Ogata Ken

Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys.[1]

In television,…

Miura Shion

Miura Shion is a Japanese writer. She has won the Naoki Prize, the Oda Sakunosuke Prize, and the Japan Booksellers' Award. Her work has been adapted for film and television, and her books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, English, German and Italian. Being a daughter of a well-known…

Yoshimata Ryo

Yoshimata Ryo is a Japanese composer, arranger, and music producer from Katokucho, Kagoshima, Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration at Yokohama City University. From elementary school, he began learning the piano and acquired a level of music theory equivalent to that of a…

HOTEI

Hotei Tomoyasu, known as HOTEI, is an acclaimed Japanese guitarist, songwriter, composer, performer and record producer, who currently resides in London. HOTEI has sold more than 40 million records in a 35 year career to date, and is best known internationally for the song “Battle Without Honor or…

Ito Aiko

Ito Aiko, born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a former Japanese actress who was affiliated with Stardust Promotion. She played the role of Ranru Itsuki (Abare Yellow) in the 2003 Super Sentai TV series "Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger". In 1999, Ito debuted in a commercial for Otsuka Pharmaceutical.…

Yoshinaga Sayuri

Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合 Yoshinaga Sayuri, born 13 March 1945) is a Japanese actress. She has won four Japan Academy Best Actress awards, more than any other actress, and has been called "one of the foremost stars in the postwar world of film." Her first media appearance was in the radio drama…

Kakehi Masaya

Born in West Tokyo City, Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hoya High School and Nihon University College of Art. Soon as a manga artist, when he was 14 years old, he won the Big Comic Spirits Monthly Newcomer Encouragement Award at “The City of Youkai” . He has also been selected for Kodansha…

Bando Mitsugoro X

Morita Hisashi (January 23, 1956 – February 21, 2015) was a Japanese Kabuki actor, television presenter, and writer. Born as the eldest son of the Yamatoya guild, his grandfather was Bando Mitsugoro VIII, one of Japan's most revered kabuki actors who was designated as a "Living National Treasure"…

Shishido Kavka

Shishido Kavka is a Japanese musician. She was born in Mexico to Japanese parents. She lived there until she was two and then went to Japan for elementary school. Between the ages of 13 and 14, Shishido lived in Argentina. She learned Spanish to use in her daily life, though on returning to Japan, she…

Nakai Masahiro

Nakai Masahiro is a Japanese singer, actor, and host for music events and variety shows such as the long-running music show Utaban. Until 2016, he was the leader of the now-disbanded boy group SMAP. He remained a part of Johnny's Entertainment until 2020 when he left to create his own man agency, Nonbiri…

Ningen no Shomei

7.4

The police raid a club in Roppongi, Tokyo - a trendy area of the city that attracts youths and, more recently, drug trafficking. When a drug dealer tries to escape from a club with a gun in hand, the whole club goes…

Divorce Lawyer Season 2

7.7

In the previous series, Takako Mamiya was an elite lawyer who handled public relations cases. She quit her job at a prestigious law firm to establish her own office. She confidently walked into her new office only…

King Kong vs. Godzilla

6.6

Mr. Tako, head of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, is frustrated with the television shows his company is sponsoring and wants something to boost his ratings. When a doctor tells Tako about a giant monster he discovered on…

Boku Dake no Madonna

6.8

Kyoichi Suzuki is an average college student in his junior year. Although he's not in one of the top universities, he's satisfied with his college life studying architecture. Kyoichi left home and is finally on his…

Zenin, Kataomoi

7.0

Omnibus title consisting of eight stories under the common theme of one-sided love: > Story 1: "One-sided Love Spiral" (片想いスパイラル) [Director: Hara Keinosuke] So Yeon, a Korean studying in Japan, struggles…

Water Boys 2

7.2

Three years ago, the former all-girl Himeno High School opened its doors to male students but remained a female-dominated institution, with the majority of students being girls. One day, Eikichi Mizushima transferred…

Depth of Field

7.9

High school student Hayakawa Shuichiro has given up his beloved music and closed his heart due to a past incident. Sometimes, to fill that void, he sleeps with anyone. But one day, when he is still not satisfied and…

Hakusen Nagashi

7.4

Sonoko, a rural high school student, notices stars drawn on her desk at school. It seems that sitting at that very same desk at night is Wataru, a poor teenage student, who with no parents is forced to work during…

Koi no Chikara

7.4

Toko (Fukatsu Eri), decides after she turns 30 that she is all but ready to give up on any future career hopes or romance, so she turns to the bottle for comfort. She knows that this isn't the best thing, but can't…

Hero

8.0

Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor,…