Taguchi Kei

Taguchi Kei is a Japanese actor and voice actor born in Utsuda, Minamisaku, Nagano, Japan. After graduating from Nozawa Kita High School in Nagano, Japan, he graduated from the Department of English Literature at the University of Tokyo. He was associated with Ishi no Kai, Group Teibura, and Promotion…

Miyagi Ayako

Miyagi Ayako was born in Musashino, Tokyo. Since the age of 15, she aspired to become a novelist. She went on to debut in 2006 with "Hanayoi Dochu (A Courtesan with Flowered Skin)", set in the Edo era.

Nawa Hiroshi

Hiroshi Nawa was born on October 16, 1932 in Kumamoto, Japan. He is an actor, known for Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963), Girl Boss Revenge: Sukeban (1973) and Yôen dokufu-den: Han'nya no Ohyaku (1968). He passed away in 2018 from acute renal failure, aged 85.

Ninagawa Yuki

Ninagawa Yuki, born in Yokohama, is a Japanese actress, filmmaker and painter. She is a daughter of the poet Mizuno Akiyoshi and elder sister of the actress/singer Ninagawa Miho. Ninagawa's acting debut was a role in the 1978 rock opera "Salome". In films, she appeared in "Kurutta Kajitsu" in 1981,…

Takada Kokichi

Takada Kokichi is a Japanese actor and singer born in Sonoda Village, Kawabe District, Hyogo Prefecture. His real name is Kajiura Takeichi. He is a historical drama star representing Shochiku before the war, and is known as the first "Singing Movie Star". His second daughter is actress Takada Miwa,…

Shishido Joe

Shishido Joe was a Japanese actor most recognizable for his intense, eccentric yakuza film roles and his artificially enlarged cheekbones. He appeared in some 300 films but is best known in the West for his performance in the cult film Branded to Kill (1967). In Japan, he is also known by the nickname…

Yuka

Okabe Hiroko, known professionally as Yuka, is a Japanese actress, presenter, and former gravure idol. She is known for playing the lead role in NHK's drama Honjitsu wa Taian Nari and presenting the TBS variety show Osama no Brunch. From 1999 to 2001, she received the Golden Arrow Award every year.…

Akimoto Sayaka

Akimoto Sayaka is a Japanese actress. She is a former member of AKB48's Team K, as well as the unit DiVA, until her graduation in 2013. She is a former captain of Team K. She was born to a Japanese father and a Filipina mother. As an actress, Akimoto has appeared in both Japanese and American productions…

Abe Shizue

Abe Shizue is a Japanese singer and actress.

Inagaki Shun

Inagaki Shun is a Japanese film director and screenwriter from Tokyo. (Source: MyDramaList)

Manmakoto ~ Asanosuke Saiteichou

7.3

Takahashi Asanosuke is the son and heir of the headman of a town. His father arbitrates civil cases which the town’s magistrate cannot try. Asanosuke and Yagi Seijuro, the resourceful son of the neighbouring town’s…

Futagashira Season 2

7.9

The cheerful, big-hearted Benzo and cool, sharp Soji are two thieves with the motto “steal all dirty money without threats or murder” and carry out their “work” with brilliance. During the day, Benzo does food…

Tachibana Noboru Seishun Tebikae

7.5

Tachibana Noboru, a 20-year-old aspiring doctor, lives for tomorrow. Leaving Dewa Province (present day Akita), he turns to an uncle Komaki Genan, who is a town doctor in Edo and gets a job as a doctor of Kodenmacho…

Ooka Echizen - Shirasu ni Saita Shinjitsu

6.0

The case starts with the discovery of a brutally murdered man beneath an embankment on a dry winter’s day. Among the onlookers is an elderly samurai Kazama Gorozaemon (Kato Go) who gazes at the corpse with a piercing…

New Cinema Kabuki - Yotsuya Kaidan

Lemon lives to satisfy his own ephemeral desires, Naosuke is driven to crime by lust, Osode experiences a sad fate at the mercy of men, and Oiwa seeks revenge as a hatred-fueled ghost. The town setting of the late-Edo…

Koshigaya Saikou

7.0

Rookie first-year employee Urai Kanako (Sakuma Yui) works for a company which sells houses in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture. Kanako’s parents divorced when she was a child and she grew up here after her mother…

Nuke Mairu - Onna 3-nin Ise Mairi

7.2

Ino, the daughter of a restaurant owner; Shika, the beautiful, dignified wife of a samurai; and Chou, the proprietress of a sundries shop were the ultimate trio of Bakurocho in Edo in their youth. Now they are all…

Oedo Sosamo - Onmitsu Doshin Aku o Kiru!

7.0

A special New Year edition of the highly popular period drama series “Oedo Sosamo”. This year’s installment is called “Onmitsu Doshin Aku o Kiru!,” which roughly translates as “Secret agents cut down evil!”…

Sakura Housara

7.0

Furukehashi Shonosuke is a young samurai and the second son of Sozaemon of Togane Domain, Kazusa Province. Sozaemon serves as an attendant, but one day, he is suddenly suspected of accepting bribes. Forged documents…

Lord of ONARI Mirai e Tsunagu Omo

5.0

Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, travels through time to the present day, on his way to Toshogu Shrine. Soon, even being very confused, about the whole course of events , he develops friendships with the people of modern day…