Mori Masayuki

Masayuki Mori was a Japanese actor, the son of Takeo Arishima, a Japanese novelist active during the late Meiji and Taisho periods. Mori appeared in many of Akira Kurosawa's films such as Rashomon and The Idiot. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse (Floating Clouds)…

Naruse Mikio

Mikio Naruse was a Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer who directed some 89 films spanning the period 1930 (towards the end of the silent period in Japan) to 1967. Naruse is known for imbuing his films with a bleak and pessimistic outlook. He made primarily shomin-geki (working-class drama)…

Mimasu Yutaka

Mimasu Yutaka was a Japanese actor from Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. His death date is unknown. He graduated from private Meisei Commercial School. Takada made his stage debut at Misakiza in 1907. In 1921, he joined Shochiku Kamata Photo Studio and made his debut in the movie world with "Hika".…

Tsuburaya Hiroshi

Hiroshi Tsuburaya was a Japanese actor. The grandchild of Eiji Tsuburaya, who was also the first creator of the Ultraman Series, and the third son of Hajime Tsuburaya who became the second creator of the Ultraman Series after Eiji Tsuburaya's death on January 25, 1970. He was born in Setagaya, Tokyo.…

Shindo Kaneto

Shindo Kaneto was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and author. He directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he…

Kinoshita Keisuke

Kinoshita Keisuke was a Japanese film director. Kinoshita was highly prolific, turning out some 42 films in the first 23 years of his career. For this, Kinoshita explained that he "can’t help it. Ideas for films have always just popped into my head like scraps of paper into a wastebasket. Although…

Hagiwara Kenichi

Kenichi Hagiwara was the lead singer of The Tempters, the "bad boys" of the Group Sounds Japan pop scene in the mid and late 1960s. A teen idol with a legion of loyal fans, Hagiwara was known for his good looks and arrogance, which appealed to both young male and female Japanese fans. After The Tempters,…

Kurosaki Hikaru

Kurosaki Hikaru was a former Japanese actor and singer born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He worked at the Japan Action Club (JAC) and belonged to Kaga Noya. In 1980, he made his debut as an actor in the TV drama "Yagyu Abaretabi". He retired as an actor by the end of 1995. After retiring, he married…

Tanaka Kinuyo

Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Ozu Yasujiro's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine,…

Ozawa Yukiyoshi

Ozawa Yukiyoshi is a Japanese actor born in 1974 in the United States as his father, orchestral conductor Ozawa Seiji, was directing the San Francisco Symphony. He comes from a family involved in the arts; along with his father's work in the world of classical music, his mother is former model and actress…

800: Two Lap Runners

6.6

The coming-of-age story revolves around two young long distance runners called Kenji Hirose and Ryuji Nakazawa. Kenji is haunted by memories of his dead friend Aihara with whom he had a brief homosexual affair. He…

Bosan Bengoshi: Goda Yumei Muei Hikoku Seki ni Tatsu Onna

~~ Adapted from the novel "Satsui no Kawa" (殺意の川) by Kosugi Kenji (小杉健治).

Doctor Prosecutor Morohashi - New Life

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Dr. Kenji Morohashi" (Dr.検事モロハシ) by Noda Shigeru (能田茂).

Kirisakareta E

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kyoshoku no Jigazo" (虚飾の自画像) by Kosugi Kenji (小杉健治).

Me & My Brother’s Mistress

7.6

Since the death of their parents, Yoko and Kenji have been inseparable. One night, Yoko witnesses her brother dating an unknown woman. This, of course, wouldn’t be a problem – if Kenji was not already engaged.…

Cold Bloom

7.0

After the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Shiori and Kenji, a couple working at a small factory recovering from the tragedy, are looking forward to having a baby. But Kenji dies in an accident caused by his colleague…

Ie Uru Onna no Gyakushu

7.5

Season 2 of this drama starts off with Sangenya being married to Yashiro, while Rusudou Kenji is a rival real estate agent.

Father of the Milky Way Railroad

7.5

Miyazawa Masajiro owns and runs a pawn shop for generations. His first son is Miyazawa Kenji and his daughter is Miyazawa Toshi. Kenji is supposed to take over the pawn shop as the first son, but he refuses to take…

Yakuza and the Family

8.0

A story of a yakuza family from 1999 to 2019. Yamamoto Kenji’s father died from using a stimulant drug. His life fell into desperation. Kenji then joined a crime syndicate. There, he meets the gang's boss, Shibasaki…