Yokomizo Seishi

Yokomizo Seishi was one of Japan’s most famous and best-loved mystery writers. He was born in Kobe and spent his childhood reading detective stories, before beginning to write stories of his own, the first of which was published in 1921. He went on to become an extremely prolific and popular author,…

Ninomiya Sayoko

Ninomiya Sayoko is a Japanese actress and dancer born in Atami, Shizuoka.

Hara Izumi

Her mother died at the age of 10, and went to Tokyo at the age of 17 because she did notget along with her stepmother. Although initially she was taking advantage of her talent and joined Okamoto Kokage disciples of calligraphy. In order to earn the tuition, she joined the Tokyo Yanaka belong model…

Nakajima Yutaka

Shinoda Masahiro

Shinoda attended Waseda University, where he studied theater and also participated in the Hakone Ekiden long distance race. He joined the Shōchiku Studio in 1953 as an assistant director, where he worked on films by such directors as Yasujirō Ozu. He debuted as a director in 1960 with One-Way Ticket…

Furuoya Masato

Masato Furuoya was a Japanese actor who was born in Kawasaki city of Kanagawa Prefecture. He made his debut in 1977 and starred in many movies and TV dramas. He won the award for best actor at the 2nd Yokohama Film Festival and at the 5th Hochi Film Award for Disciples of Hippocrates and at the 12th…

Hamamura Jun

Jun Hamamura was a Japanese actor. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 1995

Miyashita Junko

Miyashita Junko is a Japanese actress who had a long and varied career working both in pink film and mainstream cinema. Miyashita Junko was born in Tokyo. She was working as a waitress at a coffee shop when she was recruited to work in Pink films. Her debut film was in July 1971 with "That's How I Lost".…

Irino Miyu

Miyu Irino has worked extensively in TV anime series as a voice actor. On September 4, 2021, he announced his marriage. (Source: tokyohive)

Kaga Takeshi

Kaga Takeshi is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His real name is Katsuta Shigekatsu. Kaga was born in the city of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture,…