Kishida Kyoko

Kishida Kyoko was a Japanese actress, voice actor, and fairy tale writer born in Toyotama-gun, Tokyo as the second daughter of playwright Kishida Kunio. She graduated from Jiyu Gakuen High School. While she was a student at said school, she became interested in performing arts and aspired to become…

Minamino Yoko

Minamino Yoko, born in Itami, Hyogo, is a Japanese actress and singer represented by SONY Records. Yoko made her debut in 1984 and was a Japanese pop idol in the late 1980s.

Hosokawa Fumie

Fumie Hosokawa is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is often referred to as the “original” kyonyu (huge breasts) idol. Hosokawa was born in Tanabu, Aomori prefecture and lived in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture until the age of four. She then moved to Hawaii for a year to attend school there.…

Danta Yasunori

Yasunori Danta was born on January 24, 1957 in Kyoto, Japan. He is an actor, known for Soredemo, ikite yuku (2011), Hideyoshi (1996) and Hong Kong Paradise (1990).

Washio Machiko

Washio Machiko is a Japanese actress and voice actor from Kanagawa, Japan. She belongs to SIS Company. Her husband is actor Nakajima Shu. After graduating from Seika Gakuen Girls' High School, she joined the theater company NLT in 1969 and started acting. She left NLT in 1989.

Yoshinaga Sayuri

Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永 小百合 Yoshinaga Sayuri, born 13 March 1945) is a Japanese actress. She has won four Japan Academy Best Actress awards, more than any other actress, and has been called "one of the foremost stars in the postwar world of film." Her first media appearance was in the radio drama…

Kyo Machiko

Kyo Machiko was a Japanese actress. She started her career as a dancer. In the 80s', she decided to perform in a traditional Japanese theater. She was nominated for a Golden Globe for "The Teahouse of the August Moon". She got a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Awards of The Japanese Academy.

Kawasaki Izumi

Kawasaki Izumi is a Japanese screenwriter.

Takenaka Naoto

Takenaka Naoto is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi.

Tokiwa Takako

Tokiwa Takako is a Japanese film and stage actress. She was born in Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture. Tokiwa is one of the most highly praised actresses by both critics and viewers in Japan. She made her sensational debut in Fuji Television drama "Akuma no Kiss" in 1993. Since her debut, she continually…

Rokujo Miyasudokoro

This Drama Special is about a fictional character that appears in The Tale of Genji . It is the princess of the former Tonomiya ( Maebo ) in the Emperor Kiritsubo, and has the name because she lives in Rokujo Kyogoku…

Umigame A Turtle’s Promise

A fantasy film based on a true story about a boy who comes of age and the sea turtle legend passed down at Kajima Harbor in Ibaraki Prefecture. Kajima Harbor is bustling in Japan's period of rapid economic growth.…

Shanao: Les Garcons-Bonbons 3

7.1

The revived Heike, who flourished in a world where only men existed, lives on the ground, and the torn Genji lives in the underground winter cave. Genji's second prince, Nao Nao goes to a masquerade hosted by Heike…

Junihitoe wo Kita Akuma

7.3

Rai keeps failing to find a regular job. He works on setting up an exhibition for classic novel "The Tale of Genji" as a part-time laborer. At the exhibition, he listens to the narration about younger brother Ninomiya…

Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa

7.4

In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of the dead wife of Detective Genji Ando. Banned from the investigation,…

Hikaru Kimi e

7.8

The 63rd work of NHK Taiga Drama depicts the life of Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese female poet who wrote "Tale of Hikaru Genji". This story is set in the mid-Heian period. (Source: Japanese = nhk.or.jp || Translation…

Crows Zero

8.0

Suzuran High School is also known as The School of Crows. The biggest clique, Serizawa Army and its boss Tamao Serizawa are challenged by a new student to the school, Genji Takiya. Takiya, son of a yakuza boss, wants…

Yonigeya Honpo

7.3

Need help managing your finances? Up to your ears in debt? Rising Sun is the consulting firm that you need on your side. Too late for stopgap measures? Is running away or suicide the only way out? Turn once again to…

Nihon Toitsu 67

Himuro Renji and Tamura Yuto return to Tokyo to confront Okada Toru. What awaited them was a notice of succession from the Hasseikai, which was supposed to be affiliated with the Kyowakai. When Himuro learns that the…

Nihon Toitsu 69

Minami's death enraged not only Himuro Renji and Tamura Yuto, but the entire Kyowakai. The Kyowakai tries to launch an all-out attack, but Kawatani Yuichi, feeling devastated after losing his wife, forbids all executives…