Horikawa Tonko

Horikawa Tonko was a Japanese TV drama director, producer, and movie director from Nakanojo Town, Agatsuma District, Gunma Prefecture. His wife is screenwriter Takagi Rin. He studied at the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters. In 1958, he won the Ginkgo Namiki Award for his novel "Suna no Toei".…

Tomosaka Rie

Tomosaka Rie is a Japanese actress and pop star from Mitaka-shi, Tokyo, born on October 12, 1979, in Nagano-shi, Nagano. She works for Itoh Company. From 1996 to 1997, she has also released music under the name Eri Sakatomo. In 1992, Rie Tomosaka joined the entertainment world with the commercial film…

Kinoshita Keisuke

Kinoshita Keisuke was a Japanese film director. Kinoshita was highly prolific, turning out some 42 films in the first 23 years of his career. For this, Kinoshita explained that he "can’t help it. Ideas for films have always just popped into my head like scraps of paper into a wastebasket. Although…

Araki Shinobu

Araki Shinobu was born in 1891 in Niigata. He spent the early part of his life in a small traveling theater company and performing in Asakusa, before joining Nikkatsu Mukojima in 1921, stepping into the world of acting for the first time. He began by appearing in the Shinpa dramas Futari Shizuka (Two…

Harada Yoshio

Yoshio Harada (原田 芳雄 Harada Yoshio, 29 February 1940 - 19 July 2011) was a Japanese actor best known for playing rebels in a career that spanned six decades.

Born in Tokyo, Harada joined the Haiyūza theater troupe in 1966 and made his television debut in…

Izumi Pinko

Takemoto Sayo (Maiden name: Eguchi, previous stage name: Mikado Mariko), known by the stage name Izumi Pinko, is a Japanese actress, comedian, comic storyteller, and singer born in Tokyo. In 1966, after dropping out of Nippon Music High School, she studied under Maki Shinji and made her debut as a singing…

Takahashi Kazuya

Takahashi Kazuya, born Takahashi Kazuya (高橋一也), is a Japanese rock and country singer-songwriter, actor, and voice actor born in Tokyo, Japan. He is currently a member of the band Rockon Social Club (ロッコン・ソーシャル・クラブ) and was previously a member of the rock band Otokogumi…

Nakai Masahiro

Nakai Masahiro is a Japanese singer, actor, and host for music events and variety shows such as the long-running music show Utaban. Until 2016, he was the leader of the now-disbanded boy group SMAP. He remained a part of Johnny's Entertainment until 2020 when he left to create his own man agency, Nonbiri…

Katsumura Masanobu

Katsumura Masanobu is a Japanese actor, born in Saitama, Japan. He made his debut as an actor in 1990, in Boku ga Byouki ni Natta Wake. Since then he has starred in several TV series and films. He is affiliated with the talent agency SiS Company.

Mihara Ui

Mihara Ui is a Japanese model, YouTuber and actress. She was born in Hyogo Prefecture. She has been a model for children's clothing brand JENNI since around 2014, when she was in 6th grade. In 2020, while still in high school, she was selected as the winner of the Girls Grand Prix at the 7th Japan Seifuku…

The Dancing Girl of Izu

7.0

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve…

Forget Love for Now

6.7

Forget Love for Now chronicles the story of a single mother who works as a bar hostess to make ends meet. When she learns that her son is bullied by his classmates because of her line of work, she finds a ray of hope…

The Mad Fox

7.3

This Japanese fantasy by director Tomu Uchida demonstrates one of the director's later interests in costume dramas. The setting is an imaginary first century A.D. in Japan where Yasuna, an astronomer's assistant, and…

Love and Hong Kong

6.7

In Hong Kong, Yamada Kenta is directing a documentary and along with his assistant Hirakawa Aya, and they must chase down Japanese talent Elie. But during filming, Elie is spirited away by Daniel, a local man. Amid…

Falling in Love Like a Romantic Drama Season 3

7.5

A reality TV show, hosted by Watanabe Naomi, that follows 8 young actors and actresses performing kiss scenes for dramas. (Source: MyDramaList)

Amateur Lovers Never Give Up!

7.2

The story centers on Misa, a career-minded woman who works in the sales department of her company. She works hard, and often puts in an effort to make herself look beautiful. But she actually has no experience in romance.…

Falling in Love Like a Romantic Drama Season 2

7.6

A reality TV show, hosted by Watanabe Naomi, that follows 8 young actors and actresses performing kiss scenes for dramas. (Source: MyDramaList)

Murderous Encounter

7.6

The story centers around two journalists who meet at the scene of a brutal serial murder case in Tokyo. The man is a famous freelance writer for a weekly magazine, while the woman is a director for a television information…

A Warmed Up Love

7.7

Kiki Inoue works part-time at a convenience store, spending the better part of her day lazing about or reviewing sweets on her social media account. One day at work, she is introduced to the chain’s CEO, Takumi Asaba,…

Love Is a Poison

7.8

Shiba Ryoma, a brilliant lawyer and youngest co-partner at a major law firm, meets the genius con artist Haruto at a bar. Intrigued by Haruto's talent for impersonation, Shiba invites him to become his secret partner.…