Kagawa Kyoko

Kagawa was born in Tokyo in 1931. She originally wanted to become a ballerina. She was discovered by a film studio after winning a beauty contest and began a career in acting. Her first major film role was in a movie Mado Kara Tobidase (Jump Out of the Window). She became a household name for her role…

Mizuki Yoko

Mizuki Yoko was a Japanese screenwriter. Born in Tokyo, she later graduated from Bunka Gakuin and began writing screenplays to support her family after her father died. Mizuki was active in the 1950s era of the Japanese studio system and is notable for her work with directors Tadashi Imai and Mikio…

Fujitani Ayako

At age 12, she won the Asian Beauty Contest, held in commemoration of the Japanese release of the film Police Story 3. At age 13 she became the sixth girl to lead the Mitsui ReHouse advertising campaign. This began her modeling career. She was featured regularly in magazines and television commercials.…

Uno Chiyo

Uno Chiyo was a Japanese author and kimono designer. She was known for her contributions to Japanese fashion, film, and literature. Born in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi. In 1915, she was fired from her job as a teacher's assistant due to an affair she was having with a colleague. In 1919, she married her cousin,…

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…

Nojima Shinji

When the bubble economy was really making its presence felt, Nojima was going quietly out of his head in Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu. Born in 1965, he dropped out of college before graduating, and the first job he managed to get was at a can manufacturing plant. It was this experience…

Maruyama Ryuhei

Maruyama's career as a Johnny's idol has interesting beginnings. He was among 3 fresh Johnny's Jrs selected at an audition on September 22, 1996 (along with fellow member Subaru Shibutani) and appeared in an idol magazine announcing their selection on the same day. After not hearing from the agency…

Masuda Kiiton

Masuda Kiiton, born Kimura Hajime (木村一) in Aoyanagi, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, was a Japanese actor and comedian, also known by the name Masuda Kiiton (益田キートン). His family, originally samurai from the Aizu domain, relocated to Hakodate after losing a battle in Niigata. They initially…

Somboonsuk Niyomsiri

Somboonsuk Niyomsiri is a film director and the 2015 "National Artist of Thailand" in the field of cinema for helping shape the Thai screen of the 70s. He is known with the artist nick 'Piak Poster'. The National Artist title rightly recognises his contribution in making movies — 29 of them — though…

Kato Youki

Youki Kato was born on December 16, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan. Her father is of mixed Taiwanese-Japanese ancestry while her mother is Taiwanese. She is an actress, known for "A ma de meng zhong qing ren" ("Forever Love") (2013), "Mulan on the Run" (2012) and "Love You 10,000 Years" (2010). In Forever Love,…

Kimi no Hitomi wo Taihosuru!

A romantic comedy centered on the love affairs of young detectives working at the Dogenzaka Police Station and Criminal Affairs Division in Shibuya, Tokyo. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList)

Doki Doki

In suburban Tokyo, commuters find themselves waiting every day with the same group of strangers for the same seat on the same train. Perhaps over 1000 days never knowing who they are, what their lives are like, where…

Can & Sulochan

Sulochan, an Indian scientist living in Tokyo, falls in love with a vending machine. (Source: IMDb)

Pieces of You

A young woman takes her guy with her to explore Tokyo. The only catch is he doesn't live in Japan and can only see Tokyo through her smart phone. Distracted by falling in Love with him, she lets down her best friend…

Kakurega de Yofukashi

Yui came to Tokyo dreaming of a glamorous college life, but she had no hobbies or boyfriend and was living a boring daily life. While wasting time in the park, the idol-like actor Shunta Aizawa passed in front of her,…

Blood & Sweat

Suzumiya Aki is a detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division. She possesses an exceptional nose and tenacity at crime scenes and has solved numerous challenging cases. However,…

Bad Film

6.4

Near the end of the 20th century on Tokyo's Chuo train line, just before Hong Kong's return to Chinese control, masses of people go on a rampage, and love runs wild. Its premise sees Koenji being taken over by Chinese,…

Until the Lights Come Back

7.1

With his telescope fixed on Tokyo's snow-filled skies, 14-year-old Shota sees a woman, Maiko, leap from the roof of a nearby hospital. Fortunately, she simply lands on the next rooftop, but, seeing she's obviously…

The King's Man

7.7

This is a pre-banjun drama before going into the real episodes (Tokyo Holiday, Dangerous Love, Finding Lost Time, The Uninvited Guest, Unforgettable Love, First Love, The Masked Fencer)

High School Chorus

7.7

Kagawa Makoto has transferred to Tokyo’s Omotesando High School from Kagawa Prefecture. Devoted to the choir when she was in Kagawa, Makoto is active in Omotesando High School’s choir too. The school choir’s…