Yoshino Hiroshi

Joined NTV in 1966. He has directed numerous TV dramas such as “Star Gold Coin” (1995) and “Firefly Hikari”

Miyake Kuniko

Kuniko Miyake was born on September 17, 1916 in Saitama, Japan. She was an actress, known for Tokyo Story (1953), Until the End of the World (1991) and Escapade in Japan (1957). She died on November 4, 1992 in Japan. She appeared in more than 180 films from 1934 to 1991. Miyake joined the Shochiku studio…

Maeda Ken

Maeda Ken, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, singer, and comedian well-known for his monomane. He also created the Maeken Trance Project, of which he was the leader of several ganguro and kogal, known as LOVE♡BOOM. Maeda went to America when he was 19 and lived in Manhattan for four years. Because…

Matsuyuki Yasuko

Yasuko Matsuyuki (松雪 泰子, born in Saga Prefecture) is a Japanese actress and singer signed to Stardust Promotion.
In 1989, while she was in high school, Matsuyuki entered the Men's Non-no fashion magazine contest and was selected to be the "1st Men's Non-no Girlfriend".…

Matsushita Sara

Ueda Yui

Ishio Jun

Ishio Jun is a Japanese director.

Yoshida Keiko

Ichikawa Tomohiro

Ichikawa Tomohiro is a Japanese actor. He was born in Tokyo and is currently under Kenon. He is the Grand Prix winner of the 21st JUNON Super Boy Contest. He is a member of MEN ON STYLE. He made his debut in 2009 in the drama "Otomen". On April 3, 2025, it was announced that he and former Nogizaka46…

Tegoshi Yuya

Yuya Tegoshi is a Japanese singer, actor, Youtuber, and former member of Japanese boy band NEWS and its subgroup Tegomass. He released his first mini album "Music Connect" on October 5, 2022.

Yuki no Hotaru

~~Adapted from Seiichi Morimura (森村　誠一) "Snow Firefly" 「雪の螢」（角川文庫）.

Shuchakueki Series 36: Yuki no Hotaru

~~ Adapted from the novel "Yuki no Hotaru" (雪の螢) by Morimura Seiichi (森村誠一).

Fireflies in the North

7.4

During the Meiji era, a brutal prison warden terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido. (Source: IMDb)

The Wonder of a Summer Day

Kanata and her younger sister Sumire have been living apart since their parents' divorce. Kanata is having trouble adjusting to her new school and is spending her summer holiday helping her mother run her snack bar.…

Natsumi's Firefly

7.2

Natsumi wants to become a photographer. She takes a bike which her late father left behind and goes to a forest to find a firefly she saw with her father. In the forest, Natsumi meets old mother Yasu and old son Jizo.…

Azami Jou no Lullaby

3.0

Omnibus-style fantasy romance tales depicting women returning home from work. Episode 1: "Himitsu wo Suu (秘蜜を吸う)" Episode 2: "Ai wo, Koushin suru (愛を、更新する。)" Episode 3: "Shiro Hebi no Namida…

Wind from Fukushima

A documentary that illustrates the situations facing the villages of Iitate and Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture that were designated as highly contaminated by radiation as a result of the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant…

Watashi no Ichiban Saiakuna Tomodachi

7.3

Kasamatsu Hotaru, a fourth-year university student who has been losing every battle in her job search, has a "natural enemy". It's her classmate Kagiya Miharu, with whom she went to elementary, middle, and high school…

Kita no Kuni Kara

7.9

Set in the town of Furano in Hokkaido, Kita no Kuni Kara centers around the story of the Kuroita family. Narrated by the son, Jun, the tale follows the lives of two children torn between their parents and their parents'…

Kyushu Satsujin Kudari

~~ Adapted from the novel "Kyuushuu Satsujin Kudari" (九州殺人行) by Ishizawa Eitaro (石沢英太郎).