Masumura Yasuzo

Masumura was born in Kōfu, Yamanashi. He would become known as a maverick director whose main legacy was films portraying and promoting individualism, which was the opposite of the norm in Japanese society. He entered the law department of Tokyo University, but his studies were interrupted when he…

Kishida Kyoko

Kishida Kyoko was a Japanese actress, voice actor, and fairy tale writer born in Toyotama-gun, Tokyo as the second daughter of playwright Kishida Kunio. She graduated from Jiyu Gakuen High School. While she was a student at said school, she became interested in performing arts and aspired to become…

Hasebe Kanae

Hasebe Kanae is an actress, voice actor, and writer from Tokyo, Japan. Her father is the movie director Hasebe Yasuharu and her brother is the novelist and screenwriter Hasebebakushino. She graduated from Tamagawa University. She's been active since 1985. She's best known for her "Abunai Deka" role,…

Sawamura Sadako

Sawamura Sadako was a Japanese actress and essayist born in Saruwakacho, Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Ohashi Teiko (大橋貞子). She was also known as an essayist, publishing memoirs such as "Song of Shells" and "My Asakusa." Her older brother, Tomokazu, became the fourth-generation Sawamura…

Abe Yuji

Abe Yuji is a Japanese television reporter and actor. He is represented with Tender Pro. He was born in Itabashi, Tokyo. He graduated from Yayoi Elementary School, Daiichi Junior High School, Koishikawa High School, and Waseda University Faculty of Political Science and Economics. His height is 185…

Yokosawa Natsuko

Natsuko Yokosawa is a Japanese actress and comedian from Itoigawa, Niigata. She is represented with Yoshimoto Creative Agency in Tokyo from Yoshimoto Kogyo. She graduated from NSC in Tokyo. She is equally synchronised with comedy duos Matenrō and Dennis.

Ken Arai

Debuted as a member of "Transluv" from U'S Music in 2003, and solo debuted with the album "Tokyo Boy,Tokyo Girl" in 2007. Besides his self production, his activity ranges from producing music for artists, TV commercials and soundtracks. He has released 13 albums and 22 eps so far. As a DJ, his regular…

Hiraoka Asumi

Hiraoka Asumi is a Japanese actress, fashion model, television personality, radio personality, and gravure idol. She is from Tokyo and has blood type A. She is affiliated with Platinum Production. She won the Miss Young Animal 2023 Grand Prix. (Source: Wikipedia)

Koga Yako

Koga Yako (古賀哉子) is a Japanese singer and artist. She was a member of the Japanese pop girl group LaLuce from Last Idol. She announced her graduation from the group during their solo concert at Zepp DiverCity TOKYO on April 18, 2018.

Furusawa Takeshi

Furusawa Takeshi began making 8mm films in college and won the scriptwriting award for his film home sweet movie at the 1997 Pia Film Festival. He enrolled at the Film School of Tokyo in 1997. After graduating, he worked as a director's assistant for Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shinji Aoyama, and Takahisa Zeze,…

Ten Urara

The 58th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Ten Urara. Story's settings include Nikko, Tochigi and Koto, Tokyo. This drama is the tale of one high spirited, strong-willed young woman and her struggle to fulfill her lifelong…

A

7.5

"A" is a Japanese documentary film about the Aum Shinrikyo cult following the arrest of its leaders for instigating the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. The film focuses on a young spokesman for the cult…

Higa Hashiru

The drama is based on a comic book and manga, both created by Joe Shigetsu. Misako Matsumoto, was the daughter of the famous potter Ryuya Matsumoto. However, by studying in Tokyo, she hadn't been to her hometown for…

The Doctor

Kazuma Asou, who helps out in his friend's clinic, is a doctor enjoying a peaceful life on rural Ishigaki Island. However, his father's death causes him to move to Tokyo and he starts working for a big hospital where…

Best Friend

8.5

While growing up in a blessed family, Makoto, a cousin of Kiyoka's who has a cold personality, came to Tokyo dreaming of a singer. Makoto, who grew up in the country and is innocent, and Kiyoka, who has the opposite…

Kaleidoscope

A photographer, Machiko Ono, and a filmmaker, Naomi Kawase, challenge each other to shoot--one to photograph the other to film--two young actresses, one from Tokyo, the other from the countryside. The photographer…

Mona Lisa no Hohoemi

7.5

Eguchi Yosuke stars as Tachibana Masayuki, a man in charge of antique auctions. Tachibana is a famous auctioneer who supposedly worked in England for some time, but his colleagues at Weisz Tokyo do not like his nosy…

Sono Toki ga Kita

Orthopedic doctor Akino is 48 years old. Her husband, Meiji, is the same doctor, but she is now away from Tokyo to concentrate on treating alcoholism. One day, Soeda, who used to be a painter, comes to her clinic as…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 13: Tokkyu Shina no 21-go Satsujin Jiken

The mystery of the fortune-telling left at the murder scene, is it an invitation to serial murder? In this work, we will follow the mystery of the serial murders hidden in the fortune-telling from Tokyo to Zenkoji…

Watashi no Aozora

8.0

The 62nd NHK Asadora Drama is Watashi no Aozora. Locations include Oma-cho, Aomori and Chuo-ku, Tokyo. This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a…