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Watanabe Mototsugu
Watanabe Mototsugu is a highly revered filmmaker in the Pink Eiga world. A consummate entertainer, he was born December 2nd, 1957 in Tokyo and studied filmmaking at Nihon University. From there he entered Mukai Productions (the ‘father of Pink Eiga’, Hiroshi Mukai’s production company), where…
Yoshiyuki Aguri
Yoshiyuki Aguri was a Japanese pioneering beauty specialist. Born in Okayama Prefecture, Yoshiyuki opened a beauty shop in Tokyo after marrying writer Eisuke Yoshiyuki at age 15. Despite the sudden death of her husband in 1940, she raised three children while working as a beautician. In 1985 Yoshiyuki…
Yakumaru Gaku
Yakumaru Gaku is a Japanese novelist born in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. He graduated from Komazawa University Senior High School in 1988. He made his debut in 2005 and is a current member of the Mystery Writers of Japan. He passed the Tokyo Kid Brothers enrollment test, but musicals didn't feel…
Date Satoko
Satoko was a Japanese actress active during the Showa era. Born in Shioiri, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, she moved to Tokyo during childhood and attended Bunkagakuin Junior High School after graduating from Hikawadai Elementary School in 1923. She developed an interest in acting at Bunkagakuin and, following…
Oku Keiichi
Oku Keiichi is a Japanese keyboardist, composer, and arranger born in Shiga prefecture. He is presided over "or-lab." Oku graduated from the Department of Composition, Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts, and dropped out of the master's program at the same university. He joined Hiromi Go's…
Matsumoto Eiichi
Matsumoto Eiichi was a Japanese film director born in Mukojima Susaki-cho, Honjo-ku, Tokyo. He played an active part in the era of silent movies. Matsumoto graduated from Kogyokusha Junior High School around 1912 and worked at the Railway Institute Ueno Station. After that, he entered Waseda University,…
Shima Koji
Shima Koji was a Japanese actor, film director and screenwriter. Born as Takehiko Kagoshima in Nagasaki, Shima left for Tokyo after graduating from high school. He joined the Nikkatsu studio as an actor in 1925. He appeared in over 90 films as an actor, playing mostly romantic leads. He turned to directing…
Araki Michiko
Araki Michiko, born in Misaki-cho, Kanda, Tokyo, was a Japanese actress. Michiko attended Meika Elementary School and graduated from Joshi Gakuin in 1934. She worked in the language department of the YWCA and as a librarian at the Imperial University. In 1938, she joined the Bungakuza Research Institute…
Yomo Harumi
Yomo Harumi is a former Japanese actress and former child actress from Denenchofu, Ota-ku, Tokyo. In 1962, she made her debut as a child in the movie "Boku Chin Wandering Record". She announced her retirement in 1975. Yomo was helping with a small restaurant run by her mother but returned temporarily…
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…
Two Homelands
Japanese Drama - 2019, 2 episodes7.7
Kenji Amo is a 2nd generation Japanese-American. He was born in America but went to school in Japan. He returned to America to study at UCLA. Now, Kenji Amo works as a reporter for a newspaper in the Little Tokyo area…
Umizaru 2: Limit of Love
Japanese Movie - 20067.7
A small team of Coast Guard divers, including Daisuke, rappels onto the ship from a helicopter and begins to evacuate the panicked passengers. Then Daisuke finds a familiar face - Kanna. They had a tiff the night before…
Mori Hanae: Butterfly Beyond
Japanese Drama - 2026, 1 episodes7.7
Mori, who was active as a haute couture designer in Paris, became affectionately known as “Madame Butterfly” for the butterfly motif that symbolized her brand. Born in Shimane as the fourth of five siblings, she…
Emergency Room 24 Hours Season 5
Japanese Drama - 2013, 10 episodes7.7
Kojima Kaede heads a team as the chief medical officer of the emergency and critical care centre at Minato University Hospital. However, the staff members of the centre are all skilled but idiosyncratic people, with…
Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu Eiga
Japanese Movie - 20237.7
Eripyo, a part-time worker, has been devoting herself to her idol ever since she first felt a thrill in her life for Ichii Maina, a member of the underground idol group ChamJam in her hometown of Okayama, at the Tanabata…
Jiken Kyumeii 2 - IMAT no Kiseki
Japanese Special - 2014, 1 episodes7.7
One and a half years after Akira and Takuma's first meeting, Akira works at a medical university hospital, while Takuma is in security due to a past failure. Takuma is assigned to protect politician Eikichi, who was…
Hanekonma
Japanese Drama - 1986, 156 episodes7.7
Tachibana Rin, nicknamed Hanekonma (lit. tomboy in Fukushima dialect), grew up in Soma, Fukushima. Rin and her mother Yae worked hard to earn money in order for her to enter a prestigious all-women's school in Sendai,…
Sakura no Oyakodon
Japanese Drama - 2017, 8 episodes7.7
Teenage girls Azami and Rie are leading a lifestyle full of delinquent behavior. One night, when they find a good hiding spot after being chased by mobs, Rie points out Tsukumodo, a place where they serve free food.…
The Eternal Breasts
Japanese Movie - 19557.7
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem, shares her family life with her asleep vocation as a poetess. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with…
Mikaiketsu no Onna Special
Japanese Special - 2019, 1 episodes7.7
Detective Tomo Yashiro travels with Detective Risa Narumi and Detective Shinji Kusaka to the Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters. 3 days earlier, Yusuke Takemura, who ran a cafe, was found dead in Kyoto. 3 of the…
