Shimozawa Kan

Shimozawa Kan was a Japanese novelist from Atsuta-mura, Atsuta-gun, Hokkaido. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962. At the recommendation of his grandfather, he went on to Hakodate Government Commercial School but dropped out because the school was burned by the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1907,…

Ryuzaki Katsu

Ryuzaki Katsu, born Takashima Fumiaki (高島史旭) in Kochi, Japan, was a Japanese actor and gourmet reporter. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Hosei University (法政大学). During his fourth year, he passed the 5th Generation Nikkatsu New Face (日活ニューフェイス) audition.…

Ikenami Shotaro

Ikenami Shotaro was a prominent Japanese novelist known for his historical fiction and period novels that depicted the post-war era in Japan. Besides his literary contributions, he was also renowned as a film critic, particularly fond of French cinema and film noir. He was born in Seitencho, Asakusa-ku,…

Takenoshita Hirotsugu

Takenoshita Hirotsugu is a Japanese television producer and director, born in the Hyogo prefecture. He is the executive producer of the DREAMAX Television. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, in 1966, he joined TBS and was involved in many dramas. One of his most known works is "3 nen B gumi…

Saga Zenpei

Saga Zenpei was a Japanese actor and filmmaker born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. He graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Japanese Art School. In 1929, he joined the Japan Proletarian Artist Alliance, but became an actor, and in the same year he entered the Tokyo Left Wing…

Azumi Shinichiro

While attending the Faculty of Letters, Meiji University, he belonged to Takashi Saito Seminar. Later, he co-starred with Saito in "Information 7DAYS Newscaster", Saito appeared as a regular commentator. Initially, in high school, he aspired to be a teacher, the same as his sister, and to get a job…

Henry Okawa

Okawa Heihachiro was a Japanese film actor active from the 1930s to 1971. With hopes of starting a business, he traveled to the United States in 1923 and studied at Columbia University. He also studied at the Paramount Studios acting school and eventually began working in Hollywood, appearing in films…

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)

Naganuma Ikuya

Naganuma Ikuya is a Japanese actor, born in Osaka, Japan. He started activities as a part of NEXTEEN in 2010. He appeared in stage performances and TV dramas in Osaka and Kyoto while living in Osaka before moving to Tokyo in 2019. That same year, he appeared on stage in the New National Theater, appeared…

Mayumida Kazuo

Born in Tojo Village (currently Nagano City ), Hanashina District, Nagano Prefecture . Graduated from Hohashi High School of Technology, dropped out of Nihon University College of Engineering . Joined the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Company in 1944, and changed to the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting Company after…

Kowloon de Aimashou

6.6

Kaoru Saegusa is a cheerful and dynamic 30-year old woman who is still single. She works at the Tokyo Branch Office of Oedo Travel Agency. One day, she is sent to Hong Kong on business where she meets Shutaro Kamisanjo,…

Pikaresuku Ningen Shikkaku

2.0

In 1948, a man and a woman commit suicide by drowning in Tamagawa Aqueduct, Tokyo. The woman was a beautician Tomie, and the man was a writer Osamu. The story presents the events that led to this tragedy. ~~ Adapted…

Kokoro

9.0

Suenaga Kokoro, an international flight attendant, lives with her mother and grandmother who operate a traditional restaurant in a lively downtown district of Tokyo where customs and traditions run deep and neighbors…

Et Alors

6.0

Takafumi Kurusu, who is a qualified doctor, has succeeded his late father and is the director of a nursing home in central Tokyo but he is unable to get used to the facility's policy of respecting the residents' freedom…

Tenka

8.8

The story is about a 17-year-old girl, Tenka, who was born and raised in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture. Her family moves to Tokyo when her father changes his job. Tenka stays for a short period of time with her grandfather,…

Secret Journey

8.0

I, documentary video maker, saw a guy named Yuda in the middle of Tokyo. I was curious about Yuda and begun following him around, but one day he disappeared with my video camera. A couple of months later, a lady name…

Chiemi and Kokkunpatcho

Spring in Aomori is dirty... In a snowy northern town, Noriko works as a dental technician. Her father, who had gone to Tokyo to work, brings back a woman younger than herself. Meanwhile, Noriko receives a wedding…

Joshiana

2.5

This drama follows the story of Ootsuki Makoto, a first-year announcer at a television station in Tokyo. Now, this small city girl has to go through some tiring times as she tries to adjust to the Tokyo lifestyle.…

Throws Out My Hometown

9.0

Aiko and Meri are best friends. But they are to be apart in the next spring, because Aiko is going to Tokyo to attend the university there. In their home town, they meet various people. A bus driver looking for his…