Aoe Shunjiro

Aoe Shunjiro, whose real name is Oshima Chosaburo (大嶋長三郎), was a Japanese playwright and critic. He was born in Akita, Japan, as the eldest son of the drug merchant Eiseido. Initially named Eiichi (衛一), he adopted the name Chosaburo after his father's death in 1915. Aoe attended Akita…

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…

Masuda Toshio

Masuda Toshio is a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. In 1944, he entered Kobe Prefectural First Kobe Middle School and then enrolled in Niihama Technical College. However, in July 1945, he was expelled from the school for opposing the military training conducted by the…

Nozawa Hisashi

Nozawa Hisashi was a Japanese screenwriter and mystery novelist. He won the Kuniko Mukōda Prize in 1998 for his screenplay Nemureru Mori (A Sleeping Forest) and Kekkon Zen'ya (The Night before the Wedding). He also won the Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1997 for Hasen no marisu (Dotted-line Malice) and the…

Eric Bossick

Eric Bossick is an American actor and voice actor. He was born in Pennsylvania, but grew up in Singapore and Canada. He often works with Japanese productions and has a taste of Japanese culture. He is currently based in Tokyo.

Utjung

Utjung is a Taiwanese singer, actor and songwriter of indigenous Paiwan descent. In 2017, he won the XXIX Summer Universiade theme song competition and was the opening performer with his hit song "Embrace the World with You." He also broke new ground in Paiwan traditional music, becoming the first Paiwan…

Shinagawa Ryuji

Shinagawa Ryuji is a Japanese actor, lyricist, and narrator from Nakazumori, Takamura, Minamitsuru, Yamanashi, Japan. When he was in the third year of Tsuru Junior High School, his brother died in a traffic accident, prompting him to run away from home and head to Tokyo. Afterward, with the support…

Nakamura Nobuo

Nakamura Nobuo was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Kurosawa Akira and Ozu Yasujiro in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles in the West were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo…

Kawago Hina

Kawago Hina is a member of Nogizaka46's 1st Generation. She is a "Popteen" exclusive model. On November 23, 2018 she announced her graduation from the group. Her activities in Nogizaka46 will end on December 20, 2018 after the group's concert at Musashino no Mori Sogo Sports Plaza in Tokyo.

Senda Korenari

Japanese stage director, translator, and actor. He was born in Kanagawa Prefecture. He is known mostly for founding the Haiyūza theatre company, and translating and directing the works of Bertolt Brecht in post-World War II Japan. He appeared in over 50 films between 1936 and 1970. His stage name comes…

Ai Kotoba wa Yuuki

8.0

Tomashi village is a small village, well known for its abundance of nature and beautiful surroundings. When a development company called Funamushi plans to build an industrial waste treatment facility in the area,…

Senrigan

The head of a psychological research institute and a lieutenant in the Japanese Air Force are both investigating a mysterious cult known only as ’Midori no Saru’ (The Green Monkey). Members of this group have committed…

Audrey

8.1

Mizuki is a would-be actress who has yet to attain her goal, struggles to keep the dream in her heart alive while dealing with the reality of her normal life, far away from lights, cameras, and action she longs for.…

Watashi no Aozora Saishuuhen

This is the story of a young mother, Kitayama Nazuna, and her son Taiyo from Ohma, a small town at the tip of a peninsula in Aomori. Taiyo's father, Murai Kento had aspirations to be a professional boxer but due to…

Rocket Boy

8.0

Kobayashi works at a travel agency and has the preconceived notion that in 2001 he will be able to go on a trip to outer space. Now 30, his girlfriend has left him, and a year has passed since he promised to take over…

Asami Mitsuhiko Series 15

Visiting the Shima Peninsula to report on ama divers, Asami Mitsuhiko meets the simple and beautiful ama diver Natsumi and a kind man deeply devoted to his family, Motohashi. One day, former yakuza member and popular…

Ningen no Kuzu

2.0

At one point, the punk band vocalist Kiyujuro, who was also popular among critics, has abandoned his colleagues from the acid incident caused by the members and is now in a hot spring inn, run by his grandmother. However,…

Hot Pants

In the beginning, Chuyan and Ryuta Mine started the program, and started with the content of peeking and listening to amateur women's talk , but it was too vulgar Perhaps because of many complaints, the content turns…

Hatsuru Soko Naki

4.0

A financial mystery dramatization of a work that received the Edogawa Ranpo Award, starring Watanabe Ken. A banker challenges a horrendous crime! After borrowing large sums of money from a branch bank, Yanagiba, the…

Ashita ga Arusa

7.1

A decade of the economic slump has certainly taken its toll on corporate Japan, and no one group more so than the white-collar workers that laden Japan Inc. For Toaru Corporation, a large Osaka-based trading company,…