Yamaoka Hisano

Yamaoka Hisano was a Japanese actress born in Magome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The rights to her past works were entrusted to Office Tendo by her adopted daughter. In 1942, she enrolled in the 33rd class at the Takarazuka Music School. She aimed to become an otokoyaku (male role performer) and had planned…

Koyanagi Yukimi

Koyanagi Yukimi was born on April 9, 1958 in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Departures (2008), Bokura no nanoka-kan sensô (1988) and Ringu 0 (2000).

Fukuhara Mitsunori

Fukuhara Mitsunori is a Japanese screenwriter, theatre director and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Imaging Art. His talent agency is KNOCKS,INC.

Yanagisawa Shinichi

Yanagisawa Shinichi was a Japanese jazz singer, actor, voice actor, welfare activist, vaudevillian, and lyricist from Tokyo. He was affiliated with M-Three and served as honorary president of the NPO Japan Abilities Association and honorary director of the Kima Makan in Higashiyamato. During World War…

Maie Hiromi

Profession: Actor / taxi driver / essayist Alias: Shotaro Tachibana (Tachibana Shotaro) Old stage name: Maie Hiromi Group name: Johnny's Born in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, he's the middle of three brothers (sister and brother). He was scouted by the second generation Johnny Kitakawa who worked for the US Embassy,…

Kitagawa Mika

Kitagawa Mika, born Ono Teruyo (大野照代) in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress. She initially pursued ballet and aspired to become a ballerina during her time at Hosui Elementary School (芳水小学校), later attending Osaki Junior High School (大崎中学校) and Teikyo Girls' High…

Oda Masao

Oda Masao, born Saiki Masao (斎木政雄) was a Japanese actor born in Waseda, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. He later changed his name to Oda Masao (織田真佐男). He began his acting career at age six and graduated from Tokyo Prefectural School of Arts (東京府立工芸学校). In 1930, he enrolled…

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Murano Takenori

Murano Takenori is a japanese actor born on April 19, 1945 in Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan.

Ishihara Yoshizumi

Ishihara Yoshizumi is a Japanese weather forecaster, TV personality, and actor. Born in Zushi, Kanagawa, he is the second son of Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, and brother of politicians Nobuteru Ishihara and Hirotaka Ishihara. (Source: Wikipedia)

The 25th Hour

Five men, who do not know each other's identities, set up an operation to steal a diamond worth 100,000 dollars and infiltrate a villa on the hillside of Mt. Bush in Tokyo. However, since one of them was a subordinate…

Blood For Blood

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous…

Joshi Kokosei Satsujin Jiken

Akiko Nanjo is 24 years old. Burning with the idea of "well-rounded education," she was assigned as a Japanese language teacher at a private High School in a corner of Musashino in Tokyo. As soon as she was assigned,…

Koukou Kyoushi

2.0

Dr. Koichiro Kitayama, who has worked as an English teacher at Shirayuki Girls' High School in Osugi City, Tokyo, has lost his job due to bankruptcy. Kitayama, who has no teaching experience, and students who are mainly…

The Dancing Girl of Izu

7.5

Izu no Odoriko is based on the story The Dancing Girl of Izu by Yasunari Kawabata. It tells the story of the interactions between a young male student from Tokyo, and a small group of travelling performers that he…

Autumn Interlude

7.3

The story began in the early summer of 1942 when 'Tatsurou' met 'Setsuko' at Karuizawa. Its love at first sight but sadly 'Setsuko' was pledged to marry a stranger by her parent. She ran away from her hometown and…

Sabita Hono

In the early hours of April 13th, someone kidnapped five-year-old hemophiliac Kazuya Maruyama from Tanemura General Hospital in Setagaya, Tokyo. Soon, the desperate parents are contacted by the kidnapper, who blames…

The Invincible of the Far East

Dr. James Park, a world authority on nuclear research, visits Tokyo to attend a World Nuclear Power Seminar and is kidnapped by unknown people. Accordingly, the South Korean intelligence agency ordered spy agent HS-7…

Duel of Night

He was a member of the Majeokdan 20 years ago, and his beloved wife and daughter were taken away by a leader, and he is now living as one of the leading conglomerates among Koreans in Japan in Tokyo. Finally, after…

Ichibanboshi

1.0

The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. ~ Michiko Godai replaced Haruna Takase in the lead two months into the series when Takase became ill. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Aa Tokyo…