Bando Choemon

Bando Choemon was a Kabuki actor. His real name was Takase Daisuke (高瀬大助), and he was born in Sendai, Japan. He began his career in theater in 1903, performing in a shinpa theater production in Sendai, under the patronage of the impresario Kase Kichibei. Afterward, he traveled and performed…

Nakamura Matagoro II

Nakamura Matagoro II was a Japanese kabuki actor. His guild name was Hamaya. His family crest was the raised butterfly, and his alternate crest was the facing diamond. He was designated as a Living National Treasure, holding the title of Important Intangible Cultural Property Holder. His real name was…

Kadota Ryusho

Kadota Ryusho is a Japanese non-fiction writer and journalist born in Aki, Kochi, Japan. His real name is Kadowaki Mamoru (門脇護). He graduated from Tosa Junior High School and High School, and later from the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Chuo University. In April 1983, he joined Shinchosha…

Ichimura Naoki

Ichimura Naoki is a Japanese actor from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. He is affiliated with R Crew. Previously, he was associated with the acting department of Tsuburaya Productions and Hoei Television Productions. His official debut was in "Matsubazue no Rugbyman" (1991). At the age of 19, he joined the…

Namihira Akio

Namihira Akio was a Japanese singer known for his wartime songs. His real name was Namihira Yoshihiro (波平惠弘). He was born in Hirara, Okinawa, Japan. He attended the Kanto State Dai-Ren Second Junior High School but transferred to Miyako Junior High School to prepare for entrance exams to a music…

I-Hsuan Su

Writer and director SU I-hsuan is based in Taipei. Her TV film Where the Sun Don't Shine (2018) was awarded Best TV Film, Best Lead Actor and New Actor at the Golden Bell Awards 2018. Who'll Stop the Rain (2023) was selected for Talents Tokyo 2018, Produire au Sud workshop Taipei and Venice Gap-Financing…

Kamisaka Kyosuke

Kamisaka Kyosuke is a Japanese composer and arranger. He is affiliated with the agency One Music. He spent most of his time playing soccer until the age of 20. However, due to a back injury, he decided to pursue a career in music at the age of 22. In 1993, he enrolled in the Faculty of Science at Rikkyo…

Takahashi Kentaro

Takahashi Tetsuro is a Japanese local talent, scriptwriter, and politician born in Aichi, Japan. He is a member of the Itoshima City Council in Fukuoka, serving his second term. He is the founder of "Gensou Butai" (predecessor of "Gingira Taiyo'S") and an exclusive scriptwriter for the theater company…

Yamamoto Togo

Yamamoto Togo, born Yamamoto Kenzo (山本鎌藏), was a Japanese actor. He began his career in Hollywood before returning to Japan, where he worked with studios including Shochiku Kamata Studio, Nikkatsu Uzumasa Studio, and Shinko Kinema Tokyo Studio. Born in Negishi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Yamamoto…

Okamoto Yoshihiko

Okamoto Yoshihiko was a Japanese film director, television drama director, and journalist, born in Korea during the Japanese colonial period. He attended the Army Officer School (陸軍士官学校) and witnessed Japan's defeat in World War II. Afterward, he joined the Japan Socialist Party (日本社会党)…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 18

Near Chigo-ga-ike in Kyoto, the strangled body of reporter Takada is discovered in a river. It appears he was killed elsewhere and thrown off a bridge. Meanwhile, at the home of Tadataka, head of the Tanmasu-ryu ikebana…

Samurai Chicks

5.2

Located on southernmost islands of Japan, there's a dance school "Orion Dancers Academy". Hiding its public identity as a training school of singers and dancers, it actually operates as a girl-warrior training school,…

Yokohama Eighties

Makabe Junpei is an employee of Telegram Hall, the largest advertising agency in the industry. One day, he's informed of the accidental death of his college best friend, Rikiya Muraki. Everything is also more emotional…

Nebaru Onna

Mizusawa Hazuki (35) left her hometown of Mito 17 years ago and has since built a life in the city, raising her five-year-old son Junichiro with her husband Koki while pursuing a career as a furniture designer. However,…

Translucent Tree

4.0

Translucent Tree is centered around divorced Chigiri, a suburban middle-aged mother taking care of her teenage daughter, Mayu, and her ailing father Kaho. Her life is mundane and rather hopeless until Go, a TV producer…

Kokoro to Karada

A few years ago, when Tomomi was on the way home from school, she saw her friend Keiko about to be raped by a man. Tomomi hit the man in the head with a stone and saved Keiko. In the present, Keiko, has buried her…

Kids War Special: Kore de Final! Zaken na yo

Imai Akane is a third-year junior high school student with a sense of justice. She lives with her three siblings-in-law, Kenichi, Rika, and Hiroshi, at the boarding school, Taiyo Gakuen, in Tokyo. She had to camp in…

Totsugawa Keibu Series 29: Matsuyama Dogo Jushichi Moji no Satsujin

The haiku that Detective Kamei made as a hobby won a special prize at the Haiku Festival in the city of Matsuyama. Kamei, who visited Matsuyama to receive the award, also receives a mysterious consultation from a city…

Free and Easy 16

Densuke Hamada, aka Hama-chan, is an ordinary businessman working in a construction company, except for one thing. The fishing. It's the first priority in his life. Hama-chan and Suu-san come to Nagasaki for the opening…