki, who is Shoichiro's best friend. The two continue to wait for Shoichiro. (Source: IMDb)

Ryakudatsu Ai

6.0

Takeshi is a happily married neurologist who lives with his wife Itsuko and daughter Hana. However, their life is thrown into upheaval by the arrival of Itsuko's mentally unstable sister, Suzu, who is determined to…

good-bye

Misaki Noriko has been living in a net cafe with her daughters Hana and Kaze. One day, Noriko loses her job and is unable to properly find new employment or a means to borrow money. So, she takes her children and heads…

A Hint of You

7.1

The head chef Xia Qing You of the stir-fry restaurant has always wanted to learn from the memory of the taste of his father's fried rice. So she commenced her road to learn to be a chef from Fu Zai Yu, a chef from…

Boukyou

7.5

Three stories from the Shiratsuna Island: **Mikan no Hana Shiratsuna Island, Japan's last island city, is merging with a city across the shore. Tomita Misato, a housewife on the island, despises her older sister, novelist…

Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita

7.9

Endo Ai is an office lady and she is about to turn 30-years-old. She has enjoyed posting about herself on social media, but she has grown tired of that. One day, she happens to see underground idol Kurimoto Hana perform…

GoGo Club

Yin grows up in the “Golden Rose Nightclub” where his mother did odd jobs to earn their living, and stays on after his mother’s death. As nightclubs become out of fashion, he is dismissed, with a battered truck…

Count 100

Two years ago, professional boxer Mitsuki rose to the top of the Japanese lightweight championship but lost his first title defense and lost his throne. In the two years since he lost his title, his former brave form…

Geek Beef Beat

6.3

Higashino Haruo is a 36 year old man who lives with his wife Yukiko and junior high school student daughter Hana in the coutryside of Miyagi Prefecture. He is treated badly at home and at work due to his poor speaking…