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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

Yoshino Sayaka

Yoshino Sayaka is a Japanese actress, model, and television personality. One of the first popular teen models/idols, she has appeared in numerous TV dramas, commercials, and films. Born in Tokyo and raised in both Tokyo and Chiba, Yoshino as a child wondered how children appeared on TV programs until…

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…

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…

I Am Kirishima

On January 25th, 2024, Hiroshi Uchida, a 70-year-old man with terminal cancer made a deathbed confession to the Kamakura hospital staff treating him: “I am Satoshi Kirishima.” On January 29th, he died. For 49 years,…

Ano Yoru wo Sukui ni

6.5

Asuka, Hayato, and Shota, childhood friends in Osaka, formed a detective agency inspired by their favorite show, "Detective! Night Scoop." When Shota moved away, the agency disbanded, but they made a final appearance…

Ninosan Special: Ninosan to Asobo 7

The seventh installment of Ninosan special program Ninosan to Asobo has been confirmed! Joining the cast in having loads of fun and excitement this summer are Yoshitaka Yuriko, who is making her first appearance on…

Yagate Umi ni Naru

Etajima City is located in the Seto Inland Sea archipelago in western Hiroshima Prefecture. Born there and never having left the island, Shuji has always felt responsible for his father's sudden death in the family…

Bakkon!

Taniguchi Yumemi is a woman who grew up relying on the Danjiri Festival in Osawa-cho, Kishiwada City, for support, but lost her father in an accident during the festival. Never wanting to be involved in festivals again,…

Wakako Zake Season 9

It follows twenty-six-year-old Murasaki Wakako, who was born with "a drinker's palate," as she wanders in search of places where she feels at home after work and on her days off, savoring the pleasures of drinking…

Jiccha!

Mikami Yuki relocates to Tsugaru City, where her grandfather Taisuke lives, through the Regional Revitalization Cooperation Program. After working for a year in the city hall’s Tourism and Brand Strategy Division,…

Yoyogi Johnny’s Depressing after School

Yoyogi Johnny, a slightly unusual high school boy, spends his after-school time at his own pace, making his strong-willed girlfriend angry, spending all his time talking in the squash club room with the eccentric members,…

Konya wa… Junretsu

7.4

The story follows the protagonists of each episode as they struggle with various circumstances, conflicts, and inner turmoil, only to be inspired by Junretsu's way of life and songs to let go of their doubts and conflicts…

Ii Hitori no Hi

Floor director Chiyoda is running a segment in which an ordinary married couple signs divorce papers in front of the cameras. However, among the participants is Yasuko, the wife of the program’s producer, Uchibori,…