Gouriki Ayame

Ayame Goriki is a Japanese actress, singer and model from Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. She was represented by the talent agency Oscar Promotion until 2020. Ayame Goriki liked to stand out when she was young. When she was in elementary school, she told her parents that she wanted to become…

Tsuruta Shinobu

Tsuruta Shinobu is a Japanese actor born in Tokyo.

Isaki Mitsunori

Mitsunori Isaki was born on March 17, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Dreams (1990), Howl's Moving Castle (2004) and Kamen raidâ Ôzu (2010).

Tsurumi Shingo

Tsurumi Shingo is a Japanese actor and talent from Tokyo and lives in Yokohama, Kanagawa. He graduated from Seikei University Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science. He belongs to HoriPro. His younger brother, Mikami Yuichi, is also a former actor. Tsurumi made his debut at the age of 12 when…

Ito Ayumi

Ito Ayumi, born April 14, 1980 in Nerima, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese actress who received her big break in 1996, when she was cast as the central character of Ageha in Iwai Shunji's hit movie, Swallowtail Butterfly. The following year, she won her first Japanese Academy Award for 'Rookie of the Year'.…

Kiyohara Sho

Kiyohara Sho was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on February 2, 1993. He works as an actor and as a model. He graduated from Meiji University's department of science and technology. He is currently signed with Stardust. Since his college years, he has worked with "MEN'S NON-NO" as a model.

Adachi Yumi

Adachi Yumi is a Japanese actress, model, and singer born in Taito, Tokyo. Her artistic surname, Adachi, corresponds to her mother's maiden name. She made her modeling debut at two years of age and her J-Pop singing debut on 23 June 1993, aged almost twelve. Her big break was in 1994, with the drama…

Yamashita Tomohisa

Yamashita Tomohisa, also widely known as Yamapi, is a Japanese idol, actor, and singer. He is active as a solo artist and a former member of the Japanese boyband NEWS. He joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, in 1996 at the age of 11 and made his official CD debut with NEWS in 2004.…

Tanba Tetsuro

Tanba Tetsuro, born Tanba Shozaburo (丹波正三郎), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, entertainment promoter, and paranormal researcher. He founded the Tamba Production Company (丹波プロダクション) and the actor training institute Tamba Dojo (丹波道場). Additionally, he researched spiritualism…

Kasaura Tomochika

Kasaura Tomochika is a drama director from Nagasaki prefecture, part of NHK staff. He is known for his artistic production. In 1984 he graduated from Department of Social Psychology. In 1991 he debuted as a director.

Ooku 2003

7.3

"Ooku" is the story of the picturesque lives of the women living in the hidden, maze-like inner structure of Edo Castle. Inside, the women wielded their beauty and knowledge: some of them to win the Shogun's love,…

Hyakunen no Kei, Watashi ni Ari

Sumitomo’s first director general was Hirose Saihei who grew up at the Besshi Copper Mine run by the house of Sumitomo in Shiga Prefecture from young. He convinces Sumitomo to embark on modernising its mine “for…

Eko Eko Azarak 2

6.9

The story begins in Meiji-era Japan, in a village of former witches and wizards. Skip to the present day, and an archaeologist discovers a mummy from the village. Blissfully unaware that the mummy is, in fact, possessed…

Fuyo no Hito - Fujisancho no Tsuma

7.2

In 1895 (Meiji 28), Nonaka Chiyoko prays for the safety of her husband Itaru who is attempting to climb Mt Fuji in midwinter. If he accomplishes what no one has done before, he would finally build an observatory on…

Abacus and Sword

7.3

Set during the Meiji Restoration period of the Edo era, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance and accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the…

Warotenka

7.6

Set during the late Meiji era to post-World War II period at Osaka, featuring the lead character Fujioka Ten who is modeled after Yoshimoto Sei, the founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo and a female comedy show promoter. Ten…

The Ghost Writer's Wife

8.0

Set in Meiji-era Matsue, Toki is a quirky girl from a once-proud samurai family now struggling with poverty after her father’s failed business. To make ends meet, she becomes a maid for a foreign English teacher…

The Heart

8.0

At the end of Meiji era a young student befriend an older man who as a proof of trust but also as a kind of exorcism entrust him his secret, a story about jealousy, betrayal, shame and guilt. It is an adaptation of…

Mushishi

6.9

Some time between the Meiji and Taisho period... A mother and son walk through heavy rain. The son, YOKI, sees strange, iridescent creatures float from the mountainside and then disappear. He does not yet know such…