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…

Ishijima Fusataro

Sakuramachi Hiroko

Nogami Tatsuo

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).…

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."…

Zaitsu Ichiro

Zaitsu Ichiro is a Japanese actor, comedian, and singer born in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. He graduated from Kumamoto Prefectural Seiseiko High School. From 2011 until his death, he refuses new jobs due to his poor physical condition and is practically retired. On October 14, 2023, he died…

Yamamoto Rinichi

Yamamoto Rinichi was a Japanese actor from Hokkaido. In 1953, he signed to the Toei Company and made his film debut in Gakusei Goninotoko. He is most famous for playing villains and appeared more than 200 films. He also had many guest appearances as a villain in television dramas. His final role was…

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…

Kono Hiroshi

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

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…

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…

Holiday Dreaming

7.3

Ah Zhou, who is about to be honorably discharged from the military service, has a surreal dream. In the dream, he sees the dead body of Chen Shing Shing, a classmate in elementary school from years back. Is this dream…

Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2001 Spring Special

An omnibus special comprised of five segments: >> Story 1: "Tomodachi Toroku" (友達登録) >> Story 2: "Kabushiki Otoko" (株式男) >> Story 3: "Taiheiyo wa Moete Iru ka?" (太平洋は燃えているか?) >> Story…

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…