Urabe Kumeko

Actress. Kumeko Urabe was born on October 5, 1902 in Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan. She was an actress, known for Ikiru (1952), Oka wa hanazakari (1952) and House of Many Pleasures (1955). She died on October 26, 1989.

Tonoyama Taiji

Taiji Tonoyama was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one of his regular cast members. He was also an essayist. In 1950 he helped form the film company Kindai Eiga Kyokai with Shindo and Kōzaburō…

Yamauchi Hachiro

Yamauchi Hachiro was a Japanese film actor. As a so-called large-room actor, he appeared as a bit part and extra in numerous movies and TV dramas, mainly historical dramas, from before World War II to the 1990s. After graduating from elementary school, he devoted himself to a dye shop, but after watching…

Matsui Hachiro

Matsui Hachiro was a Japanese composer and jazz pianist.

Shimozawa Kan

Shimozawa Kan was a Japanese novelist from Atsuta-mura, Atsuta-gun, Hokkaido. He won the 10th Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1962. At the recommendation of his grandfather, he went on to Hakodate Government Commercial School but dropped out because the school was burned by the Great Fire of Hakodate in 1907,…

Mikimoto Shinsuke

Mikimoto Shinsuke was a Japanese actor. His credits include at least fifty films, as well as numerous television appearances, in a career that spanned several decades. Born in Kanazawa, he graduated from high school there. Then he attended Rikkyo University in Tokyo, graduating from the Faculty of Economics.…

Higashi Kayoko

Higashi Kayoko is an actress from Fukushima.

Nakaho Tomie

CM and drama actress. Born in Aomori Prefecture, Hirosaki .

Nagai Anzu

Anzu Nagai is a Japanese former actress. She starred in Hanochi and is best known for her role as the young Nico Robin in the anime One Piece. She also voiced Daisy, in the sixth One Piece film, "Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island". She retires in 2011.

Tsuruta Mayu

Tsuruta Mayu, born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, is a Japanese actress. In 1996, she was nominated by the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actress in the film Kike Wadatsumi no Koe Last Friends. Following the chaos of Kenya's 2007 presidential election, on March 30, 2008, she visited…

Jinsei wa Jojo da

7.5

Hachiro is a former boxer, now working as a debt collector for a finance company. He is sent to collect money from Kazuma, a former trainee doctor who has fallen on hard times ever since the suicide of his girlfriend.…

Wakare no Toudai

~~ based on Hachiro Kasuga 's hit song.

Runin: Banished

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a dismal existence on the island, without help or support of any kind…

If Today was the Last Day

A story of reuniting twin sisters, who were separated when young. Maiko, who lives in Hachijo Island, organizes a local festival. Just before the festival starts, she leaves the island to look for her sister Seiko…

Satomi Hakkenden

7.0

One day, Yoshimi Satomi, the castle owner of Takita Castle in the country of Anbo, and his confidant Daisuke Kinba, on the way to hunt wild boars, felt sorry for a small dog that was about to be swallowed by a giant…

Fire in the Chest

The story of two lovers who have to fight against the man's family and various life problems. They also struggle with public opinion, which accuses them of being together, with so much differences in social status.…

Tadaima Zekkocho!

An unpopular rock band led by lead vocalist Togawa Shiro rents a garage owned by new member Takai Maki's uncle as a base for their performance practice activities. They also purchase a stage car, a truck converted…

Koto Nakazawa: The Beautiful Swordswoman

5.5

Set in Kyoto, Japan in 1863. Koto Nakazawa learned from her father Emon Mago "Hoshinryu" which is a Japanese fencing school of thought. She leaves her hometown to become stronger. Koto Nakazawa and her older Sadamasa…

Assassination

6.6

The story begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political maneuvering that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination…