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…

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,…

Sawa Tamaki

Sawa Tamaki was a Japanese singer, actress, and politician from Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. After performing arts activities, she turned into politics and was a member of the House of Councilors. She made her debut as a singer from Teichiku in 1956 while she was a student at Yamawaki Gakuen…

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,…

Yokota Einosuke

When Inabata Katsutaro, the Japanese businessman who introduced cinema to Japan with the Lumière Cinématographe on 15 February 1897 swiftly grew disenchanted with the work, he turned to Yokota Einosuke, the owner of a Kobe export-import business. The very opposite of the meticulous and restrained…

Chiba Kichizo

He belonged to the magic lantern club of Yoshizawa Shoten , he worked as a developing engineer, and became a photography engineer when the company started producing newsreels in 1903 (Meiji36) .. In 1905 (Meiji 38) Togo Taisho Katsudo Shashin was filmed and according to Edamasa, Chiba was the first…

Nagahama Fujio

Nagahama Fujio, born Takemura Tokiyuki (竹村時之) in Sennichimachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He attended Azabu Junior High School (麻布中学校) and graduated from Tokyo Higher School of Landscaping (東京高等造園学校). Nagahama began his career in the theater,…

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.…

Hara Hisako

Hara Hisako was a Japanese actress. Her birth name was Ishijima Hisa (石島久). She used the stage names Hara Hisako (原緋紗子) and Hara Hisako (原緋沙子). She was born in Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan, as the youngest of four siblings. Her father was a banker, but he passed away when she was…

Tarumi Goro

Tarumi Goro was a Japanese actor born in Niimi, Okayama. He graduated from Okayama Prefectural Niimi High School and started his career with the Mingei Theater Company. His eldest son, Tarumi Shuichi, is also an actor and model. Tarumi Goro passed away from a subarachnoid hemorrhage in Tokyo on January…

I'm Fine, My Angel

8.0

An angel is quietly praying at a sanctuary in Heaven. She sees a vision of the struggles and sufferings of five people living on earth. Fuka, a fifth grade elementary schooler, is bullied by her classmates. Yuya, a…

Matsumoto Seicho Tokubetsu Kikaku: Soshitsu no Girei

5.9

Doctor Sumida, who attended the medical seminar in Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is found dead at a hot spring inn. Detective Kyosuke Otsuka of the Shizuoka Prefectural police arrives at the site with rookie partner…

Hobohobo: Mayonaka no Tsugikuru Mono Sagashi

A high-energy midnight variety show brought to you by Yamazato Ryota and Karahashi Yumi! The people who are "almost" trending introduce "almost" trending things! The next generation of idols and young comedians introduce…

Tsutakantoku Kokoyakyu wo Kaeta Otoko no Shinjitsu

Documentary about the famed high school baseball coach Tsuta Fumiya. Commentaries from his contemporaries reveal the true persona of Tsuta, who led a prefectural high school baseball team in Tokushima to over ten appearances…

Eiko Kyoju no Jikenbo

6.8

Unobe Eiko is a professor at a famous university and tries to solve a serial murder case which happened on campus with a useless police detective named Nanba Haruto that is serious about his work and has a strong sense…

Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery 66: Kushiro - Obihiro Satsujin Route

Inspector Totsugawa investigates a case that begins with the murder of Hatano Hiroshi, an executive at a major apparel company, but quickly expands into a larger mystery when a second killing occurs aboard a train…

Keiji Inukai Hayato

7.5

One morning in mid-summer, a dead man with a knife in his chest is discovered on a park bench. The victim is Shinojima Taku, the vocalist of a famous rock band who had made waves after winning a literary prize for…

Cross Road

8.0

The story revolves around two men in a long hostile relationship: police officer Ozeki Tatsuro and journalist Itagaki Kohei. 25 years ago, Itagaki wrote an article about Ozeki's investigation of a case, and consequently,…

Keishicho Tokumei Keiji Futari 1

40 years have passed since Lockheed Payoff Scandal, the biggest bribery scandal after the World War the Second. The program tries to reveal the hidden facts, what lies behind the incident? With secret materials secured…

Hakodate Coffee

7.4

An old western style apartment named Hisuikan is located in Hakodate, Japan. Various artists gather at Hisuikan following Tokiko Ogiwara’s (Yoko Natsuki) intention to support young artists. Tokiko Ogiwara is the…