Kitaoji Kinya

Kitaoji Kinya, born February 23, 1943 in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is a Japanese actor. He is the son of famous jidaigeki film star Utaemon Ichikawa, and graduated from Waseda University School of Letters, Arts and Sciences in Tokyo. Following his father's footsteps, Kitaoji's career is renowned…

Hasegawa Kazuo

Hasegawa Kazuo was a Japanese actor born in Rokujizo, Horiuchi-mura, Kii-gun, Kyoto Prefecture. His old stage names are Hayashi Chomaru and Hayashi Chojiro. He entered Shochiku from the Kabuki world and became a leading actor in the Shochiku period dramas. After that, he moved to Toho and Daiei and…

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…

Sumiyoshi Emiko

Sumiyoshi Emiko is a Japanese actress.

Uchida Teppei

Kamiyama Yasuhira

Shima Keiko

Shima Keiko is a Japanese actress.

Furusawa Hisako

Furusawa Hisako is a Japanese actress.

Okamoto Ikuko

Okamoto Ikuko is a Japanese actress.

Tsukuda Bungoro

Tsukuda Bungoro is a Japanese actor.

Zainin no Uso

6.8

Lawyer Kasahara Takuya defends Arimura Hirohito, accused of serial rape and murder, securing an acquittal despite clear evidence of guilt. Kasahara faces public backlash, but defends his actions by pointing to the…

Kunimitsu no Matsuri

10.0

Kunimitsu is a man with the crazy dream of wanting to reform a corrupt Japan. This story of how he sets his sights on becoming Prime Minister starts out with him running for mayor in a touching "world-reformer" comedy…

Yasashii Ongaku: Tears in Heaven Tengoku no Kimi he

7.6

University student Suzuki Chinami lives with her parents in northern Kamakura. Her father Masashi is a university professor and loves playing the guitar, and her perfect family-oriented mother Keiko sings well and…

A Table!: Rekishi no Recipe wo Tsukutte Taberu

7.8

A couple reminisce about world history food in the kitchen, a story that depicts the "time" of couples and history. (Source: Japanese = BS Shochiku Tokyu || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the book “Reki-Meshi!…

Carnival in the Night

Japanese independent filmmaker Masashi Yamamoto wrote and directed this purposefully gritty look at life amidst Tokyo's underground music and art scene. Kumi (Kumiko Ota) sings with a new wave band that is struggling…

Jellyfish Eyes

7.0

An elementary school student named Masashi finds flat cardboard boxes at a home in which he just moved in. A strange creature like jellyfish comes from the cardboard. Masashi names the strange, but cute creature "Kurage…

Our House Party

7.1

Tomoya is a 21-year-old a university student in Tokyo and a chance encounter with Shoichi, a gay bar owner who operates in Shinjuku 2-chome, allows Tomoya the chance to begin articulating his homosexuality. He will…

A Balance

7.7

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko…

Life Back Then

7.0

The plot revolves around a young man named Nagashima Kyohei who has felt emotionally detached due to a traumatic incident in his high school days. However, when he takes a job sorting through the personal belongings…

Talking About the Ghost

Four stories focus not on the "appearance" of ghosts, but on "talking about" them, hinting at the way the world is, with an allegorical quality. >> Story 1: "Cat in the Fog" Novelist Watanabe is staying in a suburban…