Shiozawa Toki

Shiozawa Toki, born Shiozawa Toyoji (塩沢登代路) in Nakasato, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She graduated from Jissen Women's High School (実践女子高等学校) and was affiliated with Toho Entertainment (東宝芸能) until her death. In 1947, Shiozawa advanced to the second…

Kitamura Eizo

Kitamura Eizo was a Japanese actor and director born in Shin-Ogawa, Ushigome, Tokyo, Japan. His wife is actress Seki Etsuko (関えつ子) and his daughter is actress Kitamura Takeko (北村岳子). He graduated from Daishi High School and the Department of Japanese Language and Literature in the Faculty…

Maki Noriko

Maki Noriko (real name Makino Noriko) is a Japanese actress. Born in Manchuri, she moved to Tokyo after the war. She retired from acting in 1973 and an article in 2009 stated that she had died, but the detailed date of her death is unknown. (Source: wikipedia)

Kato Noriko

Born in Suzuka, Mie, Japan, Kato Noriko graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Yoyogi High School. Kato's career began in 1991 as a member of Sakurakko Club, together with Anza Oyama, Miki Nakatani, Miho Kanno, and Hiroko Kurumizawa. On July 25, 1992, she released her first single, a cover of Chisato Moritaka's…

Iwasaki Yoshimi

Iwasaki Yoshimi, also known as Yoshirin, is a Japanese singer and actress born in Koto, Tokyo, Japan. Her older sister is the singer Iwasaki Hiromi. (Source: Wikipedia)

Kobayashi Katsuhiko

Kobayashi Katsuhiko was a Japanese actor and voice actor. He died from liver cancer on May 6, 2005, in Tokyo, aged 68. (Source: ja.wikipedia.org)

Nakamura Kinji

Nakamura Kinji, born Yoshida Kokichi (吉田幸吉) in Honjo, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. His father was the head clerk to the first generation of Nakamura Kichiemon I (初代中村吉右衛門), which led Nakamura to begin his career as a stage actor at a young age. After World War II, he worked…

Ogawa Shinji

Ogawa Shinji, born Ogawa Hirohiko, was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Setagaya, Tokyo. He was affiliated with the Herringbone Agency. He was best known as the dub-over artist of Michael Douglas and Timothy Dalton and for voicing Hyo in Fist of the North Star. Ogawa died from pneumonia…

Nishimura Shunichi

Nishimura Shunichi was a filmmaker, TV producer, and screenwriter for Senkosha C.A.L. He is from Sendagi, Tokyo. (Source: MyDramaList)

Akutagawa Takayuki

Akutagawa Takayuki was a former Japanese announcer, narrator, and moderator from Tokyo Prefecture. In October 1951, he joined Radio Tokyo (currently TBS) as an announcer. He left Radio Tokyo in December 1959 and became a freelancer in January 1960. His wife is Radio Tokyo announcer Honda Setsuko. (Source:…

Okaeri Mone

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Momone Nagaura lives with her parents, grandfather and younger sister on an island in Kesennuma Bay, Miyagi Prefecture. In the spring of 2014, Momone Nagaura graduates from high school and moves to the city of Tome.…

Natsuzora

8.1

The story is set during the high economic development time of the Showa period. Natsu lost her parents during the war so she moves to the Tokachi region in Hokkaido with her foster father who is a dairy farmer. While…

Amachan

8.1

Amano Aki goes with her mother Haruko to her hometown in Kitasanriku during a summer vacation. There, she meets her maternal grandmother, Natsu, for the first time. Natsu is a woman diver aka "ama", and Aki thinks…

Influence

8.2

Yuri confesses to a female novelist that she and two friends committed three murders and asks her to write their story. In high school, Yuri lived in a provincial apartment complex where she knew her classmate Satoko…

Last Samurai Standing

8.3

The story begins in Kyoto, Japan in 1878, 10 years after the glory days of the samurai. Stripped of their identity and status and no longer permitted even to carry swords, the samurai struggle to survive in this new…

The Emperor's Cook

8.5

Tokuzo Akiyama is a young man from a rural area who is married and has a child along the way. One day, he eats a delicious breaded cutlet, which inspires him to strive to become a chef specializing in Parisian cuisine.…

Pachinko Season 2

8.5

Begins in Osaka in 1945 when World War II broke out, and tells the story of Sun Ja's struggles to protect her family, even making dangerous choices. The stories of Solomon, who must start anew with nothing in 1989…

Three Star Bar in Nishi Ogikubo

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Amamiya, Nakauchi, and Kobayashi were once high school classmates. The former was class president and an honors student, Nakauchi was quiet and reserved with a penchant for cooking, and Kobayashi was a womanizing charmer.…

10 Things I Want to Do before I Turn 40

7.9

Tojo Suzume, who has been single for over 10 years and spends his days just going back and forth between his office and home, realizes that there are only three months left until his 40th birthday. Suzume makes a list…

Silent

8.5

Tsumugi Aoba fell in love with So Sakura, who attended the same high school. They both shared an interest in music. Their relationship got deeper and deeper, but, suddenly, Sakura said goodbye to her without giving…