Thomas Ash

Thomas Ash earned an MA in Film and Television Production at the University of Bristol, UK (2005) and has lived in Japan for a total of 18 years. Thomas’s first feature documentary, ‘the ballad of vicki and jake’ (2006), received the Prix du Canton Vaud (best first film) at the 2006 Visions du…

Mayuzumi Toshiro

Mayuzumi Toshiro was a Japanese composer. He studied at Tokyo University of Art and Music and Le Conservatoire de Paris. Mayuzumi organized the "Three Composers' Group" in Tokyo and was a pioneer of contemporary music in the 1950s. Among his achievement was making some of the first electronic music…

Misawa Akemi

Misawa Akemi is a Japanese enka singer and actress born in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture. She currently lives in Tokyo. She passed the 7th Toei New Face, after which she joined Toei and made her debut in 1959 with the NET TV drama "Fuebuki Doji". She made her movie debut in 1961 and is active in historical…

Nakata Yasuko

She is a former Japanese actress. She was born in Takarazuka Revue and Nikki Dancing Team (NDT). She played a supporting role and a minor role in many Japanese movies. In the 1964 Hollywood-style musical film "Asphalt Girl", she plays the leading role in singing and dancing. In 1933, she was born in…

Hori Chiemi

Chiemi Hori is a Japanese singer, actress, and entertainer represented by Horipro, and later Shochiku Geino. Her stage name is Chiemi. Chiemi Hori debuted in 1982 when she was only 14 years old. She steadily gained popularity and was tipped to be one of the most recognized idols in 1984 after producing…

Iwao Kinshiro

Iwao Kinshiro was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and recitation artist born in Tokyo, Japan. He dropped out of the Faculty of Commerce at Meiji University (明治大学) and later served as the chairman of the All Japan Entertainment Troupe Management Association (全国芸能団運営会) and as a…

Akiyama Takeshi

Debuted in 1975 with the movie "Composition of Youth". Transferred to Ishihara Pro in 1960. In addition to appearing on movies and television, he established a marine club “La Sera Hayama” in Hayama-cho, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1962. He also owned the racing car and the jet ski team. Other appearances…

Sakamoto Tomokazu

In April 1940, he directed and produced Japan's first TV drama , “ Yugemae ”. He is also known as the creator of morning television novels . After serving as Director of the Entertainment Bureau, Managing Director, Vice-President, etc. , in September 1976, after coming to see Kakuei Tanaka , who…

Mikimoto Shinsuke

Mikimoto Shinsuke was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades. Born in Kanazawa, he graduated from high school there. Then he attended Rikkyo University in Tokyo, graduating from the Faculty of Economics.…

Ono Marie

Ono Marie, born May 27, 2986, in Shiki city, Saitama prefecture is a Japanese model and actress. Starting her career as gravure idol, she made her debut as an actress in a 2002 NHK Taiga drama "Tosiie and Matsu". Her former stage name is "Kawaguchi Marie".

Chotchan

10.0

~~ Adapted from the autobiography of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's mother. ~~ The 38th NHK Asadora.

Ma-ne-chan

8.3

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Ma-ne-chan" (マー姉ちゃん) by Hasegawa Machiko (長谷川町子). ~~ The 23rd NHK Asadora.

Bura Tamori

In the program, Tamori, accompanied by NHK's female broadcaster, strolls Japan's city or area with professional or amateur geologists, local historians or curators and explores the place's terrain features and geological…

Behind the Scenes: Detective Conan - Aoyama Gosho, Manga Artist

The global hit manga series Detective Conan, also known as Case Closed, has reached thirty years in 2024. NHK is allowed rare access into the world of its creator Aoyama Gosho. How are the tricks selected and incorporated…

Ooka Echizen Season 7

Calm and collected but energetic and humanist, the film depicts the activities of a famous magistrate who protects the lives and livelihoods of the common people of Edo. (Source: Japanese = NHK || Translation = unbeliebubble…

Saba Saba Girl Season 2

Amihama Nami, the self-proclaimed "frank-mannered" woman, is back with even more power. This time, she is a high school teacher and she's married! (Source: Japanese = nhk.jp || Translation = MyDramaList)

Lilac no Hanasaku Kemonomichi

7.7

Set in the vast wilderness of Hokkaido, this awkward yet endearing coming-of-age story follows a girl who used to be socially withdrawn as she strives to become a veterinarian while facing the reality of life and death.…

Miracle Apples

7.8

Based on the true story of Akinori Kimura and his wife Mieko Kimura. Their story was first brought to the public's attention via an NHK program titled "Way of Professional Work". Takuji Ishikawa then wrote a novel…

Gegege no Nyobo

7.9

The story revolves around the life of the married couple, told from the perspective of Mura. (Source: Tokyograph) ~~ Adapted from the autobiography "Gegege no Nyobo" (ゲゲゲの女房) by Mura Nunoe (武良布枝),…

Takeda Shingen

8.0

"Steady as a mountain, attack like fire, still as a wood, swift as the wind". NHK Taiga Drama for 1988 is the life story of the famous warlord Takeda Shingen (1521-1573), aka "The Tiger of Kai". There was a very turbulent…