Kinoshita Keisuke

Kinoshita Keisuke was a Japanese film director. Kinoshita was highly prolific, turning out some 42 films in the first 23 years of his career. For this, Kinoshita explained that he "can’t help it. Ideas for films have always just popped into my head like scraps of paper into a wastebasket. Although…

Izawa Hiroshi

Toshihisa Izawa (伊澤 俊久 Izawa Toshihisa?, born September 4, 1955), better known by his stage name Hiroshi Izawa (伊沢 弘 Izawa Hiroshi?), is a Japanese actor, voice actor and director. Izawa was born in Tokyo, Japan and is the director of the theatrical troupe Big Face, and a member of Theater…

Shishido Joe

Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…

Matsukaze Masaya

Masaya Matsukaze (松風雅也 Matsukaze Masaya?, born Masaya Watanabe (渡邉政也 Watanabe Masaya?), September 9, 1976) is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and radio personality. He was formerly affiliated with Big Apple, Radix Mobanimation Multicye Division and Varoque Works, and is currently affiliated…

Kodama Kiyoshi

Kiyoshi Kodama was a Japanese TV personality and actor. He hosted the Asahi Broadcasting Corporation quiz show Panel Quiz Attack 25 continuously for thirty-six years from its start in April 1975 until he was forced to step down due to poor health at the end of March 2011. His signature catchphrase on…

Abe Maria

Abe Maria is a Japanese idol singer. She was part of AKB48's Team K until October 19, 2019. Originally a 10th generation Kenkyuusei, she was promoted to Team 4 on July 23, 2011. She was a member of Team 4 until the team shuffle at the 2012 Tokyo Dome concert, where she was transferred to Team K. Her…

Suzuki Ami

Suzuki Ami is a Japanese singer, actress and songwriter. Having been discovered at the talent TV show Asayan, she was one of the most popular female teen idols in the late 1990s. In 1998 Sony Music signed her to the label, and producer Tetsuya Komuro sponsored her career producing all of her material,…

Kunugi Arisa

Kunugi Arisa is a Japanese fashion model and actress. She has been an actress for Office O:pa since 2020 and a model under Lexington Co. Ltd. She is active as a model for magazines " Seventeen " and " Popteen ", and as a three-person unit " Ariparu Rock ". As a stage actress, she is a member of Theatrical…

Kogawa Yuna

Kogawa Yuna is a Japanese actress, fashion model, and a Youtuber. She belong to Lovers Co., Ltd agency but she has a business alliance with KPOIT and I'ma Co., Ltd. In her childhood she was an EXPG student and worked as a backup dancer for EXILE. In 2014 she started her modelling career after being…

Minamida Yoko

Yoko Minamida was a Japanese actress. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in November 2008, and a TV documentary was made about her condition and the efforts of her husband, actor Hiroyuki Nagato, to care for her. She died in Tokyo.

His Master's Voice

8.5

A heartwarming drama devised by rakugo performer Hayashia Taihei. It presents an affectionate depiction of the highs and lows of ordinary people, and weaves a traditional rakugo story into its narrative. Music video…

Magic Night

4.0

Akio is a young man with a complex over his appearance. One day, he receives a ring a magician, Jumonji. The ring transforms Akio into a handsome man. He is so attractive that he is scouted to work at a host club in…

Piano Barn

5.7

Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing…

Ogawacho Serenade

7.6

Manami runs the snack bar “Snack Bar Sayoko.” She raised her daughter Sayoko alone. Her father is known as Angel and works as a drag queen dancer. Sayoko doesn't know that Angel is her father. Manami and Angel…

Shin Keiji Yoshinaga Seiichi

6.7

Yoshinaga Seiichi is a detective of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division. He believes “there is no case that cannot be solved”, and he never gives up on an investigation. His partner…

Tanikawa san Shi o Hitotsu Tsukutte Kudasai

A documentary that uses the poem "Kotoba" (WORDS), written by poet Tanikawa Shuntaro about the Great East Japan Earthquake, as an entry point for exploring precious words spoken by people living in various regions.…

Oedo Sosamo - Onmitsu Doshin Aku o Kiru!

7.0

A special New Year edition of the highly popular period drama series “Oedo Sosamo”. This year’s installment is called “Onmitsu Doshin Aku o Kiru!,” which roughly translates as “Secret agents cut down evil!”…

The End of the Special Time We Were Allowed

Sota Masuda won the band contest at the age of 17, and his debut with his band was a matter of time. However, the band broke up with their members going to college, and he headed to Tokyo to succeed in music. Eventually,…

Mama ga Ikita Akashi

7.4

Takehiro lives the busy day-to-day life of a sport reporter in charge of a new program. His wife, Kyoko, is pregnant. Somehow he figures out how to get a break from work and visits his parents and in-laws. Meanwhile,…

Jouryuu Kaikyuu - Fukumaru Hyakkaten Gaishoubu

7.5

At the venerable Fukumaru Department Store in Kobe, Samejima Shizuo, who worked her way up from a part-timer, has been through a lot and built a career at the western confectionery department. She became a full-fledged…