Kaze no Uta ga Kikitai

8.0

A heartwarming, based-on-true-story of how a hearing-impaired couple, Masahiro and Namiko, knew each other, got married and began participating in the Triathlon. The story is told in flashbacks as Namiko awaits childbirth.…

Toire no Hanako-san: Kyoufu Kousha

6.0

First-year junior high students Mai and Miyuki naturally huddle together during their transitional year from classmates in elementary school. Once in their more metropolitan junior high school, however, they are soon…

Mayu no Misshitsu

Hibino's family receives a fax which states that the youngest member of the family, Yukari, has been kidnapped for ransom. At the request of her brother, police officer Hiiragi Kijima takes care of the case. It soon…

Hakui no Futari

After her brother's tragic death, Chinatsu becomes a doctor at Critical Care Center. There she meets Miki, a longtime nurse. To her surprise, Miki discovers that Chinatsu is her half-sister. She is even more surprised…

Oatsui no ga Osuki?

4.0

Grandpa runs an old public bath house, and everyone in the family is in hot water of various temperatures. Dad, who disappeared seven years earlier, suddenly reappears on the scene...with a young female companion.…

Fuzoroi no Tenshi Tachi

Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni

His mother having left him, nine year-old Yudai is forced to live alone and steal from a local convenience store in order to survive. Pursuing the wily thief to get back the stolen merchandise is the first act on the…

Hi no Ryosen

Chikamatsu Yoshie

Chikamatsu Yoshie, born Uematsu Yoshie (植松芳枝) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She previously performed under the stage names Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松よし枝) and Chikamatsu Yoshie (近松良枝) She joined the Shinpa Theater Company (劇団新派) in 1945 and left in…

Hidari Bokuzen

Hidari Bokuzen, born Mikajima Ichiro (三ヶ島一郎) in Kitano, Kotesashi, Iruma, Saitama, Japan, was a Japanese actor and opera singer. He was the second son of an elementary school principal, and his family had been priests at Hikawa Shrine in Mikajima Village for generations, though his grandfather…

Yamamoto Ayaka

Yamamoto Ayaka is a former Japanese idol and former fashion model, a former member of the female idol group NMB48, and a former exclusive member of "Seventeen", from Hyogo prefecture. She belonged to Showtitle. She passed the NMB48 5th gen member audition final examination and was unveiled on June 28th…

Bando Tsumasaburo

Bando Tsumasaburo was a Japanese Kabuki actor and movie actor born in Hashimoto-cho, Kanda-ku, Tokyo. His brother, sister, and mother died one after another, and his father failed in business and went bankrupt. In 1916 he graduated from Jinjo Elementary School High School. In 1920, when the Shochiku…

Nawa Hiroshi

Hiroshi Nawa was born on October 16, 1932 in Kumamoto, Japan. He is an actor, known for Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963), Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973) and Yôen dokufu-den: Han'nya no Ohyaku (1968). He passed away in 2018 from acute renal failure, aged 85.

Mitsui Koji

Mitsui Koji was a Japanese movie, TV, and stage actor. He appeared in more than 150 films from 1925 to 1975, including 29 of Kinema Junpo’s annual Top-10 winners and three of its Top-10 best Japanese films of all time. The son of a Shochiku movie theater owner, Mitsui joined the studio in 1924, making…

Wakamatsu Setsuro

Wakamatsu Setsuro is an alumni of Nihon University College of Arts, graduating from faculty of broadcasting. He is known for his association with Oda Yuji, Sato Koichi and Matsushima Nanako in multiple dramas and movies. As a director, Setsuro Wakamatsu has produced multiple award-winning and nominated…

Lee Chae Lin

Lee Chae Lin is a South Korean singer, dancer and former member of FANATICS (파나틱스). She graduated from Dongducheon Girls’ Middle School and later dropped out of high school to pursue her singing career. She made her debut in August 2019 as the group's main rapper and sub-vocalist with their…

Miki Norihei

Miki Norihei, born Tanuma Tadashi (田沼則子) in Hamacho, Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor, director, and comedian. He served as the 5th president of the Japan Comedy Association (日本喜劇人協会). Raised by a mother involved in entertainment and a father with a medical doctorate,…

Furukawa Roppa

Furukawa Roppa was a Japanese comedian. He was born the sixth son of Baron Kato Terumaro, making him the grandson of Baron Kato Hiroyuki. The family custom, however, was to have the younger sons adopted by related families, so Furukawa was adopted by his father's sister and her husband, Furukawa Taketaro.…