Ishibashi Etaro

Ishibashi Etaro was a Japanese actor, pianist in the jazz band "Hana Hajime and Crazy Cats", and cooking expert. Born in Shinbashi, Tokyo as the son of musician Rando Fukuda and grandson of painter Shigeru Aoki. When Etaro was three years old, his father, Rando, raped actress Hiroko Kawasaki. Rando…

Yamaguchi Masatoshi

He is from Kobe City , Hyogo Prefecture . After graduating from Toho High School and the University of Tokyo Law School , he studied at Columbia University and acquired an MBA (Master of Business Administration) and then joined Fuji TV . He had a connection with an actor belonging to Stardust Promotion…

Yasuda Shin

Yasuda Shin was a Japanese sax player, comedian, actor, and composer from Nogata, Toyotama, Tokyo, Japan. Nogata-cho, Toyotama-gun , Tokyo

Kanda Takashi

Kanda Takashi, born Kanda Sumitaka (神田澄孝) in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Kakashi Pro (かかしプロ), Amachi Proze (アマチプロゼ), and Kitagawa Office (北川事務所). He graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature,…

Nanbara Koji

Nanbara Koji was a Japanese actor. He was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He died of myocardial infarction in Chofu, Tokyo at age 74. (Source: Wikipedia)

Miura Mitsuko

Mitsuko Miura was a Japanese actress active from 1938 to 1964. After graduating from Otsuma Girls' High School, Tokyo, Mitsuko Miura joined the Nichigeki dancing team before signing to the Shochiku film studio. She gave her film debut in 1938 with Hotaru no hikari and appeared in films of Hiroshi Shimizu,…

Tani Kei

Tani Kei was a Japanese comedian, actor, and musician born in Tokyo, Japan. He learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the Occupation of Japan. He quit university and joined the "City Slickers" in 1953,…

Hosokawa Chikako

Hosokawa Chikako was a Japanese actress born in Uchisaiwai, Kojimachi, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Koran Women's School and joined Osanai Kaoru’s Tsukiji Little Theater in 1925, making her stage debut in "Kakujin Kakusetsu". In 1929, at age 23, she left the theater to help form the Shinjuku Theater…

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Azuma Chiyonosuke

Azuma Chiyonosuke was a Japanese actor and dancer. He appeared in more than forty films from 1954 to 1993. Born in Tokyo, Azuma attended the Tokyo University of the Arts, while studying Japanese dance under Bando Mitsugoro VIII. He joined the Toei studio in 1954 and became a star after his debut film,…

Bakudan

7.9

A drunk middle-aged man is taken to the police station after assaulting a vending machine at a liquor store and the store's clerk. He states that his name is Suzuki Tagosaku and he also reveals that he has psychic…

Yell

8.0

In 1909, a long-awaited baby boy was born to a family which has run a dry goods store for generations in Fukushima Prefecture. He would later become the talented composer Koyama Yuichi who wrote many famous songs.…

Taxi Hanten

8.0

Taxi carry customers every day. At that moment, the life of a driver who lives in a taxi intersects with a customer who has each situation. A conversation of just a few minutes to a few tens of minutes can create a…

Ranman

8.0

Mantaro comes from a rich family in Kochi who owns a brewery but because of him being sickly, he becomes the target of bullying. As a child, he has been fascinated with plants and decides to quit school so as to head…

A Table!: Nostalgic na Kyujitsu

8.0

This is a story that will soothe you and satisfy your intellectual curiosity as it depicts the peaceful daily life of Jun and Yoshio, a married couple who have spent a long time together, their seasonal cooking that…

The Silent Service: The Battle of Arctic Ocean

8.1

In the depths of an icy sea, can one cross the line between life and death? The nuclear submarine Yamato dives into the cold, deep northern ocean to the sound of Mozart. Named after the phrase “Great Peace,” Yamato…

Toto Nee-chan

8.2

The eldest daughter of the Kohashis, Tsuneko, was 11 years old when her father Takezo died of tuberculosis. Taking her father’s teachings about the importance of ordinary life to heart, she became ‘Toto One-chan’,…

Bansan Blues

7.9

Takubo Yuta works as a drama director at a TV station and has achieved his dream, but he is very busy with work. His former passion has disappeared, and he is living an unstable life, getting irritated all the time.…

Persona no Mikkoku: 3 Ttsu no Kao wo Motsu Yogisha

7.9

Shishimai Wataru, a full-time househusband, was an excellent detective but retired after the murder of his wife, and lives a peaceful life while raising his only daughter in high school. One day, he is suddenly summoned…

No No Girls

8.2

"To all the girls who fight against 'No'." This audition started with an unprecedented application message: "We don't care about your height, weight, or age. Just show us your voice and your life." Over 7,000 applications…