Nakamura Kinji

Nakamura Kinji, born Yoshida Kokichi (吉田幸吉) in Honjo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. His father was the head clerk to the first generation of Nakamura Kichiemon I (初代中村吉右衛門), which led Nakamura to begin his career as a stage actor at a young age. After World War II, he worked…

Maki Noriko

Maki Noriko (real name Makino Noriko) is a Japanese actress. Born in Manchuri, she moved to Tokyo after the war. She retired from acting in 1973 and an article in 2009 stated that she had died, but the detailed date of her death is unknown. (Source: wikipedia)

Shiozawa Toki

Shiozawa Toki, born Shiozawa Toyoji (塩沢登代路) in Nakasato, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She graduated from Jissen Women's High School (実践女子高等学校) and was affiliated with Toho Entertainment (東宝芸能) until her death. In 1947, Shiozawa advanced to the second…

Kitamura Eizo

Kitamura Eizo was a Japanese actor and director born in Shin-Ogawa, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. His wife is actress Seki Etsuko (関えつ子) and his daughter is actress Kitamura Takeko (北村岳子). He graduated from Daishi High School and the Department of Japanese Language and Literature in the Faculty…

Kato Noriko

Born in Suzuka, Mie, Japan, Kato Noriko graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School. Kato's career began in 1991 as a member of Sakurakko Club, together with Anza Oyama, Miki Nakatani, Miho Kanno, and Hiroko Kurumizawa. On July 25, 1992, she released her first single, a cover of Chisato Moritaka's…

Iwasaki Yoshimi

Iwasaki Yoshimi, also known as Yoshirin, is a Japanese singer and actress born in Koto, Tokyo, Japan. Her older sister is the singer Iwasaki Hiromi. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ogawa Shinji

Ogawa Shinji, born Ogawa Hirohiko, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Setagaya, Tokyo. He was affiliated with the Herringbone Agency. He was best known as the dub-over artist of Michael Douglas and Timothy Dalton and for voicing Hyo in Fist of the North Star. Ogawa died from pneumonia…

Fushimi Nobuko

Fushimi Nobuko is a Japanese actress and singer born in Kojima-cho, Asakusa-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Doshisha Girls' High School. Her father, Fushimi Saburo, is a Shinpa actor, and she appeared on the Shinpa stage early on with her sister Naoe as a child actor on the stage. In 1926, she joined…

Akutagawa Takayuki

Akutagawa Takayuki was a former Japanese announcer, narrator, and moderator from Tokyo Prefecture. In October 1951, he joined Radio Tokyo (currently TBS) as an announcer. He left Radio Tokyo in December 1959 and became a freelancer in January 1960. His wife is Radio Tokyo announcer Honda Setsuko. (Source:…

Kobayashi Katsuhiko

Kobayashi Katsuhiko was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He died from liver cancer on May 6, 2005, in Tokyo, aged 68. (Source: ja.wikipedia.org)

Kimi no Hitomi wo Taihosuru!

A romantic comedy centered on the love affairs of young detectives working at the Dogenzaka Police Station and Criminal Affairs Division in Shibuya, Tokyo. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Tsukai! Rock and Roll Dori

Iwashita Midori, a bus guide who dreams of becoming a rock 'n' roller, has taken in her half-sister Yamaguchi Akane, a junior high school student who lives in Hokkaido Hakodate, and moved to Tokyo with her. Midori…

Oracion

5.0

Oracion is the name of a racehorse, a descendant of the fabled Arabian, King of the Wind. He is purchased by a Tokyo electronics manufacturer from a humble Hokkaido breeder as a gift to his teenage daughter Kumiko,…

Atsuki Hono no Tabi

In 1916, Shiraaki divorced his first wife and was in an artistic sump. One day, Shiraaki meets Akiko, a woman who said she left her husband and went to Tokyo. As they talked about their feelings for their hometown,…

Seishun Ourora Spin: Swan no Namida

8.0

16-year-old Hazuki Mika from Sendai sees herself forced to abandon her career as a star ballerina after fatally injuring her Achilles heel during a performance. At the suggestion of her father's acquaintance, she ends…

Tora-san 42: My Uncle

7.8

Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.

What's Up Connection

When a Hong Kong teenager from a poor family wins a trip to Japan, he unleashes a chain of events that will soon bring him from his secluded fishing village to Tokyo. On the way, he connects with a barely competent…

Necchu Jidai Special

After the second season, when Kamuizaki Elementary School was closed, he returned to Tokyo with Junsaburo's assistant again and was transferred to Minami Tamagawa Elementary School, and became a Teacher of 5th grade…

Inochi

7.0

The 24th NHK Taiga Drama is Inochi. The drama begins in August 1945, three days after the end of the Pacific war. A freight train completely jam-packed with passengers heads for Aomori from devastated Tokyo. On the…

Inheritance

5.0

Motoharu Fujishima , president of Central Crafts, which manufactures and sells mannequin dolls in downtown Tokyo , goes fishing in a mountain stream and falls from a rocky place and suddenly dies. The heritage, which…