Mari Yoko

Yoko Mari is a former Japanese actress . She was born in Tokyo and graduated from Teikyo Women's Junior College (now Teikyo University Junior College). Around 1987, she began working as a model under her real name, Hisanaga Mari, and made her debut in 1989 as the heroine Tsujiguchi Yoko in the TV Asahi…

Keith Sicat

Sicat was heavily involved with painting and photography before falling in love with cinema. First working in documentary television as an editor, he branched out to feature length documentaries and narrative feature films, with a total of ten features under his belt as a Director, Writer, and/or Producer…

Okamoto Reiji

Okamoto Reiji, born in Futako-Tamagawa, Setagaya, Tokyo, is a Japanese actor and former Zutto Zuletellz and OKAMOTO'S member. He is the eldest son of "The Privates" lead singer Tatsuji Nobuhara. In his childhood, he was a child actor in TV dramas. He married actress Usuda Asami in January 2017. They…

Shishi Bunroku

Shishi Bunroku was a Japanese novelist and director from Tsukioka-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy and a recipient of the Order of Culture. He went to Keio University's Department of Finance but dropped out. In 1942, he won the Asahi Prize for Culture for "Kaigun" which…

Kawabe Goro

Kawabe Goro was a Japanese actor born in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. He is a star actor who played an active part in Nikkatsu movies in the early Showa period. On August 15, 1925, when he was 38 years old, he said goodbye to his long-standing stage play life and joined the Nikkatsu General Film Studio.…

Miki Takashi

Real name Watanabe Tadashi, he left junior high school wanting to be a singer. But instead he debuted as songwriter in 1967 and went on to write over 2,000 songs. Together with Aku Yuu, who passed away in 2007, he was regarded as one of the best songwriters of the late 20th century. His heyday for churning…

Iizawa Tadasu

Iizawa Tadasu, born Iizawa Tadasu (伊澤紀) in Wakayama, Japan, was a Japanese playwright, director, and novelist. He graduated from the Tokyo Higher Normal School's affiliated elementary school in 1922 and entered Musashi High School (武蔵高等学校) that same year. However, he struggled with…

Fujino Setsuko

Fujino Setsuko was a Japanese actress, born in Harbin, Manchuria. Her real name was Takahata Kikuko (高畑喜久子). She was one of the founders of the theatrical company Shiki Theatre Company (劇団四季). Her former husband was the director Asari Keita (浅利慶太). (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia…

Kusamura Hokusei

Kusamura Hokusei was a Japanese novelist born in Takase, Tamana, Kumamoto, Japan. He is a writer of family novels in the Meiji era. His father was a landowner and a member of the Liberal Party. After graduating from Kumamoto English School (熊本英学校), he moved to Tokyo, where he enrolled in Tokyo…

Ihara Toshio

Author, Playwright, and critic. Born in Matsue . Dropped out of Daiichi High School , joined 26 Shinpo in 1893, and wrote a drama review under the name of Seiseien. Become familiar with Tsubouchi Shoyo . Joined Miyako Shinbun in 1896 . In 1900, he launched "Kabuki" with Takeji Miki, and won the Asahi…

Kaseifu no Mitazono Season 7

7.7

In the 7th season the Musubi Housekeeping Agency welcomes a new housekeeper: Daimon Sakura. Raised in a family of investigators—her father is a detective and her mother works at the Forensic Science Research Institute—she…

Yunagi City, Sakura Country

7.7

Thirteen years afterwards, I wonder if those who bombed Hiroshima are looking at me and saying: 'We did it! We were able to kill another person!' They should be," murmurs Minami, one of the two leading female characters…

Komyo ga Tsuji

7.7

The 45th NHK Taiga Drama is Komyo ga Tsuji. Kazutoyo lived during the end of the Sengoku period (1546-1605). He was the first feudal lord of the fief of Tosa on the island of Shikoku. He served Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi…

Gamera 2: Advent of Legion

7.7

A year has passed since the battle between Gamera and the Gyaos, and Japan has struggled to rebuild its cities in the meantime. The military has kept a cautious vigil on the nation's coast, but so far Gamera has yet…

Moving to Kyoto

7.7

Omiya Toshiya graduated from an art college and works in Osaka. One day, he comes to Kyoto to visit his cousin, Ichihara Saki. Toshiya feels a little envious of Saki, who runs an antique shop in Kyoto and seems to…

Confetti

7.9

Yuki, a junior high school student, belongs to a traveling popular theater troupe and changes schools every month to match their performances. Due to attending school for a limited time, he has no expectations of meeting…

The Travel Nurse Season 2

7.8

Despite their differences, Ayumi and Shizuka have strengthened their bond and are now even more powerful. They are now facing a new battle in the Japanese medical world, where the wave of "work style reform" is sweeping…

Kieta Hatsukoi: Start Chokuzen! Kyun ga Tomaranai yo Special

7.6

This program will feature a cross talk between Michieda and Meguro that was held right after the show was completed, as well as making-of footage, interviews with the cast, and other fascinating aspects of the drama,…

Mikaiketsu no Onna: Keishichou Bunsho Sousakan Season 2

7.6

Kentaro Arita is a popular lawyer who often appears on TV. He becomes involved in an adultery incident and becomes the subject of criticism and curiosity. He is then found dead. The police investigate Kentaro Arita’s…

Aibo Season 10

7.9

Special Mission Task Team is not considered as important as it might sound. It is positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and so-called as the "oversized garbage dealer". Sugishita Ukyo…