Kon Hidemi

Kon Hidemi was a Japanese novelist, literary critic, and stage director, born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. He was the first Commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and held various prominent cultural roles throughout his career. In 1911, Kon moved to Kobe due to his father's work as a captain…

Nishikawa Tomonari

Nishikawa Tomonari was a Japanese filmmaker, curator, and academic. His films have been screened at numerous film festivals and art venues, including Berlinale, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, London Film Festival,…

Yamazaki Mayumi

Yamazaki Mayumi is a former Japanese idol from Hakuraku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. She graduated from Horikoshi High School. On September 25, 1986, Yamazaki passed the audition for "Yuyake Nyan Nyan" and became member number 5 of the B Group, the middle school version of the Onyanko Club. She was active…

Yada Minoru

Yada Minoru is a Japanese voice actor, actor, and children's song singer, affiliated with Kekke Corporation. He also serves as an advisor to the Japan Actors Union. Born in Yodobashi, Toyotama, Tokyo, Japan, he began his career in 1939 as a children's song singer, working with labels such as Nippon…

Muramatsu Eiko

Muramatsu Eiko, a Japanese actress and poet born in Tokyo, comes from a scholarly background. Raised with a love for literature and theater, she was influenced by her father's readings of "Mother Goose" and "Perrault's Fairy Tales," and by her grandmother's fondness for kabuki performances. Her older…

Yamauchi Masato

He graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Law in 1950. In 1949 he joined the NHK Tokyo Broadcasting System troupe along with Ryo Kurosawa and Kiyoshi Kawakubo. Debuted as Kirino Kojiro in the radio drama " Fuebuki Doji " . After that, he acted as a voice actor, and after the overseas drama " Captain…

Hosokawa Toshiyuki

Hosokawa Toshiyuki was a Japanese actor associated with the Aktor. Born in Fukuoka and raised in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, he completed his education at Yamaguchi Prefectural Toyora High School and briefly attended Gakushuin University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics, where he was involved…

Martin Yan

Source: Wikipedia Martin Yan (Chinese: 甄文達; born 22 December 1948) is a Chinese-born Hong Kong-American chef and food writer. He has hosted his award-winning cooking show, Yan Can Cook, since 1978. With ancestral roots in Kaiping, Guangdong, China, Yan was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China,…

Unagami Hideo

After dropping out of college in 1932, Unagami began a career as a theater actor, only for his career to be interrupted when he was drafted to serve in the military during World War II. After the war, Unagami became an actor for Shochiku and appeared in the 1946 film Comedy is Endless. He soon left…

Ifukube Akira

Akira Ifukube was born on 31 May 1914 in Kushiro, Japan as the third son of a police officer Toshimitsu Ifukube. The origins of this family can be traced back to at least the 7th century with the birth of Ifukibe-no-Tokotarihime. He was strongly influenced by the Ainu music as he spent his childhood…

The God of Ramen

7.7

Documentary taken over 10 years, showing the life of a 70 year old ramen cook who had devoted his life to making the best ramen and teaching others to do the same. Every day, customers queued for 2 hours to eat his…

Olive Pocha

8.0

Pojangmacha comes to Europe! A snack cart full of Jeong (affection) and delicious Korean street food opens in Paris, Deauville, and Copenhagen. You can meet good people and touching stories from everyday life. Seven…

Painted Faces

7.8

The story of Beijing Opera School, its teacher Master Yu and his students. Loosely based on the life and teaching methods of Master Yu Jim-yuen of the China Drama Academy in Hong Kong, where talents such as Jackie…

Keyakitte, Kakenai?

8.0

Keyakitte, Kakenai? is a Keyakizaka46 variety TV show featuring their Kanji and Hiragana members. It is hosted by Tsuchida Teruyuki and Sawabe Yuu.

Toto Nee-chan

8.2

The eldest daughter of the Kohashis, Tsuneko, was 11 years old when her father Takezo died of tuberculosis. Taking her father’s teachings about the importance of ordinary life to heart, she became ‘Toto One-chan’,…

Let's Dance Season 2

8.2

The show brings together 14 kids who love street dance and 5 masters of different styles in a street dance training camp. Through dance teaching and living together, we can establish a sincere teacher-student friendship…

The Dentist and the Northern Boy

In the past, 'Tachit' had only watched his friend (that he) loved one-sidedly even though now 'Rawin' had a lover in person. And it seems that this friendship's love will go on well. But Techit still has no interest…

A Balance

7.7

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko…

There Was a Father

7.6

A widowed father, Horikawa, raises his son Ryohei after a tragedy leads him to leave his teaching job in Tokyo and move to Ueno. Over ten years later, Ryohei has graduated from college and become a teacher. Though…

The Legend of Nezha

The story will start from the ill-fated nefarious misfortune, the disaster and its father Li Jing. Heavenly court convicted Li Jing and his wife for teaching children, and punished together with Ne Zha. Ne Zha courageously…