Kitakoji Isamitsu

Kitakoji Isamitsu was a Japanese poet and aristocrat, holding the title of viscount. He was born in Tokyo as the eldest son of Kitakoji Suketake and Yanagiwara Byakuren (柳原白蓮), a poet. Isamitsu was also a cousin of Emperor Showa, born just six days after him. The family faced financial difficulties,…

Tanaka Teruzo

Tanaka Teruzo, born Tanaka Teruo (田中輝夫) in Wada, Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan, was a Japanese stage designer. was a Japanese stage designer. He graduated from Kagawa Prefectural Mitoyo Middle School (香川県立三豊中学校) and, in 1934, Kyoto College of Technology (京都高等工芸学校).…

Matsudaira Junko

Matsudaira Junko, a former Japanese actress and singer, was born in Shioya, Tochigi, Japan. She graduated from Yaita Chuo High School and attended Nagata Gakusha, a theater school in Kyoto. During her training, she was scouted by Toei producer Shundo Koji and joined Toei in 1972. In 1974, she debuted…

Sakai Kyo

Sakai Kyo, a Japanese composer from Fukui, Japan, gained recognition primarily for his association with the Takarazuka Revue, where he held an honorary board position. Despite his early interest in music, he faced adversity when his family home was destroyed in a fire. To support his family, he worked…

Tokiwa Misako

Tokiwa Misako was a Japanese actress born in Osaka, Japan. Sometimes her name is also spelled as Tokiwa Misako (常磐 操子). She was born as Awazu Yuki (粟津ゆき) and after marrying Ogawa Takashi, her name became Ogawa Yuki (小川 ゆき). In September 1912, at the age of 14, she entered the…

Gazebo

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1978. Lives in Tokyo. He started making independent films on 8mm film when he was in college. After graduating, he worked as an assistant director, art painting staff, in production, etc., and is currently active as a director of advertising and music videos. In 2021,…

Todoroki Kenji

Todoroki Kenji, born Sato Masao in Otake, Hiroshima, Japan, is a Japanese actor. After graduating from Hiroshima Prefectural Otake High School, he enrolled at Hiroshima University but left before completing his studies. In 1952, Todoroki became an apprentice to Ichikawa Utaemon. He joined Toei Kyoto…

Tsuburaya Eiji

Tsuburaya Eiji was a Japanese special effects director, film director, camera operator, and inventor born in Sukagawa Town, Fukushima Prefecture. He was the first president of the company Tsuburaya Special Skills Productions. He was the leading expert in special effects technology in the Showa era and…

Ohno Satoshi

Ohno Satoshi, born in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, artist, radio host and member of the popular boy band Arashi. Ohno began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, in 1994 at the age of 13. Ohno started an acting…

Kato Daisuke

Kato Daisuke, whose real name was Kato Tokunosuke (加藤徳之), was a Japanese actor born in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Seventh Junior High School and began his career as a kabuki actor before transitioning to film. His father, Takejima Denzo, was a playwright and assistant…

Zong Tang

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Zhu Jing Tang mistakenly took Jin Bo Qian, a Kyoto tycoon who had just been discharged from the army and came to Hong Kong to investigate the Xiao family, as a special male model, and the two spent a night together.…

Keiji 110 Kilo

7.2

Hanazawa Taro is a policeman with a body weight of 110 kg and works in a police box in the beautiful city of Kyoto. He has a really sharp perception, which allows him to deal smoothly with the various problems of the…

Lady Maiko

7.2

Haruko Saigo faces various hardships as she attempts to become a full-fledged maiko (apprentice geisha) in a geisha district of Kyoto. Haruko, who was born in Kagoshima and raised in Tsugaru, struggles to learn things…

Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai

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Toshizo Hijikata, the "Baragaki" of Bushu Tama, heads to Kyoto with Isami Kondo, Souji Okita, and other comrades, with the dream of becoming a samurai in his heart. Under the auspices of the Tokugawa Shogunate, he…

Taiyou no Ko

7.3

Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing research to save Japan, the researchers there wonder if they should…

Sunny

7.4

The story of Suzie Sakamoto, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As “consolation” she’s given Sunny, one of a new class…

Asuka

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The 61st NHK Asadora Drama is Asuka. Set in Kyoto in the home of a traditional Japanese candymaker, Asuka is the story of one young girl's dream to one day walk in her father's shoes and become a top candymaker in…

Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho

After years in Paris, former wagashi heiress Miyako Sawafuji returns as illness threatens her Kyoto family. Between centuries-old tradition and modern ambitions, a new generation faces whether and how to inherit the…

Tora-san 29: Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

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During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression…