Mano Tsuruko

She appeared on the stage of Tsukiji-za and Moulin Rouge Shinjuku-za , but joined Toho in 1939 (Showa 14) . Beside being a movie actress, she also worked in a tobacco shop, which is her mother's business. In 1940 (Showa 16), she made her movie debut with the movie " Snake Princess " directed by Teinosuke…

Kanda Masaki

Masaki Kanda is a Japanese actor. His ex-wife is singer Seiko Matsuda whom he married in 1985 and they divorced in 1997 and their daughter is Sayaka Kanda who was also a singer and committed suicide by jumping from an upper floor of the hotel on December 18, 2021. Kanda was recruited by actor Ishihara…

Kahara Natsuko

Kahara Natsuko, originally Tsukahara Natsuko (塚原初子), was a Japanese actress and director associated with the Bungakuza theater company. Following the "Koto no Yoru" incident in December 1963, she left Bungakuza and co-founded the NLT Theater Company in January 1964, where she later became the…

Takamine Mieko

Mieko Takamine was born on December 2, 1918 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for The Inugami Family (1976), Sanada Yukimura no bouryaku (1979) and Hana no nagadosu (1954). She died on May 27, 1990 in Japan. She had a hit song - "Kohan no yado" (Lakeside Hotel) in 1940. (Source: IMDb)

Inoue Jun

Inoue Jun is a Japanese talent, singer, actor, and comedian from Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. He is known for his work on "Rajio no Jikan", "Megane wo Kakete Mask wo Suruto Itsumo Kumoru" and "Nishi no Petenshi Higashi no Sagishi". He was previously married to Aoki Emi.

Enami Kyoko

Kyoko Enami was discovered through Daiei's New Face program in 1959, and was promptly made a star in 1960. An awesome beauty with remarkably pale skin, she also conveyed a kind of steeliness that turned out to make her ideal for the popular film series "Gambling Woman," which made her one of the first…

Naito Takashi

Naito Takashi is a Japanese actor, voice actor, talent, and moderator born in Higashi-ku, Osaka and raised in Korien, Neyagawa. He graduated from Osaka Seikouin High School and dropped out of the Department of Film, Faculty of Arts, Nihon University. After working at Hyundai Production Building, he…

Tachi Hiroshi

Tachi Hiroshi is a Japanese actor and singer. He won great popularity through his roles in the TV drama series Seibu Keisatsu and Abunai Deka. He attended but did not graduate from the Chiba Institute of Technology. As a singer, Tachi appeared in the Kohaku Uta Gassen twice. At the 54th Television Drama…

Kudo Asuka

Asuka Kudo is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Tokyo Gakkan High School and Tokyo University of Agriculture. He is represented by Papado. His father is a former professional baseball player(pitcher) Kimiyasu Kudo and his younger sister is professional golfer Haruka Kudo. He is the first and eldest…

Okura Takato

Okura Takato is an actor and member of dance and vocal group Genin wa Jibun ni Aru.. Takato used to do swimming from kindergarten until 6th grade in elementary school, but it did not work out due to his fear of the deep sea caused by the movie JAWS. He later thought about stopping his swimming activities…

Woman with Red Hair

4.6

A mysterious hitchhiker is picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and cramped apartment in a not so good part of town. Claiming that she is running away from an…

The Lady Who Wept in Spring

7.0

Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido, Kenji attracts Ohama, who is travelling to Hokkaido to open a bar.…

Women With A Red Hat

Tokyo Rendezvous

7.1

Nogami was burdened with a debt his late father has left. He comes up with the decision of selling his grandfather's property to pay it off. The apartment in the property seems just an old building to him, but his…

A Woman and War

6.0

Set near the end of World War II, writer Nomura is in despair. He forms a pact with a former prostitute, a woman whose father sold her to a brothel years ago due to financial hardship. They agree to live as husband…

Million Yen Women

7.9

Michima Shin is a 30-years-old lonely and unpopular novelist who lives alone in a big house. Shin's father is a convicted murderer, awaiting capital punishment, who killed 3 people, including his wife, Shin's mother.…