Yamashiro Shingo

Yamashiro Shingo was a Japanese television and film actor. Yamashiro, who was originally from Kyoto, Japan, was born Watanabe Yasuji but used Yamashiro Shingo as his stage name. He made his film acting debut in 1957. Yamashiro starred in the television series Hakuba Doji, beginning in 1960. During the…

Lu Li Ping

Lu Li Ping was born in Beijing on April 3, 1960. After graduating from Central Academy of Drama in 1984 she was assigned to Shanghai Film Studio as an actress. Lu Li Ping married Actor Sun Hai Ying in 2002. Her career accolades include one Golden Rooster Award, Flying Apsaras Award, Golden Horse Award…

Uchida Tomu

Uchida Tomu’s filmography spans two great filmmaking periods separated by a 15-year hiatus due to the war, although his output of primarily genre films and lack of an immediately obvious signature style has meant that he has been overshadowed by contemporaries such as Ozu Yasujirô, Naruse Mikio,…

Yokoyama Unpei

Yokoyama Unpei was a Japanese actor from Hikone Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. He became the first Japanese film actor to appear in Japan's first feature film. His real name is Yokoyama Yasushi. In 1893, he joined the troupe of Sudo Sadanori, a pioneer of the Shinpa drama, and debuted on…

Kamihoriuchi Kazuya

Kazuya Kamihoriuchi is a Japanese television drama director and stage director specializing in tokusatsu. He is from Kagoshima, Japan. After high school, Kamihoriuchi worked as an assistant director for variety programs at a television station in Kagoshima. He later moved to Tokyo to pursue a career…

Yonemura Shoji

Yonemura Shoji is a Japanese writer who has done work for various anime and tokusatsu television shows and films. He is originally from Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu Island, Japan. Mainly, Yonemura works on screenplays for anime. After having graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, he worked as a freelance…

Tanaka Noboru

Tanaka Noboru was a Japanese film director known for his Roman Porno films, including three critically respected films known as the Showa trilogy: A Woman Called Sada Abe (aka Sada Abe: Docu-Drama) (1975), Watcher in the Attic (1976), and Beauty's Exotic Dance: Torture! (1977), all three starring Nikkatsu…

Murakami Fuyuki

Murakami Fuyuki, born Murakami Saishu (村上済州) in Tokuyama, Yamaguchi, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He completed his education at Fukuoka High School and graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Tokyo Imperial University. Murakami began his acting career as a research student at the Shinchiku…

Okawa Ryuho

Born in Kawashima, Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. The Founder, CEO, and "god" of controversial new religious movement Happy Science. First presenting himself as a spiritual channeler in contact with Buddha and Jesus Christ, he'd later claim a spiritual awakening in which he discovered he was…

Nokubo Naoki

Nokubo was born in Iwata-shi, which was formerly known as Toyodacho, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka. After graduating from Kinshin High School, Nokubo wanted to be part of the entertainment industry and went to an acting school in Tokyo. He later became a Watanabe Entertainment affiliate, and in August 2004, became…

Italy Santo Monogatari: Fashionable no Roots wo Saguru

The program is presented by FENDI, a luxury brand from Rome, Italy. The two, Kawaguchi Haruna and Meguro Ren, are FENDI's Japan brand ambassadors. The two focus on history in Rome, craftsmen in Florence, and fashion…

Warriors Within Season 2

7.4

50 years ago, a match between a Chinese and a Japanese karate expert ended in a dead heat. Together, they wrote a martial arts book that has caused storms across the martial arts world ever since. In 2019, Chong Wai…

Tea for Three

Set in the Mimasaka region of Okayama Prefecture, famous for its tea, this is a love story about the drama of a female pianist and her brother who runs a tea shop. Keiya is a ronin student who spends his days listlessly…

The Promise in July

Jiro, a high school senior born and raised in Teine, has formed a band with Satsuki, Ryo, and Koji, and is practicing guitar to perform a solo concert, but they can't find a vocalist. When Jiro hears rumors that transfer…

Kakenai n Janai, Kakanai nda

Izumi Shuri, who became a famous writer overnight when the first novel she wrote in college won the Akutagawa Prize, moved to her husband's family home in the countryside after getting married. She had fallen into…

Ninosan Special: Ninosan to Asobo 4

In the fourth installment of the special program Ninosan to Asobo, Nino-san family members will once again come out of from the studio and have a blast with some amazing guests in this 2 hour special episode. The program…

Shinpei: Uta Koso Subete

Born and raised in Shinshu, Nakayama Shinpei was captivated by the traveling band Jinta he saw as a boy and dreamed of pursuing a career in music. At the age of 18, he got the opportunity to become a student of Waseda…

Play!

7.5

Shota's interest is piqued by a poster at school recruiting members for an e-sports competition, and he gets in touch with Tatsuro, a genius gamer who is a year ahead of him at school. Tatsuro ropes in classmate Wataru…

Afterword

Somei Haruta works part-time at an izakaya while pursuing his dream of becoming an actor, but he only gets extra roles. One day, while performing a street solo act, he meets a person named Aniki and they visit a bar…

Capcap

7.4

Okita Kaito and Takami Ryo are fourth-year university students who have finished their job hunting and are about to graduate. Although they have completely opposite personalities, the two best friends decide to go…