Asano Atsuko

Asano Atsuko is a Japanese actress who debuted at the age of 15 after playing a minor role in the series "Eden No Umi". She was born in Adachi, Northern Tokyo, Japan. She began acting in feature films and, by 1983, won a Best Supporting Actress Award from the Japan Academy Prize for Yokiroh. Since 2003,…

Wada Shu

Wada was born in Kagoshima prefecture. After graduating from Haiyuza Theatre Company, he formed the Yoru no Ki theater troupe in 1980. He appeared in the Katsu Kaishū and Musashi Musashi NHK Taiga dramas, the Nurse no Oshigoto and Aibō live-action television series, and Odoru Daisōsasen THE MOVIE.…

Murakyami

Murakyami, born Murakami Ai (村上愛), is a Japanese comedian from Sumiyoshi, Osaka. She is one half of the comedy duo A Masso (Aマッソ). She graduated from Hannan University. In 2021, Murakami made her debut as a narrator on the NHK General program "Shibuya Note Presents KID FRESINO - one-off…

Wi Ding Ho

Wi Ding Ho, born and raised in Malaysia, attended the film school at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, lives in Taipei these days. His first feature film Pinoy Sunday (funded and supported by NHK, Japan) garnered a pair of awards at Taipei International Film Festival and also won Wi Ding a Best New Director…

Murakami Hiroaki

Hiroaki Murakami is a Japanese actor. He specializes in jidaigeki roles, and has also taken parts in tokusatsu and modern productions. Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, he enrolled in Hosei University but withdrew when he successfully auditioned for a part in Kamen Rider. He made his debut as…

Yakusho Koji

Yakusho Koji is a Japanese actor. In 1976, he saw a production of Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths and was inspired, first to watch, and then later to take part in, as many plays as possible. In 1983, he landed the role of Oda Nobunaga in the year-long NHK drama Tokugawa Ieyasu and was catapulted to fame.…

Koike Ayame

Ayame Koike (小池彩夢, Koike Ayame, born February 13, 1995) is a Japanese actress under the Sony Music Artists. Koike made her acting debut in the Japanese television drama Botan to Bara as Rika Nojima in 2004. In 2007, Koike appeared in NHK Educational TV's Yuhigaoka Boy Detectives (夕陽ヶ丘の探偵団,…

Tsugawa Masahiko

Tsugawa Masahiko (January 2, 1940 - August 4, 2018) was born in Nakagyo District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, whose real name is Kato Masahiko. He is a right-wing actor, film director, acting producer, and critic. He was affiliated with the entertainment firm Grand Pa Production, and served…

Matsu Takako

Matsu Takako, born June 10, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese stage and screen actress and pop singer/songwriter. She was born into a traditional Buyo house, and her Buyo name is Matsumoto Koka (Matsumoto Koka the First). Her father is Matsumoto Koshiro IX, Kabuki actor and head of the Buyo house;…

Non

Nounen Rena is a Japanese actress and fashion model from Kamikawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. She debuted as a fashion model in 2006 and was selected as the eleventh image character for Calpis in 2012. In 2012, she was chosen in an audition of 1953 women to play the heroine in the 2013 NHK Asadora "Amachan".…

Africa Pole Pole

Aired on NHK BS2.

Boshi

Produced by NHK Hiroshima to commemorate its 80th anniversary. "Boshi" is set in Hiroshima and covers the lives of people affected by the bombing of its city.

Shuu

Aired on NHK ETV. ~~ Adapted from the novel "Yuki Akari" (雪あかり) by Tai Yoko (田井洋子).

Surona Bushi ni Shite Kure 〜 Kyoto Satsueijo Rapusodi 〜

9.0

Aired on NHK BS.

Hoso Hakubutsukan Kikippatsu

A ghost appears at the NHK Broadcasting Museum which is holding an exhibition for their 60th anniversary. Sakura Nozomi, the broadcast director of the program, has to exterminate it. (Source: Japanese = NHK || Translation…

Keisei Saimin no Otoko - Kobayashi Ichizou

6.0

Second of a 3-part series of biographical dramas to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the establishment of NHK, this series documents the life of railway tycoon Kobayashi Ichizou, who established the famous all-women's…

Patissier Hansel Christmas no Maho

8.0

A spin-off drama from the regularly aired "Gretel's Magical Oven" which has brought you many stories related to sweets. (Source: NHK World Premium)

Taiga Dorama ga Umareta Hi

7.7

In 1962, Yamaoka Shinpei, a young assistant director at NHK's entertainment department, is suddenly ordered by the director to "make the biggest entertainment period drama in Japan that can rival the movies!" He and…

Seikogram: Tensei Shitara Senjichu no Jogakuseidatta Kudan

A modern-day actress reincarnates during the Pacific War, but with a smartphone in her hand. A series that conveys everyday life during the war through Instagram. (Source: Japanese = nhk.jp || Translation = MyDramaList)

Kohaku ga Umareta hi

7.5

After the war, the Occupation Forces’ General Headquarters was about to seize the broadcasting station, NHK, with the objective of directing its broadcasts in September 1945 (Showa 20). At that time, NHK’s director,…