Ozawa Shoichi

Ozawa Shoichi, born in Tokyo, was a Japanese actor, radio host, haiku poet, singer and prominent researcher and expert on Japanese folk art. He also founded the Shabondama-za theater company. Ozawa, who graduated from Waseda University, began acting after college, beginning with his debut stage role…

Mori Hayashi

Born in Tokyo. Besides being a screenwriter, he's also an actor, MC, and radio host.

Ebara Tatsuyoshi

Ehara Tatsuyoshi is a Japanese actor and businessman from Tokyo. He is a graduate of Keio University. In 1948, he appeared as a child actor in "Kane no Naruoka". After that, he joined Toho and worked as a youth star.

Kitashiro Makiko

Kitashiro Makiko was a Japanese actress from Tokyo prefecture. Her real name is Masuko Hojo. She dropped out of Toyo Girls' High School. In 1943, she entered the Bungakuza Research Institute. After the war, in 1947, she entered the Shinkyo Theater Company as a trainee and made her stage debut. She died…

Ikebe Ryo

Ikebe Ryo was born on February 11, 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kyuketsu-ga (1956), Desertion at Dawn (1950) and Madame White Snake (1956). He died on October 8, 2010 in Tokyo. He graduated from Rikkyo University and originally wanted to be a screenwriter, but ended up debuting as…

Tabe Mikako

Tabe Mikako is a Japanese actress from Tokyo. Starting acting in her teens with a role in the Sailor Moon musicals, she has developed into a lead actress in film and television, playing the heroine in the Asadora Tsubasa, starring in TV comedy series such Yasuko to Kenji and Deka Wanko, and playing…

Yukawa Kazuhiko

Yukawa Kazuhiko is a Japanese screenwriter from Tokyo, Japan.

Fujita Sayuri

Sayuri Fujita, born in Tokyo, is a Japanese television personality and author based in South Korea. Sayuri originally came to Korea in 2007 and was the representative for a Korean program called "Global Talk Show". In 2020, Sayuri gave birth to a baby boy named Zen via sperm donation and IVF - a procedure…

Nakamura Shido II

Born in Tokyo, the son of Kabuki actor Nakamura Shido I, young Nakamura made his Kabuki debut at the age of eight. He took the name Shido the following year, following his father's retirement. Twenty-one years later, despite being a relative latecomer to the silver screen, the 30-year-old Kabuki actor…

Ichikawa Yui

Ichikawa Yui is an actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She is also known by her nickname, Yui-nyan. As an actress, she has appeared in several dramas (doramas), and in recent years she has concentrated more on her film career. She played a minor role in the movie Ju-on: The Grudge and reprised her…

A Female Spy, Elisa

During the Korean War (1950-1953), Park Ho, a Korean secret agent staying in Tokyo has relations with a female spy, Elisa. She, becoming a slave to his love, at last, confesses her identity. Later, she begins providing…

Dice and Swords

The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. While everything is being rebuilt from the ground up, and for the sole purpose of expanding their territory and gaining more power,…

Shinjuku Punk Rescue Squad

10.0

In the hard-playing entertainment district that is Shinjuku, Tokyo, it seems only fitting that so are the members of the local rescue squad. Former bike gang members Hideki Go and Goro Todoroki are a pair of mischievous…

Stay The Night at The Grave

When the transition to digital TV completed in 2011, TV Tokyo went bankrupt. TV Tokyo is bought out by a funeral home. Many employees depart and broadcasts are cut down to just three hours a day, with most time being…

At the Last Stop Called Ghost Chimney

On the day of her graduation, high school girl who nurses a secret love for a bus driver, rides to the end of the line where the last stop is called Ghost Chimney. Depending on the angle, it can either been seen as…

Koi Roka

8.0

While performing in Kanazawa, the renowned water-trick artist Taki no Shiraito falls deeply in love with a young student, Murakoshi Kinya. Determined to see him succeed, she endures years of financial hardship and…

Itsukano, Genkantachi to

10.0

18-year-old Ayame is a high school student. She has decided to go to Tokyo once she graduates from high school. One day, Ayame's older sister Sumire comes back home with her daughter Mayuko who is also 18-years-old.…

Hold My Hand at Twilight

8.2

Asagi Soramame, a 23-year-old energetic woman from rural Kyushu, follows her childhood friend and fiancé to Tokyo. Fate keeps pulling her closer to a stranger—Umino Oto, also 23, a struggling musician who works…

Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City

8.0

Six real-life strangers start their lives together under one roof. All they get is a fabulous home in Tokyo, Japan and a car. As always, there is no script. Friendships, fights, intrigue, and even love follow.

Mother

8.6

Elementary school teacher Suzuhara Nao decides to abduct Michiki Rena, one of her female students, after discovering that she is being abused by her mother. Fleeing Hokkaido to Tokyo, the two experience various events…