Anderson Shizuka

Shizuka Anderson is an actress, presenter, and singer, born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her father is Scottish-Canadian, and her mother is Japanese. She began her entertainment career in Tokyo at 19 as the lead character of a children's TV program. She has since hosted various TV & YouTube programs…

Sakura Hisako

Sakura Hisako, born Kanzaki Fujiko (神崎不二子) in Otemachi, Hiroshima, Japan, was a Japanese actress and former musume-yaku performer of the Takarazuka Girls' Revue (宝塚少女歌劇団). Later in life, she became a Buddhist nun under the name Ogasawara Nichio (小笠原日凰). She was also…

Yagyu Hiroshi

Yagyu Hiroshi was a Japanese actor, host, talent, voice actor, and organizational executive, born in Funajima, Ibaraki, Japan. He graduated from Ibaraki Prefectural Tsuchiura First High School and briefly attended Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine before leaving due to poor eyesight and illness.…

Kawada Yoshiko

Yoshiko Kawada was born on October 17, 1895, in Niigata, Japan. She was an actress, known for Kurokami yâshâ dainihen (1926), Yôfu gonin onna - Dai sanpen: Sempatsu Oyoshi (1926) and Ari jigoku (1925). She died on March 24, 1970. (IMDB) 1895 (Meiji 28) October 17, Niigata City of the red-light district…

Shimojo Masami

Shimojo Masami was a Japanese actor born in Busan, South Korea, to parents from Iki, Nagasaki, Japan. He graduated from Busan First Commercial School and lived in Busan until age 20 before moving to Tokyo to pursue a career as a film director. In 1936, he joined the Shinkyo Theatre Company and debuted…

Shoji Eiken

Shoji Eiken, born Shoji Nagataka (庄司永建) in Shinjo, Yamagata, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He graduated from Sophia University (上智大学) and later attended the People's Arts Theater Training Institute (民衆芸術劇場附属養成所). In 1948, he joined the Mingei Theater Company (劇団民藝),…

Nomiya Takahiro

Takahiro Nomiya was born on April 27th, 1990 in Aomori, Japan. He is a musician, sound engineer, and composer. Nomiya extensively worked on the Japanese on demand series The Benza, Benza English, as well as the video game spin off The Benza RPG. He is known for singing the ending theme song to The Benza…

Masuda Kiiton

Masuda Kiiton, born Kimura Hajime (木村一) in Aoyanagi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian, also known by the name Masuda Kiiton (益田キートン). His family, originally samurai from the Aizu domain, relocated to Hakodate after losing a battle in Niigata. They initially…

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.…

Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII

Nakamura Kanzaburo XVIII (born Namino Noriaki) was a Japanese actor active in kabuki and other forms of live theatre, television, and commercials. Kanzaburo was a versatile actor whose credits include farce, period pieces, and Shin Kabuki. In June 2011, Kanzaburo revealed to the public that he was suffering…

Sayonara, Ozu Sensei

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It was after Ozu passed 50, that he met his first major challenge in life. While working as the branch manager of his bank in New York, Ozu was given an order to do some deals that went over and above the law. He was…

Cinematic Liars of Asahi-za

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Movie theater Asahiza has existed for almost a 100 years in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture. Unlike other theaters, Asahiza plays old films and doesn't get a lot of customers. The manger of Asahiza, Morita Yasuzo,…

Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2015

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For this 16th Anniversary Special, Inagaki Goro is our host once again for 6 spooky tales based on tales from real people and performed here by an all-star cast. A young man who returns to his family's home after leaving…

Enka no Joou

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Himawari is an unsuccessful 39-year-old enka singer who has bad luck with men and money. Born into an Osaka takoyaki shop, the young Himawari was inspired by her father's words to immerse herself in enka. At the age…

Hinekure Onna no Bocchimeshi

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Kawamoto Tsugumi is a woman who is not good at interacting with people and has no friends. When she comes across an Instagram account nicknamed "White Horse", she is fascinated by how the meals are captured very attractively…

Meshi wo Kurahite Hana to Tsugu

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"Ikkoken" is a restaurant that looks like a Chinese restaurant, quietly standing in a back alley. Run by a mysterious and talented owner who boasts that he will "serve anything" that the customers want, this restaurant…

Stigmatized Properties: Possession

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Unable to give up on his dream of becoming a celebrity, Kuwata Yahiro moves from Fukuoka to Tokyo and, through an unexpected turn of events, begins working as a celebrity who lives in haunted properties. "A room guaranteed…

Jofu: Josei ni xxxxtte Hitsuyo desu ka?

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Fujisaki Akari is a woman who ends up working as an office worker at a prostitution store for women called "Paradiso" by chance. At first, she struggles to match male therapists with female customers, but she works…

Saint☆Oniisan

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What if Jesus and Buddha were living on Earth in modern times? What if they shared an apartment in Japan? Saint☆Oniisan is a humorous drama about daily lives of Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha who are living together…

Rabuho no Ueno-san Season 2

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Ueno works at Gotanda Kingdom, a love hotel in Gotanda, Tokyo. It is an environment where it is easy for human nature to be laid bare, and he usually hides and is discrete for customers’ sake. However, Ueno objectively…