Kurihara Thomas

Thomas Kurihara, birth name Kisaburō Kurihara (栗原喜三郎), was born in Hadano, Kanagawa. Kurihara's father was a wood trader, but he failed in business. Kurihara went to United States and enrolled in a school for film actors in 1912. After graduation, working as an extra, he entered Oriental…

Isshiki Nobuyuki

Isshiki Nobuyuki is a Japanese screenwriter and novelist born in Kameari, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Grand Slam. He graduated from Kamakura Gakuen High School but dropped out of the English and American Literature Department of Aoyama Gakuin University. After independently producing…

Hanabishi Achako

Hanabishi Achako was a Japanese actor. He was born in Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan.

Koyanagi Yukimi

Koyanagi Yukimi was born on April 9, 1958 in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan. She is an actress, known for Departures (2008), Bokura no nanoka-kan sensô (1988) and Ringu 0 (2000).

Kawaguchi Chiken

Kawaguchi Chiken is a Japanese Buddhist monk who as appeared in two docudrama films by Tomita Katsuya, Above the Clouds and Tenzo, as a Buddhist monk named Chiken.

Nakamura Tsuruzo III

Born the 15th of October 1884. First son of the rakugo storyteller Katsura Eiga. He started his career as a disciple of the zamoto Nakamura Kanzaburô XIII. He made his debut on stage in March 1896 at the Meijiza, where he received the name of Nakamura Kamematsu I. He became a disciple of Ichikawa Ennosuke…

Nishina Masaki

Masaki Nishina is a Japanese actor and tarento. His former stage names were Masaki Meguro and Katsumi Nishina. He is represented with Shochiku Entertainment

Ikematsu Sosuke

Sōsuke Ikematsu is a Japanese film, television, and theatre actor best known for his role as Higen, the young nephew of samurai leader Katsumoto, in the 2003 film The Last Samurai.

Ando Masanobu

Masanobu Ando is an established actor both in Japanese television drama and film and has gained a lot of acting experience. Famous directors whom he has worked with before include Kitano Takeshi, Motohiro Katsuyuki and Fukasaku Kinji. He is best known for his role as the the insane killer in Battle…

Harada Ryuji

Harada Ryuji is a Japanese actor. In May 2019 Weekly Bunshun reported that Ryuji had been having affairs with multiple women. Later the official Twitter account of the Sazae-san stage play announced that he will be dropped from the cast and was replaced by Katsurayama Shingo. The Sazae-san stage play…

Beautiful Lure: A Modern Tale of Painted Skin

5.8

Yamamoto Maiko works as the vice president's secretary of a major bank. Everyone around her is fascinated by both her talent and beauty, but she has another face. At night, she working as a hostess at a high-class…

Hare no Hi Cinderella Wedding Dress wo Nihon e! Aru Josei no Chosen

60 years ago, people usually wore kimono at their wedding. Only three percent of brides wore a wedding dress. Who started a bridal business in an age like that and brought great change to accepted wedding culture?…

Sa Do 2023 Special

It's the winter of 2023, and the world has finally returned to normal. Nakata Atsuro suddenly summons Guzen and "Handsome Mushio" to his home sauna, "Sauna Nordic". Nakata has proposed a "certain plan" to the two.…

Wasurenagusa no Saku Machi de: Azumino Shinryoki

Tsukioka Mikoto, who graduated from the nursing faculty of a national university in Matsumoto, Shinshu, spends her busy days working as a nurse in the internal medicine ward of a small general hospital in Azumino.…

Hibi Rock

6.2

Hibinuma Takurou is a senior in high school. He isn't very good at studying or sports, but he loves rock music. After graduation Takurou heads to Tokyo. He begins to perform at a legendary live club. When Takurou gets…

Shuffle

6.4

Hiroshi Kobayashi is on the run, both away from the police who want him for the murder of his girlfriend Naomi, and towards the yakuza Kimura, from whom he wants to exact revenge for getting her hooked on drugs. (Source:…

Freesia: Icy Tears

6.5

In the near future of a fictionalized Japan under wartime, the ancient 'Act of Vengeance' is revived and professional executioners are permitted to kill criminals by the requests from their victims. People who are…

Gekidan Sphere

The show is a collaboration between five playwrights and Sphere and is an anthology series exploring various genres. Each episode has two halves with a different director, and a new episode will debut every two weeks.…

Last Ninja - Red Shadow

The first of a two-part ninja action series depicting the elaborate espionage campaign occurring behind the scenes of the 'Toba-Fushimi Battle'. At the end of the Edo Period which brought the era of the samurai to…

Desperate Sunflowers

6.5

Natsuko Kotani was born to be a swindler. Meanwhile, Tetsuko Ishida is Natsuko’s distant relative. Unlike Natsuko, Tetsuko is an attorney with an upright disposition. Whenever Natsuko makes trouble, Tetsuko is called…