Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji

10.0

Hosted by the comedy duo Downtown (consisting of Masatoshi Hamada and Hitoshi Matsumoto), it had several other actors and comedians in its regular cast, including You, Koji Imada, Koji Higashino, Itsuji Itao, Ryoko…

Wednesday's Downtown

In each episode, a Japanese entertainer is invited to appear on the show as a host and present various trivial theories, to a group of panelists. After a brief discussion with the panel, the theories are tested during…

Kaban Ya no Sozoku

Each story is set in the downtown area and centers on men working at financial institutions, portraying the suffering, conflict, and modest hope they find in their difficult circumstances. (Source: Japanese = natalie.mu…

Kazoku no Urajijo

7.4

The Isawas are the average, ordinary Japanese family. Husband Yasuhiko and wife Yukari are the owners of Isawaya, a restaurant that serves set meals in the old downtown district of Tokyo. They are a happy couple despite…

Kiraware Matsuko no Issho

7.3

A dark melodrama about a woman whose life descends into a downward spiral due to love, ill fate and recklessness. It's 2006. The dead body of 56-year old Kawajiri Matsuko, is found in a downtown apartment where she…

Saikyou no Onna

5.0

One day, middle-aged Fukuda Midori sees an advertisement and applies for a position with the Western food chain Millennium Corporation which sells hamburgers. At the interview venue, she meets the company president…

Fushin no Toki

6.0

Asai Michiko is a 28-year old housewife. Her husband is 38-year old Yoshio, who works at an advertisement agency. Five years into their marriage, Michiko finds out that Yoshio has been having an affair. Michiko visits…

Dobutsu Byoin Doctor Hanako no Satsujin Chart! … Shimatachi Aiken Dokosai Satsujin

Yamaki Hanako, a single veterinarian who has passed 40, is the director of "Hachimaki Animal Hospital", following her father's footsteps at her parents' home in the downtown area where she was born and raised. She…

Kinuyo's First Love

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relationships in a town of customs and manners. (Source: TMDB)

MOZU: Night Cry of the MOZU

7.8

A bomb explosion incident occurs in downtown Tokyo and Ginza. Many people are caught in the explosion, and Kuraki Naotake, a police superintendent in Public Security Bureau, loses his wife. Together with Osugi Ryota…

Ike Nwala

While in college as a Japanese video shop worker in Seattle's Chinatown, he was shocked by Junji Takada's early morning bazooka corner of the comedy programm Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga Deru TV!!, which became a big opportunity to seek as a comedian. When he saw "Muneo Kurii" and "Yabao Gesu" played…

Horibe Keisuke

Keisuke Horibe was born in 1966. He is a Japanese actor and writer, known for Akumu no erebêtâ (2009), Love Exposure (2008) and Tokyo Gore Police (2008).

Kaneshiro Takeshi

Kaneshiro Takeshi is a Japanese-Taiwanese actor and singer. Kaneshiro's mother is Taiwanese and his father is Ryukyuan from Okinawa, Japan. He was born and raised in Taipei but holds Japanese citizenship as well. After graduating from Taipei Japanese Junior High School, he enrolled at English-based…

Bito Isao

He is a Japanese actor and has starred in various projects including No Side Game, Miyamoto Kara Kimi e, Hayako Sensei, Onna Taikoki and many more.

Isayama Hiroko

Isayama Hiroko, a Japanese actress and writer born in Fukuoka, Japan, graduated from Fukuoka Jogakuin High School before pursuing a career in acting. Moving to Tokyo in 1971, she trained at the Actor's Studio attached training institute and made her film debut in 1972 with "Play of White Fingers" (白い指の戯れ).…

Nakahara Sanae

Nakahara Sanae was a Japanese actress from Tokyo. She starred in over 80 films and television shows, the most prominent being her role in the films Lady Snowblood (1973), Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978), and Day of Resurrection (1980). Her husband was famed Japanese film director Kinji Fukasaku, and her…

Murata Chieko

Chieko Murata was a Japanese actress, known for "Kaze no naka no mendori", "Inazuma" and "Yokihi". (Source: IMDb)

Awaji Keiko

Awaji Keiko was born on July 17, 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Downtown (1957), Kottaisan yori: Nyotai wa kanashiku (1957) and Stray Dog (1949). She was married to Kinnosuke Nakamura and Bimbo Danao. She died due to cancer on January 11, 2014 in Tokyo. (Source: IMDb)

Shimizu Kiriko

Kiriko Shimizu was born on July 3, 1955 in Aichi, Japan. She is an actress, known for Honogurai mizu no soko kara (2002), Ringu (1998) and Isola: Tajuu jinkaku shôjo (2000). (Source: IMDb)

Mano Tsuruko

She appeared on the stage of Tsukiji-za and Moulin Rouge Shinjuku-za , but joined Toho in 1939 (Showa 14) . Beside being a movie actress, she also worked in a tobacco shop, which is her mother's business. In 1940 (Showa 16), she made her movie debut with the movie " Snake Princess " directed by Teinosuke…