Ishijima Fusataro

Sudo Ken

Sudo Ken, born Sudo Kenjiro (須藤健二郎) in Azabu, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actor. He was also known by the name Sudo Ken (須藤建). He graduated from Waseda Jitsugyo School (早稲田実業学校). Sudo began his acting career in 1934 with the Theatre Antime troupe (劇団テアトル・アンチーム).…

Nogami Tatsuo

Inagaki Mihoko

Mihoko Inagaki is a Japanese actress and businesswoman born in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. She attended Tamagawa Gakuen schools and began her studies at Japan Women's University before transitioning to her acting career. In 1956, while still a student, she was scouted and debuted in Nikkatsu's "Hanano Unkou."…

Kono Hiroshi

Hanaoka Kikuko

Hanaoka Kikuko was a Japanese actress born Takigawa Ikuyo (瀧川幾代) in Teramachi, Shizuoka, Japan. After marriage, she was legally known as Matsuzaki Ikuyo (松崎幾代). She was recognized for her work as a comedic actress at Shochiku Kamata Studio in the late 1920s and as a supporting actress…

Sakuramachi Hiroko

Sanjo Miki

Sanjo Miki graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuramizu Women’s Commercial School and went to work for Daiei Studios in their accounting department. After the war, she caught the eye of Daiei president Nagata Masakazu and was approached to appear in a film. She debuted in 1946 and continued to appear…

Asaoka Megumi

Asaoka Megumi is a Japanese actress.

Miyazono Junko

Junko Miyazono was born on May 30, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan as Junko Miyano. She is an actress, known for Furyô banchô: Inoshika Ochô (1969), Yôen dokufu-den: Han'nya no Ohyaku (1968) and Yôen dokufu-den: Okatsu kyôjô tabi (1969). (Source: IMBd)

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2008 Fall Special

7.3

An omnibus special comprised of five segments: >> Story 1: "Body Rental" (ボディレンタル) >> Story 2: "Do Tsukido Tsukarete Ikiru no Sa" (どつきどつかれて生きるのさ) >> Story 3: "Shigo Kon" (死後婚)…

Tonari no Shibafu

6.9

The drama's main theme are the problems between a daughter in law and a mother in law. The story revolves around Takahira Tomoko, a housewife who is given a hard time by her mother in law Shino, who is the worst mother…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 27

Thirty-four years ago, a man named Nomoto Sueharu was found dead in Okoshino no Mori, crushed beneath a fallen torii gate. Beside his body lay a bronze hitokatashiro—a ritual effigy traditionally used as a human…

Dear Mama

10.0

On the night of the fall festival in 2004, Hirayama Touko is abandoned by her mother, Hirayama Megumi, at the Shinto shrine. At that time, Touko has a goldfish. 8 years later, Touko is in the 2nd grade of middle school.…

Dancing Karate Kid

8.0

In pursuit of his love of extreme dance, Ken wanders the globe and makes his to Okinawa, Japan. There, Ken meets Iwao Shinjo who is a master of the Ryukyu Classical Dance. Ken learns the steps for Ryukyu Classical…

Minami kaze

6.9

This is directed by Koji Hagiuda, the man who helmed the wonderful adaptation of Akira Saso’s novel Shindo. The story is markedly different in the sense that it’s a road trip that two girls, one Japanese and one…

Tokyo City Girl

7.4

Several short stories put in a film, in episodic format. ep.1 “Nan no Imi mo Nai” Nana’s (Misato Aoyama) mother died on the day of her wedding anniversary. Since then her father Shinzo Tachibana becomes depressed.…

The Most Beautiful Night in the World

6.5

A reporter Mizuno has been shunted off to a small village. Hirano, the chief priest of a local Shinto shrine, tells him that Teruko, the owner of a small bar where Mizuno has been with the chief correspondent, is involved…

Chastity Questions and Answers

1.0

Set in the early Showa period, this story stimulatingly depicts the lives of the three beautiful sisters of the Nanjo family, including Shinko, who is at the mercy of the fate of the waves

Miko Girl

7.0

Shiwasu got a job after graduating from junior college but soon quit. She ends up working part-time as a shrine priestess at the Shinto shrine where her father is the chief priest. Lacking neither common sense nor…