Fujimoto Akio

Fujimoto Akio is a film director and screenwriter from Osaka, Japan. He studied family psychology in college. After he enrolled in the Visual Arts Academy Osaka, he worked as selection committee chief for the student film category at the Nara International Film Festival. In 2013, he directed his first…

Mizuki Yoko

Mizuki Yoko was a Japanese screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, she later graduated from Bunka Gakuin and began writing screenplays to support her family after her father died. Mizuki was active in the 1950s era of the Japanese studio system and is notable for her work with directors Tadashi Imai and Mikio…

Koyama Rikiya

Koyama Rikiya, born in Kyoto, is a Japanese actor and voice actor who is a member of Haiyuza Theatre Company. He has done popular voicing roles in Hajime no Ippo, Utawarerumono and Kamen no Maid Guy. He is also known by the nicknames "Rikki" and "Riki-chan". Koyama become well known for voicing Yamato…

Matsumoto Hakuo II

The 9th generation Matsumoto Koshiro was born in Tokyo, Japan. A graduate of Waseda University and a versatile actor, Matsumoto Koshiro IX has performed extensively in Kabuki and Western stage plays. He made his stage debut in 1945, at the age of three, under the name Matsumoto Kintaro II, and took…

Hatakeyama Baku

Hatakeyama Baku, real name Hatakeyama Akio, was the Japanese actor who played Oiwa Daita, the first Kirenger in Himitsu Sentai Gorenger. He is currently the only known deceased actor who has played a ranger in Super Sentai. Hatakeyama was born in Minamimaki, a village located in the Minamisaku district…

HOTEI

Hotei Tomoyasu, known as HOTEI, is an acclaimed Japanese guitarist, songwriter, composer, performer and record producer, who currently resides in London. HOTEI has sold more than 40 million records in a 35 year career to date, and is best known internationally for the song “Battle Without Honor or…

Soga Machiko

Machiko Soga (曽我町子 Soga Machiko?, March 18, 1938 – May 7, 2006) was a Japanese voice actress and actress. achiko had humble upbringings and was raised to be a singer, though her talents were with acting. She was “discovered” after doing a play in Tokyo Center. From that night on, her life…

Nakasone Rino

Rino Nakasone is a Japanese dancer, entertainer and actress who began dancing after seeing Michael Jackson do his infamous moonwalk dance when she was 11 and would later see him live on tour four years later at the age of 14. At age 19, she moved to the US, and studied dance in college. While applying…

Leslie Kee

Leslie Kee is a Singaporean photographer based in Japan. Arriving in Tokyo in 1993, Kee was faced with a language barrier. To overcome it, he learned the Japanese language at a local institution. Kee worked 3 jobs every day for 5 years, he was well known for sleeping 3 hours per day since he was young.…

Hasegawa Hiroki

Hasegawa Hiroki is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. His nickname is "Hasehiro". He is affiliated with Hirata Office. He graduated from the Faculty of Letters of Chuo University; and worked part time at Magazine House publishing. In 2001 he joined the Bungakuza literary arts theater institute as a part of…

Uta no Gurando Sho

A popular song program which distinguished itself from other song program for its mixing of songs, dances and tales. (Source: NHK)

Kimi no Na wa

6.0

A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945. ~~ Adapted from the radio drama "Kimi no Na wa" [1952]. ~~ The 46th NHK asadora renzoku drama.

Amakara-shan

6.0

The story's settings include Kobe and Sasayama. It is a story about the conflicts between generations and the relationships within families. A strong mother-daughter theme and a sister-brother theme exist. *The 57th…

Asian Corridor in Heaven

8.0

Part of the Insight Asia series, Asian Corridor In Heaven is a six-episode HD documentary series co-produced by KBS and NHK about the world's oldest trade route, the "Ancient Tea and Horse Caravan Road". Pre-dating…

Kimitachi ni Asu wa nai

10.0

Murakami Shinsuke is a corporate consultant on personnel restructuring who tactically leads employees into voluntary retirement through interviews. The drama is about workers that are forced to consider the meaning…

Single Mothers

7.2

A story about a woman who runs away from her violent husband and leaves home with their son. While overcoming difficulties that single mothers face in society, she gradually stands on her own feet with a help of senior…

Dashi & Shoyu: Essence of Japan

Slow motion shots of liquid droplets drizzling the air, diced mushrooms dropped into boiling water It’s all part of a co-production between Japan and France that looks at Japanese food culture over the last 1000…

Jikenkisha: Mahiro no Kyofu

3.0

The second movie of the same series following "Case Reporter", which is a movie adaptation of the homonymous NHK serial TV drama.

Nogizaka46 no Gakutabi!

7.9

Nogizaka46 no Gakutabi! is a television program featuring Nogizaka46. It is broadcast on NHK BS Premium, but not on a regular schedule. Members of Nogizaka46 play the part of transfer students to various high schools…

Gochisosan

7.8

In the food themed drama, Uno Meiko is the daughter of parents who run a western style restaurant in Tokyo. She marries and moves to Osaka with her husband. Meiko experiences cultural differences between Tokyo and…