Shima Mizue

Shima Mizue, born Nara Mizue (奈良瑞恵) in Tokyo, Japan, is a former actress affiliated with Ecran Pro (エクランプロ). She began her career as a magazine model while still in high school. After graduating, she was cast in the lead role of the 1972 TV drama "Kime! Finish" (決めろ!フィニッシュ).…

Okamoto Ryuta

Okamoto Ryuta is a Japanese actor born in Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan. He spent his middle and high school years in Osaka and studied law at Senshu University. While in university, he worked as a regular model for "MEN'S CLUB" and gained attention at Tokyo Fashion Week and with fashion houses such as CK…

Okawa Giko

Okawa Giko is a former Japanese actor, originally from Tokyo, Japan, who graduated from Chuo University. He was previously affiliated with Yamazaki Planning. Since 2011, he has been listed as an unreachable rights holder with the Visual Content Rights Organization. (Source: MyDramaList)

Nakamura Miyoko

Nakamura Miyoko, born Iwamura Miyoko (岩村美代子) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress known for her work in theater. She was initially associated with the Geijutsu Shogekijo before joining the Haiyuza Theatre Company, where she primarily performed on stage. Nakamura passed away from heart failure…

Sugi Hiroyuki

Sugi Hiroyuki is a former Japanese actor born in Nakano, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Myojo Gakuen High School. Coming from an acting family, his father, Sugi Kyoji, and brothers, Sugi Giichi and Sugi Yukihiko, were also actors, as was his nephew, Sugi Kinya. Sugi Hiroyuki began his career with the…

Umeda Haruo

Umeda Haruo, born Umeda Akira (梅田晃) in 1920 in Tokyo's Yotsuya district, was a Japanese scholar, playwright, novelist, and essayist specializing in French literature. He graduated from Keio University Graduate School and was involved in writing scripts for stage plays and radio dramas, as well…

Otani Ikue

Otani Ikue is a Japanese actress and voice actress. She was born in Tokyo, Japan, but grew up in Niigata. (Source: MyDramaList)

Sumikawa Hisashi

Sumikawa Hisashi, born Murai Takeo (村井武雄) in Tokyo, Japan, was a vocalist and ventriloquist. He was married to alto singer Murai Masu (村井満寿), and their third son was clarinetist Murai Yuji (村井祐児). A graduate of Keio University (慶應義塾大学), Sumikawa joined the Tsukiji…

Sakaguchi Minako

Sakaguchi Minako was a Japanese actress and voice actress born in Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with the Mingei Theatre Company. Sakaguchi's husband was actor and voice actor Maeda Masaaki, and their daughter is dancer and choreographer Maeda Nina. Inspired to become an actress after watching…

Nakamura Masato

Nakamura Masato, born in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese musician, music producer, and actor, best known as the leader and bassist of DREAMS COME TRUE. Nakamura attended Doshisha Kori Junior High School but transferred to Ichikawa Municipal Daiichi Junior High School after one semester. He began…

Ceremony of Disbanding

6.7

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly…

Captain Ultra

6.9

This series is based very loosely on Captain Future, the pulp science fiction saga created by the influential Edmond Hamilton. Originally, this series was aired by Tokyo Broadcasting System right after the end of the…

Five Filosophical Fables

Donald Richie’s classic is, in the words of Yukio Mishima, an outrageous farce, and a pitiless indictment of all our false ‘human’ values. As an allegory of an ‘all-consuming’ Tokyo family cannibalizing each…

Keyhunter

6.0

A Keyhunter is someone who solves crimes beyond the ability of the police. The members of Keyhunter, stationed in Tokyo, worked to arrest international criminals and spies.

Daughter-in-law

Man-bok, a city cleaning lady, rescues Palpuni, a rural virgin who is in danger of being taken to the Sachang Cave as soon as they go to Tokyo, and gives him a job as a mother-in-law at the house of the Yangsajang,…

Japan's Organized Crime Boss

6.9

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war…

Joyu Waga Michi

It depicts the life of Haruko Sugimura, who quit her job as a teacher at a girls' school and moved to Tokyo to become an actress. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the autobiography…

A Windmill, Tulips and Love

6.0

After graduating from college, Mariko, who worked for a nursery school, left Tokyo to attend the International Society for Childcare in Munich. Her feelings, when she received the engagement ring from Natsukawa at…

Black Tight Killers

6.7

Daisuke Honda, a war photographer in Vietnam, meets Yuriko Sawanouchi, a stewardess on his plane back to Japan. After drinking with her at a Tokyo bar, he becomes involved in saving Yuriko from assassination by stylish,…

Bloody Territories

6.8

A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a campaign to take over Tokyo's drug, prostitution, and gambling rackets.