Kishimoto Kayoko

Kayoko Kishimoto (岸本加世子 Kishimoto Kayoko, born 29 December 1960 in Shizuoka, Japan) is an actress.
She has appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 23rd Japan Academy…

Oshima Satomi

Satomi Oshima is a Japanese scriptwriter from Nikko city, Tochigi prefecture. She graduated from Waseda University's first literature department. She won a honorable mention at the 16th Fuji TV Young Scenario Award for "1 Liter of Tears" in the masterpiece work, and the 1st Ichikawa Moriichi Screenplay…

Kim Myung Joon

Kim Myung Joon is a South Korean cinematographer, screenwriter, and director. He graduated from Hanyang University in 1999 and was in charge of filming short films "Dongmyeon" (1998), long films "Flower Island" (2001), and "Wany and Jun Ha" (2001). His first film production was for "Hana" (2003), a…

Igarashi Izumi

Shimizu Yukiko is a former Japanese actress. She makes her debut in 1987 in a drama, Shoujo Commander Izumi. Even after the drama Shoujo Commando Izumi ends, she appeared mainly in TV dramas, but she did not receive as much attention as when she was a teenager. However, she was selected as the youngest…

Matsumoto Hakuo II

The 9th generation Matsumoto Koshiro was born in Tokyo, Japan. A graduate of Waseda University and a versatile actor, Matsumoto Koshiro IX has performed extensively in Kabuki and Western stage plays. He made his stage debut in 1945, at the age of three, under the name Matsumoto Kintaro II, and took…

Kotegawa Yuko

Kotegawa Yuko, born July 16, 1959 in Oita Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese actress. Yuko made her film debut in 1976 in Hoshi to Arashi. She was cast in the 1983 Toho adaptation of the novel The Makioka Sisters. In 1991 the Japan Academy recognized her as the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in…

Amy Fan

Fan Yik Man, also known as Amy Fan, is a Hong Kong-based actress. At a young age, Fan began her acting career in commercials. In 1991, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and she won the Miss Photogenic award, placing 5th overall. After the pageant, Fan joined TVB and took part in numerous drama…

Chiaki Minoru

Chiaki Minoru was a Japanese actor who appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. In Seven Samurai, he was the good-natured samurai Heihachi, and he was the first of the samurai to be killed. In real life, he was the last of the seven actors to die. Chiaki was…

Baisho Mitsuko

Baisho Mitsuko, born 22 November 1946 in Ibaraki Prefecture, is a Japanese actress, whose most internationally known work has been for director Imamura Shohei, from 1979 up to the director's final film in 2002. Baisho has also appeared in the films of Kurosawa Akira. She won awards for best actress…

Nomura Mansai II

Nomura Mansai II, born April 5, 1966 under the name Nomura Takeshi, is a well known Kyogen stage actor, and film actor. Takeshi is the eldest son of Nomura Mansaku II, a Kyogen master. His debut was at the age of three in the drama, Quiver of The Monkey. Since then he has also been cast in the dramas:…

Benten Kozo

Kikunosuke is a handsome young man who likes to wear women's kimonos to commit fraud with his friend. (Source: MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the play "Aoto Zoshi Hana no Nishikie" (青砥稿花紅彩画) written by…

Kaisha Monogatari: Memories of You

5.0

In this downbeat, comedic portrait of '80s corporate Japan, a section chief and family man (Hajime Hana) fights off the gloom of his impending retirement by rekindling his youthful love of jazz music. (Source: IMDb)

Benikujaku Volume 4: Ken Mekura Ukine Maru

Scared by the attack of Omomizu, Ikkaku took Kamon out of the rock prison and fled to Hana Island. Meanwhile Koshiro was cared for by an old man. There he learned the secret of his birth; that he was a descendant of…

Ryukyu no Kaze

8.0

The 31st NHK Taiga Drama is Ryukyu no Kaze. This is part one of a three-part renzoku drama series (Homura Tatsu, the 32nd Taiga Drama (1993) is part two, and Hana no Ran (1994) is part three.)

Mieruko-chan

7.4

One day, Miko, a high school student, suddenly begins to be able to see spirits. Surrounded by extremely dangerous spirits, Miko's survival strategy is to pretend not to see them. Even when her best friend Hana is…

Yankee-kun to Megane-chan

7.4

Daichi Shinagawa is a bona fide “yankii”, a juvenile delinquent, who attends a prep high school. In fact, his reputation as a supreme tough is so widespread that he can’t walk the street without being challenged…

Kingyo Club

7.5

Irie plays Hiiragi Haru, a third-year high school student with no real interest in women or higher education, instead choosing to live his life idly. When he notices a first-year student named Harukawa Koto being bullied,…

Two Weeks

7.7

Daichi served time in prison for attempted murder. After his release from prison, he spends his time doing nothing and he doesn't see any hope for himself. One day, Daichi hears that a woman, whom he once loved, had…

Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita

7.9

Endo Ai is an office lady and she is about to turn 30-years-old. She has enjoyed posting about herself on social media, but she has grown tired of that. One day, she happens to see underground idol Kurimoto Hana perform…

Naoki Hanzawa

8.5

An idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his large corporate bank. While forging ties with some unlikely allies, he must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills…