Yamabuki Mayumi

Mayumi Yamabuki was a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. Her real name was Okawa Mitsuyo (大川光代). She graduated from Osaka Jogakuin High School and Takarazuka Music School. She was a former member of the Takarazuka Revue and belonged to Japan Pro. She moved to Beijing with her family at the…

Ichikawa Raizo VIII

The star of Daiei Studio, Ichikawa Raizo got his start as a kabuki actor. Born Kamezaki Akio, he was adopted at six months old by kabuki actor, Ichikawa Kudanji. He was then given the name Takeuchi Yoshio. He debuted as a kabuki actor officially at the age of 17 (1948) in the play "Nakayama Shichiri".…

Ima Harube

Ima Harube, born Takasaki Eiichi (高崎英雄) in Kiyase, Kurate, Fukuoka, Japan, was a Japanese writer and playwright. He also used the pen name Ima Uhei (伊馬鵜平) earlier in his career. Born into a merchant family with roots dating back to the Edo period, Ima graduated from the former Kurate…

Yamada Rei

Yamada Rei is a Japanese actress, model and soprano singer. Born in Zushi city, Kanagawa prefecture. Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music Vocal Music Course and Opera Soloist Course, and completed Master Class at the Nikikai Opera Training Institute. She also works as a soprano duo music group…

Ichimura Uzaemon XV

Ichimura Uzaemon XV was one of the best tachiyaku of the first half of the twentieth century. He had a great physical appearance, a strong presence on stage and an amazing voice. He was the nimaime or the sabakiyaku par excellence. He kept on playing young lover roles even in his latter years and never…

Umemura Yoko

Umemura Yoko, born Suzuki Hanako (鈴木花子) in Nihonbashi Kakegawa, Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress. She made her stage debut in 1910 at the Hongoza Theatre (本郷座) while in elementary school. In 1922, she joined the Shochiku Kamata Studio (松竹蒲田撮影所) and debuted in film in…

Yokoyama Unpei

Yokoyama Unpei was a Japanese actor from Hikone Town, Inukami District, Shiga Prefecture. He became the first Japanese film actor to appear in Japan's first feature film. His real name is Yokoyama Yasushi. In 1893, he joined the troupe of Sudo Sadanori, a pioneer of the Shinpa drama, and debuted on…

Asahina Junko

Asahina Junko, born Echigo Akiko (越後亜紀子) in Tokyo, Japan, was a Japanese actress known by her former stage name, Kobayakawa Jun (小早川純). She was affiliated with the Hiiragi Planning (柊企画) agency. Asahina was of mixed heritage, with a Russian grandfather, making her one-quarter…

Yorozuya Kinnosuke

Yorozuya Kinnosuke was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born Ogawa Kinichi, son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizo III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name Yorozuya as his surname in 1971. In addition to his kabuki activity,…

Kishimoto Kayoko

Kayoko Kishimoto (岸本加世子 Kishimoto Kayoko, born 29 December 1960 in Shizuoka, Japan) is an actress.
She has appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy…

Koi Gaku: Koi ni Meiso suru Joshitachi e

Ueno Hana is 29 years old and works at a small hotel. She has been rejected by men for the past 10 years since her heart was broken in college. However, luck has come her way as of late. The men who come to stay at…

Rikon, Todoke

Sakakibara Hana was hiding something from her husband, Sho. That secret was that she possesses psychic powers. She can transfer her soul into objects she sees with her own eyes. The name of that ability is the “Rikon…

We Are Too Clumsy about Love

6.9

Fujiwara Hana and Katayama Mizuki, best friends since elementary school, take a trip after Hana’s cheating boyfriend dumps her. At a hot spring inn, they meet Narita Yosuke and Ichinose Ayumu. Yosuke scolds Hana…

I'm Gonna Die Soon, Anyway...

5.0

Oshi Hana is 78 years old. She realizes that she is different from the people of her own age. She tries to look younger than her age while surrounded by her husband, children, and grandchildren.

Until Rainbow Dawn

7.2

When Hana falls in love with Ayumi, a girl she meets in her sign language group, she comes out to her parents who swiftly reject her. In an effort to cheer her up, Ayumi takes Hana to a deaf LGBTQ group in Tokyo, as…

Two of Us

Yui and Hana have been friends for a long time. Yet, from Yui’s perspective, their relationship is not all that she wants it to be. Yui sometimes helps her brother’s ex-wife by caring for her brother’s daughter,…

Love Song

To promote singer Fujisaki Hana, her manager Take tricks a yakuza gang into supplying stimulant drugs. When his scheme is uncovered, Take is brutally murdered by gangster Kusumi. In his final message, Hana discovers…

Will You Be My Manager?

7.2

Japanese high schooler Hirose Hana dreams of becoming a manager for top pop groups. She transfers to Segi Art High School, a South Korean school that has produced some of the Korean entertainment industry’s brightest…

Sekai de Ichiban Kimi ga Suki

6.4

Koji and Mankichi loves Hana. But those men are very close friends. Hana wonders who she really loves. (Source: FujiCreative.co.jp)

Making Memorable Memories

7.3

Lil and Hana have known each other since childhood but lost touch over time. They met each other again, but this time as a boss and intern! Belle is a new worker in the company. Must come to work with Cha. However,…